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Prof. Dr. Sylvia Haider

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.103a
Fon +49.4131.677-2891, sylvia.haider@leuphana.de

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Projects

  1. Climate future lab DIVERSA - Forest disturbances under climate change in Lower Saxony: Understanding drivers and impacts to enhance forest adaptability
    Sylvia Haider (Project manager, academic) , Andreas Fichtner (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  2. DFG Reserach Training Group 2324: TreeDì – Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation
    Sylvia Haider (Project manager, academic) , William Stanley Harpole (Project manager, academic) , Zeqing Ma (Project manager, academic) , Bo Yang (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  3. TRACE – TRAit-environment interactions driving elevational range expansions under ClimatE change
    Sylvia Haider (Project manager, academic) , Amanda Ratier Backes (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  4. Mechanisms underlying the success and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of range-expanding species under climate change
    Sylvia Haider (Project manager, academic) , Meike Buhaly (Project staff) , Jake M. Alexander (Coordination) , Vincent Ralph Clark (Partner) , Toke Thomas Høye (Partner) , Paul Kardol (Partner) , Vigdis Vandvik (Partner)
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    Project: Research

  5. Analysing plant invasions in their environmental context
    Sylvia Haider (Project manager, academic) , Marija Milanović (Project staff) , Ingolf Kühn (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Asynchrony and functional diversity couple herbivore community dynamics to host plant diversity
    Ming Qiang Wang (Author) , Georg Albert (Author) , Carlo L. Seifert (Author) , Douglas Chesters (Author) , Helge Bruelheide (Author) , Yi Li (Author) , Jing Ting Chen (Author) , Andréa Davrinche (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Shan Li (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , Tobias Proß (Author) , Keping Ma (Author) , Xiaojuan Liu (Author) , Arong Luo (Author) , Andreas Schuldt (Author) , Chao Dong Zhu (Author) , 01.12.2026 , in: Nature Communications, 17, 1 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Tree-tree interactions revisited – A refined approach to quantify spatial complementarity in tree crowns
    Alexander Täuber (Author) , Andreas Fichtner (Author) , Helge Bruelheide (Author) , Andréa Davrinche (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Tobias Käcks (Author) , Xiaojuan Liu (Author) , Tama Ray (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , 04.10.2026 , in: Ecological Indicators, 191 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance
    Sara Giulia Cazzaniga (Author) , Thomas Lauber (Author) , Johan van den Hoogen (Author) , Evelyn M. Beaury (Author) , C. Guillermo Bueno (Author) , James D. Bever (Author) , Gabriella Damasceno (Author) , Jane Catford (Author) , Jonathan Lenoir (Author) , Adam Martin (Author) , Akira S. Mori (Author) , Alexander Novakovskiy (Author) , Alvaro G. Gutiérrez (Author) , Ana González-Robles (Author) , André Luís de Gasper (Author) , Angela Moles (Author) , Angela Stanisci (Author) , Anikó Csecserits (Author) , Anke Jentsch (Author) , Anna Kuzemko (Author) , Antonio J. Perea (Author) , Ashish Nerlekar (Author) , Avishkar Munje (Author) , Behlül Güler (Author) , Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (Author) , Bruno Hérault (Author) , Bruno X. Pinho (Author) , Chris Baraloto (Author) , Christian Rossi (Author) , Daniel Hending (Author) , Daniel C. Laughlin (Author) , Dave Rogers (Author) , David Schellenberger Costa (Author) , Dinesh Thakur (Author) , Domas Uogintas (Author) , Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal (Author) , Esteban Alvarez-Davila (Author) , Evan Weiher (Author) , Evert Thomas (Author) , Fernando Gonçalves (Author) , Flávio Rodrigues (Author) , Francesco Maria Sabatini (Author) , Frank M. Schurr (Author) , Franz Essl (Author) , Georg Zizka (Author) , Gianmaria Bonari (Author) , Grzegorz Swacha (Author) , Han Y.H. Chen (Author) , Helge Bruelheide (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , 01.09.2026 , in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 10, 9 , p. 1644-1657 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. No Signal of Biotic Resistance to Non-Native Species Establishment in High-Elevation Communities
