Institut für Evolution und Ökologie

Previous seminars

DateSeminar
 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
  
 Winter semester 2021/2022
22 OctJannik Kohl - Asynchrony and stability of winter annual communities along a steep environmental gradient in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin
29 OctAlexander Kelemen - Nutrient limitation of plants along a climate gradient in the chilean coastal cordillera (first talk)
Meike Ebenslander - the interaction of experimental drought and herbivory on plants along a climate gradient (second talk)
5 NovExternal Guest: Marjolein Lof, Wageningen University: Pollination and natural pest control ecosystem services
12 NovDenis Bourguet, Thomas Guillemaud and Marjoaline Hamelin, French National Research Institute of Agronomy and Environment (INRAE) - Peer Community In: A free alternative to evaluate, validate (and publish?) preprints (1 hour long presentation)
19 NovCelina Heckhorn - The influence of different microplastic fiber types on two soils using the example of Arabidopsis thaliana (first talk)
Franz Weyerer - Studying the eco-evolutionary response of plant-pollinator systems to declining pollinator population
26 NovSteve Meeting
3 DecHannah Staufenberger - flower mixtures: Plant composition and pollinators - Pollinators' side of the story (first talk)
Julia Braun - flower mixtures: Plant composition and pollinators - Plants' side of the story (second talk)
10 Dec

Leandra Block - Phenology of five grassland species under competition – focusing the biotic impact of global change (first talk)

Anselm Lieb - Influence of a widespread and host unspecific fungal endophyte on knotweed invasiveness (second talk)

17 Dec

Lorenz Krüger - Invenstigating the structure-stability relationship in competitive networks with an individual based model (first talk)

Anaelle Regen - HEDGE Project 2: The role of beta diversity in ecosystem functioning (second talk)

14 JanMeike Ebenslander - The interaction of experimental drought and herbivory on plants along a climate gradient (II) (first talk)
21 Jan

Malina Palmer - Eco-evolutionary dynamics in plant-pollinator metacommunities - connecting ecology, evolution and a compex spatial landscape (first talk)

Johanne Gresse - Plant traits as determinants of population and community stability (second talk)

28 JanNina Porath - Microbiome influence on Arabidopsis thaliana: How does it affect plant health when facing fluctuating environmental and pathogen stress? (first talk)
Johannes Kasper - Diversity of microorganisms on Arabidopsis thaliana and their influence on resistance to Pseudomonas (second talk)
4 FebNo seminar
11 Feb

Mara Breit - What determines heavy metal hyper-accumulation efficacy of Arabidopsis halleri more? – Plant or soil biogeochemistry? (first talk)

Johannes Schumann - RSR and optimum distances to neighbours in cold environment (second talk)

  
 Summer Semester 2021
23 AprKorinna Allhoff - A crash course in dynamical systems theory - can differential equations help to bush encroachment?
30 AprNo seminar
07 MayNo seminar
14 May

Dario Galanti - Climatic and genetic basis of epigenetic natural variation in Thlaspi arvense (first talk)

Smilla Stroetmann - Seed and seedling responses to parental drought exposure of grassland species from the Swabian Alb, Germany (second talk)

21 MayJinlong Wan - Long term dynamics of defense in invasive plants: an evolutionary perspective on the shifting defense hypothesis
28 MayNo seminar - PopBio2021 conference
04 JuneJohannes Schumann - allocation of root and shoot biomass under varying levels of stress in adult plants and seedlings of lowland and alpine plants (second talk)
11 JuneNo seminar
18 JuneNo seminar
25 JuneAlexander Kelemen - Nutrient limitation of plants along a climate gradient (first talk)
Anne Krehl - How is the ability of soil to retain water under drought conditions affected by different concentrations of microplastic?
02 JulyNo seminar
09 JulyNo seminar
16 JulyNo seminar
23 JulyIsolde Van Riemsdijk - First glance at invasive knotweed epigenetic and genetic data from Europe
30 JulyUndine Schöllkopf - Plastic fragments in soil influence soil-water retention, biomass and fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana
  
