Karin Grassow 

Stable isotope laboratory

Tel: +49-30-5168-519

E-Mail: grassow@izw-berlin.de 

Anja Luckner (maternity leave)

Stable isotope laboratory

tel: +49-30-5168-519

E-Mail: luckner@izw-berlin.de

Doris Fichte

Administration and logistics

Tel: +49-30-5168-514

E-Mail: fichte@izw-berlin.de

Sara Troxell

Project (DFG funded): Migration physiology of European bats

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. S. Ortmann

Tel: +49-30-5168-712

E-Mail: troxell@izw-berlin.de 

Anne Seltmann

Project (DFG funded): Virus ecology of Southeast Asian bats

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. G. Czirjak

Seltmann, A., Corman, V., Drosten, C., Czirjak, G.,A., Bernard, J., Struebig, M., Voigt, C.C.

(2017) Seasonal fluctuations of Astrovirus, but not Coronavirus, schedding in bats inhabiting human-modified tropical forests. Ecohealth. accepted

Seltmann, A., Czirjak, G., Struebig, M., Courtiol, A., Bernard, H., Voigt, C.C. (2017) Habitat disturbance results in chronic stress and impaired health status in forest-dwelling paleotropical bats. Conservation Physiology.  accepted

Linn Lehnert (graduate fellow of the Elsa-Neumann-Program): Migratory bats and wind turbines

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. Stephanie Kramer-Schadt 

Lehnert, L.S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Schönborn, S., Lindecke, O., Niermann, I., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Wind farm facilities in Germany kill noctule bats from near and far. PLOSONE 9: e103106.

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Lehnert, L.S., G. Petersons, F. Adorf, L. Bach (2015) Bat fatalities at wind turbines: German politics cross migratory bats. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 61:213-219

Voigt, C.C., Lehnert, L.S., Popa-Lisseanu, A.G., Cienachwski, M., Estok, P. Gloza-Rausch, F., Görföl, T., Göttsche, M. Harrje, C. Hötzel, M., Teige, T., Wohlgemuth, R., Kramer-Schadt, S. (2014) The trans-boundary importance of artificial bat hibernacula in managed European forests. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 617-631.

Oliver Lindecke (graduate fellow of the Elsa-Neumann Program):

Project: Orientation and navigation of migratory bats

CV and home page: http://oliverlindecke.jimdo.com/ 

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Prof. Dr. H. Hofer 

Lindecke, O., Voigt, C.C., Petersons, G., Holland, R. (2015) Polarized skylight does not calibrate the compass system of a migratory bat. Biology Letters 11: 20150525.

Further

Lehnert, L.S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Schönborn, S., Lindecke, O., Niermann, I., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Wind farm facilities in Germany kill noctule bats from near and far. PLOSONE 9: e103106

Voigt, C.C., Lindecke, O., Schönborn, S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Lehmann, D. (2016) Habitat use of migratory bats killed during autumn at wind turbines. Ecological Applications. 26:771-783

Manuel Roeleke (DFG funded) start in November 2015

Project: Movement ecology of temperate zone bats

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. N. Blaum (U of Potsdam), Prof. Dr. J. Eccard (U of Potsdam) 

Marcus Fritze (IZW funded)

Projekt: Immunology of fungal infections in European bats

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. G. Czirjak

Cecilia Kruczynski de Assis (DAAD fellowship)

Migration of bats in Brazil revealed by stable isotope analyses

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Prof. Dr. M. Mello

Kseniia Kravchenko (DAAD fellowship)

Bat migration in Eastern Europe

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. Kramer-Schadt

Dr. Julia Schad (since 2014)

Project: Immune genetics of bats

E-mail: schad@izw-berlin.de

Now: teacher

Schad, J., Voigt, C.C. (2016) Adaptive evolution of virus-sensing toll-like receptor 8 in bats. Immunogenetics. accepted

Dr. Karin Schneeberger 

Project: The interplay between immunology, oxidative stress and longevity;

Now: postdoc at the University of Berne

E-Mail: schneeberger@izw-berlin.de

Schneeberger, K., Voigt, C.C. (2016) Virus ecology and conservation of bats. In: Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of bats in a changing world (eds. Voigt, C.C., Kingston, T.). Springer e-book.

