Jens Oldeland
University of Hamburg
Biocentre Klein Flottbek & Botanical Garden
Ohnhorststr. 18
22609 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 42816 407
Fax: +49 40 42816 539
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Education:
- 2005 - today: University of Hamburg & German Aerospace Agency, Germany , PhD in Remote Sensing and Biodiversity studies; thesis entitled "Using hyperspectral remote sensing to model spatial pattern of vascular plant diversity in central Namibian Savannah Ecosystems ". Part of the Helmholtz-EOS PhD-program.
- 2004 - 2005: Diploma thesis entitled:”Vegetation modelling at the southern slopes of the High Atlas, Morocco – Habitat modelling and its application in drylands” [in German].
- 1999 - 2005: University of Hamburg, Germany; Degree: Diploma degree, specialised in plant systematics, vegetation ecology, genetics and soil science.
Postgraduate Training History:
- 2009: ECOCHANGE Summer school: “Predictive habitat distribution models: tools for building projections of global change impact on biodiversity”,Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2007: First European Summer school on hyperspectral imaging, Cáceres, Spain
- 2007: BIOPLEX-Summerschool “Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology”, GießenGöttingen, Germany
- 2006: Helmholtz-EOS Summer School, Helgoland, Germany
- 2006: “Introduction to programming with IDL”. German Aerospace Agency, Germany
- 2005 - 2006: Guest scientist at the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Research interests:
- Hyperspectral remote sensing and field spectroscopy
- Species Distribution modelling at the species and community level
- Patterns of alpha and beta – diversity along environmental gradients
- Spatial statistics (esp. Point Pattern Analysis)
- GIS and WebGIS applications in ecological research
- Ecology of savannahs and high mountain ecosystems
Teaching experience:
- 2003 - 2009: Introduction to GIS for biologists.
- 2008 - 2009: Introduction to the R software for data analysis
- 2005 - 2006: Vegetation ecology –excursions.
- 2006 - 2009: Methods in vegetation ecology and biodiversity science.
Publications:
- Oldeland, J.; Dorigo, W.; Lieckfeld, L.; Jürgens, N. (2010) Connecting spectral indices, constrained ordination and fuzzy classification as an innovative approach for mapping vegetation types, Remote Sensing of Environment., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.003.
- Oldeland, J., Wesuls, D., Rocchini, D., Schmidt, M., & Jürgens, N. (2010). Does using species abundance data improve estimates of species diversity from remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity? Ecological Indicators, 10, 390-396
- Oldeland, J., Dreber, N., & Wesuls, D. (in press). How diverse is my veld? – The need to consider a variety of diversity measures. Dinteria, 31, xx-xx
- Tietjen, B., Jeltsch, F., Zehe, E., Classen, N., Groengroeft, A., Schiffers, K., & Oldeland, J. (in press). Effects of climate change on the coupled dynamics of water and vegetation in drylands. Ecohydrology
- Thiede, J., Hargreaves, B.J., Mwanyambo, M.L., & Oldeland, J. (subm.). An "arid corridor" species in Malaŵi: Fockea Multiflora K.Schum. (Apocynaceae). Haseltonia
- Rocchini, D., He, K., Oldeland, J., Wesuls, D., & Neteler, M. (subm). Beta-diversity versus spectral variation at different spatial scales: a test in African highland savannas. Journal of Environmental Management DOI: 10.1039/b921835a
- [1] Rocchini, D.; Balkenhol, N.; Carter, G. A.; Foody, G. M.; Gillespie, T. W.; He, K. S.; Kark, S.; Levin, N.; Lucas, K.; Luoto, M.; Nagendra, H.; Oldeland, J.; Ricotta, C.; Southworth, J.; Neteler, M. Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: recent advances and open challenges, Ecological Informatics. subm.
- Oldeland, J., Finckh, M., & Born, K. (2008). A bioclimatic map for southern Morocco. In O. Schulz & M. Judex (Eds.), IMPETUS Atlas Morocco. Research Results 2000–2007 (pp. 27-28). University of Bonn, Germany
- Oldeland, J. (2005). Vegetationsmodellierung am Südrand des Hohen Atlas, Marokko - Habiatmodelle und Ihre Anwendung in Trockengebieten. (p. 147), Diploma thesis, University of Hamburg, Germany
Conference presentations:
- Oldeland, J., Lieckfeld, L., Schmidt, M., & Jürgens, N. (2009). Modeling vascular plant diversity in Namibian dry lands using hyperspectral data. In, 6th EARSeL SIG Imaging Spectroscopy Workshop. Tel Aviv, Israel
- Oldeland, J., & Lieckfeld, L. (2008). Modeling biodiversity patterns in central Namibian savannah ecosystems using hyperspectral remote sensing. In, Helmholtz-EOS-Konferenz. GFZ Potsdam, Germany
- Oldeland, J., Augustin, A., & Finckh, M. (2008). Patterns of phytodiversity along a bioclimatic gradient in southern Morocco. In, Consequences of Climate Change on Tropical Ecosystems (p. 3). University of Hohenheim: Society for Tropical Ecology
- Oldeland, J., Augustin, A., & Finckh, M.,(2007). Effects of climate change on the demography and distribution of Alyssum spinosum L. In, 37th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GfÖ). Marburg, Germany
- Oldeland, J. (2005): Vegetationsmodellierung am Südrand des Hohen Atlas; Annual Meeting of the german working group Desert ecologyRauischholzhausen, Germany.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Journal Reviews: Ecological Informatics, Dinteria, Forest Ecology, Landscape Research and Nature Conservation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland