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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. Sukzessionsforschung und Ableitung waldbaulich nutzbarer Informationen in naturnahen Buchenwäldern mit langjährig ungestörter Walddynamik im Nordostdeutschen Tiefland

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Westphal, C. (Project staff)

    01.04.00 → 31.03.03

    Project: Research

  2. Sukzessions- und Regenerationsmodelle, vegetationskundliche Referenzsysteme

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Redecker, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.97 → 31.03.01

    Project: Research

  3. sUMMITDiv "Europe’s alpine flora: past, present and future"

    Wipf, S. (Project manager, academic), Haider, S. (Partner), Rixen, C. (Partner), Steinbauer, M. J. (Partner), Jurasinski, G. (Partner), Grytnes, J. A. (Partner) & Bjorkmann, A. (Partner)

    10.11.14 → 31.12.18

    Project: Research

  4. "Sustainability and Digitalization - a European perspective"

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner) & von Wehrden, H. (Partner)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.12.19 → 31.08.22

    Project: Teaching

  5. SUSTIL: Szenarien zur Umsetzung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Stadt und Landkreis Lüneburg: Implikationen für die Steuerung von Landnutzung

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Ackerschott, A. (Project staff), Kohlhase, E. (Project staff) & Schmidt, A. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.02.20 → 31.01.25

    Project: Research

  6. WaldGloWan: The Belgian Gagea (Gagea spathacea) in Germany: Conservation strategies in response to climate change within the context of sustainable forest management

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.10.13 → 30.06.20

    Project: Research

  7. The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia

    Hanspach, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaal, T. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.19 → 31.08.22

    Project: Research

  8. The future of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Transylvania

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Dorresteijn, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.12 → 27.04.15

    Project: Research

  9. The future of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Transylvania II: How to maintain coexistence in a rapidly changing system

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Dorresteijn, I. (Project manager, academic)

    International Association for Bear Research and Management

    01.02.13 → 20.04.15

    Project: Research

  10. The Mountain TransPlant Network

    Haider, S. (Partner), Chisholm, C. (Project manager, academic), Walker, T. W. N. (Project manager, academic) & Alexander, J. M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.17 → …

    Project: Research

  11. The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    18.02.14 → 25.04.19

    Project: Research

  12. The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests

    Schuldt, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.14 → 31.07.16

    Project: Research

  13. Towards robust detection of plant diversity & management in grasslands’ spectral signals

    Doktor, D. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Project staff)

    01.01.22 → 31.12.24

    Project: Research

  14. TP-Z "Coordination", Jena; Koordinationsmittel zu Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451 - Teilprojekt 03)

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

    01.05.12 → 10.09.13

    Project: Research

  15. TRACE: TRACE – TRAit-environment interactions driving elevational range expansions under ClimatE change

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ratier Backes, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.22 → 31.12.23

    Project: Research

  16. TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Harpole, W. S. (Project manager, academic), Ma, Z. (Project manager, academic) & Yang, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.22 → 31.05.27

    Project: Research

  17. TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic), Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic), Perles-García, M. D. (Project staff), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.18 → 30.09.22

    Project: Research

  18. TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P1: Spatial above- and belowground complementarity

    von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic), Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic), Liu, X. (Project manager, academic), Ma, K. (Project manager, academic) & Bu, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.22 → 31.05.27

    Project: Research

  19. TR_Experiment Stickstoffeintrag

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)

    02.12.13 → 31.12.17

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  20. TTT: Tundra Trait Team

    Haider, S. (Project staff), Bjorkmann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Myers-Smith, I. H. (Project manager, academic)

    10.05.18 → …

    Project: Research

  21. Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.11 → 01.02.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  22. Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lozano Mendoza, J. (Project staff), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Dorresteijn, I. (Partner) & Fischer, J. (Partner)

    01.11.16 → 31.10.17

    Project: Research

  23. BETA-FOR: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production

    von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic) & Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.22 → 01.05.26

    Project: Research

  24. VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.23 → 30.04.26

    Project: Research

  25. Using plant functional traits to reveal mechanisms behind species richness patterns along elevation gradients

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Ratier Backes, A. (Project manager, academic), Römermann, C. (Partner), Knight, T. M. (Partner), Keil, P. (Partner), Alexander, J. M. (Partner) & Arévalo, J. R. (Partner)

    01.01.17 → 31.12.21

    Project: Research

  26. KLIMZUG-NORD: Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD: Anpassungsprozessedes Naturschutzes an den Klimawandel (Teilprojekt 3.7)

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic), Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), Runge, K. (Project manager, academic) & Katz, C. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.09 → 30.09.14

    Project: Research

  27. BiodiWert: Was sind erfolgreiche Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung artenreichen Grünlandes in Deutschland? Eine multiregionale Bewertung sozial-ökologischer Systeme und pilothafte Umsetzung (Grassworks)

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Leventon, J. (Project staff), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Martín-López, B. (Project staff), May, F. (Project staff), Tischew, S. (Partner), Kirmer, A. (Partner), Kollmann, J. (Partner), Beckmann, V. (Partner), Dieker, P. (Partner), Thiele, J. (Partner) & Metzner, J. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.10.20 → 30.09.21

    Project: Research

  28. Wildlife, Values, Justice: Reconciling Sustainability in African Proteced Areas

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic), Fust, P. (Project staff), Giliba, R. (Project staff), Kachali, R. (Project staff), Thomsen, S. (Project staff) & Räther, A. (Project staff)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.07.18 → 30.06.25

    Project: Research

  29. Working group “Consensus network of invasion hypotheses”

    Haider, S. (Partner), Jeschke, J. M. (Project manager, academic), Enders, M. (Project manager, academic), Bernard-Verdier, M. (Project staff), Catford, J. A. (Project staff), Gómez-Aparicio, L. (Project staff), Heger, T. (Project staff), Meyerson, L. A. (Project staff), Novoa, A. (Project staff), Ricciardi, A. (Project staff), Vila, M. (Project staff), Essl, F. (Project staff), Hulme, P. E. (Project staff), van Kleunen, M. (Project staff), Lockwood, J. L. (Project staff), Pyšek, P. (Project staff), Strayer, D. L. (Project staff) & Yannelli, F. A. (Project staff)

    01.01.18 → 31.12.18

    Project: Research

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