Research Group 1: Evolutionary Ecology
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Fields of Expertise

  • Field work on carnivores and herbivores
  • GIS (Geographical Information System)
  • Analysis of habitat use
  • Non-invasive stress monitoring
  • Non-invasive monitoring of cub growth and milkflow
  • Non-invasive saliva extraction
  • Microsatellite-DNA
  • Satellite radio-tracking
  • Immobilisation of carnivores and herbivores
  • Nutrition of selective herbivores
  • Comparative nutritional physiology of herbivores
  • Forestomach physiology
  • Feed analysis
  • Veterinary medical aspects, particularly concerning the keeping of cervids

Special statistical methods:

  • Phylogenetical regression
  • Time series analysis and activity rhythmic
  • Ressource utilisation
  • Spatial statistics
  • Behaviour patterns ("bout analysis")