Directorate of the gtö
The members of the gtö elect the directorate of our society at the annual meetings, in a two years turnus. For further details, see our: Satzung of the gtö.
Executive board members
Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1
60316 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
fon: +49-(0)69-21233727
fax: +49-(0)69-21237855
University of Marburg
Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8
D-35032 Marburg
Germany
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN
1 avenue du petit château
91800 Brunoy
France
pierre-michel.forget (at) mnhn.fr
mecadev.cnrs.fr/…I am a tropical forest ecologist studying the animal-plant relationships, mostly fruit-eating vertebrates and seed dispersal, interested in the conservation and the sustainable use of non-timber forest products, and trying to educate stakeholders and people to minimize the impact of anthropogenic activities on tropical biodiversity and ecosystem health.
Scientific board members
Simone Pfeiffer
Member of scientific advisory board
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Centre of Biodiversity and sustainable Land Use
Büsgenweg 1
37077 Göttingen
spfeiff (at) gwdg.de
I am a scientific coordinator of interdisciplinary research and teaching projects in the Tropics and Subtropics with focus on biodiversity assessment and resource management.
Jürgen Homeier
Member of scientific advisory board
Georg-August-University Göttingen – Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research
Untere Karspüle 2
37073 Göttingen
jhomeie (at) gwdg.de
I am a plant ecologist, interested in the composition of tropical plants and the ecosystem functions of tropical forests along environmental gradients and under global change impacts.
Alice C. Hughes
Member of scientific advisory board
Centre for Integrative Conservation
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun, Mengla
Yunnan 666303
P.R. China
ach_biodiversity (at) hotmail.com
I am a conservation biogeographer looking at patterns of diversity and drivers of biodiversity change across Southeast Asia.
Ingo Grass
Member of scientific advisory board
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Department of Crop Sciences – Agroecology
ingo.grass (at) gtoe.org
I am a community ecologist interested in land-use impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical landscapes.
Patrick A. Jansen
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Environmental Sciences
Wageningen University
PO Box 47
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
patrick.jansen (at) wur.nl
I am a community ecologist studying interactions between wildlife and plants, such as seed dispersal and herbivory, in the tropics as well as the temperate zone. Much of my work involves the use of camera traps to record animal presence, abundance and behaviour.
Bettina Engelbrecht
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Plant Ecology
University of Bayreuth
Universitaetsstrasse 30
95440 Bayreuth
Germany
bettina.engelbrecht (at) uni-bayreuth.de
I am a tropical plant ecologist interested in the factors shaping tropical tree diversity under current and future climate, with a focus on direct and indirect effects of drought. To that end, I am explicitly linking plant physiological and functional ecology with population and community ecology.
Eike Lena Neuschulz
Member of scientific advisory board
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Reserach Centre
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
elneuschulz (at) senckenberg.de
I am interested in species communities and their ecosystem functions and services. In particular, I study ecosystem functions provided by birds across elevational gradients in temperate and tropical mountain regions.
Sven Günter
Member of scientific advisory board
Head of Dept., Forestry Worldwide
Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics
Leuschnerstr. 91
21031 Hamburg, Germany
sven.guenter (at) ti.bund.de
I am a forester, contributing to science-based solutions for sustainable policies in the field of multipurpose forestry, ecosystem services and livelihoods in tropical forest landscapes. My major motivation for participation in the advisory board of the Society for Tropical Ecology is helping to bridge the gap between solid ecological research and sustainable management of forest ecosystems and livelihoods of forest dependent people in the tropics.
K. Eduard Linsenmair
Member of scientific advisory board
Vojtech Novotny
Member of scientific advisory board
Biology Centre
Czech Academy of Science
Branisovska 31
37005 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
novotny (at) entu.cas.cz
I am a tropical ecologist interested in the ecology of plant-insects food webs in tropical forests and conservation of tropical biodiversity.
Ute Radespiel
Member of scientific advisory board
Institute of Zoology
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Bünteweg 17
30559 Hannover
Germany
ute.radespiel (at) tiho-hannover.de
I am a behavioural ecologist and aim to understand the factors, that drive and influence the evolution of social structures, the demography, ecological niche construction, distribution, connectivity and the long-term survival of lemur populations on various spatial scales.
Eckhard W. Heymann
Member of scientific advisory board
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung
Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen, Germany
eheyman (at) gwdg.de
I am a primatologist and behavioural ecologist, particularly interested in primate ecology and animal-plant interactions, and run a field research site in Peruvian Amazonia.
