Biogeography

Research group
Head: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler

We develop models that investigate the relationship between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem functions on local to global scales for the past and for the future. Besides this we also work on population biology.

Main topics of research

Quantitative biogeography
[Research group, head: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler]

Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Earth system
[Emmy Noether group, head: Dr. Simon Scheiter]

Computational population biology
[Senior scientist group, head: Dan Warren]