In diesem Faltblatt werden die Fragen beantwortet zur Förderung der Waldverjüngung in- und außerhalb von Schutzgebieten: Was wird gefördert? Wer wird gefördert? Wie hoch ist die Förderung? Wie läuft das Verfahren? Was gilt es zu bedenken? Welche Voraussetzungen und Verpflichtungen sind zu beachten? Die Finanzierung dieses Faltblattes im Rahmen der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit erfolgt aus der Technischen Hilfe ELER 2014 – 2020. Redaktionsschluss: 27.10.2017

Untersucht wurde die Verbreitung der meldepflichtigen Krankheiten Apfeltriebsucht und Birnenverfall in Anlagen mit integrierter und ökologischer Produktion. Anhand der Krankheitssymptome wurde der Einfluss auf Ertrag und Fruchtqualität erfasst, die Populationsentwicklung der Phytoplasma übertragenden Blattsauger und die Wirkung von Insektiziden beurteilt. In älteren Apfel- und Birnenanlagen waren bis zu 20% der Bäume erkrankt. Die Äpfel der erkrankten Bäume der Sorte Jonagored hatten ein deutlich geringeres Einzelfruchtgewicht und schlechter ausgefärbte Früchte. Die Übertragung der Apfeltriebsucht durch den Vektor Cacopsylla picta fand von Ende Mai bis Anfang Juli statt. Spritzungen im April mit den Insektiziden Calypso und Spruzit reduzierten deutlich die Population der Blattsauger.

Agroforestry (AF) or agroforestry innovation (AFI) production has long been and continues to be a component of the mixed farming system of Ethiopian and smallholder farmers worldwide. Interventions continue introducing new or improved management practices, species, and techniques to raise AFI's livelihood and natural resource management contributions. Despite considerable efforts, the adoption of these AFI continues to be limited, as proved by several adoption studies and development efforts. Formal and informal studies were conducted for decades to understand the problems for the low adoption of various AFI. Nevertheless, these studies generated redundant and marginally growing important information as it has weakly altered the course of development approaches and policy regulations. Learning from previous studies, researchers have been requesting more robust studies that help address existing knowledge gaps on adopting AFI. To respond to these calls, this PhD project examined the factors affecting the adoption of AFI by smallholders and Ethiopian farmers as a case study. The project builds upon previous studies to explore the diverse perspectives that influence the adoption of AFI. Literature assessment of recent studies indicated that several factors belonging to farmers and institutions influence the adoption of AFI. Simultaneously, we discovered that some issues were explored frequently (e.g., socioeconomic factors), whereas others (e.g., psychological factors) were largely ignored. Besides, researchers have followed the static assumption (i.e., adopt or non-adopt) and failed to learn the adoption process beyond a one-time decision. Additionally, the studies focused on discrete factors and activities and failed to comprehend the diverse perspectives and factors and their combined effect on eventual AFI adoption. Ultimately, learning from the larger adoption science and previous studies, we developed a comprehensive framework, 'AFI adoption framework' (chapter 4.1), that supports the meaningful assessment of adoption practices and comprehensively discovers factors influencing AFI adoption. The framework encompassed three compartmentalized and yet interlinked components that influence AFI adoption under smallholder contexts. The framework commended both distinct studies for exhaustive elaboration and simultaneously suggested holistic examination. Besides, it recommended minor and major modifications to the research approaches, such as proper treatment of variables in econometric models, incorporation of variables related to the psychological status, and employment of robust tools such as the real-options approach for profitability analysis. Based on this framework, we designed a project and conducted fieldwork in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, a typical smallholder context. We explored the household contexts (i.e., farm level and psychological), system level features, and innovation characteristics influencing smallholders' AFI adoption decisions. It employed mixed conventional and advanced analytical tools comprising content