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



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.



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

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.



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

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.



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 (Diplomand)
    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


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