Agroecology Department
Main research in agroecology is on patterns and mechanisms of biodiversity and ecological functions in agricultural landscapes. This includes the relative importance of local and regional scales as well as bottom-up and top-down effects with respect to the regulation of population size in multitrophic food webs. Such basic ecology is related to the conservation and enhancement of beneficial interactions in agroecosystems.
Parent institution:
University of Goettingen Details of University of Goettingen
Address
Agroecology Department
Grisebachstr. 6
37077 Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Phone: +49 551-39-9209
Fax: +49 551-39-9205
email: ttschar(@)gwdg.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Multitrophic interactions (direct and indirect effects, below- and aboveground interactions, insect-pathogen and herbivore-pollinator interactions).
- The comparison of tropical and temperate communities (phytophagous and entomophagous insects per plant, pollinators and trap-nesting bees and wasps).
- The differences between agroecosystems and near-natural ecosystems (biodiversity, biotic interactions, biocontrol).
- The relation of biodiversity and ecological functions (predation, parasitism, pollination).
- The relative importance of local and regional effects on biodiversity and ecological functions (habitat vs. landscape management).
Coordinated projects
- Biodiversity and trophic interactions in agricultural mosaic landscapes, comparing bees, wasps and their natural enemies Details of Biodiversity and trophic interactions in agricultural mosaic landscapes, comparing bees, wasps and their natural enemies
- Diversification of Andean crop systems at local and landscape scales: enhancing biological control of potato pests Details of Diversification of Andean crop systems at local and landscape scales: enhancing biological control of potato pests
- Nutritional status and parasitism of adult cereal aphid-parasitoids in agricultural landscapes Details of Nutritional status and parasitism of adult cereal aphid-parasitoids in agricultural landscapes
- Possibilities of tax legislation to promote organic farming - a co-efficient instrument for promoting Details of Possibilities of tax legislation to promote organic farming - a co-efficient instrument for promoting
- SFB 552: C3 - Insect diversity and trophic interactions in relation to agroforestry management and ENSO droughts Details of SFB 552: C3 - Insect diversity and trophic interactions in relation to agroforestry management and ENSO droughts
- SFB 552: Z4 - Projectmanagement and Administration Details of SFB 552: Z4 - Projectmanagement and Administration
Involved in research projects:
- Development of practical strategies for the regulation of cicadas in the ecological and medicinal plant cultivation Seasonings outdoors and under glass Details of Development of practical strategies for the regulation of cicadas in the ecological and medicinal plant cultivation Seasonings outdoors and under glass
- Novel resistance to control wheat blast caused by Magnapothe grisea, a new disease threatening global wheat production Details of Novel resistance to control wheat blast caused by Magnapothe grisea, a new disease threatening global wheat production
Coordinated collaborative projects:
- SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA) Details of SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA)
Work package leader of collaborative projects:
- SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA) Details of SFB 552: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA)