Department
Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology
Organization
Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology
Email
frank.kienast@senckenberg.de
Phone
+49-03-643-49309-3330
Address
Am Jakobskirchhof 4
Weimar , Thüringen 99423Germany

Science Specialties

paleobotany, phytogeography, quaternary paleoecology, vegetation ecology, permafrost

Current Research

Vegetational development during the Pleistocene in Northern Siberia. Climatic indication by macrofossils of vascular plants, preserved in permafrost deposits. Phytogeography of "tundra-steppe" relicts, main focus on Beringia, vegetation - herbivore interactions

Websites

http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=5243&PHPSESSID=pdhsetfnbm1on2blvfa7utmbk1&organisation=true&institutID=1&abteil