VineDivers

Summary

Essential biodiversity-based ecosystem services in viticulture landscapes result from the functioning of and interactions between a diverse community of organisms inhabiting vineyards. For a long time, viticulture was a good example for an agricultural system which tolerates a range of different plant and animal species between, within and adjacent to the grapevine rows. However, in the last decades, intensification in vineyard management progressively eliminated these non-crop elements, hence deteriorating overall biodiversity. The fear of potential competition for water and nutrients between weeds and grapevines led to a zero tolerance attitude against weeds in vineyards. Agricultural practices counteract synergies between plants in supporting a high arthropod diversity. Wild bees play an important role as pollinators for wild plant species and fruit trees such as cherries, apricots or almonds which are characteristic elements of viticulture landscapes across Europe. Moreover, even if grapevines are self/wind pollinated, influences of pollinators on grapevine yield or quality are suspected. While the link between plant species diversity and pollinators is rather well known, we know very little about how plant diversity affects the diversity and activity of earthworms and other soil biota. Those interactions could be substantial as earthworms acting as ecosystem engineers are eminent for nutrient cycling, soil structure and stable soil aggregates which contribute to improved water infiltration and soil erosion mitigation. These effects are important as soil erosion is one of eight main causes of soil degradation, counteracting soil carbon sequestration, threatening sustainable land use and more extreme precipitation events are predicted due to climate change. Hence, diversely structured viticulture landscapes not only inhabit high biodiversity and provide aesthetic values for human well-being and recreation but also would decrease the need for external inputs.

Aims

We will compare ecological linkages in viticulture landscapes of three different levels of management intensity in different climate zones across Europe located in France, Spain, Romania, and Austria. Dissemination strategies will transfer the project result to regional, national and European policy-makers, and inform the general public about the issues associated with ecosystem services provided by diverse viticulture. In order to achieve these aims we will closely work together with stakeholders and decision makers and incorporate their views and requirements for sustainable viticulture under practical conditions. Thus, VineDivers will not only contribute novel and innovate knowledge for the scientific community but also evaluate the potential for including the studied approach in EU agri-environmental schemes.

Aim 1

Determining how different management practices in vineyards affect the relations between the trophic network of plants, pollinators and soil biota and how these functional groups promote or restrain the provision of ecosystem services in viticulture landscapes

Aim 2

Assessing which level and type of disturbance frequency provides the best trade-off for biodiversity-based ecosystem services within vineyards

Aim 3

Developing recommendations for farmers, stakeholders and policy makers for management practices within and besides vineyards that sustain ecosystem functioning, biodiversity and high grape yields and quality

Activities

An	Etape/ DenumireaActivităţii	Partener implicat***	Categoria de activitate *)	Rezultate estimative verificabile ale activitatii	Data de finalizare a etapei
2015	Etapa I Inventarierea cantitatii si calitatii productiei de struguri	-	Dezvoltare experimentală	- Studii preliminare cu privire la calitatea strugurilor	31.12.2015
	Activitate I.1 - Stabilirea loturilor experimentale de biodiversitate. -Determinarea momentului optim de recoltare a strugurilor (deplasari in campurile experimentale –teren)	-
	Activitate I.2 - Analizarea urmatorilor parametrii cantitativi: greutatea medie a strugurilor, masa si volumul a 100 boabe de struguri, productia pe butuc (kg/butuc)
	Activitate I.3 - Analizarea urmatorilor parametrii calitativi: zaharul din must, acidul tartric, pH-ul
2016	Etapa II Inventarierea cantitatii si calitatii productiei de struguri Identificarea si analiza unitatilor de peisaj si inventarierea elementelor structurale		Dezvoltare experimentală	Articol ISI sau BDI Prezentarea rezultatelor la Conferinte internationale	31.12.2016
	Activitatea II.1 -Inventarierea speciilor de polenizatori salbatici in campurile experimentale -Determinarea momentului optim de recoltare a strugurilor
	Activitate II.2 - Analizarea urmatorilor parametrii cantitativi: greutatea medie a strugurilor, masa si volumul a 100 boabe de struguri, productia pe butuc (kg/butuc)
	Activitate II.3 - Analizarea urmatorilor parametrii calitativi: zaharul din must, acidul tartric, pH-ul
	Activitate II.4 - Analizarea proprietăţilor chimice, fizice, biologice şi hidrologice ale solurilor. -Inventarierea plantelor vasculare.
	Activitate II.5 - Identificarea unitătilor ecologice reprezentative în peisajele din regiunile de studiu folosind diferite surse de informatii disponibile spatial (de exemplu: hărti de sol, ortofoto, hărti cadastrale) dupa metoda standardizata
2017	Etapa III Diseminarea rezultatelor		Dezvoltare experimentală	Prezentarea rezultatelor la Conferinte internationale	31.12.2017
	Activitatea III.1 Participare work-shopuri, Participare la meetinguri in cadrul proiectului
2018	Etapa IV Diseminarea rezultatelor si finalizarea proiectului concomitent cu toti partenerii straini.		Dezvoltare experimentală	Prezentarea rezultatelor la Conferinte internationale	30.09.2018
	Activitatea IV.1 Participare la work-shopuri si meetinguri in cadrul proiectului. Vizite de lucru. Publicarea rezultatelor cercetarii.

