PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal
Prof. Dr. Ingo Graß

INDONESIAN COUNTERPARTS
Prof. Dr. Damayanti Buchori (IPB)
Dr. Fuad Nurdiansyah (UNJA)
Dr. Yeni Mulyani (IPB)
Dr. Windra Priawandiputra (IPB)
Dr. Agus Priyono Kartono (IPB)

Improving ecological and socioeconomic functionality of transformation landscapes is a major challenge. We focus on aboveground animal biodiversity patterns and ecological functions in relation to local management of oil palm and rubber plantations and enrichment plantings. We coordinate and use the Landscape Assessment to analyse scale-dependent effects of management and spatial heterogeneity on the diversity of arthropods, birds and bats, ecosystem functions (e.g. predation, pollination) and population growth of stingless bees. Additionally, implications of environmental processes and socioeconomic outcomes on biodiversity and ecosystem functions will be analysed.
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/b09+-+aboveground+biodiversity+patterns+and+processes+across+rainforest+transformation+landscapes/412081.html