Dr. Ana Popa-Lisseanu

Postdoc: Bat migration (2006-2009)

Now: postdoc at the Biological Station Coto de Donana

E-Mail: anapopa@izw-berlin.de

Popa-Lisseanu A.G., Soergel, K., Luckner, A., Wassenaar, L.I., Ibáñez, C., Ciechanowski, M., Görföl, T., Niermann, I., Beuneux, G., Myslajek, R., Juste, J., Fonderflick, J., Kramer-Schadt, S., Kelm, D.H., Voigt, C.C. (2012) A triple isotope approach to predict breeding origins of European bats. PLoS ONE 7: e38083

Popa-Lisseanu, A., Voigt, C.C. (2009) Bats on the move. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 1283-1290.

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Niermann, I., Kramer-Schadt, S. (2012) The catchment area of wind farms for European bats: A plea for international regulations. Biological Conservation 153: 80-86.

Erzberger, A., Popa-Lisseanu, A.G., Lehmann, G.U.C., Voigt, C.C. (2011) Potential and limits in detecting altitudinal movements of bats using stable hydrogen isotope ratios of fur keratin. Acta Chiropterologica 13: 431-438.

Dr. Dina K.N. Dechmann

Postdoc: Evolution of group living in bats (2008-2010)

Now: Research scientist at the Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology (Radolfzell)

E-Mail: dechmann@orn.mpg.de

Dechmann, D.K.N., John, L., Nowak, T., Voigt, C.C, (2009) Polymorphic microsatellites for the lesser bulldog bat (Noctilio albiventris) cross-amplify with close and distant relatives. Conservation Genetics Resources 1: 167-170.

Dechmann, D.K.N., Heucke, S.L., Guggioli L., Safi, K., Voigt, C.C., Wikelski, M. (2009) Experimental evidence for group hunting via eavesdropping in echolocating bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 276:2721-2728.

Further

Voigt, C.C., Capps, K., Dechmann, D.K.N., Michener, R.H., Kunz, T.H. (2008) Nutrition or Detoxification: Why bats visit mineral licks of the Amazon Rainforest? PLoS ONE 3, e2011.

Voigt C.C., Dechmann D.K.N., Bender J., Rinehart J.B., Michener R.H., Kunz T.H. (2007) Mineral licks attract neotropical seed-dispersing bats. International Journal of Ecology, Article ID 34212.

Voigt, C.C., Sörgel, K., Dechmann, D.K.N. (2010) Refuelling while flying: Foraging bats combust food rapidly and directly to fuel flight. Ecology 91:2908-2917.

Schad, J., Greiner, S., Dechmann, D.K.N., Voigt, C.C., Sommer, S. (2012) Independent evolution of functional MHC class II DRB genes in neotropical bat species. Immunogenetics 64: 535-547.

Schad, J., Dechmann, D.K.N., Voigt, C.C., Sommer, S. (2011) MHC class II DRB diversity, selection pattern and population structure in a neotropical bat species, Noctilio albiventris. Heredity 107: 115–126.

Dr. Detlev Kelm

Postdoc: Evolutionary physiology of nectar-feeding bats (2006-2009)

Now: Affiliated with the Charite in Berlin

E-Mail: detkelm@gmx.de

Kelm, D.H., Simon, R., Kuhlow, D., Voigt, C.C., Ristow, M. (2011) High activity enables life on a high sugar diet: blood glucose regulation in nectar-feeding bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 278: 3490-3496.

Kelm, D.H., Schaer, J., Ortmann, S., Wibbelt G., Speakman J.R., Voigt C.C. (2008) Efficiency of facultative frugivory in a nectar specialist, the bat Glossophaga commissarisi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 178: 985-996.

