A5016666944- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Forest ecology and management
- Corporate Governance and Management
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
2016-2025
University of Hildesheim
2024-2025
Burgas Free University
2010-2020
Universidad del Rosario
2016
Stiftung Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald
2010
Universität Greifswald
2007-2009
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
2006-2007
Technische Universität Berlin
1997-2006
University of Hohenheim
1998-1999
Schmid (Germany)
1998
Recent climate change, environmental design, and ecological conservation policies require new existing urban developments to mitigate offset carbon dioxide emissions for cities become neutral. Some North American models tools are available can be used quantify the function of trees. But, little information on tree storage sequestration exists from European Southern Alps. Also, use these in Europe has never been assessed. This study developed a protocol aboveground (C) using subsample trees...
Abstract Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are ubiquitous communities of diminutive organisms such as cyanobacteria, green algae, lichens, mosses and others associated closely with particles surface soil, forming a cohesive thin horizontal layer. The ecological roles BSCs affecting nutrient cycling, stability hydrological processes, influencing the germination establishment vascular plants, serving habitats for numerous arthropods microorganism have been well documented. We tested hypothesis...
Abstract This study investigated the soil pollution level and evaluated phytoremediation potential of 25 native plant species on a former gold mine-tailing site in Ghana. Plant shoots associated samples were collected from tailing deposition analyzed for total element concentration As, Hg, Pb, Cu. Soil metal(loid) content, bioaccumulation factor (BAF ), hyperaccumulator thresholds also determined to assess current phytoextraction potential. The As Hg was above international risk thresholds,...
Abstract Urban forest ecosystems confer multiple ecosystem services. There is therefore a need to quantify ecological characteristics in terms of community structure and composition so that benefits can be better understood service models. Efficient sampling monitoring methods are crucial this process. Full tree inventories scarce due time financial constraints, thus variety exist. Modern vegetation surveys increasingly use stratified‐random plot‐based reduce the bias associated with...
Protected areas are recognized as a crucial tool to mitigate ongoing trends of biodiversity loss. The effect different levels protection and their subsequent conservation efficiency remains, however, largely unexplored. To fill this gap, we present here an integrated approach that combines taxonomic analysis based on typical species evaluate habitat quality functional plant traits define structure functions. We focused shrubland habitats across in two biogeographical areas. found does not...
Abstract. Since the introduction of ‘potential natural vegetation’ (PNV) as a concept in vegetation science by Tüxen (1956), many PNV‐maps with different scales have been made. emphasized great value for purposes land use, landscape planning and nature conservation, particular regard to forestry, agriculture management. Different aspects are discussed order examine validity applicability conservation. useful differentiation units on small scale (< 1 : 100 000). However, maps potential...
Tugai forests are the riparian along rivers in continental desert regions of Central Asia, i.e. Tarim River, Amu Darya and Syr Darya. They mainly consist Populus euphratica Oliv., pruinosa Schrenk. Elaeagnus oxycarpa Schltdl. As a consequence land opening campaigns, large areas were destroyed after 1950s. Due to excessive use water for irrigation, remaining under severe threat. Near natural still exist middle reaches Huyanglin Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, NW China. There is gap understanding,...
Dryland ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climatic and land-use changes, while the mechanisms underlying patterns of dryland species richness still elusive. With distributions 3637 native vascular plants, 154 mammals, 425 birds in Xinjiang, China, we tested water-energy dynamics hypothesis for Central Asian drylands. Our results supported hypothesis. We found that all three groups was a hump-shaped function energy availability, but linear water availability. further availability had...