Research Current research projects Modelling root causes of conservation conflicts for biodiversity conservation in protected areas Integrating citizen science and high-resolution land-use data to reveal drivers of farmland bird declines Biodiversity responses to past and future forest disturbance in Central Europe Luchs, Wolf, Wildkatze - die Rückkehr großer Beutegreifer nach Mitteldeutschland Landscape context of habitat use by predators of the Grey partridge (DBU foundation 2019-2021) Conservation ecology and mitigation of conflicts between livestock owners and snow leopards (Panthera uncia) Habitate und Population des Rotmilans in Deutschland (2017-2020) Individual habitat use and breeding success of the Eurasian skylark EU-Interreg-Projekt PARTRIDGE Rebhuhnschutzprojekt im Landkreis Göttingen Die Rückkehr des Luchses in die deutsche Kulturlandschaft Completed projects Understanding the root causes of human-wildlife conflicts for improving biodiversity conservation in protected areas (DAAD Prime 2019-2021) Promoting co-existence between local people, carnivores and biodiversity conservation Einfluss von Landschaftsstrukturen auf den Prädationserfolg des Fuchses (Vulpes vulpes) beim Rebhuhn (Perdix perdix) Biodiversity and socio-economy in agroforestry landscapes in Cameroon Assessment of ungulate monitoring techniques in Iran (DoE, Iran, 2015-2016) Effects of anthropogenic pressure on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran Cooperative breeding in the Azure-winged Magpie Effects of forest disturbance on the northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) and seed dispersal in Papuan rainforest Prey preferences of the Persian leopard and degree of trophic competition with human hunters in Iran Preventive measures and their evaluation to curb human-leopard conflicts in Iran (Prince Bernhard Nature Fund, 2013-2015) A holistic model of human-predator interactions in conflict situations (Alexander von Humboldt Special Research Fellowship, 2014-2016) Human-leopard conflicts and their resolution in Iran (Erasmus Mundus, 2012-2013)
