Institute of Ecology

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Ecology is the biological and natural science department of Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Research focuses on the effects of global changes such as climate change and land use change on organisms and communities biodiversity loss as well as on biological and chemical processes. In cooperation with the human sciences, socio-economic factors of ecosystem research are considered.

Main research areas

Research foci at the Institute of Ecology are the effects of global change such as climate change and land use change on organisms and their communities and on biological functional and chemical processes. The focus is on the causes and effects of declining animal and plant populations as well as current biodiversity loss and the associated changes in abiotic and biotic ecosystem functions. In collaboration with human science research groups at Leuphana University, socio-economic factors of ecosystem research are also jointly considered.

Experimental research takes place both in laboratories, in greenhouses and in open spaces at Leuphana University. Further, many investigations take place in cultivated landscapes and in urban areas. The field studies are carried out in various countries of the temperate and Mediterranean latitudes and the tropics and sub-tropics, but also regionally, e.g. in Lüneburg and the Lüneburg Heath. Research cooperations exist with many different national and international universities and non-university institutions such as local nature conservation organizations and schools. Particularly noteworthy are the cooperations with the Alfred Töpfer Academy for Nature Conservation and the biosphere reserve administration Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.

The courses range from basic and advanced courses in various sub-fields of ecology and biology, including the performance of experiments in laboratory practicals and in the field, to interdisciplinary courses in the Bachelor's and Master's programs.

In interdisciplinary courses, contents from the fields of landscape ecology, botany, soil ecology, zoology, genetics and nature conservation are linked together, as well as courses that combine different disciplines of the natural sciences with those of the human sciences.

  1. 1993
  2. Neue Wege ohne Abfall - Fachkongreß zur ökologischen Abfallwirtschaft, Institut für ökologisches Recycling 1993

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    06.10.199308.10.1993

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 1997
  4. Symposium des Forum Umweltbildung und Entwicklung zur UN-SGV "5 Jahre nach RIO" - 1997

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.06.199712.06.1997

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 2002
  6. Eemian and early weichselian vegetation and uranium/thorium and thermoluminescence age determinations from sections in Northeast Lower-Saxony, Germany

    Urban, B. (Speaker)

    18.04.200221.04.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 2003
  8. Overview on the long west European pollen records

    Urban, B. (Speaker)

    24.03.200328.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 2005
  10. Bundestreffen des Vereins Frauen im Forstbereich - 2005

    Katz, C. (Organiser)

    16.09.200518.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  11. Workshops "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung" - 2005

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Bundestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung - ANU 2005

    Katz, C. (Organiser)

    07.10.200509.10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  13. Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. MännerWeltWald - Natur- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Handlungsmustern von WaldakteurenInnen

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. 2006
  16. Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) (External organisation)

    Haider, S. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

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