Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of
South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (FOR2730)

Overview of subprojects

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

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

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)
  
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
  Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
  Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
  76131 Karlsruhe

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  +593-99-1059408
• Mr. Tobias Fabian (Diploma student)
  
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
  Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
  Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
  76131 Karlsruhe

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  017699095113
• Mr. Pablo Armando Alvarez Figueroa (PhD student)
  
  Institute of Geography and Geoecology
  Reinhard-Paumeister-Platz 1
  76131 Karlsruhe

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  +49-721-60841619
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wilcke (PI)
  
  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  Institute of Geography and Geoecology
  Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
  76131 Karlsruhe

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  +49 (0)721/60841621

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

• Dr. Mateus Dantas De Paula (PostDoc)
  
  Senckenberganlage 25
  60325 Frankfurt am Main

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  +491607634962

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

• Jessica Mereci (PhD student)
  
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• Dr. Jürgen Homeier (PI)
  
  Conservation Ecology
  Philipps-Universität Marburg
  35032 Marburg

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  +49-(0)551-3925723

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

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

• PD Dr. Matthias Schleuning (PI)
  
  Senckenberganlage 25
  60325 Frankfurt am Main

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  0049 69 7542 1892

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

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

• Dr. Carina Moura (PostDoc)
  
  Bertoldstrasse 17 Freiburg

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  004915757254039
• Mr. Alessandro Mainardi (PhD student)
  
  79115 Freiburg

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  3398616468

X2 - Radar Network Ecuador - Peru

Z - Coordination and Data Management

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

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  +49(6421)28-24249