Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen (born December 10, 1973 in Kattendijke ) is a Dutch biologist.
Life
He studied biology at the University of Utrecht and obtained his doctorate in 2001 from the University of Zurich . This was followed by research stays at the University of British Columbia (Canada) as well as the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Stellenbosch (both South Africa), then he completed his habilitation at the University of Bern . Since 2011 he has been professor of ecology at the University of Konstanz .
One focus of his research are invasive plants.
Publications (selection)
- Evolution of the clonal life history of Ranunculus reptans , Diss. Univ. Zurich 2001
- (with Daniel Schläpfer, Melanie Glättli et al.): Preadapted for invasiveness: do species traits or their plastic responses to shading differ between invasive and non-invasive plant species in their native range? , Journal of Biogeography, vol. 38.2011, pp. 1294-1304.
- (with Wayne Dawson and Noeli Maurel): Characteristics of successful alien plants , in: Molecular Ecology , 2015, pp. 1954–1968
- (with Wayne Dawson, Franz Essl et al.): Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants , Nature online, 2015, doi : 10.1038 / nature14910
Web links
- Page from Mark van Kleunen at the University of Konstanz with a list of publications
- biographical information (as of 2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press reports about this article: Invasive Plants: Wandering Rose , Tagesspiegel online, August 20, 2015; Exotics on the Rise: Invasion from the Garden , handelsblatt online, August 20, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kleunen, Mark van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kattendijke |