Acknowledgments
I am thankful to the editor of the series Environmental Challenges and Solutions,
Robert Cabin, and to the publishers of Springer Nature, notably Éva Loerinczi, who
kindly opened the door for this book project and guided the process whenever it was
necessary.
We invited many experts of various disciplines to write a chapter of this book. It
is wonderful that many of them consented to take part. I am very happy that scientists
of so different disciplines were able to find a collective goal and language—which is
not usual. Therefore, I sincerely thank all coauthors and reviewers.
My university in Flensburg offered conditions of local warming, financial support, and a sabbatical semester. I am thankful to members of the chair and my
department who enabled favorable socioecological conditions.
My interest in landscape ecology and environmental sciences particularly developed in two schools of Geobotany and Macroecology (universities in Freiburg and
Hannover). Therefore, I am very thankful to the working groups, notably to Richard
Pott, who was the supervisor of my doctoral studies and director of the Department
of Geobotany at the University of Hannover.
Last but not least, I am thankful for the support by my wonderful family, to Uta,
Merel, and Till.
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I am thankful to the editor of the series Environmental Challenges and Solutions,
Robert Cabin, and to the publishers of Springer Nature, notably Éva Loerinczi, who
kindly opened the door for this book project and guided the process whenever it was
necessary.
We invited many experts of various disciplines to write a chapter of this book. It
is wonderful that many of them consented to take part. I am very happy that scientists
of so different disciplines were able to find a collective goal and language—which is
not usual. Therefore, I sincerely thank all coauthors and reviewers.
My university in Flensburg offered conditions of local warming, financial support, and a sabbatical semester. I am thankful to members of the chair and my
department who enabled favorable socioecological conditions.
My interest in landscape ecology and environmental sciences particularly developed in two schools of Geobotany and Macroecology (universities in Freiburg and
Hannover). Therefore, I am very thankful to the working groups, notably to Richard
Pott, who was the supervisor of my doctoral studies and director of the Department
of Geobotany at the University of Hannover.
Last but not least, I am thankful for the support by my wonderful family, to Uta,
Merel, and Till.
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