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

• Clara-Sophia Lehmann - Heat, Drought, and Tapirs: Detecting Change in the Gran Chaco
• 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
• Léna Bommier - Comparing Urban and Rural Values of Nature Among Students from Berlin and Brandenburg
• Amanda Leiva Vergara - Food Sovereignty and SoLaWi Initiatives in Berlin
• Margarete Grunske - How do instrumental values shape socio-ecological post-mining landscapes in the Łužyca/Lusatia?
• Dogus Subhi Uygan - Habitat Modeling of the Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) in the Gran Chaco: A Comparative SDM Analysis at the Spatiotemporal Level
• Sophie Julie Malig - Impacts of the Spread of the Invasive European Wild Pig on Peccaries in the Argentine Gran Chaco

Completed

2026

• Lara Rother - The Role of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Amazon – A Systematic Literature Review
• 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
• Linda Sophie Giesa - Impacts of the road construction next to the Great Gobi Protected Area
• Haochen Tan - Investigating the Role of Ghost Roads in forest loss: Spatio-Temporal Remote Sensing Analysis in the Chiquitano Region

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

• Hendrik Bluhm - Habitat analysis for bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus) and Armenian mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelins) in the Caucasus
• Josef Kaiser - Analysis of Climate Influences on Distributions and Trends of Net Primary Production focusing on Cropland Areas in Ethiopia
• Marc Senger - Typologie deutscher Angelvereine in Bezug auf das Fischbesatzverhalten (Typology of German angling clubs in relation to the use of fish stocking)

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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