Friederike Johanna Rosa WölkePhD student
About me
I'm a PhD student in evolutionary plant biogeography with a background in biogeography, spatial sciences and evolution/phylogenetics.
I did my Master's in Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution at Leipzig University (Germany) and iDiv until 2022, where I worked on fruit size evolution in animal-dispersed tropical plants. I then moved to Prague (Czechia) where I spent two years working intensively on species distribution data, spatial autocorrelation, and biodiversity change in space, time and across scales (mainly birds).
For my PhD project I investigate how plants have contributed to the formation and evolution of biomes on Madagascar.
Publications
Wölke, F., et al. Predicting temporal change of species distributions from a single snapshot. (under review)
Soria, C., et al. Spatial autocorrelation of species diversity and distributions in time and across spatial scales. (under review)
Souza Ferreira, R., et al., The complex interaction between megaherbivores, climate and fire has shaped the evolution and distribution of plant spinescence across biogeographical realms. (under review)
Antonelli, et al. (2023). State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Wölke, F., et al (2023), Africa as an evolutionary arena for large fruits. New Phytol.
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