B01

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

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Prof. Dr. Beate Michalzik

Professorship of Soil Science
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 948820
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Christine Römermann

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Prof. Dr. Christine Römermann

Professorship of Plant Biodiversity de
Friedrich Schiller University
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 949985
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Mercator Fellow

Luitgard Schwendenmann

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Dr. 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
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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

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Dr. Karin Potthast

Postdoctoral Researcher

Professorship of Soil Science de
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 948827
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Till Deilmann

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Till J. Deilmann

Doctoral Researcher

Professorship of Plant Biodiversity de
Friedrich Schiller University
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 949262
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Christian-David Gregori

Technician

Professorship of Soil Science de
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

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Alexander Tischer

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Dr. Alexander Tischer

Associated Researcher

Professorship of Soil Science de
Friedrich Schiller University
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 (0)3641 948806
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Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

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Apl. 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
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