Current projects
- DynaCom
- BioScen1point5
- MintBio (2018-2023)
- Climate change in Pakistan (2019-2022)
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Background
Dr. Hof studied biology at the University of Marburg (Germany). Between 2007 and 2010 he conducted his PhD at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate and at the National Museum for Natural Sciences Madrid (Spain). After another year as postdoc in Copenhagen he moved to the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt (Germany). He was is a member of the German Young Academy from 2015 to 2020. Since 2018 he leads a junior research group of the Bavarian Network for Climate Research bayklif at the TU Munich.
2018- present Junior Research Group Leader 2015- 2020 Member of the German Young Academy (Die Junge Akademie) 2011- 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt (Germany) 2010- 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) 2010 Graduation as PhD with the dissertation “Species distributions and climate change: current patterns and future scenarios for biodiversity” 2007- 2010 PhD, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Biodiversity and Global Change Lab, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid (Spain) 1999- 2006 Studies of Biology (majors: Animal Ecology, Nature Conservation, Zoology), University of Marburg
Publications
2022
- Biber, M.F., Voskamp, A., Hof, C..2022 Representation of the world’s biophysical conditions by the global protected area network. Conservation Biology, Vol 36 (2). DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13822. PDF
- Stewart, P. S., Voskamp, A., Biber, M. F., Hof, C. Willis, S. G., and Tobias, J. A.. 2022. Global Impacts of Climate-Change on Avian Functional Diversity. Ecology letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13830 PDF
- Dreseler, M., Buddeberg, E., Endesfelder, U., Haaker, J., Hof, C., Kretschmer, R., Pflüger, D., Schmidt, F.,. 2022. Why many funding schemes harm rather than support research. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01286-3 PDF
2021
- Bauer, B., Kleyer, M., Albach, D.C., Blasius, B., Brose, U., Ferrara-Arruda, T., Freudel, U., Gerlach, G., Hof, C., Kreft, H., Kuczynksi, L., Lõhmus, K., Moorthi, S., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Zotz, G., Hillebrand, H..2021. Functional trait dimensions of trophic metacommunities. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05869 PDF
- Creutzig, F., Haberl, H., Hof, C., Hunsberger, C., Roe, S.. 2021. Considering sustainability thresholds for BECCS in IPCC and biodiversity assessments. GCB Bioenergy; 13: pp. 510-515. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12798 Editorial Commentary 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.238352 PDF
2020
- Wüest, R.O., Zimmermann, N.E., Zurell, D., Alexander, J.M., Fritz, S.A., Hof, C., Kreft, H., Normand, S., Cabral, J.S., Szekely, E., Thuiller, W., Wikelski, M., Karger, D.N..2020. Macroecology in the age of Big Data – Where to go from here? Journal of Biogeography DOI:10.1111/jbi.13633 PDF
- Voskamp, A., Hof, C., Biber, M. F. Hickler, T., Niamir, A. Willis, S. G., and Fritz, S. A. 2020. Climate Change impacts on the phylogenetic diversity the world’s terrestrial birds: More then species numbers. biorxiv.org. DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.02.378216 PDF
- Schleuning, M., E. L., Neuschulz, J., Albrecht, I. M. A., Bender, D. E., Bowler, D. M., Dehling, S. A. Fritz, C. Hof, T. Mueller, L. Nowak, M. C. Sorensen, K. Böhning-Gaese and W. D. Kissling. 2020. Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. In press. PDF
2019
- Berkhout, B. W., M. K. Borregaard, R. Brandl, M. Brandle, D. M. Dehling, C. Hof, R. Poulin and D. W. Thieltges. 2019. Host assemblage and environment shape beta-diversity of freshwater parasites across diverse taxa at a continental scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/geb.13005 PDF
- Biber, M. F., A. Voskamp, A. Niamir, T. Hickler and C. Hof. 2019. A comparison of macroecological and stacked species distribution models to predict future global terrestrial vertebrate richness. Journal of Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13696PDF
