Vita

  • 1995: Habilitation in "Geobotany and Landscape Ecology", Universities of Kiel and Lüneburg, Germany
  • 1990: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), Institute of Botany, University of Kiel, Germany
  • 1985-1990: Study of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Kiel, minor subject during PhD study
  • 1984: Diploma in Biology, Universities of Göttingen and Kiel, Germany
    1976: Abitur, Fichte-Gymnasium, Krefeld, Germany
  • Academic positions
  • Since 1997: Professor of Ecology (Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation), Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lüneburg, Germany
  • 1994-1997: Assistant Professor of Botany, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Lüneburg, Germany
  • 1992-1994: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Ecology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
  • 1986-1992: Research Associate, Department of Vegetation Ecology, University of Kiel, Germany

Teaching

Ecology, Vegetation ecology, Botany

Research Interests

  • Forest ecology and dynamics                                                                                    
  • Nutrient balance and dynamics of ecoystems (of heathlands and forests)
  • Relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Forms of land use and their influences on vegetation 

Projects

  1. TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Goddert von Oheimb (Project manager, academic) , Andreas Fichtner (Project manager, academic) , María Dolores Perles-García (Project staff) , Helge Bruelheide (Project manager, academic) , Yanfen Wang (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

  2. Minderung der Barrierewirkung von Agrarflächen mittels halboffener Verbundkorridore
    Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , Claudia Drees (Partner) , Simon Robert Wolfgang Hein (Project staff) , Swantje Grabener (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  3. Securing the Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity of Extensively Managed Cultural Landscapes (Ökokult): - Subproject 1: Ecosystem Functioning and Services of Cultural Landscapes
    Victoria Martine Temperton (Project manager, academic) , Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , David Walmsley (Coordination) , Andreas Schuldt (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  4. Effects of woody species diversity and composition on individual plant growth and demography
    Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Andreas Fichtner (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

  5. TR_Experiment Stickstoffeintrag
    Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Biodiversität, Ökosystemfunktionen und Naturschutz
    Werner Härdtle (Author) , 2024 Berlin, Heidelberg , 911 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  2. Halboffene Verbundkorridore: Ökologische Funktion, Leitbilder und Praxis-Leitfaden
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Dorothea Irmgard Ilse Nolte (Author) , Peter Finck (Author) , Diethart Matthies (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , Uwe Riecken (Author) , Eliane Travers (Author) , Karin Ullrich (Author) , 2016 Münster , 296 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Die Waldgesellschaften Luxemburgs: Vegetation, Standort, Vorkommen und Gefährdung
    Thomas Niemeyer (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Christian Ries (Author) , 2010 Luxembourg , 122 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-Soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg
    Werner Härdtle (Editor) , Kurt Horst (Editor) , Johannes Prüter (Editor) , 2006 Lüneburg , 173 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  5. Halboffene Weidelandschaft Höltigbaum: Perspektiven für den Erhalt und die naturverträgliche Nutzung von Offenlandlebensräumen ; Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus dem gleichnamigen Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben (E+E) des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz
    Goddert Oheimb (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , S. Baumung (Author) , Inge Eischeid (Author) , Peter Finck (Author) , Heiko Grell (Author) , Ulrich Mierwald (Author) , U. Ricken (Author) , Jutta Sandkühler (Author) , 2006 Bonn , 280 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