 Winter Semester 2020/2021
16 OctWei Yan - Pervasive low-allele dominance associates with biomass heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana
23 OctVerena Schluecker - What happend to the mysterious wet meadows? (2nd talk)
30 OctSmilla Stroetmann - Rapid evolution in germination rate and drought mortality (Bsc, 1st talk)
Katja Tielbörger -The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Rehearsal for keynote talk EMBL conference (Our house is burning)
06 Nov

Heiko Hinneberg - Building a conservation concept for forest butterflies - prerequisites and first results (1st talk)

Stefanie GotterbarmHeterospecific plant soil feedback strenght in relation to phylogenetic distance
in grassland communities (Bsc, 2nd talk)                                      

20 NovLina Reid - Did invasive Knotweeds adapt to the abiotic environment in the new range? (1st talk)
27 NovLara Saul - Resistance and resilience of grasslands to extreme drought - the role of clonality (2nd talk)
04 DecVistorina Amputu - Assessment of rangeland condition in a dryland systemusing UAV-based multispectral imagery
11 DecAnnika May - Phenotypic plasticity to neutral and green shade in the heavy metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri
08 JanAnne Krehl - How is the ability of soil to retain water under drought conditions affected by different concentrations of microplastic?
22 JanRosa Kramp - Functional responses of plant communities to extreme climate events
29 JanGenevie Allen - Getting to the root of the problem: the rhizosphere microbiome of Fallopia japonica
05 FebUndine Schoellkopf - Do different sizes of micro-mesoplastic affect growth of Arabidopsis under drought?
12 FebAnselm Lieb - Influence of a widespread and host unspecific fungal endophyte on knotweed invasiveness
26 FebBelén Benítez Domínguez - Can metal hyperaccumlation increase drought tolerance?
  
 Summer Semester 2020
17 AprFranziska Koch - The complex dance of competition: Hierarchy promotes stability in benthic competition networks (short talk)
24 Apr

Eliane Schuster - Resistance and resilience of the forest herb layer to extreme drought as a function of light (short talk)

Malina Palmer - Effects of population asynchrony on plant community stability in face of an extreme drought (short talk)

08 May

Zixin Li - Rapid evolution in two resurrection plants - A trade-off between adaptation to water availability and herbivory (short talk)

Maximiliane Herberich - Drought in semi-natural ecosystems (short talk)

15 MayGrey Monroe (MPI Developmental Biology Tübingen) - From satellites to sequences: uncovering the drivers and genomics of plant climate adaptation (long talk)
22 MayVerena Schlücker - The mysterious apperance of 3.3 km² wet meadows - a tour through the biotope mapping database of Baden-Württemberg (short talk)
06 JunNo seminar - Pfingsferien / Whitsun break
12 JunJana Fauß - Prey selection in metal hyperaccumulating plants (short talk)
19 Jun

Lara Saul - Resistance and resilience of grasslands to extreme drought – the role of clonality (short talk)

Charlotte Møller - Adaptation of understorey herbs to forest management (short talk)

26 JunMona Merkle - Effect of competition on plant phenology (short talk)
03 Jul

Eliane Schuster - Resistance and resilience of the forest herb layer to extreme drought as a function of light (short talk)

Julia Schädle - The role of soil water in extreme drought experiments (short talk)

10 Jul

Inga Tegetmeyer - Unraveling eco-evolutionary feedbacks in heterocarpic plants (short talk)

Vistorina Amputu - Vegetation secondary succession in response to time since last fire in a broad-leaved savanna in central Namibia (short talk)

17 JulFranziska Koch - Surprising insights into the (in)stability of competitive communities from a mathematical network perspective (short talk)
24 Jul

Rosa Kramp - Drought tolerance strategies under extreme drought (short talk)

Sophie Weides - Where does the water come from: quantifying diversity of water-uptake depths of plants (short talk)

31 Jul

Steffanie Gotterbarm - Ghost effects of plant-soil feedback (short talk)

Annika May - Can metal hyperaccumulating plants differentiate between neutral (rocks) vs. green share (competition)? (short talk)

07 Aug

Zixin Li - Rapid evolution in two resurrection plants - A trade-off between adaptation to water availability and herbivory (short talk)

Ramona Irimia - Geographic mosaic of local adaptation in an invasive thistle (short talk)

  
 Winter Semester 2019/2020
04 OctMiriam Ruocco (Stazione Zoologica Naples) - Seagrass plasticity across environmental gradients and multi-level response to climate change impacts
18 Oct

