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Thomas Sattler

Research interests

Spatial ecology, species distribution models, ecological niche analysis, urban ecology, concepts and values in biodiversity research, bat echolocation call analysis

Keywords

Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Moran Eigenvector Maps, Variation Partitioning, BiodiverCity

Education

Since 2009
Post-Doc at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
 2006-2009 PhD Student within the NFP54 project "BiodiverCity" at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and the departement of Conservation Biology, University of Berne, Switzerland
 2008 Scientific visit (1 month) to Spatial Ecology group of P. Legendre, Université de Montréal, Canada
2004-2005 Postgraduate in Geographic Information Systems, University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland
2002-2003 Master’s Degree in Biology from the University of Berne, Switzerland
2000-2001 University exchange year at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela
1997-2002 Studies of Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland
1993 High school exchange year in Brisbane, Australia
   
Recipient of the VOLZ-award 2008 of the University of Berne (best paper out of a Master thesis)

Scientific Memberships

Ala, Society for ornithology and bird conservation of Switzerland (board member), Society for Conservation Biology, International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), Swiss Zoological Society, Bat Bioacoustic Group Switzerland (Coordinator)

Reviews

Journal of Applied Ecology, Global Change Biology, Conservation Letters, Ecography, Biological Conservation, Journal of Biogeography, Landscape and Urban Planning, Urban Ecosystems, Mammalian Biology, Acta Chiropterologica

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Interception trap to sample insects & spiders in urban environments