Manfred Finckh

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Manfred Finckh (born April 10, 1963 in Hamburg ) is a German geoecologist and scientist at the University of Hamburg.

Life

Finckh studied at the University of Bayreuth and began a DAAD short-term lectureship in Chile in 1991 . He then became a research assistant at the Department of Biogeography at the University of Bayreuth and received his doctorate there in 1995. Several teaching and research stays in Chile followed, including a. he was a lecturer in physical geography at the Departamento de Ciencias Sociales of the Universidad de La Frontera , Temuco , Chile.

From 2000 to 2006 he was lead scientist in the IMPETUS project. Since March 2010 he has been Scientific Coordinator at SASSCAL at the University of Hamburg . He coordinates research in the The Future Okavango project for the University of Hamburg.

Publications

A selection of specialist articles
  • Z. Akasbi, J. Oldeland, J. Dengler, M. Finckh: Analysis of GPS trajectories to assess goat grazing pattern and intensity in southern Morocco. In: The Rangeland Journal. 34, 2012, pp. 415-427. doi: 10.1071 / RJ12036
  • Z. Akasbi, J. Oldeland, J. Dengler, M. Finckh: Volume-biomass functions reveal the effect of browsing on three Moroccan dwarf shrubs. In: African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 29, 2012, pp. 31-36.
  • KP Freier, R. Brüggemann, J. Scheffran, M. Finckh, UA Schneider: Assessing the predictability of future livelihood strategies of pastoralists in semi-arid Morocco under climate change. In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 79, 2012, pp. 371-382.
  • N. Jürgens , M. Finckh, G. Zizka and others: The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa - A standardized framework for large-scale environmental monitoring. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment . 184, 2012, pp. 655-678.
  • J. Dengler, M. Finckh, N. Spencer et al .: The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science. In: Journal of Vegetation Science . 22, 2011, pp. 582-597.
  • F. Rupprecht, J. Oldeland, M. Finckh: Modeling potential distribution of the threatened tree species Juniperus oxycedrus: how to evaluate the predictions of different modeling approaches? In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 22, 2011, pp. 647-659.

Web links

  • Manfred Finckh on the website of the Biozentrum Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg
personal data
SURNAME Finckh, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geoecologist and scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg