Projects

The Ecosystem Resilience Group is active in research projects at regional, national and international level. Here is an overview of ongoing and completed projects.

TitleProject staffFundingPeriod
BEClimWood-Bugs - Effects of climate and land use on arthropod biodiversity in deadwoodStella WimmerDFG2026-2029
FinalCut - Understanding the variability in deadwood decomposition and organismic diversity in the BELongDead deadwood logs after 17 years of decay  DFG2026-2029
Reconfiguration of detrital food-webs due to forest conversion across the globe: implications for decomposition in a changing climate Dr. Bin TuoHumboldt Fellowship2026-2028
BIOCOMP - Consequences of global biodiversity loss and climate change for decomposer communities and implications for forest carbon fluxes Dr. Shamik Roy, Dr. Denis NjorogeERC2023-2028
SafeNet - Safeguarding biodiversity and carbon-rich forest networks in EuropeDr. Jiayun ZouHorizon Europe2025-2028
LabForest - Reallabor Universitätsforst für nachhaltiges Verjüngungsmanagement im Klimawandel Leah VogelfängerBMFTR2024-2027
CaFoDec - Impacts of canopy openness and forest management intensity on decomposition processes and decomposer communities Marit HertleinDFG2023-2026
    
Completed projects   
Interact - Effects of climate on interactions between wood-decomposing microbes and insects at a global scale DFG2023-2025