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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

Research Groups

Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

  • Community Ecology and Global Change Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
  • Agroecology
  • Tropical Ecology
  • Pollination Ecology
  • Entomology

Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller

  • Forest Ecology
  • Nature Conservation

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt

  • Chemical Ecology
  • Evolutionary Ecology

PD Dr. Thomas Hovestadt

  • Theoretical Biology
  • Evolutionary Ecology
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Krauß

  • Spatial Ecology
  • Microbial Ecology
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Prof. Dr. Andrea Holzschuh

  • Agroecology
  • Landscape Ecology
PetersResearch

PD Dr. Marcell Peters

  • Mountain Ecology
  • Tropical Ecology
  • Multi-taxa Biodiversity
ClassenResearch

Dr. Alice Claßen

  • Pollination Ecology
  • Mountain Ecology
  • Climate Change Research
RedlichResearch

Dr. Sarah Redlich

  • Agroecology
  • Climate Change Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions
  • Participatory Research
FrankResearch

Dr. Erik Frank

  • Behavioural Ecology
  • Evolutionary Ecology
  • Chemical Ecology

Former Research Members

Prof. Dr. Emily Poppenborg Martin

  • Agroecology
  • Landscape Ecology

Prof. Dr. Sara Leonhardt

  • (Nutritional) Chemical Ecology
  • Tropical Biology
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology

Prof. Dr. Peter Biedermann

  • Biology of Species Interactions

Prof. Dr. Antonia Mayr

  • Animal-Plant Interactions

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Seibold

  • Ecological Mechanisms Driving Biodiversity Patterns
  • Effects of Land Use on Biodiversity in Forests and Grasslands

Prof. Dr. Alexander Keller

  • Molecular Ecology

Prof. Dr. Simon Thorn

  • Forest Ecology
  • Biodiversity Ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Juliano Sarmento Cabral

  • Ecosystem Modeling
  • Biodiversity Modeling

Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen

  • Ecological Networks

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Fuchs

  • Multi-Trophic Levels
  • Plant-Insect Interactions
  • Plant Chemical Defense
  • Fungal Endophytes
  • Sustainable Pestcontrol

Dr. Emanuel Fronhofer

  • Dispersal and spatial dynamics
  • Eco-evolutionary feedback
  • Communities and foodwebs
  • Theory – Experimental evolution