Take a look at the Bachelor Theses

Explore our Bachelor Theses to see the diverse research conducted by students in our group. Gain insights into various topics and find inspiration for your own academic pursuits.

Ongoing

Lara Rother - The role of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Preserving Biodiversity in the Colombian Amazon
Linda Sophie Giesa - Impacts of the road construction next to the Great Gobi Protected Area
Josephine Protze - Vegetation dynamics of Cnidion dubii alluvial meadows in the Lower Oder Valley National Park (2019-2025)
Lena-Marie Musall - The influence of large herbivores on European ecosystems – a systematic literature review
Julius Petersik - Land-Use Change and Amphibian Diversity in the Bolivian Chiquitano Dry Forest (1985–2023)
Emilia Kramm - Population dynamics of the False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
Pia Pätz - Domestic dogs as a threat to wildlife: the case of the southern three-banded armadillo
Jan Ergang - Changes in potential moose habitat (Alces alces) in Central Europe since 1985
Haochen Tan - Investigating the Role of Ghost Roads in forest loss: Spatio-Temporal Remote Sensing Analysis in the Chiquitano Region

Completed

2025

Isabelle Budde - Parrot-species in the Chaco – Impacts of land use on biodiversity
Gregor Lojewski - A movement-data based analysis of intraspecific cheetah male fights in Namibia
Zoe Grytzka - Analysing changes in the distribution of the Chaco side-necked turtle between 1985 and 2021

2024

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
Mia Janzen - Data incompleteness and inaccuracy in species distribution analysis on the example of the common vole Microtus arvalis in Armenia

2023

Leo Hoffmann - Utilizing unique coat patterns in lynx for Spatial Capture-Recapture (SCR) analysis in Armenia
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

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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