In the DFG Project “BEECHDECLINE – Drought-induced tree mortality of European beech affected by legacy effects and small-scale heterogeneity in soil properties and tree neighbourhood composition” there are currently two PhD positions available, in the Zang lab at the Chair for Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Weihenstephan and in the Schuldt lab at the Chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Ecology, University of Würzburg. The job descriptions can be found below: