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Dr. Elke Zippel

  • Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
  • Curator
  • Seed Conservation
  • Berlin, DE
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– Curator of Dahlem Seed Bank, Botanical Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin
– Long time experience in Seed Banking, Seed Conservation and reintrocduction of rare and endangered plant species
– ENSCONET member since 2007
– phD in Bryology (Epiphytic Moss vegetation of the Canary Islands)

Areas of Expertise
Collections
  • Botanical Inventory and Collection Expertise
    • Identification
    • Collection of germplasm
    • Genetic representativeness
    • In situ survey
  • Ex situ Collection Type Expertise
    • Seed banking
    • Herbarium Specimen
    • Living plant collection
    • DNA banking
Research
  • Plant Growth Form Expertise
    • Herbs
    • Bryophytes
  • Seed Banking Research Expertise
    • Seed ecology
    • Seed behaviour
    • Seed dormancy
    • Seed viability
    • Seed longevity
  • Research Expertise
    • Conservation genetics
    • Ex situ conservation
    • In situ conservation
    • Systematics and taxonomy
    • Seed biology and conservation
Seed Conservation
  • Ex situ Storage Behaviour Expertise
    • Orthodox
  • Seed Conservation Best Practices Expertise
    • Cool (0 to 15C)
    • Cold (-20 to 0C)
Taxonomy
  • Taxonomic Expertise (Family)

    Boraginaceae

Geographic
  • Geographic Region Expertise
    • Africa
    • Europe
  • Habitat Type Expertise
    • Deserts and xeric shrublands
    • Flooded grasslands and savannahs
    • Islands
    • Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrubs
    • Montane grasslands and shrublands
    • Temperate broad leaf and mixed forests
    • Temperate coniferous forest
    • Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
    • Wetlands (e.g. lake shores, bog, marshes)
Services
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    • Advice
    • Consultancy
    • Mentorship
    • Partnership opportunity
    • Research
    • Training
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