CBL - Zentrum für Biodiversität und Nachhaltige Landnutzung (ehem. GZBÖ)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...