RISUD Research Seminar – Effects of Multiple Global Change Factors on Soils and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Conference / Lecture
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Date
28 Apr 2025
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Organiser
Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD)
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Time
10:30 - 12:00
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Venue
CD302, 3/F, CMA Building (Wing CD), PolyU Map
Summary
Ecosystems are faced with a range of simultaneous challenges, yet most of the experimental work has been done considering just one or two factors, likely as a consequence of the principle of parsimony. Taking inspiration from experimental designs in Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function, Prof. RILLIG and his team have been exploring experimental approaches to study the impact of numerous factors, for example creating factor gradients of up to a dozen factors. This work identifies a linear response of biodiversity and ecosystem process rates to an increasing number of factors, with the dissimilarity of factors explaining additional variance. Most recently, Prof. RILLIG and his team have leveraged an analogous approach to explore if restoration can profit from applying multiple management practices.
