Norbert Hölzel

Norbert Hölzel (* 1963 ) is a German physical geographer and has been a professor for ecosystem research at the University of Münster since October 2007 .

Life

Hölzel studied physical geography in Munich and received his doctorate in geobotany at the Ludwig Maximilians University in the forestry faculty in 1995 . He wrote his dissertation on snow heather and pine forests in the central Northern Limestone Alps . Later he obtained his habilitation with venia legendi for vegetation ecology and landscape ecology at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (department of agricultural sciences, ecotrophology and environmental management). He wrote this on the topic of the ecological importance of seed banks , germination and establishment for the renaturation of floodplain meadows . Since October 2007 he has been professor for ecosystem research in Münster. He is head of the working group on biodiversity and ecosystem research at the University of Münster. 2017 he was awarded the Russian University of Tyumen , the honorary doctorate for his long-standing involvement in the German-Russian research cooperation and for his work in the international advisory board of the UT.

Teaching and Research

He teaches vegetation and landscape ecology, technical English, soil science and multivariate statistics . The main research areas are grassland ecology (renaturation and sustainable use of species-rich grassland), floodplain ecology (nutrient gradients, flood dynamics, spread, "river valley types"), ecology of rare and endangered species (location retention, population dynamics), seed ecology (phenology, seed banks, germination ecology), ecology Assessment of techniques for the renaturation of habitats and species), effects of global change (climate, land use) on landscapes, habitats and species, development of adaptation strategies to global change as well as land use change and landscape change in Western Siberia and Kazakhstan .

Publications (selection)

• N. Blüthgen, C. Dormann, D. Prati, VH Klaus, T. Kleinebecker, N. Hölzel, F. Alt, S. Boch, S. Gockel, A. Hemp, J. Müller, J. Nieschulze, SC Renner, I. Schöning, U. Schumacher, SA Socher, K. Wells, K. Birkhofer, F. Buscot, Y. Oelmann, C. Rothenwöhrer, C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke, C. Weiner, M. Fischer, EKV Kalko, KE Linsenmair, E.-D. Schulze, WW Weisser: A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 13, 2012, pp. 207-220.
• A. Berndt, N. Hölzel: Energy crops as a new bird habitat: Utilization of oilseed rape fields by the rare Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 21, 2012, pp. 527-541.
• VH Klaus, T. Kleinebecker, S. Boch, J. Müller, AS Socher, D. Prati, M. Fischer, N. Hölzel: NIRS meets Ellenberg's indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values ​​of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near -infrared spectral characteristics. In: Ecological Indicators . 14, 2012, pp. 82-86.

Web links

• uni-muenster.de