Ziele: Es ist viel die Rede von Biodiversitätsverlust und der Notwendigkeit Biodiversität zu erfassen, doch gibt es zu wenig praktische Arbeiten hierzu. In dieser Arbeit (evtl. mehrere) wird Pflanzen-Artenvielfalt kartiert und auf Landschaftsstrukturen bezogen. Hierzu ist die Identität einzelner Arten nicht zwingend erforderlich.

Studiengänge: B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie.

Sprache: Deutsch/English

Beginn: April/Mai 2021

Ort: Nähe Bayreuth (Frankenalb/Fichtelgebirge)

Vorkenntnisse: Artkenntnisse, Pflanzenbestimmung, R für M.Sc.

Methodik: Feldarbeit, Remote Sensing, Botanik

Ziele: In den Dürreperioden der Jahre 2018 und 2019 fielen zahlreiche sonst kontinuierlich schüttende Waldquellen trocken. Durch einen Vergleich vorher / nachher soll der Einfluss dieser außergewöhnlichen Ereignisse auf die Artenzusammensetzung und Diversität von Waldquellfluren untersucht werden.

Studiengänge: B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie

Sprache: Deutsch/English

Beginn: April/Mai 2021

Ort: Frankenwald und Fichtelgebirge

Vorkenntnisse: Artkenntnisse, Pflanzenbestimmung, R für M.Sc.

Methodik: Feldarbeit, Zeitreihen, Botanik

Aims:  Drought episodes are predicted to increase their intensity and frequency globally, which will have a particular impact on forest vitality, productivity, and species distribution. This study aims to assess the impact of tree species interaction on forest vulnerability to drought.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: N Bavaria/ Germany

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Remote Sensing

Aims: Analyzing spatial forest structure in order to reveal relationships that take place between different tree species - species mingling.

Method: point pattern analysis

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language:  English

Start: anytime

Location: N Bavaria/ Germany

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Aims:  Tree regeneration and species composition are driven by numerous biotic and abiotic variables with varying degrees of overlapping influence. Understanding the conditions that promote certain spatial patterns of natural regeneration are important for forest productivity, ecological stability, and biodiversity.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: Europe

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Forest structure is a key driver of ecosystem diversity. Here we aim to identify forest structure patterns between IUCN protected categories.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: Globally

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing an unprecedented decline in global biodiversity. Protected areas (PAs) are meant to counteract loss and fragmentation. Yet, even inside PAs ecosystems are fragmented. Our goal is to understand the patterns in which fragmentation occur inside and around PAs.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. GCE

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Germany / Europe

Skills needed: GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Identify and analyse drivers of global freshwater biodiversity by using open data.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, B.Sc. Geographie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Europe

Skills needed: GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Geographical analysis of anthropogenic factors (e.g. shipping traffic, fishing quota, water pollution) affecting marine protected areas using open data.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, B.Sc. Geographie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Global

Skills needed: Basic knowledge in R and GIS

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Analyse and compare the spatial distribution of threatened species (e.g. Red List, Natura 2000) inside and outside protected areas by using open data.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, B.Sc. Geographie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Any, but preferrably Europe

Skills needed: Basic knowledge in R and GIS

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims: Small dear (Muntiacus reevesi) have become a serious invader in Great Britain. They are vectors for diseases, cause traffic accidents and compete with local deer species. We want to model the potential distribution of the species in Europe.

Study programs: M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. GCE

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Europe

Skills needed: GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Literature screening, Data Mining

Aims:  Analysis of drought damage  and subsequent recovery of grasslands after the drought years 2018/2019 using Remote Sensing data (e.g. Sentinel-2)

Study programs:  M.Sc. Geoökologie,  M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. GCE

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Central Europe or focus on Germany

Skills needed: Remote Sensing, GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining, Remote Sensing

Aims:  Geographical analysis of anthropogenic factors (e.g. shipping traffic, fishing quota, water pollution) affecting marine protected areas using open data.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, B.Sc. Geographie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Global

Skills needed: Basic knowledge in R and GIS

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Ziele: Es ist viel die Rede von Biodiversitätsverlust und der Notwendigkeit Biodiversität zu erfassen, doch gibt es zu wenig praktische Arbeiten hierzu. In dieser Arbeit (evtl. mehrere) wird Pflanzen-Artenvielfalt kartiert und auf Landschaftsstrukturen bezogen. Hierzu ist die Identität einzelner Arten nicht zwingend erforderlich.

Studiengänge: B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie.

Sprache: Deutsch/English

Beginn: April/Mai 2021

Ort: Nähe Bayreuth (Frankenalb/Fichtelgebirge)

Vorkenntnisse: Artkenntnisse, Pflanzenbestimmung, R für M.Sc.

Methodik: Feldarbeit, Remote Sensing, Botanik

Ziele: In den Dürreperioden der Jahre 2018 und 2019 fielen zahlreiche sonst kontinuierlich schüttende Waldquellen trocken. Durch einen Vergleich vorher / nachher soll der Einfluss dieser außergewöhnlichen Ereignisse auf die Artenzusammensetzung und Diversität von Waldquellfluren untersucht werden.

Studiengänge: B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie

Sprache: Deutsch/English

Beginn: April/Mai 2021

Ort: Frankenwald und Fichtelgebirge

Vorkenntnisse: Artkenntnisse, Pflanzenbestimmung, R für M.Sc.

Methodik: Feldarbeit, Zeitreihen, Botanik

Aims:  Drought episodes are predicted to increase their intensity and frequency globally, which will have a particular impact on forest vitality, productivity, and species distribution. This study aims to assess the impact of tree species interaction on forest vulnerability to drought.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: N Bavaria/ Germany

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Remote Sensing

Aims: Analyzing spatial forest structure in order to reveal relationships that take place between different tree species - species mingling.

Method: point pattern analysis

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language:  English

Start: anytime

Location: N Bavaria/ Germany

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Aims:  Tree regeneration and species composition are driven by numerous biotic and abiotic variables with varying degrees of overlapping influence. Understanding the conditions that promote certain spatial patterns of natural regeneration are important for forest productivity, ecological stability, and biodiversity.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: Europe

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Forest structure is a key driver of ecosystem diversity. Here we aim to identify forest structure patterns between IUCN protected categories.

Study programs:  M.Sc. GCE, B.Sc./ M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversity & Ökologie, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: English

Start: anytime

Location: Globally

Skills needed: Basic knowledge of R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing an unprecedented decline in global biodiversity. Protected areas (PAs) are meant to counteract loss and fragmentation. Yet, even inside PAs ecosystems are fragmented. Our goal is to understand the patterns in which fragmentation occur inside and around PAs.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. GCE

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Germany / Europe

Skills needed: GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining

Aims:  Identify and analyse drivers of global freshwater biodiversity by using open data.

Study programs:  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Geoökologie, B.Sc. Geographie, M.Sc. Biodiversität & Ökologie, M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Geography

Language: Deutsch/English

Start: anytime

Location: Europe

Skills needed: GIS, R

Methods: Modelling, Data Mining