Dr. Ewald Weber
Contact
2nd Affiliation:
University of Potsdam
Maulbeerallee 1
14469 Potsdam
E-Mail: weber27@uni-potsdam.de
1th Affiliation:
University of Bonn
Nussallee
53115 Bonn
Research Interests
Ecology of invasive plant species
- Traits of invasive plants
- Risk assessment of future invasions
- Role of soil biota on plant growth
Other interests
- Knowledge transfer and public outreach, science writing (see www.autoreweber.de)
Education and Experience
2020 – | Academic staff of the group Prof. A. Linstädter |
2018–2020 | adinterim group leader |
2016–2018 | Independent researcher of the group of Prof. J. Joshi |
2009 – 2016 | Postdoc and lecturer of the group of Prof. J. Joshi |
Publications
Please see list of publications <https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ibb-biodiversitaet/publications> for all peer-reviewed articles.
Selected papers
Weber E, Burkart M, Joshi J (2018) Deutsche botanische Gärten als mögliche Quelle invasiver Pflanzenarten – eine Bewertung der Lebendsammlungen. Natur und Landschaft 93, 23–27.
van Kleunen M, Essl F, Pergl J, Brundu G, Carboni M, Dullinger S, Early R, González‐Moreno P, Groom QJ, Hulme PE, Kueffer C, Kühn I, Máguas C, Maurel N, Novoa A, Parepa M, Pyšek P, Seebens H, Tanner R, Touza J, Verbrugge L, Weber E, Dawson W, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Winter M, Klonner G, Talluto MV, Dehnen‐Schmutz K (2018) The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions.Biological Reviews 93, 1421–1437.
Dellinger AS, Essl F, Hojsgaard D, Kirchheimer B, Klatt S, Dawson W, Pergl J, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Weber E, Winter M, Hörandl E, Dullinger S (2016) Niche dynamics of alien species do not differ among sexual and apomictic flowering plants. New Phytologist 209, 1313–1323.
Van Kleunen M, Dawson W, Essl F, Pergl J, Winter M, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Kartesz J, Nishino M, Antonova LA, Barcelona JF, Cabezas FJ, Castaño N, Cárdenas D, Cárdenas-Toro J, Chacón E, Chatelain C, Ebel AL, Figueiredo E, Fuentes N, Groom QJ, Henderson L, Inderjit, Kupriyanov A, Meerman J, Morozova O, Moser D, Nickrent D, Masciadri S, Patzelt A, Pelser, PB, Poopath M, Piedad-Baptiste M, Schulze M, Seebens H, Shu WS, Thomas J, Velayos M, Weber E, Wieringa JJ, Pyšek P (2015) Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants. Nature 525, 100–103.
Cierjacks A, Kowarik I, Joshi J, Hempel S, Ristow M, von der Lippe M, Weber E (2013) Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robiniapseudoacacia. Journal of Ecology 101, 1623–1640.
Books
Weber E (2017) Invasive Plant Species of the World. A Reference Guide to Environmental Weeds. 2nd edition. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, 596 pages.