Central Project

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Ernst-Detlef Schulze; Professor Dr. Wolfgang W. Weisser
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2002 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5468999

This project will establish the research facility infrastructure and experimental plots as basis for the work of all projects. The coordination project will be responsible for the overall plot management. The scientific coordinator will not only supervise the technical staff, but participate in research with studying the flora of invading plant species and with investigation on the effect of competition on 48 cultivars of Lolium perenne. The coordination project will also be responsible for data management and statistical support. The data manager will share research by studying the development of plot patterns as they evolve over time in the experimental plots.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 456: The Role of Biodiversity for Element Cycling and Trophic Interactions: An Experimental Approach in a Grassland Community
• International Connection: Switzerland
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen; Professor Dr. Bernhard Schmid