Dr. Livia Schäffler

Areas of responsibility

I am a population and community ecologist holding a PhD in “Biological Diversity and Ecology” and leading the section “Conservation Ecology” of the Center for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm) at the LIB Museum Koenig in Bonn. I have been actively involved in biodiversity research networks, coordinate international cooperation, and engage myself for nature conservation at the science-policy interface.

I am particularly interested in the occurrence of species over time, the spatial distribution of animal populations, the composition of ecological communities and the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss. My long-term focus is on the community ecology of lemurs and application-oriented research on biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. I have also carried out interdisciplinary research projects on the causes of insect decline in Germany.