B01
Interactions of Forest Structure and Plant Functional Biodiversity as Drivers of Water, Organic Matter, and Nutrient Fluxes
Fieldwork
Project B01 will disentangle variations among and within different types of forest stands that relate the fluxes in water, organic matter, and nutrients at the Critical Zone surface to the taxonomic and functional diversity of the vegetation. Natural spatio-temporal gradients of forest structure will be used to study the relationships between phenological and structural aspects of tree canopies, understory vegetation, and root biomass in a response-effect-trait framework. Results from limestone (Hainich CZE) and sandstone (SESO) settings will be compared for synthesis.
Project Leaders
Beate Michalzik
Image: Beate MichalzikProf. Dr. Beate Michalzik
Professorship of Soil ScienceExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 948820
e-mail
Christine Römermann
Image: Christine RömermannProf. Dr. Christine Römermann
Professorship of Plant Biodiversity de
Friedrich Schiller University
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 949985
e-mail
Mercator Fellow
Luitgard Schwendenmann
Image: Elise ManahanDr. Luitgard Schwendenmann
Associate Professor
School of Environment, Faculty of ScienceExternal link
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142
New Zealand
Phone: +64 (0)9923 4301
e-mail
Luitgard Schwendenmann will investigate the effects of spatiotemporal variations in canopy structure on plant water uptake patterns of herbaceous and woody species using water stable isotopes.
Staff
Karin Potthast
Image: Alexander TischerDr. Karin Potthast
Postdoctoral Researcher
Professorship of Soil ScienceExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
e-mail
Till Deilmann
Image: Till DeilmannTill J. Deilmann
Doctoral Researcher
Professorship of Plant Biodiversity de
Friedrich Schiller University
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 949262
e-mail
Portrait of Mr. Christian-David Gregori
Image: Christian-David GregoriChristian-David Gregori
Technician
Professorship of Soil ScienceExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 948818
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Professorship of Plant Biodiversity de
Friedrich Schiller University
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena
Alexander Tischer
Image: Alexander TischerDr. Alexander Tischer
Associated Researcher
Professorship of Soil ScienceExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
e-mail
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
Image: Jürgen ScheereApl. Prof. Dr. Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
Associated Researcher
Head of the group Vegetation Ecology de
Institute for Ecology and Evolution
Friedrich Schiller University
Dornburger Straße 159
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 949435
e-mail
Kerstin Näthe
Image: Kerstin NätheDr. Kerstin Näthe
Associated Researcher
Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA)External link
Freiburg, Germany