Dr. Kirsten Thonicke
Co-Chair (interim) Research Domain I Earth System Analysis
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Contact: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegrafenberg A62 P.O. Box 60 12 03 D-14412 Potsdam Germany Ph.: +49-(0)331-288-2534 Fax: +49-(0)331-288-2642 Email: kirsten.thonicke(at)pik-potsdam.de |
Research Interests:
- Disturbance and especially fire ecology
- Human impacts on global fire regimes
- Global fire modelling in DGVMs & coupled vegetation-climate models
- Changes in fire regimes under extreme events
- Ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services & biodiversity
Speaker of Flagship project Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Climate Change

