Dr. Tobias Kuemmerle

tobias kuemmerle

Organisation

Geography Department, Humboldt-University Berlin

Field of expertise

Effects of land use and climate change on wildlife; resilience and sustainability of landscapes; large herbivores: European bison, reindeer, moose, saiga antelope and wild boar.

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About


Effects of land use and climate change affect wildlife habitats and populations.
I am also very much interested in understanding how resilient and sustainable landscapes, which balance human resource use and the conservation of biodiversity, look like and how we can transition to such landscapes. I often address these questions at broad spatial scales - from landscapes to ecoregions to continents.

During the last years, much of Dr. Kuemerle’s research has focused on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The collapse of socialism there has brought affects wildlife populations in various ways, bringing about threats (e.g., poaching) and opportunities (e.g., additional habitat due to farmland abandonment).He is specifically involved in projects assessing habitat distribution and population dynamics of European bison, reindeer, moose, saiga, and wild boar.

I am an Environmental Scientists and Geographer with a background in landscape ecology, conservation biology, and sustainability science. Large mammals and especially large herbivores have fascinated me since the days of my childhood. Learning more about their ecology and distribution, and contributing to preserving them and the wild places they often are confined to nowadays are strong motivations for my research.

The LHNet is important because it raises awareness about a region with a high diversity in large ungulates, but where nature conservation is unfortunately often struggling. I also valued LHNet in the past as an excellent way of establishing and maintaining networks between Western and Eastern conservation scientists and practitioners.

Overview of interesting articles on European Bison.

My activities

• contribute to providing a science base for the conservation or large ungulates/mammals in Northern Eurasisa, • help maintain and expand the network of LH experts, both from research and conservation sectors.

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