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Kristin Baber

PhD student

Kristin Baber

phone ++49 (0) 341 97 38 595
fax ++49 (0) 341 97 38 549
email kristin.baber(at)uni-leipzig.de
room 125a

 

Scientific interests


  • Functional wood decay
  • Vegetation and landscape ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Differentiation and fragmentation of vegetation
  • The diversity of wood-decaying fungi and dead wood decomposition

 

Scientific projects


FunWood - The effect of forest management intensity on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi and dead wood decomposition (project of the Biodiversity Exploratories)

DINARIO – Climate Change, Landscape dynamics, Land use and Natural Resources in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro (BMBF-project, running)

Habitat diversity and specialization of Pteridophytes, Begoniaceae and Piperaceae in the region of the Organ Mountains, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (CNPq registered project with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Curriculum vitae

 

since 10/2011 Ph.D. student, Department of Special Botany and Functional Biodiversity Research, University of Leipzig
06/2010 - 05/2011 Institute of Geography, University of Leipzig
04/2010 Diploma thesis: “Diversity and distribution of Pteridophyte, Begoniaceae and Piperaceae in forest fragments of the Serra dos Órgãos, RJ, Brazil“