Overview of subprojects


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


  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Leuschner (PostDoc)
    Christoph Leuschner
    Plant Ecology
    Georg-August University Göttingen
    Untere Karspüle 2
    37073 Göttingen
  • Dr. Jürgen Homeier (PI)
    Jürgen Homeier
    Faculty of Resource Management
    University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK)
    37077 Göttingen

    +49-(0)551-3925723

A2 Root and mycorrhizal responses to nutrient additions in a tropical mountain forest and in pastures after forest conversion



A3 The soil fauna of a tropical montane rain forest: regulatory forces and functioning in the decomposer system



A4 Herbivore communities in the Andean mountain forest zone – comparisons within selected plant species along contrasting environmental dimensions



A5 Limitations to the growth of epiphytes and the productivity of associated methanogens in neotropical moist forests



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
  • 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
  • Dipl. Geogr. Andre Velescu (PhD student)
    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
  • Jose Luis Pena Caivinagua (Technician)
    Jose Luis Pena Caivinagua
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Loja
  • Esthela Margarita Gonzalez Sarango (Diploma student)
    Esthela Margarita Gonzalez Sarango

A7 Changes in soil internal N cycle and trace gas fluxes under elevated nutrient input



B1 The biology of southern bracken in the anthropogenic ecosystem in the San Francisco valley of South Ecuador


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

B2 Impact of land use, natural disturbances and climate change on vascular plant diversity



B3 Interactions of organic matter and microbial dynamics in pasture soils along management chronosequences



B4 The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) in the establishment of rainforest tree seedlings, and the application of AM fungi for reforestation approaches



C1 Exploration and consolidation of silvicultural knowledge for sustainable management of forest sites in the South Ecuadorian Andes



C2 Arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in different stages of succession after loss of pristine forest



C3 Market inclusion of ecosystem services: A viable option to achieve sustainable land use in the tropics?


  • 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

C4 Human ecological parameters and their relevance in preserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods in the Biosphere Reserve Podocarpus – El Cóndor



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



D2 Tree growth and wood anatomy along elevational and nutritional gradients in tropical forests in southern Ecuador


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

    ++49 (0)9131 85 29372

D3 Impacts of environmental change on climate and ecosystem in southern Ecuador


  • 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 (PostDoc)
    Katja Trachte
    Atmospheric Processes
    Burger Chaussee 2
    Campus Nord, LG 4/3
    Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
    03044 Cottbus

D4 Catchment scale hydro-biogeochemical fluxes and aquatic diversity under global change


  • Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer (PI)
    Lutz Breuer
    Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26
    Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
    Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
    35392 Gießen
  • Dr. David Windhorst (PhD student)
    David Windhorst
    35390 Gießen

D5 Functional soil landscape modelling in the Andean mountain forest zone: impact of land use and natural disturbances



D7 Forest dynamics, landslide dynamics, and their interactions – a process-based landscape modelling approach for a mountain rain forest in South Ecuador



T1 Knowledge Transfer in South Ecuador: Facilitation of biodiversity in montane ecosystems by large-scale conversion of monocultures into mixed forests



T2 Knowledge Transfer in South Ecuador: RADARNET SUR - Operational rainfall monitoring in southern Ecuador


  • 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

Z1 Data Warehouse


  • 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

Z2 Administration and Coordination


  • Frau Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt (Technician)
    Birgit Kühne-Bialozyt
    AG Bendix
    Faculty of Geography
    Deutschhausstr. 12
    35032 Marburg

    +49 6421 28 26 543
  • 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 (PI)
    Felix Matt


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