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The projects of the
Biodiversity Exploratories

Currently, there are more than 40 projects involved. They investigate the cause-and-effect relations in the enlivened nature, both, by monitoring as well as experiments. Use the filter options to search for specific projects.

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Figure: The drone image shows green meadows and brown fields with paths in between photographed from above.
pETchy (Contributing project)
pETchy: Watching biodiversity at work from above
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a longhorn beetle.
Arthropods (Core project)
Land use, above-ground arthropod diversity and arthropod-affected processes
#Animals  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a myxobacteria culture photographed from above in a Petri dish, spreading in a circle over an e-coli culture and eating it.
BE_CENSE (Contributing project)
A molecular census of land-use intensity effects on the soil biota in grasslands
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #Microbial community […]
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Picture: The aerial photograph shows green overgrown and harvested brown fields next to a piece of forest and a settlement.
BEF-Up II (Contributing project)
Upscaling exploratories data to understand the drivers of landscape multifunctionality
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #Ecosystem function of biodiversity  #2020 – 2023  #Land use […]
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Picture: The photo shows a soil sample of micro-arthropods in a petri dish. Hundreds of specimens can be seen, most of which are Collembola.
BE-Spring (Contributing project)
Discovering Collembola biodiversity on grasslands with emerging genomic and metagenomic tools
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The diagram shows the relationship of the elements biodiversity, land use and ecosystem function. The three elements are symbolized as circles and placed in the form of a triangle. The upper center circle represents biodiversity and contains colored picture symbols for different plants. The lower left circle represents land use. Within the circle are the terms mowing, grazing, fertilization and soil texture. The lower right circle represents ecosystem function. Within the circle are the terms biomass production and standing biomass. From the circle for land use an arrow goes to the circle for biodiversity and to the circle for ecosystem function. From the circle for biodiversity an arrow goes to the circle for ecosystem function and from there an arrow goes back to the circle for biodiversity.
BEF-Loops (Contributing project)
Reciprocal relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem productivity
#Ecosystem function of biodiversity  #2020 – 2023  #Nutrients […]
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Figure: The photo shows a row of deadwood logs in a shady summer forest.
BELongDead (Contributing project)
Long-term Monitoring of Deadwood (BELongDead)
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #Deadwood […]
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Picture: The photograph shows a piece of soil with grass growth lying on a round flat mineral container and held in front of the camera by two hands in white latex gloves. The size of the piece of soil is about twelve centimetres in height and about fifteen centimetres in diameter. Many predominantly fine roots can be seen in the soil. Long blades of grass grow on the surface of the piece of soil. In the background of the photograph a meadow and a row of leafy trees can be seen under a blue sky with a few clouds.
BEmins (Contributing project)
Mineral surfaces as hotspots for microbes and element cycling in the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The macro photo shows a piece of grey-brown soil aggregate with artificially added long red filamentous microplastic fibres in front of a black background.
BEMPL (Contributing project)
Microplastic occurrence and effects on soil fungi and processes along land-use gradients in the framework of the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #Microbial community […]
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Figure: The photo shows green grain ears backlit against the background of a dark deciduous forest.
BESoilS (Contributing project)
Sulfur cycling in soils along a land-use intensity gradient in German Biodiversity Exploratories
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  #Grazing […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of liverwort.
Crustfunction III (Contributing project)
Land use as a driver for structure and function of biological soil crusts III
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  #Species communities […]
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Picture: The photo shows a meadow with a female scientist and a male scientist kneeling on the ground and laying down markers. Both persons are smiling into the camera, in the background a climate measuring station and a forest can be seen.
Botany (Core project)
Plant diversity and plant-related processes
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  #Herbs […]
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Picture: The photo shows a mushroom growing on a deadwood tree trunk lying in the forest
BLD-MFD-HZG III (Contributing project)
BELongDead – Multitrophic functional diversity in deadwood (BLD-MFD-HZG III)
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a hand surface with a pygmy bat sitting on it against a black background.
Birds&Bats (Contributing project)
The effect of land use on functional traits and patterns in bird and bat communities
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of moss and two mushrooms in a forest, with logs of dead wood in the background
ECTOMYC (Contributing project)
Functional diversity of mycorrhiza in relation to land-use changes and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #Nutrients […]
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Illustration: The photo shows under dark clouds a sunlit herd of white-brown cattle on a meadow behind an electric fence. In the background a landscape with meadows, fields and forests can be seen.
ESuDis (Contributing project)
Effects of land management on the supply and distribution of ecosystem services
#Transfer & Society  #2020 – 2023  #Biomass […]
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Picture: The photo shows the experimental garden of the Philipps University in Marburg, Germany, called "Common Garden". You can see swards with tall growing grasses in six rows of square sub-plots of fifty by fifty centimeters, where always two sub-plots are laid out next to each other. One row is thus one meter wide. Between the rows are paths. In the background are greenhouses, buildings and behind them a dense row of deciduous and coniferous trees under a sky covered with cumulus clouds
EXClAvE (Contributing project)
Land-use effects on plant and microbe communities: An experimental common garden approach
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #Microbial community […]
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Picture: The photo shows a sunlit winter forest with a large area of flowering wood anemones stretching across the ground.
ForGenDiv (Contributing project)
The influence of forest management on genetic diversity of plant and animal species: a cross-species study
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #Diversity indices […]
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Picture: The photo shows a place in the forest with cut down trees, between which three light traps are placed.
GapResin (Contributing project)
Gap responses in forest insects – from communities to cellular processes
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Sequencing […]
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Picture: The macroscopic photo shows the hairs of a root in bright green color against a black background
HAIRphae (Contributing project)
The economic trade-off between root hairs and mycorrhizal extraradical hyphae along a land-use gradient
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #Plant - fungus interaction […]
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Picture: The photo shows a grove hoverfly, Latin Episyrphus balteatus, sitting with spread wings on a yellow flower and taking nectar.
HealthyPollination (Contributing project)
Effects of land-use intensity on pollinator health and pollination services
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photograph shows a young scientist in a beech forest in summer standing under a branch several meters above him. With his right hand, the scientist is holding a very long leaf-collecting stick upwards into the foliage of the branch. With his left hand, he is pulling a black ribbon leading upwards to the tip of the stick, presumably to trigger a severing device.
GENEDIV (Contributing project)
Genetic diversity in key regulator genes and their association with environmental, forest management and biodiversity gradients
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #Germination […]
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Picture: The photo shows an area of the science garden of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main on a sunny day. Plants are parked in the area shown. The area is surrounded by a scaffolding about two to three metres high, on which there are foils that can be pulled over the parking areas to protect them from the sun and precipitation. In the background, tall growing plants in large flower pots can be seen. In the foreground is a rectangular area several metres long between two paths on the left and right of the picture. The ground is covered with a black foil. On top of the foil are a large number of so-called "multi-trays", which are rectangular black tray-like collection containers with recesses for holding 54 plants each in 6 by 9 rows. The containers are visually very reminiscent of baking tins for muffins. All containers are filled and contain the five thousand three hundred and eighty-eight plants collected in the "Herbadapt" project. In each well of the multitrays, there is a labelled coloured strip in red, orange, blue or purple in the soil to identify the plant.
