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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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    Protected habitats of Natura 2000 do not coincide with important diversity hotspots of arthropods in mountain grasslands

    Harry, I., Höfer, H., Schielzeth, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 4, p. 329-338 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Provenance- and life-history stage-specific responses of the dwarf shrub Calluna vulgaris to elevated vapour pressure deficit

    Ibe, K., Walmsley, D., Fichtner, A., Coners, H., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 01.12.2020, In: Plant Ecology. 221, 12, p. 1219-1232 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    "Prozeßschutz" als Konzept einer naturschutzgerechten Waldwirtschaft und seine Bedeutung für die ökologische Wertigkeit von Wirtschaftswäldern

    Härdtle, W., 2001, Kompetenz und Kreativität: eine Universität in Entwicklung ; Hartwig Donner zum 60. Geburtstag. Heilmann, J. (ed.). Lüneburg: UNIBUCH Verlag, p. 368-376 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Quantifying ecosystem services of rewetted peatlands − the MoorFutures methodologies

    Tanneberger, F., Berghöfer, A., Brust, K., Hammerich, J., Holsten, B., Joosten, H., Michaelis, D., Moritz, F., Reichelt, F., Schäfer, A., Scheid, A., Trepel, M., Wahren, A. & Couwenberg, J., 01.06.2024, In: Ecological Indicators. 163, 10 p., 112048.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Quantitative gas chromatography - mass spectrometry profiling of volatile organic compounds produced by barley (Hordeum distichon L.) roots according to plant age

    Delory, B., Delaplace, P., du Jardin, P. & Fauconnier, M-L., 07.02.2014, Book of short abstracts, Poster presentations: 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, p. 82 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Quartäre Vegetations- und Klimaentwicklung im Tagebau Schöningen

    Urban, B., 2007, Die Schöninger Speere: Mensch und Jagd vor 400000 Jahren . Thieme, H. (ed.). Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag, p. 66-75 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Rainfall and temperature variation does not explain arid species diversity in outback Australia

    Traill, L., Brook, B. W., Wanger, T. C. & de Little, S. C., 08.07.2013, In: Research and Reports in Biodiversity Studies. 3, p. 1-8 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Rapid Rise in the Groundwater after Heavy Rain

    Wittenberg, H., 04.2020, In: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. 64, 2, p. 64-65 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Rarity types of forest plants in Northern Germany

    Ellenberg, H., Oheimb, G. & Kriebitzsch, W. U., 2001, Assessment, conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 30-31 2 p. (CBD Technical Series ; no. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Rätselhafte Röhren in der Landschaft

    Walmsley, D., 2020, In: Naturschutz und Naturparke. 248, p. 12-15 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Raumnutzung von Weidetieren und ihr Einfluss auf verschiedene Vegetationseinheiten und junge Gehölze am Beispiel des E+E-Vorhabens "Halboffene Weidelandschaft Höltigbaum"

    Putfarken, D., Grell, H. & Härdtle, W., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W. & Redecker, B. (eds.). Bonn: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 145-160 16 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; vol. 78).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history

    von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A. F., Klotz, S. & Seppelt, R., 07.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 6, p. 941-948 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und fachliche Anforderungen an die Waldbehandlung in Naturschutzgebieten

    Wernicke, P., Czybulka, D., Flade, M., Fuß, A., Grünwald, M., Härdtle, W., Kerth, G., Knapp, H. D., Jeschke, L., Lenschow, U., Linke, C., Polzin, W-P., Ringel, H., Scheller, W., Spieß, H-J., Wachlin, V. & Winter, S., 2019, In: Natur und Naturschutz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 47, p. 172-204 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas of the Global South

    Loos, J., 01.08.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 54, p. 108-118 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia

    Jiren, T. S., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Senbeta, F., Hylander, K. & Dorresteijn, I., 09.2020, In: Ecology and Society. 25, 3, p. 1-16 16 p., 24.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    “Re-connecting people and nature”: wrong term, wrong goal?

    Fischer, J., 09.02.2016

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

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    Reconnecting with nature for sustainability

    Ives, C. D., Abson, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Dorninger, C., Klaniecki, K. & Fischer, J., 01.09.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 5, p. 1389-1397 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reconstruction of Past and Prediction of Future Benzo[a]pyrene Concentrations Over Europe

    Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Matthias, V. & Quante, M., 01.01.2014, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII: Environmental Security. Steyn, D., Builtjes, P. & Timmermans, R. (eds.). Springer, p. 59-63 5 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security; vol. 137).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Red List of marine macroalgae of the Wadden Sea

    Nielsen, R., Schories, D., Hardtle, W., Reise, K. H. & Wolff, W. J., 01.10.1996, In: Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 50, Suppl. 1, p. 39-42 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Red mason bees cannot compete with honey bees for floral resources in a cage experiment

    Hudewenz, A. & Klein, A. M., 11.2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 21, p. 5049-5056 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reduced nitrate leaching from an Irish cropland soil under non-inversion tillage with cover cropping greatly outweighs increased dissolved organic nitrogen leaching

    Walmsley, D. C., Siemens, J., Kindler, R., Kaiser, K., Saunders, M., Fichtner, A., Kaupenjohann, M. & Osborne, B. A., 01.10.2018, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 265, p. 340-349 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate recognition cues in the carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)

    Leonhardt, S., Brandstaetter, A. S. & Kleineidam, C. J., 09.2007, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A – Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 193, 9, p. 993-1000 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Regional differences in soil pH niche among dry grassland plants in Eurasia

    Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Zelený, D., von Wehrden, H., Brinkert, A., Danihelka, J., Hölzel, N., Jansen, F., Kamp, J., Lustyk, P., Merunková, K., Palpurina, S., Preislerová, Z. & Wesche, K., 05.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 5, p. 660-670 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Rekonstruktion pleistozäner und holozäner Landschafts- und Klimageschichte im nördlichen Mitteleuropa mithilfe limnisch-telmatischer und terrestrischer Sediment- und Bodenabfolgen

    Urban, B., 2002, Geo 2002 - Planet Erde: Vergangenheit, Entwicklung, Zukunft: Programm und Kurzfassungen der Tagung vom 1.-5. Oktober 2002 in Würzburg . Niebuhr, B. (ed.). Hannover: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung, p. 336-337 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft; vol. 21).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Relationship between pH-values and nutrient availability in forest soils - the consequences for the use of ecograms in forest ecology

    Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Westphal, C. & Hartmut, M., 01.01.2004, In: Flora. 199, 2, p. 134-142 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Relationships between the vegetation and soil conditions in beech and beech-oak forests of northern Germany

    Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 01.03.2005, In: Plant Ecology. 177, 1, p. 113-124 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Relict populations in ancient woodlands: genetic differentiation, variability, and power of dispersal of Carabus glabratus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in north-western Germany

    Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 2000, Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetles: Proceedings of the IX European Carabidiologists Meeting, Cosenza, Italy, 26-31 July, 1998 (Pensoft Series Faunistica, 19) . Casale, A. (ed.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 197-206 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Relict species: Phylogeography and conservation biology

    Habel, J. C. & Aßmann, T. (ed.), 2010, Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer. 449 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Relict species: From past to future

    Habel, J. C., Assmann, T., Schmitt, T. & Avise, J. C., 2010, Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Springer, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

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    Relict species research: Some concluding remarks

    Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 2010, Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, p. 441-442 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Remotely sensed effectiveness assessments of protected areas lack a common framework: A review

    Gohr, C., von Wehrden, H., May, F. & Ibisch, P. L., 01.04.2022, In: Ecosphere. 13, 4, 14 p., e4053.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Renaturierung und Management von Heiden

    Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., van Diggelen, R. & Oheimb, G., 2009, Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Zerbe, S., Wiegleb, G. & Fronczek, R. (eds.). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 317-347 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Repeated sampling detects gene flow in a flightless ground beetle in a fragmented landscape

    Drees, C., Hüfner, S., Matern, A., Nève, G. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Hereditas. 148, 1, p. 36-45 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully

    van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R. L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P. A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W. & Wirth, C., 03.2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 3, p. 335-336 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Repowering von Windanlagen in Deutschland: aktuelle Entwicklungen

    Runge, K., 2006, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Bd. 1:. Beck, H-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. Müller

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Representation of dissolved organic carbon in the JULES land surface model (vn4.4-JULES-DOCM)

    Nakhavali, M., Friedlingstein, P., Lauerwald, R., Tang, J., Chadburn, S., Camino-Serrano, M., Guenet, B., Harper, A., Walmsley, D., Peichl, M. & Gielen, B., 12.02.2018, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 2, p. 593-609 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reprint of: Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: the role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing

    Hildebrand, M., Perles-Garcia, M. D., Kunz, M., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A., 01.09.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 55, p. 53-63 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reproductive biology and strategies of nine meloid beetles from Central Europe (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

    Lückmann, J. & Aßmann, T., 31.03.2006, In: Journal of Natural History. 39, 48, p. 4101-4125 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Research on the social perception of invasive species: a systematic literature review

    Kapitza, K., Zimmermann, H., Martín-López, B. & Wehrden, H. V., 14.03.2019, In: NeoBiota. 43, p. 47-68 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Resilience or vulnerability? Vegetation patterns of a Central Tibetan pastoral ecotone

    Miehe, G., Miehe, S., Bach, K., Wesche, K., Seeber, E., Behrendes, L., Kaiser, K., Reudenbach, C., Nölling, J., Hanspach, J., Herrmann, M., Yaoming, M. & Mosbrugger, V., 2013, Steppe Ecosystems: Biological Diversity, Management and Restoration. Morales Prieto, M. B. & Traba Diaz, J. (eds.). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 111-151 41 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Resolving potential conflicts between different heathland ecosystem services through adaptive management

    Alonso, I. & Härdtle, W., 14.07.2015, In: Ecological Questions. 21, p. 101-103 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Resource availability determines the importance of niche-based versus stochastic community assembly in grasslands

    Conradi, T., Temperton, V. M. & Kollmann, J., 08.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 8, p. 1134-1141 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Resources or landmarks: which factors drive homing success in Tetragonula carbonaria foraging in natural and disturbed landscapes?

    Leonhardt, S. D., Kaluza, B. F., Wallace, H. & Heard, T. A., 01.10.2016, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 202, 9-10, p. 701-708 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Resource use and competition between honey bees and wild bees in the Lüneburger Heath

    Hudewenz, A. & Klein, A-M., 2012, GfÖ Conference book: Book of abstracts. Drees, C. & von Oheimb, G. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Vol. 42. p. 69 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 42).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Response of saproxylic beetles to small-scale habitat connectivity depends on trophic levels

    Buse, J., Entling, M. H., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T., 01.06.2016, In: Landscape Ecology. 31, 5, p. 939-949 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Responses of herbivory and pollinators to grassland management and plant diversity

    Hudewenz, A., Klein, A-M., Scherber, C., Stanke, L., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W. W. & Ebeling, A., 2011, 41st Annual Meeting "Ecological Functions, Patterns, Processes": 41st Annual Meeting "Ecological Functions, Patterns, Processes". Minden, V. (ed.). Oldenburg: Gesellschaft für Ökologie

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Response to Turnhout et al.’s rethinking biodiversity: From goods and services to “living with”

    Abson, D. & Hanspach, J., 05.2014, In: Conservation Letters. 7, 3, p. 334-335 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Restoration ecology meets carabidology: effects of floodplain restitution on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Günther, J. & Assmann, T., 01.06.2005, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 14, 7, p. 1583-1606 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

    ReSurveyEurope, Knollová, I., Chytrý, M., Bruelheide, H., Dullinger, S., Haider, S. & Härdtle, W., 01.03.2024, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 35, 2, 18 p., e13235.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany

    Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Berg, C., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Blüml, V., Bode, F., Dengler, J., Diekmann, M., Dierschke, H., Doerfler, I., Döring, U., Dullinger, S., Härdtle, W., Haider, S., Heinken, T., Horchler, P., Jansen, F., Kudernatsch, T., Kuhn, G., Lindner, M., Matesanz, S., Metze, K., Meyer, S., Müller, F., Müller, N., Naaf, T., Peppler-Lisbach, C., Poschlod, P., Roscher, C., Rosenthal, G., Rumpf, S. B., Schmidt, W., Schrautzer, J., Schwabe, A., Schwartze, P., Sperle, T., Stanik, N., Stroh, H. G., Storm, C., Voigt, W., von Heßberg, A., von Oheimb, G., Wagner, E. R., Wegener, U., Wesche, K., Wittig, B. & Wulf, M., 01.12.2022, In: Scientific data. 9, 1, 13 p., 631.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review