Research team

Director proiect: Conf.dr. Bunea Claudiu-Ioan

Membri proiect:
Asist. cercetare dr. Popescu Daniela
Sef lucr.dr. Hoble Adela
Prof.dr. Rusu Teodor
Prof. dr. Marghitas Alexandru

Results

DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS - publications on the theme of the project:

BIODIVERSA PROJECT VINEDIVERS: ANALYSING INTERLINKAGES BETWEEN SOIL BIOTA AND BIODIVERSITY-BASED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN VINEYARDS ACROSS EUROPE, Johann G. Zaller (1), Silvia Winter (2), Peter Strauss (3), Pascal Querner (1), Monika Kriechbaum (2), Bärbel Pachinger (2), José A. Gómez (4), Mercedes Campos (4), Blanca Landa (4), Daniela Popescu (5), Maria Comsa (5), Maria Iliescu (5), Liliana Tomoiaga (5), Claudiu-Ioan Bunea (6), Adela Hoble (6), Liviu Marghitas (6), Teodor Rusu(6) , Ángel Lora, Gema Guzmán, Holger Bergmann, and the Martin Potthoff, Daniel Cluzeau, Francoise Burel,Vincent Jung, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol.17, EGU General Assembly, 2015

EFFECTS OF INTER-ROW MANAGEMENT INTENSITY ON WILD BEES IN AUSTRIAN, SPANISH, FRENCH AND ROMANIAN VINEYARDS, S. Kratschmer1 , B. Pachinger1 , D. Paredes 2 , G. Guzmán 3 , A. Nicolai 4 , M. Favreau 4 , D. Popescu 5 , C. Bunea 6 , T. Florian 6 , S. Winter1, DZG (Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft) - 108 th Annual Meeting, 9-12 Sept., 2015, Graz , Austria

HOW DOES VINEYARD MANAGEMENT INTENSITY AFFECT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DISSERVICES - INSIGHTS FROM A META-ANALYSIS, Winter, Silvia; Zaller, Johann G.; Kratschmer, Sophie; Pachinger, Bärbel; Strauss, Peter; Bauer, Thomas; Paredes, Daniel; Gómez, José A.; Guzmán, Gema; Landa, Blanca; Nicolai, Annegret; Burel, Francoise; Cluzeau, Daniel; Popescu, Daniela; Bunea, Claudiu-Ioan; Potthoff, Martin; Guernion, Muriel; Batáry, Péter, EGU General Assembly 2016, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna Austria, p.1769

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND SOIL BIODIVERSITY IN FRENCH VINEYARDS, Nicolai, A., Guernion, M., Cluzeau, D., Gómez, J., Guzmán, G., Strauss, P., Popescu, D., Hoble, A., Bunea, C.-I., Potthoff, M., Bergman, H., Winter, S., Zaller, J. (2016) In: SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting, 22-26 May 2016, Nantes, France, pg 126 abstract 470

INTER ROW MANAGEMENT AFFECTS SOIL PROPERTIES OF VINEYARD SOILS IN ROMANIA, Strauss, P., Bauer, T., Bunea, C.I., Popescu, D., Buchholz, J., Querner, P., Zaller, J.G. (2016) European Society for Soil Conservation Conference, 15-18 June 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Session 8: Land management in a changing environment/ 7

SURVEY OF TÂRNAVE VITICULTURAL LANDSCAPE, Adela Hoble, Daniela Popescu, Claudiu Bunea, Teodor Rusu, Silvia Winter, Agriculture-Science and Practice, no 1-2 (97-98), 2016, Cluj-Napoca; Romania; ISSN 1221-5317; 2016

THE PERCEPTION OF LAND RECLAMATION WITHIN VITICULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS A METHOD OF PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, Adela HOBLE, Claudiu BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Daniel CLUZEAU, Francoise BUREL, Muriel GUERNION, Annegret NICOLAI, Alben FERTIL, Silvia WINTER, Sophie KRATSCHMER, Johann ZALLER and Gema GUZMAN – Poster - The 15th International Symposium PROSPECTS FOR THE 3rd MILLENNIUM AGRICULTURE, 29th September – 1st October, 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

LAND COVER TYPOLOGY USING GEOGRAPHYC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR VITICULTURAL LANDSCAPE, Adela HOBLE, Daniela POPESCU, Claudiu BUNEA, Francoise BUREL, MurielGUERNION, Annegret NICOLAI, Alben FERTIL, Silvia WINTER, Sophie KRATSCHMER, Johann ZALLER, Gema GUZMAN and Martin POTTHOFF – Oral presentation - The 15th International Symposium PROSPECTS FOR THE 3rd MILLENNIUM AGRICULTURE, 29th September – 1st October, 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

