Annette Otte
Professor
Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
University of Giessen
Germany
Biography
1999 Appointed to C4 - grade Chair of Geobotany at the M artin Luther University Halle - Wittenberg; turned down appointment 1995 Appointment as Professor (C4 - grade) of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Justus - Liebig - University Giessen 1995 Habilitation (Dr. agr. habil.) in Landscape Ecology, Techn ical University of Munich 1994 Appointed to newly created Chair of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Justus - Liebig - University Giessen 1993 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Faculty o f Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Home Economics and Environmental Management, Justus - Liebig - University Giessen 1991 Appointed to C3 - grade Chair of ‘Applied Plant Ecology under Special Consideration of Species and Biotope Protection’ at the Tec hnical University Hannover; turned down appointment 1986 - 1994 Scientific officer, academic advisor and senior advisor, 1978 - 198 3 at the Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Technical University of Munich / Weihenstephan 1983 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Te chnical University Munich 1972 - 1978 Student in Biology and Chemistry, Georg - August - University Göttingen
Research Interest
Landscape structure, dynamics and phytodiversity in Central Europe and mountainous regions of Caucasus countries and Central Asia - Modelling phytodiversity (landscape to gene level) - Ecology and manageme nt of invasive species - Ecology of rare floodplain species, arable weeds, seed bank dynamics - Restoration ecology of grassland in floodplains and mountainous regions
Publications
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Flooding tolerance of four floodplain meadow species depends on age
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Land Cover Changes (1963–2010) and Their Environmental Factors in the Upper Danube Floodplain
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Modelling biomass of mountainous grasslands by including a species composition map
