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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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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  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #REX/LUX  #FOX  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Bacteria […]
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IntraFlor (Contributing project)
The effect of land use on intra-specific variation in floral traits and subsequently plant-pollinator interactions and pollination
#Plants  #BEF  #Biotic Interaction  #Plants  #2023 – 2026  #Pollination […]
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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  #FOX  #2023 – 2026  #Ecosystem processes […]
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MultiCrossBEF (Cooperation project)
Land-use impacts on above-belowground arthropod food webs, energy flux, and multitrophic ecosystem functioning
#Animals  #Soil biology & Element cycling  #Plants  #Ecosystem function of biodiversity  #Biotic Interaction  #2023 – 2026  #Arthropods […]
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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  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #Soil Ecology  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Soil […]
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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  #BEF  #REX/LUX  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #Social-Ecology  #2020 – 2023  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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 I (Contributing project)
Land-use effects on plant and microbe communities: An experimental common garden approach
#Plants  #BEF  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #Remote Sensing, Lanscape and Modelling  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Arthropods […]
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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  #FOX  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #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  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Arthropods […]
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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  #Biotic Interaction  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #BEF  #Plants  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #BEF  #Biotic Interaction  #REX/LUX  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Forest […]
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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  #Biotic Interaction  #REX/LUX  #2020 – 2023  #Arthropods […]
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Figure: The photo shows a group of light brown mushrooms growing on a deadwood tree trunk.
WOODSTOCK I (Contributing project)
Linking deadwood decay and nitrogen cycling: diversity and function of diazotrophs
#Forest & Deadwood  #BELongDead  #2020 – 2023  #Bacteria […]
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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  #Soil Ecology  #FOX  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Soil microorganisms […]
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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  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #Remote Sensing, Lanscape and Modelling  #Social-Ecology  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Spatial diversity […]
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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  #Plants  #REX/LUX  #BEF  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Grassland […]
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ESuDis (Contributing project)
Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
#Transfer & Society  #2023 – 2026  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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  #Remote Sensing, Lanscape and Modelling  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Arthropods […]
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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  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Arthropods […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Soil microorganisms […]
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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  #Soil microorganisms […]
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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  #Arthropods […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Spatial diversity […]
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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  #Bacteria […]
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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  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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  #Land use […]
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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  #Land use […]
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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  #Grassland […]
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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  #Insects […]
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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  #Land use […]
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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  #Land use […]
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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  #Bacteria […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Bacteria […]
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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  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Ecosystem processes […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Ecosystem processes […]
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