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Forschungsschwerpunkte am Institut für Ökologie sind die Auswirkungen von globalen Veränderungen wie Klimawandel und Landnutzungswandel auf Organismen und ihre Lebensgemeinschaften und auf biologisch funktionelle und chemische Prozesse. Dazu zählen auch die Auswirkungen eines vermehrten Anbaus von Energiepflanzen oder auch verschiedenste Verschmutzungen in terrestrischen und aquatischen Ökosystemen. Im Fokus stehen die Ursachen und die Auswirkungen des Rückgangs von Tier- und Pflanzenpopulationen sowie des aktuellen Biodiversitätsverlustes und der damit einhergehenden Veränderung abiotischer und biotischer Ökosystemfunktionen. In Zusammenarbeit mit humanwissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgruppen der Leuphana Universität werden auch sozio-ökonomische Faktoren der Ökosystemforschung gemeinsam betrachtet.

Die experimentelle Forschung findet sowohl in Laboren, im Gewächshaus und auf Freiflächen der Leuphana Universität statt. Weiter finden viele Untersuchungen in Kulturlandschaften und in städtischen Gebieten statt. Die Freilanduntersuchungen werden in den verschiedensten Ländern der gemäßigten und mediterranen Breiten und der Tropen und Sub-Tropen durchgeführt aber auch regional wie z.B. in Lüneburg und der Lüneburger Heide. Forschungskooperationen bestehen hierbei mit vielen verschiedenen nationalen und internationalen Universitäten und außeruniversitären Einrichtungen wie z.B. lokalen Naturschutzorganisationen und Schulen. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Kooperationen mit der Alfred Töpfer Akademie für Naturschutz und die Biosphärenreservatsverwaltung Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.

  1. 2013
  2. Biodiversity and ecosystem funtions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Oral presentation)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Biodiversity and crop pollination services

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Oral presentation)

    14.08.201317.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Rethinking economy, nature use and development: Caring as a socio-ecological concept for sustainability and gender justice

    Christine Katz (Speaker) & Daniela Gottschlich (Speaker)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Competencies for sustainable development of rural areas need the integration of Gender

    Anja Thiem (Speaker) & Christine Katz (Speaker)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  6. Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services

    Stefan Baumgärtner (Speaker), Alexandra-Maria Klein (Coauthor), Denise Thiel (Coauthor) & Klara Winkler (Coauthor)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Sabine Hofmeister (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Christine Katz (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Christine Katz (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. Western Closure of the Corinth Rift : Stratigraphy and structure of the Lakka fault block

    Nikos Palyvos (Speaker), Mary Ford (Coauthor), Marco Mancini (Coauthor), Daniela Esu (Coauthor), Odoardo Girotti (Coauthor) & Brigitte Urban (Coauthor)

    07.04.201312.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. 2012
  12. Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society 2012

    Anika Hudewenz (Coauthor)

    17.12.201220.12.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Paper Writing Workshop 2012

    Gesine Pufal (Organiser)

    13.12.201218.12.2012

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

  14. Tagung "Gender trifft Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltigkeit braucht Gender" - NaGe 2012

    Sebastian Heilmann (Organiser), Sabine Hofmeister (Organiser), Christine Katz (Organiser), Anja Thiem (Organiser) & Tanja Mölders (Participant)

    10.12.201211.12.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Wald und Gender

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    10.12.201211.12.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Simposio Internacional Conservacion de la Biodiversidad y Educacion Ambiental - 2012

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    12.11.201216.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Resource use and competition between honey bees and wild bees in the Lüneburger Heath

    Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Spillover effects and importance of urban gardens for trap-nesting bees and wasps

    Maria Helena Pereira Peixoto (presenter)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  19. Pollination of Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense: Two new potential oil crop species in Germany

    Janna Henrike Groeneveld (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Science and Practitioners: Transdisciplinary research a bridge to create socially robust knowledge

    Patric Brandt (Speaker) & Fabienne Gralla (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Bear activity in traditional woodpastures in souther Transylvania, Romania

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  22. Developing robust field survey protocols in landscape ecology: A case study on birds, plants and butterflies

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Different responses of ant species to sugars and amino acids in a subtropical forest of China 

    Michael Staab (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Landscape effects on bird and rodent cummunities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Lessons for conservation biology under global change conditions: a case study on two burnet moth species in the high altitudes of the Pyrenees

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Combining Ecological Research and Sustainability Management with Industrial Needs

    David Walmsley (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Seed predation of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Transdisciplinary research - a bridge between science and practitioners to produce reliable knowledge

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  29. Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China

    Michael Staab (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  31.  Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest

    Michael Staab (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. 20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology - ECCB 2012

    Claire Brittain (Speaker)

    28.08.201201.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Ant Course 2012

    Michael Staab (Participant)

    06.08.201216.08.2012

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

  35. Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries

    Gesine Pufal (presenter)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  36. Seed fate of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    02.08.201203.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Does resin represent a neglected component of bee ecology? A comparison between Old and New World bees.

    Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)

    08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Towards and interdisciplinary understanding of ecological novelty 2012

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    08.2012

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

  40. Competencies for Sustainability – Does Gender play any Role?

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. In the forest: doing gender by doing nature

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services

    Stefan Baumgärtner (Speaker), Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker), Denise Thiel (Speaker) & Klara Winkler (Speaker)

    03.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Ecology & Evolution, Lecture series 2012

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    05.2012

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

  44. Workshop on occasion of the 10th anniversary DFG Research Unit for 456/1451 2012

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    05.2012

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

  45. Badischer Imkertag 2012

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    04.2012

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

  46. Summer School in the context of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning 2012

    Michael Staab (Participant)

    16.03.201222.03.2012

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

  47. Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation

    Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  48. Wie beeinflussen sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenfraß die erfolgreiche Etablierung von Wiesenkräutern?

    Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  49. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in the public - views, misconceptions and misunderstandings

    Gesine Pufal (presenter)

    02.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  50. Ammoniak-Emmissionen nach Ausbringung von Biogasrückständen und konventionellen Güllen

    Andreas Siegfried Pacholski (Speaker), Kang Ni (Speaker), Robert Quakernack (Speaker), Dirk O. Gericke (Speaker) & Henning Kage (Speaker)

    01.03.201202.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. Biodiversity and pollination in the public

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    01.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. Workshop "Biodiversity and pollination services – from basic and applied science to stakeholders and policy" 2012

    Anika Hudewenz (Participant)

    01.03.2012

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

  53. Behavioral Ecology (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    03.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  54. Ecological Applications (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    03.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  55. Competition between honey bees and wild bees? Ecological research to solve stakeholder conflicts in the Lüneburger Heath

    Anika Hudewenz (presenter)

    29.02.201202.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  56. Natural habitat and orchard management can benefit wild insect pollinators and fruit set in California almond

    Claire Brittain (Coauthor)

    29.02.201202.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  57. Biotropica (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    02.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  58. Führen Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen an die Spitze? Geschlechterrelevante Faktoren des Gelingens und Scheiterns

    Christine Katz (Speaker) & Anja Thiem (Speaker)

    16.01.201217.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  59. Konkurrenz & Ressourcennutzung von Honig- und Wildbienen in der Lüneburger Heide

    Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)

    15.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  60. 45th Population Genetics Group Meeting - PGG45 2012

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    04.01.201207.01.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  61. Apidologie (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    01.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  62. Applied Vegetation Science (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    01.201212.2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  63. 10th Brazilian Bee Research Meeting (Encontro sobre Abelhas) 2012

    Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  64. 5th European Conference of Apidology - EurBee 2012

    Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. Animal Behaviour (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  66. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  67. Ecological Indicators (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  68. Environmental Evidence (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  69. Gesellschaft für Ökologie Veranstaltung

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  70. Journal of Applied Ecology (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  71. 2011
  72. Power poles and tall trees adjacent to sunflower fields increase pest damage caused by the invasive Rose-ringed Parakeet in Israel

    Jessica Schäckermann (Speaker), Yael Mandelik (Speaker) & Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  73. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology - ICCB 2011

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. 1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011

    Benjamin Delory (Coauthor)

    19.10.201121.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011

    Michael Staab (Speaker)

    21.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  76. Responses of herbivory and pollinators to grassland management and plant diversity

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker) & Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)

    09.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  77. Seed dispersal and predation: Interactions, ecosystem functions and services

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  78. Why is the rare dispersal mechanism hygrochasy so common around the world?

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  79. 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011

    Patric Brandt (Coauthor)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Landscape factors affecting Parakeet damage to sunflower fields in Israel.

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  81. The climate niche of a mountain carabid: consequences under climate change

    Patric Brandt (Speaker) & Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  82. Trap-nesting insects' interactions in an urban-rural gradient

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  83. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie - GFÖ-Tagung 2011

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (presenter)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  84. 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011

    Anika Hudewenz (Participant)

    05.09.201109.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. Genetic diversity and extent of hybridization of invasive Ulmus pumila.

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    05.09.201108.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  86. Trap-nesting insects´ interactions in an urban-rural gradient

    Maria Helena Pereira Peixoto (Speaker)

    05.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  87. A quantiative review of the ecological impacts of the chernobyl disaster

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  88. Global warming triggers loss of genetic diversity of Z. exulans populations in Euro-pean high mountain systems

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  89. Growth and competition of tree saplings of subtropical China

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. 14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011

    Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)

    13.08.201118.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  92. Insectes Sociaux (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  93. Colombian coffee production: a local culture in a global market dynamic

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    19.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  94. Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)

    19.07.2011

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

  95. 12th European Heathland Workshop - 2011

    Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)

    11.06.201118.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. 24th Annual conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria - PopBio 2011

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    02.06.201104.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  97. 10th International Pollination Symposium Mexico - ICPBR 2011

    Claire Brittain (Speaker)

    06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch