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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The amphibians and reptiles of the Lore Lindu National Park area, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wanger, T. C., Motzke, I., Saleh, S. & Iskandar, D. T., 20.02.2011, In: Salamandra. 47, 1, p. 17-29 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The basiphilous dry grasslands of shallow, skeletal soils (Alysso-Sedetalia) on the island of Öland (Sweden), in the context of North and Central Europe
Dengler, J. & Lobel, S., 15.09.2006, In: Phytocoenologia. 36, 3, p. 343-391 49 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A-L-L., Levanony, T., Matern, A., Timm, A. & Wrase, D. W., 04.07.2008, In: ZooKeys. 1, p. 9-22 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Caterpillar Hunter Beetles Calosoma Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the southern Levant
Aßmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedmann, A-L-L., Hetzel, A., Orbach, E., Renan, I., Reuter, C. & Wrase, D. W., 31.12.2020, In: Israel Journal of Entomology. 50, 2, p. 133-158 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The concept of resilience in recent sustainability research
Nüchter, V., Abson, D. J., von Wehrden, H. & Engler, J. O., 01.03.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 5, p. 1-21 21 p., 2735.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Conservation Value of Traditional Rural Landscapes: The Case of Woodpeckers in Transylvania, Romania
Dorresteijn, I., Hartel, T., Hanspach, J., von Wehrden, H. & Fischer, J., 19.06.2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 6, 7 p., e65236.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The courtship behavior of Meloe decorus Brandt and Erichson and Sitaris muralis Foerster (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Lückmann, J., 01.03.2005, In: Coleopterists Bulletin. 59, 1, p. 55-61 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The cuticular profiles of Australian stingless bees are shaped by resin of the eucalypt tree Corymbia torelliana
Leonhardt, S., Wallace, H. M. & Schmitt, T., 08.2011, In: Austral Ecology. 36, 5, p. 537–543 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The depositional environments of Schöningen 13 II-4 and their archaeological implications
Stahlschmidt, M., Miller, C., Ligouis, B., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Urban, B. & Conard, N. J., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 71-91 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effect of hunting regimes on tree regeneration in lowland beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests
Fichtner, A., Sturm, K., Wagner, J., Huckauf, A. & Ellenberg, H., 05.2011, In: Forstarchiv. 82, 3, p. 75-81 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effect of industrialization and globalization on domestic land-use: A global resource footprint perspective
Dorninger, C., von Wehrden, H., Krausmann, F., Bruckner, M., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Erb, K. H. & Abson, D. J., 01.07.2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 69, 21 p., 102311.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effects of light and soil conditions on the species richness of the ground vegetation of deciduous forests in northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 03.09.2003, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 182, 1-3, p. 327-338 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effects of windthrow on plant species richness in a Central European beech forest
von Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Bertsch, A. & Haerdtle, W., 01.07.2007, In: Plant Ecology. 191, 1, p. 47-65 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ethics of offsetting nature
Ives, C. D. & Bekessy, S. A., 12.2015, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13, 10, p. 568-573 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications
Heinken, T., Diekmann, M., Liira, J., Orczewska, A., Schmidt, M., Brunet, J., Chytrý, M., Chabrerie, O., Decocq, G., De Frenne, P., Drevojan, P., Dzwonko, Z., Ewald, J., Feilberg, J., Graae, B. J., Grytnes, J. A., Hermy, M., Kriebitzsch, W-U., Laivins, M., Lenoir, J., Lindmo, S., Marage, D., Marozas, V., Niemeyer, T., Paal, J., Pyšek, P., Roosaluste, E., Sadlo, J., Schaminée, J. H. J., Tyler, T., Verheyen, K., Wulf, M. & Vanneste, T., 16.05.2022, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 33, 3, 16 p., e13132.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The European species of Chalarus Walker, 1834 revisited (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
Kehlmaier, C. & Aßmann, T., 19.11.2008, In: Zootaxa. 1936, 1, p. 1-39 39 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The exotic shrub Rosa rubiginosa as a nurse plant: Implications for the restoration of disturbed temperate forests in Patagonia
Svriz, M., Damascos, M., Zimmermann, H. & Hensen, I., 01.02.2013, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 289, Februar, p. 234-242 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The exotic species Senecio inaequidens pays the price for arriving late in temperate European grassland communities
Delory, B. M., Weidlich, E. W. A., Kunz, M., Neitzel, J. & Temperton, V. M., 01.11.2019, In: Oecologia. 191, 3, p. 657-671 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The first observation of honeydew foraging in army ants since 1933: Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 tending Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) in Southeast China
