Maria Dolores Perles Garcia
Scientific Assistant
NameM.Sc. Maria Dolores Perles Garcia
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Research Interests
- Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning (BEF) experiments
- Spatio-temporal dynamics of canopy space
- Biodiversity Effects in Forests
- Terrestrial Laserscanning
Professional Experience
Seit 06/2018
Doctoral Researcher in the International Research Training Group TreeDi
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10/2017 – 11/2017
Internship at World Agroforestry Centre, University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan.
Study of potential of shelterbelts using remote sensing.
11/2016 – 12/2016
Student assistant at HNE Eberswalde.
Management and analysis of LiDAR data.
10/2016 – 03/2017
Internship at Landeskompetenzzentrum Forst Eberswalde.
Development of an interactive webmap.
03/2013 – 07/2013
Student assistant at the University of Granada.
Introducing new ECTS credit system to students.
Education
10/2015 – 07/2018
M.Sc. Forest Information Technology
HNE Eberswalde (Germany) & SGGW University of Life Sciences (Poland)
05/2017 – 06/2017
Participation in GeoS4S International Summer School
Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
09/2007 – 07/2013
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences
University of Granada (Spain)
Scholarships
DAAD STIBET Scholarship 2017
Grant Programme for the Advancement of Foreign Students.
HNEE-Deutschlandstipendium 2016/2017
Grant to particularly successful and committed students.
ERASMUS+ SS 2016
Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland)
ERASMUS 2010/2011
BTU Cottbus (Germany)
Publications
Hildebrand M, Perles-Garcia MD, Kunz M, Härdtle W, von Oheimb G, Fichtner A, 2021. Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: The role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing. Basic and Applied Ecology 50: 217-227. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.12.003.