Dr. Christopher Faust

Tel.: +49 (0)5121/883-40716

E-Mail: faustc(at)uni-hildesheim(dot)de

Room: D 002

Consultation hours: on appointment

Profession and study

Since 10 / 2015:

Academic Adviser in Biology

04 / 2014 – 09 / 2014:

Member of the scientific committee of the GfÖ ‘Integrating ecological knowledge into nature conservation and ecosystem management’, Hildesheim, Germany, 8.-12. September 2014

05 / 2013 – 10 / 2013:

Member of the organization committee of the Open Landscapes ‘Ecology, Management and Nature Conservation’, Hildesheim, Germany, 29. September - 3. October 2013

Since 4 / 2012

Scientific member at the University of Hildesheim, Department of Biology, Research Group “Ecology and Environmental Education”

04 / 2007-04 / 2011                            

Doctoral thesis at the University of Technology Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Research Group “Vegetation Ecology/Restoration Ecology”

Thesis: Succession and disturbance in a successional gradient: impact of crucial abiotic and biotic factors

10 / 2000-12 / 2006

Master Study (German Diploma) of Biology at the University of Technology Darmstadt,

Main focus: Ecology, Botany, Zoology

Master thesis at the University of Technology Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Research Group “Vegetation Ecology/Restoration Ecology”

Thesis: Blühphänologie in Sandökosystemen: biotischer und abiotischer Einfluss

Research interest

Dynamics of vegetation & phytodiversity

Resoration Ecology

Plant-animal-interaction

Publications

Faust, C., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2012). Shifts in plant-community structure of a threatened sandy grassland over a 9-yr period under experimentally induced nutrient regimes: is there a lag phase? Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 372-386.

Faust, C., Eichberg, C., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2011). Post-dispersal impact on seed fate by livestock trampling - a gap of knowledge. Basic and Applied Ecology 12: 215-226.

Faust, C., Süss, K., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2011). Threatened inland sand vegetation in the temperate zone under different types of abiotic and biotic disturbances during a ten-year period. Flora 206: 611-621.

Süss, K., Faust, C. & Schwabe, A. (2011). Entwicklung der Vegetation von Leitbildflächen (Sand) im E+E-Vorhaben „Ried und Sand“. In: Süss, K., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A.: Ried und Sand: Biotopverbund und Restitution durch extensive Landbewirtschaftung. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 110: 69-86, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn - Bad Godesberg.

Faust, C., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2007). Impact of rabbit grazing in Armerio-Festucetum trachyphyllae vegetation: flower phenology, extraction of phytomass and diet preferences. Hercynia N.F. 40: 177-192.

Conference contributions

Drissen, T., Faust, C., Stadtmann, R., Treitler, J., Wätzold, M., Sauerwein, M., Zerbe, S. & Mantilla-Contreras, J. (2014). Plant diversity on Asinara island (Sardinia): Ecological factors and restoration potential. In: Mantilla-Contreras, J. & Pätsch, R. (eds.): Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Band 44: 129

Faust, C., Freund, L. & Storm, C. (2013). Successional pathways under different nutrient regimes: lessons from a pioneer grassland. Open Landscapes - Ecology, Management and Nature Conservation, 29.9.-3.10.2013, Hildesheim, Germany.

Eichberg, C., Wessels-de Wit, S. Faust, C., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2012). Sheep have a high potential to counteract negative effects of habitat isolation by transferring diaspores and influencing post-dispersal diaspore fate. - 9th European Dry Grassland Meeting, 19.-23.5.2012, Prespa (Greece).

Faust, C., Suess, K., Storm, C. & Schwabe, A. (2011). Threatened inland sand vegetation under different types of abiotic and biotic disturbances: Is the system resilient? – 54th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Vegetation in and around water: patterns, processes and threats, 20.-24.6.2011, Lyon, France.

C. Storm & C. Faust (2009). Effects of nutrient addition in sand pioneer grassland – a 8 years study. In: Partzsch, M. & Jandt, U. (eds.): 6th Meeting of the European Dry Grassland Working Group (EDGG): “Dry grasslands – species interaction and distribution”, 31.8.-2.9.2009, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Faust, C. (2009). Impact of rabbit grazing in a threatened sand ecosystem: flower phenology, seed production and phytomass extraction. In: Holzheu, S. & Thies, B. (eds.): 39th Annual Conference “Dimensions of Ecology: From Global Change to Molecular Ecology”, Bayreuther Forum Ökologie Band 115: 48.

Faust, C. & Storm, C. (2008). Effects of nutrient addition in sand pioneer grassland. In: Stadler, S., Schöppe, F. & Frenzel, M. (eds.): EURECO-GFOE 2008, Proceedings, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie Band 38: 207.

Storm, C., Süss, K. & Faust, C. (2008). Primary production of dry pioneer grassland – augmentation by nitrogen addition? - 51st Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Frontiers of Vegetation Science – An evolutionary Angle, 1.-12.9.2008, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Faust, C. (2008). Kaninchenbeweidung in Sandtrockenrasen. – 42. Hessischer Floristentag, Schriftenreihe des Grünflächen- und Umweltamtes XVIII, 3; 2008.