Stefan Halle
Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship for Ecology | Small Mammal Ecology Group
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Image: Stefan Halle
Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship for Ecology
Stefan Halle, Prof. Dr
Head of Small Mammal Ecology Group
Image: Stefan Halle
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Retired since 01.10.2023; office hours on appointment
Retired since 01.10.2023; office hours on appointment
Research Interests
- behavioural ecology, particularly of small mammals
- evolutionary establishment of diel activity patterns
- spatio-temporal behaviour
- dispersal
- predator/prey interactions
- vole population cycles
- effect of landscape structure and land use on behaviour and population dynamics
- theoretical ecology and modelling
- experimental studies on the population level
Curriculum vitae
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| Since 1996 | Full professor and Chair of Ecology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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| 1995 - 1996 | Private lecturer at the Animal Ecology group, Philipps University Marburg |
| 1994 - 1995 | Deputy professor for ecology at the Zoological Institute,Ludwig Maximilians University Munich |
| 1994 | Habilitation for Ecology/Zoology at Philipps University Marburg with Prof. Hermann Remmert
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| 1990 - 1994 | Postdoc at University of Oslo/Norway with Prof. Nils-Christian Stenseth
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| 1989 - 1990 | Scientific employee at the city of Cologne, duties: supervision of nature reserves, development of concepts for biotope networks and biotope management
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| 1984 - 1987 | Trainee at the forestry office Rheinbraun and research assistant at RWTH Aachen
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| 1977 - 1984 | Study of biology at University of Cologne with mayors ecology, zoology und botany
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Publications (Selection)
Temperton V.M., Hobbs R.J., Nuttle T. & Halle S. (Hrsg.) (2004): Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology – Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice. – Island Press, Washington D.C.
Halle S. & Stenseth N.C. (Hrsg.) (2000): Activity Patterns in Small Mammals – An Ecological Approach. – Ecological Studies Vol. 141, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
Meyer S., Ptacnik R., Hillebrand H., Bessler H., Buchmann N., Ebeling A., Eisenhauer N., Engels C., Fischer M., Halle S., Klein A., Oelmann Y., Roscher C., Rottstock T., Scherber C., Scheu S., Schmid B., Schulze E.-D., Temperton V., Tscharntke T., Voigt W., Weigelt A., Wilcke W. and Weisser W. (2018): Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions. – Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 44-49.
Weisser W.W., Roscher C., Meyer S.T., Ebeling A., Luo G., Allan E., Beßler H., Barnard R.L., Buchmann N., Buscot F., Engels C., Fischer C., Fischer M., Gessler A., Gleixner G., Halle S., Hildebrandt A., Hillebrand H., de Kroon H., Lange M., Leimer S., le Roux X., Milcu A., Mommer L., Niklaus P.A., Oelmann Y., Proulx R., Roy J., Scherber C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Scheu S., Tscharntke T., Wachendorf M., Wagg C., Weigelt A., Wilcke W., Wirth C., Schulze E.-D., Schmid B. and Eisenhauer N. (2017): Biodiversity effects on ecosystem funtioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions. – Basic and Applied Ecology 23: 1-73.
Allan E., Weisser W.W., Fischer M., Schulze E., Weigelt A., Roscher C., Baade J., Barnard R.L., Beßler H., Buchmann N., Ebeling A., Eisenhauer N., Engels C., Fergus A.J.F., Gleixner G., Gubsch M., Halle S., Klein A.M., Kertscher I., Kuu A., Lange M., Le Roux X., Meyer S., Migunova V.D., Milcu A., Niklaus P., Oelmann Y., Pasalic E., Petermann J.S., Poly F., Rottstock T., Sabais A., Scherber C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Scheu S., Steinbeiss S., Schwichtenberg G., Temperton V., Tscharntke T., Voigt W., Wilcke W., Wirth C. and Schmid B. (2013): A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions. – Oecologia 173: 223-237.
