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Research for the Environment

Elisabeth Kühn

    Research Scientist

    Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
    Department Community Ecology
    Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4
    D-06120 Halle, Germany

    Phone: +49 345 558 5263
    Fax: +49 345 558 5329
    E-MailE-Mailelisabeth.kuehn@ufz.de


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    Projects
  • MacMan: Maculinea butterflies of the Habitats Directive and European Red List as Indicators and Tools for Habitat Conservation and Management Link externLink externhttp://www.macman-project.de
  • Link externLink externButterfly Monitoring Germany

    • Publications
  • Kühn E., Harpke A, Hirneisen N, Feldmann R, Leopold P, Settele J. (2010): Establishing a Volunteer-based Butterfly Monitoring Scheme – the German Experience. In: Settele J, Penev L, Georgiev T, Grabaum R, Grobelnik V, Hammen V, Klotz S, Kotarac M, Kühn I (eds.). Atlas of Biodiversity Risk. Pensoft, Sofia, Moscow: 242-243.
  • Van Swaay, C.A.M., Van Strien, A.J., Harpke, A., Fontaine, B., Stefanescu, C., Roy, D., Maes, D., Kühn, E., Õunap, E., Regan, E., Svitra, G., Heliölä, J., Settele, J., Warren, M.S., Plattner, M., Kuussaari, M., Cornish, N., Garcia Pereira, P., Leopold, P., Feldmann, R., Jullard, R., Verovnik, R., Popov, S., Brereton, T., Gmelig Meyling, A., Collins, S. (2010). The European Butterfly Indicator for Grassland species 1990-2009. Report VS2010.010, De Vlinderstichting, Wageningen
  • Settele J.& Kühn E.(2009): Insect Conservation. Science 325: 41-42.
  • Settele J., Thomas J.A., Boomsma J., Kühn E., Nash D., Anton C., Woyciechowski M., Varga Z. (2002): MACulinea butterflies of the habitats directive and European red list as indicators and tools for conservation and MANagment (MacMan). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 32: 63.
  • Feldmann R., Leopold P., Rennwald E., Kühn E., Settele J. (2005): Butterfly monitoring in Germany. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 35.
  • Settele, J., E. Kühn J.A. Thomas, J.A. (2005): Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe, Vol. 2: Species Ecology along a European Gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a Model. PENSOFT, Sofia-Moscow.
  • Kühn, E., Feldmann R., Thomas J.A., Settele J.(2005): Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe, Vol. 1: General Concepts and Case Studies. PENSOFT, Sofia-Moscow.
  • Settele J., Kühn I., Feldmann R., Kühn E.(2008): Wie gewinnt die entomologische Forschung mehr Sichtbarkeit und Akzeptanz? - Das Zusammenspiel von internationalen Projekten, nationalen Initiativen (TMD), lokaler Freilandforschung und damit verbundener Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Entomologie heute 20, 227-244.
  • Kühn, E.,Feldmann R., Harpke A., Hirneisen N., Musche M., Leopold P., Settele J. (2008): Getting the public involved in butterfly conservation: lessons learned from a new monitoring scheme in Germany. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 54, pp. 89-103.
  • Settele, J., Kudrna, O., Harpke, A., Kühn, I., van Swaay, C., Verovnik, R., Warren, M., Wiemers, M., Hanspach, J., Hickler, T., Kühn, E., van Halder, I., Veling, K., Vliegenhart, A., Wynhoff, I., Schweiger, O. (2008): Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies. BioRisk 1. Pensoft, Sofia (Bulgaria).
    Link externLink externOnline version
  • Kühling, M.; Kühn E.; Settele, J. (2008): Tagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland - Systematische Datenerhebung zur Klimawirkungsforschung an Insekten. Insecta Heft 11, Seite 91-94.

    • Curriculum vitae
  • Since February 2002 Research Scientist at the Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Department Community Ecology

  • 1998 to 2002 free-lancing (professional evidences)
  • 1993 to 1998 employment as a biologist in a consulting office for landscape planning
  • 1986 bis 1992 Studies of biology and geography at the university of Bochum, with a major in geobotany and minors in animal ecology and physical geography
  • 1966 born in Wickede/Westphalia