School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
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EduCamp - Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Ägypten
Mader, M., Sewilam, H. & Mader, C., 05.2013, Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Jahrbuch 2013. F. U. F. N. E. (ed.). Wien: FORUM Umweltbildung im Umweltdachverband, p. 139-145 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Land use changes and ground dwelling beetle conservation in extensive grazing dehesa systems of north-west Spain
Garcia-Tejero, S., Taboada Palomares, A., Tarrega, R. & Salgado, J. M., 05.2013, In: Biological Conservation. 161, p. 58-66 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Managing invasive species amidst high uncertainty and novelty
Larson, B. M. H., Kueffer, C., the ZiF Working Group on Ecological Novelty & Klein, A.-M., 05.2013, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 28, 5, p. 255-256 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Scale-dependent diversity patterns affect spider assemblages of two contrasting forest ecosystems
Schuldt, A., Aßmann, T. & Schaefer, M., 05.2013, In: Acta Oecologica. 49, p. 17-22 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability: Mapping the Field
Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. & Hansen, E. G., 05.2013, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 22, 4, p. 219-229 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Worldwide distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants in air, including results of air monitoring by passive air sampling in five continents
Bogdal, C., Scheringer, M., Abad, E., Abalos, M., van Bavel, B., Hagberg, J. & Fiedler, H., 05.2013, In: Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 46, p. 150-161 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Produktive Funktionen von Kollaps und Zerstörung für gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit
Newig, J. & Balsam, R., 29.04.2013, Soziale Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven sozialen Wandels. Rückert-John, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 133-149 17 p. (Innovation und Gesellschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Chronic ecotoxic effects to Pseudomonas putida and Vibrio fischeri, and cytostatic and genotoxic effects to the hepatoma cell line (HepG2) of ofloxacin photo(cata)lytically treated solutions
Vasquez, M., Garcia-Käufer, M., Hapeshi, E., Menz, J., Kostarelos, K., Fatta-Kassinos, D. & Kümmerer, K., 15.04.2013, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 450-451, p. 356-365 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Upcycle: Beyond sustainability Designing for abundance
Braungart, M. & McDonough, W., 13.04.2013, New York : North Point Press. 227 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Medien und klimabewusstes Verhalten: Die Bedeutung des Fernsehens für ein nachhaltiges Alltagshandeln bei Jugendlichen
Lüdecke, G., 04.04.2013, München: Oekom Verlag. 287 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit; vol. 58)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Multiple Glacial Refugia of the Low-Dispersal Ground Beetle Carabus irregularis: Molecular Data Support Predictions of Species Distribution Models
Homburg, K., Drees, C., Gossner, M. M., Rakosy, L., Vrezec, A. & Aßmann, T., 04.04.2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 4, 12 p., e61185.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The global perspective of education for sustainable development: a European-Latin American study about key competencies for thinking and acting in the world society
Rieckmann, M., 01.04.2013, In: Environmental Education Research. 19, 2, p. 257-258 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The influence of agricultural system, stand structural complexity and landscape context on foraging birds in oil palm landscapes
Azhar, B., Lindenmayer, D. B., Wood, J., Manning, A., McElhinny, C., Zakaria, M. & Fischer, J., 01.04.2013, In: Ibis. 155, 2, p. 297-312 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A Global Classroom for International Sustainability Education
Wiek, A., Bernstein, M. J., Laubichler, M., Minteer, B., Lang, D. J. & Caniglia, G., 04.2013, In: Creative Education. 4, 4A, p. 19 - 28 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Allele elimination recalculated: nested subset analyses for molecular biogeographical data
Habel, J. C., Ulrich, W. & Aßmann, T., 04.2013, In: Journal of Biogeography. 40, 4, p. 769-777 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Models for Sustainable Innovation: State-of-the-Art and Steps Towards a Research Agenda
Boons, F. A. A. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 04.2013, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 45, p. 9-19 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research
Holm, P., Goodsite, M. E., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Agnoletti, M., Moldan, B., Lang, D. J., Leemans, R., Moeller, J. O., Buendía, M. P., Pohl, W., Scholz, R. W., Sors, A., Vanheusden, B., Yusoff, K. & Zondervan, R., 04.2013, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 28, Special Issue, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental Protection of Foreign Firms in Germany: Does the country of origin matter?
Weche Gelübcke, J. P. & Wedl, I., 04.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 39 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 267).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Lipids in preventive dentistry
Kensche, A., Reich, M., Kümmerer, K., Hannig, M. & Hannig, C., 04.2013, In: Clinical Oral Investigations. 17, 3, p. 669-685 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Many roads lead to sustainability: A process-oriented analysis of change in higher education
Barth, M., 04.2013, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 14, 2, p. 160-175 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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US agricultural sector analysis on pesticide externalities – the impact of climate change and a Pigovian tax
Shakhramanyan, N. G., Schneider, U. A. & McCarl, B. A., 04.2013, In: Climatic Change. 117, 4, p. 711-723 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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...zum Beispiel wegen des Geschenkpapiers - ein grafisches Essay zu Undoing Gender
Sulmowski, J. A., 04.2013, In: Soziologiemagazin : publizieren statt archivieren ; deutschlandweites Magazin für Studierende und Soziologieinteressierte. 6, 1, p. 6-11 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance
Garibaldi, L. A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Winfree, R., Aizen, M. A., Bommarco, R., Cunningham, S. A., Kremen, C., Carvalheiro, L. G., Harder, L. D., Afik, O., Bartomeus, I., Benjamin, F., Boreux, V., Cariveau, D., Chacoff, N. P., Dudenhöffer, J. H., Freitas, B. M., Ghazoul, J., Greenleaf, S., Hipólito, J., Holzschuh, A., Howlett, B., Isaacs, R., Javorek, S. K., Kennedy, C. M., Krewenka, K. M., Krishnan, S., Mandelik, Y., Mayfield, M. M., Motzke, I., Munyuli, T., Nault, B. A., Otieno, M., Petersen, J., Pisanty, G., Potts, S. G., Rader, R., Ricketts, T. H., Rundlöf, M., Seymour, C. L., Schüepp, C., Szentgyörgyi, H., Taki, H., Tscharntke, T., Vergara, C. H., Viana, B. F., Wanger, T. C., Westphal, C., Williams, N. & Klein, A. M., 29.03.2013, In: Science. 340, 6127, p. 1608-1611 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Policy schemes, operational strategies and system integration of residential co-generation fuel cells.
Pade, L.-L., Schröder, S. T., Münster, M., Birkl, C., Ropenus, S., Morthorst, P. E., Obé, E., Kötter, E., Huber, A., Costa , A. & Kroff , P., 07.03.2013, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 38, 7, p. 3050–3063 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services
Brittain, C., Williams, N., Kremen, C. & Klein, A.-M., 07.03.2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 280, 1754, p. 2012-2767 7 p., 20122767.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Entwicklung des deutschen Umweltrechts seit 1945
Sanden, J., 01.03.2013, Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht in Deutschland und Südkorea. Eschborn, N. (ed.). Seoul: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , p. 29-140 112 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Social Entrepreneurship and Broader Theories: Shedding New Light on the “Bigger Picture”
Zeyen, A., Beckmann, M., Mueller, S., Dees, J. G., Khanin, D., Krueger, N., Murphy, P. J., Santos, F., Scarlata,, M., Walske, J. & Zacharakis, A., 01.03.2013, In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 4, 1, p. 88-107 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment
Vasquez, M., Hapeshi, E., Fatta-Kassinos, D. & Kümmerer, K., 03.2013, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20, 3, p. 1302-1309 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparison of an Electrochemical and Luminescence-Based Oxygen Measuring System for Use in the Biodegradability Testing According to Closed Bottle Test (OECD 301D)
Friedrich, J., Längin, A. & Kümmerer, K., 03.2013, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 41, 3, p. 251-257 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Do edible oils reduce bacterial colonization of enamel in situ ?