Further:

Popa-Lisseanu A.G., Soergel, K., Luckner, A., Wassenaar, L.I., Ibáñez, C., Ciechanowski, M., Görföl, T., Niermann, I., Beuneux, G., Myslajek, R., Juste, J., Fonderflick, J., Kramer-Schadt, S., Kelm, D.H., Voigt, C.C. (2012) A triple isotope approach to predict breeding origins of European bats. PLoS ONE 7: e38083

Voigt, C.C., Kelm, D.H., Bradley, B., Ortmann, S. (2009) Dietary analysis of plant-visiting bats. In: Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats (eds. T.H. Kunz, S. Parsons). The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Pp. 593-609.

Voigt, C.C., Kelm, D.H., Visser, H. (2006) Diet and field metabolic rate in two phytophagous bats: Do pollinator strategies make life spin faster? Journal of Comparative Physiology B 176: 213-222.

Voigt, C.C., Kelm, D.H. (2006) Host preference of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus assessed by stable isotopes. Journal of Mammalogy 87:1-6.

Voigt, C.C., Kelm, D.H. (2006) Host preferences of bat flies: Following the bloody path of stable isotopes in a host-parasite food chain. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(3): 397-403

Dr. Olga Heim

Project: Open-space foraging bats on agricultural land

PhD committee: Dr. C. Voigt, Prof. Dr. J. Eccard (U of Potsdam)

Tel: +49-30-5168-712

E-Mail: heim@izw-berlin.de

Heim, O., Schröder, A., Eccard, J.A., Jung, K., Voigt, C.C. (2016) Seasonal activity patterns

       of European bats above intensively used farmland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and

       Environment. 233:130-139.

Heim, O.,Lorenz, L., Kramer-Schadt, S., Jung, K., Voigt, C.C., Eccard, J.A. (2017)

        Landscape and scale dependent spatial niches of bats foraging above intensively used

       arable field. Ecological Processes. conditionally accepted.

One more paper in the review process

Dr. David Lehmann (finished 2015)

Project (non-bat): Ecology and physiology of desert ungulates

Now: postdoc at the University of Stirling

Lehmann, D., Mfune, J.K.E, Gewers, E., Brain, C., Voigt, C.C. (2015) Individual variation in isotopic niches of grazing and browsing desert ungulates. Oecologia. 179:75-88.

Lehmann, D., Mfune, J.K.E., Gewers, E.,Cloete, J., Brain, C., Voigt, C.C. (2013) Dietary plasticity of generalist and specialist ungulates in the Namibian desert: A stable isotope approach. PLOSONE. 8: e72190.

One further manuscript under review

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Lehmann, D., Greif, S. (2015) Stable isotope ratios of hydrogen separate mammals of aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11:1332-1340

Voigt, C.C., Lindecke, O., Schönborn, S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Lehmann, D. (2016) Habitat use of migratory bats killed during autumn at wind turbines. Ecological Applications. 26:771-783

Daniel Lewanzik (to be finished in 2016)

Project: bats and light pollution

Now: postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen

Lewanzik, D., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Artificial light at night puts ecosystem services of frugivorous bats at risk. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51: 388-394.

Lewanzik, D., et al. (2016) Dark matters: The effect of light pollution on bats. In: Bats in the

       Anthropocene: Conservation of bats in a changing world (eds. Voigt, C.C., Kingston, T.)

       Springer e-book.

Lewanzik, D., Voigt, C.C. (2016) Transition from conventional to LED street lighting changes  

        activity of urban bats. Journal of Applied Ecology.  doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12758

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Schneeberger, K., Voigt-Heucke, S.L., Lewanzik, D. (2011) Rain increases the energy cost of bat flight. Biology Letters 7: 793-795.

Voigt, C.C., Lewanzik, D. (2011) Trapped in the darkness of the night: Thermal and energetic constraints of daylight flight in bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 278: 2311-2317.

Voigt, C.C., Lewanzik, D. (2012) ‘No cost for echolocation in flying bats’ revisited Journal of comparative Physiology B 182: 831-840.

