Research Area 1 "Landscape Functioning"

How do agricultural landscapes function?

Research activities in Research Area 1 "Landscape Functioning" focus on biophysical landscape processes in order to generate an integrated understanding of their importance and their interactions in the landscape context. Special emphasis is placed on carbon and nutrient cycling as well as crop plants in their role as biological drivers of these cycles.
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Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance"

How can we sustainably develop and shape intensively used agricultural landscapes?

Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance" analyses the interactions between land use, ecosystems and ecosystem services. It is the aim to develop resource-efficient and site-specific production systems which account for the social and economic value of agricultural ecosystems for humans.
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Research Area 3 "Agricultural Landscape Systems"

What do future agricultural landscapes look like?

In consideration of the spatial and system context, Research Area 3, "Agricultural Landscape Systems", develops and applies systems analysis and assessments to support decision making for sustainable land management. Dynamic societal demands on agricultural landscapes are analysed, management options developed and the consequences for food security and the provision of ecosystem services and biodiversity assessed.
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Research Platform "Data Analysis & Simulation"

Agricultural landscape research requires and generates extensive landscape data and develops models to explain patterns and processes. The task of the research platform "Data Analysis & Simulation" is therefore to bring together and provide data on different structural, spatial and temporal scales, to further develop methods for the analysis of complex data sets and to develop a coherent modelling environment for the integration of the diverse model approaches.
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Experimental Infrastructure Platform

The Experimental Infrastructure Platform integrates ZALF’s numerous field- and landscape-scale research infrastructures such as the Experimental Stations, the Landscape Laboratory “AgroScapeLab Quillow” and the landscape monitoring. In addition, the platform supports experimental research by, for example, operating and maintaining scientific instrumentation, conducting measurement campaigns and providing and managing experimental sites on grass- and croplands.
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Directorate and Administration & Services

The basis for excellent research are excellent structures and working conditions. This is ensured by the Directorate in the area of strategic science management and the Administration with various service units.
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