Dr. David Windhorst
Scientific Researcher
Tel.: +49 (0)641 9937554
Fax: +49 (0)641 9937389
Email: david.windhorst@umwelt.uni-giessen.de
- Since 05/2013 Research assistant at Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen. Project : Quantification of functional hydro - biogeochemical indicators in Ecuadorian ecosystems and Their reaction on global change ( DFG PAK825 )
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06/2014
Dissertation: P
rediction
of
hydrological
fluxes
under
global change
in
a tropical
mountainous
rainforest
ecosystem
of South
Ecuador
- 05/2010 - 04/2013 Research assistant at Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen. Project : Catchment scale hydro - biogeochemical fluxes and aquatic diversity under global change ( DFG FOR816 )
- 01/2008 - 12/2009 Master of Science in Environmental and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
- Master Thesis: Agricultural landscape modeling framework ( AMF) development of a dynamic landscape management model
- 04/2005 - 12/2007 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
- Bachelor thesis : Assessment of degree differences of the propagation potential of Zea mays to differing bloom periods
The updated publication list on
2014
- Windhorst, D. , Kraft, P., Timbe, E., Frede, H.-G. & Breuer, L. (2014) Stable water isotope tracing through hydrological models for disentangling runoff generation processes at the hillslope scale. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 18(10), 4113–4127. doi:10.5194/hess-18-4113-2014
- Exbrayat, J.-F., Buytaert, W., Timbe, E., Windhorst, D. & Breuer, L. (2014) Addressing sources of uncertainty in runoff projections for a data scarce catchment in the Ecuadorian Andes. Clim. Change 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10584-014-1160-x
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Timbe, E., Windhorst, D. , Celleri, R., Timbe, L., Crespo, P., Frede, H.-G., Feyen, J., et al. (2014) Sampling frequency trade-offs in the assessment of mean transit times of tropical montane catchment waters under semi-steady-state conditions. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci Discuss 11(11), 12443–12488. doi:10.5194/hessd-11-12443-2014
- Timbe, E., Windhorst, D. , Crespo, P., Frede, H.-G., Feyen, J. & Breuer, L. (2014) Understanding uncertainties when inferring mean transit times of water trough tracer-based lumped-parameter models in Andean tropical montane cloud forest catchments. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 18(4), 1503–1523. doi:10.5194/hess-18-1503-2014
2013
- Windhorst, D. , Waltz, T., Timbe, E., Frede, H.-G. & Breuer, L. (2013) Impact of elevation and weather patterns on the isotopic composition of precipitation in a tropical montane rainforest. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 17(1), 409–419. doi:10.5194/hess-17-409-2013
- Windhorst, D. , Brenner, S., Peters, T., Meyer, H., Thies, B., Bendix, J., Frede, H.-G., et al. (2013) Impacts of Local Land-Use Change on Climate and Hydrology. In: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador Ecological Studies Vol. 221 (J. Bendix, E. Beck, A. Bräuning, F. Makeschin, R. Mosandl, S. Scheu & W. Wilcke, eds.), 275–286. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer.
- Breuer, L., Windhorst, D. , Fries, A. & Wilcke, W. (2013) Supporting, Regulating, and Provisioning Hydrological Services. In: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador Ecological Studies (J. Bendix, E. Beck, A. Bräuning, F. Makeschin, R. Mosandl, S. Scheu & W. Wilcke, eds.), 107–116. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Breuer, L., Exbrayat, J.-F., Plesca, I., Buytaert, W., Ehmann, T., Peters, T., Timbe, E., Trachte, K., Windhorst, D (2013) Global Climate Change Impacts on Local Climate and Hydrology. In: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador Ecological Studies Vol. 221 (J. Bendix, E. Beck, A. Bräuning, F. Makeschin, R. Mosandl, S. Scheu & W. Wilcke, eds.), 265–274. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer.
2012 and earlier
- Plesca, I., Timbe, E., Exbrayat, J.-F., Windhorst, D. , Kraft, P., Crespo, P., Vaché, K. B., et al. (2012) Model intercomparison to explore catchment functioning: Results from a remote montane tropical rainforest. Ecol. Model. 239(0), 3–13. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.005
- Eschenbach, C., Rinker, A., Windhorst, D. & Windhorst, W. (2007) Cause effect chains on potential GMO cropping in Schleswig-Holstein. Theorie in der Ökologie, Vol. 14, 37–42. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.
Conferences/ poster
- Exbrayat, J.-F., Timbe, E., Plesca, I., Kraft, P., Windhorst, D. , Trachte, K., Buytaert, W., Breuer, L., 2012. Characterising the hydrological response to climate change of a remote tropical mountainous catchment: a multi-model approach, in: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Presented at the EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 8227.
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Umirzakov, G., Windhorst, D. , Forkutsa, I., Brauer, L., Frede, H.-G., 2013. Estimation of evapotranspiration rate in irrigated lands using stable isotopes, in: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Presented at the EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 13475.
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Windhorst, D. , Kraft, P., Frede, H.-G., Breuer, L., 2012. Landscape Management Framework (LMF) - development and application of a new concept for a dynamic landscape management model, in: Seppelt, R., Voinov, A., Lange, S., Bankamp, D. (Eds.), Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Pathways and Visions under Uncertainty. Presented at the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2012 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Sixth Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 2559–2565.
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Windhorst, D. , Timbe, E., Kraft, P., Frede, H.-G., Breuer, L., 2013. Using stable water isotopes to delineate dominant flow path along hillslopes under varying land uses in a tropical mountain region of South Ecuador, in: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Presented at the EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 7561.