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Vegetation dynamics of the East- European forest-steppe since the Late Glacial: climate, human and fire impact
(2024-03-11)While many studies have documented changes of the northern latitudinal forest limit in Europe and its drivers, little is known about the southern latitudinal limit of the forest towards the steppe in Eastern Europe. ... -
Assessing sociality: catarrhine microsatellites and the dynamics of glucocorticoids with social relationships in wild male Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)
(2024-02-22)In order to navigate within-group competition and maximise fitness, strategies have evolved in group-living animals, including social dominance ranks and affiliative relationships. Both of these play a crucial role in ... -
The evolution of the head appendages in marine bristle worms
(2023-12-15)Annelida can be found in all kind of habitats and thus show a huge diversity in form, size, and colour. A key structure for their evolutionary success and adaptability to their individual lifestyles are the head appendages. ... -
Fine root traits of tropical montane trees in Ecuador - Effects of elevation, variation between tree functional types, and above-belowground linkage
(2023-06-21)Tropical montane forests in the Andes are one of the most species-rich ecosystems of the world, and are therefore both valuable from a conservation perspective and interesting for testing ecological hypotheses. Particularly ... -
Collembola communities across forest ecosystems in Germany: Long-term dynamics and interrelationships with fungal food resources
(2023-06-20)Collembola, one of the most abundant animals in soils worldwide, are important drivers of soil ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and the cycling of organic matter. By feeding on fungal hyphae and spores, they ... -
Nemoral European Beech and Oak Forests under Climate Change
(2023-05-16)Global warming and increasing drought severity are exposing temperate forests to higher stress levels, challenging forest management in the 21st century. With a projected warming by 2–3 K until 2070, silvicultural adaptation ... -
Resilience of Earthworm and Soil Microbial Communities to Agricultural Intensification and Climatic Extremes - A Case Study in the North German Lowlands
(2023-05-16)High demands for agricultural goods such as food, fiber and fodder and at the same time a decreasing farmland area result in an ongoing intensification of agricultural production. This is accompanied by high environmental ... -
Landscape effects on predator activity and nest predation in grey partridges Perdix perdix
(2023-04-14)Europe's agricultural landscapes used to be home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife that have adapted to these open, cultivated landscapes. Following the onset of large-scale agricultural intensification in the ... -
Microsatellites and Genetic Variation in Two Members of the African Papionini
(2023-03-31)The importance of genetic variation for the fitness and viability of populations and species has been shown in many studies over the last decades. However, the way to determine such genetic variation has changed and evolved ... -
Bat activity and diversity in a temperate old-growth forest - Influence of horizontal and vertical structural heterogeneity on the bat assemblage of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus
(2022-12-21)There are two different options to manage forests in the era of global climate warming, with partly opposing inferences. One is to reduce management or abandon it, as undisturbed forest ecosystems effectively store carbon ... -
Long-term vegetation dynamics along altitudinal and longitudinal gradients in the Hyrcanian forest region (northern Iran)
(2022-12-14)As an Arcto-Tertiary species refugium, the Hyrcanian forest region of Iran, may play an important role in investigating paleoclimatic and palaeoecological changes. This narrow belt, located between the biggest lake of the ... -
Holocene climate changes, sea-level oscillations and humans impact in northeastern Brazil
(2022-12-05)During the Holocene, the environment in northeastern Brazil has changed mainly due to climate dynamics, human activities, and in the coastal area, sea-level oscillations. However, little is known about the environmental ... -
Adjustment of hydraulic, anatomical and leaf traits in Fagus sylvatica (L.) towards drier conditions. A study in mature stands.
