Wiebke Ullmann

I aim at understanding how the composition and configuration of agricultural landscape elements support ecosystem functions and biodiversity for a sustainable future. Therefore, I researched the effect of agricultural landscape structure and habitat diversity on the movements and behaviour of declining European hare populations. I am also interested in animals’ potential to function as mobile linkers between distant habitat types and thus maintain biodiversity in fragmented agricultural areas. Furthermore, I study the effects of reduced insect species richness and abundance in agricultural landscapes on biodiversity processes. With this study, I want to find an adequate method to establish agri-environment schemes that ensure the persistence of coexisting species in agricultural areas.