Selected research projects

Ongoing research projects

Cluster of Excellence GreenRobust - Understanding Robustness of Plant Systems from Molecules to Ecosystems

Cluster of Excellence TERRA - Terrestrial Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World

NOcsPS - A more Sustainable Agriculture 4.0 without chemical-synthetic Plant Protection

HABIT - Leverage Points for Biodiversity Enhancement in Agricultural Landscapes

Fitness Landscapes of biotic INTeractions and their role for eco-evolutionary biodiversity dynamics: towards theory-based synthesis across interaction types (FLINT)

From novel to native: long-term dynamics of biotic interactions (‘Nov-Nat’) (DFG-project)

Promoting biodiversity in commercial fruit orchards

ProteaNet - Protea networks in time and space: resource-driven dynamics of interacting plant, pollinator and seed predator communities in South African Fynbos (DFG-Project)

STIK – Streuobstwiesen im Klimawandel: Transformation hin zu einer resilienten Kulturlandschaftsbewirtschaftung

Seewandel (Resilienzdynamik submerser Makrophyten in der Uferzone des Bodensees)

Completed research prokects

Automatisierte Ermittlung der Streuobst- und Alleen-Bestände in Baden-Württemberg mittels photogrammetrischen Luftbildern

Biologische Vielfalt und Ökosystemdienstleistungen in Agrarökosystemen des Biosphärengebietes Schwäbische Alb

Effects of changed hydrological conditions, especially waterlogging, on biotic interactions in grassland

ERA-Net BiodivERsA Project SPONFOREST

Performance of and interactions among multiple co-occurring plant invaders (project within the Eliteprogramme for Postdocs Baden-Württemberg Stiftung)

Temporal dynamics of plant invasions: the role of residence time mediated by abiotic and biotic dissimilarity in determining invader performance and impacts (DFG-Project)