Subprojects
A Forest Ecosystems
- A1 Effects of nutrient manipulation (NUMEX) on nutrient use and carbon allocation of Andean forests: Stand level response and the performance of single tree species ( Hertel, Homeier, Horna, Leuschner )
- A2 Root and mycorrhizal responses to nutrient additions in a tropical mountain forest and in pastures after forest conversion ( Rillig )
- A3 The soil fauna of a tropical montane rain forest: regulatory forces and functioning in the decomposer system ( Bonkowski, Maraun, Scheu )
- A4 Herbivore communities in the Andean mountain forest zone ? comparisons within selected plant species along contrasting environmental dimensions ( Fiedler )
- A5 Limitations to the growth of epiphytes and the productivity of associated methanogens in neotropical moist forests ( Werner )
- A6 Response of element cycles in a tropical mountain rain forest to environmental and land-use change ( Wilcke )
- A7 Changes in soil internal N cycle and trace gas fluxes under elevated nutrient input ( Flessa, Veldkamp )
B Pastoral Ecosystems
- B1 The biology of southern bracken in the anthropogenic ecosystem in the San Francisco valley of South Ecuador ( Beck, Bendix, Scheibe )
- B2 Impact of land use, natural disturbances and climate change on vascular plant diversity ( Peters, Richter )
- B3 Interactions of organic matter and microbial dynamics in pasture soils along management chronosequences ( Hamer, Makeschin )
- B4 The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) in the establishment of rainforest tree seedlings, and the application of AM fungi for reforestation approaches ( Schüßler )
C Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development
- C1 Exploration and consolidation of silvicultural knowledge for sustainable management of forest sites in the South Ecuadorian Andes ( Aguirre, Günter, Mosandl, Stimm, Weber )
- C2 Arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in different stages of succession after loss of pristine forest ( Haug, Kottke )
- C3 Market inclusion of ecosystem services: A viable option to achieve sustainable land use in the tropics? ( Aguirre, Knoke )
- C4 Human ecological parameters and their relevance in preserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods in the Biosphere Reserve Podocarpus ? El Cóndor ( Pohle )
D Landscape Dynamics
- D1 Analysis and synthesis of palaeoecological data revealing patterns of mountain vegetation and plant diversity dynamics and its response to climate, fire, land use changes in biodiversity hotspots through space and time ( Behling )
- D2 Tree growth and wood anatomy along elevational and nutritional gradients in tropical forests in southern Ecuador ( Bräuning )
- D3 Impacts of environmental change on climate and ecosystem in southern Ecuador ( Bendix, Fabian, Nauss )
- D4 Catchment scale hydro-biogeochemical fluxes and aquatic diversity under global change ( Breuer, Frede, Vaché )
- D5 Functional soil landscape modelling in the Andean mountain forest zone: impact of land use and natural disturbances ( Glaser, Huwe )
- D7 Forest dynamics, landslide dynamics, and their interactions ? a process-based landscape modelling approach for a mountain rain forest in South Ecuador ( Huth, Schröder )
Z Central Services
- Z1 Data Warehouse ( Bendix, Nauss )
- Z2 Administration and Coordination ( Bendix, Matt, Nauss, Zeilinger )