HerbAdapt (Contributing project)
Adaptation of understorey herbs to forest management
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #Forest […]
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Picture: The illustration shows two overlapping coloured areas, one of which in blue represents the area of research and the other in green the area of business. The turquoise overlapping area is labelled with the phrase "Shaping and living transfer".
KnowledgeTransferProject II (Contributing project)
Knowledge Transfer 2.0 – Making biodiversity research effective for biodiversity conservation
#Transfer & Society  #Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Forest […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of two female ticks, on the left a specimen of Ixodes ricinus and on the right a specimen of Dermacentor reticulatus.
LaBiRo (Contributing project)
Land use, biodiversity and rodent-borne diseases
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Bacteria […]
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Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
Soil microbial diversity and community composition of grassland and forest ecosystems along land-use gradients
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows an earthworm and a horn mite on the forest floor.
LitterLinks (Contributing project)
Changes in soil food web structure of the decomposer system with land-use intensity in forest systems
#Animals  #Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  #Ecosystem services […]
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Picture: The photo shows a pollen-laden Earth Bumblebee, Latin Bombus terrestris, flying into an orange-red poppy flower hanging downwards. There are drops of water on the leaves of the flower. Green ears of grain can be seen in the background.
MacroBEEs (Contributing project)
How does land use affect bee-plant interactions and their mutualistic outcomes?
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Interaction […]
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Picture: The photo shows a hand in a turquoise glove lifting a piece of soil between meadow grass. The thickness of the piece of soil is estimated at ten to fifteen centimetres.
SCALEMIC (Contributing project)
The function of the hyphosphere in carbon and nutrient partitioning between plants and microorganisms in grassland soils under different land-use intensities
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #Enzymes […]
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Picture: The photo shows an unmown meadow with an area marked with white tape. In the foreground are project leader Professor Anja Linstädter and PhD student Florian Männer, both wearing hats to protect them from the sun. Ms. Linstädter is holding a black flat box in her hands at waist level. Inside the box is a white reference plate over which Mr. Männer is holding a field spectrometer to calibrate it. In the background of the image is a fenced climate measurement station and a row of bushes and trees. Meadows and forests can be seen on the horizon
SEBAS (Contributing project)
Sensing Biodiversity Across Scales
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  #Modelling […]
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Picture: The collage shows twelve photos of different seeds and seedlings.
SeedDiv (Contributing project)
Seed and seedling traits as related to plant diversity and community assembly in grasslands at different land-use intensity
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #Management […]
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Picture: The photo shows a specimen of a field mouse, Latin Microtus arvalis, in the grass of a meadow.
SMaTI (Contributing project)
Changes in Small Mammal Trophic Interactions (SMaTI) in response to land-use intensity and biodiversity
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Land use […]
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Picture: The photo shows a pumpkin spider, Latin Araniella cucurbitina, spinning a victim in front of a black background. The round abdomen of the spider is bright light green, while the rest of the body is brown.
SPIDERFUN (Contributing project)
Land-use effects on the functional role of spiders in food webs in permanent grasslands
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Traits […]
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Picture: The photo shows a slightly hilly landscape in summer under a blue sky. In the front left of the picture there are high bushes, a tree and a field path that turns to the left further back. From the middle to the right to the edge of the picture there is a field with beige-coloured ears of grain. Behind the field there is a mown meadow with short green grass on a slightly rising hill. On the left of the meadow there is a fenced climate measuring station. On the right of the meadow there is an unmown experimental area with tall brown and green grass. Behind the meadow there is a dense row of deciduous trees running through the picture.
SPRINT (Contributing project)
Seed predation and diversity of arthropod communities in response to land-use intensity
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Grazing […]
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Picture: The photo shows a beech forest in winter where a hole-cutting operation has been carried out. In an open area in front of standing trees, one can see tree stumps and sawn tree trunks lying on top of each other.
Forest structure (Core project)
Forest structure – Properties, structure and management of the forest experimental plots
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #Spruce […]
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Figure: The photo shows a meadow with a flock of sheep in front of a climate measuring station. On the right side of the picture there is a shepherd with dogs and another man. In the background there are more meadows and mixed forest on hills.
Synthesis (Core project)
Core project 10 – Biodiversity synthesis
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The photo shows Professor Imke Schmitt and Doctor Dal Grande measuring the circumference of a beech trunk with a yellow tape measure in a beech forest in spring.
SYMBIODRIVE (Contributing project)
Drivers of recruitment and diversity in symbioses: Assessing changes in fungal, algal, and bacterial communities of the lichen holobiont along land-use gradients
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The photo shows a slightly hilly landscape in spring under a blue sky. In the centre of the photo is a green meadow with many yellow flowering plants. On the left edge of the picture bare branches and twigs of shrubs can be seen. Beside and behind the meadow there are single trees without leaves. On the horizon leafy groups of trees, some buildings, green and yellow overgrown fields as well as single clouds can be seen.
TrophCost (Contributing project)
Incorporating trophic interactions into the optimisation of cost-effective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation in grassland
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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Figure: The photo shows a group of light brown mushrooms growing on a deadwood tree trunk.
WOODSTOCK (Contributing project)
Linking deadwood decay and nitrogen cycling: diversity and function of diazotrophs
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  #Biomass […]
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Picture: The photograph shows a round tall metal tray on a laboratory bench containing twenty-one cylindrical small glass or plastic containers with white screw caps. The containers are filled with soil samples. Next to the containers in the tray is a slip of paper with the word "unground" handwritten on it.
Soil (Core project)
Linking biodiversity and land use to soil functions
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The photo shows a scientist in the laboratory holding an insect with tweezers over the opening of a plastic tube. The scientist is wearing blue latex gloves. Laboratory materials can be seen in the background.
NutriB2 (Cooperation project)
Nutrition as a critical link between biodiversity and bee health
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows a green meadow where a herd of natural cattle is grazing.
ShapeDOM (Cooperation project)
Species composition and land use shape the composition, sorption and degradability of dissolved organic matter
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows under a blue sky a hill in the Swabian Alb, which is covered by a green meadow with isolated bushes on it.
DarkDiv Net (Cooperation project)
Recording the dark diversity of plants and soil organisms
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of the yellow flowers of common horn clover, Latin Lotus corniculatus.
LOTUS (Cooperation project)
Detailed analysis of the natural microbiome of Lotus corniculatus
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #Plants  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The photo shows a drone hovering against a blue sky.
