Co-creating social-ecological ecosystem restoration in Western Rwanda: Important updates from the living lab
“If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.” – origin unknown, often attributed to an African proverb…
Jacqueline Poertner
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In need of a social-ecological approach – How to successfully restore grasslands
You are a researcher, conservationist, or a grassland-enthusiast with any kind of background and wish that there was a road map on how to successfully restore grasslands?…
The hidden variability of forests: What leaves can tell us about functional diversity
Did you know that members of our Institute of Ecology have been part of an international research team of the worldwide largest biodiversity experiment, researching tree diversity…
At risk of global homogenisation: mountain plant communities invaded by non-native species
In times of global change and novel ecosystems, assessing the impact of non-native species spread on the diversity of native plant communities has become more relevant than…
Less land use, more insects: Grassland extensification boosts invertebrate abundance
It won’t surprise you that habitat loss and ecosystem degradation caused by intensive land use pose a global threat to biodiversity. For example, intensive land use is…
The past, present, and future of ecological research at Leuphana – A symposium organized by the Institute of Ecology
The Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg is celebrating its 15th anniversary – making it unique in Germany. To mark this milestone, the individual institutes within…