analysis, econometric models, principal component analysis, and financial discounting methods. Advanced methods comprehend process analysis and adoption dynamism. The results from discrete analysis indicated that socioeconomic factors, psychological constructs, system level features, and innovation attributes influence AFI adoption. Regarding innovation characteristics, the different attributes are foundations for undertaking AFI adoption decisions of smallholder farmers. Beyond adopt-non-adopt concepts, we found farmers continuously undertake follow-up adoptions of varying extents such as reduced, maintained, and increased. Based on our query and comparable to existing frameworks, the newly developed 'AFI adoption framework' is more reasonable to meaningfully investigate factors influencing AFI (and agricultural innovations) adoption under smallholder contexts. However, there is a need for precaution while employing the framework to more clearly discern the adoption process and reflect the integration among the factors and activities involved from the development to the adoption of AFI. This dissertation excluded empirical analysis of profitability and holistic assessment due to the voluminous nature of the dissertation.:PREFACE ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii SUMMARY iv ZUSAMMENFASSUNG vi LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF TABLES xi ACRONYMS xi 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Agroforestry in Ethiopia 1 1.2. Problem statement 4 1.3. Objectives and research questions 6 1.4. Scope of the study 7 1.5. Dissertation structure 8 2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 11 2.1. The adoption concept 11 2.2. Theoretical frameworks on adoption 12 2.3. The critique and research context 16 2.4. The AFI adoption analytical framework 17 2.5. Description of links between objectives and research questions 19 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21 3.1. Description of the study area 21 3.2. Selection of innovations and farmers 22 3.3. Research methods 23 3.3.1. Data collection methods 23 3.3.2. Sampling technique and sample size 24 3.3.3. Data analysis 25 4. RESULTS 26 4.1. Agroforestry adoption as a systems concept: a review 27 4.2. Can a sequential analysis provide a more robust understanding of farmers’ adoption decisions? an example from an agroforestry adoption study in Ethiopia 58 4.3. Farmers’ intentions towards sustained agroforestry adoption: an application of the theory of planned behavior 88 4.4. Adoption under the influence of innovation attributes: the case of agroforestry innovations from Ethiopia 111 4.5. Influence of system level factors on adoption of agroforestry innovations 141 5. SYNTHESIS and CONCLUSION 170 5.1. Synthesis of key findings 170 5.1.1. State of AFI adoption research in SSA 170 5.1.2. Persistent calls for rigorous research 172 5.1.3. Critical factors affecting AFI adoption 173 5.1.4. Conceptualizing adoption as a complex decision process 175 5.2. Reflections on research method, theoretical framework, and generalization 177 5.2.1. Reflection on research methods and analytical generalization 177 5.2.2. Reflection on the theoretical framework and theoretical contribution 179 5.3. Outlook and suggestions 184 5.4.1. Recommendations for future research 185 5.4.2. Development and policy recommendations 186 5.5. Limitations of the study 186 REFERENCES 187 APPENDICES 192

Die Gemeine Eibe (Taxus baccata L.) und die Stechpalme (Ilex aquifolium L.) gehören in Deutschland zu den seltenen Baumarten und sind nach Bundesartenschutzverordnung unter besonderen Schutz gestellt. Die Schutz- und Erhaltungsbemühungen erstrecken sich meist auf die Freistellung von Individuen und Verjüngung, um durch einen höheren Strahlungseinfall deren Wachstum zu fördern. Untersuchungen an Individuen in unterschiedlicher Belichtungssituation zeigen aber, dass das Wachstumsverhalten von Taxus baccata und Ilex aquifolium bei vermehrtem Strahlungsgenuss nicht den Strategien der meisten heimischen Baumarten folgt, die ihr Höhenwachstum in diesem Falle steigern. Das bedeutet, dass die durchgeführten Maßnahmen zur Förderung und Erhaltung nicht oder nur zu einem geringen Teil dem angestrebten Zweck dienen. Mögliche Ursachen für das abweichende Wachstumsverhalten können in den hydraulischen Eigenschaften der Baumarten liegen. Anhaltspunkt ist die