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.
Rosa rubinosa invades various habitat types and climates throughout Argentina despite highly reduced genetiv diversity
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Roe deer browsing induces changes in phytohormones, primary metabolites and defense chemistry in beech and maple saplings
Bettina Ohse (Speaker)
08.09.2014 → 12.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees
Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)
27.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rhizosphere 4 Conference - 2015
Emanuela W. A. Weidlich (presenter)
21.06.2015 → 25.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Rethinking economy, nature use and development: Caring as a socio-ecological concept for sustainability and gender justice
Christine Katz (Speaker) & Daniela Gottschlich (Speaker)
31.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Restoration Ecology (Journal)
Emanuela W A Weidlich (Editorial Board)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
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
Resource use and competition between honey bees and wild bees in the Lüneburger Heath
Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)
13.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Research on agroecosystems and socioecological resilience
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker) & C. Quiroga (Speaker)
22.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Remote Sensing of Environment (Journal)
Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)
2010 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Relational ontologies in rural Bogota: experiences on agrobiodiversity.
D. Pérez (Speaker) & Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)
19.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services
Stefan Baumgärtner (Speaker), Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker), Denise Thiel (Speaker) & Klara Winkler (Speaker)
03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services
Stefan Baumgärtner (Speaker), Alexandra-Maria Klein (Coauthor), Denise Thiel (Coauthor) & Klara Winkler (Coauthor)
26.06.2013 → 29.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries
Gesine Pufal (presenter)
05.08.2012 → 10.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Priority effects influence plant traits and biomass in a grassland field experiment
Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)
22.08.2016 → 26.08.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Priority effects and ecological restoration of grasslands
Vicky Temperton (Keynote Speaker)
24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (External organisation)
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Member)
17.07.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Pollination of Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense: Two new potential oil crop species in Germany
Janna Henrike Groeneveld (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Combining Ecological Research and Sustainability Management with Industrial Needs
David Walmsley (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Plant functional group order of arrival and sown diversity are strong drivers of plant community assembly and ecosystem functioning in dry acidic grasslands
Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)
11.12.2017 → 14.12.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pflanzenkohle aus kontaminiertem Auen-Grünland als Bodenverbesserer
Sabrina Wolski (Speaker), Caroline Thiem (Speaker), Frank Krüger (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Speaker)
22.09.2014 → 23.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Performance Monitoring for the Management of Heathland Ecosystems in times of Global Change - Novel Research Results for an Ancient Cultural Landscape
David Walmsley (Speaker)
04.12.2018 → 07.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Pellston workshop: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC 2011
Claire Brittain (Speaker)
01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Participatory research from the ‘Sentipensar’ concept: towards the plurality of knowledge
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)
26.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Paper Writing Workshop 2012
Gesine Pufal (Organiser)
13.12.2012 → 18.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Overview on the long west European pollen records
Brigitte Urban (Speaker)
24.03.2003 → 28.03.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Optimizing water resources in Egypt: The case for sediment deduction at the High Aswan dam reservoir
Emad Elba (Speaker), Dalia Farghaly (Coauthor) & Brigitte Urban (Coauthor)
16.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
ÖkoKult - Sicherung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität in extensiv bewirtschafteten Kulturlandschaften
David Walmsley (Speaker)
21.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
North America’s Pacific coastal rainforest under climate change: Deriving recommendations for conservation management from spatial modelling approaches
Patric Brandt (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
North America's Pacific coastal rainforest under climate change: Deriving recommendations for conservation management from spatial modeling approaches
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Neue Wege ohne Abfall - Fachkongreß zur ökologischen Abfallwirtschaft, Institut für ökologisches Recycling 1993
Christine Katz (Speaker)
06.10.1993 → 08.10.1993Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability
John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)
06.02.2019 → 08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Natural Resources Forum (Journal)
John-Oliver Engler (Editorial Board)
30.11.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Natural Resources Forum (Journal)
John-Oliver Engler (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › 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
Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?
Christine Katz (Lecturer)
24.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?
Sabine Hofmeister (Lecturer)
24.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?
Christine Katz (Lecturer)
24.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Multitrophic Interactions Workshop
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Multi-stakeholder working group on Peasant Reserve Zones
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)
2017 → 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Monitoring Phenological phases of the crops using TerraSAR-X Spotlight Images based on Factor Analysis
Dalia Farghaly (Speaker), Emad Elba (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Coauthor)
21.10.2015 → 23.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modelling Ecosystem Services - 2009
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
27.05.2009 → 30.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Middle Pleistocene interglacial environmental changes inferred from aquatic microfossils at the paleolithic site of Schöningen, Germany
Kim Jasmin Krahn (Coauthor), Julien Pilgrim (Coauthor), Brigitte Urban (Speaker), Mario Tucci (Speaker) & Antje Schwalb (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Member of the Advisory Board advising the Ministry of Environment and German Government on Natural Climate Solutions
Vicky Temperton (Consultant)
19.03.2024 → …Activity: Consultancy
MännerWeltWald - Natur- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Handlungsmustern von WaldakteurenInnen
Christine Katz (Speaker)
11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Local alternatives of agrobiodiversity use and management in the rurality of Bogotá, Colombia
D. Pérez (Speaker) & Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)
21.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Landscape factors affecting Parakeet damage to sunflower fields in Israel.
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research