Norbert Juergens

Norbert Juergens (born June 28, 1953 in Rotenburg (Wümme) ) is a German biologist and professor of biodiversity , evolution and ecology of plants at the Biozentrum Klein Flottbek and the Botanical Garden of the University of Hamburg .

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Jürgens' main research interests are the effects of global climate change on biological processes ("global change biology"). He is very concerned with the vegetation in arid areas of the African continent: He researches biodiversity and the change in biodiversity in African arid regions, the vegetation history and biogeography of African arid regions, vegetation ecology and vegetation dynamics, desertification and restoration of arid habitats.

He is involved in the projects BIOTA Southern Africa , The Future Okavango and the Regional Science Service Center for Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Land Management in Southern Africa (SASSCAL).

He teaches the master's courses on ecology and biodiversity in Africa at the University of Hamburg. In 2006 he was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg .

In 2012, Jürgens received the Elisabeth Appuhn Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, for his life's work, especially his work in southern Africa.

In 2013, after a long-term study in Namibia, he published an explanatory hypothesis for the previously inexplicable vegetation phenomenon of the fairy circles .

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↑ Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Professorship Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology. ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of Hamburg. @1@ 2

↑ Professor Norbert Juergens received the Dr. Elisabeth Appuhn Award. In: BIOTA AFRICA - News. November 29, 2012, accessed March 17, 2016 .

↑ Secret of the fairy circles revealed. ( Memento of May 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Gondwana Collection , March 29, 2013

^ Norbert Juergens: The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles. In: Science Magazine , March 29, 2013, vol. 339, issue 6127, pp. 1618–1621 ( abstract ).

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SURNAME	Juergens, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German biologist, ecologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 28, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotenburg (Wümme)

[1] Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Professorship Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology. ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of Hamburg. @1@ 2

[2] Professor Norbert Juergens received the Dr. Elisabeth Appuhn Award. In: BIOTA AFRICA - News. November 29, 2012, accessed March 17, 2016 .

[3] Secret of the fairy circles revealed. ( Memento of May 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Gondwana Collection , March 29, 2013

[4] Norbert Juergens: The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles. In: Science Magazine , March 29, 2013, vol. 339, issue 6127, pp. 1618–1621 ( abstract ).