(Cooperation project)
Development of an autonomous drone flight through forest areas for automated digital surveying of forests
#Forest & Deadwood  #Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows the container of an earth boring rod lying in the tall grass of a meadow. The container contains a soil sample.
MetaInvert (Cooperation project)
Description of nematode communities in grassland
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  
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Figure: The photo shows a sunlit forest without foliage. A deadwood log and a pond are visible in the background. The forest floor is extensively covered with low-growing plants.
COST Action 'Bottoms-up' (Cooperation project)
Integration of the BE into the COST Action platform for forest structure and multitaxon data
#Forest & Deadwood  #2020 – 2023  
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BEO (Core project)
Central Coordination Office
#Infrastructure  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Picture: The diagram shows the tasks of the central data management of the biodiversity exploratories. There are three task areas: firstly "data management", secondly "further platform functions" and thirdly "helpdesk and support". "Data management" in turn comprises three task areas: firstly "all datasets", secondly "project-internal datasets" and thirdly "public available datasets". "Further platform functions" comprises two task areas: firstly "fieldwork" and secondly "project support". "Helpdesk and support" comprises three task areas: firstly "use of BExIS", secondly "data handling" and thirdly "server administration and maintenance".
BExIS (Core project)
Central data management
#Infrastructure  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Picture: The Photo shows the measuring station A E M U in Hainich.
Instrumentation (Core project)
Instrumentation and remote sensing
#Infrastructure  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Picture: The photo shows a meadow with a female scientist and a male scientist kneeling on the ground and laying down markers. Both persons are smiling into the camera, in the background a climate measuring station and a forest can be seen.
Botany (Core project)
Plant diversity and plant-related processes
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #Management […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a longhorn beetle.
Arthropods (Core project)
Land use, above-ground arthropod diversity and arthropod-affected processes
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The drawing shows a historical map of the Hainich from the year eighteen hundred and seventy.
HiLUCC (Contributing project)
Effects of historical land-use change on species richness and community composition in fragmented and newly created habitats
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Traits […]
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Figure: The photo shows fungi and mosses growing on a deadwood tree trunk.
MykCZyk (Cooperation project)
The role of the mycorrhizal association in coupling root exudation and rhizosoil C cycling across different forest types
#Forest & Deadwood  #Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  
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Picture: The photo shows, photographed from above, two young female scientists on the right and left of the picture, lying on a sunlit meadow and busy with the determination of seedlings. The female scientist on the right is noting something on paper in a clipboard lying on the ground in front of her. In front of the head of the female scientist on the left, a thin marking stick is stuck in the ground, next to her lies an unfolded folding ruler.
ESCAPE II (Contributing project)
Effects of disturbance and seed addition on plant community assembly and ecosystem functions
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photo shows the cross-section of the stem of a specimen of ribwort plantain, Latin Plantago lanceolata, which appears blue due to polarized light, against a black background.
ForbAge (Contributing project)
Land-use effects on longevity and stem anatomical traits of perennial dicotyledonous species in grasslands
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Plants […]
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Illustration: The photo shows a tractor on an uncut meadow under a blue sky with veil clouds. In the background a deciduous forest can be seen. The leaves of the trees are autumnally colored.
FuncNet (Contributing project)
FuncNet – Land-use effects on functional trait networks and consequences for ecosystem processes
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Species communities […]
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Picture: The photo shows 6 Petri dishes with cultures of different fungi in them.
FunTrait (Contributing project)
Understanding the contribution of functional traits of individual fungal taxa to ecosystem functions under different land use scenarios – FunTrait
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The collage includes sixteen photographs of soil-dwelling Acari and Collembola taken from a micro-arthropod sample from the Biodiversity Exploratory Greenlands.
RESOILIENCE (Contributing project)
Resilience of invertebrate communities in grassland soils
#Animals  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Traits […]
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Picture: The screenshot shows the image analysis of a root system with the program Winrhizo
RootFun (Contributing project)
Belowground functional traits of plants as drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem functions
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a tractor with trailed implement tearing up the meadow surface to cause a disturbance.
SADE (Contributing project)
Effects of disturbance and seeding on the reformation of plant communities and ecosystem functions
#Plants  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photo shows a backlit meadow with six barrel-shaped containers several meters apart. The containers are covered with dark green gauze material and are used to shade and wind block the plants during scent collection. In the foreground of the photo is a cooler and a hinged box containing laboratory utensils.
anthoDiv (Contributing project)
Linking organismal and genetic diversity of floral microbiomes to ecosystem properties and functional plant traits
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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Figure: The photo shows an earth boring stick lying on a forest floor covered with foliage. The container of the boring stick contains a soil sample. A folded-out folding rule lies next to the boring stick.
AntiRes (Contributing project)
Exploring a cradle of multi-resistant bacteria – antibiotic resistance in soil and its link to different land use types and intensities
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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Figure: The photo shows a hilly landscape with a meadow and a deciduous forest under a blue sky in spring.
BE_CH4 (Contributing project)
Land-use intensity effects on soil methane cycling microbes in grassland and forest soils
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Bacteria […]
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Picture: The graphic shows information on the central thesis of the project.
BE-Cult (Contributing project)
Biodiversity of Nitrate-Reducing Microbes in Grassland Soils by Massive Cultivation and Genomics
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Bacteria […]
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Picture: The photograph shows an unmown meadow containing numerous large, grey, rectangular, open-topped containers for mesocosms containing grassland plants. The containers are under open semi-circular tunnel-shaped metal poles that can presumably be covered with foil. Shrubs and deciduous trees can be seen in the background.
BETol II (Contributing project)
The role of nutrients in the variability of drought effects on grassland composition and productivity along land use gradients – a trait-based approach
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photograph shows a round tall metal tray on a laboratory bench containing twenty-one cylindrical small glass or plastic containers with white screw caps. The containers are filled with soil samples. Next to the containers in the tray is a slip of paper with the word "unground" handwritten on it.
Soil (Core project)
How are soil functions influenced by land use and biodiversity?
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Picture: The diagram shows the Bayesian modelling cycle for a process-based vegetation model, slightly modified from Hartig et al Two Thousand Twelve.
CONNECT (Contributing project)
Testing mechanistic interactions between biodiversity, land use and ecosystem functions with a process-based vegetation model
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2017 – 2020  
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Illustration: The photo shows in the foreground a green meadow with a herd of brown cattle. Behind the meadow is a yellow canola field. Behind the canola field trees and a village are visible.
EvoPlast (Contributing project)
EvoPlast – Evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity in response to grassland management
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  
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Illustration: The photo shows a landscape of meadows, fields, forests in summer and a lake in the distance. In the foreground of the picture there is tall grass and plants with pink and yellow flowers in it.
KiWion (Contributing project)
Killing the winner only? – The virome of grass land soils under different land use intensity as the driver for microbial community structure and function
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The photo shows a green meadow in the sunshine with two adjacent experimental sites. At the left-hand site, there is a rectangular black bowl with plants in it in the grass. Thin wooden rods are stuck in the ground around the bowl at the four corners, to which a transparent white cloth is attached with clamps as a canopy over the plants. At the right-hand experimental site, there are plants in black flower pots on a base that is also black and a few centimetres high with openings in it. Here too, there are four wooden rods in the ground, to which a transparent white cloth in the shape of a cube is attached with clamps, which completely encloses the plants on all sides
LandUseFeedback (Contributing project)
The effect of land-use related diversity on plant-soil feedbacks and plant-community coexistence
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  
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Illustration: The photo shows a herd of brown cattle in a meadow under a blue sky with clouds. Deciduous trees can be seen in the background.
LandUseSAC (Contributing project)
Disentangling the way land use intensity affects β-diversity of soil bacterial and fungal communities
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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Figure: The photo shows a blue plastic stand in a laboratory containing twelve test tubes with blue lids.
MicroSYSteM I-II (Contributing project)
Synthesis and meta-analysis of microbial data for the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows a captured, living mason bee in a transparent plastic tube with blue printed graduations, which is held horizontally in front of the camera. In the background meadow soil can be seen.
MicroBEEs (Contributing project)
MicroBEEs: Consequences of land-use for solitary bee microbiota composition and function
#Animals  #2017 – 2020  #Flower visiting insects […]
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Picture: The photo shows an area of several square meters of flowering wood anemone, Latin Anemone nemorosa. In the upper right corner of the picture a part of a mossy tree root can be seen, which merges into the tree trunk
PhenoDiv (Contributing project)
Long-term changes in phenology and genetic diversity in Biodiversity Exploratories: a comparison of present-day plants with historical evidence
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  #Climate change […]
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Figure: The photo shows the hilly forest and meadow landscape of the Swabian Alb in spring under a blue sky
PATHOGEN (Contributing project)
Factors driving the distribution and diversity of protistan plant pathogens in grasslands and forests of the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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ProFunD I-II (Contributing project)
Functional partitioning of prokaryotic diversity under different land-use regimes
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a meadow with a flock of sheep in front of a climate measuring station. On the right side of the picture there is a shepherd with dogs and another man. In the background there are more meadows and mixed forest on hills.
Synthesis (Core project)
Core project – Ecological synthesis
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2017 – 2020  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a pink flower of meadow clover, Latin Trifolium pratense, in the sun.
TRATSCH I-II (Contributing project)
Comparative transcriptome analysis and phenotypic monitoring of Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae) under land use scenarios
#Plants  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows the treetops of a mixed forest at the beginning of autumn
TreeScape (Contributing project)
Ecological mechanisms underpinning species diversity changes along land-use intensity in temperate forests – from trees to landscapes
#Forest & Deadwood  #2017 – 2020  
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Figure: The photo shows a moss overgrown deadwood tree trunk with tinder fungi growing on its side.
WoodSoil (Contributing project)
Impact of deadwood on functional diversity and biogeochemical traits in underlying forest soils
#Forest & Deadwood  #2017 – 2020  
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Figure: The photo shows storks looking for food in a meadow that has just been mowed. A tractor with attached equipment is driving on the right side of the photo. Other meadows as well as rows of shrubs and individual deciduous trees can be seen in the background.
HEDGE II (Contributing project)
From land use to habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity in grassland ecosystems: A combined theoretical, experimental and observational study
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2017 – 2020  #Diversity indices […]
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Picture: The photo shows a deadwood beech trunk lying in the forest, overgrown with moss and a tinder fungus. Flowering lily of the valley grows in front of the trunk.
FUNWOOD IV (Contributing project)
Influence of forest management intensity, tree species identity and fungal-bacterial diversity on resource use, wood decomposition and gas emissions from deadwood
#Forest & Deadwood  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The photo shows a macro-image of a serpentine, endophytic fungus of the genus Neotyphodium in a grass.
DEFENSE II (Contributing project)
Dependence of symbioses between endophytic fungi and grasses on land use intensity
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The photo shows a mushroom growing on a deadwood tree trunk lying in the forest
BLD-FFD-HZG II (Contributing project)
BELongDead – Fungal Functional Diversity – Halle/Zittau/Grafenau II – Structural and functional diversity of fungi and bacteria in deadwood
#Forest & Deadwood  #2017 – 2020  #Biodiversity conservation […]
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Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
Species diversity and community composition of soil microorganisms in grassland and forest ecosystems along land use gradients
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Forest […]
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Picture: The aerial photograph shows green overgrown and harvested brown fields next to a piece of forest and a settlement.
BEF-Up I (Contributing project)
Upscaling biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in real-world landscapes
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #Ecosystem function of biodiversity  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Land use […]
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Picture: The photo shows a hand in a turquoise glove lifting a piece of soil between meadow grass. The thickness of the piece of soil is estimated at ten to fifteen centimetres.
SCALEMIC (Contributing project)
Response of soil microbial community composition and function to changes in land-use intensity, i.e. intensification and de-intensification
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Soil organisms […]
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Picture: The photo shows a piece of forest with sawed-off trees after a hole cutting has been carried out.
Forest structure (Core project)
Forest structure – Properties, structure and management of the forest experimental plots
#Forest & Deadwood  #2017 – 2020  #Spruce […]
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of moss and two mushrooms in a forest, with logs of dead wood in the background
ECTOMYC (Contributing project)
Ectomycorrhizal diversity in relation to land use change and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Nutrients […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of liverwort.
Crustfunction II (Contributing project)
Biodiversity and functional role of biological soil crusts II
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2017 – 2020  #Microbial community […]
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Figure: The photo shows a mouse sitting between pieces of dead wood
JKI-GF (Cooperation project)
Long-term population trends of rodents relevant to health policy: Interaction of climate change, land use and biodiversity.
#Animals  #2017 – 2020  
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Picture: The diagram shows the Bayesian modelling cycle for a process-based vegetation model, slightly modified from Hartig et al Two Thousand Twelve.
CONNECT (Contributing project)
Connecting process-based vegetation model to data from the Biodiversity Exploratories to unravel the mechanisms that connect biodiversity, land-use and ecosystem function
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows an open-air ground from which grass with wide stalks is growing. Numerous ants are crawling on the stalks and on the ground.
AntAphid (Contributing project)
Direct and indirect effects on ant communities in a land use gradient in grasslands
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows a dark meadow at dawn or dusk, with forested hills on the horizon. The blue sky is partially covered by stratus clouds with an orange-red glow at the edges. The sun is above the horizon hidden behind clouds.
BECycles (Contributing project)
Elemental cycling in forests and grasslands of Biodiversity Exploratories: Response to management intensity and biodiversity
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  #Phosphorus cycle […]
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BELOW (Contributing project)
Analysis of root traits to test for environmental filtering and niche complementarity in grassland communities
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #Plants  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows seven cranes on a meadow. In the background a climate measuring station and a deciduous forest can be seen.
BEsound (Contributing project)
The relationships between land use intensity, organismic diversity and acoustic complexity
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  #Cultivation […]
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Picture: The photo shows a macro-image of a serpentine, endophytic fungus of the genus Neotyphodium in a grass.
DEFENSE I (Contributing project)
Dependence of endophytic fungus – grass symbioses on land-use intensity
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows a scientist in a meadow in winter, using a knife to loosen the soil from the cavity of an earth drill stick for taking soil samples. Next to the man, another earth drill stick and a plastic bag lie on the ground.
DYNPHOS III (Contributing project)
Phosphorus content in forest soils of different biodiversity and land-use
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The collage contains six photos and a graphic. Photo 1 shows a forest dung beetle of the species Anoplotrupes stercorosus on a wilted beech leaf. Photo 2 shows a manure bait trap in a meadow. It is a plastic cup with a stick sticking up above its opening, from the top of which hangs a small bag of dung. When trying to reach the bag, beetles crawl up the cup and then fall into it. Next to the trap, there is a thin wooden stick stuck in the ground with a little blue tag with a C on the tip. Photo 3 shows a view from above into a cup whose bottom is covered with trapped forest dung beetles. Photo 4 shows a beaker with many captured Aphodius beetles. Photos 5 and 6 show experiments on the decomposition of dung, once in a meadow, once in the forest. In both cases, several dung balls are lying on the ground on a piece of cloth and there are marking sticks stuck next to them. The graph illustrates the distribution of six dung beetle species on six types of dung.
DUNGWEBS (Contributing project)
Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows a hand holding up various grassland plants, with a blue sky with clouds and a summer hillside landscape of woods and meadows in the background
EpiDiv (Contributing project)
Epigenetic diversity of grassland plants in the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Plants  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows the electron micrograph of a horn mite, Latin Oribatida acari
ForestMites (Contributing project)
Influence of land use, dispersal ability and deadwood on the feeding biology, community structure and reproductive mode of horned mites (Oribatida, Acari).
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a sunlit beech forest with light green spring foliage.
ForNit (Contributing project)
Land use intensity as a driver for abundance, diversity and activity of nitrifying microbes in soils from forest ecosystems
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows two young female scientists standing in front of a beech tree in the forest in spring. One of the women is holding a yellow extendable pole, about 5 to 6 meters long, upwards to the tree trunk. At the end of the pole is a camera that is used to perform a tree cavity inspection to check the contents.
MetacommuniTree (Contributing project)
Land use effects on patterns and processes in decomposer metacommunities in tree holes
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  #Insects […]
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Picture: The photo shows the microscopic image of a nematode of the genus Momonchus
MicroWeb (Contributing project)
Links and fluxes in forest soil micro-food webs under different land use intensity
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a great tit sitting on a branch
ParaAves (Contributing project)
Response of host-vector-parasite interactions on forest management systems
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photograph shows, photographed from above, a dead piglet on the forest floor in a cage with black bars. To the left of the piglet is a hollow cylindrical metal tube in the floor, next to which is a metal rod in the floor, to which a square metal surface is screwed as a kind of roof over the tube. To the lower right of the piglet, in a transparent blue housing, is a device for collecting scent samples of the volatile decomposition substances of the carcass.
NecroPig (Contributing project)
Influence of land use intensity on the decomposition rate of dead mammals in conjunction with the biodiversity of the carcass associated insect fauna
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  #Forest […]
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Picture: The collage contains the logo of the Georg-August-University Göttingen and ten photos of fungi of the species mycorrhiza. Photos 1 to 5 show close-ups of parts of the fungi. Photo 6 shows a beech forest in summer and a pole to which two illegible signs are attached. The upper sign is yellow and pentagonal and shows the symbolic image of an owl. Photo 7 shows a hand sticking a round cup-like container into the forest floor. Photo 8 shows light-coloured fungal strands on lumps of earth. Photo 9 shows a close-up of the mycelium. Photo ten shows a screenshot of the capture of a fungal structure on the computer.
proEMM (Contributing project)
Mycorrhizal mycelium production in relation to forest management intensity and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The black and white photo shows the negative image of a group of trees
SHAPE (Contributing project)
Quantifying the impact of forest management intensity and neighborhood diversity on individual tree shape and canopy space filling
#Forest & Deadwood  #2014 – 2017  #Nutrient cycle […]
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Figure: The photo shows grazing sheep in a meadow
STOICHIO (Contributing project)
Land-use effects on plant-herbivore stoichiometry: micro- and macronutrients
#Animals  #Plants  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a bumblebee on a yellow dandelion flower
PhyloDiv (Contributing project)
How does land use affect the architecture of plant-insect interactions in managed grasslands?
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photo shows several rows of black flower pots in a greenhouse, in which plants are growing. All plants are under closed transparent foils, which are attached to the flower pots with rubber bands.
RootHerb II (Contributing project)
Resilience of grassland plant communities as influenced by root herbivores under different land use intensities
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a meadow with a flock of sheep in front of a climate measuring station. On the right side of the picture there is a shepherd with dogs and another man. In the background there are more meadows and mixed forest on hills.
Synthesis (Core project)
Core project – Ecological synthesis
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #Statistics […]
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BEECHADAPT (Contributing project)
Genetic and adaptive variation in beech (Fagus sylvatica): Which factors influence their spatial distribution patterns?
#Forest & Deadwood  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The photograph shows an unmown meadow containing numerous large, grey, rectangular, open-topped containers for mesocosms containing grassland plants. The containers are under open semi-circular tunnel-shaped metal poles that can presumably be covered with foil. Shrubs and deciduous trees can be seen in the background.
BETol I (Contributing project)
The role of nutrients for the variability of drought effects on community composition and productivity across land use gradients in grasslands: a trait based approach
#Plants  #2014 – 2017  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photo shows a mushroom growing on a deadwood tree trunk lying in the forest
BLD-FFD-HZG (Contributing project)
BELongDead – Fungal Functional Diversity – Halle/Zittau/Grafenau Structural Diversity of Fungi and Bacteria in Deadwood and the Expression of Genes Relevant to Wood Degradation
#Forest & Deadwood  #2014 – 2017  #Biodiversity conservation […]
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Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
Species diversity and community composition of soil microorganisms in grassland and forest ecosystems along land-use gradients
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  #Genetic diversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a hand in a turquoise glove lifting a piece of soil between meadow grass. The thickness of the piece of soil is estimated at ten to fifteen centimetres.
SCALEMIC (Contributing project)
Microbial Colonization Strategies and Resource Partitioning in Grassland Soils under Different Land-Use Intensities
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  #Carbon cycle […]
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Picture: The photo shows a piece of forest with sawed-off trees after a hole cutting has been carried out.
