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Institute of Ecology
Institution
Section overview
Description
Ecology has the longest possible tradition in Jena, since here the term Oecologie was coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel for the first time to describe a new branch of biological sciences that deals with the interactions between organisms and their environment. Today the Institute of Ecology consists of seven research groups with a total of about 90 staff members and affiliated students working on their dissertation or diploma thesis. Research emphases are on biodiversity studies, evolutionary behavioural ecology, polar ecology, succession, and application of multivariate statistics for ecosystem analyses. Together with the two Max-Planck-Institutes for Chemical Ecology (founded 1996) and for Biogeochemistry (founded 1997) Jena has developed into a centre of ecological research in Germany.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
Coordinated collaborative projects
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Contact
Institute of Ecology
Dornburger Str. 159
07743 Jena
Thuringia
Germany
Phone: 03641 949400
Fax: 03641 949402
