B02 investigates how vegetation-induced spatial heterogeneity of water and matter fluxes caused by canopies, root uptake, and soil properties, affect in concert the partitioning of water fluxes between evapotranspiration and deep percolation, as well as export of nitrogen from the rooting zone. We seek to reveal the causes of underlying spatial input and output patterns and thus rendering them predictable. For this, we use a nested observation network with a design targeted at concerted evaluation of above- and belowground processes.

PI

Prof. Anke Hildebrandt, PhD Chair of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48720 Email Department of Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ +49 (0)341 235-48 2238

Doctoral Researcher

Gökben Demir Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48723 Email

Associated Researcher

Dr. Johanna Metzger Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48723 Email

Dr. Thomas Wutzler Deparment of Biogeochemical Integration Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry +49 (0)3641 57-6271 +49 (0)3641 57-7200 Email

Technicians

Janett Filipzik (parental leave) Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena Email

Ruth Adamczewski Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena Email