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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Science is fascinating, impactful, multifaceted - and female, too! To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb 11 , we have...

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The documentary "Geheimnisvolle Moorlandschaften", which was filmed with the participation of the Geoecology working group, will be broadcast on 5...

Andreas Maier
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Austria's largest peatland project, entitled "LIFE AMooRe - Austrian Moor Restoration", was launched in January 2024.

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The Geoecology Group at the University of Vienna wants to celebrate the World Wetlands Day with you!

We are showing our research in wetland...

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The geoecology team conducted this research at the Ramsar and UNESCO site Lake Neusiedl and published the article in Science of the Total Environment.

Pamela Baur
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Recording of an LPS (loess-paleosol sequence) near Furth bei Göttweig using special coating