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.
- Guest lectures
A story about grasslands that needs to be told: their importance, assembly dynamics and ecological restoration in a changing world
Vicky Temperton (Lecturer)
17.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biodiversity and crop pollination services
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013 → 17.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
Janna Henrike Groeneveld (Oral presentation)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem funtions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Oral presentation)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic herding
John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)
23.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Ecological restoration as a tool out of multiple crisis - examples from grassland restoration
Vicky Temperton (Oral presentation)
08.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Foresters understanding of forest nature and its gender
Christine Katz (Lecturer)
19.06.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gesellschaft für Ökologie Veranstaltung
Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)
2012 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
How do secondary seed dispersal and post-dispersal seed predation influence the successful recruitment of common grassland species?
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
18.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Konkurrenz & Ressourcennutzung von Honig- und Wildbienen in der Lüneburger Heide
Anika Hudewenz (Speaker)
15.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: 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
Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?
Christine Katz (Lecturer)
24.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Tri-trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient in BEF-China: How tree diversity effects higher trophic levels
Michael Staab (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wie beeinflussen sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenfraß die erfolgreiche Etablierung von Wiesenkräutern?
Gesine Pufal (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften
Werner Härdtle (Speaker) & Thomas Niemeyer (Speaker)
01.01.2015 → 31.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- External workshops, courses, seminars
1st Agroecological Encounter of Bogota 2014
R. de la Pava (Organiser) & Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)
11.11.2014 → 12.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Ant Course 2012
Michael Staab (Participant)
06.08.2012 → 16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Badischer Imkertag 2012
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Biennial forum of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - 2010
Christine Katz (Speaker)
02.09.2010 → 04.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Bundestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung - ANU 2005
Christine Katz (Organiser)
07.10.2005 → 09.10.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Bundestreffen des Vereins Frauen im Forstbereich - 2005
Christine Katz (Organiser)
16.09.2005 → 18.09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
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
Ecology & Evolution, Lecture series 2012
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
GIS program – Geographischer Informationssyteme
Maria Helena Pereira Peixoto (Participant)
18.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Insect Chemical Ecology 2014 - Doctoral Course - ICE 2014
Benjamin Delory (Coauthor)
01.06.2014 → 15.06.2014Activity: 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
Multitrophic Interactions Workshop
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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
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
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Michael Staab (Participant)
07.05.2011 → 12.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Summer School in the context of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning 2012
Michael Staab (Participant)
16.03.2012 → 22.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The 15th Anniversary edition of the European heathlands workshop - EHW 2017
Werner Härdtle (Speaker)
20.08.2017 → 25.08.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Towards and interdisciplinary understanding of ecological novelty 2012
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019
Matthias Barth (Speaker), Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Participant), Maike Buhr (Participant), Sadhbh Juarez Bourke (Participant), Karoline Pöggel (Participant), Julius Rathgens (Participant) & Stefan Hilser (Participant)
27.03.2019 → 29.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Workshop ''Enhancing Urban Performance'' - 2010
Christine Katz (Speaker)
03.05.2010 → 04.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Working group on the valuation of territorial resources in ethnic contexts 2018
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop „Biochar goes practice - Biokohle in der Praxis“ 2014
Brigitte Urban (Speaker) & Caroline Thiem (Speaker)
09.12.2014 → 10.12.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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
Workshop on occasion of the 10th anniversary DFG Research Unit for 456/1451 2012
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- Conferences
10th Brazilian Bee Research Meeting (Encontro sobre Abelhas) 2012
Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)
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
11th INTECOL Congress 2013
Janna Henrike Groeneveld (Participant)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12th Annual Congress of the European Ecological Federation - EEF 2011
Claire Brittain (Speaker)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
14th PhD Meeting of Evolutionary Biology of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
05.03.2009 → 08.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
15 Years of the Jena Experiment: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Emanuela W. A. Weidlich (presenter)
07.02.2017 → 08.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research