(2022-08-24)Hydraulic traits are closely linked to the ability of tree species to survive droughts and were therefore used to predict the disposition of trees to suffer from hydraulic failure in the face of climate change. While most ... -
The confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum A model for investigating Wolbachia-host interactions
(2022-07-20)Summary Wolbachia, a group of maternally inherited intracellular endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria, are found in a wide range of arthropods and nematodes. It has been estimated that over 65% of insect species are infected ... -
Seasonal habitat use and breeding performance of the Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in Central European farmland
(2022-06-21)The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has often been identified as a driver of recent agricultural intensification and thus of biodiversity loss. All major taxa, including vascular plants, arthropods, ... -
Prospects for climate change mitigation of Scots pine and European beech forests
(2022-06-03)The historic large-scale forest conversion in the northern German lowlands resulted in a man-made dominance of Scots pine, in a landscape that would naturally be dominated by forests of European beech. Since drawbacks of ... -
Conservation ecology and mitigation of conflicts between livestock owners and snow leopards (Panthera uncia)
(2022-05-13)The world is currently facing an accelerated loss of biodiversity, which is considered a human-induced mass extinction. Large carnivores face a multitude of anthropogenic threats and are particularly prone to local extirpation ... -
Diverse forests for climate change: Drought stress tolerance of secondary timber species
(2021-08-17)Accelerated climate warming in the past decades and a recent increase in the frequency and severity of summer heat-waves in combination with more irregular summer precipitation challenge silvicultural concepts in Europe’s ... -
Diversity and leaf functional traits of vascular epiphytes along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity.
(2021-03-11)Tropical mountains are hotspots of biodiversity and refugia for plants and animals, especially in a world of accelerating climatic change (Steinbauer et al., 2018). Biological diversity on tropical mountains is shaped by ... -
Genetic and behavioral correlates of pair living in coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus)
(2021-02-15)The occurrence of monogamy in mammals represents an evolutionary puzzle. Because of reduced parental investment, males are expected to increase their reproductive success by mating with multiple females rather than being ... -
Changes in trophic niches of oribatid mites with transformation of tropical rainforest systems - from rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia
(2021-01-05)During the last decades especially tropical regions suffered from degradation as well as transformation of landscapes into different land-use systems. Logged rainforest sites in Southeast Asia are often transformed into ... -
The role of the fine root system in carbon fluxes and carbon allocation patterns of tropical ecosystems along a climate and land-use gradient at Mount Kilimanjaro
(2020-10-13)The combined effects of global warming and land-use conversion to human-modified systems are threatening biodiversity and ecosystem processes maintained by tropical mountains. To assess and predict the impact of global ... -
Arable plant diversity in conventionally managed farmland of Northwest Germany – Current state and a participative approach to increase farmland biodiversity
(2020-10-08)With the beginning of Central European agriculture in the Neolithic, man-made landscapes have been created, which are characterized by arable land cultivated with crops and grasslands needed for livestock farming. In these ... -
Mating behaviour of a wild olive baboon population (Papio anubis) infected by Treponema pallidum
(2020-10-01)According to the World Health Organization (2019), more than one million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide in the human population. These infections can have serious reproductive health ... -
Interactive effects of elevation and forest-use intensity on tropical tree diversity in Veracruz, Mexico.
(2020-10-01)Land-use change and intensification have a substantial impact on tropical mountain ecosystems worldwide. However, our understanding of how anthropogenic changes affect different facets of tree diversity and community ... -
Vegetation, climate and fire dynamics of Upper Montane Forest and Campos de Altitude during the Holocene in southeastern Brazil
(2020-09-22)The Atlantic Forest biome is well known as one of the mostly biodiversity regions on earth, hosting high species endemism and species/area ratio. It stretches around 1,300,000 km2 along the Brazilian coast between latitudes ... -
Vegetation patterns and processes in semi-natural open habitats and the contribution of wild red deer to their conservation
(2019-09-30)Traditional practices of human land use have shaped semi-natural open habitats over the past millennia, resulting in the typical European cultural landscapes with characteristic, diverse species communities. In the course ... -
Coral islands in West Papua: A model system for functional and taxonomic diversity and the resilience of isolated habitats
(2019-07-03)Biological diversity on islands is shaped by an interplay of geo-environmental dynamics that are relatively easy to observe, as islands have distinct boundaries and are often small in size. These unique characteristics of ... -
Frugivore behavior and plant spatial genetics
(2019-03-13)Spatial genetics aims to understand the influence of environmental features and biological interactions on gene flow and genetic structure. In plants, spatial genetics is determined by the rate, pattern and spatial extent ... -
Indonesian coastal wetlands
(2019-03-13)As an archipelago country, Indonesia harbors vast area of coastal wetlands such as mangrove and peatland that stores around 50 Gt carbon (C). Indonesian coastal wetlands are also rich in biodiversity, providing habitats ... -
Forest Structure and Structural Dynamics of Virgin Beech Forests in Slovakia
(2019-02-14)European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests gain a special interest in Central Europe. The highly competitive species would most likely achieve dominance within a wide range of site conditions. Understanding the natural ... -
The assembly of island floras from a macroecological perspective.
