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\n Dr. \n Olga \n Ferlian <\/h2>\n

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Affiliationen<\/h4>\n

\n Universit\u00e4t Leipzig <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Puschstra\u00dfe 4
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E-Mail: olga.ferlian@idiv.de<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang<\/h2>\n

Since 2014<\/p>\n

Postdoc (MyDiv<\/a>) in the lab of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

2011 \u2013 2014<\/p>\n

PhD at the Georg August University G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheu, title: „Soil animal food webs in temperate forests: effects of forest management on trophic structure as indicated by molecular gut content, stable isotope and fatty acid analyses“ (DFG Priority Program 1374 „Infrastructure-Biodiversity- Exploratories“)<\/p>\n

2011<\/p>\n

Diploma thesis at the Georg August University G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheu, title: \u201cAnalysing trophic interactions in centipedes (Chilopoda, Myriapoda) using fatty acid patterns: effects of life stage, forest type and season\u201d<\/p>\n

2005 \u2013 2011<\/p>\n

Study of biology at the Georg August University G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/p>\n

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Forschungsinteresse<\/h2>\n

My main research interests are trophic interactions in invertebrates within forest soil food webs and factors driving their variations. Investigating soil food webs and trophic interactions of soil animals poses a great challenge as the soil system is opaque. I use time-integrated indirect techniques, such as stable isotope and fatty acid analyses, to disentangle trophic structures in soil. Furthermore, I am interested in the role soil invertebrates play in different ecosystem functions and in consequences of their loss or introduction. In the ERC-funded project ECOWORM, we study the effects of exotic earthworm species on different ecosystem functions in North America. Being further postdoc and coordinator of a recently established tree diversity experiment, where in addition to tree diversity mycorrhizal types of tree communities were manipulated (MyDiv<\/a>), my focus is further on the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in trees and how arbuscular and ectomycorrhiza may drive them, especially within the belowground system. I am also interested in the role mycorrhizae play as food resource and how soil food web structure differs in tree communities with different mycorrhizal types.<\/p>\n

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