Autor: Jan Christian Habel

Jan Habel: Study of environmental sciences, major subjects: ecology, conservation biology, environmental politics (University of Dresden-Zittau and University of Lüneburg, 2003) Diploma thesis on habitat fragmentation and population ecology of butterflies (University of Lüneburg, 2003) Doctoral thesis on the influence of natural factors and land use changes on the genetic structure of xerothermic animals (University of Trier, 2006) Since 2006 working on postglacial relicts, molecular biogeography and conservation genetics (Musée national d´histoire naturelle Luxembourg) Thorsten Assmann: Doctoral thesis on phylogeography of ground beetles (University of Münster, 1994) Postdoctoral thesis on the population history of ground beetles (University of Osnabrück, 2000) Since 2001 professor at the University of Lüneburg Since 2002 director of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry 2003-2006 dean of the Faculty of Environmental Chemistry Since 2006 full professor at the University of Lüneburg (Animal Ecology)