Robert Weigel

Head Director of the Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth

Research interests: 

• Forest ecology and forest growth dynamics under climate change
• Phenotypic plasticity and adaptation mechanisms of plants and ecosystems to environmental changes
• Relationship between biodiversity and climate-smart ecosystems
• Methods: Experimental plant ecology, tree ring analysis, analysis of temporal and spatial patterns in large data sets (e.g. tree ring databases, vegetation/plant databases)