Active Projects

• BayByeMos
  The BayByeMos project is being carried out by the Chair of Biogeography at the University of Bayreuth together with the Institute of Medical Management and Health Sciences. The aim is to investigate the growing risks of mosquito-borne diseases in Bavaria, to sensitize affected target groups and to inform the public. [Details]
  
  
• The effect of social isolation on offspring performance: an evolutionary, ecological and molecular perspective
  Paul Huber, Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger [Details]
  
  
• Evolutionary genomic of sociality in beetles
  PIs: Sandra Steiger, Marc Harrison (University of Münster), Volker Nehring (University of Freiburg), Peter Biedermann (University of Freiburg); Staff: Julius Rombach [Details]
  
  
• Longitudinal Patterns of SSF-Stream Connections (DFG FOR 5288)
  Natasha Gariremo, Luisa Hopp [Details]
  
  
• Monitoring the generation and transformation of subsurface stormflow from hillslopes through the riparian zone (DFG FOR 5288)
  Alexey Kuleshov, Luisa Hopp [Details]
  
  
• DFG Core Facility: Bayreuth Center for Stable Isotope Research in Ecology and Biogeochemistry (BayCenSI)
  Alexander Frank, Carina Bauer, Johanna Pausch, Tillmann Lüders, Eva Lehndorff, Gerhard Gebauer, Birgit Thies [Details]
  
  
• Rhizosphere traits enhancing crop resilience to drought in modern cropping systems
  Jakob Bogenreuther, Thomas Koellner [Details]
  
  
• microplasticATfood
  Martin Löder [Details]
  
  
• Indirect and direct anthropogenic drivers: population increase, land management and conservation
  Andreas Hemp [Details]
  
  
• Elevational replacement, higher tropical mountain passes and isolated sky islands: untangling neutral and adaptive processes driving radiation of Andean Apocynaceae
  Y. Melissa Pineda, Ulrich Meve, Nicolai M. Nürk, Sigrid Liede-Schumann [Details]
  
  
• DFG: Defining archetypal transit time distributions and their dynamics in real-world catchments
  Ingo Heidbüchel, Jan Fleckenstein [Details]
  
  
• StUMV: BayÖkotox Teilprojekt 4
  Heike Feldhaar, Christian Laforsch, Dieter Brüggemann [Details]
  
  
• StUMV: BayÖkotox Teilprojekt 5
  Stephan Clemens, Walter Krenkel [Details]
  
  
• Budgeting Oxygen Generation under Changing Light Conditions in Oligotrophic Waters (O2-GLOW)
  Alexander Frank [Details]
  
  
• Methodoptimization for chemical analysis for the ultrafine particles
  Elisabeth Eckenberger, Anke Nölscher [Details]
  
  
• A temperate radiation in a tropical plant family – factors underpinning evolution of the Eurasian Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae) complex
  Marco Mraulag, Nicolai M. Nürk, Ulrich Meve, Sigrid Liede-Schumann [Details]
  
  
• Reinigen Luftfiltersysteme von urbanem Stickstoffdioxid?
  Dieses Vorhaben soll exemplarisch an der Landshuter Allee in München zeigen, ob und wie sich aktive Luftreinigungssysteme zur Entfernung von Stickstoffdioxid einsetzen lassen, um dessen Konzentration im Umfeld verkehrsreicher Straßen wirkungsvoll zu reduzieren. [Details]
  
  
• StMUV: REINELUFFT? - Teilprojekt Luft
  Ines Bamberger, Leyla Sungur, Johann Schneider, Sophie Arzberger, Christoph Thomas, Anke Nölscher [Details]
  
  
• Characterizing ultrafine particles in air close to Munich Airport
  Julius Seidler, Markus Friedrich, Anke Nölscher [Details]
  
  
• Rhizosphere traits enhancing yield resilience to drought in modern cropping systems
  BMBF [Details]
  
  
• SFB 1357 TPB01: Physikalisch-chemische Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Wechselwirkungen an und mit Mikroplastik-Partikeln in wässriger Lösung
  Verhalten und Migration in und zwischen Umweltkompartimenten [Details]
  
