Research Projects

Current Research Projects

• Response of Soil and Rhizosphere Microbial Communities to Long-Term Variability of Nearground Temperature and Soil Moisture in a Topography-Shaped Arctic-Alpine System (C. Knief / J. Löffler. DFG; 2022--2025)
• Hinter den Kulissen des arktisch-alpinen “Greenings” – Implementierung eines Multi-Parameter Ansatzes zur Abschätzung der steuernden Faktoren der raum-zeitlichen Variabilität des Zwergstrauchwachstums (J. Löffler. DFG; 2020--2023)
• Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in the Scandes (LTAER-NO, since 1991)
• Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in the Sierra Nevada, Spain (LTAER-ES, since 2005)
• Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in the French Alps (LTAER-FR, since 2024)
• Thresholds of Utilisation, Natural Self-Regulation, Degradation, and Regeneration in the Arctic (TUNDRA, since 1999)
• Long-Term Air Quality Monitoring Program (Geiranger Fjord, Norway, since 2015)

Dissertations

Current Professorial Dissertations

• Albrecht, Eike Corina: Holzanatomische und wachstumsphysiologische Charakteristika alpiner Sträucher. (J. Löffler)
• Francon, Loïc: Alpine Growth Patterns, their Physiology and Biogeographical Consequences. (J. Löffler)
• Hein, Nils: Ecology, Biogeography and DNA Barcoding in Athropods of Alpine Tundra Ecosystems. (J. Löffler)

Current PhD Dissertations

• Beckers, Niklas: A Gradient-Based Approach Testing the Impact of Microclimate and Topography in Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems. (J. Löffler)
• Kessenich, Jens: Wildnis in Europa—Ein neuer Ansatz zur geographischen Betrachtung von Ökosystemen. (J. Löffler)
• Nassl, Michael: Water, Pasture, Forest—Nature—Society Interactions in Mountain Systems. (J. Löffler)
• Reiser, Madlene: Response of Soil and Rhizosphere Microbial Communities to Long-Term Variability of Nearground Temperature and Soil Moisture in a Topography-Shaped Arctic-Alpine System (J. Löffler)
• Tschorn, Ken Marvin: Air Pollution Patterns in Complex Mountain Topography (J. Löffler)