Wasserversorgung der Nadeln bzw. Blätter, die vom Wasserhaushalt, speziell von der Xylemleitfähigkeit, beeinflusst wird. Ziel der Untersuchungen ist es, die hydraulischen Eigenschaften an Zweigen der Baumarten Gemeine Eibe und Gemeine Stechpalme auf anatomischer und physiologischer Ebene zu analysieren und nachfolgend übliche waldbauliche Förderungs- und Erhaltungsmaßnahmen unter dem Gesichtspunkt ihrer Eignung zu bewerten. Zur Durchführung der ökophysiologischen Untersuchungen wurden auf zwei sich in der Sonneneinstrahlung unterscheidenden Standorten (Standort „schattig“ und Standort „sonnig“) im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt an je vier bis fünf Individuen der Arten Stechpalme, Eibe und Rot-Buche das Minimum-Wasserpotential der Blätter gemessen und der Gaswechsel in physiologischen Lichtkurven und im Tagesgang unter Umgebungsbedingungen aufgezeichnet. Die Rot-Buche dient dabei als Referenzbaumart. Im Labor wurden an Zweigproben aller drei Baumarten Messungen der hydraulischen Leitfähigkeit durchgeführt, die Xylemanatomie anhand von Querschnitten erfasst, die Blattflächen analysiert sowie an Eibe die Stomatadichte aufgenommen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die untersuchten Eiben eine große Umweltstabilität in der Ausprägung ihrer hydraulischen Eigenschaften aufweisen. Unter sonnigen Standortbedingungen sind sie größerem Stress ausgesetzt, was sich z. B. im Auftreten von Photoinhibition und einer stärkeren Verminderung der Mittags-Blattwasserpotentiale bei ansteigenden Wasserdampfdefizit der Luft ausdrückt. Es konnten keine anatomischen Anpassungen an sonnige oder schattige Wuchsbedingungen gefunden werden. Die untersuchten Stechpalmen sind dagegen sowohl physiologisch als auch unter anatomischen Gesichtspunkten gut an ihren jeweiligen Standort angepasst. Es lassen sich z. B. Anpassungen einer erhöhten Leitfähigkeit unter sonnigen Wuchsbedingungen erkennen. Im Vergleich von Individuen der Art Stechpalme am Standort Tharandt, der östlichen Verbreitungsgrenze der Art, mit Individuen aus Schleswig-Holstein, aus dem ökologischen Optimum der Art, zeigt sich kein Unterschied in der Richtung der physiologischen Antworten unter verschiedenen Belichtungssituationen. Teilweise sind die Reaktionen an Stechpalmen aus Tharandt deutlicher zu erkennen. Die Referenzbaumart Rot-Buche weist in zahlreichen untersuchten Größen im Vergleich zu den beiden immergrünen Baumarten entgegengesetzte physiologische und anatomische Anpassungen auf die unterschiedlichen Strahlungsangebote an den Standorten auf. Es wird gezeigt, dass alle drei untersuchten Arten unterschiedliche hydraulische und ökologische Strategien verfolgen. Die Eibe weist eine sehr breite ökologische Amplitude auf und ist perfekt an schattige Wuchsbedingungen im Waldinnenklima angepasst. Daher ist es nicht förderlich, durch starke Eingriffe im Oberstand das Lichtregime und damit auch die kleinklimatischen Verhältnisse ihres Standortes plötzlich stark zu verändern. Im Gegensatz dazu ist für die Art Stechpalme eine Förderung der Wuchsform durch eine vorsichtige und langsame Auflichtung des Oberstandes im Rahmen von regulären Durchforstungseingriffen durchaus möglich und erfolgversprechend.:Inhalt 1 Abkürzungsverzeichnis 4 1 Einleitung 6 1.1 Forschungsziele 7 1.2 Hypothesen und Fragestellungen 8 2 Stand des Wissens 10 2.1 Verbreitung, ökologische Strategie und waldbauliche Behandlung der Baumarten 10 2.1.1 Reaktion der Arten auf den Standortfaktor Sonneneinstrahlung 12 2.1.2 Waldbauliche Behandlung 14 2.2 Untersuchung hydraulischer und physiologischer Eigenschaften und Anpassungen dieser an unterschiedliche Standort-bedingungen 17 3 Material und Methoden 20 3.1 Aufbau der Untersuchungen 20 3.1.1 Untersuchungsgebiet Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt 20 3.1.1.1 Hemisphärische Fotografie 20 3.1.1.2 Standortcharakteristik 22 3.1.2 Versuchsdesign 23 3.1.3 Untersuchungsgebiet Fröruper Holz 24 3.1.4 Vergleich des Standortfaktors Licht der Untersuchungsgebiete Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt und Fröruper Holz/Schleswig-Holstein 26 3.2 Bestimmung des volumetrischen Bodenwassergehaltes 27 3.3 Untersuchung der axialen hydraulischen Leitfähigkeit 27 3.4 Xylemanatomische Untersuchungen 29 3.5 Analyse der Blattflächen 31 3.6 Erfassung der Stomatadichte an Eibe 31 3.7 Gaswechseluntersuchung 32 3.7.1 Messungen