INVENTORY OF VITICULTURAL YIELD AND QUALITY PARAMETERS IN RESPECT OF SOIL MANAGEMENT, Claudiu BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Adela HOBLE, Silvia WINTER and Johann ZALLER, BulletinUASVM Horticulture 74(1) / 2017 Print ISSN 1843-5254, Electronic ISSN 1843-5394, DOI:10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:12649, Section- HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY - Short communications, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

New publications (2017) on the topic of the project:

Inventory of Viticultural Yield and Quality Parameters in Respect of Soil Management, Claudiu BUNEA; Daniela POPESCU; Adela HOBLE; Silvia WINTER; Johann ZALLER, Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, Volume 74, Number 1, 2017, pp. 61-62 - article short communication
Elemental Profile and 207Pb/206Pb, 208Pb/206Pb, 204Pb/206Pb, 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Ratio as Fingerprints for Geographical Traceability of Romanian Wines, Florin D. BORA, Alina DONICI, Teodor RUSU, Andrea BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Claudiu I. BUNEA* Not Bot Horti Agrobo, 2018, 46(1):223-239. DOI:10.15835/nbha46110853 - article ISI, Impact Factor = 0,48
How does vineyard management intensity affect inter-row plant diversity and associated root parameters, Silvia Winter (1), Thomas Labuda (1), Sandra Probus (1), Nicole Penke (1), Margarita Himmelbauer (2), Willibald Loiskandl (2), Peter Strauss (3), Thomas Bauer (3), Daniela Popescu (4), Maria Comsa (4), Claudiu-Ioan Bunea (4), Johann G. Zaller (5), and Monika Kriechbaum (1),Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU conference 2017-9030, 2017 EGU General Assembly 2017, Viena, Austria
Elemental Profile and 207Pb/206Pb, 208Pb/206Pb, 204Pb/206Pb, 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Ratio as Fingerprints for Geographical Traceability of Romanian Wines, Florin D. BORA, Alina DONICI, Teodor RUSU, Andrea BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Claudiu I. BUNEA* , "40 Years of Horticulture Education in Cluj-Napoca" Conference Faculty of Horticulture Cluj-Napoca, September 26-27, 2017
THE PERCEPTION OF LAND RECLAMATION WITHIN VITICULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS A METHOD OF PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, Adela HOBLE, Claudiu BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Daniel CLUZEAU, Francoise BUREL, Muriel GUERNION, Annegret NICOLAI, Alben FERTIL, Silvia WINTER, Sophie KRATSCHMER, Johann ZALLER and Gema GUZMAN, Vol. 3-4 (103-104)/2017 - Agricultural Journal - Science and Practice - article being published
LAND COVER TYPOLOGY USING GEOGRAPHYC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR VITICULTURAL LANDSCAPE, Adela HOBLE, Daniela POPESCU, Claudiu BUNEA, Francoise BUREL, MurielGUERNION, Annegret NICOLAI, Alben FERTIL, Silvia WINTER, Sophie KRATSCHMER, Johann ZALLER, Gema GUZMAN and Martin POTTHOFF, Vol. 3-4 (103-104)/2017 - Agricultural Journal - Science and Practice - article being published

The results for 2018:

Articles:

1.Elemental Profile and 207Pb/206Pb, 208Pb/206Pb, 204Pb/206Pb, 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Ratio as Fingerprints for Geographical Traceability of Romanian Wines, Florin D. BORA, Alina DONICI, Teodor RUSU, Andrea BUNEA, Daniela POPESCU, Claudiu I. BUNEA* Not Bot Horti Agrobo, 2018, 46(1):223-239. DOI:10.15835/nbha46110853

2.Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: A meta-analysis, Silvia Winter, Thomas Bauer, Peter Strauss, Sophie Kratschmer, Daniel Paredes, Daniela Popescu, Blanca Landa, Gema Guzmán, José A. Gómez, Muriel Guernion, Johann G. Zaller, Péter Batáry, Journal of Applied Ecology, Accepted: 18 January 2018, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13124

Premiul "Ernest Grinţescu", Bucuresti, 04 octombrie 2018

Societarea Romana a Horticultorilor acordă premiul d-lui Conf. Dr. Bunea Claudiu-Ioan pentru proiectul, Biodiversitate bazata pe servicii ecosistemice in podgorii: interconexiuni intre analiza plante, polenizatori, biodiversitatea solului si eroziunea solului in intreaga Europă.

30 september 2018 - The end of the „VineDivers” Project!

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Biodiversity-based ecosystem services in vineyards: analysing interlinkages between plants, pollinators, soil biota and soil erosion across Europe