School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
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Incomplete aerobic degradation of the antidiabetic drug Metformin and identification of the bacterial dead-end transformation product Guanylurea
Trautwein, C. & Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 5, p. 765-773 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Joint Management-Stakeholder Committees: A New Path to Stakeholder Governance?
Spitzeck, H., Hansen, E. G. & Grayson, D., 10.2011, In: Corporate Governance. 11, 5, p. 560–568 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kleidungspraktiken erforschen! „Kulturelle Dimensionen“ der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung befragen
Offen, S., 10.2011, In: www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de. 17, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits
Garibaldi, L. A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Kremen, C., Morales, J. M., Bommarco, R., Cunningham, S. A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Chacoff, N. P., Dudenhöffer, J. H., Greenleaf, S. S., Holzschuh, A., Isaacs, R., Krewenka, K., Mandelik, Y., Mayfield, M. M., Morandin, L. A., Potts, S. G., Ricketts, T. H., Szentgyörgyi, H., Viana, B. F., Westphal, C., Winfree, R. & Klein, A. M., 10.2011, In: Ecology Letters. 14, 10, p. 1062-1072 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Stoffstromnetzbasierte Planung und Optimierung komplexer Produktionssysteme
Viere, T., Brünner, H. & Hedemann, J., 10.2011, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 83, 10, p. 1565-1572 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Innovation Contests: Evaluating Contributions with an Eco Impact-Innovativeness Typology
Hansen, E. G., Bullinger, A. C. & Reichwald, R., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 2/3, p. 221–245 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Towards a ‘Sustainable University’: Scenarios for sustainable university development
Barth, M., Adomßent, M., Albrecht, P., Burandt, S., Godemann, J., Franz-Balsen, A. & Rieckmann, M., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 4, p. 313-332 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transformation products of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater formed during photolysis and advanced oxidation processes: Degradation, elucidation of byproducts and assessment of their biological potency
Fatta-Kassinos, D., Vasquez, M. & Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 5, p. 693-709 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Vertical emission profiles for Europe based on plume rise calculations
Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Matthias, V., Quante, M. & Denier Van Der Gon, H. A. C., 10.2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 10, p. 2935-2946 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identifying the Research and Infrastructure Needs for the Global Assessment of Hazardous Chemicals Ten Years after Establishing the Stockholm Convention
Klánová, J., Diamond, M., Jones, K., Lammel, G., Lohmann, R., Pirrone, N., Scheringer, M., Balducci, C., Bidleman, T., Bláha, K., Bláha, L., Booij, K., Bouwman, H., Breivik, K., Eckhardt, S., Fiedler, H., Garrigues, P., Harner, T., Holoubek, I., Hung, H., MacLeod, M., Magulova, K., Mosca, S., Pistocchi, A., Simonich, S., Smedes, F., Stephanou, E., Sweetman, A., Sebková, K., Venier, M., Vighi, M., Vrana, B., Wania, F., Weber, R. & Weiss, P., 15.09.2011, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 45, 18, p. 7617-7619 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, B., Quaas, M., Frank, K. & Baumgärtner, S., 15.09.2011, In: Ecological Economics. 70, 11, p. 2137-2144 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, B., Quaas, M. F., Frank, K. & Baumgärtner, S., 15.09.2011, In: Ecological Economics. 70, 11, p. 2137-2144 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Prizewinning Concept for the Redevelopment of 125 ha in the Heart of the Port of Hamburg, Germany
Brinkmann, B., 15.09.2011, 20th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference 2011 and the 13th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference 2011 : (Coasts & Ports 2011) . Engineers Australia, p. 436-440 5 p. (20th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference 2011 and the 13th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference 2011, COASTS and PORTS 2011).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Assessing Corporate Sustainability Through Ratings: Challenges and Their Causes
Windolph, S. E., 09.2011, In: Journal of Environmental Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 61-80 22 p., 5.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer
Harms, D., 09.2011, In: Journal of Environmental Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 121-141 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Offensive GHG-Management and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Hesselbarth, C. & Castrellon Gutierrez, B., 09.2011, Emissions Trading and Business: Institutional Design, Decision Making and Corporate Strategies. Antes, R., Hansjürgens, B., Letmathe, P. & Pickl, S. (eds.). 2. ed. Heidelberg u.a.: Springer Verlag, p. 181-192 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ökoeffizienz in deutschen Unternehmen