Juliane Maaß

Project (funded by Leibniz initiative for excellence): Stable isotope ecology of Southeast Asian carnivores and primates

Co-supervised by PD Dr. Jörns Fickel, Dr. Andreas Wilting

Now: Science communication

Dr. Karin Schneeberger (2010-2013): 

Immunology and oxidative stress of neotropical bats

Now: Postdoc at the IZW; Starting 2015 Postdoc at the University of Berne

Schneeberger, K., Courtiol, A., Czrijak, G., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Immune profile predicts survival in a small, long-lived bat, the greater sac-winged bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). PLOSONE 9: e108268.

Schneeberer, K., Czirjak, G., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Frugivory is associated with low measures of plasma oxidative stress and high antioxidant concentration in free-ranging bats. Naturwissenschaften. 101: 285-290.

Schneeberger, K., Czirjak, G.A., Voigt, C.C. (2013) Inflammatory challenge increases measures of oxidative stress in a free-ranging, long-lived mammal. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 4514-4519.

Schneeberger, K., Czirják, G., Voigt, C.C. (2013) Measures of the constitutive immune system are linked to diet and roosting habits of Neotropical bat species. PLoS ONE 8: e54023.

Further:

Schneeberger, K., Voigt, C.C., Müller, C., Caspers, B. (2016) Multidimensionality of chemical information in male greater sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. in press

Voigt, C.C., Schneeberger, K., Luckner, A. (2013) Ecological and dietary correlates of stable hydrogen isotope ratios in fur and body water of syntopical tropical bats. Ecology 94: 346-355.

Voigt, C.C., Voigt-Heucke, S., Schneeberger, K. (2012) Isotopic data do not support food sharing within large networks of female vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) Ethology 118: 260-268.

Voigt, C.C., Schneeberger, K., Voigt-Heucke, S.L., Lewanzik, D. (2011) Rain increases the energy cost of bat flight. Biology Letters 7: 793-795.

Dr. Simon J. Ghanem (2009-2013)

Project (DFG-funded): Mineral lick visitation of Neotropical bats

Now: Consultant

Ghanem, S.J., Voigt, C.C. (2014) Defaunation of tropical forests reduces habitat quality for seed-dispersing bats in Western Amazonia: An unexpected connection via mineral likcs. Animal Conservation. 17: 44-51.

Ghanem, S.J., Ruppert, H., Kunz, T.H., Voigt, C.C. (2013) Frugivorous bats drink nutrient- and clay-enriched water in the Amazon rain forest: support for a dual function of mineral-lick visits. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29: 1-10.

Ghanem, S.J., Voigt, C.C. (2012) Increasing awareness of ecosystem services provided by bats. Advances in the Study of Behavior 44: 279-302.

Further:

Corman, V.M., Rasche, A., Diallo, T.D., Cottontail, V.M., Stöcker, A., Souza, B.F. Correa, J.I., Carneiro, A.J.B. Franke, C.R., Knörnschild, K., Kalko, E.K.V., Ghanem, S.J., Morales, K.D.S., Salsamendi, E., Spinola, M., Herrler, G., Voigt C.C., Tschapka, M., Drosten, C., Drexler, J.F. (2013) Highly diversified coronaviruses in neotropical bats. Journal of General Virology. 94: 1984-1994.

Dr. Sabine Greiner (2007-2011)

Doctoral student

Project: Reproductive endocrinology of the greater sac-winged bat

 Now: Project coordinator for international  technical cooperation

Greiner, S., Nagy, M., Knörnschild, M., Hofer, H., Voigt, C.C. (2013) Sex-biased senescence in a polygynous bat species. Ethology. 119: 1-9.

Greiner, S., Dehnhard, M., Voigt, C.C. (2011) Differences in plasma testosterone levels related to social status are more pronounced during mating- than non-mating season in the tropical bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1157-1163.

Greiner, S., Schwarzenberger, F., Voigt, C.C. (2011) Predictable estrus timing of a small tropical mammal in an almost a-seasonal environment. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 121-131.

