I am specifically interested in vegetation ecology, vegetation dynamics, and plant species diversity at various spatial and temporal scales. In the past few years, my research has focused on modelling biophysical constraints of species and community distribution along spatial (real) and theoretical gradients, and on modeling species competitive dynamics on large spatial scales.
 
       This research required the interaction of plant ecophysiology, ecological theory, biophysical ecology and involved mainly GIS-analyses, programming and statistics. Additionally, I have a strong sympathy for field floristics, species diversity theories, and ecological theories in general.