Overview of subprojects


A1 - Changes of water and carbon fluxes in mountain wet and dry forests under environmental changes - observations, area-wide remote sensing and LSMAtmo.



A2 - From field scale eco-hydrological process understanding to landscape scale water fluxes.



A3 - Nutrient supply as driver of biomass production and associated ecosystem water fluxes along a land-use and climate gradient



A4 - Plant functional trait diversity, biotic interactions and ecosystem processes in nutrient- versus water-limited tropical mountain forests.



A5 - Innovative scenarios of land-use change - simulating shifts in land allocation under climate change at landscape and ecosystem scales.


  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Knoke (PI)
    Thomas Knoke
    Center of Life and Food Science Weihenstephan
    Institute of Forest Management
    Technische Universität München
    Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
    85354 Freising
  • Karla Pintado (Doktorand)
    Karla Pintado
    Institute of Forest Management
    Technical University of Munich
    Hans Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
    85354 Freising

B1 - Linking tree above- and belowground traits across gradients of elevation and climate in highly diverse tropical montane forests.



B2 - Tree physiological and structural properties as response and effect traits of biotic-atmospheric interactions in natural and anthropogenic eco-systems in South Ecuador.



B3 - Trait-dependent effects of abiotic and biotic filters on plant regeneration in mountain dry forest and mountain rain forest.



B4 - How abiotic drivers and trait diversity shape herbivory and other biotic processes with consequences for ecosystem functions across mountain ecosystems.



X1 - Phenology of tropical tree species – environmental cues, molecular mechanisms, and consequences for plant-animal interactions



Z1 - Coordination