Who is batlab?

We are wildlife ecologists at the Berlin based Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (www.izw-berlin.de). This web page is designed to introduce you to our research on bats, our main study organism.  

Why study bats?

 

Bats are a fascinating group of mammals, because

  • they are the only mammals capable of powered flight, so-called flapping flight,
  • they find their ways in complete darkness using echolocation,
  • they are the dominant mammal group in tropical ecosystems,
  • they are important ecosystem service providers (by feeding on insects, dispersing seeds, and pollinating flowers),
  • they have evolved numerous feeding habits, social systems, morphological adaptations, and
  • they are just beautiful animals.

    Last but not least, bats deserve our attention because many species are threatened.

Group leader

Prof Dr Christian C. Voigt

Head of Department Evolutionary Ecology at Leibniz-IZW

Prof of Evolutionary Ecology at University of Potsdam 

 

Head of the batlab group at Leibniz-IZW

Laboratory staff

Fabienne Pritsch: Technical assistant in the metabarcoding lab

Tel: +49-30-5168-526

E-Mail: pritsch@izw-berlin.de 

Postdocs/Project scientists

Dr. Laura Stidsholt (fellowship): The sensory ecology of common noctules

 

Stidsholt, L., Scholz, C., Hermanns, U., Teige, T., Post, M., Stapelfeldt, B., Reusch, C., Voigt, C.C. (2024) Low foraging rates drive large insectivorous bats away from urban areas. Global Change Biology 30: e17063.

Dr. Christine Reusch (BfN): Insulation of buildings and replacement roosts for bats

Dr. Carolin Scholz (BmBF/BfN): Scientific coordinator of the knowledge transfer project Videt/Scientist in the Metabarcoding lab

 

Voigt, C.C., Bernard, E., Duran, A.D., Frick, W., Huang, J.C.C., Kerbiriou, C., Mathews, F., MacEwan, K., Scholz, C., Webala, P., Welbergen, J., Whitby, M. (2024) Towards solving the green-green dilemma between bat conservation and wind energy production. Bioscience. accepted.

 

Scholz, C., Voigt, C.C. (2022) Diet analyses of bats killed at wind turbines suggest large-scale losses of trophic interactions. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12744

 

Voigt, C., Kaiser, K., Look, S., Scharnweber, K., Scholz, C. (2022) Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect. Global Ecology and Conservation. 37: e02149.

Graduate students

PhD students in my lab usually finish with about 3 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-author several more to which they have contributed; the latter are usually not part of the thesis.

Melissa Birkner (Elsa-Neumann Fellow): Urban bats

PhD committee: Prof Dr. C.C. Voigt, Prof. J. Jeschke (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Y. Itescu (University of Haifa)

Marit Kelling (DFG): Bat-insect trophic interactions

PhD committee: PD Dr. C.C. Voigt, Prof. Jana Eccard (University of Potsdam), PD. Dr. Niels Blaum (University of Potsdam)

Tara Hanf-Dressler (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes): Birds, bats and arthropods in Mediterranean olive agroforestry
systems: functional diversity, multitrophic interactions and socioecological
implications.

PhD committee: PD Dr. C.C. Voigt, Dr. Bea Maas (University of Pisa), Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch (University of Potsdam)

Tran Van Bang (Southern Institute of Ecology, Vietnam):The ecology of insectivorous bats in fragmented urbanized landscapes

PhD committee: PD Dr. C.C. Voigt, Prof. Dr. Damaris Zurell (University of Potsdam)

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.

 Voigt, C.C., Lehnert, L.S. (2018) Tracking of movements of terrestrial mammals using stable isotopes. In: Tracking animal migration with stable isotopes. Hobson K.A., Wassenaar, L. (Eds). Academic press.

Lehnert, L.S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Teige, T., Hoffmeister, U., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Bontadina,

     F., Ciechanowski, M., Dechmann, D.K.N., Kravchenko, K., Presetnik, P., Starrach, M.,

     Straube, M., Zöphel, U., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Variability and repeatability of noctule bat

     migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration. Proceedings of

     the Royal Society London: Biological Science. in press

 

Further: 

Kravchenko, K., Vlaschenko, A.S., Lehnert, L.S., Courtiol, A., Voigt, C.C. (2020)

     Generational shift in the migratory common noctule bat: first-year males lead the way to

     hibernacula at higher latitudes. Biology Letters. 16:20200351.

Mantoiu, D.S,. Kravchenko, K., Lehnert, L.S., Vlaschenko, A., Moldovan, O.T., Mirea, I.C.,

      Stanciu, R.C., Zaharia, R., Popescu-Mirceni, R., Nistorescu, M.C., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Wildlife

      and infrastructure: Impact of wind turbines on bats in the Black Sea Coast region. European

      Journal of Wildlife Research. in press.

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M., Heim, O., Lehnert, L.S.Fritze, M., Lindecke, O. (2020)

      Expertenbewertung der Methoden zum Fledermausmonitoring bei Windkraftvorhaben -

      Expert evaluations of methods used for monitoring bats during wind turbine projects.  In:

      Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer

     Spektrum. in press

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C.(2020)

     Windenergievorhaben und Fledermausschutz: Was fordern Experten zur Lösung des Grün-

     Grün Dilemmas? Wind turbine projects and bat conservation: What do experts demand to

     solve the green-green dilemma? In: Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in

     Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer Spektrum. in Druck

Kravchenko, K.,  Lehnert, L.S., Vlaschenko, A.S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Multiple isotope

     tracers in fur keratin discriminate between mothers and offspring. Rapid Communication in

      Mass Spectrometry. accepted

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Fledermausschutz im Schatten der Windkraftanlagen - Deutschlands Experten vermissen 

     Transparenz und bundesweite Standards in den Genehmigungsverfahren (Bat conservation

     in the shadow of wind turbines - Germany's experts miss transparency and nationwide 

     standards in the approval procedures). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. accepted.

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.

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

     noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Associated PhD students

Nittaya Ruadreo (Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai, Thailand): Roosting ecology of Chaerephon plicatus

Supawan Srilopan (Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai, Thailand): Aerial ecology of Chaerephon plicatus

Bachelor and master students, project assistants, guest students and interns

Maela Merlet: Erasmus Internship 

Franziska Eberhard (Humboldt University of Berlin): Cross-continental migration of bats

Laura Tavella (University of Potsdam): Acoustic activity of bats on cemeteries in the Berlin metropolitan area

Sebastian Gehrke (Humboldt University of Berlin): Migration behavior of Pipistrelle bats in Latvia

Former guest scientists or guest students

Mara Zebele (University of Florence): Erasmus intern

Johan Bolle (intern): Field techniques for studying bats

Maris Pärn (University of Tartu): erasmus student from Estonia

Greta Nusova (Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Safarika): Erasmus student from Slovakia

Diogo Ferreira (University of Lisboa, Portugal): Erasmus stipend

Kseniia Kravchenko (Ukraine): Green Talent stipend

Dr. David Soto (University of Saskatoon)

Nittaya Ruadreo (Prince of Songkla University, Thaiand)

Lukas Guth (FH Eberswalde): internship (November 2013 - January 2014) 

Ilze Brila (Latvian student of veterinary medicine): internship (September 2013)

PhD Liam McGuire (University of Winnipeg): Guest scientist (September - October 2013)

Daniel Becker: PhD student of the University of Georgia, U.S.A.: Dietary habits and immunology of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (May 2013)

Carson Grant: PhD student of the University of Calgary, Canada: Intership about wildlife health (May-August 2013)

Gonzalo Ossa: Universty of Paris

Prof. Dr. Gerardo Herrera (2008, 2010): Universidad Autonoma de Mexico 

Nelly Rodriguez (2008): Universidad Autonoma de Mexico)

Jazmin Osorio (Student) from the Universidad Guadalajara, Mexico

Alumni

Former postdocs and guest scientists

Dr. Daniel Lewanzik (BmBF): Scientist in the knowledge transfer project Videt

 

Lewanzik, D., Straka T., Lorenz, J., Marggraf, L., Schumann, A., Voigt-Heucke, S., Brandt, M., Voigt, C.C. (2022) Identifying urban areas for bat conservation with the help of citizen scientists. Environmental Pollution. accepted

Voigt, C.C., Lewanzik, D (2023) Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz bei Beleuchtungsvorhaben im Außenbereich. In: Evidenzbasiertes Wildtiermanagement (Hrsg Voigt, C.C.) SpringerSpektrum E-book, pp. xx - xx. im Druck

Dr. Stefania Milano: Scientist in the stable isotope laboratory

 

Milano, S., Frahnert, S., Hallau, A., Töpfer, T., Woog, F., Voigt, C.C. (2021) Isotope record tracks changes in historical wintering ranges of a passerine in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Change Biology. 27: 5460-5468.

Dr. Olga Heim (BMDV): Behavioral responses of bats towards a flexible light management along bike trails

 

Heim, O., Chavez, F., Courtiol, A., Paul, F., Voigt, C.C. (2024) Guild-specific response of bats to motion-triggered LED lighting of bicylce trails. Conservation Science and Practice. doi 10.1111/csp2.13116.

Dr. Shannon Currie (formerly Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellow):Cardiophysiology of temperate zone bats: Now lecturer at University of Melbourne, Australia

 

 

 

 

 Currie, S.E., Johansson, C., Aumont, C., Voigt, C.C. Hedenström, A. (2023) Low conversion

     efficiency of flight power increases with speed in the migratroy bat Nathusius'

     pipistrelle. Proceedings of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences.

     290:20230045.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0045.

Currie, S.E., Boonman, A., Troxell, S.A., Yovel, Y., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Echolocation at high

     intensities imposes metabolic costs on flying bats. Nature Ecology and Evolution. in press

Voigt, C.C., Rosner, E., Guglielmo, C.G., Currie, S.E. (2019) Fatty acid profiles of the 

     European migratory common noctule bat. Science of Nature. in press

Lindecke, O., Currie, S.E.Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

    noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Voigt, C.C., Currie, S.E., Fritze, M., Roeleke, M., Lindecke, O. (2018) 

    conservation strategies for high altitude flying bats. Bioscience.

Dr. Christine Reusch (DBU): Spatial behavior of bats in relation to wind turbines

 

Reusch, C., Paul, A., Fritze, M., Kramer-Schadt, S., Voigt, C.C. (2023) Wind energy production in forests conflicts with tree-roosting bats. Current Biology. doi. 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.050

 

Reusch, C., Lozar, M., Kramer-Schadt, S., Voigt, C.C. (2022) Coastal onshore wind turbines lead to habitat loss for bats in Northern Germany. Journal of Environmental Management. 310: 114715.