Sophie Weides - Vegetation changes along grazing gradients in drylands (short talk)

Free slot

25 Oct

Sandra Roller - Can plants prepare for future stress? – The effect of plant priming against pathogen infection (short talk)

Laura Fink - Resilience of productivity and community composition after extreme drought in forests and grasslands on the Swabian Alb (short talk)

01 NovNo Seminar - All Saints' Day
08 Nov

Frank Reis - Effects of plant age, genotype and environment on the Lotus corniculatus microbiome (short talk)

Jun Hee Jung - Interactions between Pseudomonas and plant microbiome: how stable are they across plant genotypes and environments? (short talk)

15 Nov

Sara Fiedler - Effects of biodiversity on forest and grassland communities during an extreme drought (short talk)

Malina Palmer - Effects of population asynchrony on plant community stability in the face of an extreme drought (short talk)

22 NovTalia Karasov - From the Microbiome to the Gene: Mapping functionally important genes in the microbiomes of plant populations (MPI Developmental Biology Tübingen)
29 Nov

Jonas Freimuth - Phenological shift of plants and pollinators in Germany (short talk)

Ronja Ratzbor - An experimental test of the area-heterogeneity trade-off (short talk)

06 DecNo Seminar - Meeting StEvE
13 DecCarola Nuglisch - Effects of energised water on plants
20 Dec

Mona Merkle - Effect of competition on flowering time (short talk)

Lisa Merkens - "Comparison of on-site threshing and regional seed mixture to establish species-rich grassland (short talk)

27 DecNo Seminar - Christmas break
03 JanNo Seminar - Christmas break
10 Jan

Korinna Allhoff - Individual-based modeling for plant ecologists

Inga Tegetmeyer - Unraveling eco-evolutionary responses of heterocarpic plants to fragmentation (short talk)

17 Jan

Dario Galanti - Structure, Stability and ecological significance of DNA methylation in European Thlaspi arvense natural populations (short talk)

Chen Chen - Heavy metals-induced oxidative stress affects the way of DNA methylation and gene expression in pokeweed (short talk)

24 Jan

Aljoscha Mengel - Effect of management and history on dry grassland vegetation – the Spitzberg as case study (short talk)

Carola Nuglisch - Effects of Energised Water on Plants (short talk)

31 JanGrey Monroe (MPI Developmental Biology Tübingen) -  From satellites to sequences: uncovering the drivers and genomics of plant climate adaptation -- Canceled!
07 FebMirijam Gaertner (HfWU Nürtingen) - Managing invasive species in urban ecosystems: a South African perspective
10 FebAna Caicedo (University of Massachusetts) - Crops, weeds, and wild plants: leveraging the agricultural environment for insight into plant adaptive evolution
28 Feb

Ronja Wedegärtner (University Trondheim) - Hiking trails as shortcuts into novel environments?! – Non-native plants colonizing mountain areas along hiking trails (short talk)

Lisa Henres - Using the Resurrection Approach to test for Rapid Evolution in Mediterranean Plant Species (short talk)

  
 Summer Semester 2019
19 AprNo seminar - Good Friday
26 AprKorinna Allhoff - Surviving academia
03 MayFree slot(s)
10 MayFree slot(s)
17 May

Shirley Deng - TBA

 

Shanghua Li - Characterization of dynamic feedbacks between the vegetation and hydrology across a hydroclimatic gradient

24 MayNo seminar - PopBio
31 May

Lena Wesenberg - Effects of stimuli on Volvox aureus and Euglena gracilis as basic research for future Pavlovian experiments

 

Sandra Roller - Can plants prepare for future stress? – The effect of plant priming against pathogen infection

07 Jun

Lisa Merkens - Comparison of on-site threshing and a regional seed mixture to establish species-rich grassland

 

Norina Pagano - Connecting the green and the grey world – an experimental approach to separating climate, vegetation and geochemical effects on nutrient cycling along a climate gradient

14 Jun

Sophie Weides - TBA

 

Free slot (short)

21 JunDRIeR BSc students - Extreme drought in forests and grasslands on the Swabian Alb (until15:00)
28 Jun

Christina Richards - Understanding mechanisms of response to complex environmental conditions in non-model plants

 

Free slot (short)

05 JulFree slot(s)
12 Jul

Angelika Hodina - The effects of grazing and mowing on the evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity

 

Free slot (short)

19 Jul

Tobias Moritz Rein - Growth responses to light and root competition in Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia

 

Aljoscha Mengel - Effect of management and history on dry grassland vegetation – the Spitzberg as case study

26 Jul

Maximilien Oly - Fungal endophytes of the Sebacinales modulate plant growth and environmental stress tolerance – a multispecies approach

 

Free slot (short)

2 AugNo Seminar
9 AugExtrasemestrial seminar: Elodie Kugler - Soil with peat compared to soil without peat
  
 Winter Semester 2018/2019
19 Oct

Jannik Kohl - The effects of hybridization on seed germination in two closely related Campanula species in the European Alps

 

Free slot (short)

26 Oct

Leah Kirchhoff - Disentangling biotic and abiotic effects on local adaptation of Plantago lanceolata

 

Free slot (short)

02 NovFree slot
09 Nov

Shanghua Li - Dynamic coupling of vegetation and hydrology greatly modifies results of classical static modeling approaches

 

Free slot (short)

16 NovFree slot
23 NovNo seminar (Meeting StEvE)
30 Nov

Neta Manela - The effect of fire and smoke on soil seed bank germination in Mediterranean woodlands

 

Angelika Hodina - The effects of grazing and mowing on the evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity

07 Dec

Maximiliane Herberich - Unknown buffers – which facets of biodiversity stabilize grassland productivity against extreme drought?

 

free slot (short)

14 Dec

Sebastian Kühnl - Identifying feedback patterns in empirical vs randomized systems of interference competition

 

Lena Wesenberg - Measuring the effect of stimuli gradients on Euglena and Volvox as basic research for future pavlovian experiments

21 Dec

Heiko Hinneberg - Can plants and soil mesofauna from naturally variable environments cope better with extreme drought?

 

Sara Klingenfuss - The ANPP - Precipitation relationship in drylands and how we could use it to predict critical transitions and prevent desertification

28 DecWinter break
04 JanWinter break
11 Jan

Franziska Bauer - Detection of cyanotoxin genes in Bavarian lakes

 

Simone Rost - Identifying cyanobacterial community shifts in small Bavarian lakes over the last 100 years using sedimentary DNA: Impact of eutrophication and climate chang

18 Jan

Lara Braun - The influence of habitat heterogeneity on population sizes, extinction rate and plant diversity in an experimental grassland ecosystem

 

Ronja Ratzbor - TBA (cancelled)

25 Jan

Lisa Henres - Using the resurrection approach to test for rapid evolution of drought resistance

 

Franziska Werner - Germination behaviour of Thlaspi arvense under different environmental conditions

01 Feb

Kathrin Schratt - Larch tree stand dynamics along environmental gradients at the north-eastern treeline in Siberia

 

Free slot (short)

08 Feb

Ingeborg Haug - Mycorrhizal investigations in tropical montane forests in Ecuador

 

Hagen Ritter - Observation based spatial modelling of interference competition in
benthic bryozoan assemblages

15 Feb

Extrasemestrial seminar

 

Sebastian Kühnl - Identifying feedback patterns in empirical vs randomized systems of interference competition

 

Free slot (short)

  
 Summer Semester 2018
20 Apr

Robert Rauschkolb - Back to the Future: using seed banks as a tool to investigate recent adaptation to climate change

Free slot (slot)

27 Apr

Franziska Merle Willems - Effects of forest management on the phenology of early-flowering understory herbs

Maxi Herberich - Temporal storage effect promotes coexistence of plant functional type across the full range of soil water availability

04 MayNo Seminar (PopBio)
11 May

Dario Galanti - Structure, stability and ecological significance of natural epigenetic variation in European Thlaspi arvense populations

Free slot (short)

18 May

Leah Kirchhoff - Disentangling biotic and abiotic effects on local adaptation in Plantago lanceolata

Free slot (short)

25 MayNo Seminar (Vorlesungsfrei)
01 JunFree slot
08 Jun

Heiko Hinneberg - Drought response of common perennial meadow plants and soil mesofauna

Free slot (short)

