Central Project 1
Management, administration and coordination of
the research unit KiLi

Central Project 2
Central database, communication platform and data
synthesis of the research unit KiLi

Sub Project 1:
Climate Dynamics of the Kilimanjaro Region

Sub Project 2:
Controls on ecosystem water use and carbon gain at
Mt. Kilimanjaro – differentiation along climate gradients
and with land use from the savanna to the alpine zone

Sub Project 3:
Linking nutrient cycles, land use and biodiversity
along an altitudinal gradientat at Mt. Kilimanjaro

Sub Project 4:
Plant diversity and performance in relation to climate
and land use on Mt. Kilimanjaro: communities, species,
populations, ecological genetics

Sub Project 5:
Plant functional traits translated into vegetation dynamics
- Responses to environmental factors and effects on
ecosystem functions of the Kilimanjaro region

Sub Project 6:
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: birds and bats
as seed dispersers and arthropod predators

Sub Project 7:
Effects of climate und land use change on biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning of pollinators and decomposers