Overview of subprojects

A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 X1 X2 Z

A1 - Atmospheric fluxes and optical trait diversity under climate and land use changes - observations and LSM modelling


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A2 - Simulating response and effect mechanisms of global climate change on hydrological fluxes in tropical montane ecosystems


  • Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer (PI)
    Lutz Breuer
    Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26
    Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
    Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
    35392 Gießen

    +49-641-9937380
  • Dr. David Windhorst (PI)
    David Windhorst
    35390 Gießen

    +49 641 99 37554
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A3 - Nutrient supply as driver of biomass production and associated ecosystem water fluxes along a land-use and climate gradient


  • Dipl. Geogr. Andre Velescu (PostDoc)
    Andre Velescu
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Arbeitsgruppe Geomorphologie und Bodenkunde
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe

    +49-721-60841622
  • Mr. Tobias Fabian (Diploma student)
    Tobias Fabian
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe

    017699095113
  • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wilcke (PI)
    Wolfgang Wilcke
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Institute of Geography and Geoecology
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe

    +49 (0)721/60841621
  • Mr. Pablo Armando Alvarez Figueroa (PhD student)
    Pablo Armando Alvarez Figueroa
    Institute of Geography and Geoecology
    Reinhard-Paumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe

    +49-721-60841619
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A4 - Integration of ecophysiological processes and biotic interactions within a dynamic vegetation model (LSMBio): tree hydraulics, trait diversity, tree recruitment and insect herbivory


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B1 - Linking tree above- and belowground traits across environmental and disturbance gradients in highly diverse tropical montane forests


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


  • Prof. Dr. Achim Bräuning (PI)
    Achim Bräuning
    University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
    Institute of Geography
    Wetterkreuz 15
    91058 Erlangen

    ++49 (0)9131 85 29372
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck (PI)
    Erwin Beck
    Universitätsstr. 30
    Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geoscience
    University of Bayreuth
    95440 Bayreuth

    +49-921-553037
  • Dr. Volker Raffelsbauer (PostDoc)
    Volker Raffelsbauer
    03044 Cottbus

    017645906947
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B3 - Trait-dependent effects of biotic and abiotic filters on plant regeneration


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B4 - Integrating abiotic covariates, functional trait diversity and consequences of important processes on the ecosystem level


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


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X2 - Radar Network Ecuador - Peru


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Z - Coordination and Data Management


  • Dipl. Inf. Maik Dobbermann (Technician)
    Maik Dobbermann
    Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing
    Faculty of Geography
    Deutschhausstr. 12
    Philipps University of Marburg
    35032 Marburg


    +49(6421)28-24249
  • Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix (PI)
    Jörg Bendix
    Faculty of Geography
    Deutschhausstraße 10
    Philipps University of Marburg
    Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing
    35032 Marburg

    +49 06421/2824266
  • Dr. Felix Matt (Administration)
    Felix Matt

    00593 7 3060 253
  • Frau Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt (Administration)
    Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt
    AG Bendix
    Faculty of Geography
    Deutschhausstr. 12
    35032 Marburg

    +49 6421 28 26 543
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