Kai Behn
INRES - Plant Nutrition
Nußallee 1, 3. Etage (Office), Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13 (Mail)
D-53115 Bonn
kaibehn@uni-bonn.de
+49 228 73-3335
Research focus
Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Land use changes, Vegetation classification, Vegetation dynamics, Vegetation ecology
Education
since 2013
PhD Student at University of Bonn - Vegetation Ecology
2011
Diploma in Agricultural Science
2009
University of Helsinki, Finland (Exchange semester)
2004-2011
Study of Agricultural Science, Nature Conservation and Landscape ecology - University of Bonn, Germany
Positions held
seit 2019
Scientific Assistant
University of Bonn, INRES - Grassland Ecology & Grassland Management
2017-2018
Scientific Assistant
University of Bonn, INRES - Plant Nutrition
2011-2013
Scientific Assistant
University of Bonn, INRES – Vegetation ecology
2008-2010
Student Assistant
University of Bonn, INRES – Geobotany and Conservation
Selected publications
Munjonji L., Ayisi K.K., Mudongo E. I., Mafeo T. P., Behn K., Mokoka M.V., Linstädter A. (2020) Disentangling drought and grazing effects on soil carbon stocks and CO2 fluxes in a semi-arid African savanna. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, 207.
Behn K., Becker M., Burghof S., Möseler B.M., Willy D.K., Alvarez M. (2018) Using vegetation attributes to rapidly asses degradation of East African wetlands. Ecological Indicators 89C
Beuel S., Alvarez M., Amler E., Behn K., Kotze D., Kreye C., ... Becker M. (2016). A rapid assessment of anthropogenic disturbances in East African wetlands. Ecological Indicators, 67, 684-692.
Beuel, S., Alvarez, M., Amler, E., Behn, K., Kleißler, K., Kotze, D., ...Willy D. K. (2015) Analyse von on-site und off-site Faktoren der hydrologischen Feuchtgebietsdegradation in Ostafrika.
Becker M., Alvarez M., Behn K., Möseler B.M., Handa C., Oyieke H., Misana S., Mogha N. (2014) Small wetlands in East Africa: A field guide to the representative flora. Selbstverlag, Bonn. Germany. 202 pp. ISBN 978-3-00-047349-4.