Team Animal Ecology and Trophic Interactions

Professor: Prof. Dr. Michael Staab

Research Assistants: Julian Lunow, M.A. Joshua Spitz

Technical and Administrative Staff: Tanja M. Müller, Kerstin Strauß

I am a zoologist and (animal) ecologist with a special interest in biodiversity research and insects. Originally, I have mostly focused on tropical ants, while in the last years I address questions related to community ecology and trophic interaction networks from a biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) perspective. Questions of global environmental change, especially microclimate, also increasingly play a large role in my work. Nevertheless, as long as animals are involved, I am fascinated by and engaged in many topics, from taxonomy and systematics, to host-parasitoid interactions, to (phylo)genetic diversity, among others.

www.leuphana.de/en/institutes/institute-of-ecology/team/michael-staab.html

I am interested in ecological relationships in semi-natural habitats like forests and grasslands. My main focus is on the effects of land use change on communities of different organisms and the effect of these changes on ecosystem functions. Specifically, I am working on the diversity and ecology of insects (especially beetles) and the functions they provide.

https://www.leuphana.de/en/institutes/institute-of-ecology/team/julian-lunow.html

This section is still under construction. 

https://www.leuphana.de/en/institutes/institute-of-ecology/team/joshua-spitz.html