Pools and Fluxes / Forest – Biodiversity Exploratories

Goals

Based on the hypothesis, that diverse ecosystems should not only be more productive but also more resilient against climatic extremes, this sub-project has the aim

1. to make regional assessments of biomass, tree diversity and management as one main basis for selection of the experimental plots

2. to inventory the selected experimental plots with respect to tree and species distribution

Methods

The forest inventory included following parameters:

general description of the study plot

surrounding, topography, structure and delopmental stages, land use system

stock inventory

abundance and diversity, biometric characteristics of single trees, damages and habitat, competition, development and vitality

regeneration inventory

abundance and diversity, hemispheric photos, damage caused by game animals

Wood Debris

Biomass, degree of decomposition

C/N-Analyses

sampling of roots, stem and leaves

tree species composition

(Schorfheide, Hainich, Schwäbische Alb)

Experiments

fencing experiment in the forest
BELongDead
seeding of tree species (planned)

Publications

Relations between forest management, stand structure and productivity across different types of Central European forests

Beziehungen zwischen Waldbewirtschaftung, Bestandsstruktur und Produktivität in verschiedenen mitteleuropäischen Wäldern

Schall P., Schulze E.-D., Fischer M., Ayasse M., Ammer C. (2018): Relations between forest management, stand structure and productivity across different types of Central European forests. Basic and Applied Ecology 32, 39-52. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.02.007

Opinion Paper: Forest management and biodiversity

Schulze E. D., Bouriaud L., Bussler H., Gossner M. M., Walentowski H., Hessenmöller D., Bouriaud O., Gadow v. K. (2014): Opinion Paper: Forest management and biodiversity. Web Ecology 14, 3–10. doi: 10.5194/we-14-3-2014

The influence of changes in forest management over the past 200 years on present soil organic carbon stocks

Wie sich 200-jährige Waldbewirtschaftung auf aktuelle Kohlenstoffvorräte im Boden auswirkt

Wäldchen J., Schulze E.-D., Schöning I., Schrumpf M., Sierra C. (2013): The influence of changes in forest management over the past 200 years on present soil organic carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 289 (1), 243-254. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.014

The influence of deer browsing on natural forest regeneration.

Seele C. (2012). The influence of deer browsing on natural forest regeneration. Dissertation, Universität Jena.

Estimation of clay content from easily measurable water content of air-dried soil

Wäldchen J., Schöning I., Mund M.,Schrumpf M., Bock S., Herold N., Totsche K.U. Schulze E. D.(2012): Estimation of clay content from easily measurable water content of air-dried soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175 (3): 367–376. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201100066

Quantifying land use and disturbance intensity in forestry, based on the self‐thinning relationship

Luyssaert S., Hessenmöller D., Von Lüpke N., Kaiser S., Schulze E. D. (2011): Quantifying land use and disturbance intensity in forestry, based on the self‐thinning relationship. Ecological Applications 21(8), 3272-3284. doi: 10.1890/10-2395.1

Identification of forest management types from ground-based and remotely sensed variables and the effects of forest management on forest structure and composition

Identifizierung von forstlichen Bewirtschaftungstypen anhand terrestrischer und fernerkundlicher Variablen und die Effekte der Waldbewirtschaftung auf Waldstruktur und -zusammensetzung

Hessenmöller D., Nieschulze J., Seele C., von Lüpke N., Schulze E.-D. (2011): Identification of forest management types from ground-based and remotely sensed variables and the effects of forest management on forest structure and composition. Forstarchiv 82, 171-183. doi: 10.4432/0300-4112-82-171

Der Einﬂuss politischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Rahmen- bedingungen des 19. Jahrhunderts auf die Bewirtschaftung der Wälder im Hainich-Dün-Gebiet (Nordthüringen)

Wäldchen J., Schulze E. D., Mund M., Winkler B. (2011): Der Einﬂuss politischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Rahmen- bedingungen des 19. Jahrhunderts auf die Bewirtschaftung der Wälder im Hainich-Dün-Gebiet (Nordthüringen). Forstarchiv 82, 35-47. doi: 10.2376/0300-4112-82-35

Die Buche: Eine Kultur- und Wirtschaftgeschichte

Schulze E.-D., Hessenmöller D., Seele C., Waeldchen J., von Luepke N. (2010): Die Buche: Eine Kultur- und Wirtschaftgeschichte. Biologie in unserer Zeit 40(3), 171–183. doi: 10.1002/biuz.201010421

Growing Stock and Diversity of Tree Species of subdivided private forests in comparison to other managament systems

von Lüpke N.(2009): Growing Stock and Diversity of Tree Species of subdivided private forests in comparison to other managament systems. Master thesis, University Goettingen

The so-called core projects of the BE emerged from the site selection project and the establishment of the exploratories (2006-2008). Since 2008, they have been providing the infrastructure and collecting important basic information on land use, diversity and ecosystem processes (long-term monitoring) for all projects. In addition, they coordinate project-wide activities such as various large-scale experiments.