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Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Welcome
The GfÖ is an independent, nonprofit scientific organisation founded in 1970. We aim to:
- promote basic and applied ecological science
- encourage collaborative work of all ecological disciplines
- improve communication among ecologists in German speaking countries and beyond
- facilitate education in ecology at universities and institutes of higher education
- foster application and implementation of ecological knowledge and methods in practice
- represent ecological interests in public
Activities
International Annual Conferences comprising all scientific fields in ecology
International and National Conferences and Workshops focusing on specific scientific fields in ecology
Publications
- International ISI-rated Journal 'Basic and Applied Ecology
- Periodical 'Nachrichten der GfÖ' (written in German)
- Annual Conference Proceeding 'Verhandlungen der GfÖ' (written in English)
Specialist Groups
Agroecology; Ecology of Deserts; Ecological Theory; Ecosystem Research; Environmental Education; Experimental Ecology; Genetics and Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Macroecology; Population Ecology of Plants; Restoration Ecology; Soil Ecology; Urban Ecology
Members
About 1400 in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, Venezuela.
Office
Office of the 'Gesellschaft für Ökologie'
Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin
Rothenburgstr. 12, D-12165 Berlin, Germany
email: info@gfoe.org
President
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Wolters, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
Email: praesident@gfoe.org
Secretary
PD Dr. Rainer Waldhardt, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
email: schrift@gfoe.org
NGO Relations
Member of the European Ecological Federation (EEF), the International Association for Ecology (INTECOL), and of the German Dachverband Agrarforschung (DAF)