- Engelhardt, E. K., E. L. Neuschulz and C. Hof. 2019. Ignoring biotic interactions overestimates climate change effects: The potential response of the spotted nutcracker to changes in climate and resource plants. Journal of Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13699 PDF
- Leitao, P. J., C. J. Andrew, E. K. Engelhardt, C. H. Graham, C. Martinez-Almoyna, A. Mimet, S. Pinkert, B. Schroder, A. Voskamp, C. Hof and S. A. Fritz. 2019. Macroecology as a hub between research disciplines: Opportunities, challenges and possible ways forward. Journal of Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13751 PDF
- Wüest, R. O., N. E. Zimmermann, D. Zurell, J. M. Alexander, S. A. Fritz, C. Hof, H. Kreft, S. Normand, J. S. Cabral, E. Szekely, W. Thuiller, M. Wikelski and D. N. Karger. 2019. Macroecology in the age of Big Data – Where to go from here? Journal of Biogeography DOI:10.1111/jbi.13633. PDF
2018
- Hof, C., A. Voskamp, M. F. Biber, K. Böhning-Gaese, E. K. Engelhardt, A. Niamir, S. G. Willis and T. Hickler. 2018. Bioenergy cropland expansion may offset positive effects of climate change mitigation for global vertebrate diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI:10.1073/pnas.1807745115. PDF
- Khaliq, I. and C. Hof. 2018. Testing the heat dissipation limitation hypothesis: basal metabolic rates of endotherms decrease with increasing upper and lower critical temperatures. PeerJ 6:e5725. PDF
- Pinkert, S., K. D. B. Dijkstra, D. Zeuss, C. Reudenbach, R. Brandl and C. Hof. 2018. Evolutionary processes, dispersal limitation and climatic history shape current diversity patterns of European dragonflies. Ecography 41:795-804. PDF
- Tucker, M. A., K. Bohning-Gaese, W. F. Fagan, J. M. Fryxell, B. Van Moorter, S. C. Alberts, A. H. Ali, A. M. Allen, N. Attias, T. Avgar, H. Bartlam-Brooks, B. Bayarbaatar, J. L. Belant, A. Bertassoni, D. Beyer, L. Bidner, F. M. Van Beest, S. Blake, N. Blaum, C. Bracis, D. Brown, P. J. N. De Bruyn, F. Cagnacci, J. M. Calabrese, C. Camilo-Alves, S. Chamaille-Jammes, A. Chiaradia, S. C. Davidson, T. Dennis, S. Destefano, D. Diefenbach, I. Douglas-Hamilton, J. Fennessy, C. Fichtel, W. Fiedler, C. Fischer, I. Fischhoff, C. H. Fleming, A. T. Ford, S. A. Fritz, B. Gehr, J. R. Goheen, E. Gurarie, M. Hebblewhite, M. Heurich, A. J. M. Hewison, C. Hof, E. Hurme, L. A. Isbell, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, P. Kaczensky, A. Kane, P. M. Kappeler, M. Kauffman, R. Kays, D. Kimuyu, F. Koch, B. Kranstauber, S. Lapoint, P. Leimgruber, J. D. C. Linnell, P. Lopez-Lopez, A. C. Markham, J. Mattisson, E. P. Medici, U. Mellone, E. Merrill, G. D. Mourao, R. G. Morato, N. Morellet, T. A. Morrison, S. L. Diaz-Munoz, A. Mysterud, D. Nandintsetseg, R. Nathan, A. Niamir, J. Odden, R. B. O’hara, L. G. R. Oliveira-Santos, K. A. Olson, B. D. Patterson, R. C. De Paula, L. Pedrotti, B. Reineking, M. Rimmler, T. L. Rogers, C. M. Rolandsen, C. S. Rosenberry, D. I. Rubenstein, K. Safi, S. Said, N. Sapir, H. Sawyer, N. M. Schmidt, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, E. Shiilegdamba, J. P. Silva, N. Singh, E. J. Solberg, O. Spiegel, O. Strand, S. Sundaresan, W. Ullmann, U. Voigt, J. Wall, D. Wattles, M. Wikelski, C. C. Wilmers, J. W. Wilson, G. Wittemyer, F. Zieba, T. Zwijacz-Kozica and T. Mueller. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science 359:466-469. PDF
2017
- Bowler, D. E., P. Haase, C. Hof, I. Kröncke, L. Baert, W. Dekoninck, S. Domisch, F. Hendrickx, T. Hickler, H. Neumann, R. B. O’hara, A. F. Sell, M. Sonnewald, S. Stoll, M. Türkay, R. Van Klink, O. Schweiger, R. Vermeulen and K. Böhning-Gaese. 2017. Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284:20170870. PDF
- Bowler, D. E., C. Hof, P. Haase, I. Kroncke, O. Schweiger, R. Adrian, L. Baert, H. G. Bauer, T. Blick, R. W. Brooker, W. Dekoninck, S. Domisch, R. Eckmann, F. Hendrickx, T. Hickler, S. Klotz, A. Kraberg, I. Kuhn, S. Matesanz, A. Meschede, H. Neumann, R. O’hara, D. J. Russell, A. F. Sell, M. Sonnewald, S. Stoll, A. Sundermann, O. Tackenberg, M. Turkay, F. Valladares, K. Van Herk, R. Van Klink, R. Vermeulen, K. Voigtlander, R. Wagner, E. Welk, M. Wiemers, K. H. Wiltshire and K. Böhning-Gaese. 2017. Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:67.
