Dr. Miguel Alvarez

Vegetation Ecologist. Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Germany

Ecological Indicators, Geographic Information Systems, Phytosociology, R-programming, Vascular Plant Diversity, ,Vegetation-plot databases, Wetlands Ecology
Research Associate, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Germany, scientific coordination in the context of the project Future Rural Africa.
malvarez@uni-bonn.de

Scientific Interests Ecological Indicators Vascular Plant Diversity Vegetation-plot Databases Wetlands Ecology

Vegetation Ecologist at the University of Bonn with a background on Agronomy, a Bachelor on Plant Production and a PhD on Geobotany. His current research focus includes Plant Invasions and Wetland Ecology. Most of his field activities are done in Eastern Africa but some projects are located in South America as well. He is also maintaining vegetation plot databases for Africa and South America and developing packages for the statistical assessment of such data in R.