Institute of Ecology
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Animal Ecology
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation
- Professorship for Ecosystem Functioning and Services
- Professorship for Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Topics
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.
- 2012
Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Wie beeinflussen sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenfraß die erfolgreiche Etablierung von Wiesenkräutern?
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in the public - views, misconceptions and misunderstandings
Gesine Pufal (presenter)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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)
01.03.2012 → 02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Biodiversity and pollination in the public
Gesine Pufal (Speaker)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop "Biodiversity and pollination services – from basic and applied science to stakeholders and policy" 2012
Anika Hudewenz (Participant)
01.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Behavioral Ecology (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
03.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ecological Applications (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
03.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Competition between honey bees and wild bees? Ecological research to solve stakeholder conflicts in the Lüneburger Heath
Anika Hudewenz (presenter)
29.02.2012 → 02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Natural habitat and orchard management can benefit wild insect pollinators and fruit set in California almond
Claire Brittain (Coauthor)
29.02.2012 → 02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Biotropica (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
02.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Führen Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen an die Spitze? Geschlechterrelevante Faktoren des Gelingens und Scheiterns
Christine Katz (Speaker) & Anja Thiem (Speaker)
16.01.2012 → 17.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konkurrenz & Ressourcennutzung von Honig- und Wildbienen in der Lüneburger Heide
Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)
15.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
45th Population Genetics Group Meeting - PGG45 2012
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
04.01.2012 → 07.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Apidologie (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
01.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Applied Vegetation Science (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
01.2012 → 12.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
10th Brazilian Bee Research Meeting (Encontro sobre Abelhas) 2012
Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5th European Conference of Apidology - EurBee 2012
Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Animal Behaviour (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ecological Indicators (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Environmental Evidence (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Gesellschaft für Ökologie Veranstaltung
Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)
2012 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Journal of Applied Ecology (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2011
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)
07.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25th International Congress for Conservation Biology - ICCB 2011
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011
Benjamin Delory (Coauthor)
19.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011
Michael Staab (Speaker)
21.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Responses of herbivory and pollinators to grassland management and plant diversity
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker) & Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)
09.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Seed dispersal and predation: Interactions, ecosystem functions and services
Gesine Pufal (Speaker)
08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why is the rare dispersal mechanism hygrochasy so common around the world?
Gesine Pufal (Speaker)
08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011
Patric Brandt (Coauthor)
07.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Landscape factors affecting Parakeet damage to sunflower fields in Israel.
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The climate niche of a mountain carabid: consequences under climate change
Patric Brandt (Speaker) & Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Trap-nesting insects' interactions in an urban-rural gradient
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie - GFÖ-Tagung 2011
Alexandra-Maria Klein (presenter)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011
Anika Hudewenz (Participant)
05.09.2011 → 09.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Genetic diversity and extent of hybridization of invasive Ulmus pumila.
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
05.09.2011 → 08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Trap-nesting insects´ interactions in an urban-rural gradient
Maria Helena Pereira Peixoto (Speaker)
05.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A quantiative review of the ecological impacts of the chernobyl disaster
Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)
09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Global warming triggers loss of genetic diversity of Z. exulans populations in Euro-pean high mountain systems
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Growth and competition of tree saplings of subtropical China
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
13.08.2011 → 18.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
08.2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Insectes Sociaux (Journal)
Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)
08.2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Colombian coffee production: a local culture in a global market dynamic
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)
19.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)
19.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
12th European Heathland Workshop - 2011
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
11.06.2011 → 18.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
24th Annual conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria - PopBio 2011
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
02.06.2011 → 04.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10th International Pollination Symposium Mexico - ICPBR 2011
Claire Brittain (Speaker)
06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research