Staab, M., 2014, In: Asian Myrmecology. 6, 1, p. 115-118 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The genetic status of the violet copper Lycaena helle - a relict of the cold past in times of global warming
Finger, A., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F. E., Meyer, M., Aßmann, T. & Habel, J. C., 01.06.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 3, p. 382-390 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ground beetle supertribe zuphiitae in the southern levant: (Coleoptera, carabidae)
Austin, K., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Felix, R. F. F. L., Friedman, A. L. L., Khoury, F., Renan, I., Schmidt, C., Wrase, D. W., Aßmann, T., Marcus, T. & Boutaud, E., 01.12.2015, In: Spixiana. 38, 2, p. 237-262 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ground beetle tribe Cyclosomini s.l. in Israel (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Aßmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedman, A-L-L., Härdtle, W., Homburg, K., Marcus, T., Renan, I. & Wrase, D. W., 08.2015, In: Spixiana. 38, 1, p. 49-69 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ground beetle tribe platynini bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, carabidae) in the southern levant: Dichotomous and interactive identification tools, ecological traits, and distribution
Assmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A. L. L., Harry, I., Khoury, F., Orbach, E., Renan, I., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, K., Wrase, D. W. & Zumstein, P., 16.06.2021, In: ZooKeys. 2021, 1044, p. 449-478 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Human Release Hypothesis for biological invasions: human activity as a determinant of the abundance of invasive plant species
Zimmermann, H., Brandt, P., Fischer, J., Welk, E. & von Wehrden, H., 12.12.2014, In: Faculty of 1000 Research. 3, 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of an insecticide on insect flower visitation and pollination in an agricultural landscape
Brittain, C., Bommarco, R., Vighi, M., Barmaz, S., Settele, J. & Potts, S. G., 08.2010, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 12, 3, p. 259-266 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of nuclear accidents on provisioning ecosystem services
Gralla, F., Abson, D., Moller, A. P., Lang, D. J. & von Wehrden, H., 06.2014, In: Ecological Indicators. 41, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Importance of Being First: Exploring Priority and Diversity Effects in a Grassland Field Experiment
Weidlich, E. W. A., Von Gillhaussen, P., Delory, B., Blossfeld, S., Poorter, H. & Temperton, V. M., 05.01.2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 12 p., 2008.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The importance of ecosystem services for rural inhabitants in a changing cultural landscape in Romania
Hartel, T., Fischer, J., Câmpeanu, C., Milcu, A. I., Hanspach, J. & Fazey, I., 01.01.2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 2, 9 p., 42.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The influence of leaf litter diversity and soil fauna on initial soil erosion in subtropical forests
Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Zumstein, P., Aßmann, T., Kühn, P., Niklaus, P. A., Schuldt, A. & Scholten, T., 15.09.2015, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 40, 11, p. 1439-1447 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The long-term effects of wall attached microalgal biofilm on algae-based wastewater treatment
Su, Y., Mennerich, A. & Urban, B., 10.2016, In: Bioresource Technology. 218, p. 1249-1252 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The pace of range expansion: a long-term study on the flightless ground beetle Carabus hortensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Völler, E., Boutaud, E. & Assmann, T., 01.02.2018, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 22, 1, p. 163-169 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions
Weiss, M., Barth, M. & von Wehrden, H., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1579-1593 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Bråthen, K. A., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Collins, S. L., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Knops, J. M. H., Koerner, S. E., Laanisto, L., Lekberg, Y., Martina, J. P., Martinson, H., McCulley, R. L., Peri, P. L., Macek, P., Power, S. A., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Seabloom, E. W., Stevens, C., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R. & Yahdjian, L., 01.12.2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 10 p., 6624.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the consequences for pollination
Brittain, C. & Potts, S. G., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 321-331 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
Norström, A. V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E. M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S. R., Castilla, J. C., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jacobs, S., Hofmann, J., Hughes, T. P., Lam, D. P. M., Loos, J., Manyani, A., Martín-López, B., Meacham, M., Moersberger, H., Nagendra, H., Pereira, L., Polasky, S., Schoon, M., Schultz, L., Selomane, O. & Spierenburg, M., 31.12.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 598–608 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Project Schöningen from an ecological and cultural perspective
