Integrating Soil Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services: testing cost-effectiveness of Soil Biodiversity indicators and the provision of soil biodiversity-based Ecosystem Services to build better land management solutions that effectively implement the EU Soil Health Strategy

Taxonomic identification of edaphic organisms and biological soil analysis

• Field sampling
• Extractions of edaphic fauna
• Taxonomic identification of mesofauna (enchytraeids, mites, springtails)
• Laboratory analysis, Statistical analysis of edaphic biodiversity data, soil properties and metadata
• Preparation of results in the context of European legislation on the protection of soil biodiversity
• Writing of publications

Requirement

• Master of Science

Other achievements to be considered

• Academic experience in soil biology and soil ecology
• Accredited experience in taxonomy of edaphic mesofauna (enchytreids, mites, springtails)
• Accredited experience in physical, chemical and biological analysis of soils
• Motivation letter
• Personal interview