  
• AQUAKLIF / Teilprojekt 7 / Implementierung und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
  Implementierung und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [Details]
  
  
• SFB 1357 TPB02: Verhalten und Transport von Mikroplastik in der strömungsarmen Wassersäule
  Hassan Elagami, Ben Gilfedder, Jan Fleckenstein, Martin Obst, Sven Frei [Details]
  
  
• The ecological role of silicon in tropical forests: effects on plant nutrient stochiometry, drought resistance and herbivory
  

  Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the Earth´s crust and widely recognized to have a variety of functions in plants. Yet we know little about the ecological role of this abundant element in tropical forests, which are among the most species-rich systems on earth and provide important ecosystem services. In this project, we integrate observational data with experimental approaches in the greenhouse, the laboratory and the field to evaluate the effects of Si on nutrient and water relations, and on herbivore defenses in tropical forests. The study will thus substantially contribute to improving the understanding of tropical forests under current and future conditions.

  at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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• P-TRAP / Teilprojekt 1 / Development of an on-site phosphorus retention technology
  ESR 1: Development of an on-site phosphorus retention technology [Details]
  
  
• P-TRAP / Teilprojekt 9 / Studying the effect of Fe addition to sediments on the sedimentary biogeochemical processes
  ESR 9: Studying the effect of Fe addition to sediments on the sedimentary biogeochemical processes [Details]
  
  
• Diversification of family life: species and sex differences in parental behavior along a gradient of offspring dependency
  Lena Zywucki, Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger [Details]
  
  
• Behaviour and transport of microplastic in Lakes
  Ben Gilfedder, Martin Obst, Jan Fleckenstein [Details]
  
  
• Behaviour and transport of microplastic in stream and groundwater systems
  Sven Frei, Ben Gilfedder, Jan Fleckenstein [Details]
  
  
• Influence of microbial diversity and biofilm formation on degradation mechanisms of microplastic particles in the environment
  In the first funding phase of CRC 1357 “Microplastics”, subproject C04 explored the largely untapped potential of microorganisms in breaking down microplastics. Using cutting-edge methods, researchers identified new degraders, analyzed their enzymes, and tracked MP breakdown in environmental samples. These findings laid important groundwork for sustainable microplastic solutions. [Details]
  
  
• The role of vibrational and airborne communication in the evolution of parental care in burying beetles
  Taina Conrad [Details]
  
  
• DFG Relevance and environmental fate of methylthiolated arsenates in geothermal waters
  Philipp Knobloch, Lan Huong Pham, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Qinghai Guo [Details]
  
  
• DeepEarthshape - Microbial element cycling as a driver of soil formation
  Andrea Scheibe, Marie Spohn [Details]
  
  
• Investigations on mycorrhizal associates and nutritional resources of mycoheterotrophic orchids in Taiwan
  Franziska Zahn, Gerhard Gebauer [Details]
  
  
• DFG Uptake, accumulation, and metabolic fate of thioarsenates in plants
  Carolin Kerl, Andrea Colina Blanco, Stephan Clemens, Britta Planer-Friedrich [Details]
  
  
• Modellierung und Bewertung von Ökosystemleistungen unter Klimawandel
  Rebekka Riebl, Maria Hänsel, Thomas Koellner [Details]
  
  
• Klimawandel in Bayern: Gewässergüte und nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
  Bhumika Uniyal, Thomas Koellner [Details]
  
  
• How pheromones regulate family life – Chemical communication in burying beetle families
  Jacqueline Sahm, Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger [Details]
  
  
• Illuminating the dark side of surface meteorology: creating a novel framework to explain atmospheric transport and turbulent mixing in the weak-wind boundary layer
  Karl Lapo, Shravan Kumar Muppa, Anita Freundorfer, Lena Pfister, Mohammad Abdoli, Johann Schneider, Jannis Huss, Christoph Thomas [Details]
  
  
• Consortium for Research in East African Tropical Ecosystems
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• Linking nutrient cycles, land use and biodiversity along an elevation gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro
  Guido L.B. Wiesenberg, Bruno Glaser, Yakov Kuzyakov [Details]