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Institute of Ecology

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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.

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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.

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  1. A biodiversity hotspot faces intensification of viticulture: the role of Fynbos remnants for the conservation of plants and butterflies

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic), Topp, E. (Project staff), Burghardt, S. (Project staff), Talanow, K. (Project staff), Martín-López, B. (Partner), Underhill, L. (Partner) & Edge, D. (Partner, non-academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.18 → 30.06.20

    Project: Research

  2. Aboveground multitrophic plant-insect interactions in a Chinese subtropical forest (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 09)

    Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Blüthgen, N. (Project manager, academic) & Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.02.11 → 31.07.13

    Project: Research

  3. TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 12: Aktivierte Pflanzenkohle aus Elbauen - neue Wertschöpfungen durch die Entwicklung einer neuen Stoffstromstrategie für das Auengrünland der Elbe

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic) & Krüger, F. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.05.13 → 31.12.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  4. Altitudinal distribution of non-native plants: the effects of climate, habitat and introduction history

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.06 → 31.12.10

    Project: Dissertation project

  5. iCon: Analysing plant invasions in their environmental context

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Milanović, M. (Project staff) & Kühn, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.21 → 31.12.23

    Project: Research

  6. BELOW: Analysis of root traits to test for environmental filtering and niche complementarity in grassland communities

    Haider, S. (Partner), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic), Jandt, U. (Project manager, academic), Scheel, D. (Project manager, academic) & Herz, K. (Project staff)

    01.01.14 → 31.12.17

    Project: Research

  7. Archäologisches Forschungsprojekt "Schöninger Speere"

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege

    27.06.11 → 01.01.21

    Project: Research

  8. Biodiversity and its role in the ecosystem services and dis-services concept in agricultural landscapes in Israel

    Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic) & Mandelik, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.10 → 31.12.12

    Project: Research

  9. Biodiversity and productivity in rangelands and their management

    von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic) & Engler, J.-O. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.15 → 30.06.15

    Project: Research

  10. Biodiversity in Israel

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic) & Drees, C. (Project staff)

    German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

    01.11.05 → 09.11.11

    Project: Research

  11. BiodiWert II: Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung von artenreichem Grünland in Deutschland (Grassworks-2) - Koordination, Sozialökologie und Modellregion Nord

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, L. (Project staff), Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A. (Project staff), Twerski, A. (Project staff) & Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.11.21 → 30.04.25

    Project: Research

  12. Biosecurity in mountains and northern ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Haider, S. (Project staff), Milbau, A. (Project manager, academic), Albihn, A. (Project staff), Alexander, J. M. (Project staff), Burgess, T. I. (Project staff), Daehler, C. (Project staff), Essl, F. (Project staff), Evengård, B. (Project staff), Greenwood, G. B. (Project staff), Muths, E. (Project staff), Nuñez, M. A. (Project staff), Pauchard, A. (Project staff), Pellissier, L. (Project staff), Rabitsch, W. (Project staff), Robertson, M. (Project staff) & Sanders, N. J. (Project staff)

    01.01.15 → 31.12.18

    Project: Research

  13. Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Linking High-Performance Modeling and Transition Experiments to Foster Transformational Change Towards Sustainability

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Forrest, N. (Project staff), Engler, J.-O. (Project staff), Zimmermann, H. (Project staff), Wiek, A. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Ghosh, A. (Project staff), Reich, M. (Project staff), John, B. (Project staff) & Feller, R. L. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.06.16 → 30.09.19

    Project: Research

  14. Diptera Phenology: Changes in long term population dynamics of Diptera at Rothamsted, Harpenden

    Grabener, S. (Project manager, academic), Harrington, R. (Project manager, academic), Shortall, C. R. (Project manager, academic) & Oldeland, J. (Partner)

    01.11.14 → 31.05.15

    Project: Research

  15. Climate and Environmental Variability during the late Middle Pleistocene at the Paleolithic Sites of Schöningen, Northern Germany

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.17 → 01.07.22

    Project: Research

  16. CCEHN: Climate Change & Early Humans in the North

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.22 → 31.10.25

    Project: Research

  17. DIVERSA: Climate future lab DIVERSA - Forest disturbances under climate change in Lower Saxony: Understanding drivers and impacts to enhance forest adaptability

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic) & Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.24 → 30.10.30

    Project: Research

  18. Combined effects of altitude, fire and biotic interactions on the regeneration of subtropical mountain forest species in Central Argentina

    von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Hensen, I. (Project manager, academic), Renison, D. (Partner) & Marcora, P. I. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.01.16 → 05.10.20

    Project: Research

  19. Community-mediated mechanisms to stabilize pollination of agricultural production highly dependent on shrinking honey bee populations under global change

    Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.02.10 → 17.06.15

    Project: Research

  20. Conservation of the endangered Danube Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias myrmidone) in Natura 2000 sites of Romania

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic), Börsch, J. (Project staff), Gallersdörfer, J. (Project staff), Kortmann, E. (Project staff), Nippen, P. (Partner), Dolek, M. (Partner, non-academic), Kastal, A. (Partner, non-academic), Lengyel, P. (Partner, non-academic) & Vizauer, T.-C. (Partner, non-academic)

    01.04.18 → 30.09.22

    Project: Research

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