Prof. Dr. habil. Dominik Thom
Core research areas
- Adaptive forest management
- Ecosystem dynamics
- Disturbance dynamics and management
- Climate protection through forests
- Ecosystem modeling
CV
| since 2024 | Chair of Silviculture, TU Dresden |
| 2022 - 2024 | Habilitation in "Dynamics and management of climate regulating services in forest ecosystems", TU Munich |
| 2021 - 2024 | Research assistant, TU Munich |
| since 2020 |
Subject Editor at Forestry: An International Journal of |
| since 2020 | Gund Global Affiliate, University of Vermont |
| 2019 - 2021 | Postdoc, TU Munich and BOKU Vienna |
| 2017 - 2019 | Postdoc, University of Vermont |
| 2016 - 2017 | Postdoc, BOKU Vienna |
| 2012 - 2016 | PhD in "Disturbance impacts on forest succession, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in a changing world", BOKU Vienna |
| 2010 - 2012 | M.Sc. in Forest Sciences, BOKU Vienna |
| 2007 - 2010 | B.Sc. in International Forest Ecosystem Management, HNE Eberswalde |
Selected publications
- Thom, D (2023): Natural disturbances as drivers of tipping points in forest ecosystems under climate change - implications for adaptive management. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. 96:305-315. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad011
- Thom, D, Rammer, W, Laux, P, Smiatek, G, Kunstmann, H, Seibold, S, Seidl, R (2022): Will forest dynamics continue to accelerate throughout the 21st century in the Northern Alps? Global Change Biology. 28:3260–3274. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16133
- Thom, D, Sommerfeld, A, Sebald, J, Hagge, J, Müller, J, Seidl, R, (2020): Effects of disturbance patterns and deadwood on the microclimate in European beech forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 291: 108066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108066
- Thom, D, Keeton, WS (2020): Disturbance-based silviculture for habitat diversification: effects on forest structure, dynamics, and carbon storage. Forest Ecology and Management. 469: 118132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118132
- Thom, D, Rammer, W, Seidl, R (2017): The impact of future forest dynamics on climate: Interactive effects of changing vegetation and disturbance regimes. Ecological Monographs, 87: 665-684. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1272