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Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research
Institution
Section overview
Description
Research focuses on experimental plant ecology and ecosystem research. The Botanical Garden - Section Experimental Ecology (New Botanical Garden) is integrated into the department.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Beech production forests under climate change: Recent growth trends in beech populations of northern and central Germany and identification of hydrologically-defined cultivation limits
- Collaborative project: F.R.A.N.Z. (Future Resources, Agriculture & Nature Conservation) Developing and testing appropriate measures in order to increase agrobiodiversity. Subproject 4
- Eco-physiological studies on drought stress tolerance of beech forests
- Expansion of the timber species spectrum in climate change: drought tolerance of secondary tree species and cultivation potentials in a drier climate
- Field Flora Reserves - establishment of a nationwide network of protected areas for wild herbs
- Natural forest development and implementation of wilderness areas in National Heritage (WiNat) - Subproject 1: processes of forest dynamics and economic evaluation
- Promoting the biodiversity of insects in agriculture by avoiding chemical-synthetic insecticides and herbicides. Scientific accompanying study of arable flora
- SFB 552: B7 - Drought Effects on Water Consumption and Plant Water Status of Trees in the Natural Forest
- SFB 552: C4 - Drought effects on vitality and activity of tree fine roots in natural forest and agroforestry systems
Contact
Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research
Untere Karspüle 2
37073 Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49-551-395722
Fax: +49-(0)551-395701
Email: arodrig1(@)gwdg.de
