Dr. Simone Lampa - Publications & Presentations


Peer-reviewed publications

Lampa S, Mihoub JB, Gruber B, Klenke K, & Henle K (subm) Non-invasive genetic mark-recapture as a means to study population dynamic and spatial use of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in a fish pond landscape. PLOS ONE [Submitted at 1st Oct 2014; currently under review]

Lampa S, Mihoub JB, Gruber B, Klenke K, & Henle K (2015) Non-invasive genetic mark-recapture as a means to study population sizes and marking behaviour of the elusive Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125684.

Rodrigues DC, Simões L, Mullins J, Lampa S, Mendes RC, Fernandes C, Rebelo R & Santos-Reis M. (2014) Tracking the expansion of the American mink (Neovison vison) range in NW Portugal. Biological Invasions.

Lampa S, Henle K, Klenke K, Hoehn M & Gruber B. (2013) How to Overcome Genotyping Errors in Non-Invasive Genetic Mark-Recapture Population Size Estimation – A Review of Available Methods Illustrated by a Case Study. Journal of Wildlife Management 77(8), 1490-1511.

Lampa S, Gruber B, Henle K & Hoehn M (2008) An optimisation approach to increase DNA amplification success of otter faeces. Conservation Genetics 9(1), 201-210.

Klenke R, Tschierschke A, Gruber B, Lampa S, Hempel U, Geissler S, Helm C, Kalbitz J, Kaulfuss J, Liu Z, Meichsner C & Henle K (2008) Räumliche und zeitliche Aktivitätsmuster von Fischottern (Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758) anhand von frischen Markierungsfunden in einer Teichlandschaft. Säugetierkundliche Informationen, Jena 6, 209-226.


Book chapters

Klenke R, Ring I, Schwerdtner Máñez Costa K, Habighorst R, Weiss V, Wittmer H, Gruber B, Lampa S & Henle K (2013) Otters in Saxony – A Story of Successful Conflict Resolution. In: Klenke R, Ring I, Kranz A, Jepsen N, Rauschmayer F & Henle K (Eds.) Human-wildlife conflicts in Europe – Fisheries and fish-eating vertebrates as a model case. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.


Presentations

Dem Fischotter auf den Fersen – was seine Hinterlassenschaften über ihn verraten. Centre for Nature Conservation Neschwitz, Dec. 2014, Neschwitz, Germany

From faeces to ecology and behaviour: non-invasive microsatellite genotyping as a means to study wild otters. University of Jena, Nov. 2013, Jena, Germany

999 km for the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). Department Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, July 2013, Leipzig, Germany

Analysing population dynamics and dispersal of threatened or invasive species using non-invasive methods. Invited talk for the Evaluation of HIGRADE, Nov. 2011, Leipzig, Germany   

Analyse der Populationsdynamik des Fischotters (Lutra lutra) mittels genetischem Fang-Wiederfang – Risiken und Chancen. University of Dresden, Oct. 2011, Dresden, Germany

Analysing population dynamics of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) using non-invasive genetic capture-mark-recapture (CMR) – pitfalls and solutions. IUCN XIth International Otter Colloquium, Sept. 2011, Pavia, Italy

Analyse der Populationsdynamik des Fischotters (Lutra lutra) mittels genetischem Fang-Wiederfang – Risiken und Chancen. University of Leipzig, June 2011, Leipzig, Germany

Tell me where you pooh and I tell you who you are - Analysing population dynamic of elusive animals using non-invasive microsatellite genotyping. 7th HIGRADE Conference, April 2011, Leipzig, Germany

Lassen sich Otter zählen? – Populationsgrößenschätzung des Fischotters (Lutra lutra) in der Oberlausitz mittels genetischer Untersuchungen. 17. Colloquium of the Biosphere Reserve Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape, May 2010, Mücka, Germany

Distribution and habitat preferences of the American mink (Neovison vison) in Portugal. 27th Mustelid Colloquium, Nov. 2009, Lisbon, Portugal

Mark-recapture study on otters (Lutra lutra) in Upper Lusatia (Eastern Germany) using microsatellite genotyping of faecal DNA. University of Jena, May 2008, Jena, Germany   

Mark-recapture study on otters (Lutra lutra) in Upper Lusatia (Eastern Germany) using microsatellite genotyping of faecal DNA. 25th Mustelid Colloquium, Okt. 2007, Trebon, Czech Republic

Optimisation approach to increase DNA amplification success of otter faeces. 80th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Sept. 2006, Kiel, Germany