(2019-01-24)Islands have always played a central role in ecology and biogeography. On the one hand, island biotas are ecologically unique by featuring exceptionally high rates of endemism and remarkable evolutionary adaptations while ... -
Plant diversity and landscape-scale effects on multitrophic interactions involving invertebrates
(2018-11-12)Biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems is declining due to increasing anthropogenic pressure. Urban and agricultural expansion lead to shrinking natural or seminatural habitats. In addition, management intensification of ... -
Spread and performance of European earthworms invading North America as indicated by molecular markers and climate chamber experiments
(2018-10-15)European lumbricid earthworms were introduced into northern North America by European settlers about 400 years ago. They are invasive across the continent and cause notable changes in native forest ecosystems. Human-mediated ... -
Structure, Productivity and Carbon Storage of Primeval European Beech Forests
(2018-06-06)A major part of the potential natural vegetation of central Europe consists of European beech forests (Fagus sylvatica L.). Beech is one of the most important broadleaf tree species for forestry within its distribution ... -
Effects of Land Use, Habitat Fragmentation and Climate Warming on Stem Increment, Regeneration, and Hydraulic Architecture of Larix sibirica in the Mongolian Forest-Steppe
(2018-05-16)Effects of land use intensity, forest fragmentation and climate warming on stem increment and hydraulic architecture of Larix sibirica growing at the southern fringe of the Eurosiberian boreal forest in the Mongolian ... -
Assembly processes in soil animal communities: Integrating phylogeny and trait-based approaches
(2018-03-02)Soils are among the most biodiverse systems on earth. The coexistence in soils of a multitude of animal species has long puzzled soil ecologists. How can so many species co-occur, and what are the processes driving and ... -
Investigating Environmental (Climate and Vegetation) Change of Eastern Amazonia During Pleistocene and Holocene Using Multi-Proxy Analysis
(2018-01-08)This thesis contributes to better understanding of long-term vegetation history in eastern Amazonia and the possible role that climate, fire, soil and human may play to change the landscape. To achieve this aim, three new ... -
Carbon and nutrient cycles depending on climate and land use along the elevation gradient of Mount Kilimanjaro
(2017-10-18)Ecosystem functions of tropical mountain ecosystems and their ability to provide ecosystem services are particularly threatened by the combined impact of climate and land-use change. Carbon and nutrient cycling are fundamental ... -
Vulnerability analysis of the rare woodland fern Polystichum braunii (Dryopteridaceae) in Germany
(2017-10-18)Background: Various rare and endangered temperate ferns are being threatened by their recent population decline, but there is limited understanding of the causes behind it. Aims: This study attempted to identify the ... -
Effects of forest structure and dynamics on vascular epiphyte assemblages - Functional trait analyses and modelling studies
(2017-04-26)Vascular epiphytes are non-parasitic plants that germinate and grow on trees without contact to the soil. Their arboreal life style implies a strong dependence on forest structure and dynamics. Tree architectures change ... -
Experimental biodiversity enrichment in an oil-palm plantation
(2016-12-21)Large-scale conversion of tropical forests has led to dramatic losses of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services and functions. One particularly severe example of forest and biodiversity loss is Indonesia. The ... -
The soil food web of temperate deciduous forests: litter and root resources as driving factors, and soil fauna effects on ecosystem processes
(2016-12-16)Above- and belowground communities have been investigated independently for long, but there is increasing evidence that both are intimately linked and depend on each other. Plants provide energy and nutrients for the ... -
Definition of areas with high conservation priority in Southern Ecuador – An approach combining spatial and temporal patterns of deforestation and human impact with endemic plant diversity
(2016-10-28)The forests of South Ecuador have high conservation value because they are highly threatened, but also possess high diversity and endemism levels. However, as the process of conservation is inherently spatial, the little ... -
Prey preferences of the Persian leopard and trophic competition with human hunters in Iran
