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.
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Organic farming in isolated landscapes does not benefit flower-visiting insects and pollination
Brittain, C., Vighi, M., Bommarco, R., Settele, J. & Potts, S. G., 08.2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 8, p. 1860-1867 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic farming promotes bee abundance in vineyards in Italy but not in South Africa
Kehinde, T., von Wehrden, H., Samways, M., Klein, A. M. & Brittain, C., 01.02.2018, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 22, 1, p. 61-67 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic matter priming by invasive plants depends on dominant mycorrhizal association
Kumar, A., Phillips, R. P., Scheibe, A., Klink, S. & Pausch, J., 01.01.2020, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 140, 4 p., 107645.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Orientation-driven photosynthesized carbon belowground mediates intercropped peanut microbiota changes for pathogen resistance
Lu, J., Shen, Y., He, G., Li, S., Kumar, A., Sun, B. & Chen, Y., 28.09.2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant and Soil. 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Overview of a Proposed Ecological Risk Assessment Process for Honey bees (Apis mellifera) and Non‐Apis Bees
Steeger, T., Alix, A., Moriarty, T., Fischer, D. L., Fischer, R., Brittain, C., Johnson, R. M., Johansen, E., Streissel, F., Miles, M. M., Lee-Steere, C. & Fry, M., 14.07.2014, Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators. Fischer, D. & Moriarty, T. (eds.). Wiley Online Library, p. 121-148 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Overview of Non-Apis Bees
Vaughan, M., Vaissière, B., Maynard, G., Kasina, M., Nocelli, R. C. F., Scott-Dupree, C., Johansen, E., Brittain, C., Coulson, M. & Dinter, A., 14.07.2014, Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, p. 5-18 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman
Urban, B. & Buerkert, A., 01.03.2009, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 73, 3, p. 296-305 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palaeoecological Interpretation of a Late Holocene Sediment Sequence from the Alpine Belt of the Southern Mongolian Altai Mountains
Goenster-Jordan, S., Urban, B. & Buerkert, A., 17.02.2022, In: Open Quaternary. 8, 1, 18 p., 2.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palaeoenvironmental investigations of the holocene sedimentary record of the garding-2 research drill core, Northwestern Germany
Proborukmi, M. S. & Urban, B., 01.03.2017, In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. 168, 1, p. 39-51 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of Carabus auronitens (Coleoptera): characterization and localization of glacial refugia in southern France and reconstruction of postglacial expansion routes by means of allozyme polymorphismus ; with 25 tables
Reimann, T., Aßmann, T., Nolte, O., Reuter, H., Huber, C. & Weber, F., 2002, Keltern-Weiler: Goecke & Evers. 151 p. (Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg; vol. 35)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Paleoenvironment and possibilities of plant exploitation in the Middle Pleistocene of Schöningen (Germany). Insights from botanical macro-remains and pollen
Bigga, G., Schoch, W. H. & Urban, B., 12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 92-104 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palynological evidence of younger middle Pleistocene interglacials (Holsteinian, Reinsdorf and Schoningen) in the Schoningen open cast lignite mine (eastern Lower Saxony, Germany)
Urban, B., 1995, In: Mededelingen - Rijks Geologische Dienst. 52, p. 175-185 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palynological record of the Quaternary deposits of Garding-2 research drill core, North-west Germany.
Proborukmi, M. S. & Urban, B., 2014, The Quaternary of the Urals: global trends and Pan-European Quaternary records. Borodin, A. V., Markova, E. A. & Strukova, T. V. (eds.). Ural Federal University, p. 120-122 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes
Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participatory scenario planning in place-based social-ecological research: Insights and experiences from 23 case studies
Oteros-Rozas, E., Martín-López, B., Daw, T. M., Bohensky, E. L., Butler, J. R. A., Hill, R., Martin-Ortega, J., Quinlan, A., Ravera, F., Ruiz-Mallén, I., Thyresson, M., Mistry, J., Palomo, I., Peterson, G. D., Plieninger, T., Waylen, K. A., Beach, D. M., Bohnet, I. C., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hubacek, K., Lavorel, S. & Vilardy, S. P., 01.01.2015, In: Ecology and Society. 20, 4, 66 p., 32.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pasture landscapes and nature conservation
Redecker, B. (ed.), Finck, P. (ed.), Härdtle, W. (ed.), Riecken, U. (ed.) & Schröder, E. (ed.), 2002, Berlin: Springer. 435 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Pasture landscapes in Germany: progress towards a sustainable use of agricultural land
Härdtle, W., Mierwald, U., Behrends, T., Eischeid, I., Garniel, A., Grell, H., Haese, D., Schneider-Fenske, A. & Voigt, N., 2002, Pasture landscapes and nature conservation. Redecker, B., Härdtle, W., Finck, P., Riecken, U. & Schröder, E. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 147-160 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Pathogen induced disturbance and succession in temperate forests: Evidence from a 100-year data set in southern Sweden
Brunet, J., Bukina, Y., Hedwall, P-O., Holmström, E. & Oheimb, G., 03.2014, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 15, 2, p. 114-121 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Patterns and hotspots of carabid beetle diversity in the Palaearctic – insights from a hyperdiverse invertebrate taxon
Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 2011, Biodiversity Hotspots: distribution and protection of conservation priority areas. Zachos, F. E. & Habel, J. C. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 175-188 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of species composition and species richness in moist (ash-alder) forests of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Westphal, C., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7/8, p. 574-586 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pennycress-corn double-cropping increases ground beetle diversity
Groeneveld, J. H. & Klein, A. M., 01.06.2015, In: Biomass and Bioenergy. 77, p. 16-25 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pennycress double-cropping does not negatively impact spider diversity
Groeneveld, J. H., Lührs, H. P. & Klein, A. M., 08.2015, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 17, 3, p. 247-257 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well-being: Evidence from 13 European sites
Fagerholm, N., Martín-López, B., Torralba, M., Oteros-Rozas, E., Lechner, A. M., Bieling, C., Stahl Olafsson, A., Albert, C., Raymond, C. M., Garcia-Martin, M., Gulsrud, N. & Plieninger, T., 01.03.2020, In: People and Nature. 2, 1, p. 217-234 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Performance of methods to select landscape metrics for modelling species richness
Schindler, S., von Wehrden, H., Poirazidis, K., Hochachka, W. M., Wrbka, T. & Kati, V., 10.01.2015, In: Ecological Modelling. 295, p. 107-112 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Performance of process-based models for simulation of grain N in crop rotations across Europe
Yin, X., Kersebaum, K. C., Kollas, C., Manevski, K., Baby, S., Beaudoin, N., Öztürk, I., Gaiser, T., Wu, L., Hoffmann, M., Charfeddine, M., Conradt, T., Constantin, J., Ewert, F., de Cortazar-Atauri, I. G., Giglio, L., Hlavinka, P., Hoffmann, H., Launay, M., Louarn, G., Manderscheid, R., Mary, B., Mirschel, W., Nendel, C., Pacholski, A., Palosuo, T., Ripoche-Wachter, D., P. Rötter, R., Ruget, F., Sharif, B., Trnka, M., Ventrella, D., Weigel, H. J. & E. Olesen, J., 01.06.2017, In: Agricultural Systems. 154, p. 63-77 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Periods of recent dune sand mobilisation in Cuddalore, Southeast India
Frechen, M., Ramachandran, R., Urban, B. & Kunz, J-A., 09.2010, In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. 161, 3, p. 353-368 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Perspektiven großflächiger Beweidungssysteme für den Naturschutz: "Lüneburger Weideerklärung zu Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebieten"
Riecken, U., Bunzel-Drüke, M., Dierking, U., Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Kämmer, G., Reisinger, E. & Sandkühler, J., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 527-539 13 p. (Schriftreihe für Landwirtschaftpflege und Naturschutz; no. 78).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2019: Die Glatthaferwiese
Tischew, S., Dierschke, H., Schwabe, A., Garve, E., Heinken, T., Holzel, N., Bergmeier, E., Remy, D. & Härdtle, W., 2018, In: Tuexenia. 38, p. 287-295 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2020: Borstgrasrasen
Schwabe-Kratochwil, A., Tischew, S., Bergmeier, E., Garve, E., Härdtle, W., Heinken, T., Hölzel, N., Peppler-Lisbach, C., Remy, D. & Dierschke, H., 2019, In: Tuexenia. 39, p. 287-308 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2021: Hartholz-Auenwald (Ficario-Ulmetum)
Härdtle, W., Bergmeier, E., Fichtner, A., Heinken, T., Hölzel, N., Remy, D., Schneider, S., Schwabe, A., Tischew, S. & Dierschke, H., 01.01.2020, In: Tuexenia. 40, p. 373-399 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2023: Die Strandlingsrasen (Littorelletea uniflorae p.p.)
Remy, D., Tischew, S., Dierschke, H., Heinken, T., Hölzel, N., Bergmeier, E., Schneider, S., Horn, K. & Härdtle, W., 2023, In: Tuexenia. 42, p. 321-350 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pflege von Heidelandschaften
Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G., 10.09.2014, Re-Naturierung: Gesellschaft im Einklang mit der Natur. 1 ed. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 56-61 6 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie; vol. 2015).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Phenotypic Plasticity Explains Response Patterns of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Saplings to Nitrogen Fertilization and Drought Events
Dziedek, C., Fichtner, A., Calvo, L., Marcos, E., Jansen, K., Kunz, M., Walmsley, D., Von Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 20.03.2017, In: Forests. 8, 3, p. 1-11 11 p., 91.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Phosphorus uptake from struvite is modulated by the nitrogen form applied
Robles-Aguilar, A. A., Schrey, S. D., Postma, J. A., Temperton, V. M. & Jablonowski, N. D., 01.02.2020, In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 183, 1, p. 80-90 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Place, case and process: Applying ecology to sustainable development
Fischer, J., Sherren, K. & Hanspach, J., 05.2014, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 15, 3, p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation
Overbeck, G. E., Vélez-Martin, E., Menezes, L. D. S., Anand, M., Baeza, S., Carlucci, M. B., Dechoum, M. S., Durigan, G., Fidelis, A., Guido, A., Moro, M. F., Munhoz, C. B. R., Reginato, M., Rodrigues, R. S., Rosenfield, M. F., Sampaio, A. B., Barbosa da Silva, F. H., Silveira, F. A. O., Sosinski, Ê. E., Staude, I. R., Temperton, V. M., Turchetto, C., Veldman, J. W., Viana, P. L., Zappi, D. C. & Müller, S. C., 01.09.2022, In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 56, 125687.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Planning for Sea Spaces I: Processes, Practices, and Future Perspectives
Walsh, C., Sielker, F., Smith, G. & Crawford, J., 04.03.2022, In: Planning Practice and Research. 37, 2, p. 131-135 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Planning for Sea Spaces II: Towards an Agenda for Research
Crawford, J., Walsh, C., Sielker, F. & Smith, G., 06.2022, In: Planning Practice and Research. 37, 3, p. 269-275 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Planning for Sea Spaces I: Processes, Practices and Future Perspectives
Walsh, C. (ed.), Sielker, F. (ed.), Smith, G. (ed.) & Crawford, J. (ed.), 03.2022, London: Taylor and Francis Inc. 138 p. (Planning Practice and Research; vol. 37, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Plant and vegetation diversity in European wood-pastures
Garbarino, M., Bergmeier, E., Roellig, M. & Sammul, M., 01.01.2014, European Wood-pastures in Transition: A Social-ecological Approach. Hartel, T. & Plieninger, T. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 113-131 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Plant Community of the Year 2024: Vegetation of wet meadows (Calthion palustris)
Schneider, S., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Ewald, J., Härdtle, W., Heinken, T., Hölzel, N., Horn, K., Lütt, S., Remy, D., Ruthsatz, B., Schwabe, A., Tischew, S., Becker, T. & Dierschke, H., 2023, In: Tuexenia. 43, p. 277-334 58 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant density modifies root system architecture in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) through a change in nodal root number
Hecht, V. L., Temperton, V. M., Nagel, K. A., Rascher, U., Pude, R. & Postma, J. A., 15.06.2019, In: Plant and Soil. 439, 1-2, p. 179-200 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees
Hülsmann, M., von Wehrden, H., Klein, A. M. & Leonhardt, S. D., 01.11.2015, In: Apidologie. 46, 6, p. 760-770 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity effects on pollinating and herbivorous insects can be linked to plant stoichiometry
Abbas, M., Klein, A. M., Ebeling, A., Oelmann, Y., Ptacnik, R., Weisser, W. W. & Hillebrand, H., 03.2014, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 15, 2, p. 169-178 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity in a changing agricultural landscape mosaic in Southern Transylvania (Romania)
Loos, J., Turtureanu, P. D., Wehrden, H. V., Hanspach, J., Dorresteijn, I., Frink, J. P. & Fischer, J., 01.2015, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 199, p. 350-357 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity increases spatio-temporal niche complementarity in plant-pollinator interactions
Venjakob, C., Klein, A-M., Ebeling, A., Tscharntke, T. & Scherber, C., 01.04.2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 8, p. 2249-2261 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant–flower visitor interaction webs: Temporal stability and pollinator specialization increases along an experimental plant diversity gradient
Ebeling, A., Klein, A-M. & Tscharntke, T., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 300-309 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities
Maes, S. L., Perring, M. P., Depauw, L., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Blondeel, H., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Govaert, S., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Hertzog, L., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K., Kopecký, M., Landuyt, D., Máliš, F., Vanneste, T., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K., 01.05.2020, In: Plant Biology. 22, 3, p. 410-424 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant intraspecific competition and growth stage alter carbon and nitrogen mineralization in the rhizosphere
Sun, Y., Zang, H., Splettstößer, T., Kumar, A., Xu, X., Kuzyakov, Y. & Pausch, J., 01.04.2021, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 44, 4, p. 1231-1242 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant–pollinator interactions in changing environments
Klein, A-M., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 279-281 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review