Ecosystems Group
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Group leader: Petra Lasch
The ecosystems group uses empirical data and theoretical concepts to assess changes in ecosystem dynamics related to climate and land use change. It uses a suite of numerical models at different degrees of complexity, as well as major GIS data bases. An important contribution is made to the assessment of the vulnerability of ecosystem services (cf TOPIK projects ForEVAS and VME).
PIK-projects the ecosystems group contributes to:
BEST Assessment and BEST IF - Brandenburg Environmental and Socio-economic Transformations
ForEVAS - Forest Ecosystems: Vulnerability Assessment Analysis of Goods and Services
INTEGRATION - Integrated assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation
SERVICE - Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Viniculture towards Impacts of Climate and Environmental Change
VME - Vulnerability maps of Europe
Ph.D. projects of the ecosystems group:
| Student | Thesis working title | supervisor (project) | supervisor (university) |
| Cornelia Fürstenau | Multifunctional forest management under changing climate - a case study in Brandenburg | Franz-W. Badeck | Wolfgang Cramer |
| Martin Gutsch | Impacts of root competition on tree growth in mixed oak-pine stands - the relevance of rooting depth and root distribution | Franz-W. Badeck | Wolfgang Cramer |
| Fanny Langerwisch | tbd | Wolfgang Cramer | Wolfgang Cramer |
| Andrea Meyn | Controls of fire and interaction of fire with insect epidemics in western North America | tbd | Wolfgang Cramer |
| Joachim Rock | Potentials for energy wood plantations in Brandenburg | Franz-W. Badeck | Wolfgang Cramer |
Ph.D. projects completed since 2004:
Marc Zebisch: Modelling the consequences of land-use change on landscape pattern and biodiversity (in German). February 2004 (can be downloaded: dissertation Zebisch)
Irina Venevskaia: Modeling of vegetation diversity and a national conservation planning: example of Russia. February 2005
Sönke Zaehle: European carbon balance under global change: a modelling study with focus on managed forests in the EU June 2005 (can be downloaded: dissertation Zaehle)
Recent publication highlights from the ecosystems group:
Badeck FW, Tcherkez G, Nogués, Piel C, Ghashghaie J. 2005 Post-photosynthetic fractionation of stable carbon isotopes between plant organs—a widespread phenomenon. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19: 1381–1391.
Doktor D, Badeck F-W, Hattermann F, Schaber J, McAllister M 2005 Analysis and modelling of spatially and temporally varying phenological phases. In P. Renard, H. Demougeot-Renard & R. Froidevaux (Eds.), Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications (pp. 137-148): Springer.
Fürstenau C, Badeck FW, Lasch P, Lexer MJ, Lindner M, Mohr P, Suckow F 2006 Multiple-use forest management in consideration of climate change and the interests of stakeholder groups. European Journal of Forest Research, published online 7.3.2006, doi: 10.1007/s10342-006-0114-x
Lasch P, Badeck FW, Suckow F, Lindner M, Mohr P. 2005 Model-based analysis of management alternatives at stand and regional level in Brandenburg (Germany). Forest Ecology and Management 207:59-74.
Schröter D, Cramer W, Leemans R, Prentice IC, Araújo MB, Arnell NW, Bondeau A, Bugmann H, Carter TR, Garcia CA, de la Vega-Leinert AC, Erhard M, Ewert F, Glendining M, House JI, Kankaanpää S, Klein RJT, Lavorel S, Lindner M, Metzger MJ, Meyer J, Mitchell TD, Reginster I, Rounsevell M, Sabaté S, Sitch S, Smith B, Smith J, Smith P, Sykes MT, Thonicke K, Thuiller W, Tuck G, Zaehle S, Zierl B 2005 Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe. Science 310(25.11.2005):1333-1337, doi: 10.1126/science.1115233