von Tagesgängen der Photosynthese 35 3.8 Untersuchung des Minimum-Blattwasserpotentials 36 3.9 Statistische Auswertung 37 4 Ergebnisse und Diskussion 40 4.1 Volumetrischer Bodenwassergehalt 40 4.1.1 Einordnung und Bedeutung des volumetrischen Wassergehaltes der Standorte 40 4.2 Ergebnisse für die Baumart Eibe 44 4.2.1 Hydraulische Leitfähigkeit 44 4.2.2 Xylemanatomie der Zweigquerschnitte 46 4.2.3 Blattflächen 47 4.2.4 Stomatadichte 49 4.2.5 Gaswechsel 50 4.2.5.1 Netto-Photosyntheserate 50 4.2.5.2 Transpiration 52 4.2.5.3 stomatäre Leitfähigkeit gS 53 4.2.5.4 Wassernutzungseffizienz WUE 54 4.2.5.5 intrinsische Wassernutzungseffizienz WUEintr 55 4.2.6 Tagesgang der Photosynthese 56 4.2.7 Minimum-Blatt-Wasserpotentiale und Einfluss von Umweltparametern 64 4.2.8 Zusammenfassung Ergebnisse Eibe 67 4.3 Diskussion der Ergebnisse der Baumart Eibe 68 4.4 Ergebnisse für Stechpalme 76 4.4.1 Hydraulische Leitfähigkeit von Stechpalmen im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 76 4.4.2 Hydraulische Leitfähigkeit von Stechpalme im Fröruper Holz/Schleswig-Holstein und Vergleich mit Stechpalme im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 78 4.4.3 Xylemanatomie der Zweigquerschnitte von Stechpalmen im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 82 4.4.4 Xylemanatomie der Zweigquerschnitte von Stechpalme im Fröruper Holz/Schleswig-Holstein und Vergleich mit Stechpalme im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 84 4.4.5 Blattflächen von Ilex im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 87 4.4.6 Blattflächen von Stechpalme im Fröruper Holz und Vergleich mit Stechpalme im Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt 88 4.4.7 Gaswechsel 92 4.4.7.1 Netto-Photosyntheserate 92 4.4.7.2 Transpiration 93 4.4.7.3 stomatäre Leitfähigkeit gS 93 4.4.7.4 Wassernutzungseffizienz WUE 94 4.4.7.5 Intrinsische Wassernutzungseffizienz WUEintr 95 4.4.8 Tagesgang der Photosynthese 96 4.4.9 Minimum-Blattwasserpotentiale und Einfluss von Umweltparametern 102 4.4.10 Zusammenfassung Ergebnisse Stechpalme 105 4.5 Diskussion der Ergebnisse der Baumart Stechpalme 106 4.6 Ergebnisse für die Referenzbaumart Rot-Buche 110 4.6.1 Hydraulische Leitfähigkeit 110 4.6.2 Anatomie der Zweigquerschnitte 111 4.6.3 Blattflächen 113 4.6.4 Gaswechsel 114 4.6.4.1 Netto-Photosyntheserate 114 4.6.4.2 Transpiration 115 4.6.4.3 stomatäre Leitfähigkeit gS 116 4.6.4.4 Wassernutzungseffizienz WUE 117 4.6.4.5 intrinsische Wassernutzungseffizienz WUEintr 118 4.6.5 Minimum-Blattwasserpotentiale und Einfluss von Umweltfaktoren 118 4.6.6 Zusammenfassung Ergebnisse Rot-Buche 120 4.7 Diskussion der Ergebnisse der Referenzbaumart Rot-Buche 122 5 Vergleichende Darstellung der Ergebnisse der Baumarten 126 5.1 Hydraulische Leitfähigkeit 126 5.2 Anatomie der Zweigquerschnitte 128 5.3 Blattflächen 129 5.4 Gaswechsel 131 5.4.1 Netto-Photosyntheserate 131 5.4.2 Transpiration 131 5.4.3 stomatäre Leitfähigkeit gS 132 5.4.4 Wassernutzungseffizienz WUE 133 5.4.5 intrinsische Wassernutzungseffizienz WUEintr 134 5.5 Minimum-Blattwasserpotentiale 135 6 Zusammenführung, weiterführende Diskussion und Bedeutung der hydraulischen Eigenschaften 138 7 Bewertung waldbaulicher Handlungsmöglichkeiten 147 8 Ausblick 155 9 Zusammenfassung 157 10 Literatur 159 Abbildungsverzeichnis 171 Tabellenverzeichnis 176 Danksagung 178 Anhang I

The environmental, social, and economic value of Indonesia’s tropical forests has generated extensive interest and scrutiny, both local and global. International stakeholders are heavily involved in Indonesian forest policies, including in the issue of deforestation, both because of their immense interest in the Indonesian environment, and because of Indonesia’s lack of development capacity. Many of domestic and international stakeholders participating in the policy-making processes with regard to Indonesian forests have discrete views and concerns. A successful policy would be one that meets all the requirements of all such actors. This study was conducted to analyze the policy process including some questions about Indonesia’s policies for the prevention of deforestation: 1. ‘When are such policies formed?’, 2. ‘Who is involved in the policy-making process?’, 3. How are the resulting policies implemented?’ Appropriate research methods and analysis frameworks for the examination of policy processes were developed for this study and were applied to Indonesia’s deforestation prevention policies. The current study interviewed 72 of the 114 people who were involved in the policy-making process identified through this study, to analyze the means and motives that are involved in the policy-making process and to ascertain the respondents’ interactions with the other actors. The environmental contexts of the development of guidelines were examined by analyzing the streams of problems, politics, and policies through the Multiple Streams Framework to assess the manner in which the current Indonesian deforestation prevention policies have been established. Subsequently, the actors involved in the policy-making processes and the interactions between them were identified to create a structure of the policy network. Further, the parties that exert a significant influence on the deforestation prevention policy were identified. The characteristics of this policy network were confirmed, and the general network was classified into the Relation Network, Information Network and Trust Network. The result of the analyses reveals that the situation pertaining to the deforestation of Indonesian tropical forests has not substantially improved, even though the problem of forest degradation has been recognized in Indonesia for a long time now. The burden of environmental duties demanded from Indonesia by the international community has increased. As Indonesia has transformed politically from a long-standing military regime to a democratic government, its municipalities have gradually been strengthened and various levels of stakeholders including regional governments, NGO, and the private sector, have become actively invested in Indonesian policy-design. At the same time, international attention, and demand for preserving Indonesian forests have become more specific. Indonesia operated through a powerful presidential system and its president exerts much authority over the country’s society. In such a situation, the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)’s announcement at the G20 Summit in 2009 opened the Policy Window. President SBY declared that Indonesia would reduce emissions of greenhouse gas up to 41% 2020. This proclamation received much attention from both domestic and international groups, and led to sweeping changes in Indonesia’s forest policy. In all three of the above-mentioned sub-networks, the overwhelmingly powerful influence of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the main policy designer of the Indonesian deforestation prevention policy, was confirmed. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was found to obtain the highest centrality value in the Relation Network and the gap between this actor and the other policy actors was extremely wide. However, the centrality value of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry was relatively low in the Information and Trust Networks, and this centrality was distributed to the other actors. These outcomes imply that not only the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, but also other organizations such as intergovernmental organizations and academic organizations contribute relevant information with regard to the policy, that the information dependency and trust of the other actors are decentralized, and that these other actors primarily depend on and trust international donors (e.g., World Bank, UN-REDD+ Task Force) and academics who are also interested actors in the formation of the forest policy of Indonesia. Many of the interested actors, especially intergovernmental organizations, academic organizations, NGOs, have access to the policy network of Indonesia’s deforestation prevention policy without any significant barriers. Hence, this policy network may be termed an open system. However, the internal policy actors are judged to be rigid in terms of their systems. The policy network for deforestation prevention has also emerged as a partially vertical hierarchy, as the Indonesian central government’s powerful initiative leads and directs the policy network along with a small number of other influential bodies. According to the classification of policy network types proposed by Marsh and Rhode (1992), the policy network for the prevention of deforestation in Indonesia may be described as an Issue Network with a vertical hierarchy.

