ecology of phasmids - KLUEDO - Universität Kaiserslautern
ecology of phasmids - KLUEDO - Universität Kaiserslautern
ecology of phasmids - KLUEDO - Universität Kaiserslautern
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Acknowledgements I<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
Many people and organizations contributed to the work presented in this dissertation, and I am grateful<br />
for all <strong>of</strong> their help.<br />
I thank my advisors Rainer Wirth and Burkhard Büdel and all the members <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Botany<br />
at University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kaiserslautern</strong> for years <strong>of</strong> stimulating discussion leading to the ideas presented here.<br />
I am grateful to Donald Windsor for all <strong>of</strong> his generous support during my stay in Panamá.<br />
Tanja Lakatos, Sergio Bermudo, Manuel Redling, Florian Pankewitz, Nicole Saverschek, Britta Hartard,<br />
Sebastian Meyer and Kim Beisel never got tired in field or lab work. Jennifer Lauterbach helped making<br />
my written words sound english. Gracias.<br />
I also thank all visiting scientists, assistants and volunteers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research<br />
Institute and all staff I had the unforgettable opportunity to interact with.<br />
Special thanks go to Christiane Bröker and to my family who provided emotional, mental and physical<br />
support throughout the project. – Por la vida y el amor.<br />
Funding was provided by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Landesgraduiertenförderung<br />
Rheinland-Pfalz (LGFG) and the German Academic Exchange Board (DAAD).
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