Group
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Pictures
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Leaders of Projects
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Titles in 2003-2005
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Titels in 2005-2007
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Forest Dynamics Group |
Bandage of a dendrometer to measure the growth of a trunk of Purdiaea nutans (Cyrillaceae). © Jürgen Homeier |
Breckle/Homeier
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„Gap dynamics and growth dynamics of tree species from montane tropical rain forests in South Ecuador and Costa Rica“ A 1
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| Forest Dynamics Group |
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Dalitz/Homeier
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„Regeneration of tree species in a tropical rainforest - Analysis of factors, their temporal perspectives and the development of electronic systems for the determination of plants“ A 1
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| Vegetation Ecology Group |
Fieldwork in Vegetation Ecology
© Sigrun Lange |
Bussmann
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„Vegetation, Succession- and Regeneration Processes in Tropical Montane Forests, Ecology of the Tropical Alpine Timberline“ A 2
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| Lepidopteran diversity |
Moths of the study area: Pyralid moth (Pyraloidea, left) and tiger moth (Arctiidae, right).
© Konrad Fiedler. |
Fiedler/Häuser
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„Diversity of Lepidoptera along altitudinal and disturbance gradients in a montane forest in southern Ecuador (Arctiidae, Geometridae, Pyraloidea)“ A 3
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„Tiger moth communities (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in montane forest of South Ecuador – diversity, life-history traits, resource requirements and thermal ecology“ A 2
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| Cryptogams |
Forest of Puridea nutans at the research site at 2500 mNN. © Ulf Soltau. |
Gradstein/Kessler/
Sipman/Makeschin
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„Cryptogamic plant diversity of the Purdiaea nutans forest in southern Ecuador and its relationship to soil, climate, and vegetation structure“ A 4
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„Cryptogamic plant diversity of the Purdiaea nutans forest in southern
Ecuador
and its relationship to soil, climate, and vegetation structure“ A 4
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Gradstein/Kürscher/
Sipman/Aguirre: Übersicht
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„Diversity, life strategies and ecomorphology of cryptogamic epiphytes in mountain forests of southern Ecuador“ A 5
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Bryophyte and lichen diversity
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Epiphytic lichens and bryophytes in the Reserva Biológica San Francisco at about 1850 mNN © Nicole Nöske |
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„Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on the diversity of cryptogamic epiphytes (lichens, bryophytes) in mountain forests of southern Ecuador“ A 5A
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„“ A 5B
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| Tree Mycorrhiza Group |
Arbuscular mycorrhizas with large appressoria frequently occur on the rootlets of the trees in the tropical rain forest. Hyphae were stained with methyl blue. © Ingrid Kottke |
Kottke/Oberwinkler
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„Diversity and application potential of the mycorrhiza of trees in a tropical mountain rain forest“ A 6A
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„Diversity and application potential of the arbuscular mycorrrhiza in the tropical mountain
rain forest
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South Ecuador
“ A 6
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| Ericaceae-Orchid-Mycorrhiza Group |
Square cut of a root of an epiphytic orchid with symbiotic fungi in the root cells.© Ingrid Kottke |
Kottke/Oberwinkler
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„Diversity and functionality of basidiomycete fungi as symbionts of orchids and ericaceen plants in the tropical mountain rain forest of South Ecuador“ A 6B
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„Diversity, functionality and application of Basidomycetes as symbionts of orchids and ericaceous plants in the tropical, mountain rainforest of South Ecuador“ A 7
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| Reproductive biology |
PhD student Ulf Soltau gathering data at the ECSF.
© Ulf Soltau. |
Liede-Schumann
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„Reproductive biology in the understory of a tropical mountain rainforest in southern
Ecuador
: generalistic and specialized pollination strategies“ A 8
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Micorarthropods
Group |
Mark Maraun and Jens Illig after sampling soil animals from the T2 transect. © Jens Illig |
Maraun/Bonkowski/Scheu
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„Pattern and causes of soil microarthropod diversity in a tropical mountain forest in
Ecuador
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„Structure and function of the soil microfauna community in a tropical mountain forest ecosystem“ A 9
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| liverwort mycorrhiza group |
Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp collecting liverworts at paramo arbustivo, Cajanuma.
© Martin Nebel |
Nebel/Oberwinkler/
Kottke (& Schäfer-Verwimp)
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„Fungal symbiosis in horn- and liverworts in the tropic mountain rainforest in dependence of habitat and systematic position“ A 10
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„Tropical liverworts as vectores of symbiotic fungi“ A 8
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| Epiphyte Ecology Group |
Necrotic leaf tissue in epiphytic ferns (Polytaenium brasilianum) in the periphery of a gap, two weeks after selective logging.
