Institut für Evolution und Ökologie

Previous seminars

Date    

Seminar

 Winter Semester 2025/2026
17 Octno seminar
24 OctBrainstorming Session
31 Octno seminar
7 NovDeborah Woepe - Intraspecific phenotypic diversity of grassland plants across different levels of habitat heterogeneity
14 NovBrainstorming Session
21 Novno seminar
28 Novno seminar
5 DecSara Schumacher and Janina Richter - Microplastic legacy effects on plant-soil feedback - a multi species experiment
12 DecSTEVE - Meeting
19 Decno seminar
26 Decno seminar
2 Janno seminar
9 Janno seminar
16 Janno seminar
23 Janno seminar
30 JanKonstanze Krüger - Effects of Drought and Herbivory on the Metal Hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens
6 Feb

Hannah Hillermeier - Mahd vs. Beweidung - Unterschiede in der Vegetation (Federsee) -cancelled-

Alicia Dahlhaus - Tangled threads: How synthetic yarn fibers affect soil and plant growth

13 FebMuhammed Atif Shariq - Genetic Variation in Light of Ecological Interactions. starts exceptionarily at 14:00 p.m.!
  
 Summer Semester 2025
18 AprNo seminar (Good Friday)
25 AprNo seminar
2 MayNo seminar
9 May

Daniela Pantleon - The Impact of Cadmium and Microplastic Fibers on Plant Germination: Influence of Soil Composition and Contaminant Type.

Sara Tomiolo - Plant responses to kin vs. non-kin interactions in a procumbent plant: life stage dependent effects uncovered in a pairwise experiment.

16 May

Thilo Heinecke - The subtle effect of soil fertility on tree spring phenology: deciduous forests have earlier budburst in more fertile sites  across Europe.

Amaël Daval - Germination plasticity drives plant diversity.

23 MayPOPBIO-Conference
30 MayNo seminar
6 JunNo seminar
13 JunNo seminar (Whitsun break)
20 JunNo seminar
27 JunNo seminar
4 JulNo seminar
11 JulThilo Heinecke - Estimate of greenhouse gas emissions and integration of crop type.
18 JulNo seminar
25 JulDeborah Woepe - Intraspecific phenotypic diversity of grassland plants across different levels of habitat heterogeneity.
1 AugNo seminar
  
 Winter Semester 2024/2025
18 Oct

Razan Alhmoud - Urban green space management: Case Study in Amman, Jordan.

Annemarie Lang - Project Conceptualization : Monitoring and Experimental Investigation of the Spread Success and Rate of the rare Helosciadium repens (Jacq.) W.D.J. Koch during Winter.

25 OctMax Schmid - Niche partitioning in temporally varying environments.
1 Novno seminar (holiday)
8 NovCarmen Oeschger - Anti-herbivore defence of the invasive Japanese knotweed across two latitudinal gradients in Europe and North America using herbarium across two latitudinal gradients in Europe and North America using herbarium specimens.
15 Nov

Yuhan Chen - Parental effects and epigenetics of Phragmites australis in estuarine wetlands at different latitudes under environmental changes.

Johanne Gresse - Identifying the ecological drivers of stability in species-rich communities in drylands.

22 NovSTEVE-Meeting
29 NovChiara Altendorfer - Rapid evolution of seed dispersal in urban Asteraceae
6 Dez

Ramona Irimia - Jack-and-master strategy in introduced Japanese knotweed populations across Europe.

Bismark Ofosu Bamfo - Phenological Datasets for Ecological Forecasting.

13 DezJulian Thomas - Temperature and light stress resistance of communities of the freshwater green alga Phacotus lenticularis in relation to intraspecific diversity.
20 Dezno seminar
27 Dezno seminar
3 Janno seminar
10 Janno seminar
17 JanAmael Daval - An introduction to Julia.
24 Jan

Annika Jurda - Effects of light-availability and climate on liana seedling community assembly in tropical forests of Ghana.

Julian Kirchner - Analysis of forest development stages beech-dominated process conservation areas in Baden-Württemberg.

31 Janno seminar
7 Feb

Ava Copple - Patterns of flower color in grassland communities.

Sophia Foppa - Does drought drive discrepancies in plant functional trait distribution and community composition in calcareous and siliceous grasslands?

14 Feb

Sepideh Golshani - Exploring Belowground Niche Partitioning Using Oxygen Stable Isotopes in Grasslands.

Jonathan Lichtman - Does water availability in the maternal environment affect germination in heteromorphic seeds?

  
 Summer Semester 2024
19 Aprno seminar
26 Apr

Elizaveta Shcherbinina - Cadmium-Microplastic Interaction: Impacts on Arabidopsis

halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana Plant Performance.

Maud Moes - Plant community response to climate change and grazing in Middle Eastern rangelands.

3 MayPOPBIO FRANKFURT
10 Mayno seminar
17 Mayno seminar
24 Mayno seminar
31 May

Alicia Dalhaus - Tangled threads: Effects of synthetic yarn on soil and plant growth.

Johanne Gresse - Drought resistance and seed dormancy drive population temporal stability.

7 JunElizaveta Shcherbinina - Cadmium microplastic interaction: Impacts on Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana.
14 JunAnnika Jurda - Effects of disturbance and climate on liana community assembly in tropical forests of Ghana.
21 Junno seminar
28 Junno seminar
5 JulElodie Kugler, Raffael Singvogel, Luise Kalitzin - Effects of urban environments on phenology, performance and herbivory damage of native and invasive Asteraceae.
12 JulFranziska Koch - Latitudinal patterns in the structure and stability of competition networks. - cancelled -
19 JulAnne Walcher - The Effect of Drought Stress on Nodule Size and Mass in different Varieties of Vicia faba.
26 JulAnna-Lena Hummler - Adaptation of local herbivores on the invasive plant, Senecio inaequidens (DC.) with time since introduction.
  
 Winter Semester 2023/2024
20 OctCarolin Eisele - Comparing short- vs. long-term effects of different plastic fragment concentrations and soil types on plant performance.
27 Oct

Anna Wagner - The effects of grazing on vegetation in Middle Eastern rangelands.

Julian Kirchner - Analysis of forest development phases of the ban forests in Baden-Württemberg. (via Zoom)

3 NovFranziska Koch - Skewed interaction strengths enhance the effect of structure on stability in competition networks. (1 hour long seminar)
10 NovElizaveta Scherbinina - Cadmium-Microplastic Interaction: Impacts on Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana Plant Performance
17 NovJohanna Harrison - Effect of land-use intensity on belowground niche partitioning
24 Novno seminar
1 Decno seminar
8 DecSTEVE-Meeting
15 DecAmaël Daval - Theoretical approach of rangeland plant diversity
22 Decno seminar
5 Janno seminar
12 Jan

Marie Geisbusch - Restoration Effects on Peatland Vegetation – Integrating Field and Landsat Data

Sami Mujahed - Green Rooftops in a Dry Climate: Exploring Climate Adapted Methods for Biodiversity Conservation in the West Bank

19 JanHanna Schänzle - The pollinators of Arum maculatum in Bad Urach.
26 Jan

Lukas Janke - Bet hedging of seed traits in heterocarpic Asteraceae plants

Said Mohammed Hassen - Diverse seed dormancy mechanisms determine the survival strategies of related invasive Lepidium species

  
 Summer Semester 2023
21 AprSarah Werner - Investigating the Influence of Different Microplastic Sizes on Biscutella didyma: A Study on Root and Plant Growth
28 AprLukas Janke - Bet hedging strategies in heterocarpic plants
5 MayCarolin Eisele - What is the legacy effect of plastic on the performance of Plantago lanceolata?
12 MayPoPBio Conference
19 MayMarie Geisbusch - Analysis of the vegetation development of restored peatlands in the Nationalpark Bavarian Forest
26 MayNo seminar
2 JunNo seminar (Whitsun break)
9 JunJulian Patrick Lotz - Land Degradation Risk Assessment in Dryland Savannah
16 JunNdamononghenda Hamunyela - Soil seed bank dynamics as potential indicators of grazing-induced land degradation threshold in a Dryland savannah
23 JunAnna Wagner - Effects of grazing on vegetation along fence lines in Middle Eastern rangelands
30 JunNo seminar
7 JulNo seminar
14 JulNo seminar
13 JulNo seminar
21 JulUndine Schoellkopf - Relationship between belowground niche partitioning, resource availability and biodiversity in grasslands
28 JulNo seminar
  
 Winter Semester 2022/2023
21 OctAgueda de La Vega - Testing associative learning in plants (first talk)
Paula Schreiner - Changes in the diaspore-ratio in response to drought in three heterocarpic annuals from an aridity gradient (second talk)
28 OctMeeting StEVE - no seminar
4 NovNo seminar
11 NovMaud Moes - Plant Community Response to Climate Change and Grazing in Middle Eastern Rangelands
18 NovGuest talk: Daniela Francisca Aros Mualin - Water-carbon relations in ferns
25 NovAnna Lena Hummler - Adaptation of local herbivores on the invasive plant, Senecio inaequidens (DC.) with time since introduction
2 DecJia Xuan Leong (ZMBP) - A battle between bacterial effector and plant autophagy
9 DecNN. - tba
16 DecNN. - tba
23 DecNN. - tba
30 DecNN. - tba
6 JanHoliday
13 JanNN. - tba
20 JanNN. - tba
27 JanFiona Winz - The impact of seed-borne microorganisms on stress tolerance in Lotus corniculatus
3 FebSarah Werner - The influence of three different microplastic sizes on root and plant growth using the example of Biscutella didyma
10 FebAmaël Daval - Modelling the dynamic of nematode transmission by the environment at the interface between roe deer and sheep
  
 Summer Semester 2022
22 AprilCelina Heckhorn - tba
29 AprilWeihan Zhao - University of Konstanz, guest seminar: Biogeographic variation in growth and defence traits of Reynoutria japonica between invasive and native ranges
6 MayNo seminar
13 MayNo seminar
20 MayPOPBIO CONFERENCE
27 May

Julian Lotz - Multispectral risk assessment in Greater Waterberg Landscape, Namibia (first talk)

Paula Schreiner - Changes in seed ratio as a response to drought in three heterocarpic annuals from an aridity gradient

3 JuneNo seminar
10 JuneNo seminar
17 JuneSaid Mohammed (Debre Berhan University) - Developing Ecological Strategies to Control Eragrostis tef Weeds under Projected Climate Change - ZOOM TALK
24 JuneNo seminar
1 JulyIsabel Haidlauf - Impact of urbanization and global warming on the flowering phenology of native and invasive annual Asteraceae using herbarium records
8 JulyNo seminar
15 JulyNo seminar
22 JulyClara Hampf - tba
29 JulyLena Barth - Land degradation assessment using Residual Trend Analysis of Enhanced Vegetation Index(EVI), soil moisture and rainfall in Great Waterberg Landscape