Dr. Oliver Tackenberg
Institute of Ecology, Evolution & Diversity, Department of Ecology and Geobotany
Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main
| Room: | C 1.318 |
| Phone: | ++49 (0)69 798 42136 |
| Fax: | ++49 (0)69 798 42131 |
| E-Mail: | tackenberg (at) bio.uni-frankfurt.de |
Topics
- Dispersal Biology
- Biogeography
- Population Biology
- Functional Ecology
- Biodiversity and Conservation
see also --> AG Plant Ecology
CV
Since 2007
Junior-Professor for Ecology and Biogeografy at the Institute of Ecology, Evolution & Diversität at the Goethe-University Frankfurt
2001 - 2007
Post-Doc at the Institute of Botany at the University of Regensburg
1998 - 2001
Reasarcher at the Faculty of Biology at the Philipps-University Marburg (AG Nature Conservation)
1998 - 2001
Doctoral dissertation on Assessment of gradual differences in dispersal potentials of plant species
1989 - 1996
Studied biology, with emphasis on scientific nature conservation, botany, evolution & systematic and geography, at the universities of Marburg (major studies) and Münster (basic studies)
Teaching
- Diversity and ecology of plants and ecosystems
- Populationbiology of plants
- Biogeography and plant ecology
- Data and modelling in ecology
- Excursion: European Alps
Research
- More than 25 publications in peer reviewed journals
- Reviews for more than 25 international journals
- Co-Editor of a Special Issue on Ecological Databases in ZÖN
- More than 50 presentations and posters on international congresses
- Successful funding-acquisition: DFG, EU, DAAD, LÖWE-excellence programme
- Collaboration in six larger interdisciplinary research projects (FIFB, Schorfheide-Project, MOSAIK, BIOPOP, LEDA, BiK-F)
Selected Publications
Prinzing, A., Reiffers, R., Braakhekke, W. G., Hennekens, S. M., Tackenberg, O., Ozinga, W. A., Schminee, J. H. J. & van Gronendal, J. M. (2008): Less lineages - more trit variation: phylogenetically clustered plant communities are functionally more diverse. Ecology Letters, 11, 809-819.
Tackenberg, O. (2003): Modeling long distance dispersal of plant diaspores by wind. Ecological Monographs, 73, 173-189.
Tackenberg, O., Poschlod, P. & Bonn, S. (2003): Assessment of wind dispersal potential in plant species. Ecological Monographs, 73, 191-205.
Tackenberg, O. & Stöcklin, J. (2008): Wind dispersal of alpine plant species: A comparison with lowland conditions. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19, 109-118.
Will, H. & Tackenberg, O. (2008): A mechanistic simulation model of seed dispersal by animals. Journal of Ecology, 96, 1011-1022.