Konstantin Köthe
Education
I started my academic studies at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Within the following Master of Science in Biosciences at the University of Würzburg, I focused on plant- and animal ecology and started paying particular interest towards forest ecosystems. Working as a student assistant at the chair of Ecophysiology and Vegetation Biology at JMU Würzburg I got in touch with the use of remote sensing in ecology. The possibilities of spatial data within forests science were fascinating to me, for which reason I decided to write my master´s thesis on “Evaluating the Effects of Neighbourhood Competition on Drought-Induced Tree Mortality using Mobile Laser Scanning”.PhD Research Project
Structurally complex forests are predicted to be better adapted to climate change and other future challenges compared to homogeneous monocultures. Several studies also found, that structural heterogeneity is positively related to stand level productivity. During my PhD at RTG 2300 I will further investigate the structural complexity – productivity relationship, how it translates from tree to stand level, how different silviculture approaches exert their influence and whether there are differences between mixed and pure stands. To do so, I will use fractal analysis in combination with three-dimensional mobile laser scanning.Personal profile on the website of the department Spatial Structures and Digitization of Forests