Dr. Andrea Schmiedgen

Research Project:

SIGNAL - Sustainable intensification of agriculture through agroforestry - Subproject 4-1: "Grassland tissue and litter production as affected by tree x grass sward interaction and grassland management"

Link to project web site

Short CV

since Dec 2015 : PhD researcher, Georg-August-University Göttingen

Topic: Grassland production in agroforestry systems

2013-2014: Scientific assistant, University of Hohenheim

Project: Strengthening drought resilience of the pastoral and agro-pastoral population in the lowland of Ethiopia

2010-2013: MSc Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Potsdam

Thesis: Long-term effects of land use on vegetation structure in southern Kalahari savanna rangelands

2009-2010: MSc Nature conservation and biodiversity management, Universität Wien

2005-2008: BSc Nature conservation and landscape planning, Hochschule (FH) Anhalt, Bernburg

Thesis: Status quo of ungrazed control sites in six study areas of the project „Maintenance of open landscape habitats on difficult to manage steep slopes by all-year goat grazing“ at the „Untere Saaletal“ and first data comparison with grazed sites

Publications


Schmiedgen, A., Komainda, M., Kowalski, K., Hostert, P., Tonn, B., Kayser, M., Isselstein, J. 2021. Impacts of cutting frequency and position to tree line on herbage accumulation in silvopastoral grassland reveal potential for grassland conservation based on land use and cover information. Accepted Annals of Applied Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12681