(2016-09-14)Poaching is a global environmental threat, which drives populations of many species toward extinction. Current levels of poaching are unsustainable, causing substantial impacts on ecosystems and wildlife. By poaching, ... -
The late holocene history of vegetation, climate, fire dynamics and human impacts in Java and Southern Kalimantan
(2016-09-14)Detailed analysis of past environmental, climate and land use history in the Indonesian region is essential to obtain better understanding of human-environment relationships and to prevent uncertainties in future development ... -
Species-specific fine root biomass, morphology and dynamics of six co-occurring deciduous tree species in the Hainich National Park and a conifer tree species at the alpine treeline
(2016-09-02)This thesis is subdivided into two main research areas. The first two studies were conducted in a mature mixed temperate broad leaved forest with regard to species identity effects on fine root traits, while the third study ... -
The imapct of drought and climate warming on Central European broad-leaved mixed forests
(2016-08-10)Climate warming is predicted to increase the frequency and severity of droughts in Central Europe through increasing temperatures and regional changes in the precipitation regime. Fagus sylvatica (European beech), the ... -
Response of European beech to decreasing summer precipitation under global climate change
(2016-07-15)Global warming-related summer precipitation reduction represents a major threat on tree vitality and persistence and hence on forest productivity over large parts of the temperate zone. European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) ... -
Cooperative breeding and anti-predator strategies of the azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus Pallas, 1776) in northern Mongolia
(2016-07-14)In this study, I investigated the proximate mechanisms underlying an expression of the helping behaviour by examining feeding rate and frequency of helpers under varying food availability and predation risk in different ... -
Origin and properties of microbial hotspots in top- and subsoil
(2016-07-04)Microbial hotspots, defined by increased abundance and activity of microorganisms make up only a small percentage of the total soil volume but most microbially-mediated biogeochemical processes that are relevant for ... -
Development and dynamics of the Atlantic rainforest during the Late Quaternary and its connections with the climate system
(2016-06-29)The Atlantic rainforest harbour an outstandingly high biodiversirty. Many different environmental factors (climate, soil, geomorphology, ocean and etc) interact in a very large space creating complex ecosystems with high ... -
Ant diversity, function and services across tropical land-use systems in Indonesia
(2016-05-18)Land-use change due to agricultural expansion is one of the greatest global threats to biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions and services. In the tropics in particular, conversion of forest and agroforests into ... -
Palynological studies and Holocene ecosystem dynamics in north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
(2016-04-28)Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (31°49´N, 70°55´E to 35°50´N, 71°47´E) is located in north western Pakistan in south Asia. The Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan lies to its west, Indian Himalayas to the northeast and Karakorum Mountains ... -
Interacting effects of forest edge, tree diversity and forest stratum on the diversity of plants and arthropods in Germany’s largest deciduous forest
(2016-04-25)Major threats to global biodiversity include the continuous increase of forest fragmentation and the associated augmentation of forest edge zones. How much edge effects penetrate into the forest interior can be influenced ... -
Genetic diversity of sexual and parthenogenetic soil living arthropods (Collembola) in Europe: colonization patterns, pre-glacial diversifications and founder effects
(2016-04-01)Large parts of northern and central Europe were covered by ice sheets and permafrost due to climate changes in Europe during the last ice age (2.7 million to 11.7 kya). Plant and animal species had to adapt to lower ... -
Carbon flow in belowground food webs assessed by isotope tracers
(2016-02-04)Soil food webs are complex networks that consist of several trophic levels and taxonomic groups including soil microorganisms, protists, nematodes, annelids and soil arthropods. Interactions between and within trophic ... -
Limitations in Global Information on Species Occurrences
(2016-02-02)Detailed information on species distributions is crucial to answering central questions in ecology, evolutionary biology and biogeography and for effectively allocating conservation resources among regions. Huge numbers ... -
