Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth

MSc Biology

room 343d

Department of Conservation Biology
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Tel: 0341 6025 1652

annegret.grimm@ufz.de

Persönliche Bild
Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth and wildlife detection dog Zammy. Photo: André Künzelmann

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Scientific career

2010 - 2012 Master of Science in Biology at the University of Leipzig
Thesis Title: Assessing Effective Population Size in Vertebrate Populations
2007 - 2010 Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Leipzig
Thesis Title: Reliability of Different Methods for Population Size Estimates Tested with Field Data from Populations of Known Size

Academic positions

2018 onwards Postdoc at UFZ, Dep. Conservation Biology
2015 - 2018 PhD at UFZ, Dep. Conservation Biology; University of Potsdam, WG Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation
2013 - 2014 Researcher at UFZ, Dep. Conservation Biology
2012 - 2017 Guest scientist at the University of Canberra, Institute for Applied Ecology
2009 - 2012 Internship, Research Assistant, and Guest Scientist at UFZ, Dep. Conservation Biology
2011 - 2012 Student Assistant in a cooperation project between the University of Leipzig, the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and EURING
2009 Internship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology

Research interests

  • Population ecology of vertebrates
  • Effects of climate warming and land use on vertebrates
  • Herpetology
  • international nature and species conservation
  • Statistics, programming, and modelling
  • Detection dogs for species monitoring

Projects

IGAMon-Dog - Dog owners support the search and clear determination of occurrences for invasive plant and animal species
Project duration: seit 2021
In the project: since 2021
Partner: UfU e.V., WDD e.V.
Contact person: Wiebke Harms wiebke.harms@ufz.de, Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth annegret.grimm@ufz.de

ADVANCE - Advanced metadata standards for biodiversity survey and monitoring data: Supporting of research and conservation

Project duration: seit 2021
In the project: since 2021
Partner: AWI
Contact person: Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth annegret.grimm@ufz.de, Dr. Cornelia Sattler cornelia.sattler@ufz.de

Influence of micrclimate and land use on the suitability of terrestrial habitats for amphibians

Project duration: 2018 onwards
In the project: since 2018
Contact person: Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, annegret.grimm@ufz.de

Influence of winter tourism on montane herpetological communities in Europe
Project duration: 2018 onwards
In the project: since 2018
Contact person: Michele Chiacchio, michele.chiacchio@ufz.de

Effects of climate change on a reptile community in arid Australia
Project duration: 2012 onwards
In the project: since 2012
Contact person: Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, annegret.grimm@ufz.de

The use of detection dogs in conservation

Project duration: 2014 onwards
In the project: since 2015
Contact person: Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, annegret.grimm@ufz.de

Otter Damage Monitoring (ODaMo)

Project duration: 2015 onwards
In the project: since 2015
Contact person: Dr. Reinhard Klenke, reinhard.klenke@ufz.de

Orchards in Germany - Ecological importance, stock situation and need for action

Project duration: seit 2021
In the project: since 2021
Contact person: Marie-Luise Hüttner marie-luise.huettner@ufz.de

Finished projects

Effects of climate change on barn swallows

Project duration: 2011 - 2015
In the project: 2011-2015
Partner: Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Primate kin selection
Contact person: Annegret Grimm, annegret.grimm@ufz.de

SCALES

Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales
Project duration: 01.05.2009 - 31.07.2014
In the project: 2012 - 2014
Contact person: Reinhard Klenke, reinhard.klenke@ufz.de    

Publications

2024 (2)

  • Dubiner, S., Aguilar, R., Anderson, R.O., Arenas Moreno, D.M., Avila, L.J., Boada-Viteri, E., Castillo, M., Chapple, D.G., Chukwuka, C.O., Cree, A., Cruz, F.B., Colli, G.R., Das, I., Delaugerre, M.-J., Du, W.-G., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Doan, T.M., Escudero, P., Farquhar, J., Gainsbury, A.M., Gray, B.S., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Hare, K.M., Henle, K., Ibargüengoytía, N., Itescu, Y., Jamison, S., Jimenez-Robles, O., Labra, A., Laspiur, A., Liang, T., Ludgate, J.L., Luiselli, L., Martín, J., Matthews, G., Medina, M., Méndez-de-la-Cruz, F.R., Miles, D.B., Mills, N.E., Miranda-Calle, A.B., Monks, J.M., Morando, M., Moreno Azocar, D.L., Murali, G., Pafilis, P., Pérez-Cembranos, A., Pérez-Mellado, V., Peters, R., Pizzatto, L., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Plummer, M.V., Schwarz, R., Shermeister, B., Shine, R., Theisinger, O., Theisinger, W., Tolley, K.A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Valdecantos, S., Van Damme, R., Vitt, L.J., Wapstra, E., While, G.M., Levin, E., Meiri, S. (2024):
    A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour
    Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr.
    full text (doi)
  • Dubiner, S., Anderson, R.O., Aguilar, R., Arenas Moreno, D.M., Avila, L.J., Boada-Viteri, E., Castillo, M., Chapple, D.G., Chukwuka, C.O., Cree, A., Cruz, F.B., Colli, G.R., Das, I., Delaugerre, M.-J., Du, W.-G., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Doan, T.M., Escudero, P., Farquhar, J., Gainsbury, A.M., Gray, B.S., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Hare, K.M., Henle, K., Ibargüengoytía, N., Itescu, Y., Jamison, S., Jimenez-Robles, O., Labra, A., Laspiur, A., Liang, T., Ludgate, J.L., Luiselli, L., Martín, J., Matthews, G., Medina, M., Méndez-de-la-Cruz, F.R., Miles, D.B., Mills, N.E., Miranda-Calle, A.B., Monks, J.M., Morando, M., Moreno Azocar, D.L., Murali, G., Pafilis, P., Pérez-Cembranos, A., Pérez-Mellado, V., Peters, R., Pizzatto, L., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Plummer, M.V., Schwarz, R., Shermeister, B., Shine, R., Theisinger, O., Theisinger, W., Tolley, K.A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Valdecantos, S., Van Damme, R., Vitt, L.J., Wapstra, E., While, G.M., Levin, E., Meiri, S. (2024):
    A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour [Dataset]
    Dryad 10.5061/dryad.5dv41nscz

2023 (3)

2022 (5)

2021 (6)

2020 (3)

2019 (7)

2018 (3)

2017 (4)

2016 (1)

2015 (2)

2014 (4)

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