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Theses and student projects

Every year, the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group supervises a variety of student projects and theses.

Finished Theses

  • Diploma and Master Theses

    2024

    Böke, Pia (2024): Effects of urbanization, management and habitat quality on the occurrence of butterflies and grasshoppers on orchards in the Paderborn district

    Schmellekamp, Annika (2024): The effect of grassland extensification on stand structure, light penetration and microsite availability

    2023

    Meyenburg, Teelke (2023): Vegetation-Umweltbeziehungen in Abbaustätten

    Voigt, Carolin (2023): Development of wildflower strips three years after establishment

    2022

    Braasch, Manuel (2022): Effekte der forstlichen Bewirtschaftungsintensität auf die taxonomische und funktionelle Diversität von Käfergemeinschaften in einem buchendominierten Wald der Egge Vorberg (NRW)

    Fuhse, Martin (2022): Effect of experimentally altered forest structure on seed use by small mammals in a camera-observed cafeteria experiment

    Holthuis, Pia (2022): The influence of seeding and disturbance on beta diversity of grassland vegetation of different land use intensities

    Hülbusch, Kimberley (2022): Effects of forest structure and management on the taxonomic and functional diversity of beetle communities in the Klever Reichswald

    Lunow, Julian (2022): Morphological trait variation in ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) caused by different managed beech forests – a study in the Egge middle range mountain region, North Rhine – Westphalia

    Mensing, Helma (2022): Untersuchungen zu Nistplatzwahl und Bruterfolg bei Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus) und Brachvogel (Numenius arquata) in drei Naturschutzgebieten im Kreis Paderborn

    Schaper, Jens (2022): Vegetation development in the Eifel National Park 16 years after designation

    Schlager, Thea (2022): Influence of skid trails on understory vegetation in managed forests

    Schreiner, Falk (2022): Influence of environmental variables on chemical biomass properties of Central Asian steppe vegetation

    Schultz, Franziska (2022): Restored flood-meadows in the Upper Rhine: Evidence of rapid evolution

    Schwesig, Katharina (2022): Dragonfly communities in restored cut-over bogs

    Thurner, Lisa (2022): Effects of grazing on the vegetation of species-rich calcareous pine forests

    Volle, Kira (2022): Effects of age and habitat structure on ground beetle communities in beech forests of the "Egge-Nord" nature reserve with special consideration of morphological and life-history traits

    2021

    Dukart, Alexandra (2021) Latitudinal and longitudinal phenotypic differentiation of Eurasian Chamaenerion angustifolium populations

    Frenzel, Markus (2021): Mowing effects have a stronger impact on insect diversity and abundance than the restoration technique

    Kalthoff, Hannah (2021) Forest management and deadwood volume predict the abundance of woodpeckers in the Nature Reserve Egge-North

    Kunze, Svenja (2021) Land-use intensity shapes the composition of seed rain in permanent grassland

    Meyer, Jasmin (2021) Monitoring of round-year grazing in the Ems floodplain – Development of vegetation structure and species composition after 11 years

    Närmann, Sophia (2021) Dark diversity as a tool to predict the establishment success of plant species in grassland restoration

    Prinz, Dajana (2021) Moon and migration. A study on migration activity of the Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) and the impact of the lunar phases

    Remer, Leonie (2021) Facilitation of insects in Münster - Investigation of the potential of urban habitats and concepts for practical implementation

    Santora, Lea (2021) Urban ecoysystems in Münster: Assessment of habitat quality for insects and development of vegetation between 1995 and 2019

    Stroot, Lukas (2021) Parameters affecting species establishment after sowing

    2020

    Bertling, Ilona (2020) Breeding success of the oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein

    Damrow, Leo (2020) Migration Ecology of the siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)

    Heilscher, Celine (2020) Determinants of long-term restoration success in floodplain meadows

    Höfner, Johannes (2020) Genetic population differentiation of plants on restored and ancient meadows in the White Carpathians

    Klein-Raufhake, Theresa (2020) Past land-use history causes within species differences in plant functional traits

    2019

    Beermann, Ilka (2019) Habitat use of the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) between northwest Russia and Japan

    Graser, Anne (2019) The impact of habitat quality, regrowth and isolation on Melitaea athalia in managed coppiced woods

