Coordination

• Applicants: Dr. Anne Ebeling; Professor Dr. Nico Eisenhauer; Professor Dr. Bernhard Schmid; Professorin Dr. Susan Trumbore
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2010 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 163658437

This project maintains the research infrastructure and the experimental plots as basis for the work of all projects. It is responsible for (1) the installation, maintenance and management of the research infrastructure, (2) the monitoring of abiotic conditions and aboveground community composition and productivity of both producers (plants) and consumers (aboveground invertebrates), and (3) the implementation of the Ecotron experiment in Montpellier, France. The scientific coordinator will participate in research on the relationship between plant diversity and a number of community-level functions and study the interactions between plant diversity and the structure of consumer communities. The Ecotron postdoc is responsible for the planning and supervision of the Ecotron experiment.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1451: Exploring Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
• International Connection: Switzerland
• Co-Investigators: Professor Dr. Stefan Halle, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Wolfgang W. Weisser