15 Jun

Hannah Gelaudie - Herbivory induces clonal foraging for nutrient in plants

Free slot (short)

22 Jun

Hagen Ritter - Observation-based spatial modelling of interference competition in
benthic bryozoan assemblages

Marlena Reußwig - Characterization of grassland species growth under different habitat conditions

29 JunIoanna Jakob (KIT) - Experiments on the bioprocess development of Phacotus lenticularis
06 Jul

Ronja Ratzbor - HEDGE 2 - and now there is data

(cancelled)

13 JulNo seminar: Clara Nesongano will defend her PhD thesis at 10am
20 Jul

Juliana Almario - TBA

Madalin Parepa - Fluctuating resources and plant invasion: a field test

27 Jul

Maria Majekova - Wilting point and osmotic adjustment in grassland plants

2nd slot filled - TBA

10 Aug

Extrasemestrial seminar: Thais Henn Werner - Can plants remember their future?

Free slot (short)

17 AugExtrasemestrial seminar: Eleanor Gibson-Forty - Plant-Animal interactions in the Brassicaceae family along a steep rainfall gradient in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin
  
 Winter semester 2017/18
20 OctJavier Morente - Disentangling local adaptation and genetic drift in marginal populations of a Mediterranean mountain plant.
Robert Rauschkolb - Does ex situ cultivation of rare plant species in botanical gardens lead to loss of adaptation to the wild?
27 Oct

Anna Kirschbaum - Evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity in response to grassland management

Allen Kandjai - Reseeding Anthephora pubescens and Brachiaria nigropedata as a restoration measure at the Waterberg, central Namibia; impacts of rainfall, soil properties and nutrients

03 Nov

Ellie Gibson-Forty - Reproduction in the desert, is it limited by pollinators? A gradient-approach in Israel

Maike Domogalla - Response of grassland plants to extreme drought

10 NovNo Seminar - Meeting StEvE
17 NovFree slot
24 Nov

Sirona Hillenbrand - Associative learning in Arabidopsis thaliana: can the light induced stomatal opening be coupled with a gravitational stimulus?

Anubhav Mohiley - Chemical defense and chemical warfare are two sides of the same coin

01 DecFranziska M. Willems - Tracking (long-term) phenological changes: mining herbaria and roaming the forests
08 DecMaxi Herberich - Density-dependent dynamics in plant communities deviate from simple rules due to age structure, multiple species and abiotic stress
15 Dec

Miriam Heck - Thermonastic reactions in Rhododendron – intensity in different species and influence of leaf herbivory

Jannik Kohl - The effects of inbreeding and hybridization on seed germination in two closely related Campanula species in the European Alps

22 DecRüdiger Hampp - Vitality of lichens of different light climates in the Atlantic Rain Forest
29 DecNo Seminar - Winter holidays
05 JanNo Seminar - Winter holidays
12 JanLuzia Tiggeman - Establishing multispectral imaging techniques to monitor vegetation characteristics at HBT
19 JanJan Ruppert - TBA
26 JanEva Weber - The influence of cultivation of wild flowers on their stress tolerance
2 FebFree slot
9 Feb

Bence Gaspar - Large-scale patterns of epigenetic diversity in natural populations of Plantago lanceolata

Nicola Lechner - Drought impacts on herbaceous plants: Separating resistance and resilience mechanisms

16 FebEXTRA SEMINAR: Mark Bilton - Bilton goes biltong: the search for elephants
  
 Summer semester 2017
21 AprRebecca Peters - Herbivore damage along a climate gradient in Chile
28 AprLiliana Szczeparska - Rapid adaptation of rare species to ex-situ cultivation conditions
Mirjam Peters - Climate change and phenological shifts - a herbarium study
05 MayKatja Tielbörger - The wombat story - and other animals
12 May

Lara Braun - More is less: the effect of soil depth on species richness

Clara Nesongano - Drought and elevated CO2 effects on trees and grasses in southern African savannas

19 MayNo Seminar - PopBio Halle
26 MayAnastasia Leonova - Interactions between invasive plants and soil biota - example of Impatiens glandulifera
02 JunDeokjoo Son - Potential habitats of submerged macrophytes in the rivers of South Korea
09 JunNo seminar - Vorlesungsfrei
16 JunChris Bauch - How to capture human behaviour in mathematical models, and why it matters for understanding socio-ecological forest ecosystems
23 Jun

Lisa Küchen - Competitive abilities and invasive potential of ornamental sunflower cultivars

Chris Bauch - Dynamics of Scirpus maritimus in a temporally varying environment

30 Jun

Ronja Ratzbor - HEDGE 2: from the common garden to the Biodiversity Exploratories

Madhur Anand - Biodiversity optimization in mosaic landscapes

07 JulRamon Diaz Grados - Assessing the evolutionary change of Ambrosia artemisiifolia to ambient and elevated temperature
14 Jul (N11)Anna Eiperle - Responses of wild and cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus) varieties to temperature variability
Anubhav Mohiley - The role of biotic interactions in determining metal hyperaccumulation
21 Jul

Viktoria Ferenc - Mating systems of annual crucifer species along a rainfall gradient

Sara Klingenfuss - The influence of habitat heterogeneity on plant species diversity in an experimental grassland community

28 JulKatja Tielbörger - Almost all the plants in the South and West of Oz
  
 Winter semester 2016/17
21 OctRouven Nagel - Selection in cultivation of wild plants for seed production
Laura Bäumler - Measuring the Water-Use Efficiency of Biscutella didyma via Stable Carbon Isotopes
28 OctAnna Kirschbaum - TBA
Niv de Malach - Size asymmetry of resource competition and the structure of plant communities
04 NovMeeting StEvE
11 Nov

Jonas Dornbach - Exploit or Tolerate: Drought and grazing strategies under climate change

Melissa Sehrt - Effect of low mowing frequency on diversity of plants and pollinators

18 NovEllie Gibson-Forty - Changing herbivore pressure across a rainfall gradient
25 NovShujuan Wei - Phylogeny or taxonomy should we care? Deal with multispecies non-independence in meta-analyses on plant responses to elevated CO2
02 DecUta Grünert - Life-cycle adaptations of a calcifying freshwater green algae
Juan Pablo Suárez - Are mycorrhizal communities associated to tropical epiphytic orchids structured around keystone mycorrhizal species?
09 Dec

Jonathan von Oppen - Tea time on the summits - litter decomposition in alpine peak soils

Lara Braun - The effect of fertilisation, mowing, soil depth and treading on biodiversity and productivity

16 DecRonja Wedegärtner - Under-cover?! Species shifts and snow cover in the Southern Scandes
Maren Reinhardt - The influence of fertilization, soil depth and treading on plant biomass production and plant functional group composition
23 DecCanceled - too few people around
30 DecWinter holidays
06 JanWinter holidays
13 JanNo presentations
20 JanRobert Rauschkolb - Does ex situ cultivation of rare plant species in botanical gardens lead to loss of adaptation to the wild?
Rebekka Ziegler - Cryptic diversity in Microbotryum pinguiculae on Pinguicula species
27 JanMadalin Parepa & Zhiyong Liao - In China for Knotweed
03 FebSamuel Hamard - TBA
10 FebLiliana Szczeparska - Genetic variation in Iris pumila L. populations from kurgans and other Pontic steppe refugia in southern Ukraine
  
 Summer semester 2016
15 Apr

Josephina Nübold - Wurzelbeimpfungen mit VAM-Sporen, Bodenbakterien und organischen Düngemitteln an Mostbirnen im Vergleich

Niek Scheepens - Environmental variability and intraspecific diversity affect population invasibility

22 AprSvenja Block & Lara Braun - Brazilian flora and fauna
29 AprYan Sun - Predicting environmental impact of non-resident species additions (& upcoming studies at Uni-Tuebingen)
6 MayNo seminar (PopBio Trebon)
13 May

Kilian Dorbath - Dionysia: Pollination experiments and investigation of heterostyly

Jennifer Cross - Insect communities of exotic and native Rorippa austriaca genotypes in a common garden experiment

20 MayNo seminar (Whitsuntide)
27 May

Stefanie Herbst - Will climate change facilitate plant invasions?

