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.
- Conferences
16th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - 2010
Sara Leonhardt (presenter)
08.08.2010 → 14.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17th IEA Triannual Conference and World Congress 2014
John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)
05.06.2014 → 10.06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI2009
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
09.10.2009 → 12.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011
Benjamin Delory (Coauthor)
19.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015
Bettina Ohse (Speaker)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Landscape Economics - 2009
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
07.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Symposium on Local Knowledge related to Medicinal and Nutritional Plants
Dario Pérez (Organiser), Ricardo de la Pava (Organiser), Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Organiser) & Mauricio Diazgranados (Organiser)
27.09.2015 → 02.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research - INQUA 2019
Mario Tucci (Speaker) & Brigitte Urban (Speaker)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th International Conference on Subterranean Biology - 2010
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
29.08.2010 → 03.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
24th Annual conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria - PopBio 2011
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
02.06.2011 → 04.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology - ISCE 2009
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
23.08.2009 → 27.08.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th International Congress for Conservation Biology - ICCB 2011
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ) - 2009
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
14.09.2009 → 18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology - ECCB 2012
Claire Brittain (Speaker)
28.08.2012 → 01.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
40th Anniversary Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2010
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Speaker)
30.08.2010 → 03.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011
Anika Hudewenz (Participant)
05.09.2011 → 09.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011
Patric Brandt (Coauthor)
07.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2013
Alexandra-Maria Klein (Participant)
09.09.2013 → 13.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
45th Population Genetics Group Meeting - PGG45 2012
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
04.01.2012 → 07.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Rotwildsymposium - 2010
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5th European Conference of Apidology - EurBee 2012
Sara Leonhardt (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5th International EcoSummit Congress (EcoSummit 2016)
Emanuela W. A. Weidlich (presenter)
29.08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
63th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International 2017
John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)
08.11.2017 → 11.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014
Brigitte Urban (Participant)
24.11.2014 → 26.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. Assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
14.02.2011 → 18.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) - 2010
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
01.08.2010 → 06.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society 2012
Anika Hudewenz (Coauthor)
17.12.2012 → 20.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biodiversity hotspots - evolution and conservation 2009
Thorsten Aßmann (Organiser)
26.03.2009 → 28.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colloquium of the National Institute of Biology and Department of Biology at University of Ljubljana 2011
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
30.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Convegno internazionale WWW.World Wide Women. - 2011
Christine Katz (Speaker)
10.02.2011 → 12.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Drivers of non-Apis pollinators in California almond orchard and their benefits for almond pollination 2011
Claire Brittain (Speaker)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachgespräch der AG Frauen im Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung - 2010
Christine Katz (Chair), Tanja Mölders (Chair) & Annemarie Burandt (Participant)
19.03.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW
Christine Katz (Speaker)
11.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
German Annual IPCC Meeting - 2019
John-Oliver Engler (Speaker)
20.03.2019 → 21.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Global change biology of ground beetles: Insights from wingless species in mountains
Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011
Michael Staab (Speaker)
21.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Intercultural Perspectives - 2009
Christine Katz (Speaker)
2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference "Equality, Growth and Sustainability - Do they mix?'' - 2010
Christine Katz (Speaker) & Anja Thiem (Speaker)
25.11.2010 → 26.11.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Meeting of theAssociation for Tropical Biology and Conservation - 2010
Alexandra-Maria Klein (presenter)
09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Joint Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ) - 2009
Sara Leonhardt (Opponent)
26.07.2009 → 29.07.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
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
Simposio Internacional Conservacion de la Biodiversidad y Educacion Ambiental - 2012
Gesine Pufal (Speaker)
12.11.2012 → 16.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
07.05.2011 → 11.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium des Forum Umweltbildung und Entwicklung zur UN-SGV "5 Jahre nach RIO" - 1997
Christine Katz (Speaker)
11.06.1997 → 12.06.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Gender trifft Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltigkeit braucht Gender" - NaGe 2012
Sebastian Heilmann (Organiser), Sabine Hofmeister (Organiser), Christine Katz (Organiser), Anja Thiem (Organiser) & Tanja Mölders (Participant)
10.12.2012 → 11.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshops "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung" - 2005
Christine Katz (Speaker)
10.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wrapping up the Results of the 1st stage of the Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment - BEF-China 2011
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research