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Prof. Dr. Sylvia Haider

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.103a
Fon +49.4131.677-2891, sylvia.haider@leuphana.de
Professor, Professorship of Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

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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

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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. Colonization and extinction lags drive non-linear responses to warming in mountain plant communities across the Northern Hemisphere
    Billur Bektaş (Author) , Chelsea Chisholm (Author) , Dagmar Egelkraut (Author) , Joshua Lynn (Author) , Sebastián Block (Author) , Thomas Deola (Author) , Fanny Dommanget (Author) , Brian J. Enquist (Author) , Deborah E. Goldberg (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Aud H. Halbritter (Author) , Yongtao He (Author) , Renaud Jaunatre (Author) , Anke Jentsch (Author) , Kari Klanderud (Author) , Paul Kardol (Author) , Susanne Lachmuth (Author) , Gregory Loucougaray (Author) , Tamara Münkemüller (Author) , Georg Niedrist (Author) , Hanna Nomoto (Author) , Lorah Seltzer (Author) , Joachim Paul Töpper (Author) , Lisa J. Rew (Author) , Tim Seipel (Author) , Manzoor A. Shah (Author) , Richard James Telford (Author) , Tom W.N. Walker (Author) , Shiping Wang (Author) , David A. Wardle (Author) , Peter Wolff (Author) , Yan Yang (Author) , Vigdis Vandvik (Author) , Jake M. Alexander (Author) , 01.08.2026 , in: Ecography, 2026, 8 , 15 p.

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

  3. Climate variability reduces biomass stability in species-rich grasslands, depending on management
    Yva Herion (Author) , Martin Andrzejak (Author) , Harald Auge (Author) , Walter Durka (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Johannes Höfner (Author) , Lotte Korell (Author) , Anna Maria Madaj (Author) , Stefan Michalski (Author) , Erik Welk (Author) , Anke Hildebrandt (Author) , W. Stanley Harpole (Author) , Christiane Roscher (Author) , 01.08.2026 , in: Oecologia, 208, 8

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

  4. Tree species diversity drives above-ground carbon sequestration through light-related trait shifts
    Joel Jensen (Author) , Haben Blondeel (Author) , Chloe MacLaren (Author) , Iftekhar U. Ahmed (Author) , Laurent Augusto (Author) , Lander Baeten (Author) , Mark R. Bakker (Author) , Jürgen Bauhus (Author) , Christel Baum (Author) , Friderike Beyer (Author) , Pedro Brancalion (Author) , Elisabeth Bönisch (Author) , Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo (Author) , Peter Dietrich (Author) , Nico Eisenhauer (Author) , Nicolas Fanin (Author) , Adam Felton (Author) , Olga Ferlian (Author) , Petra Fransson (Author) , Emmely Fritsch (Author) , Carolyn Glynn (Author) , Douglas L. Godbold (Author) , Joannès Guillemot (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Peter Hajek (Author) , Hervé Jactel (Author) , Simone Mereu (Author) , Celine Meredieu (Author) , Bart Muys (Author) , Nils Erik Nordh (Author) , Quentin Ponette (Author) , Boris Rewald (Author) , Agnès Robin (Author) , Dai Saito (Author) , Hans Sandén (Author) , Michael Scherer-Lorenzen (Author) , Hernán Serrano-León (Author) , Matthias Steinparzer (Author) , Kris Verheyen (Author) , Ramona Werner (Author) , Huimin Yi (Author) , Martin Weih (Author) , 01.06.2026 , in: Functional Ecology, 40, 6 , p. 1656-1675 , 20 p.

