Prof. Dr. Klaus Henle
Head of the Department 1992-2020
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Conservation Biology
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 341 235-1270
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Short-CV
- 1983: MSc in biology, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Thesis: Comparative ecology and demography of three Yugoslavian populations of the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis sicula campestris BETTA, 1857) (Reptilia: Lacertidae)
- 1988: PhD, Australian National University, Canberra. Thesis: Population ecology and life history of a lizard community in arid Australia
- 1998: Habilitation in Zoology, University of Mainz, Germany. Thesis: Contributions of animal ecology to methodological, conceptual, and theoretical advances in conservation biology
- 2012: Professorship, University of Leipzig
- 1989: Postdoc, Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart
- Since 1992: Head, Department Semi-natural Landscapes (renamed Department of Conservation Biology in 2003), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany
Other current Professional Activities (selection)
- Editor-in-chief: Nature Conservation
- Governing Board of Section Field Herpetology of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde
- Founding and Honorary Member Australian Capital Territory Herpetological Association
- Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
- Societas Europaea Herpetologica
- Society for Conservation Biology
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
- International Reviewer, Earth Sciences and Engineering Program, Georgian National Science Foundation
Main research interests
- Population ecology of vertebrates
- Effects of habitat fragmentation, climate change and other drivers on biodiversity
- Scaling and monitoring approaches in conservation biology
- Herpetology
- Floodplain ecology
- Conservation biology of species
Current research projects
- NeFo (Network-Forum for Biodiversity in Germany)
- Birdes & Blades
- Repara Effects of climate change on a reptile community in arid Australia
- Lebendige Luppe
- Wilde Mulde - Restoring a wild river landscape in Central Germany (WilMu)
- RESI - River Ecosystem Service Index
- TERENO - Research platform Middle Elbe
- Development of databases on anomalies in natural populations of amphibians and reptiles (if interested, please contact me personally)
- Providing the NSF team a highly stimulating working environment
Completed research projects
- EuBon EU FP7 Integrated Project - Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network
- SCALES (Securing the Conservation of Biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales)
- BioFresh (Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Status, Trends, Pressures, and Conservation Priorities)
- RACE (Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European amphibian biodiversity
- National
Floodplains Program
Contribution to Climate Change mitigation and conservation of biodiversity - KLIWAS Elbe Climate caused changes in vegetation - the example of Middle Elbe river floodplains
- EuMon
(Eu-wide
Monitoring methods
and systems of surveillance for species and habitats of Community
interest)
Coordination and scientific cooperation