Dr. Lysanne Snijders (Alexander-von-Humboldt-Fellow): Personality and migration in noctule bats

 

Personal web page: www.LysanneSnijders.com

 

Now: Associate Professor at the University of Wageningen

Schabacker, T., Lindecke, O., Rizzi, S., Marggraf, L., Gunars Petersons, Voigt, C.C.  Snijders, L.  (2020) In situ novel environment assay reveals acoustic exploration as a

       repeatable behavioral response in migratory bats. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.16.423043

Dr. Tanja Straka (BmBF): Now: Research and teaching assistant at the Technical University Berlin

 

 Straka, T.M., Greving, H., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Compassion helps: The effects of bat

      photogaphs on emotions, attitudes towards bats, wildlife value orientations, and wildlife

      conservation. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. accepted. 

Straka, T.M., Fritze, M., Voigt, C.C. (2020) The human dimensions of a green-green dilemma:

     Lessons learned from the wind energy wildlife conflict in Germany. Energy Reports.

     in press

Straka, T.M., Wolf, M., Gras,P., Buchholz, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Tree cover mediates the

     effect of artificial light on urban bats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

     doi:10.3399/fevo.2019.00091

Straka, T.M., T.M., Greif, S., Schultz, S., Goerlitz, H., Voigt, C.C. (2019) The effect of cave

     illumination on batsGlobal Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00808.

Voigt, C.C., Straka, T.M., Fritze, M. (2019) Producing wind energy at the cost of

     biodiversity:  A stakeholder view on a green-green dilemma. Journal of Renewable

     and Sustainable Energy. in press 

Dr. Nicolas Fasel: Sperm competition in temperate zone bats

 

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

     noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Dr. David Costantini (former fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation):

Now: Professor at the museum for natural history in Paris, France

 

Voigt, C.C., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O., Costantini, D., Petersons, G., Czirjak, G. (2020) The

     immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons. Scientific

     Reports. 10: 17384.

Costantini, D., Lindecke, O., Petersons, G., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Migratory flight imposes

        oxidative stress in bats. Current Zoology. in press

Costantini, D., Czirjak, G., Bustamante, P., Bumrungsri, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Impacts of

     land use on an insectivorous tropical bat: the importance of mercury, physio-immunology and

     trophic position. Journal of the Total Environment. 671: 1077-1085.

Fritze, M.,  Costantini, D., D., Fickel, J., Wehner, D., Czirjak, G.A., Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Immune  response of hibernating European bats to a fungal challenge. Biology open.

      accepted

Dr. Julia Schad: postdoc on immune genetics of bats

Now: teacher

 

 

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

Seltmann, A., Troxell, S.A., Schad, J., Fritze, M., Bailey, L., Voigt, C.C., Czirjak, G.A. (2022) Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis). Scientific reports. 12(1): 1-3.

Dr. Karin Schneeberger 

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

Now: postdoc at the University of Potsdam, Germany

 

 

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: teacher

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:

Kruscynski, C., Bailey, L., Courtiol, A., Bach, L., Bach, P., Goettsche, Ma., Goettsche, Mi.,

       Hill, R., Lindecke, O., Hinrich, M., Pommeranz, H., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Seebens-Hoyer, A.,

       Tichomirowa, M., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Identifying migratory pathways of Nathusius'

       pipistrelles (Pipistrellus nathusii) using stable hydrogen and strontium isotopes. Rapid

       Communications in Mass Spectrometry. accepted.

Lehnert, L.S.,Kramer-Schadt, S., Teige, T., Hoffmeister, U., Popa-Lisseanu A.G., Bontadina,

     F., Ciechanowski, M., Dechmann, D.K.N., Kravchenko, K., Presetnik, P., Starrach, M.,

     Straube, M., Zöphel, U., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Variability and repeatability of noctule bat

     migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration. Proceedings of

     the Royal Society London: Biological Science. in press

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), lecturer at the University of Konstanz

 

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: Consultant

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

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

Former PhD students

Dr Rohit Chakravarty (DAAD fellowship)

Impact of global climate change on bat assemblages along an elevational gradient 

PhD committee: PD Dr. C. Voigt, Dr. Radchuk

 

 

 

Chakravarty, R., Mohan, R., Voigt, C.C.,, Krishnan, A., Radchuk, V., (2021) Functional diversity of Himalayan bat communites declines without the loss of phylogenetic diversity at high elevations. Scientific Reports.

 

Chakravarty, R., Radchuk, V., Managave, S., Voigt, C.C. (2023) Increasing species richness along elevational gradients is associated with niche packing in bat assemblages. Journal of Animal Ecology. accepted

Dr Julia Ellerbrok (DBU): Bat-Wind Turbine interactions in forests: PhD committee: PD Dr. C.C. Voigt, Dr. F. Peter (University of Kiel), Prof. Dr. Nina Farwig (University of Marburg)

 

Ellerbrok, J.S., Delius, A., Peter, F., Farwig, N., Voigt, C.C. (2022) Activity of forest specialist bats decreases towards wind turbines at forest sites. Journal of Applied Ecology. in press.

