Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research

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BayCEER branch in Dr.-Hans-Frisch-Straße

The Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) is a central scientific institution founded in 2004 at the University of Bayreuth .

history

The BayCEER emerged from the Bayreuth Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (BITÖK), which was run from 1989 to 2004 by the then Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMBF) (now the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ) as one of three ecosystem research centers across Germany at the University of Bayreuth was promoted. Building on forest damage research in the 1980s, research at BITÖK aimed to assess the stability and resilience of ecosystems and to assess the sustainable use of the various forest functions. BITÖK was founded in 1989 as a "temporary institute" for 15 years and was transferred to BayCEER at the end of 2004 when the BMBF funding expired. Today it represents the entire interdisciplinary research focus on ecology and environmental sciences , which has existed since the university was founded in 1975.

structure

BayCEER bundles competence and promotes scientific exchange in the profile field of ecology and environmental sciences, one of the internationally visible research fields of the University of Bayreuth, as well as the transfer of research results into practice. Around 30 working groups from biology and geosciences at the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences are represented in BayCEER with around 80 members. BayCEER is managed by a five-person management committee and maintains central laboratories, measuring areas and service facilities. BayCEER creates interfaces for interdisciplinary exchange within the profile field of ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Bayreuth as part of the BayCEER colloquium that takes place every week during the lecture period and the annual BayCEER workshop. The exchange with the international scientific community is also promoted through the organization of workshops and conferences by BayCEER. Among other things, the 56th German Geographers' Day (from 2015 the German Congress for Geography), the 39th Annual Conference of the Society for Ecology in 2009 , the BIOGEOMON (8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior) in 2014 and most recently in 2015 the 7th biennial conference of the International Biogeography Society in Bayreuth organized by BayCEER. BayCEER is also the sponsor of a structured doctoral program (PhD program for Ecology and Environmental Research, PEER) and publishes its own series of publications with the Bayreuth Forum Ecology and the Bayreuth Soil Science Reports . The members of the BayCEER maintain numerous partnerships at an international level and are characterized by a high research output in high-ranking scientific journals.

structure

Central facilities / service units of the BayCEER

  • Laboratory for Isotope Biogeochemistry (BayCEER – IBG) as a scientific and technical facility
  • Keylab Experimental Biogeochemistry conducts chemical analysis as a scientific and technical facility (BayCEER analysis)
  • Laboratory for Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics supports conceptual and technical research and teaching with a wide range of modern molecular-genetic analysis methods
  • Working group IT and Databases (BayCEER-EDV) develops and operates a flexible, modular environmental data system for sensor data acquisition, storage and scientific evaluation, a database-supported content management system and conference management software
  • BayCEER branch

Institutions / working groups of BayCEER members

Associated collections

  • Paleobotanical collection Rossmann on the campus of the University of Bayreuth in the immediate vicinity of the Ecological Botanical Garden
  • Herbarium of the University of Bayreuth as part of the ecological-botanical garden (custody and curation of 35,000 pressed, dried and raised plant specimens)

Research content

The research fields at BayCEER require an interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms and structures of natural systems and communities:

  • Global Change: Consequences, Predictions and Prevention
  • Biodiversity: distribution, function and conservation
  • Ecosystems: Function and Services
  • Environment and nature protection: strategies and implementation

Published writings

Web links

Individual evidence

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