Vita
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler
Professor for 'Quantitative Biogeography', Vice-Director Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Co-Speaker of GRADE Sustain (Goethe Graduate Academy), Co-Speaker Research Field Ecosystem Dynamics and Climate
thomas.hickler@senckenberg.de
My main research interest is to understand the distribution of life on earth (e.g. species, biodiversity, vegetation types, ecosystems) through space and time. I am particularly interested in interactions between climate and the terrestrial biosphere. This includes potential impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems and associated ecosystem services, as well as the role of the biosphere in the earth climate system (e.g. carbon and water cycling). Methodologically, vegetation and ecosystem modelling at local to global scales has been at the core of my work.
Examples of current projects:
- Past warm periods as natural analogues of our „high CO2“ climate future (VeWA Project)
- Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (FOR2730)
- Fire in the Future: Interactions with Ecosystems and Society – FURNACES
- Multisectoral analysis of climate and land use change impacts on pollinators, plant diversity and crops yields – MAPPY
- BioDiv-Support: Scenario-based decision support for policy planning and adaptation to future changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services
Examples of environmental impact assessments:
- IPBES-IPCC Co-Sponsored Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Chapter 5)
- IPBES Scenarios and Models Assessment
- North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment (NOSCCA, chapter Terrestrial Ecosystems)
Publikationen
For international publications and peer-reviewed published papers, see my profile on Google Scholar or my Web of Science Researcher ID S-6287-2016
For further publications, e.g. IPBES assessments, see Further publications (pdf)