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This page provides an overview of the student theses completed as part of the MultiTroph project. The listed works document the research activities carried out within the project context and cover a range of topics related to its objectives.
| MultiTroph subproject | Year | Study course | Gender/nationality | Thesis title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z1 | 2025 | Master | m, German | Tree species richness only weakly controls carrion decomposition in a subtropical biodiversity experiment |
| Z1 | 2026 | Master | m, German | Studying bat diversity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment using acoustic recorders |
| Z1 | 2026 | Master | f, German | Studying bird diversity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment using acoustic recorders |
| Z1 | 2026 | Master | f, German | Carrion removal in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment |
| Z1 | 2026 | Bachelor | f, German | Fruit decomposition and removal in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment |
| Z1 | 2026 | Bachelor | m, German | Hornets as carrion decomposers in subtropical forests |
| SP2 | 2024 | Bachelor | f, German | Effect of tree species richness on phosphomonoesterase activity in soil in a subtropical climate |
| SP2 | 2024 | Bachelor | f, German | Effect of tree diversity on foliar nutrients concentration and stoichiometry |
| SP2 | 2024 | Bachelor | f, German | Assessing soil microbial biomass and nutrient use efficiency using stable isotope techniques |
| SP2 | 2026 | Master | f, German | Landslide mapping and interrelation to tree growth |
| SP2 | 2026 | Bachelor | m, German | Sediment and seedling transport along steep slopes in a subtropical forest experiment |
| SP3 | 2023 | Bachelor | m, German | Influence of tree species richness on invertebrate herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China |
| SP3 | 2023 | Master | f, German | Impact of tree diversity and leaf traits on herbivory and fungal pathogens in a subtropical Chinese forest experiment |
| SP4 | 2024 | Master | f, Spanish | Effect of tree diversity and canopy cover on cavity-nesting wasps and their prey items in a subtropical forest experiment |
| SP4 | 2024 | Bachelor | m, German | Effects of forest tree diversity on species richness and abundance of cavity nesting Hymenoptera, their parasitoids, Hemiptera and ants |
| SP4 | 2024 | Bachelor | m, German | Effect of tree richness on host-parasitoid and Hemiptera-ant community composition and interaction networks |
| SP5 | 2024 | Master (EM) | m, German/ USA | Regeneration success in an experimental plant tree biodiversity experiment in subtropical China |
| SP5 | 2025 | Master (INC) | f, USA | Forest diversity and distance effects on post-dispersal seed predation in subtropical China |
| SP6 | 2025 | Master | m, German | Influence of tree diversity on epigeic ants and their functional roles in a subtropical forest experiment |
| SP6 | 2025 | Master | f, German | Nutrient preferences of the ant community in a subtropical tree diversity experiment |
| SP6 | 2026 | Bachelor | f, German | Vertical stratification and functional traits of ant communities in a subtropical forest |