Dr. Sarah Kiefer
Citizen science coordinator
Tel: 0049 (0) 30 5168 128
E-Mail: kiefer@izw-berlin.de
Short curriculum vitae
Sarah is Citizen Science Coordinator in the collaborative research project Bridging in Biodiversity Research (BIBS). She assists the project partners in planning, application, realisation and public relations of CS projects and supports ongoing projects. Together with Sophia Kimmig, she is responsible for the "Berliner Stadtwildtiere": berlin.stadtwildtiere.de.
She works in the Leibniz network Citizen Science and is a founding member and one of the spokespersons of the "Citizen Science-AG Berliner Raum" in cooperation with "Bürger schaffen Wissen" and a member of the expert group.
Sarah is a biologist (doctorate in behavioural biology). Her interests lie in the following areas: Citizen Science, knowledge transfer, biodiversity, urban ecology, behavioural biology, ornithology.
Bonn, A., Richter, A., Vohland, K., Pettibone, L., Brandt, M., Feldmann, R., Goebel, C., Grefe, C., Hecker, S., Hennen, L., Hofer, H., Kiefer, S., Klotz, S., Kluttig, T., Krause, J., Küsel, K., Liedtke, C., Mahla, A., Neumeier, V., Premke-Kraus, M., Rillig, M. C., Röller, O., Schäffler, L., Schmalzbauer, B., Schneidewind, U., Schumann, A., Settele, J., Tochtermann, K., Tockner, K., Vogel, J., Volkmann, W., von Unger, H., Walter, D., Weisskopf, M., Wirth, C., Witt, T., Wolst, D. & D. Ziegler. 2016. Grünbuch Citizen Science Strategie 2020 für Deutschland. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitätsforschung (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN), Berlin-Brandenburgisches Institut für Biodiversitätsforschung (BBIB), Berlin.
Pettibone, L., Vohland, K., Bonn, A., Richter, A., Bauhus, W., Behrisch, B., Borcherding, R., Brandt, M., Bry, F., Dörler, D., Elbertse, I., Glöckler, F., Göbel, C., Hecker, S., Heigl, F., Herdick, M., Kiefer, S., Kluttig, T., Kühn, E., Kühn, K., Oswald, K., Röller, O., Schefels, C., Schierenberg, A., Scholz, W., Schumann, A., Sieber, A., Smolarski, R., Tochtermann, K., Wende, W., und Ziegler, D. 2016. Citizen Science für alle – eine Handreichung für Citizen Science Akteure. Bürger Schaffen Wissen (GEWISS)-Publikation. Deutsches Zentrum für Integrative Biodiversitätsforschung (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig; Berlin-Brandenburgisches Institut für Biodiversitätsforschung (BBIB), Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) – Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin.
Kipper, S., Kiefer, S., Bartsch, C., Weiss, M. 2015. Female calling? Song responses to conspecific call playbacks in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos). Animal Behaviour 100, 60-66.
Ziegler, D., Pettibone, L., Rettberg, W., Feldmann, R., Brandt, M., Schuhmann & Kiefer, S. 2015. Potenzial für lebenslanges Lernen. Schwerpunkt Citizen Science. Weiterbildung 2|2015
Kiefer, S., Kiefer S, Scharff C, Hultsch H, Kipper S (2014) Learn it now, sing it later? Field and laboratory studies on song repertoire acquisition and song use in nightingales. Naturwissenschaften doi:10.1007/s00114-014-1236-5
Apfelbeck, B., Mortega, K. G., Kiefer, S., Kipper, S., Vellema, M., Villavicencio, C. P., Gahr, M., Goymann, W. 2013. Associated and disassociated changes in hormones, song, behavior and brain receptor expression between life-cycle stages in male black redstarts, Phoenicurus ochruros. General and Comparative Endocrinology 184, 93-102.
Apfelbeck, B., Mortega, K. G., Kiefer, S., Kipper, S., Goymann, W. 2013. Life-history and hormonal control of aggression in black redstarts: Blocking testosterone does not decrease territorial aggression, but changes the emphasis of vocal behaviours during simulated territorial intrusions. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 8. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-10-8.
Weiss, M., Kiefer, S., Kipper, S. 2012. Buzzwords in Females’ Ears? The Use of Buzz Songs in the Communication of Nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos). PLOS ONE 7(9): e45057. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045057
Kiefer*, S., Apfelbeck, B.*, Mortega, K. G.,* Goymann, W., Kipper, S. 2012. Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros). PLOS ONE 7(12): e52009 journal.pone.0052009. *contributed equally
Kiefer, S., Scharff, C., Kipper, S. 2011. Does age matter in song bird vocal interactions? Results from interactive playback experiments. Frontiers in Zoology 8: 29. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-8-29.
Kiefer, S., Sommer, C., Scharff, C. & Kipper, S. 2010. Singing the popular songs? Nightingales share more song types with their breeding population in their second season than in their first. Ethology 116, 619–626.
Kiefer, S. & Kipper, S. 2010. Age-related changes in bird’s singing styles: on fresh tunes and fading voices? Advances in the Study of Behavior 41, 77-118.