Main research topics and selected grants
Main research topics
 Ecology and socio-economics of land-use change |
 Spatial plant ecology |
 Scales, heterogeneity and neutral landscapes |
Selected Grants
- B10 - Landscape-level assessment of ecological and socioeconomic functions of rainforest transformation systems in Sumatra (Indonesia) see EFForTS, since 2012
- B01 - Agricultural biodiversity and associated services across rural-urban landscapes - modelling studies see FOR2432 , since 2016
Previous Grants
- Population- and community-level plant trait variability in changing arid environments funded by Volkswagen foundation
- P3-7: The Role of Heterogeneity in Spatial Plant Population Dynamics within Research Training Group 1644 Scaling problems in statistics funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- P2-6: Spatial scaling methods for ecological patterns within Research Training Group 1644 Scaling problems in statistics funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- P2-8: Understanding landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns within Research Training Group 1644 Scaling problems in statistics funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Towards a mechanistic understanding of biodiversity and its functional consequences - the biodiversity exploratory additional modeling component - BEAM . within Biodiversity Exploratories funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Integrated modelling of land-use changes at rainforest margins in Indonesia see ELUC , funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- IDESSA - An Integrative Decision Support System for Sustainable Rangeland Management in Southern African Savannas see IDESSA
- Collaborative ecological modelling and experimentation to uncover the causes of bush encroachment in African savannas with David Ward funded by Volkswagen foundation, program of partnership
- Ecology of arid savannas based on the patch dynamics paradigm by means of simulation modelling funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- The effects of land-use and structural heterogeneity on biodiversity: A new assessment method using cost-effective remote sensing and fine-scale pattern analysis - STRUCTURE within Biodiversity Exploratories funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Modelling the role of complementarity, species identity, and neutrality for diversity maintenance in deciduous forests within Research Training Group 1086 The role of biodiversity for biogeochemical cycles and biotic interactions in temperate deciduous forests funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Scales of bacterial interactions on the leaf surface within Research Training Group 1644 Scaling problems in statistics funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Profiling plants to predict success and longevity of climate change-induced invasions funded by German Science Foundation (DFG)