The synthesis of hydrogels still uses frequently starting materials based on petroleum. Since it is a non-renewable resource, the deposits will be exhausted sooner or later, besides the exploitation of fossil oil is environmentally harmful and contributes to climate change. For these reasons, alternative materials for hydrogels, which should be renewable and sustainable, have to be investigated. The focus of this thesis was to synthesize \textit{in situ} gelling hydrogels based on polysaccharides and to characterize their properties. Cellulose and chitosan were chosen as starting materials, because they belong to the most abundant biopolymers on earth and therefore are readily available and also renewable. Additionally, cellulose sulfate (CS) is capable of attracting growth factors and chitosan has antimicrobial properties, all characteristics that are desirable for hydrogels in tissue engineering applications. First of all, the sulfation of the cellulose was performed. Celluloses of two origins, sulfite pulp and cotton linters, were used to investigate the influence of the DP towards the DS_sulf. By applying direct sulfation and acetosulfation as sulfation methods a broader range of DS_sulf from 0.8 to 2.0 has been achieved. Values below 1.0 were obtained by acetosulfation for both celulloses without a remarkable influence of the DP. In direct sulfation, DS_sulf values of 1.1 to 2.0 could be achieved by adjusting the ratio of chlorosulfuric acid and anhydroglucose unit of cellulose between 3.0:1; 4.5:1 and 6.0:1. Starting from a ratio of 4.5:1 the effect of the DP is obvious, the longer chains of the cotton linters reach lower DS_sulf values compared to the sulfite pulp. Due to the longer cellulose chains the accessibility of the sulfating agent is limited, this is in particular noticeable at higher DS_sulf once the outer and easier accessible positions are sulfated. The determination of the sulfur content, to quantify the DS_sulf, in CS became a key challenge in this thesis. At the beginning the sulfur content was determined by elemental analysis, because it is the common method in the literature. It is fast, does not require any pretreatment and only a low amount of sample is needed. However, it was found that the carbon and sulfur content in a sample did not interact logically. Theoretically, the relative carbon content should decrease and the relative sulfur content should rise with increasing DS_sulf, because pure cellulose does not contain sulfur. In practice, the percentage for carbon and sulfur increased both or the decrease of the carbon content was lower than expected for the increase in sulfur, so that the resulting DS_sulf was not the same when calculated with sulfur or carbon content. Hence additional direct methods of measuring the DS_sulf, which do not need a calibration sample, had to be investigated to validate the DS_sulf. ICP-OES and precipitation as BaSO4 were chosen as further methods and showed consistent results, but differed considerably from the findings of the elemental analysis. In contrast to elemental analysis, the other methods involve the digestion of the sample. So it could be possible that by using elemental analysis the reaction is incomplete and therefore the result is non-reproducible, however, it is not very likely. Although elemental analysis is faster and straightforward, it is recommended to use ICP-OES or precipitation as BaSO4 when determining the DS_sulf to receive reliable results. The introduction of aldehyde groups in CS was necessary to provide reactive groups for the later hydrogel formation. In cellulose chemistry the widely known Malaprade reaction, an oxidation using sodium periodate, was performed. This oxidation stops after forming the aldehyde and does not further oxidize through to the carboxylic acid, additionally the reaction is possible in water which is essential for CS, since it is only soluble in water and it was aimed for a homogeneous reaction. A requirement for the oxidation is the presence of vicinal diols. The carbon-carbon bond is cleaved and an aldehyde is formed at each hydroxyl group. The maximum DS_ald of 2, which is possible for pure cellulose, cannot be reached, because the prior introduced sulfate groups reduce the number of vicinal OH groups. Although acetosulfation only took place at C6-position and all vicinal diols were still available, the DS_ald reached not more than 0.35. It is possible that steric hindrance through the sulfate group is the reason for these low values. Overall the DS_ald of the oxidized cellulose sulfate (oCS) ranged from 0.09 to 0.35; with increasing DS_sulf the DS_ald decreased. The oCS are intended to be used in medical applications, accordingly their toxicity had to be investigated. Indeed, oCS are just one component for the hydrogel synthesis, but in case of an incomplete gelation the single components have to be non-toxic as well. In general, all oCS were non-toxic at low concentrations (0.5 mg/ml) yet an increasing