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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Theses

Topics for a thesis at the Ecological Field Station Fabrikschleichach

The Ecological Field Station and the Bavarian Forest National Park (NP BW) offer various topics in applied ecology for Bachelor's and Master's theses - based on literature, field or laboratory work. Students who would like to do a project as part of their studies are always welcome! Here you will find a selection of possible projects, each topic is supervised by staff members (supervisors with abbreviations at the end of the respective topics). However, students are also welcome to suggest their own ideas.

Projects at the Ecological Field Station/Uniwald/Steigerwald:

  • Effect of browsing by roe deer on the local biodiversity of arthropods (LL, JM, FSF)

  • Effect of deer browsing and light on the herb, shrub and tree layer (LL, JM, FSF)

  • Effects of the phylogenetic isolation of trees on herbivory and the abundance and diversity of insects (SM, FSF)

  • Community assembly patterns of birds along a succession gradient (JM)

  • Three trophic interactions in deadwood host trees beetles fungi/bacteria (JM)

  • Comparison of beetle fauna in Fomes fomentarius fruiting bodies from beech forests with Fomes fomentarius from oriental beech and other tree species in the Western Palaearctic (JM, FSF or NP BW)

  • Impact of an altitudinal gradient on the density of mammals (deer and fox) in forests (JM, CW, FSF)

  • Predation in managed forests: Identification of predatory arthropod groups using artificial caterpillars and comparison of predation rates (CW, JM, FSF)

  • Do changes in forest structure affect the vocal diversity of birds? (CW, OM)

  • Effects of habitat changes such as forest structures on flying insects (e.g., biomass, species composition) (CW, MW, FSF)

  • Development of a model for the potential distribution of Lucanus cervus in the University Forest (OM)

Projects in the Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald:

  • Deadwood beetle fauna in a succession and light gradient – an experiment (JM, NP BW)

  • Habitat quantity and connectivity of bogs – An analysis of beetle communities (JM, NP BW)

JM: Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller

RP: Ruth Pickert

CW: Clara Wild

OM: Dr. Oliver Mitesser

MW: Dr. Marina Wolz

SM: Dr. Soumen Mallick

LL: Ludwig Lettenmeier

FSF: Fabrikschleichach

NP BW: Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

As of: 12/2023