    Rieker, Daniel (2019) The impact of fire on the performance of bryophytes and lichens in the tundra of northern West Siberia

    Serfling, Johanna (2019) Estimating population trends from checklists submitted to public online databases (ornitho.de)

    Wenning, Elisa (2019) Effects of goat browsing on woody species development in an old limestone quarry

    2018

    Berner, Isabelle (2018) Habitat use and niche separation of Japanese Reed Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) and Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) in the Russian Far East in relation to fire

    Birkner, Lina (2018) The influence of management on the vegetation and nutrient status of wet meadows in Northwest Germany - Results from a long-term field-experiment

    Conrady, Malte (2018) Ecophysiological studies on the analysis of the vitality of oaks in Münsterland

    Friedritz, Lennart (2018) Does the Green Snaketail Ophiogomphus cecilia benefit from restoration efforts at the river Lippe? A habitat analysis

    Frings, Pia (2018) Endozoochorous seed dispersal by Dülmener wild horses and vegetation in the Merfelder Bruch under year-round grazing

    Koch, Hannah (2018) The impact of year-round grazing on forest vegetation in the Wistinghauser Senne. Monitoring of vegetation and browsing effects throughout the vegetation period

    Korschefsky, Tim (2018) Habitat use and niche separation of Black-faced (Emberiza spodocephala) and Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata) in the Russian Far East in relation to fire

    Plumbaum, Katja (2018) Comparison of different monitoring methods to evaluate the outcome of roadside restoration

    2017

    Bräuer, Pauline (2017) Drivers of soil carbon stocks in the steppe zone of Kazakhstan

    Craemer, Alice (2017) Effects of seed addition and sward disturbance on species diversity and herbivory in grasslands

    Freitag, Martin (2017) Shifting from grazing to fire: consequences for vegetation in post-Soviet steppe

    Thomas, Alexander (2017) The endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola on ist breeding grounds: studies on habitat use and possible threats by wildfire in East Russia

    Will, Ann-Kathrin (2017) Are limestone quarries suitable as a refuge for calcareous fen species?

    2016

    Greiving, Katharina (2016) Kohlenstoffvorräte in der Biomasse ausgewählter Feuchtwälder im zentralen Münsterland

    Hoever, Christina (2016) Grassland soil seed bank: composition, diversity and its response to disturbance

    Närdemann, Isabella (2016) Temporal and spatial variability of CO2 fluxes in Sphagnum- and Astelia-dominated bogs of South Patagonia

    Schwenzfeier, Stefan (2016) Entwicklung eines Monitoringkonzeptes für die hydrologische Optimierung von Feuchtwäldern im zentralen Münsterland

    Wolf, Silas (2016) Phenology and refuelling of Phylloscopus warblers at Muravevka Park, Russian Far East

    Wolff, Claire (2016) Status and restoration potential of heathlands and sand grasslands in the southwest of Luxembourg

    2015

    Klingenburg, Ole-Ernst (2015) GIS-based analysis and evaluation of a degenerated peatbog  "Großes Moor" (LK Osnabrück/Vechta) regarding  climate impact and habitat function.

    Lordieck, Miriam (2015) Carbon accumulation in south-western Siberian peatlands: Processes and proxies

    Meusel, Constantin  (2015) Vegetation development on the airport Weeze/Niederrhein 

    Reinhard, Aline (2015) Post-Soviet and current land-use change shape farmland bird communities of the Western Siberian forest steppe

    Rudolph, Martin (2015) Current and Potential Plant Species Richness in Urban Grasslands

    Unterbarnscheidt, Lennart (2015) Stoichiometry of Odonata larvae in relation to foraging mode and trophic level

     

    2014

    Hejkal, Judit (2014) Connectivity of urban hatitats

    Hogeback, Steffen (2014) Impact of wood pasture on tree structure and vegetation

    Klevesahl, Jutta  (2014) Impact of management on the seedbank of wet meadows

    Lüling, Jörg (2014) Chemical composition of aboveground grassland biomass in space and time (diploma thesis)

    Rothweiler, Maike (2014) Monitoring of cattle foraging habits in year-round grazed areas using GPS-Logger

