Dynamic Macroecology

The dynamic macroecology group studies different aspects of ecology on large spatial and temporal scales related to the question “How do species and their traits change in space and time, particularly with global change?”

Research foci:

• spatial dynamics of species and their diversity
• effect of climate change on species and diversity
• niche evolution

Topics:

• forest species dynamics and migration, effects of current and past climate change (H.Lischke, J. Nabel)
• coupled forest species and biogeochemical dynamics, effects of climate change (H.Lischke, M. Scherstjanoi)
• feedbacks of spatial forest dynamics to the abiotic and anthropogenic environment (H. Lischke, N. Zurbriggen)
• broad-scale patterns of species diversity like altitudinal or latitudinal gradients (M. Nobis, P. Pearman)
• distributions of functional groups of species and effects of climate change, including biological invasion (M.Nobis, P. Pearman)
• niche/trait evolution, comparative phylogenetics and phylogeograhy (P. Pearman, M. Nobis)
• phylogenetic community structure (P. Pearman, R. Wüest)

Main methods:

• climate (change) data scaling and provision (D. Schmatz, N. Zimmermann)
• dynamic ecological models and model scaling (H. Lischke)
• statistical ecological models, e.g. species distribution models, phylogenetic comparative methods (N. Zimmermann, P. Pearman, M. Nobis)

Formal information for group members

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