Subprojects
A. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- A1.1. Forest growth dynamics and climate history - Dendroecological reconstruction and climate modelling ( Bräuning )
- A1.2. Reconstruction and modelling of late Quaternary and modern landscape dynamics ( Behling )
- A1.5. Caterpillar ensembles in a montane forest ( Fiedler )
- A1.7. Mycorrhizal fungi of Ericaceae ( Setaro )
- A2.2. Nutrient limitation in tropical mountain forests ( Leuschner , Hertel , Horna )
- A2.3. Soil fauna: Diversity and functioning ( Scheu , Maraun , Bonkowski )
- A2.4. Soil trace gas fluxes from tropical montane forest soils ( Veldkamp , Flessa )
- A2.5. Dynamics of epiphyte diversity in disturbed and undisturbed tropical montane forest ( Gradstein , Werner )
- A3.1. Long range transport of Nutrients ( Fabian )
- A3.3. Spatiotemporal dynamics of shallow landslides and their biotic and abiotic controls - an integrating synthesis including soil landscape modeling for determination and regionalisation of soil functional groups as well as forest modeling. ( Elsenbeer , Huwe , Huth , Märker , Schröder )
- A1.3. Ecophysiological Controls in Neotropical Mountain Ecosystems ( Küppers , Zimmermann )
B. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- B1.1. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) for reforestation ( Schüßler )
- B1.3. Mycorrhizal fungi for growth and rehabilitation of orchids of a tropical mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador ( Kottke )
- B1.4. Distribution of vascular plant structures on a large scale: Altitudinal gradient of life-form and species diversity ( Richter )
- B2.1. Organic matter and microbial community structure in soils ( Hamer , Makeschin )
- B2.2. Soil physics and hillslope hydrology ( Huwe )
- B2.3. Response of element cycles in a tropical mountain rain forest to environmental and land-use change ( Wilcke )
- B3.1. Climate dynamics: past and present ( Bendix )
- B3.2. Hydro-biogeochemical catchment modeling framework ( Breuer , Frede , Vaché )
C. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- C1.2. Human ecological dimensions in sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical mountain forests ( Pohle )
- C2.1. Silvicultural contributions to the maintenance and rehabilitation of utilization potentials of forest resources in the Tropical Mountain Rainforest region of southern Ecuador ( Weber , Stimm , Mosandl , Günter )
- C3.1. The threat of southern bracken: Investigation and modelling of a fire-triggered succession that leads to the destruction of pastures in the area of the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador, and the potential for repastorization of abandoned areas ( Bendix , Beck )
- C3.2. Spatially explicit and institutionally extended valuation of ecosystem services ( Barkmann , Olschewski , Marggraf )
- C3.3. Sustainable land use in a mountain rainforest: Financial consequences from a household perspective ( Knoke )
- C3.4. Development of an agroforestry site classification model ( Makeschin , Romero )
Z. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- Z1.1. Central data services and SVAT modelling ( Bendix , Nauss )
- Z2. Central Services - Coordination and Administration ( Bendix , Nauss )
1. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- A1.1. Forest growth dynamics and climate history - Dendroecological reconstruction and climate modelling ( Bräuning )
- A1.2. Reconstruction and modelling of late Quaternary and modern landscape dynamics ( Behling )
- A1.5. Caterpillar ensembles in a montane forest ( Fiedler )
- A1.7. Mycorrhizal fungi of Ericaceae ( Setaro )
- B1.1. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) for reforestation ( Schüßler )
- B1.3. Mycorrhizal fungi for growth and rehabilitation of orchids of a tropical mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador ( Kottke )
- B1.4. Distribution of vascular plant structures on a large scale: Altitudinal gradient of life-form and species diversity ( Richter )
- C1.2. Human ecological dimensions in sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical mountain forests ( Pohle )
- A1.3. Ecophysiological Controls in Neotropical Mountain Ecosystems ( Küppers , Zimmermann )
2. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- A2.2. Nutrient limitation in tropical mountain forests ( Leuschner , Hertel , Horna )
- A2.3. Soil fauna: Diversity and functioning ( Scheu , Maraun , Bonkowski )
- A2.4. Soil trace gas fluxes from tropical montane forest soils ( Veldkamp , Flessa )
- A2.5. Dynamics of epiphyte diversity in disturbed and undisturbed tropical montane forest ( Gradstein , Werner )
- B2.1. Organic matter and microbial community structure in soils ( Hamer , Makeschin )
- B2.2. Soil physics and hillslope hydrology ( Huwe )
- B2.3. Response of element cycles in a tropical mountain rain forest to environmental and land-use change ( Wilcke )
- C2.1. Silvicultural contributions to the maintenance and rehabilitation of utilization potentials of forest resources in the Tropical Mountain Rainforest region of southern Ecuador ( Weber , Stimm , Mosandl , Günter )
3. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador
- A3.1. Long range transport of Nutrients ( Fabian )
- A3.3. Spatiotemporal dynamics of shallow landslides and their biotic and abiotic controls - an integrating synthesis including soil landscape modeling for determination and regionalisation of soil functional groups as well as forest modeling. ( Elsenbeer , Huwe , Huth , Märker , Schröder )
- B3.1. Climate dynamics: past and present ( Bendix )
- B3.2. Hydro-biogeochemical catchment modeling framework ( Breuer , Frede , Vaché )
- C3.1. The threat of southern bracken: Investigation and modelling of a fire-triggered succession that leads to the destruction of pastures in the area of the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador, and the potential for repastorization of abandoned areas ( Bendix , Beck )
- C3.2. Spatially explicit and institutionally extended valuation of ecosystem services ( Barkmann , Olschewski , Marggraf )
- C3.3. Sustainable land use in a mountain rainforest: Financial consequences from a household perspective ( Knoke )
- C3.4. Development of an agroforestry site classification model ( Makeschin , Romero )
- Z1.1. Central data services and SVAT modelling ( Bendix , Nauss )