Two additional papers in review

Dr Cecilia Kruszynski de Assis (DAAD fellowship)

Migration of bats in Brazil revealed by stable isotope analyses

 

 

  

Kruszynski, C., Bailey, L.D., Bach, O., Bach, P., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O., Teige,

      T., Voigt, C.C. (2021) High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus

       nathusii) at wind turbines. Ecological Applications. accepted 

Kruszynski, C., Bailey, L., Courtiol, A., Bach, L., Bach, P., Goettsche, Ma., Goettsche, Mi.,

       Hill, R., Lindecke, O., Hinrich, M., Pommeranz, H., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Seebens-Hoyer, A.,

       Tichomirowa, M., Voigt, C.C. ((2020) Identifying migratory pathways of Nathusius'

       pipistrelles (Pipistrellus nathusii) using stable hydrogen and strontium isotopes. Rapid

       Commuications in Mass Spectrometry. accepted.

 

Further: 

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruszynski, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

    noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Dr Kseniia Kravchenko (DAAD fellowship)

Migration of common  noctule bats in times of global climate change

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

 

 

 

 

Kravchenko, K., Vlaschenko, A.S., Lehnert, L.S., Courtiol, A., Voigt, C.C. (2020)

     Generational shift in the migratory common noctule bat: first-year males lead the way to

     hibernacula at higher latitudes. Biology Letters. 16:20200351.

Kravchenko, K., Lehnert, L.S. , Vlaschenko, A.S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Multiple isotope

     tracers in fur keratin discriminate between mothers and offspring. Rapid Communication in

     Mass Spectrometry. accepted

One chapter in preparation of submission

 

Further: 

Mantoiu, D.S., Kravchenko, K., Lehnert, L.S., Vlaschenko, A., Moldovan, O.T., Mirea, I.C.,

      Stanciu, R.C., Zaharia, R., Popescu-Mirceni, R., Nistorescu, M.C., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Wildlife

      and infrastructure: Impact of wind turbines on bats in the Black Sea Coast region. European

      Journal of Wildlife Research. in press.

Lehnert, L.S., Kramer-Schadt, S., Teige, T., Hoffmeister, U., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Bontadina,

     F., Ciechanowski, M., Dechmann, D.K.N., Kravchenko, K., Presetnik, P., Starrach, M.,

     Straube, M., Zöphel, U., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Variability and repeatability of noctule bat

     migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration. Proceedings of

     the Royal Society London: Biological Science. in press

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

    noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Voigt, C.C., Kravchenko, K., Liechti, F., Bumrungsri, S. (2019) Skyrocketing flights as a

     previously unrecognized behaviour of open-space foraging bats. Acta Chiropterologica.

     accepted

Dr Marcus Fritze (IZW funded)

Projekt: Immunology of fungal infections in European bats

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

 

 

 

 

 Fritze, M., Costantini, D., Fickel, J., Wehner, D., Czirjak, G.A.,  Voigt, C.C.  (2019)

     Immune  response of hibernating European bats to a fungal challenge. Biology open.

     8 bio046078

Fritze, M., Puechmaille, S.J., Costantini, D., Fickel., J., Voigt, C.C., Czirjak, G.A. (2021)

     Determinants of defence strategies o hibernating European greater mouse-eared bats

     towards Pseudogynmoascus destructansDevelopmental and Comparative

     Immunology 119:104017.

Fritze, M., Puechmaille, S.J., Fickel., J., Czirjak, G.A., Voigt, C.C. (2021) A rapid, in-situ

    non-invasive technique to assess infections with Pseudogynmoascus destructans in bats.

    Acta Chiropterologica. in press

 

Further: 

Reusch, C., Paul, A., Fritze, M., Kramer-Schadt, S., Voigt, C.C. (2023) Wind energy production

    in forests conflicts with tree-roosting bats. Current Biology. in press.

Straka, T., Fritze, M., Voigt, C.C. (2020) The human dimensions of a green-green dilemma:

     Lessons learned from the wind energy wildlife conflict in Germany. Energy Reports.

      in press

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M., Heim, O., Lehnert, L.S., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O. (2020)

      Expertenbewertung der Methoden zum Fledermausmonitoring bei Windkraftvorhaben -

      Expert evaluations of methods used for monitoring bats during wind turbine projects.  In:

      Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer

     Spektrum. in press

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C.(2020)

     Windenergievorhaben und Fledermausschutz: Was fordern Experten zur Lösung des Grün-

     Grün Dilemmas? Wind turbine projects and bat conservation: What do experts demand to

     solve the green-green dilemma? In: Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in

     Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer Spektrum. in Druck

Voigt, C.C. Straka, T., Fritze, M. (2019) Producing wind energy at the cost of

     biodiversity:  A stakeholder view on a green-green dilemma. Journal of Renewable

    and Sustainable Energy. accepted

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

     noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Fritze, M.Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Fledermausschutz im Schatten der Windkraftanlagen - Deutschlands Experten vermissen 

     Transparenz und bundesweite Standards in den Genehmigungsverfahren (Bat conservation

     in the shadow of wind turbines - Germany's experts miss transparency and nationwide

     standards in the approval procedures). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. accepted.

Voigt, C.C., Currie, S.,E., Fritze, M., Roeleke, M., Lindecke, O. (2018) Conservation strategies 

        for bats flying at high altitudes. Bioscience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bly040

Seltmann, A., Troxell, S.A., Schad, J., Fritze, M., Bailey, L., Voigt, C.C., Czirjak, G.A. (2022)

      Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in greater mouse-

      eared bats (Myotis myotis). Scientific reports. 12(1): 1-3. 