Journal contributions

  1. How to promote spider diversity of heathlands: impact of management intensity
    Dragan Matevski (Author) , Victoria Martine Temperton (Author) , David Walmsley (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Jelena Daniels (Author) , 01.04.2025 , in: Biodiversity and Conservation, 34 , p. 1057-1070 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and climate change on a globally rare forest geophyte
    Werner Härdtle (Author) , Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Bettina Ohse (Author) , Doris Jansen (Author) , 01.03.2025 , in: Plant Biology, 27, 2 , p. 297-309 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity
    Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Florian Schnabel (Author) , Rémy Beugnon (Author) , Bo Yang (Author) , Ronnie Richter (Author) , Nico Eisenhauer (Author) , Yuanyuan Huang (Author) , Xiaojuan Liu (Author) , Christian Wirth (Author) , Simone Cesarz (Author) , María Dolores Perles-García (Author) , Georg Hähn (Author) , Matthias Kunz (Author) , Nadia Castro-Izaguirre (Author) , Pascal A. Niklaus (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , Bernhard Schmid (Author) , Stefan Trogisch (Author) , Manfred Wendisch (Author) , Keping Ma (Author) , Helge Bruelheide (Author) , 01.03.2025 , in: Ecology Letters, 28, 3 , p. 1-11 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  4. ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
    Sylvia Haider (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Ilona Knollová (Author) , Milan Chytrý (Author) , Helge Bruelheide (Author) , Stefan Dullinger (Author) , Ute Jandt (Author) , Markus Bernhardt-Römermann (Author) , Idoia Biurrun (Author) , Francesco de Bello (Author) , Michael Glaser (Author) , Stephan Hennekens (Author) , Florian Jansen (Author) , Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (Author) , Daniel Kadaš (Author) , Ekin Kaplan (Author) , Klára Klinkovská (Author) , Bernd Lenzner (Author) , Harald Pauli (Author) , Marta Gaia Sperandii (Author) , Kris Verheyen (Author) , Manuela Winkler (Author) , Otar Abdaladze (Author) , Svetlana Aćić (Author) , Alicia T.R. Acosta (Author) , Audrey Alignier (Author) , Christopher Andrews (Author) , Raphaël Arlettaz (Author) , Fabio Attorre (Author) , Irena Axmanová (Author) , Manuel Babbi (Author) , Lander Baeten (Author) , Jakub Baran (Author) , Elena Barni (Author) , José Luis Benito-Alonso (Author) , Christian Berg (Author) , Ariel Bergamini (Author) , Imre Berki (Author) , Steffen Boch (Author) , Barbara Bock (Author) , Frank Bode (Author) , Gianmaria Bonari (Author) , Karel Boublík (Author) , Andrea J. Britton (Author) , Jörg Brunet (Author) , Vanessa Bruzzaniti (Author) , Serge Buholzer (Author) , Sabina Burrascano (Author) , Juan A. Campos (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , 01.03.2024 , in: Journal of Vegetation Science, 35, 2 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests
    Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Dries Landuyt (Author) , Michael P. Perring (Author) , Haben Blondeel (Author) , Emiel De Lombaerde (Author) , Leen Depauw (Author) , Eline Lorer (Author) , Sybryn L. Maes (Author) , Lander Baeten (Author) , Laurent Bergès (Author) , Markus Bernhardt-Römermann (Author) , Guntis Brūmelis (Author) , Jörg Brunet (Author) , Markéta Chudomelová (Author) , Janusz Czerepko (Author) , Guillaume Decocq (Author) , Jan den Ouden (Author) , Pieter De Frenne (Author) , Thomas Dirnböck (Author) , Tomasz Durak (Author) , Radosław Gawryś (Author) , Radim Hédl (Author) , Steffi Heinrichs (Author) , Thilo Heinken (Author) , Bogdan Jaroszewicz (Author) , Keith Kirby (Author) , Martin Kopecký (Author) , František Máliš (Author) , Martin Macek (Author) , Fraser J.G. Mitchell (Author) , Tobias Naaf (Author) , Petr Petřík (Author) , Kamila Reczynska (Author) , Wolfgang Schmidt (Author) , Tibor Standovár (Author) , Krzysztof Swierkosz (Author) , Simon M. Smart (Author) , Hans Van Calster (Author) , Ondrej Vild (Author) , Donald M. Waller (Author) , Monika Wulf (Author) , Kris Verheyen (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: Global Change Biology, 30, 1 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Nachbarschafts-Artenvielfalt kann trockenheitsbedingte Zuwachseinbußen bei Bäumen mindern
    Werner Härdtle (Author) , Andreas Fichtner (Author) , 23.08.2024 München , p. 119-131 , 13 p.

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

  2. Forest Ecosystems: A functional and biodiversity perspective
    Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , 01.01.2021 Cham , p. 383-405 , 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Land use change and the future of biodiversity
    Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Carsten Hobohm (Author) , Carl Beierkuhnlein (Author) , Christine Börtitz (Author) , V. Ralph Clark (Author) , Nadja El Balti (Author) , Scott Franklin (Author) , Thomas Gaens (Author) , Andreas Skriver Hansen (Author) , Monika Janišová (Author) , Jan Jansen (Author) , Martin Lindner (Author) , Michaela Moro-Richter (Author) , Volker Müller-Benedict (Author) , Konrad Ott (Author) , Karl Christoph Reinmuth (Author) , Nils M. van Rooijen (Author) , Matthias Sandberg (Author) , Joop H.J. Schaminée (Author) , Cindy Q. Tang (Author) , Hans-Christoph Vahle (Author) , Sula E. Vanderplank (Author) , 01.01.2021 Cham , p. 451-483 , 33 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Fragmentierung und lineare Lebensraumstrukturen - eine entomologische Perspektive
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Jörn Buse (Author) , Swantje Grabener (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , Peter Finck (Author) , Uwe Riecken (Author) , Karin Ullrich (Author) , 01.01.2020 Bonn , p. 49-66 , 18 p.

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

  5. Introduction to the Assessment - Characteristics of the Region
    Werner Härdtle (Author) , Markus Quante (Author) , Franciscus Colijn (Author) , Jan P. Bakker (Author) , Hartmut Heinrich (Author) , Christiana Lefebvre (Author) , Ingeborg Nöhren (Author) , Jørgen E. Olesen (Author) , Thomas Pohlmann (Author) , Horst Sterr (Author) , Jürgen Sündermann (Author) , Merja Helena Tölle (Author) , 01.09.2016 1. ed. Cham , p. 1-52 , 52 p.

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

Press / Media

  1. Fitnessprogramm für die Heide
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

Prizes

  1. Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2010 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2. Platz)
    Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  2. Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2009 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (3. Platz)
    Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  3. Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2008 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (3. Platz)
    Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

Teaching