Prof. Dr. Werner Härdtle
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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TR_Experiment Stickstoffeintrag
Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Biodiversität, Ökosystemfunktionen und Naturschutz
Werner Härdtle (Author) , 2024 Berlin, Heidelberg , 911 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research
- 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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
- 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 anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- 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 anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
- 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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
Journal contributions
- Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany—an overview and insights from the Grassworks project
Victoria Martine Temperton (Author) , Alina Twerski (Author) , Miguel Ángel Cebrián-Piqueras (Author) , Manuel Pacheco Romero (Author) , Joern Fischer (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Lukas Christopher Kuhn (Author) , Jacqueline Loos (Author) , Lotte Marie Lutz (Author) , Felix May (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Ioana A. Pătru-Dușe (Author) , Philipp Laeseke (Author) , Regina Neudert (Author) , Markus Bauer (Author) , Volker Beckmann (Author) , Konrad Gray (Author) , Johannes Kollmann (Author) , Christin Juno Laschke (Author) , Michaela Meyer (Author) , Maraja Riechers (Author) , Moritz Ptacek (Author) , Desirée Seifert (Author) , Annika Schmidt (Author) , Line Sturm (Author) , Jan Thiele (Author) , Sabine Tischew (Author) , Liselotte Unseld (Author) , Terese Venus (Author) , Miriam Wiesmeier (Author) , Anita Kirmer (Author) , 01.09.2025 , in: Restoration Ecology, 33, 7 , 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Untersuchungen zur Mortalität von Empetrum nigrum (L.) und Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull in Küstenheiden auf der Insel Sylt
Ramona Isabel Ressel (Author) , Rainer Borcherding (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Andreas Fichtner (Author) , 23.06.2025 , in: Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde, 2024/2025, 48 , p. 39-66 , 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- 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/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- 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/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 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/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 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/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 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/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Activities
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Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften
Werner Härdtle (Speaker) , Thomas Niemeyer (Speaker)
→Activity: Guest lectures › Education
Press / Media
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Fitnessprogramm für die Heide
1 time citedPress/Media: Press/Media
Prizes
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Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2010 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2. Platz)
Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2009 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (3. Platz)
Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Most Cited Researcher of the Year 2008 der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (3. Platz)
Werner Härdtle (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research