Prof. Dr. Anke Jentsch
Professor Disturbance Ecology
and Vegetation Dynamics- Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research UFZ
Department Conservation Biology, Room 341a
Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig
Tel.: +49-341235-2100, Fax: +49-341-2353191
University of Bayreuth
Geo II; Room 016, D-95440 Bayreuth
Tel.: +49-921-552290, Fax: +49-921-552315

Research projects:

Response of vegetation to extreme weather events (drought, heavy rainfall, freeze-thaw-cycles) in central Europe: the EVENT Experiment.
The role of disturbance for creation, maintenance and loss of biodiversity
Changing land use and biodiversity in cultural landscapes- Natural hazards, fire ecology and extreme events

Ecosystem dynamics in dry acidic grasslands - disturbance and pattern formation- Corynephorus canescens as decision support for a habitat connectivity programm of dry acidic grasslands in Germany