Current and past Bachelor's theses

Ongoing

• Ole Anton Schmiedl - Differences in European bison habitat use during different behavioural states
• Ian Schulz-Brussels - The acceptance of the role of the beaver in the ecosystem after its reintroduction in three different countries

Completed

2024

• Leo Hoffmann - Species individual identification from camera trap images

2023

• Felix Hauke - Reintroduction of Persian Leopards (Panthera pardus tulliana) in the North Caucasus
• Levin Wirthensohn - Mapping the suitable habitat and its change in future climate scenarios of the easternspadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus) in the Caucasus ecoregion
• Kai Rüter - Invasion potential of Chromolaena odorata in Western Africa and its relation to human modfication
• Carl Handt - Grassland change in the Spreewald
• Sabina Burkhardt - Expansion of golden jackals in Armenia

2022

• Benjamin Balog - Assessing the range dynamics of the imperial eagle in Central Europe
• Juliana Eggers - Variation in large mammal communities in protected and unprotected areas in the southern Caucasus
• Justus Mennerich - Identifying potential habitat for leopards across Europe
• Melina Radecke - The effects of climate change on traditional orchard meadows and their distribution in Baden-Württemberg
• Rebekka Roch - Seasonal and diurnal use of the fauna bridge Wiesenhagen (Brandenburg, Germany) by wildlife in 2020/21 based on camera trap data
• Victor Shippenbeil - Comparative analysis of iron hydroxite contaminated river sections of the Spree above and below the Talsperre Spremberg
• Estelle Solem - Birds in the city: modelling taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in Berlin
• Matthias Thomsen - Analyzing rearing site selection of the grey wolf (Canis Lupus) in Eastern Germany
• Gero Willmann - Beaver management in the Biosphere reserve Spreewald: Attitudes towards beavers and management actions

2021

• Elisabeth Bauer - Assessing legacy effects of forest harvesting on the distribution of the Ural owl (Strix uralensis) in Romania
• Kristina Gackstetter - The geography of megafauna defaunation in the Caucasus
• Janika Hämmerle - Drought effects on old-growth forests and managed forest compared in Central and Eastern Europe
• Irina Kirsanova - Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas in preserving wildlife amidst socio-economic and political shocks: A case study of protected areas in the South Caucasus
• Julia Mari Murata - Investigating long-term drivers of change in Saiga populations (Saiga tatarica tatarica)

2020

• Leon Eichfuss - Assessing potentially suitable habitat for the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Central Europe
• Philip Liehr - Bryophyte communities along gradients of forest structure and climate
• Selina Scholz - Assessing the effects of landscape variables at different scales on Great Green Macaw nest occupancy in north Costa Rica
• Robert Wilbrandt - Assessing protected area effectiveness at preventing deforestation during armed conflict in South Asia using propensity score matching and panel data models

2019

• Anna Börmann - Occupancy modeling for mapping the distribution of the Persian leopard and its prey in the northern Zagros Mountains
• Philipp Conrad - From monoculture to agroforestry - The potential to increase the productivity of cattle grazing while improving environmental sustainability through silvopastoral systems
• Kyra Celina Damp - The causes and impacts of protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD) in Kenya and the development of community-based conservation approaches
• Henrik Eritsland - Nest site selection of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europeaus) in an urban zoo
• Leonhard Grimm - Fire and post-fire recovery mapping Khoshrov Forest Reserve, Armenia
• Ines Fara Grünberg - Edge effects in forests in the Gran Chaco in relation to land use
• Katrin Kirchner - Using step-selection functions to analyze European roe deer movement in relation to roads in the Bavarian Forest National Park
• Benjamin Labohm - Using Maxent for mapping red deer habitat across the Caucasus and the northern Iran
• Lina Lange - Climate change and the distribution of suitable habitat for Caucasian Tur in the Greater Caucasus
• Jana Otto - Changes in fire patterns in the Chaco between 1985 and 2015
• Alexander Zillmann - Characterization of resting sites of raccoons in Berlin

2018

• Lisa Höhner - The extinction of the bees: a multifunctional phenomenon
• Florine Ley - Climate indicators and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) body weigth in Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany
• Leonard Wellmann - The possible land footprint of modern aquaculture: the case of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

2017

• Michaela Daberger - Habitat suitability for the giant anteater in the Gran Chaco
• Lea Matscheroth - The phenomenon of downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement of protected areas in the region of the Brazilian Amazon over the last 15 year
• Reinhard Kückes - Mapping natural forest and tree plantation dynamics in Misiones, Argentina (1985-2015) using Landsat time series
• Clara Sichau - Spatial risk model of livestock predation by Persian leopard in the Alborz Mountains, Iran
• Anna Wenzel - Dynamics and Determinants of Fire Occurrence in the Northern Indochina Subtropical Forests
• Arne Zebski - Understanding the impact of forest disturbances on lynx habitat selection in the Bohemian Forest

2016

• Jascha Sina Apkes - Kartierung von Habitaten für die Wildkatze (Felis silvestris) in Transilvanien (Rumänien)
• Lena Furch - Entwaldung ohne Mehrproduktion? Eine Analyse zur Änderung der Landnutzung und der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion im Südamerikanischen Chaco
• Martina Müller - Distribution of Primates’ Habitat in Colombia and the Potential Impact of Oil Palm Expansion
• Florian Pötzschner - Post-release movement pattern analysis of a brown bear in the Lesser Caucasus
• Moritz Wenzler - Spatial Classification of Berlins land cover for urban biodiversity assessment – the case of the wild boar

2015

• Hendrik Bluhm - Habitat analysis for bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus) and Armenian mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelins) in the Caucasus
• Josef Kaiser - Analysis of Climate Influences on Distributions and Trends of Net Primary Production focusing on Cropland Areas in Ethiopia
• Marc Senger - Typologie deutscher Angelvereine in Bezug auf das Fischbesatzverhalten (Typology of German angling clubs in relation to the use of fish stocking)

2014

• Peter Duksch - Methode zur Erstabschätzung von Energieholzpotenzialen im kommunalen Raum*
• Florian Kestel - Kaffee – Ein Weltmarktprodukt und seine ökologischen Folgen*
• Carina Schuchard - Vegetation dynamics of Brigalow plant communities in relation to precipitation*

* = co-supervision

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