We have the following main topics of focus in different subprojects:
| tpZ- |
Coordination |
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| maintaining the research infrastructur |
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| Interspecific Interactions |
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| investigating species interactions | ||
| sp1 | Plant interactions aboveground (Heissenberg fellow) |
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| sp2 |
Community stability and productivity |
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| sp3 | Plant-pollinator interactions |
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| sp4 |
Plant-soil fauna interactions |
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| sp5 |
Consumers (started in former project phase; since 2007) |
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| sp6 |
Plant-soil feedback/microbial ecology |
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| Element Cycling |
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| investigating water and element cycling |
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| sp7 |
Belowground resource use |
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| sp8 |
Plant water relations |
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| sp9 |
Hydrology | |
| sp10 |
Organic matter storage |
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| sp11 |
N and P cycling |
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| Data and Integration |
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| data base management, syntheses work, modelling |
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| sp12 |
Ecological stoichiometry |
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| sp13 |
Trait-based modeling | |
| sp14 |
Database and synthesis |
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| Applied Aspects |
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| sp15 |
bioenergy (started in former project phase) |
