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Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology
Institution
Section overview
Description
We investigate growth processes and basic principles for sustainable production of renewable ressources in various land use systems.
We develop methods for the quantitative assessment, analysis and prediction of tree growth.
Topics of research and teaching are closely related. Besides qualification in these research areas we provide cross sectoral competences.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Agroforestry systems with added value for people and the environment
- Collection of non-wood functions of large-scale forest inventory with GIS
- Joint project: Valwood - innovative sustainable land use: a new approach to improving the environment, with a combined production value of wood, bamboo and wood biomass
- Laser based structure collection in forests (bats)
- Measures to preserve and increase the productivity of forests
- Multifunctional Evaluation of Agrofrestry systems
- Multifunctional Evaluation of Agrofrestry systems
- Stand management measures to increase the adaptive capacity of beech forests to the anticipated climate change
- SURGE - Strengthening the Adaptive Potential of the Forests of Western Ukraine, Northwest Russia and Southwest Germany to Changing Environmental Conditions and Societal Needs
- The effects of fructification on log thickness growth of forest trees in interaction with drought
- WoodWisdom-Net: AGROCOP - agroforestry systems of quality timber trees and short rotation coppice as a temporary use of project identification, evaluation, optimization Short rotation coppice
Coordinated collaborative projects
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
Contact
Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology
Tennenbacherstr. 4
79106 Freiburg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Phone: +49 0761 2033737
Fax: +49 0761 2033740
Email: instww(@)iww.uni-freiburg.de