Dr. Kai Behn
Contact
1st Affiliation:
University of Bonn
Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)
Department of Plant Nutrition
Nußallee 1, 3nd floor (office)
Karlrobert-Kreiten-Str. 13 (post)
D-53115 Bonn
phone: 0049 (0)228 / 73-3335
E-Mail: kaibehn@uni-bonn.de
Research Group:
Grassland Ecology & Grassland Management
www.ipe.uni-bonn.de/arbeitsgruppen/grassland/forschung-1
2nd Affiliation:
University of Potsdam
Biodiversity Research / Systematic Botany Group
Maulbeerallee 1b
14469 Potsdam, Germany
Research Interest
Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem functions and services, Responses of plants and vegetation to climate and land use changes, Vegetation classification, Vegetation ecology
Positions held
- Since 2022 Lecturer, University of Bonn, INRES
- 2019-2022 Research Assistant, University of Bonn, INRES - Grassland Ecology & Grassland Management Group
- 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
Teaching Experience
Courses on plant identification, botanical excursions, ecological field method courses, statistical analysis with R.
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
Selected Publications
- 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.
- Munjonji, L., Kwabena Ayisi, K., Mudongo, E. I., Mafeo, T. P., Behn, K., Mokoka, V., & Linstaedter, 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.