Towards a unified allometric and stoichiometric perspective in ecology
(2015-09-09)Ecosystem functioning is maintained by the interplay of a multitude of species. However, in a time of global change there are high rates of species extinctions which can drastically reduce the functionality of natural ... -
Gene flow dynamics in Baboons - The influence of social systems
(2015-09-04)The relationship between genes and behaviour has been of longstanding interest to evolutionary biologists. Certain behaviours can shape the genetic structure of natural populations, thereby altering their genetic diversity ... -
Effects of different energy cropping systems on plant diversity in Central German agricultural landscapes
(2015-08-17)The rich biodiversity of the Central European farmland is to a large extent directly dependent on human management decisions. Diverse and dynamic biocoenoses have developed in mutual interactions with farming practices, ... -
Exploring patterns of phytodiversity, ethnobotany, plant geography and vegetation in the mountains of Miandam, Swat, Northern Pakistan
(2015-07-08)The study area of Miandam (35° 1′- 5′ N, 72°30′-37′ E) is located in the District of Swat in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North West Frontier Province) in the North of Pakistan. The present project is a ... -
Effects of earthworms and tree species (Fagus sylvatica L., Fraxinus excelsior L.) on greenhouse trace gas fluxes in mixed deciduous broad-leaved forests
(2015-02-25)Despite the large number of studies and the associated knowledge gain uncertainties on the determinants of greenhouse gas fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems still exist. It is important to bridge these gaps as land use and ... -
Soil animal food webs in temperate forests: effects of forest management on trophic structure as indicated by molecular gut content, stable isotope and fatty acid analyses
(2015-01-19)The soil system comprises a high diversity of coexisting species interacting in close association. Generally, soil animals are assumed to be trophic generalists feeding on resources of even different trophic levels. The ... -
Environmental heterogeneity–species richness relationships from a global perspective
(2014-12-11)Spatial environmental heterogeneity (EH) is regarded as one of the most important drivers of species richness gradients worldwide. Its association with increased available niche space, provision of refuges, and opportunities ... -
The Macroecology of Island Floras
(2014-12-09)Marine islands harbour a great part of our planet’s biological diversity and a high proportion of endemic species. However, island biota are particularly susceptible to anthropogenic threats like climate change, habitat ... -
Structure of and carbon flux through soil food webs of temperate grassland as affected by land use management
(2014-11-06)In Europe grasslands are among the most important agricultural systems. They are subject to continuous management intensification, which is potentially threatening ecosystem services. Since soil comprises the largest ... -
Mycorrhizal fungi in deciduous forests of differing tree species diversity and their role for nutrient transfer
(2014-07-25)Mycorrhizal fungi are forming EcM on beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and AM on ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and are an important component of several ecosystem processes in forests. One main functional role is nutrient acquisition, ... -
Intra- and interspecific variation of functional traits, growth performance and belowground competition in <i>Populus</i> species
(2014-06-06)Short-rotation forestry (SRF) systems provide sustaining resource supply that is needed to meet the rapidly increasing demand in wood products and renewable energy. Poplar species (Populus spp.) are frequently used ... -
Pollination ecology and spatial genetic population structure of wild and cultivated species of cacao (Theobroma) in Bolivia
(2014-03-19)Tropical forest in southwestern Amazonia is threatened by increasing human populations, economic exploitation, deforestation and burning activities for cattle raising and agriculture. Tropical rainforests are characterized ... -
Changes in trophic structure of decomposer communities with land use in Central European temperate forests
(2014-03-05)Soil animals affect major ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling and soil formation, and thereby play a central role in aboveground - belowground interactions. Soil animal food webs are complex trophic networks ... -
Functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi with regard to nutrient transfer