- Frieler, K., S. Lange, F. Piontek, C. P. O. Reyer, J. Schewe, L. Warszawski, F. Zhao, L. Chini, S. Denvil, K. Emanuel, T. Geiger, K. Halladay, G. Hurtt, M. Mengel, D. Murakami, S. Ostberg, A. Popp, R. Riva, M. Stevanovic, T. Suzuki, J. Volkholz, E. Burke, P. Ciais, K. Ebi, T. D. Eddy, J. Elliott, E. Galbraith, S. N. Gosling, F. Hattermann, T. Hickler, J. Hinkel, C. Hof, V. Huber, J. Jagermeyr, V. Krysanova, R. Marce, H. M. Schmied, I. Mouratiadou, D. Pierson, D. P. Tittensor, R. Vautard, M. Van Vliet, M. F. Biber, R. A. Betts, B. L. Bodirsky, D. Deryng, S. Frolking, C. D. Jones, H. K. Lotze, H. Lotze-Campen, R. Sahajpal, K. Thonicke, H. Q. Tian and Y. Yamagata. 2017. Assessing the impacts of 1.5 degrees C global warming – simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b). Geoscientific Model Development 10:4321-4345. PDF
- Hof, C., S. A. Fritz, R. Prinzinger, M. Pfenninger, K. Böhning-Gaese and I. Khaliq. 2017. Phylogenetic signals in thermal traits remain stronger in the tropics if we can believe published physiological data. A reply to McKechnie et al., “Data quality problems undermine analyses of endotherm upper critical temperatures”. Journal of Biogeography 44:2427-2431. PDF
- Hof, C., I. Khaliq, R. Prinzinger, K. Böhning-Gaese and M. Pfenninger. 2017. Global patterns of thermal tolerances and vulnerability of endotherms to climate change remain robust irrespective of varying data suitability criteria. Proc Biol Sci 284:20170232. PDF
- Hof, C., M. Winter, S. Hotes and L. Opgenoorth. 2017. It’s not (all) about the money – supporting IPBES through challenging times. Frontiers of Biogeography 9:1-3. PDF
- Khaliq, I., K. Böhning-Gaese, R. Prinzinger, M. Pfenninger and C. Hof. 2017. The influence of thermal tolerances on geographical ranges of endotherms. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26:650-668. PDF
- Methorst, J., K. Bohning-Gaese, I. Khaliq and C. Hof. 2017. A framework integrating physiology, dispersal and land-use to project species ranges under climate change. Journal of Avian Biology 48:1532-1548. PDF
- Specht, J., C. Hof, J. Tjus, W. Pernice and U. Endesfelder. 2017. Departments statt Lehrstühle: moderne Personalstruktur für eine zukunftsfähige Wissenschaft. Berlin, Junge Akademie. PDF
2016
- Dulle, H. I., S. W. Ferger, N. J. Cordeiro, K. M. Howell, M. Schleuning, K. Böhning-Gaese and C. Hof. 2016. Changes in abundances of forest understorey birds on Africa’s highest mountain suggest subtle effects of climate change. Diversity and Distributions 22:288-299. PDF
- Fritz, S. A., J. T. Eronen, J. Schnitzler, C. Hof, C. M. Janis, A. Mulch, K. Böhning-Gaese and C. H. Graham. 2016. Twenty-million-year relationship between mammalian diversity and primary productivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113:10908-10913. PDF
- Hof, C. 2016. Dranbleiben! Für grundlegende Reformen des Wissenschaftssystems. Junge Akademie Magazin 21:41-42.
- Schleuning, M., J. Fründ, O. Schweiger, E. Welk, J. Albrecht, M. Albrecht, M. Beil, G. Benadi, N. Blüthgen, H. Bruelheide, K. Böhning-Gaese, D. M. Dehling, C. F. Dormann, N. Exeler, N. Farwig, A. Harpke, T. Hickler, A. Kratochwil, M. Kuhlmann, I. Kuhn, D. Michez, S. Mudri-Stojnic, M. Plein, P. Rasmont, A. Schwabe, J. Settele, A. Vujic, C. N. Weiner, M. Wiemers and C. Hof. 2016. Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change. Nat Commun 7:13965.
