Previous projects

Finished projects and studies All projects and studies can be found in the library of the management centre of the Bavarian Rhön biosphere reserve in Oberelsbach. This list includes only studies from 1998 on. A "Diplomarbeit" corresponds to a master thesis, a "Dissertation" to a PhD thesis, a "Zulassungsarbeit"

Year	Type	Title
1998	Diplomarbeit	Studies on mountainous, EDELLAUBHOLZ or beech rich Rhön forests with special respect to the plant associations Aceri-Fagetum and Ulmo-Aceretum
1998	Diplomarbeit	Plant sociological and floristic grassland investigation in the nature reserve Steinberg and Weinberg, part Steinber
1998	Diplomarbeit	Studies on the impact of land use and landscape maintenance measures on nardus meadows and Trisetum medows in the nature reserve "Lange Rhön"
1998	Diplomarbeit	Ecologically oriented education and its implementation in the Rhön biosphere reserve
1998	Diplomarbeit	Perspectives on the integration of large tourist businesses in concepts of sustainable regional development - presented with the example of the Rhön-Park-Hotel and its potential to use regional products of the Rhön biosphere reserve
1998	Diplomarbeit	Landscape development and maintenance in the Rhön biosphere reserve - the example of six villages in Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia
1998	Diplomarbeit	Threat analysis of Arnica montana L. in the Rhön biosphere reserve with special respect to population genetics
1998	Diplomarbeit	Cooperation and participation in the Rhön biosphere reserve - models for sustainable development?
1998	Zulassungsarbeit	The Agenda 21 as a chance for rural development in the Rhön biosphere reserve
1998	Research project	Development of a methodological guide to find and operationalise regionally adapted environmental quality goals
1998	Research project	Zoological species protection in the Rhön biosphere reserve (faunistic umbrella species concept and measures)
1998	Diplomarbeit	GIS-based deduction of a synthetic soil map of the Bavarian part of the Rhön biosphere reserve
1998	Project	Investigation and interpretation from the nature conservation point of view of the nightly active butterflies in typical habitats of the Hesse Upper Rhön
1998	Project	Genetic-morphological investigation on selected populations of brook trout in the Hesse Rhön: Basis for a management concept with the aim to sustainably protect natural resources
1999	Project	Fungi on deadwood in the area "Ehrlich" within the proposed nature reserve "Himmeldunkberg" (expert opinion)
1999	Diplomarbeit	Wellness in the Rhön. Concept for the profession "wellness trainer" in the region
1999	Staatsexamensarbeit	Development of education material for school children for a field trip to the "Schwarzes Moor" (Black Mire)
1999	Project	Evaluation of potential locations for wind power plants in the Rhön biosphere reserve
1999	Staatsexamensarbeit	A biosphere reserve - How does it function?
1999	Diplomarbeit	Digital landscape analysis and modelling in the Streu watershed, Rhön biosphere reserve
1999	Diplomarbeit	Limestone spring mire in the Upper Rhön
1999	Diplomarbeit	Extraction and marketing of basalt at the "Bauersberg" / Bischofsheim (Rhön)
1999	Diplomarbeit	The importance of old domestic breeds taking especially into account Rhön sheep
1999	Studienprojekt	Management of designated areas - Comparing the approach of Great Britain and Germany
1999	Research project	???????
1999	Monitoring	Core area investigation in the Rhön biosphere reserve
1999	Diplomarbeit	Use of regional agricultural products in gastronomy. One constituent of sustainable regional development
2000	Research and development project	Model implementation of performance control for a "Naturschutzgroßvorhaben" (federal nature conservation project) with the example of the finished project "Hohe Rhön - Lange Rhön"
2000	Project	Review and interpretation of Bavarian animal species data in respect to a transboundary approach in zoological species conservation in the Rhön biosphere reserve
2000	Diplomarbeit	Influence factors and future development of the changing cultural landscape in the Rhön biosphere reserve - a model approach with special focus on the establishment of shrubs
2000	Diplomarbeit	Maintenance and development plan for the "Hundsrücken"
2000	Diplomarbeit	State of monitoring concepts in German biosphere Reserves (Rhön as a reference area)
2000	Diplomarbeit	Core areas in the Rhön biosphere reserve - Evaluation of functions and potentials
2000	Research project	EQULFA-Project: Sustainable use of valuable cultural landscapes by pasture - socio-economic, ecological and animal-keeping issues
2000		Birds of Rhön forests - Results of an inventory 2000 - a quantitative populations density analysis of breeding birds and an inventory of none-breeding birds, migrating birds and winter guests in selected core areas and two reference areas
2000	Zulassungsarbeit	Motor, air and water sports in conflict with environment and nature. Reasons and solutions
2001	Research project	Biotop specific investigation on the dispersal mechanism and regulation potentials of tall herbaceuous perennials in the Rhön - presented with the example of Lupinus polyphyllus
2001	Project	Biosphere reserves - concept and reality
2001	Diplomarbeit	What influence has the biosphere reserve on tourism in the region? Evaluation of the touristic offer
2001	Research and development project	Model implemetation and more concrete concept for an integrated ecological monitoring. The Rhön biosphere reserve - a case study. Research and development project 109 02 076
2001	Diplomarbeit	Inventory and structural typology of springs in main areas of environmental monitoring in the Rhön (focus on culturally, historically and touristically important springs)
2001	Disseration	Environmental quality goals and standards with the example of the Rhön biosphere reserve
2001	Research project	Plant soziological monitoring (Lupinus polyphyllus) in the nature reserve "Lange Rhön" - "Leitgraben" area
2001	Diplomarbeit	Factors and indicators of success in ingegrating nature conservation projects
2001	Diplomarbeit	Touristic demands in the Rhön bisphere reserve - an empirical study
2001	Diplomarbeit	Sustainable development of development areas in the Rhön biosphere reserve - the example of the Thuringian Rhön and the ecological development area Kaltensundheim
2001	Diplomarbeit	Sondheim vor der Rhön - history, appearance and development of a village in the eastern Lower Rhön
2001	Diplomarbeit	Wich processes and factors are important for the establishment and immigration of Lupinus polyphyllus? A simulation model
2002	Research project	Expectations of tourists in national parks and biosphere reserves collected via interviews
2002	Expert opinion	Representative opinion pool "Rhön biosphere reserve" (by Allensbach Institute)
2002	Diplomarbeit	Regional development concept for a multifunctional agriculture in the Rhön biosphere reserve