(2013-11-11)Mycorrhizal associations of tree species are important drivers of plant belowground interactions. The main objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of mycorrhizal fungi on plant competition for nutrients. ... -
Molecular Analysis of Centipede Predation
(2013-09-30)Soil food webs are an essential part of terrestrial ecosystem functioning and characterised by a high degree of cross linkage between the members of a highly diverse soil community. Centipedes are abundant predators in the ... -
Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
(2013-09-10)Sediments of buried soils from different key areas at Mt Kilimanjaro are studied to reconstruct former and to predict future landscape dynamics on Mt Kilimanjaro. This contributes to a better understanding of local and ... -
Tree species as determinants of the structure of oribatid mite communities (Oribatida) and the incorporation of plant carbon and nitrogen in the soil animal food web
(2013-08-23)In this dissertation I investigated the role of tree species for the structure and functioning of soil animal food webs in temperate forests. In the field, the role of tree species diversity as compared to tree species ... -
Respone of tree-ring width and regeneration in conifer forests of Mongolia to climate warming and land use
(2013-07-19)This thesis presents research results from isolated larch forest islands at high altitude (ca. 2300 m a.s.l.) in the Altai Mountain, which are used for mobile livestock husbandry. In addition, investigations from the central ... -
Fungal diversity in a transgenic poplar plantation and the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi for tree performance under field and controlled drought stress conditions
(2013-06-05)The worldw ide increasing energy demand comes along with diminishing fossil fuel resources. Thus, research on alternative bioenergy sources is urgently needed. Poplars with optimized properties for bioethanol ... -
Phylogeography and impact of hybridization on the evolution of African green monkeys (Chlorocebus Gray, 1870)
(2013-06-04)The evolution of the current global biodiversity has been profoundly influenced by climatic and environmental changes over the past million years. While there is an obvious impact of Quaternary climate changes and glacial ... -
The nematode-based food-chain of a temperate deciduous forest
(2013-05-13)Soils are complex and heterogeneous habitats for soil animals. Trophic interactions between soil animals are depicted in soil food webs which form an essential component of terrestrial ecosystems. Soil food webs are based ... -
Spatial variation of photosynthetic capacity of early-, mid-, or late-successional broad-leaved tree species in a temperate mixed forest
(2013-03-22)Forests are important not only as a habitat for animal and plant species, but also for economy, protection of soil, local recreation areas and they provide air-purification. Forests which were earlier almost solely ... -
Fine root traits, belowground interactions and competition effects on the rhizosphere of <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> and <i>Fraxinus excelsior</i> saplings
(2013-03-22)European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) are common tree species in Central European forests and of high ecological as well as economic value. However, knowledge about the ... -
Plant species and global change agents as driving factors of rhizosphere processes and soil nematode communities
(2013-03-19)The soil system harbors important ecosystem functions. Understanding the factors influencing the functioning of soil systems is crucial to react adequately on changes induced by alteration in plant species compositions and ... -
Grassland Management and Diversity Effects on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Losses
(2013-02-26)Grasslands play an important role in land use, covering one third of the agriculturally utilized landscape in Europe. As a consequence of management intensification in the last 60 years, the productivity of grasslands ... -
Nitrogen response efficiency, nitrogen retention efficiency, and asymbiotic biological nitrogen fixation of a temperate permanent grassland site under different sward compositions and management practices
(2013-02-15)Human activity had a huge impact on the global nitrogen (N) cycle in the last decades, mainly through an increase in the production of reactive N. In European grasslands, the increased use of N fertilizers was accompanied ... -
Effects of nutrient cycling through litter of different broadleaved deciduous tree species on soil biochemical properties and the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in soil
(2013-01-30)Tree species influence soil chemical properties via the input of nutrients and protons through throughfall, stemflow, litterfall, and root respiration and/ or exudation. The effect of conifers versus hardwood trees on soil ... -
