Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes (MOLTER)

2012 Awards

Exchange Grants

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Host Planned starting date/
Length
Project Title

 

 

 

EG/3959

S Estrela (PT

Arranz (ES)

01/10/2012 
(13 weeks)

Post-fire dynamics in organic matter composition of topsoiland eroded sediments in recenly burnt forests in northcentral Portugal – characterisation using analytical techniques 

EG/3958 A Budai (NO)S Abiven (CH) 01/11/2012 
(6 weeks)
BPCA biomarkers for biochar characterization in relation to stability in soil 
EG/3955T Lehtinen (AT) I Kögel-Knabner (DE) 01/11/2012 
(4 weeks)
Response of soil to different farming practices 
EG/3696M Velasco Molina (ES) A Berns (DE)01/07/2012 
(26 weeks)
Stabilization of SOM in umbric Ferralsol of South Brazil: characterization by
13C-NMR and their relationship with mineral components
EG/3695F Peterse (CH)C Moy (NZ)15/01/2012
(4 weeks) 
Tracing soil-ocean carbon transfer dynamics using membrane lipids of soil bacteria
EG/3691L Lopez-Sangil (ES) I Hartley (UK) 01/04/2012 
(8 weeks)
Moisture and temperature sensitivity of the respiration of available C compounds depending on their origin and recalcitrance: an annual soil incubation at different depths with a tracer of fresh organic matter
EG/3690G Mastrolonardo (IT)C Rumpel (FR) 09/01/2012 
(7 weeks)
Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter alteration due to forest wildfires in relation to fire severity   
EG/3689  T Ali (SE)D Jones (UK) 01/03/2012 
(24
weeks)

Role of low molecular weight organic acids in soil respiration   

EG/3694CA HereraKuzyakov
(DE)
24/01/2013
(24 weeks)

Effects of the conversion of grassland to farmland on soil organic matter dynamics as seen by isotope analysis

EG/3697A NovaraM Dignee
(FR)
01/02/2012
(24 weeks)
Fate of low molecular weight organic compounds in calcareus and volcanic soils: a 13C tacer study

 

 Short Visits

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Host Planned starting date/
Length
Project Title
SV/5016J Feakins(US) T Eglinton (CH)1/10/12 
(14 days)
Lignin D/H as a tracer of OC in sedimentary systems 
SV/5015J Schiefer (AT)I Kögel- Knabner (DE)16/6/12 
(14 days)
Co-evolution of soil and organic substances: properties of clay- sized aggregates along a soil chronosequence in the Marchfeld, Austria
SV/4968N Ernst (CH)H Syiemlieh (India)11/5/12 
(14 days)
Hydrogen isotopic composition of soil bacteria membrane lipids as recorders of past precipitation dynamics