Forest structure (Core project)
Forest structure: Properties, structure and management of the forest experimental plots
#Forest & Deadwood  #2014 – 2017  #Spruce […]
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of moss and two mushrooms in a forest, with logs of dead wood in the background
ECTOMYC (Contributing project)
Functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in relation to land use change and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2014 – 2017  #Mycorrhiza fungi […]
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Picture: The photo shows, photographed from above, two young female scientists on the right and left of the picture, lying on a sunlit meadow and busy with the determination of seedlings. The female scientist on the right is noting something on paper in a clipboard lying on the ground in front of her. In front of the head of the female scientist on the left, a thin marking stick is stuck in the ground, next to her lies an unfolded folding ruler.
ESCAPE I (Contributing project)
Effects of disturbance and seeding on composition and ecosystem functions of plant communities
#Plants  #2014 – 2017  #Grassland […]
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Picture: The photo shows an earthworm and a horn mite on the forest floor.
LitterLinks (Contributing project)
Changes in soil food web structure of the decomposer system with land use intensity in forest systems
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #Animals  #2014 – 2017  #Soil microorganisms […]
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Figure: The photo shows a mowed meadow under a blue sky with single clouds on a summer day. A tractor and a combine harvester can be seen on the right side of the picture.
NanoFauna (Contributing project)
Nanofauna (flagellates, amoebae) Diversity in relation to land use and ecosystem functions
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a deadwood beech trunk lying in the forest, overgrown with moss and a tinder fungus. Flowering lily of the valley grows in front of the trunk.
FUNWOOD II-III (Contributing project)
The effect of forest management intensity on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi and deadwood decomposition
#Forest & Deadwood  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The collage contains the logo of the König Research Museum and four photos. Photo 1 shows a portrait of Doctor Jan Struwe in black and white. Photo 2 shows a malaise trap in a garden next to a tree, which is used to catch flying insects. Approximately one metre above the ground, a kind of tent made of white fabric is attached to poles. Insects that fly under the tent are directed to a plastic bottle containing a preservative liquid. The bottle is located at the top next to the tent in a holder that is also mounted on poles. A solar panel is attached below the holder to power automatic separation processes of the samples. Photo 3 shows in a screenshot against a black background the signals of isolated D N A pieces of a sample shown in white. Photo 4 shows a fly photographed from above. Below the fly, a diagram is mounted that shows the base sequence of a gene section line by line on a white background. The four bases are shown in different colours.
Barcoding Diptera (Contributing project)
Development of mass sequencing workflows
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Figure: The photo shows a grassy soil sample taken with an earth boring stick and lying on a blue foil between tall growing grass of a meadow
AMFroots (Contributing project)
Biodiversity and land-use effects on root biomass and arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in roots
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The collage shows nine photos of different flowers and insects.
Arthropods II (Core project)
Arthropods II – Abundance and diversity of arthropods
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  
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Figure: The photo shows a forest without foliage. The ground is extensively covered by low-growing plants with white and purple flowers.
BEDry (Contributing project)
Global change effects on forest understorey: how do interactions between drought and land-use intensity affect water, carbon and nitrogen cycling?
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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BEAM ll (Contributing project)
Impact of land-use and functional diversity on species diversity and stability of grassland communities in fragmented landscapes
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2011 – 2014  
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BEECHADAPT (Contributing project)
Genetic and adaptive variation in beech (Fagus sylvatica): Which factors influence their spatial distribution patterns?
#Forest & Deadwood  #2011 – 2014  
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BERich (Contributing project)
Using enrichment planting to test for environmental filtering and niche complementarity in grassland communites
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photograph shows two men on a large mown meadow operating a device for taking undisturbed soil samples in rainy weather. One of the men is kneeling next to the device, the other is standing and pressing on the tripod column from above. To the right at the edge of the picture another person can be seen watching from behind. A row of unfoliaged trees can be seen on the horizon.
BIOSTRUC (Contributing project)
Linking biodiversity to biogeochemical cycling (C-N cycling) in grasslands by soil structure
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Figure: The photo shows a bee collecting nectar from the petals of a purple crocus flower.
Footprints (Contributing project)
Chemical signatures of resource competition between honeybees and wild bees along a landuse gradient
#Animals  #2014 – 2017  
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Picture: The collage contains the logo of the Georg-August-University in Göttingen as well as seven photos. Photo one shows the opened container of an earth boring rod lying on the ground. Photo two shows the bark of a tree. Photo three and five show electron microscopic images of horn mites. Photo four shows a collection of different horn mite species. Photo six shows a young scientist in a forest taking a sample from a beech trunk. Photo seven shows the image of a red-brown horn mite.
Frass (Contributing project)
Food preferences and mode of reproduction of oribatid mites along a land use gradient
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows an agricultural vehicle mowing a meadow. Via a boom, the mown grass is transported into a trailer pulled by a tractor driving next to the other vehicle. In the background, a very large meadow with an adjoining deciduous forest can be seen.
GENLAND (Contributing project)
The relationship between neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in the context of historic and present land use and landscape structure
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  
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HydroNiche (Contributing project)
Resource fluctuations and niche separation in plant communities: Can land-use effects on soil moisture explain observed patterns in plant diversity?
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of a soil crust from the side
InDiLaNi (Contributing project)
Interaction of biogeochemical interfaces and microbial community function in different soils
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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LANDSCAPES (Contributing project)
Landscape heterogeneity and functional biodiversity
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  
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LaserTIR (Contributing project)
Enhancing the understanding of canopy biodiversity: Estimating forest canopy surface temperature by airborne laser scanning and thermal infrared scanning
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2011 – 2014  
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ModelWeb (Contributing project)
Modeling land-use effects on forest soil food webs
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  
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Neighbor (Contributing project)
The effect of forest management and neighborhood diversity on seasonal tree growth responses
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  
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Figure: The photo shows a bumblebee on a yellow dandelion flower
PhyloDiv (Contributing project)
Phylogenetic community structure and land use: Does intensification cause phylogenetic homogenization?
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows the microscopic image of bright green bacterial cells during a count.
ProFIL I-II (Contributing project)
Prokaryotic diversity changes and their functional interrelationship with land use
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The biodiversity graphic shows that land use reduces both functional diversity and response diversity.
Response (Contributing project)
Land use effects on response diversity in animal – plant interactions
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows several rows of black flower pots in a greenhouse, in which plants are growing. All plants are under closed transparent foils, which are attached to the flower pots with rubber bands.
RootHerb I (Contributing project)
Land use intensity and insect root herbivores: from spatial pattern to plant community feedback
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows the surface of a mossy soil crust with a felt-tip pen on the ground for size estimation.
Soilcrust (Contributing project)
Intra-specific genetic diversity and ecophysiological performance of the aeroterrestrial green alga Klebsormidium (Klebsormidiophyceae, Streptophyta) in biological soil crusts along a gradient of land-use intensity
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Figure: The photo shows an earth drill stick lying on a forest floor covered with foliage. The container of the drill stick contains a long soil sample.