© Florian Werner |
Gradstein/Sipmann |
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„Response of epiphyte communities to forestry manipulation and clear-cutting in a montane forest in southern
Ecuador
“ A 10
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| Phyllosphere Group |
Hemispherical image of the canopy for the analysis of canopy structure. © Mathias Oesker |
Dalitz
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„Significance of leaf structural parameters and the phyllosphere on water and nutrient fluxes in tropical rain forests in South Ecuador“B 2
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Glatzel
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„“ B 4
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Huwe
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„“ B 5A
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| Soil Physics |
Kleinräumige Heterogenität eines 4 m breiten und 1,5 m tiefen Bodenprofils unter dem Regenwald (oben). In diesem kleinen Ausschnitt treten Differenzen im Steingehalt, den Korngrößen sowie der Leitfähigkeit zutage (unten). Ein hoher ks-Wert belegt eine große Wasserleitfähigkeit. © Jörg Zeilinger , bearbeitet von Matthias Dehling. |
Huwe
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„Dynamics and patterns of water- and matter fluxes in soils with different land use and disturbance intensity“
B 4
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Küppers
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„Transpiration and water storage of canopy and stand in a neotropical mountain forest as affected by altitude“ B 6
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| Roots Group |
Coarse root system of Clethra revoluta (Clethraceae)at 1900m a.s.l. Roots grow within the mineral soil and the organic surface layer. © Nathalie Soethe. |
Leuschner/Engels
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„Structure and function of root systems in a South Ecuadorian tropical montane forest in dependence on altitude above sea level“ B 7
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| NPP group (Netto-Primärproduktion) |
"Investigation of the tree biomass in one of the five study forest stands. © Gerald Moser |
Leuscher/Hertel
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“Elevation effects on key processes of carbon cycling in South Ecuadorian mountain forests“ B 8
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„Effect of Altitude on Key Processes for the Carbon Dynamic in a Mountain Rainforest in South Ecuador: Vitality, Nutrient Uptake and Mortality of Fine Roots“ B 7
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Soil Biology & Soil Chemistry
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Measurement of soil respiration with a closed-chamber system by Dipl. FW Susanne Iost. © Frank Haubrich |
Makeschin
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“Soil respiration, microbial respiration and mineralisation in soils of mountain rainforest of
Southern Ecuador
: influence of altitud and land use“ B 9
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„Soil respiration, microbial respiration and mineralisation in soils of mountain rainforest of
Southern Ecuador
: influence of altitud and land use“ B 1
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| Soil Science Group |
View of one of the three studied microcatchments
© Christoph Bengel
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Wilcke (&Zech)
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“Element budget of disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems of the south Ecuadorian Andes“ B 10
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„Element budget of disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems of the south Ecuadorian Andes“ B 5
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Elsenbeer
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„Spatial and temporal pattern of saturated hydraulic conductivity in gradients of disturbance“ B 3
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Plant Respiration Group
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Horna & Leuschner
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„The Role of Woody Tissue Carbon Release for the Carbon Balance of Tree Species along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Mountain Rainforest of South Ecuador“ B 6
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| Tree Biology & Bracken Fern Group |
The brownish bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) invades fresh green meadows. When the fern outcompetes the gras the meadow will be abandoned and more native rainforest will be cleared. © Erwin Beck |
Beck
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„The biology of selected plant species of potential economic and ecological importance of Southern Ecuador“ C 1
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„The biology of selected plant species of potential economic and ecological importance of
Southern
Ecuador
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| Ethnoecology |
Shuar-woman holding a Tsem-Tsem (Peperomia sp.), a wildgrown plant used as medial remedy against stomach aches. © Andrés Gerique |
Pohle
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„Traditional plant knowledge and plant utilization among the Shuar, Saraguros and "Colonos" in the tropical mountain forests of southern Ecuador“ C 3
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„Ethnoecological studies in the tropical mountain rainforests of southern Ecuador – A contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity“ C 6
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| NAFIS; Afforestation |
Look into the project-greenhouse with experiments to analyse the optimal conditions for germination and establishment of indigenous tree species
© Bettina Leischner
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Weber/Stimm/Mosandl
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„Abandoned pastures and options for their afforestation in the tropical mountainous rain forests region in South Ecuador“ C 4
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„Development of options for sustainable management of tropical mountain rain forest ecosystems in South Ecuador“ C 3
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| Forest Genetics Group |
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Müller-Starck
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„Genetic inventories in tropical rain forests; Part 1: Genetic diversity in indigenous forests and in seed crops“ C 2
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| Site Classification Group |
Researcher of the Projectgroup "Soil Biology and Soil Chemistry" Dr. Frank Haubrich and Juan Ignacio Burneo Valdivieso decide about sample sites together. © Susanne Meusel |
Makeschin
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„Development of a agroforestry site classification model in the tropical mountain region of
Southern Ecuador
as a basis for sustainable land use planning“ C 5
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| Dendroecology |
Forest 'El Bosque' northeast of Vilcabamba with clouds above the ridge of the plateau of the Podocarpus national park. The dataloggers are in this part of the study area. © Paul Emck |
Bräuning
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„Dendroecological studies on climate history of the last centuries in the surrounding of Loja (Loja Province / Ecuador)“ D 1
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„Dendroecological investigations on the climate history of the last centruries in the area of Loja (
Loja
Province
/
Ecuador
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| Climate Research Group |
On of the eight automatic climate stations. Detection of temperature, relative humidity, wind and radiation. © Rütger T. Rollenbeck |
Richter
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„Climate of Southern Ecuador - Ecological triggers causing the upper timberline.“ D 2
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„Climate and geo-ecology of the timberline in the mountains of southern Ecuador“ D 3
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| Climate Remote Sensing Group |
LAWR rain radar (3200 m asl). Detects distribution of rainfall at a range of 60 km radius.© Rütger T. Rollenbeck
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Bendix
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„Precipitation dynamics on the ecosystem scale in the Cordillera de San Francisco/southecuador“ D 2
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| Athmospherical Chemistry Group |
Climate Reference Station: automatic fog collector, scatterometer, precipitation monitor. For determination of quantitative and chemical characteristics on the point scale.
© Rütger T. Rollenbeck |
Fabian
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„Input of nutrients by rain and fog in tropical mountain forest“ D 2
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„Investigation of nutrient inputs by different precipitation types in tropical montane cloud forests“ D 5
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| Palynology |
Photo of a Podocarpus pollen grain
© Hermann Behling |
Behling
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„Studies of late Quaternary vegetation, climate and fire dynamics in the Podocarpus Nationalpark of the southern East-Andes in
Ecuador
- Vegetation, climate and fire reconstruction“ D 1
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Bendix
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„“ Z 1 |
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Beck & Matt
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„“ Z 2 |
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