- Specht, J., U. Endesfelder, T. J. Erb, C. Hof and W. Pernice. 2016. Die Bundesprofessur: eine personenbezogene, langfristige Förderung im deutschen Wissenschaftssystem. Berlin, Die Junge Akademie. PDF
2015
- Bowler, D. E., P. Haase, I. Kroncke, O. Tackenberg, H. G. Bauer, C. Brendel, R. W. Brooker, M. Gerisch, K. Henle, T. Hickler, C. Hof, S. Klotz, I. Kuhn, S. Matesanz, R. O’hara, D. Russell, O. Schweiger, F. Valladares, E. Welk, M. Wiemers and K. Böhning-Gaese. 2015. A cross-taxon analysis of the impact of climate change on abundance trends in central Europe. Biological Conservation 187:41-50. PDF
- Fristoe, T. S., J. R. Burger, M. A. Balk, I. Khaliq, C. Hof and J. H. Brown. 2015. Metabolic heat production and thermal conductance are mass-independent adaptations to thermal environment in birds and mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112:15934-15939. PDF
- Hof, C., D. M. Dehling, A. Bonn, N. D. Burgess, F. Eigenbrod, M. B. Harfoot, T. Hickler, W. Jetz, E. Marquard, H. M. Pereira and K. Böhning-Gaese. 2015. Macroecology meets IPBES. Frontiers of Biogeography 7:155-167. PDF
- Khaliq, I., S. A. Fritz, R. Prinzinger, M. Pfenninger, K. Böhning-Gaese and C. Hof. 2015. Global variation in thermal physiology of birds and mammals: evidence for phylogenetic niche conservatism only in the tropics. Journal of Biogeography 42:2187-2196. PDF
- Willis, S. G., W. Foden, D. J. Baker, E. Belle, N. D. Burgess, J. A. Carr, N. Doswald, R. A. Garcia, A. Hartley, C. Hof, T. Newbold, C. Rahbek, R. J. Smith, P. Visconti, B. E. Young and S. H. M. Butchart. 2015. Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from species distribution models and trait-based approaches. Biological Conservation 190:167-178. PDF
2014
- Khaliq, I., C. Hof, R. Prinzinger, K. Böhning-Gaese and M. Pfenninger. 2014. Global variation in thermal tolerances and vulnerability of endotherms to climate change. Proc Biol Sci 281:20141097. PDF
- Platts, P. J., R. A. Garcia, C. Hof, W. Foden, L. A. Hansen, C. Rahbek and N. D. Burgess. 2014. Conservation implications of omitting narrow-ranging taxa from species distribution models, now and in the future. Diversity and Distributions 20:1307-1320. PDF
- Stevens, V. M., S. Whitmee, J. F. Le Galliard, J. Clobert, K. Böhning-Gaese, D. Bonte, M. Brändle, D. Matthias Dehling, C. Hof, A. Trochet and M. Baguette. 2014. A comparative analysis of dispersal syndromes in terrestrial and semi-terrestrial animals. Ecol Lett 17:1039-1052. PDF
2013
- Fritz, S. A., J. Schnitzler, J. T. Eronen, C. Hof, K. Böhning-Gaese and C. H. Graham. 2013. Diversity in time and space: wanted dead and alive. Trends Ecol Evol 28:509-516. PDF
- Grewe, Y., C. Hof, D. M. Dehling, R. Brandl and M. Brändle. 2013. Recent range shifts of European dragonflies provide support for an inverse relationship between habitat predictability and dispersal. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22:403-409. PDF
2012
- Beck, J., L. Ballesteros-Mejia, C. M. Buchmann, J. Dengler, S. A. Fritz, B. Gruber, C. Hof, F. Jansen, S. Knapp, H. Kreft, A. K. Schneider, M. Winter and C. F. Dormann. 2012. What’s on the horizon for macroecology? Ecography 35:673-683. PDF
- Hof, C., M. Brändle, D. M. Dehling, M. Munguia, R. Brandl, M. B. Araújo and C. Rahbek. 2012. Habitat stability affects dispersal and the ability to track climate change. Biology Letters 8:639-643. PDF
2011
- Hof, C., M. B. Araújo, W. Jetz and C. Rahbek. 2011. Additive threats from pathogens, climate and land-use change for global amphibian diversity. Nature 480:516-519.
