J.Bauhus

Jürgen Bauhus is professor of silviculture at Freiburg University, Germany. He developed a research programme on structure and dynamics of forests, carbon and nutrient cycles, ecological interactions in forest ecosystems as well as the adaptation of forests to global change. At Freiburg University, Prof. Bauhus established the international MSc programme “Forest Ecology and Management”. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Currently, he conducts several research projects that explore the relationship between tree species and stand structural diversity and ecosystem functioning. Some of his recent research projects are:

• Mechanisms of tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning  (IDENT-Freiburg)
• Forest biodiversity characterization & in situ service quantification: sub-project “smallFOREST” - biodiversity and ecosystem services of small forest fragments in European landscapes.
• Can the resistance and resilience of trees to drought be increased through thinning to adapt forests to climate change?
• The effect of tree species diversity on phosphorus availability and cycling
• The role of tree and shrub diversity for ecosystem functions in Chinese subtropcial forest ecosystems
• The effect of forest management intensity on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi and dead wood decomposition