Teaching – Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology

Teaching

The teaching programmes of the Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology convey skills in the following areas:

Forest growth and the environment
Trees as a natural resource and carbon storage
Trees as environmental archives
Methodological foundations of forest growth research

In addition, interdisciplinary skills are taught and promoted.

Courses

Bachelor

Winter term

Waldmesslehre und Waldwachstum (Compulsory module, BSc Waldwissenschaften)
Fallstudie Forstbetriebliches Management (Compulsory elective module, iNF Forstbetriebliches Management, BSc Waldwissenschaften)

Summer term

Forstliche Produktion und Wachstumssteuerung (iNF Forstbetriebliches Management, BSc Waldwissenschaften)
Fallstudie Landnutzungskonflikte (iNF Landnutzung im internationalen Kontext, BSc Waldwissenschaften/BSc Umweltnaturwissenschaften)
Bäume als Umweltindikatoren (Compulsory elective module, BSc Waldwissenschaften / BSc Umweltnaturwissenschaften/ BSc Geographie)
Projektstudie Mountain Forest Ecology (Compulsory elective module, BSc Waldwissenschaften / BSc Umweltnaturwissenschaften / BSc Geographie)

Master

Winter term

Forest Inventory and Information Systems (Elective track: Forstwirtschaft / International Forestry, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Forest Growth and Structure (Elective track: Forest Ecology Research, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Climate Impact Research (Elective track: Climate Change Ecology, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences)
Lab-Analysis of Climate Change Impact (Elective track: Climate Change Ecology, MSc Umweltwissenschaften /Environmental Sciences)
Adapting Forests to Climate Change (Compulsory elective module / Elective, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Laboratory Course in Dendroecology (Compulsory elective module / Elective, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Praxiskurs Sattelmühle (Compulsory elective module / Elective, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)

Summer term

Modelling Environmental Systems (Elective: Environmental Modelling and Data Sciences, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences)
Standortanalyse und Waldwachstum (Elective track: Forstwirtschaft, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Close-to-Nature Forest Management (Elective track: International Forestry, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)
Agroforestry Systems (Compulsory elective module / Elective, MSc Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences, MSc Forstwissenschaften / Forest Sciences)

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Bachelor’s & master’s theses

The Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology offers students the opportunity to write bachelor’s and master’s theses on current and relevant research topics. You will benefit from close collaboration with the interdisciplinary team of the chair and gain valuable insights into ongoing research projects. Students are encouraged to develop innovative solutions to complex ecological problems and thus actively contribute to scientific research.

Open topics

It is also possible to specify a topic of your choice in dialogue with your supervisor and then work on it.

If you are interested in writing a thesis on a specific topic, please contact one of the chair’s researchers in the reserach area you are interested in.

For general enquiries about theses currently available, please contact Prof. Dr. Thomas Seifert (thomas.seifert@wwd.uni-freiburg.de) or Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Kahle (hans-peter.kahle@wwd.uni-freiburg.de).

Once the topic of the thesis has been jointly selected, a short exposé and a rough timetable are required.

Completed theses

PhD theses

Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael: Structural and functional analysis of trees in integrated land use systems, 2023. [Supervisor: Kahle, Hans-Peter; Reviewer: Du Toit, Ben; Second reviewer: Seidel, Dominik]
Miller, Tobias Walter: Tree-ring phenology and growth dynamics of Norway spruce, silver fir and Douglas fir in response to weather and climate, 2022. [Supervisor: Kahle, Hans-Peter; Reviewer: Fink, Siegfried; Second reviewer: Rigling, Andreas]
Hillenmeyer, Katharina: Abschätzung der Produktivität verschiedener Baumarten für ausgewählte Standorte auf der Grundlage von Höhenanalysen, 2021. [Supervisor: Spiecker, Heinrich; Supervisor: Kohnle, Ulrich]

Master theses

Analyse bestehender Versuchsanbauten mit südosteuropäischen Tannenarten zur Dürretoleranz dieser im Klimawandel, 2024. [Supervisor: Seifert, Thomas; Second reviewer: Kohnle, Ulrich]
Entzündungsverhalten verschiedener Biomassefraktionen in mitteleuropäischen Wäldern am Beispiel von ausgewählten Nadelbaumarten im Sommerzustand, 2024. [Supervisor: Seifert, Thomas; Second reviewer: Purfürst, Thomas]
Genetische, standortliche und behandlungsbedingte Komponenten der Baumarchitektur der Rotbuche in natürlichen Populationen, 2024. [Supervisor: Stangler, Dominik Florian; Second reviewer: Purfürst, Thomas]

Bachelor theses

Aufbau einer Jahrringreferenzchronologie für Fichte im Tuxertal und Analyse der Klimasensitivität, 2024. [Reviewer: Seim, Andrea; Second reviewer: Schindler, Dirk]
Bestandes- und Einzelbaumwachstum eines Buchenbestandes am Schönberg in Abhängigkeit der Durchforstung, 2024. [Supervisor: Seifert, Thomas; Second reviewer: Kohnle, Ulrich]
Einfluss von Witterung und Klima auf die anatomische Dichte der Weißtanne in Süddeutschland, 2024. [Supervisor: Larysch, Elena; Second reviewer: Schindler, Dirk]