Effects of temperature and body mass on soil communities
(2013-01-11)The Earth is undergoing a climate change with predicted increases in temperature by up to 6° C until 2100. How this warming affects soil food webs is of fundamental interest for mankind as it may influence global food ... -
Community structure, trophic ecology and reproductive mode of oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari) in forest ecosystems
(2012-12-19)Oribatid mites are predominantly soil-living organisms reaching densities of up to 400,000 individuals per square meter in forest soils, where they contribute to decomposition processes and nutrient cycling. In acidic ... -
Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Leaf Monkeys (Colobinae) with Focus on the Genus Presbytis (Eschscholtz, 1821)
(2012-08-07)Leaf monkeys (Colobinea) constitute a very diverse group of primates with major radiations inAfrica and Asia. Among the langur group, Presbytis constitutes a particular diverse taxon. Based on molecular biological and ... -
Effects of land-use intensity in grasslands on diversity, life-history traits and multitrophic interactions
(2012-04-25)Land-use intensification is identified as one of the major threats for biodiversity worldwide. The number of endangered species is increasing and only few species mostly generalists seem to benefit from land-use intensification. ... -
The influence of land-use intensification and biodiversity on grassland biomass, water use and plant functional traits
(2012-01-19)Agricultural intensification has transformed most grasslands of Central and Western Europe from extensive to highly intensive management during the last 50 years, resulting in a strong ... -
Determinants of population structure in the world's smallest primate, <i>Microcebus berthae</i>, across its global range in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar
(2012-01-11)This study investigated the population ecology of the world s smallest primate, Microcebus berthae, which is locally endemic to Menabe Central, the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous ... -
Taxonomy, phylogeny and distribution of tamarins (genus Saguinus, Hoffannsegg 1807)
(2012-01-09)The Callitrichinae are small bodied New World primates, including two of the most diverse groups of primates, the marmosets (genera Callithrix and Mico) and tamarins (genus Sa-guinus). So ... -
Evolutionary History of Snub-nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus spp.) and Population Genetic Structure of the Guizhou Snub-nosed Monkey (R. brelichi)
(2012-01-06)The colobines (leaf monkeys) represent a diverse group of Old World primates. They comprise ten genera with major radiations in Africa and Asia. As in most other primate radiations, recent ... -
Tritrophic interactions between Populus tremula, leaf beetles and their natural enemies - from the field to the laboratory
(2011-10-17)A drastic increase of global energy consumption is expected for the following years. Due to the increasing demand for renewable energy, much of the current research focuses on short-rotation ... -
Herb layer characteristics, fly communities and trophic interactions along a gradient of tree and herb diversity in a temperate deciduous forest
(2011-08-31)The human-induced loss of biodiversity from many ecosystems has led to increased interest in the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Research in this field is mostly ... -
Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Liverwort Genus Thysananthus (Marchantiophyta; Lejeuneaceae)
(2011-06-23)A systematic study of the liverwort genus Thysananthus, especially the subgenus Thysananthus, based on the results of morphological-anatomical, phytochemical and molecular phylogenetic ... -
Terrestrial laser scanning- applications in forest ecological research
(2011-02-24)The increasing relevance of the three-dimensional (3D) structure of forest canopies for current research tasks, especially in ecology, generates a rising need for instruments offering ... -
Phylogeography in sexual and parthenogenetic European oribatida
(2011-01-20)Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) are a species rich group which may form the oldest group of Chelicerata, as indicated by fossils from Devonian sediment (~380 million years) and molecular ... -
Untersuchung des TGF-β-induzierten Zelltods in oligodendroglialen Kulturen
(2008-02-12)Apoptosis is controlled by complex networks with various interactions between different signalling pathways regarding to extracellular as well as intracellular signals. Thereby, the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β ...