Florian Männer - PhD Student

Research Interests

- Grassland and vegetation ecology
- Ecological tipping points in drylands
- Forage provision analysis
- Hyperspectral sensing and remote sensing

Education

Since 2019:
PhD Student at University of Bonn - Vegetation Ecology

2016 - 2018:
Master of Science, Agricultural Sciences - Crop Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany

2014-2016:
Bachelor of Science, Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

2013-2016:
Bachelor of Education, Vocational Education for Agricultural Economics and Mathematics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

Current Projects

NamTip – Understanding and Managing Desertification Tipping Points in Dryland Social-Ecological Systems – A Namibian Perspective
https://www.namtip.uni-bonn.de/

I am currently doing my PhD in the BMBF funded transdisciplinary project NamTip, that strives to understand ecological processes, societal and management related aspects around desertification tipping points (DTP) at Namibia's semi-arid savannah rangelands.
My work in that project takes place in Namibia and focusses on experimental investigation of functional plant trait patterns and forage provision of a semi-arid savannah rangeland close to a DTP, including their reaction to severe drought and heavy grazing.

SEBAS – SEnsing Biodiversity Across Scales (SEBAS). Land-use effects on the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) and the biodiversity-ecosystem service (BES) relationship in central European grasslands www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/Pressemitteilungen/sensing-biodiversity-across-scales-sebas

I work on hyperspectral canopy sensing of grassland traits, such as biomass, forage quality, plant functional types and plant functional traits

Positions held

Since 2019
Scientific Assistant, University of Bonn, INRES - Grassland Ecology & Grassland Management

2017 - 2019
Student Assistant, University of Hohenheim, Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics