Pia Backmann

Dr. Pia Backmann

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Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse

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Technische Universität Dresden Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse Postfach 1117

01737 Tharandt

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Besucheradresse:

Beamtenhaus, Raum 302 Pienner Str. 21

01737 Tharandt

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pia.backmann@tu-dresden.de

Research Interests

I am a physicist and ecologist by training and my main focus is ecological modelling. Currently I am searching for a unifying theory of monodominance in tropical forests. To better understand this phenomenon, I am developing (individual based) models and use percolation theory to understand the modelled forest dynamics.

Apart from tropical forests, I am interested in questions of plant ecology and especially plant-herbivore interactions.

Projects

2017-2018: sMonodominance Workshop - sDiv workshop at the German Centre for integrative Biodiversity research (https://www.idiv.de/de/sdiv/)

Curriculum

Since June 2018: Researcher at Technical University Dresden
June 2017 – May 2018: Postdoc in the Theory in Biodiversity Science group (German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research)
July 2013 – April 2017: PhD student (German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research)
June 2011-July 2013: Renewable energy grid integration, Moeller Operating Engineering
March 2011: Diploma thesis in computational theoretical physics
2004-2011: Diploma studies of physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

Pia Backmann, Volker Grimm, Gottfried Jetschke, Yue Lin, Matthijs Vos, Ian T. Baldwin, and Nicole M. van Dam (2019): Delayed Chemical Defense: Timely Expulsion of Herbivores Can Reduce Competition with Neighboring Plants. The American Naturalist 193:1, 125-139.
Martin Kazmierczak , Pia Backmann, José M. Fedriani , Rico Fischer , Alexander K. Hartmann , Andreas Huth , Felix May , Michael S. Müller , Franziska Taubert , Volker Grimm , and Jürgen Groeneveld (2016): Monodominance in tropical forests: modelling reveals emerging clusters and phase transitions. Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Others

Does functional or species diversity account for the ecosystem services that biodiversity provides? (Max Planck Research Report 2014)