The Geoecology Group aims at understanding ecosystem functioning across scales and time. More specifically, our research aims at identifying physical, chemical and biological parameters that control ecosystem carbon turnover on the landscape scale. We pay particular attention to vegetation and soils, as they are proxies for present and past ecosystem conditions. To achieve this, our research employs methods from soil science, ecophysiology and micrometeorology in a geography context. At present most of our projects focus on peatland carbon cycling at various field sites in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Sweden.

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On December 5, Prof. Glatzel was honored for his services on the STRP (Scientific and Technical Review Panel) of the RAMSAR Convention 2022-2025.

Raphael Müller
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The LIFE AMooRe project is measuring greenhouse gas emissions in the Wörschach peatland from 2025 to 2026 in order to determine specific emission...

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As part of the LIFE AMooRe project, we are measuring precise emission factors of agricultural peat soils in the Enns Valley for the first time, using...

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Guest article by Pamela Baur and Stephan Glatzel in the Natur.Raum.Management journal of the Österreichische Bundesforste (ÖBf)

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Peatlands are the most effective CO2 reservoirs - if they are healthy. If they dry out, they become emitters. On the road with someone who watches a...

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Study in Environmental Research on the consequences of intensive drought on the carbon fluxes of the reed belt at Lake Neusiedl

Pamela Baur