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From plasmids to trees, I am interested in the evolution of ecological interactions and how adaptive behaviour affects communities. Besides statistical approaches, I'm particularly interested in the design, development and analysis of individual-based models to investigate such systems.

Research interests

• Fundamentals of individual-based ecology and modelling

• Influence of diversity and plasticity, in particular physiological properties, on the dynamics and resilience of ecological systems

  • Forests, trees, shrubs under climate change / drought stress

  • Plasmid communities and antibiotic resistance

• Interaction of water utilisation, water storage and growth in trees

• Reforestation for the development of multifunctional forests

• Eco-evolutionary dynamics of networks of root-grown trees

• Enzyme kinetics for deadwood decomposition by fungi