Zeyen, A., Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 31.08.2011, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 26, 3, p. 47-50 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Spray-dried chitosan-metal microparticles for ciprofloxacin adsorption: Kinetic and equilibrium studies
Reynaud, F., Tsapis, N., Deyme, M., Vasconcelos, T. G., Gueutin, C., Guterres, S. S., Pohlmann, A. R. & Fattal , E., 21.08.2011, In: Soft Matter. 7, 16, p. 7304-7312 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Verfahren, Wärmespeicher und Wärmespeichersystem zur Erwärmung und Abkühlung eines Arbeitsfluides
Ruck, W., Opel, O. & Homberger, G., 18.08.2011, IPC No. F01K25/06 , F01K3/00 , F28D17/00 , F28D20/003, Y02E60/14, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2011098228A2, 03.02.2011, Priority date 15.02.2010, Priority No. DE102010008111AResearch output: Patents › Patent
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New evidence for vegetation development and timing of Upper Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Northern Germany and tentative correlations
Urban, B., Sierralta, M. & Frechen, M., 15.08.2011, In: Quaternary International. 241, 1-2, p. 125-142 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree resin composition, collection behavior and selective filters shape chemical profiles of tropical bees (Apidae: Meliponini)
Leonhardt, S. D., Schmitt, T. & Blüthgen, N., 08.08.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 8, 10 p., e23445.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cost-effective Biodiversity Conservation: Procurement Auctions and Payment-by-Results
Groth, M., 04.08.2011, In: EuroChoices. 10, 2, p. 32-37 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identifizierung und Bewertung ausgewählter Arzneimittel und ihrer Metaboliten (Ab- und Umbauprodukte) im Wasserkreislauf
Kümmerer, K., Schuster, A., Längin, A., Happel, O., Thoma, A., Schneider, K., Hassauer, M., Gartiser, S. & Hafner, C., 01.08.2011, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 195 p. (Texte; vol. 46/2011).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Australia’s Stock Route Network: 1. A review of its values, and implications for future management
Lentini, P. E., Fischer, J., Gibbons, P., Lindenmayer, D. & Martin, T., 08.2011, In: Ecological Management & Restoration. 12, 2, p. 119-127 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Australia’s Stock Route Network: 2. Representation of fertile landscapes
Lentini, P. E., Fischer, J., Gibbons, P., Lindenmayer, D. & Martin, T., 08.2011, In: Ecological Management & Restoration. 12, 2, p. 148-151 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Competitive Markets, Corporate Firms, and New Governance: An Ordonomic Conceptualization
Pies, I., Beckmann, M. & Hielscher, S., 08.2011, Corporate Citizenship and New Governance: The Political Role of Corporations. Pies, I. & Koslowski , P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, p. 171-188 18 p. (Ethical Economics : Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Debt for Brands: Tracking Down a Bias in Financing Photovoltaic Projects in Germany
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Loock, M., 08.2011, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 19, 12, p. 1356-1364 9 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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Erratum to "Generic functions of railway stations-A conceptual basis for the development of common system understanding and assessment criteria" [Transp. Policy 18 (2010) 446-455]
Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. J. & Scholz, R. W., 08.2011, In: Transport Policy. 18, 4, p. 648-648 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Konzeption und Praxis des Nachhaltigkeitscontrollings: Ansatzpunkte in großen deutschen Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 08.2011, In: Controlling. 23, 8/9, p. 430-435 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Measuring the Impacts of NGO Partnerships: The Corporate and Societal Benefits of Community Involvement
Hansen, E. G. & Spitzeck, H., 08.2011, In: Corporate Governance. 11, 4, p. 415-426 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Online Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Literature Review
Bachmann, A., Becker, A., Bürckner, D., Hilker, M., Kock, F., Lehmann, M., Tiburtius, P. & Funk, B., 08.2011, In: Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce. 16, 2, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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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Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity
Schuldt, A., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Schmid, B., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 28.07.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 7, 8 p., e22905.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Analyses of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Ali, I., Aboul-Enein, H. Y. & Kümmerer, K., 05.07.2011, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Environmental Systems. Xing, B., Senesi, N. & Ming, P. (eds.). 1 ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 439-462 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Classifying railway stations for strategic transport and land use planning: Context matters!
Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. & Scholz, R. W., 07.2011, In: Journal of Transport Geography. 19, 4, p. 670-679 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Energiespeicherung in Bundeswasserstraßen
Schomerus, T. & Degenhart, H., 07.2011, In: Solarzeitalter. 23, 2, p. 34-38 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Exposure of the Irish population to PBDEs in food: consideration of parameter uncertainty and variability for risk assessment
Trudel, D., Tlustos, C., von Goetz, N., Scheringer, M., Reichert, P. & Hungerbühler, K., 07.2011, In: Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment. 28, 7, p. 943-955 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Internationale Hochschulpartnerschaften - Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung und Globalen Lernens ?
Rieckmann, M., 07.2011, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 34, 2, p. 10-16 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Long-term population dynamics of Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soo after abandonment and re-introduction of mowing
Schrautzer, J., Fichtner, A., Huckauf, A., Rasran, L. & Jensen, K., 07.2011, In: Flora. 206, 7, p. 622-630 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Preference for violent electronic games and aggressive behavior among children: The beginning of the downward spiral?
von Salisch, M., Vogelgesang, J., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 07.2011, In: Media Psychology . 14, 3, p. 233-258 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability: Call for Papers
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), Beckmann, M. (Editor) & Hansen, E. G. (Editor), 07.2011, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 20, 5, p. 348-350 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Contribution of Pollinator-Mediated Crops to Nutrients in the Human Food Supply
Eilers, E. J., Kremen, C., Smith Greenleaf, S., Garber, A. K. & Klein, A.-M., 22.06.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 6, 6 p., e21363.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cues from Facial Expressions for Emotional Interfaces
Tews, T.-K., Oehl, M., Siebert, F., Faasch, H. & Höger, R., 20.06.2011, Human Centred Automation: HFES Europe Chapter. De Waard, D., Gérard, N., Onnasch, L., Wiczorek, R. & Manzey, D. (eds.). Shaker Publishing, p. 111-122 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Social Conflicts on Agro-Biotechnology: Conflicting Interests and Conflict of Interest in the Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Friedrich, B., Gottschlich, D. & Sulmowski, J. A., 15.06.2011, Conflict of Interest in Central and Eastern Europe. Burdziej, S. & Szalacha, J. (eds.). Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo, p. 33-52Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Genesis and dating of Late Pleistocene-Holocene soil sediment sequences from the Lüneburg Heath, Northern Germany
Urban, B., Kunz, A. & Gehrt, E., 03.06.2011, In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal. 60, 1, p. 6-26 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessment of the environmental persistence and long-range transport of endosulfan
Becker, L., Scheringer, M., Schenker, U. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.06.2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 6, p. 1737-1743 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impact of anthropogenic input on physicochemical parameters and trace metals in marine surface sediments of Bay of Bengal off Chennai, India
Raju, K., Vijayaraghavan, K., Seshachalam, S. & Muthumanickam, J., 01.06.2011, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 177, 1-4, p. 95-114 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sustainability as a Driver for Corporate Economic Success: Consequences for the Development of Sustainability Management Control
Schaltegger, S., 01.06.2011, In: Society and Economy. 33, 1, p. 15-28 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Functional complementarity and specialisation: The role of biodiversity in plant–pollinatorinteractions
Blüthgen, N. & Klein, A.-M., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 282-291 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review