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  • How phenograms and cladograms became molecular phylogenetic trees

    How phenograms and cladograms became molecular phylogenetic trees

    Update July 2024: This is an earlier version of a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the History of Biology. Abstract: Tree diagrams are the prevailing form of visualization in biological classification and phylogenetics. Already during the time of the so called Systematist Wars from the mid-1960s until the 1980s most journal articles…

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  • Why research management?

    Why research management?

    Supporting meaningful research The short answer is that I enjoy supporting scientific research, outreach activities and teaching on topics that I find interesting and that have societal value. For instance, the researchers in my team at the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology in Freiburg work on different topics in pollination ecology, landscape ecology,…

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