Biodiversity - Ecosystem Functioning across marine and terrestrial ecosystems (BEFmate)

Spokesperson

• Prof Dr Helmut Hillebrand, University of Oldenburg
• Prof. Dr Ulrich Brose, Georg-August University of Göttingen

Sub-projects

Project Area A: Synthesis across realms

• Subproject A1: Metabolic, trophic and stoichiometric constraints of biodiversity - ecosystem functioning relationships
• Subproject A2: Biodiversity and metaecosystem dynamics - spatial patterns of community structure and functioning

Project Area B: Merging models

• Subproject B1: Integration of biodiversity in terrestrial and marine ecosystem models
• Subproject B2: Metaecosystem dynamics and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships

Project Area C: Modularised empirical approaches

• Subproject C1: Genetic and ecological constraints on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships
• Subproject C2: Structural and functional assembly of terrestrial and marine metaecosystems

Participating Institutes

University of Oldenburg:

• Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)
• Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences (IBU)

Georg-August-University Göttingen:

• School of Biology incl. Psychology (BIO)
• School of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology (FOR)
• Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (AGR)
• School of Economic Sciences (WIR)

Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven (SaM)
National Park Authority, National Park Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven