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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Effects of maize roots on aggregate stability and enzyme activities in soil
Kumar, A., Dorodnikov, M., Pausch, J., Kuzyakov, Y. & Pausch, J., 15.11.2017, In: Geoderma. 306, p. 50-57 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of local neighbourhood diversity on crown structure and productivity of individual trees in mature mixed-species forests
Georgi, L., Kunz, M., Fichtner, A., Reich, K. F., Bienert, A., Maas, H-G. & von Oheimb, G., 26.04.2021, In: Forest Ecosystems. 8, 1, 12 p., 26.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of lead and cadmium uptake on the metabolic rate of the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (crustacea, isopoda: Oniscidea)
Coenen-Stass, D., 1998, In: Israel Journal of Zoology. 44, 3-4, p. 439-444 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of habitat heterogeneity on bird communities in forests of northeastern Germany
Sommer, R. S. & Fichtner, A., 01.12.2023, In: Baltic Forestry. 29, 2, 10 p., 699.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of grassland management, endophytic fungi and predators on aphid abundance in two distinct regions
Börschig, C., Klein, A-M. & Krauss, J., 10.2014, In: Journal of Plant Ecology. 7, 5, p. 490-498 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of forest management on species diversity of vascular plants in northern Germany
Oheimb, G., Ellenberg, H. & Kriebitzsch, W-U., 2001, Funktionelle Bedeutung von Biodiversität: Kurzfassungen der Beiträge zur 31. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Basel vom 27.-31.8.2001. Zotz, G. & Körner, C. (eds.). Berlin: Parey Verlag , Vol. 31. p. 101 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Effects of forest management intensity on herb layer plant diversity and composition of deciduous forest communities in Northern Germany
Petzold, J., Dittrich, S., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Naumann, B. & von Oheimb, G., 01.08.2018, In: Tuexenia. 38, p. 79-96 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Effects of elevated growth temperature and enhanced atmospheric vapour pressure deficit on needle and root terpenoid contents of two Douglas fir provenances
Duan, Q., Kleiber, A., Jansen, K., Junker, L. V., Kammerer, B., Han, G., Zimmer, I., Rennenberg, H., Schnitzler, J. P., Ensminger, I., Gessler, A. & Kreuzwieser, J. F., 01.10.2019, In: Environmental and Experimental Botany. 166, 103819.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity
Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., De Luca, E., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A-M., de Kroon, H., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J. M., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, D. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E-D., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W. & Weisser, W. W., 01.12.2016, In: Ecosphere - An esa open access journal. 7 , 12, 14 p., 1619.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on soil microbial communities in oak forests persist for more than 100 years
Fichtner, A., Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Wilken, C. & Gutknecht, J., 03.2014, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 70, p. 79-87 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany
Hein, M., Urban, B., Tanner, D. C., Buness, A. H., Tucci, M., Hoelzmann, P., Dietel, S., Kaniecki, M., Schultz, J., Kasper, T., Suchodoletz, H., Schwalb, A., Weiss, M. & Lauer, T., 01.11.2021, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46, 14, p. 2884-2901 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services in Agricultural landscapes
Smukler, S. M., Philpott, S. M., Jackson, L. E., Klein, A-M., DeClerck, F., Winowiecki, L. & Palm, C. A., 01.01.2012, Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction: Ecological Dimensions. Ingram, J. C., Clerck, F. AJ. D. & Rio, C. R. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 17-51 35 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Ecosystem services from forest and farmland: Present and past access separates beneficiaries in rural Ethiopia
Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I., Manlosa, A. O., von Wehrden, H., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.04.2021, In: Ecosystem Services. 48, 101263.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services between sustainability and efficiency
Olschewski, R. & Klein, A-M., 01.04.2011, In: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy. 7, 1, p. 69-73 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability
Abson, D., von Wehrden, H., Baumgärtner, S., Fischer, J., Hanspach, J., Härdtle, W., Heinrichs, H., Klein, A-M., Lang, D. J., Martens, P. & Walmsley, D., 07.2014, In: Ecological Economics. 103, 7, p. 29-37 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services: Response
Bateman, I. J., Harwood, A. R., Mace, G. M., Watson, R. T., Abson, D. J., Andrews, B., Binner, A., Crowe, A. M., Day, B., Dugdale, S., Fezzi, C., Foden, J., Hadley, D. J., Haines-Young, R. H., Hulme, M. F., Kontoleon, A. A., Lovett, A. A., Munday, P., Pascual, U., Paterson, J. S., Perino, G., Sen, A., Siriwardena, G., Van Soest, D. P. & Termansen, M., 01.01.2013, In: Science. 342, 6157, p. 421-422 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem functions as indicators for heathland responses to nitrogen fertilisation
Bähring, A., Fichtner, A., Ibe, K., Schütze, G., Temperton, V. M., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.01.2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 72, p. 185-193 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Economic gain, stability of pollination and bee diversity decrease from southern to northern Europe
Leonhardt, S., Gallai, N., Garibaldi, L. A., Kuhlmann, M. & Klein, A-M., 09.2013, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 14, 6, p. 461-471 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecological impacts of oil palm agriculture on forest mammals in plantation estates and smallholdings
Azhar, B., Lindenmayer, D. B., Wood, J. T., Fischer, J. & Zakaria, M., 05.2014, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 23, 5, p. 1175-1191 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecological impact of Camelia sativa and Thlaspi arvense cultivation in a summer double cropping system in Northern Germany
Walmsley, D. & Klein, A-M., 2013, Building bridges in ecology, linking systems, scales and disciplines: Book of Abstracts . Gehrmann, G. (ed.). 2013 ed. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 26-27 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ecological-economic trade-offs of Diversified Farming Systems - A review
Rosa-Schleich, J., Loos, J., Mußhoff, O. & Tscharntke, T., 01.06.2019, In: Ecological Economics. 160, p. 251-263 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Ecological changes and local knowledge in a giant honey bee (Apis dorsata F.) hunting community in Palawan, Philippines
Matias, D. M. S., Borgemeister, C. & von Wehrden, H., 01.12.2018, In: Ambio. 47, 8, p. 924-934 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early succession arthropod community changes on experimental passion fruit plant patches along a land-use gradient in Ecuador
Teodoro, A. V., Muñoz, A., Tscharntke, T., Klein, A. & Tylianakis, J., 30.01.2011, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 140, 1-2, p. 14-19 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment
Kröber, W., Li, Y., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Schmid, B., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C. & Bruehlheide, H., 01.09.2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 17, p. 3541-3556 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., Li, Y., Ma, K., Oheimb, G. & Zhang, J., 01.05.2015, In: Journal of Ecology. 103, 3, p. 563-571 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamik von Artenvielfalt und Artenzusammensetzung krautiger Gefäßpflanzen in gezäunten und ungezäunten Vergleichsflächenpaaren
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamics of species diversity and composition of herbaceous vegetation in fenced and unfenced plots
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon
Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Aßmann, T., 10.2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 5, p. 536-543 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Dryudella paulinae spec. nov. (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) from Morocco
Jacobs, H-J. & Grabener, S., 30.06.2017, In: Contributions To Entomology. 67, 1, p. 111 - 115 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dry grassland communities on southern Öland: Phytosociology, ecology, and diversity
Löbel, S. & Dengler, J., 01.01.2007, In: Acta Phytogeographica Suecica. 88, p. 13-31 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Drought effects on root and needle terpenoid content of a coastal and an interior Douglas fir provenance
Kleiber, A., Duan, Q., Jansen, K., Junker, L. V., Kammerer, B., Rennenberg, H., Ensminger, I., Gessler, A. & Kreuzwieser, J., 01.12.2017, In: Tree Physiology. 37, 12, p. 1648-1658 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Drivers of productivity and its temporal stability in a tropical tree diversity experiment
Schnabel, F., Schwarz, J. A., Danescu, A., Fichtner, A., Nock, C., Bauhus, J. & Potvin, C., 01.12.2019, In: Global Change Biology. 25, 12, p. 4257-4272 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Drivers of above-ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests
Landuyt, D., Maes, S. L., Depauw, L., Ampoorter, E., Blondeel, H., Perring, M. P., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K. J., Kopecký, M., Máliš, F., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K., 01.05.2020, In: Journal of Ecology. 108, 3, p. 982-997 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Drivers and Barriers of Implementing Sustainability Curricula in Higher Education - Assumptions and Evidence
Weiß, M., Barth, M., Wiek, A. & Wehrden, H., 12.03.2021, In: Higher Education Studies. 11, 2, p. 42 - 64 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Do wild bees complement honeybee pollination of confection sunflowers in Israel?
Pisanty, G., Klein, A-M. & Mandelik, Y., 03.2014, In: Apidologie. 45, 2, p. 235-247 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Do we need livestock grazing to promote Polylepis australis tree recruitment in the Central Argentinean Mountains?
Zimmermann, H., Renison, D., Leyer, I. & Hensen, I., 09.2009, In: Ecological Research. 24, 5, p. 1075-1081 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does tree architectural complexity influence the accuracy of wood volume estimates of single young trees by terrestrial laser scanning?
Hess, C., Bienert, A., Härdtle, W. & von Oheimb, G., 30.10.2015, In: Forests. 6, 11, p. 3847-3867 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Does sustainable intensification offer a pathway to improved food security for aquatic agricultural system-dependent communities?
Attwood, S. J., Park, S., Loos, J., Philipps, M., Mills, D. & McDougall, C., 17.02.2017, Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture: An integrated systems research approach. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 71-87 17 p. (Earthscan food and agriculture series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Does isolation affect phenotypic variability and fluctuating asymmetry in the endangered Red Apollo?
Habel, J. C., Reuter, M., Drees, C. & Pfaender, J., 08.2012, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 16, 4, p. 571-579 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does forest continuity enhance the resilience of trees to environmental change?
Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Eckstein, D., Engelke, H-H., Hehnke, T., Wagner, B. & Fichtner, A., 10.12.2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 12, 18 p., 0113507.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does excess nitrogen supply increase the drought sensitivity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings?
Dziedek, C., von Oheimb, G., Calvo, L., Fichtner, A., Kriebitzsch, W-U., Marcos, E., Härdtle, W. & Pitz, W., 01.04.2016, In: Plant Ecology. 217, 4, p. 393-405 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Diversity, threats and conservation of European wood-pastures
Bergmeier, E. & Röllig, M., 01.01.2014, European Wood-pastures in Transition: A social-ecological approach. Hartel, T. & Plieninger, T. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 19-38 20 p. 2Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Diversity matters: how bees benefit from different resin sources
Drescher, N., Wallace, H. M., Katouli, M., Massaro, C. F. & Leonhardt, S., 12.2014, In: Oecologia. 176, 4, p. 943-953 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Diversity and specificity of host-natural enemy interactions in an urban-rural interface
Pereira-Peixoto, M. H., Pufal, G., Staab, M., Feitosa Martins, C. & Klein, A. M., 01.06.2016, In: Ecological Entomology. 41, 3, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Diversity and specialization of host parasitoid interactions in an urban rural interface
Pereira Peixoto, M. H., Pufal, G., Staab, M., Martins, C. & Klein, A-M., 2013, Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines: Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Potsdam: Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 410 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Diversity and spatio-temporal dynamics of dead wood in a temperate near-natural beech forest (Fagus sylvatica)
von Oheimb, G., Westphal, C. & Haerdtle, W., 01.07.2007, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 126, 3, p. 359-370 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dissolved carbon leaching from an Irish cropland soil is increased by reduced tillage and cover cropping
Walmsley, D. C., Siemens, J., Kindler, R., Kirwan, L., Saunders, M., Kaupenjohann, M., Osborne, B. A. & Kaiser, K., 08.2011, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 142, 3-4, p. 393-402 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dispersal of vascular plants by game in northern Germany. Part I: Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Schmidt, M., Sommer, K., Kriebitzsch, W-U., Ellenberg, H. & von Oheimb, G., 01.09.2004, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 123, 2, p. 167-176 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dispersal of vascular plants by game in northern Germany. Part II: Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
von Oheimb, G., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, WU. & Ellenberg, H., 01.04.2005, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 124, 1, p. 55-65 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dispersal of typical woodland species by roe deer and wild boar
Sommer, K., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, W-U. & Oheimb, G., 2003, Biodiversity - from patterns to processes: Kurzfassungen der Beitrage zur 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Okologie in Halle/Saale vom 8. - 12.9.2003. Stadler, J., Hensen, I., Klotz, S. & Feldmann, H. (eds.). Halle/Saale: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 221 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review