Greiner, S., Stefanski, V., Dehnhard, M., Voigt, C.C. (2010) Plasma testosterone levels decrease after activation of skin immune system in a free-ranging mammal. General and Comparative Endocrinology 168: 466-473.

Further:

Schad, J., Greiner, S., Dechmann, D.K.N., Voigt, C.C., Sommer, S. (2012) Independent evolution of functional MHC class II DRB genes in neotropical bat species. Immunogenetics 64: 535-547.

Lewanzik, D., Kelm, D.H., Greiner, S., Dehnhard, M., Voigt, C.C. (2012) Ecological correlates of cortisol levels in two bat species with contrasting feeding habits. General and Comparative Endocrinology 177: 104-112. 

Dr. Katja Rex (2004-2008)

Doctoral student

Project: Mechanisms supporting tropical bat diversity

Now: Teacher

Rex, K., Michener, R., Kunz, T.H., Voigt, C.C. (2011) Vertical stratification of Neotropical leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae: Chiroptera) revealed by stable carbon isotopes Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 211-222.

Rex, K., Czaczkes, B.I., Michener, R., Kunz, T.H., Voigt, C.C. (2010) Spezialisation and omnivory in diverse mammalian assemblages. Ecoscience 17:37-46

Rex, K., Kelm, D.H., Wiesner, K., Matt, F., Kunz, T.H., Voigt, C.C. (2008) Species richness and structure of three Neotropical bat assemblages. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 617-629.

One unpublished thesis chapter

Further:

Dumont, E.R., Dávalos, L.M., Goldberg, A., Santana, S.E., Rex, K., Voigt, C.C. (2012) Morphological innovation, diversification and invasion of a new adaptive zone. Proceedings of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences 279: 1797-1805.

Voigt, C.C., Rex, K., Michener, R.H., Speakman, J.R. (2008) Nutrient routing in omnivorous animals tracked by stable carbon isotopes in tissue and exhaled breath. Oecologia 157: 31-40.

Voigt, C.C., Grasse, P., Rex, K., Hetz, S.K., Speakman, J.R. (2008) Bat breath reveals metabolic substrate use in free-ranging vampires. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 178:9-16.

Dr. Barbara Caspers (2003-2007)

Doctoral student

Project: Olfactory communication in the greater sac-winged bat

Now: Freigeist fellow of the Volkgswagenstiftung at the University of Bielefeld

E-Mail: barbara.caspers@uni-bielefeld.de

Caspers, B.A., Schröder, F.C., Franke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2011) Scents of adolescence: the maturation of wing sac odour in greater sac-winged bats, Saccopteryx bilineata. PLoS ONE 6: e21162.

Caspers, B.A. , Voigt, C.C. (2009) Temporal and spatial distribution of male scent marks in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat. Ethology 115: 713-720

Caspers, B., Schroeder, F.C., Meinwald, J., Franke, S. , Streich, W.J., Voigt, C.C. (2009) Odour-based species recognition in two sympatric species of sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata, S. leptura): Combining chemical analysis, behavioral observation and odour preference tests. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 741-749.

Caspers, B., Wibbelt, G., Voigt, C.C. (2009) Histological examinations of facial glands in Saccopteryx bilineata (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae), and their potential use in territorial marking. Zoomorphology 128: 37-43

Caspers, B., Franke S., Voigt, C.C. (2008) The wing-sac odour of male greater sac-winged bats Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae) as a composite trait: Seasonal and individual differences. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XI. eds Hurst, J., Beynon, R, Müller-Schwarze D., Springer, Berlin New York, 151-160.

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Behr, O., Caspers, B., von Helversen, O., Knörnschild, M., Mayer, F., Nagy, M. (2008) Songs, scents, and senses: Sexual selection in the mating system of the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. Journal of Mammalogy 89:1401-1410.

Hoffmann, F.F., Hejduk, J., Caspers, B., Siemers, B.M., Voigt, C.C. (2007) In the mating system of S. bilineata, bioacoustic constraints impede male eavesdropping on female echolocation calls for their surveillance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 863-872.