Professorship for Ecology, especially Animal Ecology

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The Animal Ecology group is led by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Aßmann and is affiliated with the Institute of Ecology, Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Research focuses on the influence of invertebrates on ecosystem functions (species as ecosystem engineers, herbivory, predation), large-scale distribution patterns of species and species groups (biodiversity) and their characteristics, in the Palaearctic and worldwide (macroecology), Molecular ecology (population genetics, phylogeography, conservation genetics and landscape genetics), conservation biology (conservation genetics, consequences of habitat fragmentation, restoration ecology) Biospeleology (biogeography, adaptive mechanisms), taxonomy and systematics of insects (especially ground beetles).

We teach the basics of ecology and other fields of biology. Lectures and seminars are supplemented by identification exercises and field trips.

Main research areas

The working group Animal Ecology focuses on

  • the role of invertebrates in ecosystem functioning
    (including habitat engineering, herbivory, predation)
  • large-scale distribution patterns of biodiversity and species traits in the Palaearctic and worldwide
    (macroecology)
  • molecular ecology (population genetics, phylogeography, conservation genetics and landscape genetics)
  • conservation biology (conservation genetics, fragmentation biology, restoration ecology)
  • biospeleology (biogeography, adaptation)
  • taxonomy and systematics of insects (especially carabids beetles)
    (classical and modern approaches: morphology, morphometry, DNA technics)

Projects are performed mainly in Germany, the Middle East (especially Israel), Spain, and China.

  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) studies Part I: Taxonomic notes on Cephalops Fallén, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczél, 1939

    Kehlmaier, C., 04.01.2008, In: Zootaxa. 1672, 1, p. 1-42 42 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Saproxylic beetle assemblages of three managed oak woodlands in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Buse, J., Levanony, T., Timm, A., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2008, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 45, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Back to the roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology

    Penev, L. (Editor), Erwin, T. L. (Editor) & Aßmann, T. (Editor), 2008, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 509 p. (Pensoft series faunistica)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  5. Published

    Behavioural patterns of nocturnal carabid beetles determined by direct observations under red-light conditions

    Drees, C., Matern, A. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis Between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. L. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 409-423 15 p. (Pensoft series faunistica).

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

  6. Published

    From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology

    Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Habel, J. C., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Schuldt, A., Wrase, D. W. & Matern, A., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Penev, L. D., Erwin, T. L. & Aßmann , T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 41-76 36 p. (Pensoft Series Faunistica ; no. 75).

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

  7. Published

    Heredity of the elytral colour in adults of Poecilus lepidus Leske (Col., Carabidae): (Col., Carabidae)

    Paarmann, W., Rohe, W., Lüchtrath, I., Aßmann, T. & Mossakowski, D., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). 1. ed. Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Vol. 75. p. 183-194 12 p. (Pensoft series faunistica ; vol. 75).

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

  8. Published

    Low species diversity in beech forest: a myth

    Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Schröder, E. & Ssymank, A., 2008, Beech Forests - a German contribution to the global forest biodiversity. Knapp, H. D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 25-32 8 p. (BfN-Skripten / Bundesamt für Naturschutz ; vol. 233).

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

  9. Published

    Multilayer structural colours in Poecilus lepidus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Mossakowski, D., Paarmann, W., Rohe, W., Lüchtrath, I. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology . Penev, L., Erwin, T. L. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Vol. 75. p. 175-184 10 p. (Pensoft series faunistica; vol. 75).

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

  10. Published

    The xylobiontic beetle fauna of old oaks colonised by the endangered longhorn beetle Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Buse, J., Zabransky, P. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie: Vorträge der Entomologentagung in Innsbruck vom 26. Februar bis 1. März 2007. Händel, J. (ed.). Gießen: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie , p. 109-112 4 p. (DGaaE Nachrichten; vol. 16).

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

  11. Published

    Towards combined methods for recording ground beetles: pitfall traps, hand picking and sifting in Mediterranean habitats of Israel

    Timm, A., Levanony, T., Dayan, T., Wrase, D. W. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 397-408 12 p. ( Pensoft series faunistica; no. 75).

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

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