    Rupprecht, Denise (2014) Vegetation and structure diversity of year-round grazed areas on nutrient-poor sites

    Santen, Gesche (2014) Successional trends of a top soil removal area 15 years after hay transfer

    Schabbon, Claire (2014) Effects of nitrogen deposition and global warming on 13C and 18O signature of different plant species of alpine pasture

    Schreiter, Maria (2014) Plant diversity in urban grasslands of Dortmund

    Velbert, Frederike (2014) Impact of management on functional diversity in wet grasslands

    2013

    Averbeck, Annika (2013) Supervised classification and change detection of land use in a cut-over fen near Tyumen (Western Siberia) using multitemporal satellite imagery

    Bruns, Hanna (2013) Germination ecology and habitat requirements of two closely related Diascia annuals - Is there a home advantage?

    Gottbehüt, Kathrin (2013) Birch forests in Western Siberia - a modern analogue to Pre-Boreal European forests

    Krieger, Anni (2013) Evaluation of bog restoration in north-west Germany by dragonflies

    Raabe, Peter (2013) Testate amoebae as indicators for water regime and trophic conditions in restored cut-over bogs in NW-Germany

    Raude, Nadja (2013) Impact of potassium fertilization on fen grasslands

    Vogt, Vera (2013) Impact of year-round grazing on vegetation and tree establishment

    2012

    Brinkert, Annika (2012) Vegetation development on abandoned fields in the southern steppe zone of Kazakhstan

    Goerke, Manuel (2012) Method development for determining characteristics of peat using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    Neuenkamp, Lena (2012) Diversity-biomass relations in Estonian flood meadows

    Rosinski, Eva (2012) Restoration potential of cut-over raised bogs in Northwest Germany

    Tillmann, Claudia (2012) Supervised Classification and Change Detection of Agricultural Land Use in the Forest Steppe Zone of West Siberia Using Multitemporal Satellite Imagery

    2011

    Bege, Katrin (2011) Reaction of carbon and nutrient turnover rates in organic layer under  Ecuadorian tropical mountain rain forest on thinning and fertilisation (D)

    Epe, Tim (2011) Sedimentation processes and nutrient input in the restored River Lippe floodplain

    Ferner, Jessica (2011) Settlement and forest development in Tiswadi district in Goa/India over the last 30 years by remote sensing and ground check

    Görich, Manuel (2011) Vegetation, light ecology and pore water chemistry of grazed and ungrazed bogs in the Murnauer Moos/Upper Bavaria

    Kirchner, Adriana (2011) Comparative analysis of the grasslands of a biological dairy cattle farm in the Rhön (Germany)

    Mancini, Christian (2011) Vegetation and seed bank characteristics in a restored floodplain

    Stelzner, Friederike (2011) Effects of water regime and year-round grazing on the vegetation of the River Lippe floodplain

    Teuber, Laurenz (2011) Effects of grazing on invasibility and biomass allocation in depressional prairie wetlands in southern British Columbia, Canada

    2010

    Birwe, Lina-Marie (2010) Vegetation ecology for efficiency control of a pasture project with Heck cattle and Konik horses in the floodplain of river Ems 2004-2009 (D)

    Brall, Annegret (2010) 12 years of succession at a restoration site after topsoil removal and hay transfer at the Upper Rhine Valley (D)

    Brosinsky, Arlena (2010) Detection of Vegetation Stress using Imaging and Non-Imaging Spectrometer Data in the Laboratory (E)

    Gonschorek, Charlotte (2010) Management of grasslands and biogas production in the Delme and Hunte valley (D)

    Kern, Jan (2010) Carabids in Winter Wheat – Does organic farming promote biodiversity?

    Konnemann, Christian (2010) Management of grasslands and biogas production in the Delme and Hunte valley (D)

    Minker, Judith (2010) Reaction of nutrient cycles on increased nutrient supply in an Ecuadorian tropical mountain rain forest (D)

    Prietz, Johanna (2010) Impact of land use of adjacent agriculture on nitrogen availability in forest soils (D)

    Scholz, Kristin (2010) Changes in mangrove vegetation in Taluka Tiswadi, Goa, between  1967 and 2010 by remote sensing and ground check (D)

    Schulte Ostermann, Tilla Sophie (2010) Regulation of Marsh Horsetail (Eqisetum palustre) in fen meadows of the 'Stockheimer Bruch' (D)

    Süllwold, Magnus (2010) Colonisation of abandoned limestone querries by calcareous grassland species (D)

    Wertebach, Tim-Martin (2010) Seasonal variation of pore water chemistry in vertical profiles in a degraded bog

    2009

    Bergsträsser, Sergej (2009) Monitoring the land-use change at the Lower Volga River using multi-temporal satellite images (D)

    Brunke, Oliver (2009) Nutrient composition of grassland canopies in flood meadows of the Upper Rhine Valley (D)

    Mathar, Wanja (2009) Long-term vegetation dynamics in flood-meadows (E)

    Sievers Martina (2009) Segetal flora of conventional and organic arable fields (D)

    Weber, Heidi (2009) Seasonal variation of nutrient dynamics and pasture quality in a calcareous grassland (D) [abstract (E) pdf 150 KB]

    2008

    Berndt, Anja (2008) Bluethroats in rape fields – From a wetland specialist to an arable field bird? (D) [abstract (E) pdf 283 KB] [poster (D) pdf 111 KB]

    Conrad, Kerstin (2008) Germination ecology and features in establishment of the marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) (D) [abstract (E) pdf 112 KB]

    Fender, Ann-Catrin (2008) Effects of nitrogen content, temperature, and soil- and air humidity on the leaf development of the copper beech (Fagus sylvatica) (D)

    Gerdes, Stefan (2008) Flood-plain restoration in the Upper Rhine Valley - a GIS-based analysis (D)

    Klaus, Valentin (2008) Floristic and nutritional gradients in flood meadows of the Upper Rhine Valley (D) [abstract (E) pdf 4,2 KB] [poster (D) pdf 408 KB]

    Poptcheva, Kathrin (2008) Quantitative and qualitative changes in wet meadow vegetation after 20 years of different management in a field experiment in the Münsterland, NW Germany (D) [abstract (D) pdf 2,2 MB] [poster (D) pdf 50 KB]

    Rudl, Karsten (2008) Impact of spur dykes on the flood plain vegetation at the Lower Elbe River (D)

    Schmidt, Sebastian (2008) Foliar nutrient concentrations of South Patagonian bog species along a climatic and floristic gradient (E) [abstract (E) pdf 74 KB] [poster (E) pdf 550 KB]

    Schmitt, Barbara (2008) Ecology of Gladiolus palustris in southern Bavaria. Phytosociology, population structure and management (D)

    Sintermann, Jörg (2008) Sedimentation-induced nutritional gradients in flood meadows of the Upper Thine Valley (D) [abstract (E) pdf 55 KB]

    2007

    Otto, Kathrin (2007) The effects of different soil features and Cation Exchange Capacity of roots on cadmium uptake by Salix viminalis (E)

  • Bachelor Theses

    2024

    Boelsen, Rieke Inga (2024): Effekte der Extensivierung auf die mikrobielle Biomasse in Grünlandböden

    Buschhausen, Greta (2024): Forests in a changing climate - How can forests be managed sustainably with regard to their function as carbon sinks?

    Hülsmann, Merit (2024): Forest fires in Germany - current situation, causes and management measures

    Klischewski, Lars (2024): The return of the wolf to Germany: current assessment of human-wolf conflicts and recommendations for action

    Kratzenberg, Katrin (2024): Habitat preferences of the pyramidal green (Ajuga pyramidalis) in the Rhineland and derivation of suitable conservation measures

    Loddenheide, Rebekka (2024): Renaturierung von Heiden durch Oberbodenabtrag im Naturschutzsgebiet Großes Heiliges Meer

    Moll, Jonas (2024): Bewertung der natürlichen Verjüngung von Laubgesellschaften im Münsterland unter besonderer Betrachtung des Wildverbisses und des Lichthaushalts

    Mosch, Viktoria (2024): Das ehemalige WASAG-Gelände - Vegetationsentwicklung unter der Beweidung mit Damhirschen und Mufflons im Vergleich zu natürlichem Wildeinfluss

    Nanz, Nina (2024): Veränderungen im Nährstoffhaushalt oberirdischer Biomasse durch Extensivierungsmaßnahmen im Grünland

    Opitz , Lara-Marie (2024): Untersuchungen ökologischer Zusammenhänge zwischen Waldzustand und Spinnenvielflat im Reichswald Kleve

    Rehmann, Jana (2024): Climate-appropriate forest conversion in Germany using Quercus robur and Quercus petraea oaks as an adaptation to increasing forest dryness

    Schürmann, Leonie (2024): Maßnahmen und Hindernisse eines biodiversitätsfreundlichen Grünflächenmanagements in deutschen Städten

    Stracke, Leonie (2024): The effect of land use extensification on the functional characteristics of typical grassland species

    2023

    Höying, Isabel (2023): Significance of organic farming for the population of beneficial insects using the example of the ladybug (Coccinellidae)

    Inkemann, Nora (2023): Effects of goat grazing on calcareous grassland near Lengerich

    Klose, Johanna (2023): How successful is the restoration of former farmland in the Heiliges Meer nature reserve?

    Laumeyer, Anne (2023): Untersuchung der Vergleichbarkeit von Aufwertungs- und Kontrollflächen auf der Golfplatzanlage Brückhausen im Rahmen des GolfBiodivers Projektes

    Zascerinskij, Dennis (2023): Effects of forest management on the biodiversity of web spiders and weaver spiders

    2022

    Allera, Gianna Theresa (2022) Influence of site conditions on occupation success of nesting aids for common house martins in Münster

    Heimer, Jonathan (2022): Decomposition and insect colonization of pig cadavers inside and outside a tent

    Paul, Frederike Isa (2022): Species composition and diversity patterns of arachnids (Arachnida) in a beech forest area in the Egge Mountains, Paderborn County, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Stäcker, Alica Nicole (2022): Influence of maintenance measures on the breeding bird community of orchard meadows

    Steen, Jan (2022): Effects of a magnetic pulse on migratory decisions of European Robins (Erithacus rubecula)

    Westrich, Friederike (2022): Influences of forest management and forest structure on the taxonomic and functional diversity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    2021

    Dederichs, Sophia (2021) Epilobium individuals of Northern provenances show increased leaf damages in the second year and fitness in plants of Southern provenances is reduced due to bud damages

    Fölling, Franziska (2021) Desertification of the Sahelian zone - The project Great Green Wall as approach to combat the expansion of desert

    Krämer, Marian (2021) Transformation of forests towards a sustainable forestry - outlooks in relation to the region of Siegerland

    Kölsch, Emma (2021) Investigations on hatching and breeding success of lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) on intensively used agricultural areas at the Lower Rhine

    Meinken, Moritz (2021) Resting occurrence and habitat selection of Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) in the bird protection area Hellwegbörde 2020

    Rosenzweig, Hannah (2021) The impact of snowmelt and temperature on flowering phenology along an elevational gradient in the Arctic environment

    Schmidt, Rune Wolf (2021) Indications of adaptive flowering phenology in Chamaenerion angustifolium across latitudes

    Siegemund, Katja (2021) The occurrence of woodpeckers in relation to forest use and deadwood parameters in the Arnsberger Wald, Germany

    2020

    Köther, Ann-Kathrin (2020) Performance of Betula trees of different latitudinal provenances in a mid-latitude common garden

    Kröger, Jeremy (2020) Effects of monoculture on the germination rate, seed dormancy and survival rate of plants

    Matheja, Janis (2020) Does the plant-pollinator interaction relate to seed trans-fer zones?

    Pfeifer, Birte (2020) Roadsides as refugial habitats for grassland species in the agricultural landscape

    Ratka, Victoria (2020) Plant flowering time of restored meadows: rapid evolution or not?

    Steintjes, Till (2020) Unterschiedliche Anfälligkeiten verschiedener Populationen von Chamaenerion angustifolium gegen Freßfeinde in einem Common-Garden-Experiment

    Wieland, Elisa Marie (2020): Monitoring of a grazed dry grassland habitat and recommendations for ecological upgrading - Investigation in the protected area "Westlicher Hegau"

    2019

    Binder, Julia (2019) Does disturbance and seed addition affect plant functional diversity in grassland along a land-use gradient?

    Hiestermann, Steffen (2019) The impact of sward disturbance and seed addition on soil phosphorus concentration in agricultural grasslands

    Kalthoff, Hanna Maria (2019) Germination analysis of propagated regional seeds of 22 common European grassland species

    May, Emilia (2019) The effect of plant community provenances on floral resources offered to pollinators

    Meißner, Benjamin Reiner (2019) Erfassung von Vogel-Lausfliegen (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) im Rahmen des Amur Bird Project im Muraviovka Park für nachhaltige Landnutzung, Russland

    Schaper, Jens (2019) Einfluss von Ansaat und Störung auf die Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffverfügbarkeit in Grünlandböden der Region Hainich-Dün

    Schwesig, Katharina (2019) Effects of abandonment and de-embankment on salt marsh vegetation in Wadden Sea National Park of Lower Saxony

    Voß, Nele (2019) Restoration of calcareous grassland in an abandoned limestone quarry by goat pasturing

    2018

    Baumberger, Maiken (2018) Räumliche Muster der Kohlenstoffvorräte in der Trockensteppe von Kasachstan

    Evers, Charlotte (2018) Effekte von Feuer auf Tundra-Vegetation

    Fuhse, Lukas (2018) Estimating densities of breeding birds at Muravievka Park in the Russian Far East

    Heim, Arend (2018) Abundance estimates for East Asian songbirds - combining hierarchical distance sampling and remote sensing methods

    Närmann, Sophia (2018) Etablierung von Grünlandarten durch Störung und Ansaat im Wirtschaftsgrünland

    Partsch, Vanessa (2018) Samenregen im temperaten Grünland

    Schilling, Dora (2018) The influence of habitat, colony size and nest marking on hatching success of the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

    Schulze Wilmert, Ann Christin (2018) The influence of intercropping and management intensity on the develompent of arable weeds

    Schultz, Franziska (2018): Effects of grazing on the vegetation of dry calcareous grassland in the Teutoburger Wald

    Stroot, Lukas (2018) Resistenz und Resilienz von Pflanzengemeinschaften des Wirtschaftsgrünlands gegenüber Ansaat und Störung

    Thurner, Lisa (2018) Einfluss von Pflanzendiversität und Landnutzungsintensität auf Biomasseproduktion und Futterqualität im Grünland in Hainich-Dün

    Weber, Patrick (2018) Diversity and abundance of breeding birds in a temperate mixed forest

    2017

    Bier, Leonie (2017) Die Entwicklung der floristischen Diversität von Grünlandökosystemen unter dem Einfluss unterschiedlicher Landnutzung

    Dukart, Alexandra (2017) Diversität und Struktur der Vegetation auf Ganzjahresweiden im Vergleich zu Saisonweiden und Wiesen

    Fröhlich, Leonie (2017) Evaluierung des Repellenteffekts von Pflanzenextrakten zur Vermeidung von Vogelfraß im Maisanbau

    Froese, Linda (2017) Eine Langzeitanalyse der Beziehungen zwischen Landnutzungsintensität, Aufwuchsqualität und Pflanzendiversität im Grünland

    Hoch, Lea (2017) Population dynamics of Svalbard reindeer: density dependence, climate and vegetation as influencing factors

    Knabe, Cordula (2017) Einfluss von Ansaat und Störung auf die Pflanzendiversität landwirtschaftlich genutzter Grünländer

    Jacob, Thomas (2017) Gehölzetablierung und -verbiss auf nährstoffarmen und nährstoffreichen Ganzjahresweiden

    Kniep, Hannah (2017) Saumbiotope im Stadtgebiet Münster - Vergleich zweier Managementmaßnahmen anhand deren Auswirkungen auf die Vegetation

    Lange, Fabian (2017) Livestock and fire frequency in Central Asia

    Mertens, Desiree (2017) Effekte einer Oberbodenstörung auf die Bodensamenbank im Grünland

    Prinz, Dajana (2017) Distribution of Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) and Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) in fragmented forests of Münster

    Puhl, Marietta (2017) A new method for searching and localizing wader nests

    Santora, Lea (2017) Vegetationsentwicklung von Sandrasen und Feuchtheiden unter Ganzjahresbeweidung

    Teickner, Henning (2017) Effekte von Trockenstress und Düngung auf Moosarten im Grünland

    2016

    Belsky, Lisa (2016) Einfluss der Ziegenbeweidung auf Vegetation der Kalkmagerrasen im Tetuoburger Wald

    Dal Maso, Anna (2016) Renaturierungskonzept für eine Sandackerfläche an der Lippe – Ist-Zustand und Möglichkeiten der ökologischen Aufwertung

    Dübbers, Luca (2016) Brutvogelerfassung in Feuchtwäldern im zentralen Münsterland

    Heiland, Lukas (2016) Stoichiometric regulation of "loser plants" at high land-use intensity

    Hoppmanns, Hanna (2016) Impacts of grazing in the nature reserve 'Schleimündung': Responses of breeding birds on changes in reed cover

    Kallmayer, Josef (2016) The importance of coppiced oak-birch-woods for bird communities in Hesse, Germany

    Koch, Julian (2016) Population estimates for breeding birds of coppiced woods in Hesse, Germany

    Kunz, Friederike (2016) Butterfly communities and diversity of dry river slopes in the Western Siberian forest steppe

    Sollentsch, Lisa (2016) Urban und park grasslands in Osnabrück, Germany

    Tewes, Katharina (2016) Einfluss von Düngung und Trockenstress auf die Nährstoffkonzentration in Grünland-Mesokosmen

    Trappe, Johanna (2016) Grassland butterfly communities of the Western Siberian forest steppe in the light of land-use change

    Weinauge, Liane (2016) Stoichiometric regulation of "winner plants" at high land-use intensity

    Wortmann, Marie (2016) Einfluss von Düngung und Trockenstress auf Produktivität und Vegetationszusammensetzung

    2015

    Auerochs, Hannah (2015) Biodiversity of urban grasslands – a questionnaire in the City of Münster, Germany

    Eckardt, Melanie (2015) Projects on urban grassland restoration in Germany - An overview

    Frenzel, Markus (2015) Light forests and forest-grassland mosaics - bird communitites of the Western Siberian Forest Steppe

    Koch, Hannah (2015) Salt tolerance of Sphagnum magellanicum

    Kunze, Svenja (2015) Effect of low-intensity year-round grazing with cattle on a heath-sandy grassland complex grazed by sheep

    Plumbaum, Katja (2015) Influence of different soils on germination of grassland plants

    Reichling, René (2015) Resilience of Grasslands in the Biodiversity Exploratories

    Vogt, Linda (2015) Digestibility of Dactylis glomerata along a gradient of land-use intensity

    Welpelo, Carla (2015) Soil-profiles of acidity, nitrogen and carbon of moist oak-hornbeam forests in the Münsterland

    Wenkert, Alexandra (2015) Zustandsanalyse von Feuchtwäldern in der Davert und Hohen Ward - Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel

    2014

    Freitag, Martin (2014) Floristic composition and ecology of pine forests in southern West-Siberia

    Frings, Pia (2014) Kalkflachmoor-Vegetation in Steinbrüchen

    Härting, Christian (2014) Factors influencing the nest survival of Montagu´s Harrier

    Martens, Lilia (2014) Post-Soviet land-use change in Western Siberia - a trend analysis for Tyumen Oblast

    Nieberding, Felix (2014) Classification of Fuegian bog vegetation by means of multispectral image data

    Smiatek, Maren (2014) Adaptation of the factor ‚grazing‘ within the index of land-use intensity (LUI)

    Stahlhut, Nils (2014) Experiment on floristic enrichment in urban grasslands with with regionally produced seed mixtures

    2013

    FELDMANN, Stefanie (2013) Impact of Land use on leaf traits of Taraxacum sect. ruderalia

    HUBER, Jakob (2013) Vertical phosphate translocation in bog meadows

    SCHWENZFEIER, Stefan (2013) Plant diversity in multiple-cut grasslands in Münster

    VERHAERT, Elaine (2013) Orchid populations on the Kuttenberg near Eschweiler (Eifel) - temporal dynamics and spatial patterns

    WOLANSKA, Kolja (2013) Abundance and distribution of the globally threatened Yellow-breasted Bunting in the Russian Far East (Amur region)

