Institute of Ecology

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Ecology is the biological and natural science department of Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Research focuses on the effects of global changes such as climate change and land use change on organisms and communities biodiversity loss as well as on biological and chemical processes. In cooperation with the human sciences, socio-economic factors of ecosystem research are considered.

Main research areas

Research foci at the Institute of Ecology are the effects of global change such as climate change and land use change on organisms and their communities and on biological functional and chemical processes. The focus is on the causes and effects of declining animal and plant populations as well as current biodiversity loss and the associated changes in abiotic and biotic ecosystem functions. In collaboration with human science research groups at Leuphana University, socio-economic factors of ecosystem research are also jointly considered.

Experimental research takes place both in laboratories, in greenhouses and in open spaces at Leuphana University. Further, many investigations take place in cultivated landscapes and in urban areas. The field studies are carried out in various countries of the temperate and Mediterranean latitudes and the tropics and sub-tropics, but also regionally, e.g. in Lüneburg and the Lüneburg Heath. Research cooperations exist with many different national and international universities and non-university institutions such as local nature conservation organizations and schools. Particularly noteworthy are the cooperations with the Alfred Töpfer Academy for Nature Conservation and the biosphere reserve administration Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.

The courses range from basic and advanced courses in various sub-fields of ecology and biology, including the performance of experiments in laboratory practicals and in the field, to interdisciplinary courses in the Bachelor's and Master's programs.

In interdisciplinary courses, contents from the fields of landscape ecology, botany, soil ecology, zoology, genetics and nature conservation are linked together, as well as courses that combine different disciplines of the natural sciences with those of the human sciences.

  1. 2018
  2. An axiomatic foundation of entropic preferences under Knightian uncertainty

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    02.09.201805.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    01.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Walmsley, D. (Speaker)

    21.04.2018

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

  5. Environment, Development and Sustainability (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Editorial Board)

    01.02.2018

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

  6. African Journal of Ecology (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    2018

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

  7. Environment, Development and Sustainability (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    2018

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

  8. Working group on the valuation of territorial resources in ethnic contexts 2018

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)

    2018

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

  9. 2017
  10. Spatiotemporal dynamics of exotic vegetation along a montane roadside

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    01.12.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Natural Resources Forum (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Editorial Board)

    30.11.2017

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

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