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Ich bin Populations- und Gemeinschaftsökologin mit Promotion in “Biologischer Diversität and Ökologie” und leite die Abteilung "Naturschutzökologie" des Zentrums für Biodiversitätsmonitoring und Naturschutzforschung (zbm) am LIB Museum Koenig in Bonn. Ich bin aktiv an Biodiversitätsforschungsnetzwerken beteiligt, koordiniere internationale Kooperationen und engagiere mich für den Naturschutz an der Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik.
Mein besonderes Interesse gilt dem Vorkommen von Tierarten über die Zeit, der räumliche Verteilung von Populationen, der Zusammensetzung von Lebensgemeinschaften sowie den Ursachen und Folgen von Biodiversitätsverlusten. Meine langjährigen Schwerpunkte sind die Gemeinschaftsökologie von Lemuren und die anwendungsorientierte Forschung zum Schutz der Biodiversität in Madagaskar. Zudem habe ich interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte zu den Ursachen des Insektenrückgangs in Deutschland realisiert.
2002-03 DAAD Stipendium für akademisches Jahr an der Duke University (North Carolina, USA)
Projekte
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What do mouse lemurs feed on – and who feeds on them?
Leitung: Dr. Livia Schäffler
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What causes the disappearance of Mme. Berthe’s mouse lemur from dry deciduous forests in Western Madagascar?
Leitung: Dr. Livia Schäffler
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(Re-)discovery of threatened vertebrates in western Madagascar by eDNA metabarcoding
Leitung: Dr. Livia Schäffler
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Is Madame Berthe’s Mouse lemur extinct?
Leitung: Dr. Livia Schäffler
Publikationen
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2025/03
Identifying conservation hotspots and assessing species commonness and rarity: Baseline arthropod diversity in German nature reserves via national Malaise trap monitoring
Insect Conservation and Diversity
2024/10
Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae). In Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2024–2025, pp. 9-11. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Int. Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington, DC
2024/10
Coquerel’s Giant Mouse Lemur (Mirza coquereli). In Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2024–2025, pp. 17-19. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Int. Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington, DC
2023/12
taxalogue: a toolkit to create comprehensive CO1 reference databases
PeerJ, 11
2023/11
Monitoring der Biodiversität flugaktiver Insekten in NRW
Nat NRW, 2023, 3
2023/11
Recommendations for effective insect conservation in nature protected areas based on a transdisciplinary project in Germany
Environmental Sciences Europe, 1, 35
2022/12
Spatial, temporal and taxonomic patterns of insect extinction in Germany
bioRxiv
2022/12
Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement
2, 32
2022/11
Repeated subsamples during DNA extraction reveal increased diversity estimates in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise traps
Ecology and Evolution, 11, 12
2022/10
Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring
Trends in ecology & evolution, 10, 37
2022/09
Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur Microcebus berthae.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
2022/04
Developing a novel bioacoustic monitoring for Garden Dormice using passive sound recorders and machine learning
ARPHA Conference Abstracts, 5
2022/01
Recommendations for tissue homogenisation and extraction in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise trap samples
2022/01
A universal insect trait tool (ITT, v1.0) for statistical analysis and evaluation of biodiversity research data
2021/10
Pooling size sorted Malaise trap fractions to maximize taxon recovery with metabarcoding
PeerJ, 9
2021/07
Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project
Biodiversity and conservation, 8-9, 30
2021/03
Mouse Lemurs in an Assemblage of Cheirogaleid Primates in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar – Three Reasons to Coexist
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9
2020/10
Langfristige Biodiversitätsveränderungen in Deutschland erkennen - mit Hilfe der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft schauen
Natur und Landschaft : Zeitschrift für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, 11, 95
2020/02
Microcebus berthae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Microcebus berthae–published in 2020
6
2019/10
Identifying Key Knowledge Gaps to Better Protect Biodiversity and Simultaneously Secure Livelihoods in a Priority Conservation Area
20, 11
2016/01
Green Paper Citizen Science Strategy 2020 for Germany
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4964.0563
2016/01
Grünbuch Citizen Science Strategie 2020 für Deutschland
2015/03
Agent-mediated spatial storage effect in heterogeneous habitat stabilizes competitive mouse lemur coexistence in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar
1, 15
2015/02
NBS Indikator "Dauer der Vegetationsperiode"
2014/12
Distribution and abundance of three cheirogaleid species in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar
Lemur News, 18
2014/03
Distribution and Abundance of the World's Smallest Primate, Microcebus berthae, in Central Western Madagascar
2, 35
2014/01
Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur
2013/00
Indicators of climate change impacts on biodiversity – A concept for the national level
Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe – an ecological, policy and economic perspective
2012/01
Determinants of Population Structure in the World's Smallest Primate, Microcebus Berthae, across its Global Range in Menabe Central, Western Madagascar
2009/00
Rapid lemur survey in northern Menabe
Lemur News, 14
2007/12
The lemur syndrome unresolved: extreme male reproductive skew in sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi), a sexually monomorphic primate with female dominance
6, 62
2002/05
Short Communication: Lack of Plasticity in the Behavior of Queens of the Ant Leptothorax rugatulus Emery (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)
Journal of Insect Behavior, 3, 15