    2012

    BÜLTER, Sarah (2012) Spatial variation in chemical composition of above ground biomass along a gradient of landuse intensity (D)

    NOVAK, Michael (2012) Vegetation of floodplain waters - a comparison between the rivers Lippe and Ruhr

    WITTIG, Sabrina (2012) Interanual variation in chemical composition of above ground biomass and fodder along a gradient of landuse intensity (D)

    2011

    AGETHEN, Svenja (2011) Seedbanks of rewettet bogs (D)

    HELD, Mirijam (2011) Monitoring of wet meadows in the Münsterland (D)

    KLEIN, Birte (2011) Habitat classification in restored cut-over bogs using UAV-based remote sensing data (D)

    KLEVESAHL, Jutta (2011) Management options for a species-rich wet meadow near Havixbeck (D)

    LEIB, Simon (2011) GPS land survey for the protection of the tropical rainforest on a settlement front in the western Amazonia (D)

    LEIDHOLDT, Julia (2011) Effects of liming on nitrogen mineralisation of nutrient-poor forest soils (D)

    MOENICKES, Max (2011) Dendrochronologische Untersuchungen an Nothofagus betuloides in Südpatagonien (Chile) (D)

    RUPPRECHT, Denise (2011) Year-round grazing projects in German wetlands (D)

    SCHILD, Susanne (2011) Rewettet bogs: seedbanks and dispersal potential of indicator species (D)

    VELBERT, Frederike (2011) Monitoring of wet forests near the brown coal open-cast mining Garzweiler (D)

    2010

    LENZE, Sarah (2010) Saisonal changes in the chemical composition of grassland biomass (D)

    PESCHEL, Anja (2010) Indicator plants for local conditions of bogs with special regard to assessment of restoration success in Germany (D)

    SCHWARZ, Cinja (2010) Prediction of compositional features of grassland vegetation with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) (D)

    VOGT, Vera (2010) Habitat use of the Lapwing in an agricultural landscape of the upper Lippe valley (D)

    WELCHERING, Liselotte (2010) Evaluation of grassland development along a gas pipeline(D)

    2009

    BRINKERT, Annika (2009) Evaluation of the restoration of spoil heaps (D)

    GOERKE, Manuel (2009) Restoration of bogs in NW Germany (D)

    HAMMES, Verena (2009) Forest development in Germany and the effects on native woodpeckers (D)

    KRIEGER, Annemarie (2009) Distribution of halophilous Cochlearia danica along highways in western Germany [abstract (E) pdf 674 KB]

    REMKE, Philipp (2009) Prediction of the functional composition of grassland canopies using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) (D) [abstract (E) pdf 31 KB]

    ROSINSKI, Eva (2009) Floristic changes of restored flood meadows (D) [abstract (E) pdf 16 KB]

    TILLMANN, Claudia (2009) Fen restoration in Germany

  • Students Research Projects - M.Sc.

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  • Students Research Projects - B.Sc.

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  • Doctoral theses

    2021

    Freitag, Martin
    Linking land use and plant community assembly to understand ecosystem processes in temperate grasslands

    Heim, Wieland
    The migration ecology of East Asian land birds

    Heim, Ramona Julia
    Fire ecology in Eurasian wetland and tundra ecosystems

    Rupprecht, Denise
    Contributions to the restoration of grasslands in Central Europe

    Velbert, Frederike
    Functional responses to restoration in the vegetation and seed bank of wet grasslands

     

    2018

    Elias, Daniel
    Restorative goat grazing in shrub-encroached dry grasslands in Central Germany

    Wertebach, Tim-Martin
    Carbon storage and turnover across Western Siberian ecosystems

     

    2017

    Helm, Raimund
    New methods and data to describe phenological developments

     

    2016

    Gilhaus, Kristin
    Grassland management by year-round grazing – opportunities and constraints

    Kämpf, Immo
    Effects of land-use change on agroecosystems of Western Siberia

     

    2012

    Kamp, Johannes
    Post-Soviet land-use change and conservation of avian biodiversity across the Eurasian steppe belt

    Klaus, Valentin Helmut
    Relationships between productivity, land-use intensity and plant species richness in agricultural grasslands

     

    2007

    Kleinebecker, Till
    Patterns and gradients in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peatland vegetation