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New edition of the "Davert Depesche+" about "natural scientists"

Recently and within the project "Fit for Climate Change", the new edition of the "Davert Depesche+" brochure has been released. The University's role as scientific supervisor of the project is displayed vividly, a spring flower is presented and to "natural scientits" are being portrayed.

This edition also counts with the second quartal's programme and is completed by a searching game for children. The brochure is released quarterly and is on display in many locations in the South of Münster and in the Institute for Landscape Ecology. Additionally, a german version may be downloaded here.

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Soil work in the Davert and the Wolbecker Tiergarten finished

We have recently been able to finish the soil work in the Davert and the Wolbecker Tiergarten. Within the project “Fit for climate change”, we examine carbon stocks of water-logged soils under wet forests in the south of Münster.

In autumn 2014, we already dug the first soil profiles in close vicinity to our reference sites. Here, we study the effects of rewetting-measures in cultivated forests and wilderness development areas on carbon stocks, water levels, vegetation and tree vitality. While the last soil profiles shed light on horizon chracteristics, soil types and bulk density, a research project is about to assess the carbon stocks of the reference sites before the beginning of the rewetting-measures.