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Homepage of Thorsten Englisch

 
 
Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Biogeography
Faculty Centre of Biodiversity
University of Vienna
A-1030 Vienna, Rennweg 14, Austria
e-mail:
T +43-1-4277-54062
F +43-1-4277-9541
 
 

Research Interests

 
 
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  •      Population ecology and functional traits of vascular plants

  •      Vegetation processes, monitoring and management of dry grasslands

  •      Biodiversity assessment and modelling species diversity of the Alps and Carpathians

  •      Alpine biogeography and phylogeography

  •      Vegetation ecology and synsystematics of high mountain plant communities

 
 
 

Education and Research Activities

 
 

1987-1998 Study of biology (botany) at University of Vienna.

1995-1996 Descriptions and keys for Brassicaceae (Descurainia, Arabis, Cardaminopsis [= Arabidopsis p.p.], Hornungia [incl. Hymenolobus, Pritzelago], Iberis, Isatis, Myagrum) for a forthcoming Flora of Austria. related | online flora (in progress)

1999 MSc. in Vegetation Ecology, at the Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, (Institute of Ecology); Thesis: 'Multivariate analysis and synsystematics of the snow bed vegetation (Arabidetalia caeruleae) in the Northern Calcareous Alps'. summary | available on request

1998-1999 Systematics and genetic differentiation in Erophila verna group (Brassicaceae).

2000 Ecological indicator values in vegetation science. related

1999-2004 Mapping the flora of Austria. read more | related
florraster

2001-2004 Red List of threatened biotope types in Austria. Concept, High mountain biotopes, geomorphological biotopes. read more

2001-2004 Raumalp - Spatial and Structural Problems in the Alpine Region. - Hotspots, pattern and threat of plant species diversity. read more | galpis-web
example maps:
floratlas

2004-2006 IntraBioDiv - Tracking surrogates for intraspecific biodiversity: towards efficient selection strategies for the conservation of natural genetic resources using comparative mapping and modelling approaches.
read more | summary (de) | visit the project's website
example maps:
floratlas

2005 Biodiversity hotspots in agricultural environment for monitoring and risk assessment of genetic modified organism. read more | summary
example maps:
floratlas

2000-2009 Vegetation ecology, management and conservation biology of dry grasslands of the Pannonian region.

2003-2005, 2008-2012 Population biology and genetic diversity of endangered vascular plants of dry steppe habitats.

 
 
 

Teaching activities

 
 

Announcing Summer Term 2010 / Ankündigung Sommersemester 2010:

*Practical Course Plant Population Biology - Online Catalogue
*Projektpraktium Populationsbiologie der Pflanzen - Vorlesungsverzeichnis

read more: LV Vorbesprechung und Einführung (german only)
 
 

  •      Population Biology of Plants (2005-2008) - lecture and lab course

  •      Populationsbiologische Aspekte zur Diversität Höherer Pflanzen (2000-2003)

  •      Kenntnis mitteleuropäischer Lebensräme (1999-2002)
see also: online catalogue at University of Vienna (engl.) | Vorlesungsverzeichnis der Universität Wien (dt.)

 
 
 

Publications

 
 
 
 
 

Further Interests

 
 
 
  • Jannik & Tobias (*02.12.2003)

    jannik+tobias - jan 2005 jannik+tobias - nov 2005 jannik+tobias - jul 2006 jannik+tobias - jan 2007 jannik+tobias - mar 2007 jannik+tobias - apr 2007
die reise der zwei pinguine...
 
  • Photography
  • Reptiles
  • Travelling
  • High Mountains
 
 

  • Janosch
   

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