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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 photo shows a row of deadwood logs in a shady summer forest.
BELongDead (Contributing project)
Long-term Monitoring of Deadwood (BELongDead)
#Forest & Deadwood  #BELongDead  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #2014 – 2017  #2011 – 2014  #2008 – 2011  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Above-belowground […]
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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  #Soil microorganisms […]
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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  #Functional diversity […]
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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  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Grassland […]
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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  #Soil Ecology  #BEF  #Biotic Interaction  #2023 – 2026  #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  #Biotic Interaction  #REX/LUX  #2020 – 2023  #Seed distribution […]
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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  #Biotic Interaction  #Social-Ecology  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Grassland […]
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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  #Genetic diversity […]
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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  #FOX  #2020 – 2023  #Synthesis […]
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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  #BEF  #Remote Sensing, Lanscape and Modelling  #2023 – 2026  #2020 – 2023  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Mycorrhiza fungi […]
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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  #Resources […]
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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  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #BELongDead  #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  #Soil Ecology  #BEF  #2020 – 2023  #2017 – 2020  #Species 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  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Animal-plant 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)
Response of soil microbial community composition and function to changes in land-use intensity, i.e. intensification and de-intensification
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Root […]
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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  #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)
Species diversity and community composition of soil microorganisms in grassland and forest ecosystems along land use gradients
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Mycorrhiza fungi […]
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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  #Competition […]
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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 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  #Root […]
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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  #Mycorrhiza fungi […]
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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  #2014 – 2017  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Root […]
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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  #Species biodiversity […]
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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  #Management […]
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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  #Root […]
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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  #Bacteria […]
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