- Hof, C., I. Levinsky, M. B. Araújo and C. Rahbek. 2011. Rethinking species’ ability to cope with rapid climate change. Global Change Biology 17:2987-2990. PDF
- Thieltges, D. W., C. Hof, M. K. Borregaard, D. M. Dehling, M. Brändle, R. Brandl and R. Poulin. 2011. Range size patterns in European freshwater trematodes. Ecography 34:982-989. PDF
- Thieltges, D. W., C. Hof, D. M. Dehling, M. Brändle, R. Brandl and R. Poulin. 2011. Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20:675-682. PDF
2010
- Dehling, D. M., C. Hof, M. Brändle and R. Brandl. 2010. Habitat availability does not explain the species richness patterns of European lentic and lotic freshwater animals. Journal of Biogeography 37:1919-1926. PDF
- Hof, C., C. Rahbek and M. B. Araújo. 2010. Phylogenetic signals in the climatic niches of the world’s amphibians. Ecography 33:242-250. PDF
2009
- Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., L. M. Bini, T. F. Rangel, R. D. Loyola, C. Hof, D. Nogues-Bravo and M. B. Araújo. 2009. Partitioning and mapping uncertainties in ensembles of forecasts of species turnover under climate change. Ecography 32:897-906. PDF
2008
- Hof, C., M. Brändle and R. Brandl. 2008. Latitudinal variation of diversity in European freshwater animals is not concordant across habitat types. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:539-546. PDF
2006
- Hof, C., M. Brändle and R. Brandl. 2006. Lentic odonates have larger and more northern ranges than lotic species. Journal of Biogeography 33:63-70. PDF
INVITED TALKS (SELECTION)
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Biodiversität am Abgrund – Herausforderung für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft in Zeiten globalen Wandels. Haus am Dom, Katholische Akademie Rabanus Maurus des Bistums Limburg, Frankfurt, 17 May 2018. |
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Klima, Mensch, Ökosysteme. Wie beeinflussen Mensch und Klima die Vielfalt des Lebens auf der Erde? Gymnasium Nord, Frankfurt, 16 January 2018. |
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Understanding and predicting responses of biodiversity to global change: integration at the macro-scale. Technische Universität München, Freising, 6 November 2017. |
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Biologische Vielfalt im Wandel – Forschung zwischen Orakel und Wissenschaft. Cusanuswerk-Regionalgruppe Rhein-Main, Mainz, 30 June 2017 |
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Wärmer = ärmer? – Artenvielfalt im Klimawandel. Symposium “Worauf wartest Du” der Jungen Akademie in Berlin, 4 November 2016. |
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Understanding responses of biodiversity to global change: integration at the macro-scale. Invited “next generation scientist”-talk, 9th annual meeting of the Macroecology Specialist Group of the GfÖ in Trier, 15-17 March 2016. |
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Climate change impacts on biodiversity: are ecological models relevant for conservation? Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne (Australien), 28 January 2016. |
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Climate change impacts on biodiversity: macroecological perspectives. Greifswald University, 26 November 2015. |
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Modelling the responses of biodiversity to global change: visions, challenges, and opportunities. University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada), 19 May 2015. |
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Globaler Wandel und Biodiversität: Makroökologische Perspektiven. Symposium keynote, 147. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, Bielefeld, 1-6 October 2014. |
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Orakel oder Wissenschaft? Zu den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Arten und Biodiversität. University of Marburg, 8 July 2014. |
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Szenarien für die Biosphäre – Prognosen oder Orakel? Von den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen ökologischer Forschung.Tagung “Die Zukunft des Lebens – Szenarien für die Biosphäre” der Fachschaft Chemie/Biologie des Cusanuswerks, Ellwangen, 12 May 2013. |
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Klimawandel – und sonst? Auswirkungen globaler Bedrohungen auf Artverbreitungen und Biodiversität. Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, 5 February 2013. |
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Ist das Klima das Problem? Auswirkungen des globalen Wandels auf Tierverbreitungen und Artenvielfalt. Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau, 22 November 2012. |
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Frying frogs, dispersing dragons. Does climate change really matter for biodiversity? Imperial College London, Silwood Park (United Kingdom), 20 October 2011. |
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The geography of future threats for global amphibian diversity – a macroecological perspective on niches, distributions, and climate change. Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, 3 February 2011. |
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Habitats, dispersal, and climate change: Macroecological insights into the freshwater world. Fachgebiet Angewandte Zoologie/Hydrobiologie, University of Duisburg/Essen, 29 March 2010. |
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Es wird heiß! – Artenvielfalt und Klimawandel. Realschule Altenkirchen/Westerwald, August 2008. |
Awards
- 2019 Horst-Wiehe-Award of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- 2015-2020 Member of the German Young Academy
- 2007-2010 PhD stipend by the International School of Biodiversity Sciences (ISOBIS), Denmark (2007-2010)
- 2001 – 2007 Fellowship awarded by the Cusanuswerk – the German Catholic Scholarship Foundation (2001-2007)
