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Sebastian Weist exploring the soils at the site Kaltenborn. Preparation of the seed bed for planting. Saplings of several species to be planted. Sebastian Weist and Michael Scherer-Lorenzen with the first tree. Planting, planting, planting...
All trees get small plates for their identification. Tree height is recorded after planting. Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Installation of the container for the equipment. Installation of the Eddy tower at the site Mehrstedt.
Axel Don taking soil core samples. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen thoroughly checking the soil pit. Experimental plots in Mehrstedt ready for planting. "Tree no. 34 786? Or was it no. 34 787...?!" Sebastian and Christian treasure hunting in the pit.
Installation of suction plates by Mr. Wessel-Bothe (ecoTech). Putting low pressure on the suction plates. "Snake charmers" with a very unwilling Cobra. The Cobra finally charmed by Axel. Measuring soil respiration.
Maintenance of the Eddy flux tower. Former military training area still resembles a battle field. Press conference at the field site in Kaltenborn, March 2004. Axel counting earthworm holes. Manuela with one of her study objects.
Bert measuring the size of earthworm holes. Close look at the earthworm burrows with an endoscope. Installion of flasks at the bottom of the earthworm holes. Installion of flasks at the bottom of the earthworm holes. Hermann Jungkunst demonstrating the depth of the soil profile.
Biomass harvest of grasses and herbs. Soil sampling with the cobra. Soil samples for further analysis. An Ocean of soil samples. Root picking.
Water vole. Repairing of the fence. Inventory in December 2005. The trees were checked for vitality. Keeping track of individual trees was a challenge.
Enjoying the December weather. Young larch tree being inventoried. Winter in Bechstedt. Meteorological station in Kaltenborn. Oak tree in Kaltenborn, spring 2006.
Axel Don with cherry and birch trees in Bechstedt, January 2007. Measuring growth in a young oak tree 2007. Bechstedt in June 2007. Construction of the shadow roofs in Bechstedt, August 2007. Young larch trees in spring 2008 in Bechstedt, in average 4 m tall.
Beech monoculture in Kaltenborn, March 2008. Spruce monoculture in Kaltenborn, March 2008. Shadow roofs in Kaltenborn, March 2008.