GCEF-related theses
PhD theses:
Plos, Caroline (ongoing): The effect of climate change on phenology and flower traits. (iDiv/University Halle)
Liu, Qun (ongoing): Interacting effects of climate change and land use on earthworm communities. (iDiv/UFZ/University of Göttingen)
Sünnemann, Marie (ongoing): The influence of land use on the functioning of soil systems under climate change. (iDiv/UFZ/University Leipzig)
Andrzejak, Martin (ongoing): The role of biotic interactions and climate change for plant demography and reproductive success of multiple grassland species. (iDiv/UFZ)
Koch, Philipp (ongoing): Impacts of climate change on ectoparasites of small rodents. (University Leipzig, Julius-Kühn-Institute Braunschweig)
Schmid, Julia (ongoing): Modeling and analysis of the influence of management type on the dynamics of grasslands. (UFZ)
Hutengs, Christopher (ongoing): Soil microbial community biomass assessment with portable mid-infrared and visible to near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. (iDiv)
Jessen, Maria-Theresa (ongoing): Does competition for light drive loss of plant diversity under fertilization and exclusion of herbivory? (UFZ/iDiv)
Madaj, Anna-Maria (ongoing): Effects of climate change and land management on plant evolutionary dynamics in extensively used grasslands. (UFZ)
Hetzer, Jessica (ongoing): The role of species traits, soil and climate on grassland dynamics and function. (UFZ)
Breitkreuz, Claudia (ongoing): Enhancement of stress resistance of agro-ecosystems by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) using the example of wheat (Triticum L.). (UFZ)
Berger, Sigrid (ongoing): Effects of climate change and land use change on grassland vegetation and top-down control by plant antagonists (insect herbivores and pathogens). (UFZ)
Siebert, Julia (ongoing): Effects of climate change and land-use on soil organisms and soil processes. (iDiv)
Sohlström, Esra (ongoing): The effects of land use and climate change on epigeic and aboveground fauna in grasslands. (iDiv)
Yin, Rui (2019): Structure and function of soil fauna in crop and grassland systems and the effects of climate change. (UFZ)
Master theses:
Lemmer, Julia (ongoing): Demography of grassland plant species in response to land use and climate change. (University of Göttingen)
Hartmann, Ina (2017): Quantitative genetic diversity in grassland species of the Global Chabge Experimental Facility (University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Kindermann, Liana (2016): The impact of climate change on Middle European Grasslands. (University of Cologne) - in German
Schüchner, Ruben (2016): Influence of land use and climate change on soil bacteria in the Global Change Experimental Facility (University Leipzig)
Hollingsworth, Patrick (2016): Effects of climate change and land use on composition, body size distribution and function of soil fauna. (University Augsburg) – in German.
Madaj, Anna-Maria (2016): Genetic and phenotypic variability of plant species in the grasslands of the GCEF. - in German.
Schirma, Robert (2014): Comparative analysis of two different imaging techniques for the determination of crop growth and plant population. (University Rostock).
Bachelor theses:
Ludwig, Franziska (2019): Impacts of climate change on plant phenology on central european pastures. (University Cologne)
Bose, Jessica (ongoing): Summer drought and springtime wetting: Climate change effects on intraspecific trait variation in grassland species. (University of Cologne)
Tegethof, Hendrik Emmanuel (2017): Global change effects on ecosystem functions and services: first results from extensive grasslands of the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF). (University of Cologne)
Schwarz, Erik (2017): Influence of land use and drought on the degredation potential of microorganisms in grasslands. (University Tübingen).
Wolfram, Julia (2017): Impact of climate change on the structure and function of of microbial, phosphate-solubilizing soil communities of five central land use types in Germany. (TU Freiberg)
Pfeifer, Hannah (2016): The effects of land-use and climate change on root biomass in experimental grassland communities. (University of Leipzig)
Augustin, Christoph (2016): Effects of climate change on the composition and productivity of differently managed grasslands. (FH Bernburg). - in German.
Andrzejak, Martin (2015): Effect of climate change on species composition and productivity of differently managed grasslands. (University Halle) – in German.
Schmid, Judith Elfriede (2015): Effects on increased temperature and changed precipitation pattern on yield quality of oilseed rape in two field experiments (University Hohenheim) – in German.
Steffen, Martin (2015): Effects of climate change and land use on soil fauna and litter decomposition. (University Halle) – in German.
Stolz, Juliane (2014): The influence of climate manipulation in species richness and vegetation cover in the extensively used grasslands of the GCEF. (University Halle) – in German.
Cuntz, Thomas (2013): Experimental characterization and evaluation of wave length specific semiconductor sensor technology for the use in wireless sensor networks. (HTWK Leipzig) – in German.
Pälke, Sebastian (2013): Development of a modular micro controller platform for a sensor network system. (HTWK Leipzig) – in German.