Max Schön - Biodiversity assessment of belowground fungal communities: Metabarcoding the rhizosphere of Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

3 JunZhiyong Liao - A Brief Introduction to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
10 JunShirley Deng - Variable heat stress effects in more than one generation
17 JunEdwin Mudongo - Rangeland management in face of drought - the DroughtAct Experiment
24 JunChristine Sheppard (Uni Hohenheim) - Long-term dynamics of plant invasions
1 JulCecilia Ndunge - Shrub encroachment in Namibian savannas - Testing shrub-grass interactions using reciprocal transplants
8 JulAnastasia Leonova - The role of soil biota in the invasive success of Impatiens glandulifers
15 Jul

Liesbeth van den Brink - Connecting the green and the grey world - Fieldwork in Chile

Rebecca Peters - Herbivorous damage along a climate gradient

22 Jul

Maxi Herberich - The self-thinning rule or where is the red line?

Nicola Lechner - Drought impacts on herbaceous plants - separating resistance and resilience mechanisms

29 JulExtra-semestrial presentation: Fabian Slowik - TBA
  
 Winter semester 2015/16
16. OctBarbara Eckel - Ecological and evolutionary significance of epigenetic variation
Clarissa Anders - Clonal cooperation and habitat heterogeneity: Does clonality help in heterogeneous habitats and are heterogeneous habitats good for clonal plants?
23. OctMarie Sroka - Influence of habitat heterogeneity on plant species diversity in a native grassland community - the second year
Bence Gáspár - What have I been doing?
06. NovAlexander Kubisch (Uni Hohenheim) - Where am I and why? - A new general framework for the formation of range limits
13. NovWellencia Clara Nesongano - Effects of climate change and elevated CO2 on shrub encroachment and the balance between herbaceous and woody plants in (Namibian) savanna ecosystems
Ellie Gibson-Forty - Phenotypic and genetic variation in Biscutella didyma and other Brassicaceae and adaptation to environmental change
20. NovHanna Walter - Climatic drivers of seed size and seed shape of garlic mustard in the native and introduced range
Viktoria Ferenc
04. DecAnnamaria Achtzehn - Exotic ornamentals: potential invaders under future climate?
Mark Bilton - ORN groups are great!
11. DecJoachim Bickhofe - Evolution of flowering phenology and the consequences under climate change
Tobias Mohr - Phenotypic plasticity in plants and its role in climate change adaptation
18. DecNiek Scheepens - The effects of timing and frequency of temperature stress on phenology and fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
Ruichang Zhang - Facilitation within plant species - generality and mechanisms: a review
08. JanAnna Lampei Bucharova - How many seeds can I collect from a plant population without threatening it?
15. JanAlexandra Ickes - Wirkung von Bokashi-Biokohle-Pellets auf Wachstum und Ertrag von Balkontomaten und Begonia dietrichina
22. JanRuichang Zhang - Positive interactions and SGH in conspecific cohorts: a case study
29. JanSvenja Block - The results from the WhoIsNext project: The effect of drought timing, drought intensity and drought duration on the success of ornamental plants
05. FebAnubhav Mohiley
Claudia Hener
12. FebPhilipp Klein - The importance of genetic diversity and local adaptation for plant restoration
Zhiyong Liao - Adaptation of invasive Chromolaena odorata plants to enemy release
  
 Summer semester 2015
16. AprSvenja Block - WhatISNext: upcoming experiments within my WhoIsNext PhD project
23. AprRob Colautti - Results from the global garlic mustard field survey
30. AprClarissa Anders - Clonal plants in heterogeneous habitats
Ingeborg Haug - Monitoring of fungal communities on reforestation plots and pristine forest: Cloning and Sanger sequencing versus deep sequencing
21. MayLea Böttinger - How does plant inbreeding affect chemical defenses, herbivores, and pollinators?
Michal Gruntman - To fight or not to fight: decision making in plants under competition
28. MayMaxi Herberich - Coupled modelling of vegetation–hydrology dynamics
11. JunJohannes Reisel - Maternal effects on seed dormancy strategies
18. JunNicola Lechner - Influence of habitat heterogeneity on plant species diversity in a native grassland community
25. JunJane Devos - Retracing the path of epigenetics out of the maze of natural variation
01. JulPatrick Kuss - Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae)
02. JulMichal Gruntman - A matter of time: invasion history and the evolution of an alien plant
09. JulSabine Urban - Ecological consequences of increased climate variability
Jennifer Cross - Insect communities on Rorippa austriaca
23. JulClaudia Hener
30. JulAnubhav Mohiley - The role of ecological interactions in determining metal hyperaccumulation in two model Brassicaceae species
Ronja Rosenstein - Phylogenetic diversity and composition of belowground endophytic fungal communities associated with wheat (Triticum aestivum) from organic and conventional farming systems
  