concentration or a DS_ald of 0.3 and higher resulted in toxic effects. Aside from that, a coherence between M_w and toxicity was ascertained. The toxicity increased when the M_w of the oCS was 70 kDa or less. The second component which is required for the hydrogel formation is a chitosan. The amino group of the chitosan can react with the aldehyde of the oCS by forming an imine. That way both biopolymers are crosslinked and result in a hydrogel. The used chitosan needs to be soluble under physiological conditions, consequently pure chitosan is not suitable since it is only water-soluble under acidic conditions. Hence, three chitosan derivates -- chitosan acetate, chitosan lactate and carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCh) -- were chosen which fulfill the criterion of solubility. To examine their aptitude for hydrogel formation 10 mg of each chitosan derivative and 10 mg of oCS were solved separately in 0,5 ml phosphat buffered saline. Afterwards, a chitosan derivative and oCS were mixed together while stirring until a reaction took place. In case of chitosan acetate and chitosan lactate a white sediment was the result, whereas the use of CMCh led to a colorless hydrogel, on this account all further studies were performed with CMCh. To establish a basis for a targeted hydrogel synthesis, the storage modulus G' was investigated regarding selected parameters of the hydrogel: DS_ald, M_w, mixing ratio and time for gelation. The cross-linking was conducted with four mixing ratios of oCS:CMCh (1:1; 1:3; 1:5; 1:10) and correlated to the amount of substance of the aldehyde of the oCS and the corresponding amount of required CMCh. Since the CMCh solution has a high viscosity, the range of mixing ratios was limited. The total amount of substance was the same for all gels to ensure the comparability of the different hydrogels and the mixed volumes had always a 1:1 ratio to guarantee a fine blending of the components. Like presumed, G' increased with increasing DS_ald. The DS_ald is the specifying magnitude for the cross-linkage of the hydrogel, because the frequency of the aldehyde group is much lower compared to the frequency of the amine group of CMCh. Aldehyde and amine interact by forming an imine bond, the more of these bonds are formed the stiffer the resulting hydrogel becomes and as a result of that, G' increases as well. Furthermore, the storage modulus rises with rising M_w, the reason for it is that with increasing chain length the possibility of polymer entanglement increases. This physical type of cross-linkage makes for a stiffer gel too and therewith a higher G' is the consequence. With respect to the mixing ratio, maximum values for G' are attained if the ratio is shifted towards the component which defines the number of cross-linkages. During the study of the time for gelation it appeared that the time is not an independent parameter, in fact the time depends on the DS_ald. Samples with the shortest time for gelation showed the highest values for G', additionally they had the highest value for DS_ald. Thus, the time for gelation can not be considered when adjusting G'. Further research on the hydrogels presented in this work needs to focus on investigating the toxicity and long-term behavior of the hydrogel, like stability and degradation, as well as its impact on tissue regeneration. The bioactivity and harmlessness of the hydrogel need to be ensured before it can be utilized in tissue engineering for example as cartilage tissue.

Mounting evidence suggests that tree species richness promotes ecosystem functioning in forests. However, the mechanisms driving positive biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships remain largely unclear. This also holds for the previously proposed key mechanisms of resource partitioning in canopy space. Until recently, surveying and hence the study of crown space was very time-consuming and the images low resolution. The application of high-resolution laser scanning, however, now enables a fast and precise recording of entire forests. This thesis presents how the abandonment of management strongly alters the individual tree structure from the wood distribution along the trunk to the crown, a tree species-rich neighbourhood can increase the wood volume and crown dimension of individual trees as well as the productivity of large-sized trees, mobile laser scanning in forests is suitable for the acquisition of high-quality point clouds and determination of relevant management parameters, and the direction and strength of the relationship between tree species richness and canopy occupation depends on the definition of both canopy and species richness. These results reinforce the influence of species richness on ecosystem functions in oldgrowth forests and underline the importance of laser scanning for forest ecology research. The findings of the comparative analyses further highlight the importance of underlying definitions for the results obtained.

In der Veröffentlichung werden Messungen der Schallübertragung bei tiefen Frequenzen an Gebäuden in Sachsen beschrieben. Die Ergebnisse ermöglichen es, bei der Einwirkung tieffrequenter Geräusche von außen den Schalldruckpegel im Raum abzuschätzen. Anhand einer Literaturrecherche wird der gegenwärtige Erkenntnisstand erörtert. Theoretische Betrachtungen und Simulationsrechnungen ergänzen die Messergebnisse. Die Veröffentlichung richtet sich an Ingenieure, Planer und Immissionsschutzbehörden. Redaktionsschluss: 31.01.2021

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde das Wachstum von Bergahorn und Buche mit dendroökologischen Methoden untersucht. Dies geschah vor dem Hintergrund der Ausbreitung des Bergahorns und der Eutrophierung der Landschaft. Die daran anknüpfende Fragestellung ist: Begünstigt Eutrophierung den Bergahorn? Die Untersuchung fand in einem Waldstück in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern statt. Dabei wurden von 42 Bergahornen und 38 Buchen Bohrkerne für die Vermessung der Jahrringe genommen. Weiterhin wurde neben jedem beprobten Baum das C/N-Verhältnis des Oberbodens bestimmt (n=80). Die Auswertung der Daten erfolgte durch drei Ansätze: 1.) Der Einfluss einer Hähnchenmastanlage auf beide Baumarten wurde untersucht. 2.) Die Beziehung zwischen dem C/N-Verhältnis des Bodens und dem Wachstum der Bäume wurde verglichen. 3.) Auf unterschiedlichen Standorten (C/N-Verhältnis) wurde die Abhängigkeit des Wachstums der Bäume vom Klima untersucht. Dabei wurde die Reaktion der beiden Arten auf das Klima verglichen. Die deutlichsten Ergebnisse wurden durch den zweiten Ansatz erzielt. Das C/N-Verhältnis des oberen Bodens lag zwischen 12,4 und 17,4. In diesem Bereich wurde eine positive Korrelation zwischen dem C/N-Verhältnis des Bodens und dem Wachstum der Bäume festgestellt. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf eine Schädigung der beiden Arten durch Stickstoff hin, welche beim Bergahorn (R² = 0,30) stärker als bei der Buche (R² = 0,18) ausgeprägt ist. Daraus folgt, dass der Bergahorn durch die Eutrophierung geschwächt wird. Ein Einfluss der Mastanlage auf das Wachstum der Bäume wurde nicht festgestellt. Auf das Klima reagierten beiden Arten ähnlich. Es bestand ein positiver Zusammenhang zwischen dem Niederschlag und dem Wachstum der Bäume. Der Einfluss des Standorts auf die Klimareaktion der Bäume war uneindeutig. / Within this thesis the growth of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was investigated by applying dendroecological methods. The overall idea derived from the distribution of sycamore and the eutrophication of the environment leading to the question whether eutrophication promotes the spread of sycamore. The investigated forest was located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. To inspect the annual rings of the trees 42 samples were taken off the trunk of sycamore while 38 samples were gathered from beech. Apart from that the ratio of carbon and nitrogen within the topsoil of every single tree was analysed (n=80). The evaluation of the data employed three approaches. 1.) The impact of a poultry farm on both species was investigated. 2.) The relation of the C/N-ratio of the soil was compared to the growth of the trees. 3.) The connection between the growth of the trees and the climate was examined for the various sites (in terms of the C/N-ratio). Thereby the response of the species onto the climate was compared. The most precise results were achieved within the second approach. Values for the C/N-ratio of the upper soil lay between 12.4 and 17.4. A positive correlation between the C/N-ratio of the soil and the growth of the trees was discovered within this range. The results suggest an adverse effect to both of the species. This effect is more intense regarding sycamore (R² = 0,30) compared to beech (R² = 0,18). It can therefore be concluded that sycamore is weakened by eutrophication. An effect of the poultry farm on the species was not observed. Both species responded similarly regarding climate parameters. A positive relation between precipitation and growth of the trees was found. The impact of the location on the climate reaction of the trees was ambiguous.

Eine wissenschaftliche Exkursion in den Blue Nile State der Republik Sudan im Jahr 2011 vermittelte einen Überblick über die forst- und holzwirtschaftliche Situation der Region. In den verbliebenen Naturwäldern führt der Nutzungsdruck seitens der örtlichen Bevölkerung zu einer starken Degradierung. Hauptbaumart der Wirtschaftswälder ist Acacia nilotica. Die Sägeindustrie des Landes konzentriert sich auf die Verarbeitung dieses Holzes zu Eisenbahnschwellen. Im Bereich Möbeltischlerei spielen einheimische Laubholzarten eine gewisse Rolle. Daneben wird europäisches Nadelholz importiert. Um die Entwicklung der Region zu fördern, muss das Ziel der weiteren Forschungsarbeit eine zielgerichtete und nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung und Nutzung der forstlichen Ressourcen sein.