Termites are the most important soil ecosystem engineers of semi‐arid and arid habitats. They enhance decomposition processes as well as the subsequent mineralisation of nutrients by bacteria and fungi. Through their construction of galleries, nests and mounds, they promote soil turnover and influence the distribution of nutrients and also alter texture and hydrological properties of soils, thereby affecting the heterogeneity of their ecosystem. The main aim of the present thesis was to define the impact of termites on ecosys‐tem functioning in a semi‐arid ecosystem. In a baseline study, I assessed the diversity of termite taxa in relation to the amount of precipitation, the vegetation patterns and the land use systems at several sites in N...
I. Timing is a crucial feature in organisms that live within a variable and changing environment. Co...
Chapter 1 – General Introduction One of the greatest challenges of ecological research is to pred...
Die vertikale Ausdehnung eines Wurzelsystems bestimmt, wieviel Bodenwasser der Landvegetation für di...
One of the pronounced global challenges facing ecologists is how to feed the current growing human p...
This thesis elucidates patterns and drivers of invertebrate herbivory, herbivore diversity, and comm...
I. Global climate change directly and indirectly influences biotic and abiotic components of ecosyst...
Small mammal species have been the study object for various scientific disciplines because their ada...
Habitat fragmentation and destruction due to anthropogenic land use are the major causes of the incr...
Chapter 1 – General introduction Anthropogenic land-use and climate change are the major drivers ...
Chapter I The gradual turnover of dead organic material into mineral nutrients is a key ecological...
Summary Chapters I & II: General Introduction & General Methods Agriculture is confronted wit...
Mit Hilfe von Köderfallen, standardisierten Transektbegehungen und Point Distance Samplin...
Despite belonging to the best described patterns in ecology, the mechanisms driving biodiversity alo...
Modern agriculture is the basis of human existence, a blessing, but also a curse. It provides nouris...
Environmental interlinked problems such as human-induced land cover change, water scarcity, loss in ...
I. Timing is a crucial feature in organisms that live within a variable and changing environment. Co...
Chapter 1 – General Introduction One of the greatest challenges of ecological research is to pred...
Die vertikale Ausdehnung eines Wurzelsystems bestimmt, wieviel Bodenwasser der Landvegetation für di...
One of the pronounced global challenges facing ecologists is how to feed the current growing human p...
This thesis elucidates patterns and drivers of invertebrate herbivory, herbivore diversity, and comm...
I. Global climate change directly and indirectly influences biotic and abiotic components of ecosyst...
Small mammal species have been the study object for various scientific disciplines because their ada...
Habitat fragmentation and destruction due to anthropogenic land use are the major causes of the incr...
Chapter 1 – General introduction Anthropogenic land-use and climate change are the major drivers ...
Chapter I The gradual turnover of dead organic material into mineral nutrients is a key ecological...
Summary Chapters I & II: General Introduction & General Methods Agriculture is confronted wit...
Mit Hilfe von Köderfallen, standardisierten Transektbegehungen und Point Distance Samplin...
Despite belonging to the best described patterns in ecology, the mechanisms driving biodiversity alo...
Modern agriculture is the basis of human existence, a blessing, but also a curse. It provides nouris...
Environmental interlinked problems such as human-induced land cover change, water scarcity, loss in ...
I. Timing is a crucial feature in organisms that live within a variable and changing environment. Co...
Chapter 1 – General Introduction One of the greatest challenges of ecological research is to pred...
Die vertikale Ausdehnung eines Wurzelsystems bestimmt, wieviel Bodenwasser der Landvegetation für di...