Dipl.-Ing. agr. 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 1
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.