CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE
“FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH”
University of Göttingen


Coordinator: Prof. Dr. A. Polle



Participating scientists:

• Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer (Dept. Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones)
• PD Dr. Rolf Daniel (Dept. of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Biology)
• Prof. Dr. Rainer Finkeldey (Dept. of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Faculty of Forestry)
• PD Dr. Dirk Gansert (Göttingen Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology GCBE)
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Isselstein (Dept. of Grassland Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• Prof. Dr. Christoph Leuschner (Dept. of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology)
• Prof. Dr. Rainer Marggraf (Institute of Agroeconomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• Prof. Dr. Andrea Polle (Dept. of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Faculty of Forestry)
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheu, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schaefer (Dept. of Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology)
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Schütz (Dept. of Forest Zoology and Forest Protection, Faculty of Forestry)
• Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke (Dept of Agroecology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• Prof. Dr. E. Veldkamp (Dept. of Tropical Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry)
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Vidal (Dept. of Agro-entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Wiegand (Dept. of Ecosystem Modelling, Faculty of Forestry)