Pia Backmann

Dr. Pia Backmann
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Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse
Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse
Postadresse:
Technische Universität Dresden Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse Postfach 1117
01737 Tharandt
Besucheradresse:
Beamtenhaus, Raum 302 Pienner Str. 21
01737 Tharandt
- work Tel.
- +49 351 463-31807
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
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Does functional or species diversity account for the ecosystem services that biodiversity provides? (Max Planck Research Report 2014)