BIOTA-South Africa
My current studies within the BIOTA-South Africa (BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa) project focus on distribution of habitat structures in space and time, and the genetic consequences on selected model organisms of southern Africa, e.g. the four-striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio). Within a collaboration with the university of Stellenbosch (South Africa) we investigate the gene flow of animal model organisms between fragments of different size and their importance for the agricultural used large areas of the fynbos ecosystem in the Cape region, South Africa. DNA-sequencing is used for genetic analysis.
