How is biological diversity generated, and which drivers shape the patterns of biodiversity in time and space? The Biodiversity in the Anthropocene group addresses these questions by investigating how biological diversity in species, higher taxa, and their traits is distributed across the world today, how biodiversity has evolved through geological history, and how patterns of biodiversity can be predicted into the future. For example, we study how past climate change has influenced the evolution and ecology of mammal and bird species, and what conclusions can be drawn for mitigating the effects of ongoing climate change and biodiversity loss.
Head of Research Group
Prof Dr Susanne Fritz
Phone: +49 341 9733165
Email: susanne.fritz@idiv.de
Administrative Assistant
N.N.
Postal address
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany
Affiliation
Friedrich Schiller University Jena