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Open Positions
If you are considering joining our lab as a researcher with your own funding, please contact Prof. Holger Kreft.

Master and Bachelor theses and Projects
We offer topics ranging from the ecology, conservation, and restoration of forest ecosystems to the diversity and biogeography of island floras to global biodiversity patterns. We also offer topics beyond the ones mentioned below. Thus, please check the group individual research projects and feel free to contact the specific researchers or Prof. Holger Kreft for more information.

Topics on the ecology of tropical and subtropical ecosystems

• Functional traits in a tropical and subtropical dry forest in Argentina
• Species distribution models using dry forest species in Argentina
• Vertical complexity using LiDAR data and GEDI data
• Functional traits in botanical gardens across Germany regarding dry species from Argentina
• Multispectral drone image analyses in Argentina
Contact: agualdo[at]uni-goettingen.de

• Plant dispersal strategies of trees in the mountain forest of Sulawesi
• Comparison of methods to describe vegetation structure
• Identification of plant species from lowland Sumatra
• Rapid plant guides for selected groups in Jambi, Sumatra
Contact: fbrambach[at]uni-goettingen.de

Topics on temperate ecosystems and dendrology
• Functional traits and chorology of red-listed forest plants in Germany
• Trocknungsmethoden für Früchte von Gehölzen
Contact: hkreft[at]uni-goettingen.de

• Spatial distribution of herbaceous species in the Göttingen forests
Contact: pierre.denelle[at]uni-goettingen.de

Topics on Macroecology
• Suitability of specimen data from GBIIF data to document species’ elevational ranges
• Influence of different plant taxonomic standardizations
• Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered species for vascular plants
• Estimate rarity in global plant assemblages
• Despecialization of flower traits in insular orchids
Contact: hkreft[at]uni-goettingen.de

• The role of traits in dispersal across different barriers
• The influence of dispersal on speciation and extinction in mammals
• Historical plant extinctions on islands
• Forecasting species' distributions with dispersal dynamics
Contact: sarah.weil[at]uni-goettingen.de

• Global distribution of plant life forms
Contact: pierre.denelle[at]uni-goettingen.de