Biodiversity Exploratories - Diversity of Enchytraeidae and their functions (BE-DEF)

Land use affects belowground communities with unknown consequences for essential ecosystem processes. This project will investigate temporal and spatial dynamics of grassland communities of Enchytraeidae (Annelida) using metabarcoding of eDNA from past and present sampling campaigns. With proteomics and compound-specific stable isotopes, we analyse the impact of land use on functional diversity in Enchytraeidae communities and therefore soil functions.