 Winter semester 2014/15
31. OctJonas Dornbach - Explaining ORN patterns: A drought x grazing x competition experiment
07. NovSara Tomiolo - To mycorrhiza or not to mycorrhiza? A multispecies approach to test mycorrhiza contribution to plant performance
14. NovBence Gáspár - Epigenetic diversity in grassland plants
21. NovShirley Deng - Stress and epigenetics in aligator weed
28. NovFabian Slowik - bORN in America: Response of Climatic Niche Groups to Canadian grazing and climate manipulations
Julia Bruder - Bachelor thesis introduction
05. DecPhilipp Unterweger - "Bunte Wiese": nature protection and investigations on urban biodiversity
12. DecMiriam Paul - Bringing back the Rainforest - Reforestation Pathways in subtropical Australia and their impacts on Ecosystem Properties
19. DecJana Schmidt - Größen der Botanik in Tübingen - Ein Lernpfad im Botanischen Garten (German spoken, Englisch slides)
09. JanViktoria Ferenc - Combined impacts of water and nutrients levels on mycorrhiza dependency in different plant species
16. JanSvenja Block - The effect of precipitation change on the invasion potential of ornamental plants - Update after the first experiment.
23. JanLara Braun - PhD thesis introduction
30. JanJun Shi
Nadine Mayer
06. FebTanja Laaser - Root foraging in the metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri
13. FebJake Alexander (ETH Zurich) - Indirect effects of climate change on mountain plant communities
13. FebStudents of the Plant Evolutionary Ecology course - five presentations on the results from experimental projects
20. FebElisa Scheib - Brechen der winterlichen Knospendormanz holziger Pflanzen durch Gibberelinsäure
Julia Bruder - Germination experiments with Namibian seeds
27. FebMoisés Expósito Alonso (MPI) - High-throughput phenotyping in field conditions
Niek Scheepens - Adaptation to environmental variability in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
6. MarSara Tomiolo - Moving up or laying low - limits of Pinus contorta invasion into alpine zones
13. MarMartine Huberty - Above and belowground: Herbivore defending stragies of a range expanding plant
Anna Bucharova - Regional seeds in ecosystem restoration: Plant ecotype identity affects interacting organisms over two trophic levels
  
 Summer semester 2014
10. AprMaxi Herberich - Coupled modelling of vegetation-hydrology dynamics
Ronja Ratzbor - Population viability analysis of an endangered stage-structured population of Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum L.
15. AprJonas Dornbach - The pollination ecology of the genus Arisaema
17. AprSvenja Block - The effect of precipitation change and precipiation variability on the invasion potential of ornamentals - first experimental ideas
24. AprJan Helbach - The role of soil biota in habitat resistance against invasive knotweed and the influence of environmental variability
Dorothee Gross - Bachelor project introduction
8. MayMark Bilton - Betting against change: Do seed dormancy strategies of Mediterranean annuals provide resistance to climate change?
15. MayNadine Bihler - Bachelor project introduction
Bettina Bauer - Bachelor project introduction
22. MayMartine Huberty - Testing the EICA and SDH below ground for a range expending invasive species: Rorippa austriaca
Sarah Gebauer - Insect herbivore resistance of native and invasive populations of the invasive plant Lythrum salicaria
05. JunLisa Schmid - Bacholer project results
12. JunBarbara Piškur - Diagnostics of tree diseases in Slovenia
26. JunNiek Scheepens - PostDoc-project introduction: Phenotypic plasticity and plant adaptation to variable climates
03. JulNiklas Samuel - Impact of precipitation change and competition on Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
10. JulIngeborg Haug - Mycorrhizal Research in South Ecuador
Elisabeth Früh - PhD project introduction
17. JulDorothea Mosandl - Mycorrhization of paramo plants in South Ecuador
Katharina Greiner-Perth
31. JulExtra-semestrial guest lecture: Marcin Piatek - Uncharted terrain: exploring the diversity of smut fungi in West Africa