2007-2010
PhD student funded by the International School of Biodiversity Sciences (ISOBIS)
My research interests lie primarily within the fields of biogeography and biodiversity conservation. I am interested in the factors governing the geographical distributions of species and the potential impacts of global change on these. In particular, the effects of climate change on species distributions and their implications for conservation.
In my PhD I use climate envelope modelling to reconstruct past “geographical distributions” of vertebrates (primarily mammals and birds) in sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, I use the abovementioned to re-evaluate the role of refugia for the persistence of species in tropical Africa during the last glacial maximum. While at it, I also spend some time assessing the limitations of the modelling approach.
I am currently based at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenhagen.
Selected publications
Levinsky I., Skov F., Svenning J.C. and Rahbek C. 2007. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution and Diversity Patterns of European Mammals. Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 3803–3816
