ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e125077
Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Grassland Biodiversity Dynamics
expand article infoFranziska Taubert§, Tuomas Rossi|, Christoph Wohner, Sarah Venier, Tomáš Martinovič, Taimur Haider Khan#, Julian Lopez Gordillo¤, Thomas Banitz«
‡ Department for Ecosystem Research and Monitoring, Environment Agency Austria, Vienna, Austria§ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany| CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., Espoo, Finland¶ IT4Innovations, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic# Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany¤ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands« Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Abstract

European grassland management has often favored high production through frequent mowing and heavy fertilization over biodiversity conservation, which is typically supported by less intensive management. Besides management, climate change and extremes are increasingly affecting grassland productivity and biodiversity, requiring timely adaptation of management practices. Here, we describe the development of a prototype Digital Twin (pDT) of grassland biodiversity dynamics intended to support researchers, farmers or regulatory decision-makers in monitoring the current state of selected grassland sites and projecting their future state under various management and climate scenarios.

Keywords
Ecological modeling, Ecosystem service, Ecosystem management, Model-data fusion, High performance computing