Overview of subprojects


A1 - Effects of nutrient manipulation (NUMEX) on the performance of tree species and the suitability of tree species as indicators for changing ecosystem properties


  • Dr. Jürgen Homeier (PI)
    Jürgen Homeier
    Faculty of Resource Management
    University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK)
    37077 Göttingen

    +49-(0)551-3925723

A2 - TRENCH (Tree-Ring Environmental Network for Climate Change Monitoring): Developing a tree-based indicator system for environmental change impacts on forest ecosystems in southern Ecuador.



A3 - The soil animal community as indicator of changes in the structure and functioning of Andean ecosystems with altitude and nutrient input.



A4 - Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to nutrient additions in Southern Ecuador.



A7 - The fate of phosphorus in forest and treeline ecosystems in Ecuador.



B2 - Pasture rehabilitation on, and management of degraded areas in the Andes of South Ecuador.


  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck (PI)
    Erwin Beck
    Universitätsstr. 30
    Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geoscience
    University of Bayreuth
    95440 Bayreuth

B3 - Improvement of forest management key strategies: a contribution to conservation and sustainable land use



B5 - Balancing regulating and provisioning ecosystem services: Comprehensive land-use concepts for effective conservation.


  • 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

    +49-(0)8161-71-4700

C2 - Remote sensing as surrogate for phylodiversity and functional processes along land use and elevation gradients.



C3 - Development and validation of functional indicators for avian seed dispersal.



C4 - Maintenance of biodiversity through mutualistic networks between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants: robustness against human disturbance and climate change



C5 - Water consumption and carbon capture by trees of an evergreen and a dry forest in the Andes of South Ecuador as functional indicators of slow environmental changes.


  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck (PI)
    Erwin Beck
    Universitätsstr. 30
    Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geoscience
    University of Bayreuth
    95440 Bayreuth
  • Dr. Volker Raffelsbauer (PhD student)
    Volker Raffelsbauer
    03044 Cottbus

C6 - Development of area-wide functional indicators using remotely sensed data.


  • 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

C7 - Quantification functional hydro-biogeochemical indicators in Ecuadorian ecosystems and their reaction on global change.



C9 - Towards a Guideline for Digital Soil Mapping in Ecuador.



C12 - Climate indicators on the local scale for past, present and future, and platform 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
  • 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
  • Prof. Dr. Katja Trachte (PI)
    Katja Trachte
    Atmospheric Processes
    Burger Chaussee 2
    Campus Nord, LG 4/3
    Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
    03044 Cottbus
  • Dr. Felix Matt (PI)
    Felix Matt
  • Frau Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt (Administration)
    Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt
    AG Bendix
    Faculty of Geography
    Deutschhausstr. 12
    35032 Marburg

    +49 6421 28 26 543

X1 - Cooperative project 1



X2 - A6. Response of element cycles in a tropical mountain rain forest to environmental and land-use change


  • Dr. Moritz Bigalke (PostDoc)
    Moritz Bigalke
    Geographic Institute
    Hallerstrasse 12
    3012 Bern
  • 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
  • Mr. Tobias Fabian (Diploma student)
    Tobias Fabian
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe
  • 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


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