Dr. Anna Katharina Franke

Chair for Terrestrial Ecology

Biodiversitäts-Exploratorium-Hainich-Dün
Am Burghof 3
D-99947 Mülverstedt

Phone: +49.3602.21.59845
Fax:     +49.3602.21.59844
Mobil:   +49.176.43848559

E-mail: anna.franke[at]tum.de

Curriculum vitae

Since 2020 Local manager of the biodiversity exploratory team in Hainich-Dün
2016- 2020 Academic staff member at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Department Institute of Biomedicine of Aging)
2019   Graduation doctoral degree Dr. rer. nat. at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Topic of the thesis: Climate-induced growth response and tree-line shifts of boreal conifers in the alpine and polar tree-line ecotone in Finnish Lapland.
2014- 2015 PhD-related collaboration and research at the Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke (previous METLA) in Rovaniemi / Finland
2013   Graduation Master of Science Physische Geographie at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Topic of the master thesis: Oak mortality in Lower Franconia caused by backwater-induced hypoxia.

Research interest

I am interested in forest ecology, in particular the response of forests to changing climate and environment. During my master thesis, I studied in cooperation with the LWF Freising oak mortality in Lower Franconia, being predominantly induced by backwater-induced hypoxia. Information derived from soil conditions, crown defoliation and remote sensing data were used to test the relation between hypoxia and mortality statistically.
In my PhD thesis, I studied in cooperation with the Natural Resources Institute Luke (previous Metla) climate-induced growth response and regeneration success of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst) in the tree-line ecotone of Finish Lapland. This was done by a multi-methodological approach in order to detect growth responses and tree-line relocations on varying temporal and spatial scales: Growth and regeneration were examined by plot-based field monitoring and dendroecological sampling, while vegetation indices derived from satellite-based datasets indicated changes in tree-line position and vegetation density. Based on the research results, I am highly interested in external disturbance regimes as regulating factors for successful regeneration in tree-line locations, or for increasing mortality rate masking the benefits of climate warming.

Projects

  • 2018-2020: SCOPE Screening for CKD among older people across Europe.
  • 2016-2020: SPRINT-T Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in older people – multi-component treatment strategies
  • 2014-2019: Climate-induced growth responses and tree-line shifts of boreal conifers in the alpine and polar tree-line ecotone in Finnish Lapland (DAAD)

Publications

2019

  • Franke, A.K.; Feilhauer, H.; Bräuning, A.; Rautio, P.; Braun, M.: Remotely sensed estimation of vegetation shifts in the polar and alpine tree-line ecotone in Finnish Lapland during the last three decades. Forest Ecology and Management 454, 2019, 117668 more…

2017

  • Franke, A.K.; Bräuning, A.; Timonen, M.; Rautio, P.: Growth response of Scots pines in polar-alpine tree-line to a warming climate. Forest Ecology and Management 399, 2017, 94-107 more…

2015

  • Franke, Anna; Aatsinki, Pasi; Hallikainen, Ville; Huhta, Esa; Hyppönen, Mikko; Juntunen, Vesa; Mikkola, Kari; Neuvonen, Seppo; Rautio, Pasi: Quantifying changes of the coniferous forest line in Finnish Lapland during 1983–2009. Silva Fennica 49 (4), 2015 more…

Magazine

2013

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forst LWF. 2013. Schadensumfang und Schadensursachen – Teilbericht zu: „Untersuchungen und Maßnahmen zum Erhalt der Eichenbestände im Bereich der Fränkischen Platte“. Teilbericht zur Masterarbeit 2013, Freising. (unveröffentl.)