Serangeli, J., Rodríguez-Álvarez, B., Tucci, M., Verheijen, I., Bigga, G., Böhner, U., Urban, B., van Kolfschoten, T. & Conard, N. J., 15.10.2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 198, p. 140-155 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The relationship between plant species richness and soil pH vanishes with increasing aridity across Eurasian dry grasslands
Palpurina, S., Wagner, V., von Wehrden, H., Hájek, M., Horsák, M., Brinkert, A., Hölzel, N., Wesche, K., Kamp, J., Hájková, P., Danihelka, J., Lustyk, P., Merunková, K., Preislerová, Z., Kočí, M., Kubešová, S., Cherosov, M., Ermakov, N., German, D., Gogoleva, P., Lashchinsky, N., Martynenko, V. & Chytrý, M., 01.04.2017, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26, 4, p. 425-434 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The reproductive potential and importance of key management aspects for successful Calluna vulgaris rejuvenation on abandoned Continental heaths
Henning, K., von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Fichtner, A. & Tischew, S., 01.04.2017, In: Ecology and Evolution. 7, 7, p. 2091-2100 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of co-evolutionary development and value change debt in navigating transitioning cultural landscapes: the case of Southern Transylvania
Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Abson, D. J., Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J., 12.05.2018, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61, 5/6, p. 800-817 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of institutions in food system transformations: lessons learned from transdisciplinary engagements in Ethiopia, the Philippines, and Indonesia
Manlosa, A. O., Partelow, S., Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M. & Paramita, A. O., 01.01.2023, In: Ecosystems and People. 19, 1, 15 p., 2146753.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Role of Linked Social-Ecological Systems in a Mobile Agent-Based Ecosystem Service from Giant Honey Bees (Apis dorsata) in an Indigenous Community Forest in Palawan, Philippines
Matias, D. M. S., Borgemeister, C., Sémah, A. M. & von Wehrden, H., 01.12.2019, In: Human Ecology. 47, 6, p. 905-915 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of scenarios in fostering collective action for sustainable development: Lessons from central Romania
Nieto-Romero, M., Milcu, A., Leventon, J., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2016, In: Land Use Policy. 50, p. 156-168 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of semi‐open habitats as dispersal corridors for plant species of woodlands and open habitats
Travers, E., Pitz, W., Fichtner, A., Matthies, D. & Härdtle, W., 24.01.2021, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 24, 1, 12 p., e12526.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of sustainability in nuclear energy plans: What do national energy strategies tell us?
Gralla, F., John, B., Abson, D. J., Møller, A. P., Bickel, M., Lang, D. J. & von Wehrden, H., 01.12.2016, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 22, p. 94-106 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The romanian grassland database (RGD): Historical background, current status and future perspectives
Vassilev, K., Ruprecht, E., Alexiu, V., Becker, T., Beldean, M., Bita-Nicolae, C., Csergo, A. M., Dzhovanova, I., Filipova, E., Frink, J. P., Gafta, D., Georgieva, M., Germany, M. S., Goia, I., Gumus, M., Hennekens, S. M., Janišová, M., Knollová, I., Koleva, V., Kostadinova, S., Kuzmanovic, N., Loos, J., Mardari, C., Michl, T., Neblea, M. A., Nicoara, R. I., Novák, P., Öllerer, K., Onete, M., Palpurina, S., Paulini, I., Pedashenko, H., Puşcaş, M., Roman, A., Šibík, J., Sîrbu, C., Stancu, D. I., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Szabó, A., Tomescu, C. V., Totev, E., Tsvetanov, B., Turtureanu, P. D., Vassileva, P., Velev, N. & Dengler, J., 01.03.2018, In: Phytocoenologia. 48, 1, p. 91-100 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The same, but different: Pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies.
Leonhardt, S. & Blüthgen, N., 07.2012, In: Apidologie. 43, 4, p. 449-464 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning
Trogisch, S., Liu, X., Rutten, G., Xue, K., Bauhus, J., Brose, U., Bu, W., Cesarz, S., Chesters, D., Connolly, J., Cui, X., Eisenhauer, N., Guo, L., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Liu, L., Ma, Z., Neumann, S., Sang, W., Schuldt, A., Tang, Z., van Dam, N. M., von Oheimb, G., Wang, M. Q., Wang, S., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xu, X., Yang, B., Zhang, N., Zhu, C. D., Ma, K., Wang, Y. & Bruelheide, H., 01.09.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 55, p. 33-52 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition
Frietsch, M., Pacheco-Romero, M., Temperton, V. M., Kaplin, B. A. & Fischer, J., 23.04.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ambio. 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Sphodrina of the southern Levant (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Sphodrini)
Casale, A. & Assmann, T., 30.06.2017, In: Fragmenta Entomologica. 49, 1, p. 13-24 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: From cybertaxonomy to conservation biology
Assmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Gebert, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A. L. L., Khoury, F., Marcus, T., Orbach, E., Renan, I., Schmidt, C. & Zumstein, P., 05.02.2018, In: ZooKeys. 2018, 734, p. 43-103 61 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review