Dr. Anne-Kathleen Malchow
Research interests
My research interests include various theoretical and applied topics from the fields of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, e.g. stability of food webs and species interaction networks as well as pattern formation in crystallisation reactions. Currently I am focused on spatial population dynamics and their modelling.
Projects
- development of the RangeShiftR, an R-package that makes the individual-based spatially-explicit eco-evolutionary simulation platform RangeShifter available from R – https://rangeshifter.github.io/
- calibration and validation of the RangeShiftR model for a European bird species using real data
Anne-Kathleen Malchow
Campus Maulbeerallee
University of Potsdam
Ecology/Macroecology
Maulbeerallee 3, Building 3, Room 1.12
14469 Potsdam
Academic career
B.Sc. in Physics (TU Berlin) with a theses at the group “Nonlinear dynamics and control” of Prof. Schöll
Student exchange with the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2 semesters)
M.Sc. in Physics (TU Berlin) with a theses at the group “Nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation” of Prof. Engel
Research stay at the University of Newcastle, UK, with Clive Emary on dynamic ecological networks
Publications
Malchow, A.-K., Hartig, F., Reeg, J., Kéry, M. and Zurell, D. (2023). Demography–environment relationships improve mechanistic understanding of range dynamics under climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1881).
Emary, C., Malchow, A.-K. (2022). Stability-instability transition in tripartite merged ecological networks. J. Math. Biol., 85(3), 20.
Zurell, D., König, C., Malchow, A.-K., Kapitza, S., Bocedi, G., Travis, J., & Fandos, G. (2022). Spatially explicit models for decision‐making in animal conservation and restoration. Ecography, 2022(4).
Urban, M. C., Travis, J. M., Zurell, D., Thompson, P. L., Synes, N. W., Scarpa, A., Peres-Neto, P. R., Malchow, A.-K., James, P. M. A., Gravel, D., De Meester, L., Brown, C., Bocedi, G., Albert, C. H., Gonzalez, A. & Hendry, A. P. (2022). Coding for Life: Designing a Platform for Projecting and Protecting Global Biodiversity. BioScience, 72(1), 91-104.
Briscoe, N. J., Zurell, D, Elith, J., König, C., Fandos, G., Malchow, A.-K., Kéry, M., Schmid, H. & Guillera‐Arroita, G. (2021) Can dynamic occupancy models improve predictions of species' range dynamics? A test using Swiss birds. Global Change Biology 27(18), 4269-4282.
Malchow, A.-K., Bocedi, G., Palmer, S. C., Travis, J. M., & Zurell, D. (2020). RangeShiftR: an R package for individual-based simulation of spatial eco-evolutionary dynamics and species’ responses to environmental change. Ecography, 44(10), 1443-1452.
Bocedi, G., Palmer, S. C., Malchow, A.-K., Zurell, D., Watts, K., & Travis, J. M. (2020). RangeShifter 2.0: An extended and enhanced platform for modelling spatial eco-evolutionary dynamics and species' responses to environmental changes. Ecography, 44(10), 1453-1462.
Malchow, A.-K., Azhand, A., Knoll, P., Engel, H., & Steinbock, O. (2019). From nonlinear reaction-diffusion processes to permanent microscale structures. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 29(5), 053129.
Malchow, A.-K., Omelchenko, I., Schöll, E., & Hövel, P. (2018). Robustness of chimera states in nonlocally coupled networks of nonidentical logistic maps. Physical Review E, 98(1), 012217.
Gunton, R. M., Marsh, C. J., Moulherat, S., Malchow, A.-K., Bocedi, G., Klenke, R. A., & Kunin, W. E. (2017). Multicriterion trade‐offs and synergies for spatial conservation planning. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(3), 903-913.