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  • GfÖ Annual Meeting 2025
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    Main objectives

    Support for basic and applied ecological sciences

     

    Objective 01

    Supporting cooperation between different ecological disciplines

     

    Objective 02

    Improving communication between ecologists in German-speaking countries and beyond

     

    Objective 03

    Support for education in ecology at universities and other educational institutions

     

    Objective 04

    Practical application and implementation of ecological knowledge

     

    Objective 05

    Representation of ecological interests in public

     

    Objective 06

    Specialist groups

    Many of the GfÖ's activities are supported by working groups. These working groups reflect the broad spectrum of ecological topics within the GfÖ: the working groups such as Plant Population Biology or Macroecology also organize their own shorter specialist conferences.

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    Agroecology

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    Soil ecology

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    Computational Ecology

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    Macroecology

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    Conservation & restoration ecology

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    Eco hydrology

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    Ecosystem research

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    Plant population biology

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    Urban ecology

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    Dryland research

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    Environmental education

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    Forest ecology

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    Young Modellers in Ecology

    Publications

    The Society for Ecology has been publishing the international journal Basic and Applied Ecology (BAAE) (Elsevier) since 2000.
    Information for members is published twice a year in the GfÖ Bulletin. The publication Proceedings of the GfÖ offered articles or abstracts of presentations and posters from the annual conferences from 1972 to 2016.

    BAAE

    Issue #84

    The effects of climate change on boreal plant-pollinator interactions are largely neglected by science

    The boreal forest, one of the world's largest terrestrial biomes, is currently experiencing rapid climate-driven changes. This review synthesizes the limited research ...

    BAAE

    Issue #83

    Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation

    Cliffs, all over the world, are often exceptionally rich in endemic, rare and endangered plant species. Historically, cliffs have been among the least human-disturbed habitats, but they now face increasing direct and indirect pressures.

    BAAE

    Issue #82

    Changes in weed vegetation across transects in maize fields

    Weed vegetation in Central Europe has strongly changed during the last decades in response to changing agricultural practices. In addition, the cultivation of certain crops such as maize has expanded strongly.

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    The Ecological Society of
    Germany, Austria and Switzerland

     

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    Gesellschaft f. Ökologie e.V.
    c/o Institut für Ökologie

    Kathrin Dieckgräber

    Technische Universität Berlin
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    12165 Berlin
    Germany

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