The Chair of Vegetation Ecology is a teaching and
research unit belonging to the Department of Ecology at the
Weihenstephan Center of Life Sciences.
Our aim is to educate scientists with a profound understanding of
vegetation and ecosystem processes, and with the ability to apply their
knowledge in environmental management, planning and nature
conservation. In our research, we analyse vegetation patterns and
processes as well as the role of vegetation for ecosystem functions.
Our research and teaching activities concentrate on dynamics of natural vegetation ,
ecology of agricultural
systems , global change
ecology and restoration ecology
, linking the areas of population, community and ecosystem ecology.
Project work currently takes place in southern Brazil , southern Africa and Central Europe , in a variety of
ecological systems, from grasslands and
savannas , wetlands to urban and agricultural ecosystems
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