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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Research
 

For the implementation of undisturbed carbon dioxide and methane measurements in the reed belt of Lake Neusiedl, the construction of a wooden board...

Pamela Baur
Teaching
 

The geoecological lab course could take place under observance of safety measures also despite the ongoing pandemic in WS 20/21! The one-week...

Claudia Blauensteiner
Research
 

Researchers in the new PeatGOV-Austria project, funded by the Austrian Climate Research Program (ACRP), are studying how best to keep peat in the...

Teaching
 

The physiogeographical field training could take place in Rechnitz in southern Burgenland from 4th until 9th of October 2020 despite COVID-19. Both...

Pamela Baur
Research
 

Is it possible to use peat moss (Sphagnum) as a substitute material for peat in horticultural substrates? The working group Geoecology from the...

Raphael Müller
Publication
 

Visiting Professor of Geoecology, Prof. Rafael Herrera Fernandez, researches causes of the biodiversity of Amazonian rainforests