Research
Research Projects
Analysis and near-term forecasts of the dynamics of plant communities and plant-animal networks in the South African Fynbos biome (German Research Foundation, DFG)
The importance of biotic interactions for demography, niches and geographical ranges of South African Proteaceae (German Research Foundation, DFG)
Graduate college HABIT - Leverage Points for Biodiversity Enhancement in Agricultural Landscapes (Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg)
Evolutionary adaptation to global change in a key plant group, South African Proteaceae (Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg)
Completed Research Projects
Protea networks in time and space: resource-driven dynamics of interacting plant, pollinator and seed predator communities in South African Fynbos (German Research Foundation, DFG)
Heisenberg Fellowship: Large-scale dynamics of plant diversity: from understanding to forecasts (German Research Foundation, DFG)
TipTree: Scenarios for forest biodiversity dynamics under global change in Europe – identifying micro-evolutionary tipping points (European Union – ERA-Net BiodivERsA)
Vermeidung des Herbizideinsatzes auf landeseigenen Schienenwegen durch naturschutzorientierte Pflege der Begleitflächen (Ministerium für Verkehr Baden-Württemberg)
Potenziale und Praxisprogramm zur Erhöhung der ökologischen Vielfalt in Erwerbsobstanlagen undStreuobstwiesen (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Ministerium für Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Ernährung, Weinbau und Forsten Rheinland-Pfalz, Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation der Freien Hansestadt Hamburg)
MECC: Mechanisms of adaptation to Climate Change: how will phenotypic plasticity, microevolution and migration affect forest tree phenology? (French National Research Agency, ANR)
Feedback Mechanisms in Models for Ecological Forecasts, FEMMES (EU Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Project)
Proteaceae: research and management priorities in a changing world (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF / South African Department of Science and Technology DST)
University of Potsdam Graduate Initiative on Ecological Modelling (UPGRADE)
Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa, BIOTA Southern Africa (German Minstry of Education and Research)