    Meike Buhaly (Author) , Sophia Turner (Author) , Noemi Katalin Kreuz (Author) , Vigdis Vandvik (Author) , Benedikt Veltmann (Author) , Jake M. Alexander (Author) , Jonas J. Lembrechts (Author) , Ivan Nijs (Author) , Maria Alisa Alvarez (Author) , José Ramón Arévalo (Author) , Valeria Aschero (Author) , Joshua P. Averett (Author) , Agustina Barros (Author) , Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo (Author) , Lohengrin A. Cavieres (Author) , Vincent Ralph Clark (Author) , Curtis C. Daehler (Author) , Pervaiz A. Dar (Author) , Franz Essl (Author) , Georg V. Flückiger (Author) , Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo (Author) , Casey Gibson (Author) , Christian Larson (Author) , Keith McDougall (Author) , Martin A. Nuñez (Author) , Aníbal Pauchard (Author) , Stephanie Payne (Author) , Tobias Proß (Author) , Petr Pyšek (Author) , Irfan Rashid (Author) , Amanda Ratier Backes (Author) , Zafar A. Reshi (Author) , Lisa J. Rew (Author) , Tim Seipel (Author) , Sandy Lynn Steenhuisen (Author) , Michaela Vítková (Author) , Genevieve Wright (Author) , Shengwei Zong (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , 01.09.2026 , in: Journal of Vegetation Science, 37, 5 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Plant species responses to nutrient addition, but not to herbivore exclusion, strengthen over time in global grasslands
    Wenhuai Li (Author) , Elizabeth T. Borer (Author) , Eric W. Seabloom (Author) , Carly J. Stevens (Author) , Carlos Alberto Arnillas (Author) , Isabel C. Barrio (Author) , Lori Biederman (Author) , Kari Anne Bråthen (Author) , Yvonne M. Buckley (Author) , Miguel N. Bugalho (Author) , Maria C. Caldeira (Author) , Jane A. Catford (Author) , Qingqing Chen (Author) , Mick Crawley (Author) , Carla M. D'Antonio (Author) , Kendi F. Davies (Author) , Chris R. Dickman (Author) , Ian Donohue (Author) , Mary Ellyn DuPre (Author) , Anne Ebeling (Author) , Nico Eisenhauer (Author) , Anu Eskelinen (Author) , Nicole Hagenah (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Yann Hautier (Author) , Erika Hersch-Green (Author) , Khishigbayar Jamiyansharav (Author) , Anke Jentsch (Author) , Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir (Author) , Johannes M.H. Knops (Author) , Lauri Laanisto (Author) , Ariuntsetseg Lkhagva (Author) , Jason P. Martina (Author) , Holly Martinson (Author) , Yujie Niu (Author) , Devyn A. Orr (Author) , Pablo L. Peri (Author) , Edwin T. Pos (Author) , Sally A. Power (Author) , Zhengwei Ren (Author) , Anita C. Risch (Author) , Christiane Roscher (Author) , Nicholas G. Smith (Author) , Marie Spohn (Author) , Pedro M. Tognetti (Author) , G. F. Veen (Author) , Risto Virtanen (Author) , Glenda M. Wardle (Author) , Hillary Young (Author) , Jonathan D. Bakker (Author) , 01.09.2026 , in: Journal of Ecology, 114, 9 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Africa’s mountainous islands: archipelagos of fire, water, and problem species
    V. Ralph Clark (Author) , Claudine Ah-Peng (Author) , José R. Arévalo (Author) , Amanda R. Backes (Author) , Mathieu Rouget (Author) , Grant Martin (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , 01.01.2024 , p. 129-149 , 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  2. Plant invasions into mountain protected areas: Assessment, prevention and control at multiple spatial scales
    Christoph Kueffer (Author) , Keith McDougall (Author) , Jake Alexander (Author) , Curt Daehler (Author) , Peter Edwards (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Ann Milbau (Author) , Catherine Parks (Author) , Aníbal Pauchard (Author) , Zafar A. Reshi (Author) , Lisa J. Rew (Author) , Mellesa Schroder (Author) , Tim Seipel (Author) , 01.01.2013 , p. 89-113 , 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. 1. Einleitung
    Sylvia Haider (Author) , Tina Heger (Author) , Thomas Kirchhoff (Author) , Ursula Schuster (Author) , Vera Vicenzotti (Author) , Annette Voigt (Author) , 31.12.2011 , p. 4-6 , 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. Pflanzeninvasionen in Gebirgen – (noch) keine Gefahr?
    Sylvia Haider (Author) , Christoph Küffer (Author) , 01.01.2011 1 ed. , p. 105-110 , 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  5. Alien plants in the Alps. Status and future invasion risks
    Christoph Küffer (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Contributor) , Hansjörg Dietz (Contributor) , Jake M. Alexander (Contributor) , Keith McDougall (Contributor) , Andreas Gigon (Contributor) , Tim Seipel (Contributor) , 01.01.2010 Copenhagen , p. 153-154 , 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to scientific reports › Research

Prizes

  1. "Student’s European Ecology Prize" of the European Ecological Federation (EEF)
    (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

Courses

Luzie Emilia Glock, Sylvia Haider, Tina Heger
Biodiversity is a core element of sustainable ecosystems. To protect biodiversity, it is crucial to understand the drivers of biodiversity and the consequences of its loss. We will address the scientific basis of biodiversity research, including the topics: how to measure and quantify biodiversity at different scales; how biodiversity affects ecosystem processes and ecosystem stability; which factors favor biodiversity and which factors are threats to biodiversity; native vs non-native biodiversity; local and global patterns of biodiversity. These topics will be introduced in the lecture and deepened with presentations and discussions about selected scientific publications and case studies.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-10-26 at 12:15
Sylvia Haider, Berta Martín-López
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-27 at 14:15