Research interests

• Intra- und interspecific competition in tree regenerations
• Ontogenetic and resource based biomass allocation of seedlings and saplings
• Silvicultural options for the adaptation of forests to Climate Change
• Conversion of pure coniferous forests into mixed forests
• Overstory root competition
• Analyses and dynamics of forest structures
• Effects of forest management on biodiversity
• Mixed forests
• Continous cover Forestry