Corresponding author: Franziska Taubert ( franziska.taubert@ufz.de ) Corresponding author: Thomas Banitz ( thomas.banitz@ufz.de ) © Franziska Taubert, Tuomas Rossi, Christoph Wohner, Sarah Venier, Tomáš Martinovič, Taimur Khan, Julian Gordillo, Thomas Banitz. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Taubert F, Rossi T, Wohner C, Venier S, Martinovič T, Khan T, Gordillo J, Banitz T (2024) Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Grassland Biodiversity Dynamics. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e125077 |
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.