Departments / Ecohydrology



PD Dr. Fred Jopp

IGB, Abt.1, Ecohydrology
Müggelseedamm 310
12587 Berlin, Germany

Research Topics:

Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Global Change Ecology, Food Web Theory, Environmental Risk Assessment, Adaptive Management Strategies, Landscape Ecology, Spatially-Explicit Modeling, Ecological Theory

Phone: +49(0)30 64181-601
Fax: +49(0)30 64181-600
fred.jopp@igb-berlin.de


Curriculum vitae Projects
Selected Publications

Curriculum vitae
04/2008 - 12/2009 Visiting Professor, Everglades Research Project, Department of Biology,
University of Miami, laboratory of Prof. DeAngelis
04/2007 - 04/2008 Associate Professor Institute of Evolutionary Biology, institute for zoology,
Freie University Berlin (FU Berlin)
02/2007 Habilitation FU Berlin (German PostDoc qualification; procedure comparable to tenure track evaluation). Thesis on "The Interaction of population processes and individual behavior of invertebrates", Antrittsvorlesung: Inaugural Lecture: "Interpreting the Introduction of new species for Natur Conservation", Venia legendi for Zoology/Ecology.
05/2003 - 02/2007 Assistant Professor, Institure for Soil Zoology and Ecology, FU Berlin
04/2003 Ph.D "Empirical Investigations and Modeling of the Dispersal Behavior of Invertbrates in a fen-wetland“, FU Berlin.

Projects

  • Climate Impact Research on Lake Ecosystems: Variability matters, together with Dieter Gerten, PIK Potsdam, and Rita Adrian, IGB Berlin

  • Climate Variability matters: Lakes at risk under climate change. Joint DFG research project, IGB and PIK Potsdam, 2009-2012.

    GeneRisc: Environmental Risk Assessment of GMOs within the Ecosystem Context using the Step-by-Step Approach. University Vechta and University Bremen, 2009-2010

  • GEFish: Greater Everglades Fish Population Modeling -- Freshwater fish populations in varying marshlands: applications for Everglades Restoration. United States Geological Survey USGS, since 2007, principal investigator

  • INTERURBAN: Water and Organic Matter in Anthropogenic Soils: Dynamics and Processes, Subproject FAUNA, DFG Research Unit 409, 2001-2006

  • Diversity and Mobility of Soil Invertebrates in urban Biotopes using Beetle Populations as an instance, subproject A9, DFG Research Training Group 780, Urban-ecological Perspective of a european Metropolis: Berlin, 2002-2005


Selected Publications

Jopp, F, DeAngelis, DL, and Trexler, JC, 2010: Modeling seasonal dynamics of small fish cohorts in fluctuating freshwater marsh landscapes. Landscape Ecology 2010 DOI 10.1007/s10980-010-9478-x

DeAngelis, DL, Trexler, JC, Cosner, C, Obaza, A, Jopp, F 2010: Fish population dynamics in a seasonally varying wetland. Ecological Modeling 221 (8): 1131-1137

Jopp, F, Reuter, H, Breckling, B (Eds) 2010: Modelling Complex Ecological > Dynamics. -- Textbook on State-of-the-Art of Ecological Modelling, several own contributions, fall 2010.

Reuter, H., Jopp, F., Calabrese, J., Damgaard, C., Matsinos, Y., Blanco-Moreno, JM., DeAngelis, DL. From organismic interaction to ecosystem organization – Pattern analysis, modeling and process integration across scales (under review)

Jopp, F., DeAngelis, D., Trexler, J., Analyzing the Food Web Structure in a spatio-tempo-rally varying marshland (under review)

Gardner, RH., Jopp, F., Cary, GC., Verburg, PH. 2008. World congress highlights need for action. Landscape Ecology 23: 1-2, Editorial

Reuter, H., Jopp, F., Hölker, F., Eschenbach, C., Middelhoff, U., Breckling, B. 2008 The ecological effect of phenotypic plasticity ù Analyzing complex interaction networks (COIN) with agent-based models. Ecological Informatics 3: 35-45

Jopp, F., Reuter, H. 2008. Der Schutz der Biodiversität als Aufgabe für den modernen Naturschutz - Einsatzmöglichkeiten hybrider Modellierungsansätze. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 60: 17-22, Bundesamt für Naturschutz.

Jopp, F., Pieper, S. (Eds), Bodenzoologie und Ökologie - 30 Jahre Umweltforschung in Berlin. Theorie in der Ökologie 195 pp Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt.

Jopp F., Lange, C. 2007. Improving data interpretation of fragmentary data-sets on invertebrate dispersal with permutation-tests. Acta Oecologica 31: 102-108

Jopp F. 2007. Detecting critical scales in invertebrate dispersal. In: Schröder, B., Reuter, H., Reineking, B. (Eds): Multiple Scales in Ecology. Theorie in der Ökologie 13: 23-33 Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt.

Jopp, F. 2006. The impact of local spatial resistance on the movement behavior of Tenebrio molitor L. Central European Journal of Biology 1 (3): 412-429.

Jopp F. 2006. Comparative studies of the dispersal of the Great Ramshorn (Planorbarius corneus L.) in heterogeneous environments - A modelling approach. Limnologica 36:17-25.

Jopp F., Reuter H. 2005. Dispersal of Carabid Beetles - Emergence of Distribution Patterns. Ecological Modelling 186(4): 389-405.

Reuter, H., Hölker, F., Middelhoff, U., Jopp, F., Eschenbach, C., Breckling, B. 2005. The concepts of emergent and collective properties in individual-based models-Summary and outlook of the Bornhöved case studies. Ecological Modelling 186 (4): 489-501.

Jopp, F. 2003. Empirische Analysen und Modellierungen des Ausbreitungsverhaltens von Wirbellosen aus einem Niedermoor, Dissertationsschrift, Freie Universität Berlin, 178 pp

Breckling B., Reuter H., Jopp F., Hölker F., Middelhoff U., Eschenbach C. 2002. Simula meets ecology II: object orientated model applications. ASU Newsletter 27 (2), 1-38.

Jopp F., Breckling B. 2001. Fraktale Charakteristiken der Bewegungsmuster von Laufkäfern (Col. Carabidae). In: Jopp F., Weigmann G. (eds), Rolle und Bedeutung von Modellen für den ökologischen Erkenntnisprozess, Theorie in der Ökologie 4: 89-98. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt.

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