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

Project: Orientation and navigation of migratory bats

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

 

Now: Research Group leader at Oldenburg University

 

Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R.A., Petersons, G.,  Voigt, C.C. (2019) Experienced

     migratory bats integrate the sun's position at dusk for navigation at night. Current Biology.

     accepted.

Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R.A., Petersons, G., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Orientation and flight

    behaviour identify the Soprano pipistrelle as a migatory bat species at the Baltic Sea coast. Journal of Zoology. accepted

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

Kruscynski, C., Bailey, L., Courtiol, A., Bach, L., Bach, P., Goettsche, Ma., Goettsche, Mi.,

       Hill, R., Lindecke, O., Hinrich, M., Pommeranz, H., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Seebens-Hoyer, A.,

       Tichomirowa, M., Voigt, C.C.  (2020) Identifying migratory pathways of Nathusius'

       pipistrelles (Pipistrellus nathusii) using stable hydrogen and strontium isotopes. Rapid

       Communications in Mass Spectrometry. accepted.

Voigt, C.C., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O., Costantini, D., Petersons, G., Czirjak, G. (2020) The

     immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons. Scientific

     Reports. 10: 17384.

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M., Heim, O., Lehnert, L.S., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O., (2020)

      Expertenbewertung der Methoden zum Fledermausmonitoring bei Windkraftvorhaben -

      Expert evaluations of methods used for monitoring bats during wind turbine projects.  In:

      Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer

     Spektrum. in press

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C.(2020)

     Windenergievorhaben und Fledermausschutz: Was fordern Experten zur Lösung des Grün-

     Grün Dilemmas? Wind turbine projects and bat conservation: What do experts demand to

     solve the green-green dilemma? In: Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in

     Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer Spektrum. in Druck

Lindecke, O.Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

    noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O.,Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Fledermausschutz im Schatten der Windkraftanlagen - Deutschlands Experten vermissen 

     Transparenz und bundesweite Standards in den Genehmigungsverfahren (Bat conservation

     in the shadow of wind turbines - Germany's experts miss transparency and nationwide

     standards in the approval procedures). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. accepted.

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

Weise, P., Czirjak, G.A., Lindecke, O., Bumrungsri, S., Voigt, C.C. (2017) Simulated

      bacterial infection disrupts the circadian fluctuation of immune cells in wrinkle-lipped bats 

      (Chaerephon plicatus). PeerJ. 5:e3570.

Voigt, C.C., Currie, S.,E., Fritze, M., Roeleke, M., Lindecke, O., (2018) Conservation strategies 

      for bats flying at high altitudes. Bioscience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bly040

Voigt, C.C., Rehnig, K., Lindecke, O., Petersons, G. (2018) Migratory bats are attracted by red

     light but not by warm-white light: Implications for the protection of nocturnal migrnats.

     Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.4400

Costantini, D., Lindecke, O., Petersons, G., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Migratory flight imposes

       oxidative stress in bats. Current Zoology. in press

Marggraf, L. C., Lindecke, O., Voigt, C.C., Petersons, G., Voigt-Heucke, S.L. (2023) Nathusius'

     bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating opportunities of their own specis, butrespond to

     foraging heterospecifics on migratory transit flights. Frontiers in Ecology and evolution.

     accpeted.

 

 

Dr. Manuel Roeleke

(DFG funded): 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) 

 

Now postdoc at the University of Potsdam

  

Roeleke, M.Johannsen, L., Voigt, C.C. (2018) How bats escape the competitive

      exclusion principle - Seasonal shift from intraspecific to interspecific competition

      drives space use in a bat ensemble. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi:

      10.3389/fevo.2018.00101

Roeleke, M., Teige, T., Hoffmeister,U., Klingler, F., Voigt,C.C. (2018) Aerial-hawking bats adjust        their use of space to the lunar cycle. Movement Ecology. accepted

Roeleke, M.Blohm, T., Hoffmeister, W., Marggraf, L., Schlägel, U.E., Teige,

      T., Voigt, C.C.  (2020) Landscape structure influences the use of social information in an

      insectivorous bats. Oikos doi: 10.1111/oik.07158 

 

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M., Heim, O., Lehnert, L.S., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O. (2020)

      Expertenbewertung der Methoden zum Fledermausmonitoring bei Windkraftvorhaben -

      Expert evaluations of methods used for monitoring bats during wind turbine projects.  In:

      Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer

     Spektrum. in press

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M. Voigt, C.C.(2020)

     Windenergievorhaben und Fledermausschutz: Was fordern Experten zur Lösung des Grün-

     Grün Dilemmas? Wind turbine projects and bat conservation: What do experts demand to

     solve the green-green dilemma? In: Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in

      Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer Spektrum. in Druck

Voigt, C.C., Bumrungsri, S., Roeleke, M. (2018) Rapid descent flight by a molossid bat

     (Chaerephon plicatus) returning to its cave. Mammal Biology. accepted

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M.Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Fledermausschutz im Schatten der Windkraftanlagen - Deutschlands Experten vermissen 

     Transparenz und bundesweite Standards in den Genehmigungsverfahren (Bat conservation

     in the shadow of wind turbines - Germany's experts miss transparency and nationwide

      standards in the approval procedures). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. accepted.

Roeleke, M.Bumrungsri, S., Voigt, C.C. (2017) Bats probe the

       aerosphere by landscape-guided altitudinal flights. Mammal Review. 48:7-11.

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M.Marggraf, L., Petersons, G., Voigt-Heucke, S.L. (2017) Migratory 

        bats respond to artificial green light with positive phototaxis. PLOSONE. 12: e0177748.