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

  5. Collaborating across mountains: contributions of the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) to ecology and conservation
    Aníbal Pauchard (Author) , Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo (Author) , Jake Alexander (Author) , Manzoor A. Shah (Author) , Agustina Barros (Author) , Lohengrin Cavieres (Author) , Sylvia Haider (Author) , Jonas J. Lembrechts (Author) , Keith McDougall (Author) , John W. Morgan (Author) , Vincent Ralph Clark (Author) , Irfan Rashid (Author) , Lisa J. Rew (Author) , Tim Seipel (Author) , 01.06.2026 , in: Biological Invasions, 28, 6

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

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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

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Prizes

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

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

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Courses

Field Exercise 9 - Introduction to Ecology (UWI/GESS)
Sylvia Haider, Alina Twerski
Please note that the field exercises not only differ in dates, but also in their topics and the study locations. For some exercises you will have to stay overnight, and for some exercises you need a bicycle.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE CONTENT AND LOCATION OF THIS ADDITIONAL FIELD EXERCISE MIGHT STILL CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS!


FOR THIS FIELD EXERCISE YOU NEED A BIKE AND A TENT (or share a tent with someone), as we CAMP at the ELBELING CAMPSITE near Radegast:
This is a hands-on field exercise where you get to experience and get to know a species-rich meadow in the Elbe river area and learn how to identify plant species, as well as measure how species increase with the area you sample in a meadow. Thus, it is very much about learning by doing, and testing a key ecological theory in the field.
For this exercise you need to bring your own bicycle. We cannot make exceptions for this, and please check your bike tires are well pumped up before setting out to the Elbe. Many thanks. We are also staying one night (Friday night) in the campsite near Radegast, and so you need to organise with your co-students to bring a tent, mat and sleeping bag. One cannot borrow a tent on the campsite, so please make sure you have this equipment with you. If there is some bigger equipment that you cannot manage to transport on your bikes, we can transport this in the institute van.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.
Introduction to Ecology
Thorsten Aßmann, Sylvia Haider
Scientific basics of ecology (autecology, population ecology, community ecology and ecosystem research).
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.
Long-term biodiversity monitoring in the Müritz National Park
Georg Johannes Albert Hähn, Sylvia Haider
Das Projekt bietet den Studierenden eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, tiefgreifende Einblicke in die Biodiversität dieses speziellen Ökosystems zu gewinnen.
Zusammen mit der Forschungsabteilung des Nationalparks wurde ein Monitoringkonzept erarbeitet und ein Design zur Etablierung von Dauerprobeflächen entwickelt.

Die Inhalte des Moduls umfassen:
1. Einführung in den Nationalpark Müritz: Verständnis für die geografische Lage, die Ökosysteme und die besondere Bedeutung des Nationalparks Müritz für den Naturschutz.
2. Grundlagen des Biodiversitäts-Monitorings: Erlernen von Methoden und Techniken für das Monitoring der biologischen Vielfalt, einschließlich Datensammlung, -analyse und -interpretation.
3. Artenkenntnisse und Identifikation: Identifikation von Pflanzen, die für das Ökosystem des Nationalparks Müritz charakteristisch sind.
4. Datenerfassung im Feld: Praktische Erfahrung im Gelände und Sammlung/Messung von Daten, mit Schwerpunkt auf Artenvielfalt und ökologischen Interaktionen.
5. Datenmanagement und -analyse: Einblick in die Strukturierung und Analyse von Biodiversitätsdaten, um räumliche Muster und Veränderungen im Laufe der Zeit zu erkennen.
6. Langfristige Perspektive: Verständnis für die Bedeutung langfristiger Biodiversitätsstudien und deren Beitrag zum Naturschutz und zur nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung von Schutzgebieten.
7. Kommunikation von Forschungsergebnissen: Entwicklung von Fähigkeiten zur effektiven Präsentation und Kommunikation von Forschungsergebnissen, um relevante Erkenntnisse einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen.
8. Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte: Diskussion von Aspekten der Nachhaltigkeit und des Naturschutzes im Kontext des Biodiversitäts-Monitorings und Entwicklung von Strategien zur Förderung eines ausgewogenen Verhältnisses zwischen menschlichen Aktivitäten und dem Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.