Projects
- Natural regeneration of oaks along a climatic drought gradient on limestone
- Regeneration of the Robinson Crusoe’s island original Forest (Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile)
- Waldbau und Baumartenwahl in Zeiten des Klimawandels aus Sicht des Naturschutzes
- Forest structure, tree species composition and diversity in Amazonian black-water floodplains in relation to hydro-chemical gradients
- The influence of the cultivation of spruce (Picea abies) on ground vegetation, humus and topsoil on limestone beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest sites of the Schwäbischen Alb, Germany
- Succession of windthrown forests in relation to stand conditions in several regions of Baden- Württemberg and in relation to stand treatment on acidic soils in the Odenwald mountains
- The evolution and current state of nutrient poor, acid swamp forests in the northern Black Forest region, south-west Germany
- Vegetation and sites of fir forests on Mt. Oxia (central Greece), with emphasis on the morphological adaptation of Greek fir trees to drought
- Vegetation and sites near the ecotone between near-natural beech (Fagus sylvatica) and black pine (Pinus nigra) forests on the eastern slopes of Mt. Olympos, Greece
- Plant communities and land use history of the lower montane tropical cloud forests of the Andes of Mérida, Venezuela
- Canopy gaps and understorey light conditions effect on forest floor vegetation and regeneration patterns of Nothofagus betuloides forests in Tierra del Fuego, Chile (concluded 01/2009)
- Conservation of flora and fauna of arid sites through the improvement of pine forests in the 'Trockenaue' (arid floodplain) along the Oberrhein
- Analysis of the usability and implementation of existing North American decision support systems in the forestry sector. Case study: Evaluation of landscape integrity and management planning.
- Vegetation and structure of forest gaps in the cloud forests of Sierra de Lema, Gran Sabana, Venezuela
- Influence of forest fertilisation on ground vegetation, humus and topsoil after forty years - a study on red sandstone areas in the Black Forest, Germany.
- Anthropogenic disturbances affecting SOUTHERN BEECH (Nothofagus pumilio) forests at “torres del paine” biosphere reserve, Southern Chilean Patagonia
- Regeneration and Growth of Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) on xerothermous sites in the Upper Rhine Valley
- Impact of local forest use on mixed forests in Apuseni-mountains, Romania
- The epiphytic mosses and lichens in the southern Black Forest, Germany, as influenced by climate and management
- The influence of land use changes on the pasture vegetation of the Apuseni Mountains, Romania
- The influence of agroforestry on vegetation and the landscape in Vikos-Aoos National Park, north eastern Greece
- Plant species composition along railway tracks of the "Deutsche Bahn AG" under special consideration of the application of herbicides
- The epiphytic and lianoid vegetation on Weinmannia racemosa in warm temperate rain forests in Camp Creek, Central Westland, South Island, New Zealand
- Pine forests in the Daxinganling Mountains, northeastern China - flora, vegetation, forest structure
- Forest vegetation and sites in Odaesan National Park (South Korea) as the basis for a site ecology approach and environmentally freindly, nature orientated forest utilisation
- The silver fir forest associations of Bavaria - a vegetation science study in a European context, with silvicultural observations and an evaluation with respect to nature conservation
- Grassland vegetation in western Leyte, Philippines.
- Vegetation of the semi-evergreen submontane forests, agricultural and fallow land on the Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
- Flora and vegetation of the Ávila National Park (Coastal Cordillera, Venezuela), with particular emphasis on the cloud forests
- Vegetation development on windthrown sites on the Schwäbischen Alb
- Natural succession on windthrown sites in Baden-Württemburg and their significance for nature conservation
- Plant diversity and utilisation of rattan gardens – a contribution to participatory biodiversity conservation amongst the Benuaq tribe in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Forestry and endangered vascular plants. Species - sites - land use
- Impact of local forest use on mixed forests in Apuseni-mountains, Romania
- Potentials for sustainable development of a traditional landscape in eastern Europe: Case study in Apuseni mountains, Romania
- Site conditions, vegetation and utilisation of afforested areas in northern Shaanxi, northwestern China
- The vegetation of calcareous beech forests as a factor of site and utilisation
- The ecology of downy oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.) and its hybrids on limestone at the northern limits of its distribution - a study of the interrelations between soil, climate, and vegetation
- Effect of land use changes on ecosystem structures, species compositions and ecosystem services: a case study from the transition zone between the Valdivian coastal range and the central valley of Chile
- Umsetzung des 2 % Ziels für Wildnisgebiete aus der Nationalen Biodiversitätsstrategie
- Improvement of the forest ecological knowledge base for sustainable forestry and forest conservation in Montenegro
- Forest vegetation and site - Fundamentals for a site-adapted selection of tree species in montane semi-natural forests in the Western Qingling Mountains, Gansu Province, China
- Implementation of the 2% wilderness-goal of the National Biodiversity Strategy