Hannig, C., Kirsch, J., Al-Ahmad, A., Kensche, A., Hannig, M. & Kümmerer, K., 03.2013, In: Clinical Oral Investigations. 17, 2, p. 649-658 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The influence of native versus exotic streetscape vegetation on the spatial distribution of birds in suburbs and reserves
Ikin, K., Knight, E., Lindenmayer, D. B., Fischer, J. & Manning, A. D., 03.2013, In: Diversity and Distributions. 19, 3, p. 294-306 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trace Metal Dynamics in Floodplain Soils of the River Elbe: A Review (vol 38, pg 1349): A review
Schulz-Zunke, C. & Krueger, F., 03.2013, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 42, 2, p. 622-622 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Woody vegetation of a Peruvian tropical dry forest along a climatic gradient depends more on soil than annual precipitation
Muenchow, J., von Wehrden, H., Rodriguez, E. F., Rodríguez, R. A., Bayer, F. & Richter, M., 03.2013, In: Erdkunde. 67, 3, p. 241-248 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Model choice and size distribution: a Bayequentist approach
Engler, J.-O. & Baumgärtner, S., 28.02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 265).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The issue of micropollutants in urban water management
Kümmerer, K., 28.02.2013, Source Separation and Decentralization for Wastewater Management. Larsen, T. A., Udert, K. M. & Lienert, J. (eds.). London: IWA Publishing, p. 71-84 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Comparative analysis of public environmental decision-making processes: A variable-based analytical scheme
Newig, J., Adzersen, A., Challies, E., Fritsch, O. & Jager, N. W., 20.02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 65 p. (INFU Discussion Paper; no. 37).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die Bedeutung der Privilegierung nach § 35 BauGB für die Finanzierung von Biogasanlagen
Maly, C., 14.02.2013, 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 107 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 26)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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The exotic shrub Rosa rubiginosa as a nurse plant: Implications for the restoration of disturbed temperate forests in Patagonia
Svriz, M., Damascos, M., Zimmermann, H. & Hensen, I., 01.02.2013, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 289, Februar, p. 234-242 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Future We Want: A Global Expert Discussion on the Future of Rio+20 Efforts on Higher Education
Rowland, P., Carteron, J., Denby, L., Klepper, A., Mader, C., Sjerps-Jones, H., Smith, K. & Tilbury, D., 01.02.2013, In: Sustainability: The Journal of Record. 6, 1, p. 42-47 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Biodegradability and genotoxicity of surface functionalized colloidal silica (SiO2) particles in the aquatic environment
Schneider, M., Meder, F., Daberkow, T., Haiß, A., Treccani, L., Rezwan, K. & Kümmerer, K., 02.2013, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie e.V. : Abstracts of the 7 th Annual Meeting March 5 – 7, 2013 Halle/Saale, Germany. 1 ed. Springer Verlag, Vol. 386. p. 73 - 73 1 p. (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg´s Archives of Pharamcology; vol. 386, no. 1, Supplement).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity buffers pollination from changes in environmental conditions
Brittain, C., Kremen, C. & Klein, A.-M., 02.2013, In: Global Change Biology. 19, 2, p. 540-547 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Broad-scale geographic patterns in body size and hind wing development of western Palaearctic carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Homburg, K., Schuldt, A., Drees, C. & Aßmann, T., 02.2013, In: Ecography. 36, 2, p. 166-177 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Characterizing and evaluating successional pathways of fen degradation and restoration
Schrautzer, J., Sival, F., Breuer, M., Runhaar, H. & Fichtner, A., 02.2013, In: Ecological Indicators. 25, p. 108-120 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fate of Pesticides and Their Transformation Products: First Flush Effects in a Semi-Arid Catchment
Olsson, O., Khodorkovsky, M., Gassmann, M., Friedler, E., Schneider, M. & Dubowski, Y., 02.2013, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 41, 2, p. 134-142 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fat or lean: adjustment of endogenous energy stores to predictable and unpredictable changes in allostatic load
Schultner, J., Kitaysky, A. S., Welcker, J. & Hatch, S., 02.2013, In: Functional Ecology. 27, 1, p. 45-55 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Freie Pizzawahl für Informatiker und Wirtschaftsinformatiker: Didaktische Herausforderungen für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik angesichts der digitalen Gesellschaft
Rolf, A., Möller, A., Funk, B. & Niemeyer, P., 02.2013, In: Informatik-Spektrum. 36, 1, p. 90-98 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of groundwater salinization in the Bangkok aquifer system, Thailand
Babel, M. S., Gupta, A. D., Rivas, A. A., Evers, M., Kazama, F., Nakamura, T. & Stoecker, F., 02.2013, In: Environmental Earth Sciences . 68, 3, p. 749-763 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Low genetic diversity of a high mountain burnet moth species in the Pyrenees
Dieker, P., Drees, C., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 02.2013, In: Conservation Genetics. 14, 1, p. 231-236 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Vorbereitung zur Wiederverwendung: Regelung und Regelungsbedarf - Umsetzungs- und Erfolgsaussichten
Guerra González, J., 02.2013, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 42 p. (Leuphana Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit & Recht; no. 3).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Species Identification of Bacteria and Fungi from Solid and Liquid Culture Media by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Reich, M., Bosshard, P. P., Stark, M., Beyser, K. & Borgmann, S., 22.01.2013, In: Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology. 4, S5, 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review