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2020

FINKA

ZFMK Project lead:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber (Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm))

FörTax - Förderung von taxonomischen Wissen als Grundlage für den Naturschutz

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Katja Waskow (Education, Staff Council)
Research object:
Biodiversity, Animals, Plants, Fungi, Taxonomy, Conservation
Funding:
BMU, BfN

Head morphology of the noodle millipedes (Platydesmida) – a group with partially reduced mouthparts

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Thomas Wesener (Myriapoda)
Research object:
Myriapoda
Funding:
DFG

Number, form and function of avian tail feathers

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Till Töpfer (Ornithology)
Research object:
Birds

CaBOL - Caucasus Barcode of Life

ZFMK Project lead:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Directorate, Chair Systematic Zoology)
Research object:
Barcoding, Caucasus region, Biodiversity hotspot
Funding:
BMBF

Utilizing environmental genomics to study multiple agricultural stressor impacts on stream invertebrates and ecosystem functions

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Christoph Mayer (Statistical Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, Staff Council)
Research object:
Arthropoda

KennArt - A nationwide initiative for the qualification of taxonomists

ZFMK Project lead:
Albia Consul (Experimental and Applied Ecology)
Research object:
Taxonomie
Funding:
BMU, BfN

SPRINT - Seed Predation and diversity of arthropod communities in Response to land-use INTensity

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. David Ott (Experimental and Applied Ecology)
Funding:
DFG

Bite forces in bisexual and parthenogenetic rock lizards

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Mariam Gabelaia (Morphology Laboratory)
Research object:
Darevskia spp., Lacertidae, rock lizards, bite force
Funding:
ZFMK

GBOL III: Dark Taxa

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Ralph S. Peters (Hymenoptera)
Funding:
BMBF

Phylogeny of bothropoid pitvipers (genera Bothrops, Bothrocophias)

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Claudia Koch (Herpetology, Scientific Animal Keeping Facility)
Research object:
Vipers, Bothrops

Comparative phylogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understand biodiversity dynamics in deserts and arid regions

ZFMK Project lead:
PD Dr. Dennis Rödder (Herpetology)
Research object:
Sahara-Sahel, Biodiversity dynamics, desert, arid regions
Funding:
FCT

Understanding current patterns of diversity and distribution: How and when did Himalayan faunal elements evolve?

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Sylvia Hofmann (Herpetology)
Research object:
Himalaya-Tibet Orogen (HTO), diversity patterns, distribution, Amphibians, Reptiles

Pattern in the abundance, distribution and habitat use of the endangered Angel Shark in the Canary Islands

ZFMK Project lead:
Eva Meyers (Herpetology)
Research object:
Haie, Sharks
Funding:
Fdn. Biodiversidad, MAGRAMA, Poseidón, ZSL, SOSF, Disney Conserv. Fund, DEG, MbZSCF

Biochemical analyses of the defensive secretions and morphological investigation of the defense glands of a Siphonocryptida

ZFMK Project lead:
Leif Moritz (Myriapoda)
Research object:
Millipedes, Micro-CT Scan, Diplopoda
Funding:
DFG

Comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of the blind snake family Leptotyphlopidae (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia)

ZFMK Project lead:
Dr. Claudia Koch (Herpetology, Scientific Animal Keeping Facility)
Research object:
Snakes, Leptotyphlopidae, Scolecophidia, Blindsnakes

Effect of habitat fragmentation on reptiles in South East Asia

ZFMK Project lead:
PD Dr. Dennis Rödder (Herpetology)
Research object:
Squamata: Agamidae, South East Asia, habitat fragmentation
Funding:
DAAD

Herpetofaunistic composition of the Estação Ecológica Estadual Wenceslau Guimarães, south of Bahia, Brazil

ZFMK Project lead:
PD Dr. Dennis Rödder (Herpetology)
Research object:
Amphibians, Reptiles, Atlantic Forest, Southern Bahia

Insect diversity in forests; North Rhine-Westphalia - State and Development

ZFMK Project lead:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber (Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm))

Invasion Biology of Xenopus laevis in Europe: Ecology, Impact and predictive Models

ZFMK Project lead:
PD Dr. Dennis Rödder (Herpetology)
Research object:
Amphibians, Frogs, Invasive species, predictive models, Xenopus laevis, SDMs
Funding:
DFG, ERA-NET BiodivERsA

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