Jochym M. and Halle S. (2013): Influence of predation risk on recruitment and litter intervals in common voles (Microtus arvalis Pallas, 1778). – Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 281-286.
Jochym M. and Halle S. (2012): To breed or not to breed? Predation risk induces breeding suppression in common voles. – Oecologia 170: 943-953.
Hahne J., Jenkins T., Halle S. and Heckel G. (2011) Establishment success and resulting fitness consequences for vole dispersers. – Oikos 120: 95-105.
Scherber C., Eisenhauer N., Weisser W.W., Schmid B., Voigt W., Fischer M., Schulze E.D., Roscher C., Weigelt A., Allan E., Beßler H., Bonkowski M., Buchmann N., Buscot F., Clement L.W., Ebeling A., Engels C., Halle S., Kertscher I., Klein A.M., Koller R., König S., Kowalski E., Kummer V., Kuu A., Lange M., Lauterbach D., Middelhoff C., Migunova V.D., Milcu A., Müller R., Partsch S., Petermann J.S., Renker C., Rottstock T., Sabais A., Scheu S., Schumacher J., Temperton V.M. and Tscharntke T. (2010): Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment. – Nature 468 (7323): 553-556.
Proulx R., Wirth C., Voigt W., Weigelt A., Roscher C., Attinger S., Baade J., Barnard R.L., Buchmann N., Buscot F., Eisenhauer N., Fischer M., Gleixner G., Halle S., Hildebrandt A., Kowalski E., Kuu A., Lange M., Milcu A., Niklaus P.A., Oelmann Y., Rosenkranz S., Sabais A., Scherber C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Scheu S., Schulze E.-D., Schumacher J., Schwichtenberg G., Soussana J.-F., Temperton V.M., Weisser W.W., Wilcke W. and Schmid B. (2010): Diversity promotes temporal stability across levels of ecosystem organization in experimental grasslands. – PLoS One 5/10, e13382.
Eccard J.A., Pusenius J., Sundell J., Halle S. and Ylönen H. (2008): Foraging patterns of voles under avian and uniform mammalian predation risk – predator interaction and predator facilitation? – Oecologia 157: 725-734.
Halle S. (2007): Science, art, or application – the "karma" of restoration ecology. – Restoration Ecology 15: 358-361.
Halle S. (2006): Polyphasic activity patterns in small mammals. – In: D.J. Curtis, G.D. Donati, M.A. Rasmussen (eds.): Cathemerality. Folia Primatologica 77: 15-26.
Fuelling O. and Halle S. (2004): Breeding suppression in free-ranging grey-sided voles under the influence of predator odour. – Oecologia 138: 151-158.
Halle S. and Halle B. (1999): Modelling activity synchronisation in free-ranging microtine rodents. – Ecological Modelling 115: 165-176.
Andreassen H.P., Halle S. and Ims R.A. (1996): Optimal width of movement corridors for root voles: not too narrow and not too wide. – Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 63-70.
Halle S. (1995): Effect of extrinsic factors on activity of root voles, Microtus oeconomus. – Journal of Mammalogy 76: 88-99.
Halle S. and Stenseth N.C. (1994): Microtine ultradian rhythm of activity: an evaluation of different hypotheses on the triggering mechanism. – Mammal Review 24: 17-39.
Halle S. and Lehmann U. (1992): Cycle-correlated changes in the activity behaviour of field voles, Microtus agrestis. – Oikos 64: 489-497.
Halle S. and Lehmann U. (1987): Circadian activity patterns, photoperiodic responses and population cycles in voles. I: Long-term variations in circadian activity patterns. – Oecologia 71: 568-572.
Lehmann U. and Halle S. (1987): Circadian activity patterns, photoperiodic responses and population cycles in voles. II: Photoperiodic responses and population cycles. – Oecologia 71: 573-576.
Halle S. and Lehmann U. (1987): Population dynamics and individual features during the phase of decline in the field vole, Microtus agrestis (L.). – Acta Theriologica 32: 21-29.