Changes of biological diversity, of species and their traits in space and time
Macroecology
Spatial and temporal variation of diversity on large taxonomic, spatial, and temporal scales
Ecological modelling
Integrative species distribution models to project changes of biodiversity under climate and land-use change
Welcome to the BioChange Lab!
We study the distribution of life in space and time, with a focus on impacts of climate and land-use change on species and biodiversity
Some of our most recent publications
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Biber, M.F., Voskamp, A., & Hof, C.. (2023). Potential effects of future climate change on global reptile distributions and diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13646
Engelhardt, E.K., Bowler, D.E., Hof, C.. (2023). European Habitats Directive has fostered monitoring but not prevented species declines. Conservation Letters. doi:10.1111/conl.12948
Engelhardt, E.K., Biber, M.F., Dolek, M., Fartmann, T., Hochkirch, A., Leidinger, J., Löffler, F., Pinkert, S., Poniatowski, D., Voith, J., Winterholler, M., Zeuss, D., Bowler, D.E., Hof, C.. 2022. Consistant signals of a warming climate in occupancy changes of three insect taxa over 40 years in Central Europe. Global Change Biology, Vol 28 (13), pp. 3998-4012. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16200. PDF
Hof, C.. 2021. Towards more integration of physiology, dispersal and land-use change to understand the responses of species to climate change. Journal of experimental biology. DOI:10.1242/jeb.238352PDF