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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. 2012
  2. Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation

    Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Gesine Pufal (presenter)

    02.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. 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

  6. Biodiversity and pollination in the public

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    01.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 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

  8. Behavioral Ecology (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    03.2012

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

  9. Ecological Applications (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    03.2012

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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Biotropica (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    02.2012

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

  13. 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

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

    Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)

    15.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. 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

  16. Apidologie (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    01.2012

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

  17. Applied Vegetation Science (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    01.201212.2013

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

  18. 10th Brazilian Bee Research Meeting (Encontro sobre Abelhas) 2012

    Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 5th European Conference of Apidology - EurBee 2012

    Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Animal Behaviour (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    2012

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

  21. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

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

  22. Ecological Indicators (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

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

  23. Environmental Evidence (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

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

  24. Gesellschaft für Ökologie Veranstaltung

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Journal of Applied Ecology (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

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

  26. 2011
  27. 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

  28. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology - ICCB 2011

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. 1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011

    Benjamin Delory (Coauthor)

    19.10.201121.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011

    Michael Staab (Speaker)

    21.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  31. 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

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

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 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

  34. 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

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

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  36. 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

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

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (presenter)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  39. 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

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

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    05.09.201108.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Maria Helena Pereira Peixoto (Speaker)

    05.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  43. 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

  44. Growth and competition of tree saplings of subtropical China

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. 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

  46. Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    08.2011

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

  47. Insectes Sociaux (Journal)

    Sara Leonhardt (Reviewer)

    08.2011

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

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

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    19.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  49. 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

  50. 12th European Heathland Workshop - 2011

    Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)

    11.06.201118.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. 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

  52. 10th International Pollination Symposium Mexico - ICPBR 2011

    Claire Brittain (Speaker)

    06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch