Anna Leßmeister

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T: +49-69-798-42248
E: Lessmeister@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Floristische Veränderung von Savannenvegetation in Burkina Faso
  • Landnutzung und Biodiversität in Savannen
  • Funktionale Merkmale von Pflanzen
  • Invasive Pflanzenarten

Projekte

UNDESERT - Understanding and combating desertification to mitigate its impact on ecosystem services

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

Seit Februar 2012

Doktorandin an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt im Projekt UNDESERT

Thema der Doktorarbeit:  "Analysis of floristic and functional composition changes along land use gradients and degradation stages in savannas "  (in prep.)

2004-2010

Studium der Diplom-Geographie (mit den Nebenfächern Naturschutz und Friedens- und Konfliktforschung) an der Philipps-Universität Marburg

Titel der Diplomarbeit: The spread of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora in Mieso, Ethiopia. A study on distribution, germination and potential spread with climate change

2006/2007

Auslandssemester (ERASMUS) in Lyon

Publikationen

Leßmeister, A, Heubach, K, Lykke, AM, Thiombiano, A, Wittig, R, Karen, K (2016): The contribution of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to rural household revenues in two villages in south-eastern Burkina Faso. Agroforestry Systems. DOI 10.1007/s10457-016-0021-1

Leßmeister, A, Schumann, K, Lykke, AM, Heubach, K, Thiombiano, A, Karen, K (2015): Substitution of the most important and declining wild food species in south-east Burkina Faso. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 18, 11-20

Tagungen

Vorträge

Leßmeister, A., Heubach, k., Lykke,A.M., Thiombiano, A., Wittig, R., Hahn, K.(2014): The economic contribution of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to rural household revenues in two villages of Burkina Faso.GfÖ Annual Meeting, 08.-12. September, Hildesheim, Germany.

Leßmeister, A. & S. Schmidt-groh(2014): Burkina Faso – plant diversity and useful plants of savannas. Master Seminar Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Leßmeister, A., Heubach, K., Wittig, R., Hahn, K.(2014): The economic contribution of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to rural household revenues in villages of Burkina Faso and Benin.XXth Congress of AETFAT, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Poster

Dotter, D., Leßmeister, A., Zerbo, I., Schmidt, S., Schumann, K., Ouédraogo, O., Hahn, K., Thiombiano, A., Bernhardt-Römermann, M.(2013): Trait Database for Plant Functional Traits of West African Savanna Species.12th meeting on vegetation databases: Linking vegetation and plant trait databases. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany.