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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. Roe deer browsing induces changes in phytohormones, primary metabolites and defense chemistry in beech and maple saplings

    Bettina Ohse (Speaker)

    08.09.201412.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees

    Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Rhizosphere 4 Conference - 2015

    Emanuela W. A. Weidlich (presenter)

    21.06.201525.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  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. Restoration Ecology (Journal)

    Emanuela W A Weidlich (Editorial Board)

    2022 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Research on agroecosystems and socioecological resilience

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker) & C. Quiroga (Speaker)

    22.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Remote Sensing of Environment (Journal)

    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

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

  10. Relational ontologies in rural Bogota: experiences on agrobiodiversity.

    D. Pérez (Speaker) & Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    19.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries

    Gesine Pufal (presenter)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Priority effects influence plant traits and biomass in a grassland field experiment

    Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)

    22.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Priority effects and ecological restoration of grasslands

    Vicky Temperton (Keynote Speaker)

    24.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. 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

  17. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (External organisation)

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Member)

    17.07.2019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Pflanzenkohle aus kontaminiertem Auen-Grünland als Bodenverbesserer

    Sabrina Wolski (Speaker), Caroline Thiem (Speaker), Frank Krüger (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Speaker)

    22.09.201423.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  21. Performance Monitoring for the Management of Heathland Ecosystems in times of Global Change - Novel Research Results for an Ancient Cultural Landscape

    David Walmsley (Speaker)

    04.12.201807.12.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  22. Pellston workshop: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC 2011

    Claire Brittain (Speaker)

    01.2011

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

  23. Participatory research from the ‘Sentipensar’ concept: towards the plurality of knowledge

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    26.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. 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

  25. Overview on the long west European pollen records

    Brigitte Urban (Speaker)

    24.03.200328.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. 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)

    16.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  27. ÖkoKult - Sicherung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität in extensiv bewirtschafteten Kulturlandschaften

    David Walmsley (Speaker)

    21.04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  28. Neue Wege ohne Abfall - Fachkongreß zur ökologischen Abfallwirtschaft, Institut für ökologisches Recycling 1993

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    06.10.199308.10.1993

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability

    John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)

    06.02.201908.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Natural Resources Forum (Journal)

    John-Oliver Engler (Editorial Board)

    30.11.2017

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

  31. Natural Resources Forum (Journal)

    John-Oliver Engler (Reviewer)

    2017

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

  32. 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

  33. Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Christine Katz (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  34. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Sabine Hofmeister (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  35. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Christine Katz (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. Multitrophic Interactions Workshop

    Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)

    09.2008

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

  37. Multi-stakeholder working group on Peasant Reserve Zones

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)

    20172019

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

  38. Monitoring Phenological phases of the crops using TerraSAR-X Spotlight Images based on Factor Analysis

    Dalia Farghaly (Speaker), Emad Elba (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Modelling Ecosystem Services - 2009

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    27.05.200930.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. 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)

    25.07.201931.07.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  41. MännerWeltWald - Natur- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Handlungsmustern von WaldakteurenInnen

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Local alternatives of agrobiodiversity use and management in the rurality of Bogotá, Colombia

    D. Pérez (Speaker) & Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    21.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  43. 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

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

    Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research