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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