Contact
Prof. Dr. Michael Kleyer
Address
Landscape Ecology Group
Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences
University of Oldenburg
Carl von Ossietzky Str. 9-11
D-26129 Oldenburg
Address
D-26111 Oldenburg
Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)441-798-3278
Secretary's office
Tel.: +49-(0)441-798-3910
Fax: +49-(0)441-798-5659
Vanessa Minden
Dr. Vanessa Minden
![]() | Assistant Professor Landscape Ecology Group Tel. ++ 49 (0)441 798 3954 email: |
My main research focus lies with functional traits of plants. Starting my career studying effects of a plant invader on the autochthonous plant community in a Hawaiian rainforest, I was introduced to functional traits during my PhD project. Here, the main emphasis was placed on trait expressions along environmental gradients, trait-trait relationships and effects of community traits on ecosystem properties.
As a PostDoc I am interested in plant allocation patterns and ecological stoichiometry – the allocation of carbon and nutrients (mainly nitrogen and phosphorus) to different plant organs in relationship to their functional differentiation and to environmental site conditions. My regional expertise include salt marshes (Germany), tropical rainforests (Hawai’i) and forest-savannah ecosystems (Ivory Coast).