Voigt, C.C., Currie, S.,E., Fritze, F., Roeleke, M, Lindecke, O. (2018) Conservation strategies 

       for bats flying at high altitudes. Bioscience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bly040 

Lindecke, O., Currie, S., Fasel, N.J., Fritze, M.,Kravchenko, K., Kruzsynski de Assis, C.,

     Lehnert, L., Roeleke, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., Voigt, C.C. (2019) Common noctule (Nyctalus

 

    noctula). Handbook of Mammals (eds. Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E.). SpringerNature

Sara Troxell (Temporary leave): Ecophysiology of migratory bats

 

Troxell, S.A., Holderied, M.W., Petersons, G., Voigt, C.C.  (2019) Nathusius' bats optimize

     long-distance migration by flying at maximum range speed. Journal of Experimental

     Biology. 222: jeb176396.

 

Further publications:

Currie, S.E., Boonman, A., Troxell, S.A., Yovel, Y., Voigt, C.C. (2020) Echolocation at high

      intensities imposes metabolic costs on flying bats. Nature Ecology and Evolution. in 

      press

Seltmann, A., Troxell, S.A., Schad, J., Fritze, M., Bailey, L., Voigt, C.C., Czirjak, G.A.

     (2022) Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in

     greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis). Scientific reports. 12(1): 1-3.

Dr. Anne Seltmann

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

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

 Now: Manager at the National Park in Saxonia 

 

 

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.  5(1)

Seltmann, A., Troxell, S.A., Schad, J., Fritze, M., Bailey, L., Voigt, C.C., Czirjak, G.A. (2022)     

      Differences in acute phase response to bacterial, fungal and viral antigens in greater mouse-

      eared bats (Myotis myotis). Scientific reports. 12(1): 1-3.

 

Dr. Olga Heim

Project: Open-space foraging bats on agricultural land

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

 

Now: postdoc researcher in the lab of Dr. Shizuko Hirju (Doshisha University Japan)

 

 

 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.

Heim, O., Lenski, J., Schulz, J., Jung, K., Kramer-Schadt, S., Eccard, J.A., Voigt, C.C. .

       (2017) the relevance of vegetation structure and smaller water bodies for bats foraging

       above farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology. accepted

 

Further:

Voigt, C.C., Roeleke, M., Heim, O. Lehnert, L.S., Fritze, M., Lindecke, O. (2020)

      Expertenbewertung der Methoden zum Fledermausmonitoring bei Windkraftvorhaben -

      Expert evaluations of methods used for monitoring bats during wind turbine projects.  In:

      Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer

     Spektrum. in press

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S., Heim, O.Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C.(2020)

     Windenergievorhaben und Fledermausschutz: Was fordern Experten zur Lösung des Grün-

     Grün Dilemmas? Wind turbine projects and bat conservation: What do experts demand to

     solve the green-green dilemma? In: Evidenzbasierter Fledermausschutz in

      Windkraftvorhaben (Hrsg. Voigt, C.C.) Springer Spektrum. in Druck

Fritze, M., Lehnert, L.S.Heim, O., Lindecke, O., Roeleke, M., Voigt, C.C. (2019)

     Fledermausschutz im Schatten der Windkraftanlagen - Deutschlands Experten vermissen 

     Transparenz und bundesweite Standards in den Genehmigungsverfahren (Bat conservation

     in the shadow of wind turbines - Germany's experts miss transparency and nationwide

     standards in the approval procedures). Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. accepted.

 Heim, O., Heim, D.N., Luo, Y., Marggraf, L., Voigt, C.C., Zheng, J. (2019) Variant maps for

    bat echolocation call identification algorithms. Bioacoustics. 1-15.

 

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.

Lehmann, D.Mfune, J.K.E., Gewers, E., Cloete, J., Aschenborn, O.H.-K., Mbomboro, L.,

     Kasona, S., Brain, C.,  Voigt, C.C.  (2020) Spatiotemporal responses of a desert dwelling

     ungulate to increasing aridity in North-eastern Namibia. Journal of Arid Enviroments.

     conditionally accepted.

 

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

 Manfrin, A., Lehmann, D., Larsen, S., van Grunsven, R.H.A., Syväranta, J., Wharton,G.,

     Voigt, C.C., Monaghan, M.T., Hölker, F. (2017) Dietary changes in predators     

     and scavengers in riparian ecosystem illuminated at night. Oikos, accepted  

Dr. Daniel Lewanzik

Project: bats and light pollution

 

Now: Researcher in the WT Impact project at IZW

 

 

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., Azam, C., Dekker, J., Ferguson, J., Fritze, M., Gazaryan, S., Hölker, F., Jones,

    G., Leader, N., Lewanzik, D., Mathews, F., Rydell, J., Schoefield, H., Spoelstra, K.,

    Zagmajster, M., (2018) Guidelines for the consideration of bats in outdoor lighting projects.

    EUROBATS publication series. ISBN 978-92-95058-39-2

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: Research assistant at University of Potsdam

 

 

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: Professor for Behavioral Ecology 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.

