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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. Conference Presentations
  2. Does Gender matter in gaining advantage in scientific fields of sustainability?

    Anja Thiem (Speaker) & Christine Katz (Speaker)

    10.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 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

  4. Exploring priority effects in a central European grassland field experiment in order to inform restoration (Symposium)

    Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)

    17.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Exploring the potential role of priority effects for ecological restoration

    Emanuela Weidlich (presenter)

    22.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. 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

  7. GAC Mitgliederversammlung

    Thorsten Aßmann (Oral presentation), Estève Boutaud (Oral presentation), Ingmar Harry (Speaker), Claudia Drees (Speaker), Jörn Buse (Speaker), Rikjan Vermeulen (Speaker), Matthias Kaiser (Speaker) & Ulrich Irmler (Speaker)

    14.02.202016.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    05.09.201108.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 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

  10. Growth and competition of tree saplings of subtropical China

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. In the forest: doing gender by doing nature

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Invasion success of Ulmus pumila L. in North America and Argentina:Environment or adaptation?

    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

    Christine Katz (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. 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

  17. Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability

    John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)

    06.02.201908.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Overview on the long west European pollen records

    Brigitte Urban (Speaker)

    24.03.200328.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    26.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Priority effects and ecological restoration of grasslands

    Vicky Temperton (Keynote Speaker)

    24.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

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

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

    19.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Research on agroecosystems and socioecological resilience

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

    22.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

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

    Gesine Pufal (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  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. 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

  38. SER Conference (online)

    Emanuela Weidlich (Speaker), Joao P. Ernzen (Speaker), I. Conti (Speaker) & Maria A. Neves (Speaker)

    2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Sociocultural aspects in ecosystems’ transformation: methodological tools

    R. de la Pava (Speaker), Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker), Dario Pérez (Speaker) & Lina Maria Cortés-Gutiérrez (Speaker)

    05.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Stories of a journey: tracing traditional knowledge associated to orphan crops across agrifood circuits in Bogota

    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Speaker)

    26.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. 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

  42. Sustainable use of arable lands within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germana using SAR-Data

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

    23.03.201525.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Sustainable use of High Aswan Dam Reservoir in view of climate change

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

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. The Chronostratigraphy and environmental development of the Middle Pleistocene sequence of Schöningen.

    Daniel Richter (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Speaker)

    01.09.201407.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. 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