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Professor Dr. Michael Bonkowski

Address Universität zu Köln
Biowissenschaftliches Zentrum
Zoologisches Institut
Arbeitsgruppe Terrestrische Ökologie
Zülpicher Straße 47b
50674 Köln

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Continuing the deep molecular characterization of eukaryotic microorganisms´ diversity and community composition in forest soils and the canopy region using a metatranscriptomics approach (micDiv II) (Priority Programmes)
  - The protist microbiota of maize and their functional roles for the self-organization of the rhizosphere bacterial microbiome (ProtistBiome II) (Priority Programmes)
  - The role of petrichor – the scent of rain – in desert ecosystems and consequences under global warming (Research Grants)
  - Plant antagonists (Research Units)
- Completed projects
  - Effects of spatial subsidies and meta-community dynamics on the relationship between island size and food chain length (Research Grants)
  - Nanofauna (flagellates, amoebae) diversity in relation to land use and ecosystem functioning NANOFAUNA DIVERSITY (NANOFAUN) (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Functional roles of Cercozoa in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of plants (CERCOPLANT) (Research Grants)
  - The bacterial energy channel: Protozoa-bacteria interrelationships as affected by root vicinity, organic matter and soil depth (Research Units)
  - Factors driving the distribution and diversity of protistan plant pathogens in grasslands and forests of the Biodiversity Exploratories (PATHOGEN) (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Microbial Data Synthesis and Meta-analysis for the Biodiversity Exploratories (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Deep molecular characterization of eukaryotic microorganisms´ diversity and community composition in forest soils and the canopy region across biomes using a multiple barcoding approach - micDiv (Priority Programmes)
  - A molecular census of land-use intensity effects on the soil biota in grasslands (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Muster und Ursachen der Dicht und Diversität von Boden-Mikroarthropoden und der Boden-Mikrofauna in einem tropischen Berg-Regenwald (Ecuador) (Research Units)
As Co-Investigator
- Current projects
  - Algivorous Cercozoa shape the community composition of cryptogamic covers, the dominant vegetation in Polar Regions. (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)

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