 

Former diploma, master or bachelor students, technical assistants and interns

The ultimate goal of all master or bachelor thesis projects is to yield scientific results that are to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Ilona Schüll (University of Gießen): The movement responses of commuting greater mouse-eared bats toward artificial light at night 

Hannah Klein (University of Potsdam): Acoustic activity of bats in and around wind farms

Jose Picado (University of Potsdam): The response behavior of commuting long-eared bats toward artifiical light at night

Michelle Korn (University of Potsdam): Spatial behavior of Leisler's bats

Thea Petermann (Freie Universität Berlin): Oxidative fuel use in blackcaps

Kevine Djoumessi (Technical University Freienwerda): Establishing a 16s mRNA library for metabarcoding

Klara Kaiser and Samantha Look (Freie Universität Berlin): Carcass retrieval below wind turbines: Voigt, C., Kaiser, K., Look, S., Scharnweber, K., Scholz, C. (2022) Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect. Global Ecology and Conservation. 37: e02149.

Susi Zhu (Freie Universität Berlin): Response behavior of migratory bats to acoustic stimuli

Katharina Brehm (FÖJ): Internship in the stable isotope laboratory

Aileen Grünwald (Freie Universität Berlin): Diet of common noctule bats during spring assessed by metabarcoding

Maya Lozar (Freie Universität Berlin): Acoustic activity of GPS tracked bats: Reusch, C., Lozar, M., Kramer-Schadt, S., Voigt, C.C. (2022) Coastal onshore wind turbines lead to habitat loss for bats in Northern Germany. Journal of Environmental Management. 310: 114715.

 

  • Benjamin Alter (Freie Universität Berlin): Effekt von künstlichem Licht auf Fledermäuse an Stadtgewässern 
  • Lina Zinke (Freie Universität Berlin): Effekt von künstlichem Licht auf Fledermäuse an Dorfweihern 
  • Nina Dommaschke (Universität Greifswald): Social migration in Nathusius' pipistrelles
  • Ana Paul (Freie Universität Berlin): Fatality rates and wind turbine types Reusch, C., Paul, A., Fritze, M., Kramer-Schadt, S., Voigt, C.C. (2023) Wind energy production in forests conflicts with tree-roosting bats. Current Biology. in press.
  • Theresa Schabaker (Freie Universität Berlin): Personalities and movement ecology of common noctule bat -> Schabacker, T., Lindecke, O., Rizzi, S., Marggraf, L., Gunars Petersons, Voigt, C.C., Snijders, L. (2020) In situ novel environment assay reveals acoustic exploration as a repeatable behavioral response in migratory bats. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.16.423043
  • Lara Marggraf (Technical assistant for acoustic analysis):
  • Julia Kionka (Freie Universität Berlin): Migration in bats: Voigt, C.C., Kionka, J., Koblitz, J., Koblitz, J.C., Stilz, P.C., Petersons, G., Lindecke, O. (2023) Bidirectional movements of Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (pipistrellus nathusii) during autumn at a major migration corridor. Global Ecology and Conservation. accepted. 
  • Lea Gajewski (Freie Universität Berlin): The effect of PUFA on cardiac function in torpid bats
  • Julia Lorenz (Freie Universität Berlin): Bat diversity on Berlin cemeteries
  • Clemens Buchwald (University of Oldenburg): Offshore spring migration of bats
  • Yvonne Klaar (technical assistant): until Nov 2018
  • Sarah Schlenker (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg): Messung von Wasserstoffisotopen im Fell, der Flughaut, der Leber und dem Blut von Großen Abendseglers
  • Stefan Martens (technical assistant): until March 2018)
  • Jasmin Firozpoor (FU Berlin): Stable isotope ecology of red fox
  • Sophie Schultz (FU Berlin): Effect of LED light on cave-roosting bats: Straka T.M., Greif, S., Schultz, S., Goerlitz, H., Voigt, C.C.  (2019) The effect of cave illumination on batsGlobal  Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00808.
  • Juliane Bauer (HNE Eberswalde): Habitat use of noctule bats in relation to light in urban environments --> Voigt, C.C., Scholl, J., Bauer, J., Teige, T., Yovel, Y., Kramer-Schadt, S., Gras, P. (2019) Movement responses of common noctule bats to the illuminated urban landscape. Landscape Ecology. accepted.
  • Maritta Wolf (HNE Eberswalde): Activity of bats on dark spots in urban environments --> Straka, T.M., Wolf, M., Gras,P., Buchholz, S., Voigt, C.C.  (2019) Tree cover mediates the effect of artificial light on urban bats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.doi:10.3399/fevo.2019.00091.
  • Doris Fichte (technical assistant: retired
  • Karin Grassow (technical assistant): now at MPI for physical chemistry
  • Julia Scholl (Universität Potsdam): Einfluss von Lichtverschmutzung auf urbane Große Abendsegler --> Voigt, C.C., Scholl, J., Bauer, J., Teige, T., Yovel, Y., Kramer-Schadt, S., Gras, P. (2019) Movement responses of common noctule bats to the illuminated urban landscape. Landscape Ecology. accepted.
  • Joanna Laß (Universität Potsdam): Habitat use of barbastelle bats
  • Lara Marggraf (University of Potsdam): The role of vocalizations during bat migration: Marggraf, L. C., Lindecke, O., Voigt, C.C., Petersons, G., Voigt-Heucke, S.L. (2023) Nathusius' bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating opportunities of their own specis, butrespond to foraging heterospecifics on migratory transit flights. Frontiers in Ecology and evolution. accepted.
  • Katharina Rehnig (Universität Wien): Einfluss von Lichtverschmutzung auf migrierende Fledermäuse --> Voigt, C.C., Rehnig, K., Lindecke, O., Petersons, G. (2018) Migratory bats are attracted by red light but not by warm-white light: Implications for the protection of nocturnal migrants. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.4400
  • Philipp Weise (Humboldt Universität): Immunology of bats -->  Weise, P., Czirjak, G.A., Lindecke, O., Bumrungsri, S., Voigt, C.C. (2017) Simulated

    bacterial infection disrupts the circadian fluctuation of immune cells in wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus). PeerJ. 5:e3570.

  • Friederike Klingler (Fachhochschule Eberswalde): Foraging behaviour of common noctule bats above forested areas -> Roeleke, M., Teige, T., Hoffmeister, U., Klingler, F., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Aerial-hawking bats  adjust their use of space to the lunar cycle. Movement Ecology. 6:11
  • Theresa Geißler (University of Bremerhaven): The isotopic ecology of European wildlife species
  • Sascha Hentschel (Master student at the Humboldt University): Genetic diversity of Toll-like receptor genes in bats
  • Assja Schröder (Universität Potsdam): Bat activity above farmland --> 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.

  • Manuel Roeleke (Freie Universität Berlin): High resolution analysis of foraging behavior in noctule bats --> Roeleke, M., Blohm, T., Kramer-Schadt, S., Yovel, Y., Voigt, C.C. (2016) Habitat use of bats in relation to wind turbines revealed by GPS tracking. Scientific reports. in press

  • Elisabeth Weise (Master student): Hibernation physiology of common noctule bats --> Rosner, E., Voigt, C.C. (2018) Oxidation of linoleic and palmitic acid in pre-hibernating and hibernating common noctule bats revealed by 13C breath testing. Journal of Experimental Biology 221, doi:10.1242/jeb168096
  • Jelena Schulze (Master student): Edge effects in aerial hawking insectivorous bats at hedgerows --> Heim, O., Lenski, J., Schulz, J., Jung, K., Kramer-Schadt, S., Eccard, J.A., Voigt, C.C. (2017) the relevance of vegetation structure and smaller water bodies for bats foraging above farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology. accepted
  • Johannes Lenski (Master student): Edge effects in aerial hawking insectivorous bats at forests --> Heim, O., Lenski, J., Schulz, J., Jung, K., Kramer-Schadt, S., Eccard, J.A., Voigt, C.C. (2017) the relevance of vegetation structure and smaller water bodies for bats foraging above farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology. accepted
  • Oliver Lindecke: master student (University of Halle-Wittenberg): Migratory ecology of Pipistrellus nathusii) --> partly published in: 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. In press. 
  • Melanie Wissing (technical assistant)
  • Sophia Schönborn (Bachelor student Humboldt University) 2011: Isotopic specialization of European bats --> 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. In press. 
  • Lena Schlag (Master student) 2011: Supplementary feeding of songbirds traced via stable isotopes
  • Gonzalo Ossa (Master MNHN Paris) 2012: Establishing an isotopic basemap for flying foxes in Central Africa to assess the movement ecology of the straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) --> Ossa, G., Kramer-Schadt, S., Peel, A.J., Scharf, A.K., Voigt, C.C. (2012) The movement ecology of the straw-colored fruit bat, Eidolon helvum, in sub-Saharan Africa assessed by stable isotopes ratios. PloS ONE 7: e37101. 
  • Anna Erzberger (Bachelor; Humboldt University, Berlin) 2011: "Altitudinal migration of Neotropical bats" --> 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.
  • Antje Kretzschmar (Master; Humboldt University, Berlin) 2010: “Feeding ecology of Carollia bats” --> Voigt, C.C., Voigt-Heucke, S.L., Kretzschmar, A. (2012) Isotopic evidence for seed transfer from successional area into forests by short-tailed fruit bats (genus Carollia; Phyllostomidae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 28:181-186. 
  • Pia Klöckner (University of Bonn) 2010: “Validation of a minimally invasive blood-samplingtechnique for blood parameters” --> Klöckner, P., Stefanski, Voigt, C.C. (2013) Testing blood-sucking bugs (Triatominae; Heteroptera) as a blood-sampling technique to evaluate white blood cell subsets. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals. (Wibbelt, G., Schumann, A. eds). In press 
  • Daniel Lewanzik (Diploma; Humboldt University, Berlin) 2009: “Stress response in Neotropical bats" --> 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. 
  • Anna Juhnke (Diploma; Humboldt University, Berlin) 2009: “Stable hydrogen isotope baseline map of Germany and adjacent regions based on mammalian fur”
  • Bettina Jarosch (Diploma; Freie Universität, Berlin) 2007: “Scent producing bacteria from the wing sacs of the greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata
  • Virginia Boye (Humboldt University, Berlin) 2007: “Dietary preferences and foraging behaviour of the nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga commissarisi
  • Sara Correia Carreira (Diploma; Humboldt University, Berlin) 2007: “Stress induction by conventional bleeding techniques and by minimally-invasive bleeding with triatomine bugs in laboratory mice”
  • Julia Nowack (Diploma; Free University, Berlin) 2007: “Olfactory communication in the greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata
  • Patricia Grasse (Diploma; Freie Universität, Berlin) 2007: “Dietary preferences of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus” --> 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. 
  • Florian Hoffmann (Diploma; Humboldt Universität, Berlin) 2006: 'Foraging ecology of Saccopteryx bilineata" --> 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.