Soilomics (Contributing project)
Assessment of structure and function of soil bacterial communties along land use and mangement gradients in the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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SOILFUN (Contributing project)
The functional role of soil biodiversity in grassland habitats: effects of land use and climate on niche properties, decomposition and greenhouse gas fluxes
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The collage contains the logo of the König Research Museum and four photos. Photo 1 shows a portrait of Doctor Jan Struwe in black and white. Photo 2 shows a malaise trap in a garden next to a tree, which is used to catch flying insects. Approximately one metre above the ground, a kind of tent made of white fabric is attached to poles. Insects that fly under the tent are directed to a plastic bottle containing a preservative liquid. The bottle is located at the top next to the tent in a holder that is also mounted on poles. A solar panel is attached below the holder to power automatic separation processes of the samples. Photo 3 shows in a screenshot against a black background the signals of isolated D N A pieces of a sample shown in white. Photo 4 shows a fly photographed from above. Below the fly, a diagram is mounted that shows the base sequence of a gene section line by line on a white background. The four bases are shown in different colours.
Barcoding Diptera (Contributing project)
Development of mass sequencing workflows
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows a dark meadow at dawn or dusk, with forested hills on the horizon. The blue sky is partially covered by stratus clouds with an orange-red glow at the edges. The sun is above the horizon hidden behind clouds.
BECycles (Contributing project)
Elemental cycling in forests and grasslands of Biodiversity Exploratories: Response to management intensity and biodiversity
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #Ecosystem processes […]
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Picture: The photo shows a scientist in a meadow in winter, using a knife to loosen the soil from the cavity of an earth drill stick for taking soil samples. Next to the man, another earth drill stick and a plastic bag lie on the ground.
DYNPHOS II (Contributing project)
Phosphorus cycling in grasslands and forests of differing diversity and land use
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a centipede on a brown leaf.
LitterLinks (Contributing project)
Change in food relationships in the soil as a function of forest use
#Animals  #Soil biology & Element cycling  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #Management […]
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Picture: The photo shows a springtail on the forest floor.
LitterLinks (Contributing project)
Changes in soil food web structure of the decomposer system with land use intensity in forest systems
#Animals  #Soil biology & Element cycling  #2017 – 2020  #Species communities […]
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Picture: The photo shows a long table in a large laboratory room, on which containers for a series of measurements for the photometric determination of phosphorus concentration are arranged in two rows. In the first row are wide-necked plastic bottles, in the second row are glass volumetric flasks. Behind the flasks are two stands with long, thin, tubular glass containers.
BioComp (Contributing project)
Relating nutrient concentrations, fibre contents and isotopic signals of grassland biomass to biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and land-use intensity using multi-temporal data generated with near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  
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Picture: The photo shows a hand in a turquoise glove lifting a piece of soil between meadow grass. The thickness of the piece of soil is estimated at ten to fifteen centimetres.
SCALEMIC (Contributing project)
Soil microbial communities in grasslands – Biogeography at the local and regional scale
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2011 – 2014  #Mineralisation […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a longhorn beetle.
Arthropods I (Core project)
Arthropods I- Land use, above-ground arthropod diversity and arthropod-affected processes
#Animals  #2011 – 2014  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a piece of forest with sawed-off trees after a hole cutting has been carried out.
Forest diversity (Core project)
Forest Diversity: Systematic Assessment of Forest Structure and Biodiversity Indicators
#Forest & Deadwood  #2011 – 2014  #Tree species composition […]
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of moss and two mushrooms in a forest, with logs of dead wood in the background
ECTOMYC (Contributing project)
Functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in relation to land use change and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2011 – 2014  #Nutrients […]
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Illustration: The photo shows a meadow landscape in summer under a blue cloudless sky. Part of the meadow is mowed. In the foreground of the picture a scythe lies on mown grass. On the horizon forests can be seen.
RangeShift (Contributing project)
Using biogeographical niche models to predict plant species responses to climate change in interaction with land use
#Plants  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  
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ACTIFLAG (Contributing project)
Monitoring diversity patterns of active flagellate taxa in different grassland ecosystems as a tool in terrestrial ecology
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a checkerboard butterfly sitting on a meadow clover flower.
BATMAN (Contributing project)
Multi-trophic interactions of Butterflies Along a gradienT of MANagement intensity in grasslands and forest
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  
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BeechGen (Contributing project)
Spatial dynamics of intraspecific variation in beech (fagus sylvatica): environmental and human impacts and their importance for forest ecosystems
#Plants  #Forest & Deadwood  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a long table in a large laboratory room, on which containers for a series of measurements for the photometric determination of phosphorus concentration are arranged in two rows. In the first row are wide-necked plastic bottles, in the second row are glass volumetric flasks. Behind the flasks are two stands with long, thin, tubular glass containers.
BioComp (Contributing project)
Relating nutrient concentrations, fibre contents and isotopic signals of grassland biomass to biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and land-use intensity using multi-temporal data generated with near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
#Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The collage contains seven photos and a drawing arranged in a circle. In the centre of the circle is the writing "Chemo-Diversity" and below it the logos of the University of Würzburg and the Free University of Berlin. Photo 1 shows a beetle on a leaf stem. Photo 2 shows an unmown meadow in summer. A check-shaped warning sign is mounted in the photo, showing the black outline of a snake on a yellow background. Photo 2 shows two young scientists in a meadow reading a meter. Photo 3 shows a hand holding a pipette over a laboratory instrument. Photo 4 shows a summer meadow landscape with forests on the horizon under a blue sky with clouds. Photo 5 shows a bee or wasp. Photo 6 shows a young kneeling scientist in an unmown meadow, handling something lying in the grass in front of her. The drawing shows a kind of biosphere with soil, plants and sky, visually represented like an aquarium.
ChemoDiversity (Contributing project)
Functional ecology: Impact of different land use intensity on chemical odour diversity, structural complexity of the vegetation and host-parasitoid interactions
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  
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ClimateChange (Contributing project)
The role of biodiversity in controlling biogeochemical processes under experimental climate change in grassland and forest systems
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The drone shot shows a landscape of green meadows with dirt roads in between, photographed from above. Two blue vehicles can be seen on one of the roads
Climatology (Contributing project)
Satellite supported generation of area wide climate and vegetation datasets for an integrative analysis of ecosystem biodiversity relationships on grassland areas
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows an accumulation of fungal fruiting bodies of the species Pear Stäubling, Latin Lycoperdon pyriforme, growing on deadwood on a forest floor.
FuPerS (Contributing project)
Fungal peroxidases in soils: functional and taxonomic diversity and enzymatic activities under varying land-use regimes in the German Biodiversity Exploratories
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a deadwood beech trunk lying in the forest, overgrown with moss and a tinder fungus. Flowering lily of the valley grows in front of the trunk.
