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Research

Institute of Ecology

The different working groups at our institute investigate how global change (such as climate change or land conversion) affects organisms and their communities, as well as the underlying chemical processes and resulting ecosystem functions. Among others, we study the effects of increased cultivation of energy crops as well as of various contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We aim to understand why many animal and plant populations, as well as biodiversity in general are in decline and what are the consequences of the resulting biotic and abiotic changes in ecosystem functions. We further investigate the socio-economic factors of ecosystem research in collaboration with groups from Leuphana’s institute of social sciences.

Experimental studies are carried out within our laboratories, in glass houses and in the field. Fieldwork is undertaken in regional (Lüneburg, Lüneburger Heide), Mediterranean (California, Israel) and (sub)tropical (Australia, Indonesia) habitats, comprising both urban and semi-natural and agricultural landscapes. We collaborate with many national and international academic and non-academic institutions as well as with local environmental organizations (e.g., Alfred Töpfer Academy for Conservation, the administration of the “Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsische Elbtalaue”).

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All projects: 26
Current projects: 15
Completed projects: 11

All projects

2013

Influence of degradation-resistent antibiotics and their transformation products from veterinary medicine on herbivorous and nectarivorous insects

Bolek, R., Kümmerer, K., Klein, A. & Leonhardt, S.

01.03.13 → 28.02.14

Project : Research

Leuphana

Universität Lüneburg

Research

All projects

2013

Influence of degradation-resistent antibiotics and their transformation products from veterinary medicine on herbivorous and nectarivorous insects

2012

Ecosystem services of temperate rainforests in the western US

2011

Konkurrenz und Ressourcennutzung der Europäischen Honigbiene und Wildbienen in Bezug zur Lüneburger Heide

Archäologisches Forschungsprojekt "Schöninger Speere"

Ecological valuation of crop pollination in traditional indonesian homegardens

Potenzial nachhaltig produzierten Camelina-Öls als Grundstoff für die Biokerosin-Produktion

Impact of contemporary and historical landscape structure an neutral and adaptive genetic markers in ground beetle populations

Individual plant growth and branch demography as a function of species richness and composition (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 02)

Ecological entomology, plant-insect interactions, herbivore-predator interactions, multitrophic complexity, decomposition, biodiversity research

Aboveground multitrophic plant-insect interactions in a Chinese subtropical forest (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 09)

Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels

2010

Importance of Resource Diversity to stingless bees in Australia

Fostering sustainable development in Eastern Europe: A case study of ancient agricultural landscapes in Central Romania

Projekt Haubenlerche/Federatlas

Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451, Teilprojekt 3)

2009

Regionalisierte sozio-technische und -kulturelle Erfolgsfaktoren für ein nachhaltiges Wasser- und Landmanagment

Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD: Anpassungsprozessedes Naturschutzes an den Klimawandel (Teilprojekt 3.7)

Wissenschaftliche Begleituntersuchung Forschungsbohrung

Studienreise Israel

2008

Dilationswachstum

2006

RAMWASS-Integrated decision support system for risk assessment and management of the water-sediment-soil system at river basin scale in fluvial ecosystems

Juniorprofessur

2005

Biodiversity in Israel

2004

Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability

2000

Natur-Wissenschaft-Nachhaltigkeit. Die Bedeutung ökologischer Wissenschaften im Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs sowie deren Zusammenhang mit gesellschaftlichen Natur- und Geschlechtervorstellungen

Halboffene Weidelandschaft Höltigbaum