FUNWOOD I (Contributing project)
The effect of forest management intensity on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi and deadwood decomposition
#Forest & Deadwood  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of the pink flowers of meadow clover in a meadow.
GenLink (Contributing project)
The link between genetic diversity and species diversity: patterns and processes in grassland plants
#Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a tractor with attached slurry tank fertilizing a short-mown green meadow.
INDILAP (Contributing project)
Influence of different land use intensities and plant diversity patterns on microbial ammonium turnover in grassland ecosystems
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a caterpillar fly on a white flower
InsectScale (Contributing project)
Effects of landscape context and land-use intensity on biodiversity and multitrophic interactions among plants, pollinators, herbivores, and their natural enemies
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The three-part collage contains ten photos. part A shows plants growing in meadows. photo 1 shows white clover, latin Trifolium repens. photo 2 shows common hornwort, latin Cerastium holosteoides. photo 3 shows ribwort, latin Plantago lanceolata. part B of the collage shows bacterial colonies in petri dishes. photo 1 shows the imprint of a clover leaf on selective medium. photo 2 shows P P F M colonies isolated from leaves of common hornwort. photo 3 shows P P F M isolate. part C of the collage shows 4 microscope images of different P P F M colonies without more precise designation of the photos.
PhylloMethylotrophs (Contributing project)
Biogeography, genetic and functional diversity of plant growth promoting phyllosphere methylotrophs
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a bumblebee on a pink flower
Plantcol (Contributing project)
The interaction between signal diversity and pollinator behaviour along a land use
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a specimen of ribwort plantain, Latin Plantago Lanceolata, photographed from above in a meadow.
Plantomics (Contributing project)
Relationship between chemical profiles of plants, their herbivore biodiversity and land-use
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a tractor with attached equipment mowing a meadow. A deciduous forest can be seen in the background.
PROLINKS (Contributing project)
Impact of Land-use on Biogeographical Diversity of Soil Prokaryotes and their Functional Links to Atmospheric Chemistry
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows growing plants in square black flower pots arranged in rows in the soil of an experimental garden
QuantGen (Contributing project)
The evolutionary impact of land use: quantitative genetic diversity and phenotypic selection of grassland plants in the Biodiversity Exploratories
#Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a flock of birds over a lake against a blue sky with some clouds. Behind the lake is a coniferous forest, in front of which a row of deciduous trees with autumn colored foliage can be seen.
ScalingUp (Contributing project)
Scaling up Biodiversity Exploratory results in space and time
#Plants  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The collage contains the logo of Freie Universität Berlin and four photos. Photo 1 shows several rows of cylindrical black plastic containers in a greenhouse, each containing a single plant. Photo 2 shows the macro-image of the blue-grey appearing structure of an elongated part of a plant against a white background. Photo 3 shows a squatting young scientist on an unmown meadow, sifting soil in a large metal sieve. Underneath the sieve is a foil to collect the sieved material. Photo 4 shows a mown meadow on a slope. There is a fenced climate measuring station in the meadow, with a small group of shrubs and trees behind it. In the background of the picture are more meadows, groups of trees and on the horizon wooded hills under a cloudy sky.
SOILAGG (Contributing project)
Biodiversity and land-use effects on soil structure and arbuscular mycorrhiza
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a meadow in summer with partly dried grass. In the background is a deciduous forest with a grazing flock of sheep in front. Dark gray clouds hang in the sky.
SoilAlgae (Contributing project)
Changes in the biodiversity of algae in soils along land use gradients within the German Biodiversity Exploratories: community structures and functional roles
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a herd of cows in a meadow in summer, with shrubs and wooded hills in the background.
SoilFoodWeb (Contributing project)
Impact of land-use intensity and landscape structure on the biodiversity and functioning of soil food webs
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a beech forest with light green spring foliage. The forest floor is covered with low growing plants with white flowers.
STRUCTURE (Contributing project)
The effects of land-use and structural heterogeneity on biodiversity: A new assessment method using cost-effective remote sensing and fine-scale pattern analysis
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2008 – 2011  
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Figure: The photo shows a bright green frog sitting on a wooden board or beam with tall green meadow grass in the background.
BEAM l (Contributing project)
BEAM I – Impact of land-use and functional diversity on species diversity and stability of grassland communities in fragmented landscapes
#Theory, Modelling & Upscaling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a scientist in a meadow in winter, using a knife to loosen the soil from the cavity of an earth drill stick for taking soil samples. Next to the man, another earth drill stick and a plastic bag lie on the ground.
DYNPHOS I (Contributing project)
The P cycle in grassland and forest ecosystems of different biodiversity and land-use intensity
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2008 – 2011  
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Picture: The photo shows a hand in a turquoise glove lifting a piece of soil between meadow grass. The thickness of the piece of soil is estimated at ten to fifteen centimetres.
SCALEMIC (Contributing project)
Effect of Land-Use Intensity on Spatial Structure and Function of Soil Microbial Communities
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2008 – 2011  #Mineralisation […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of a longhorn beetle.
Invertebrates I (Core project)
Invertebrates I – Effects of land use on invertebrate diversity
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  #Biodiversity […]
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Picture: The photo shows a piece of forest with sawed-off trees after a hole cutting has been carried out.
Forest (Core project)
Pools and Fluxes / Forest
#Forest & Deadwood  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  #Forest […]
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Figure: The photo shows a close-up of moss and two mushrooms in a forest, with logs of dead wood in the background
ECTOMYC (Contributing project)
Functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in relation to land use change and ecosystem functions
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2008 – 2011  #Mycorrhiza fungi […]
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Picture: The photo shows a close-up of liverwort.
Crustfunction I (Contributing project)
Biodiversity and functional role of biological soil crusts
#Soil biology & Element cycling  #2014 – 2017  #Phosphorus cycle […]
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Picture: The collage shows nine photos of different flowers and insects.
Invertebrates II (Core project)
Invertebrates II – Flower-visiting insects
#Animals  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Picture: The photo shows a man kneeling on a meadow next to a red and white striped so-called alignment rod, which is needed for measuring small partial areas of the experimental plots. A farmstead and mountains can be seen in the background.
LMT (Core project)
Local Management
#Infrastructure  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #2006 – 2008  
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Illustration: The photo shows from a hill down a green landscape of meadows, small forests and some buildings in between. In the background yellow rape fields can be seen.
ClimChangeNet & Microclimate maps for the Hainich region (Cooperation project)
Transdisciplinary projects
#Transfer & Society  #2020 – 2023  
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Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo des Max-Planck-Instituts für Bio-Geochemie Jena.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Senckenberg World of Diversity.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Technischen Universität München.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Universität Bern.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Technischen Universität Darmstadt.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Universität Hohenheim.
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Abbildung: Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Universität Ulm.
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