Leonard Bolte
PhD Student (DBU - PhD Scholarship)
Department Conservation Biology
Helmholtz - Centre for
Enviromental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Web registries
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Scientific career
| 2017 - 2020 |
Master of Science "Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution“, Georg-August University Göttingen Master thesis: „Habitat suitability and connectivity of Salamandra salamandra affected by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Eifel region“ |
| 2013 - 2017 |
Bachelor of Science "Biological Diversity and Ecology“, Georg-August University Göttingen Bachelor thesis: "The importance of landscape structures and crop types for breeding birds in an intensively farmed area in Northwestern Germany" |
| 2015 | Erasmus Exchange, University of La Réunion |
Academic positions
| 2021 | Researcher, WG Molecular Evolution und Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig |
| 2012 - 2020 | Freelanced biologist (Mapping of Herpetofauna and Birds) |
| 2017 - 2018 |
Student assistant in bachelors courses „Animal physiology“ and „Vegetation ecology (Forests and Waterbodies)“, University of Göttingen |
| 2016 | Internship at Association Mitsinjo, Madagascar |
| 2012 - 2013 | Voluntary Service at "Naturschutzstation Rhinluch, Linum" |
Research interests
• Herpetology• Population Ecology of Vertebrates
• Landscape Ecology
• Habitat- and Population Management
Project
The Natterjack Toad - Conservation of pioneer species in a lignite mining area in central Germany
Project duration: 2021-2024
Partners: University of Leipzig, DBU, MIBRAG, Landratsamt Landkreis Leipzig – Umweltamt
Contact person: Leonard Bolte
Publications
2023
Bolte, L., Goudarzi, F., Klenke, R., Steinfartz, S., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., & Henle, K. (2023). Habitat connectivity supports the local abundance of fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) but also the spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Landscape Ecology, 1-18.
2019
Edmonds, D., Kessler, E., & Bolte, L. (2019). How common is common? Rapidly assessing population size and structure of the frog Mantidactylus betsileanus at a site in east‐central Madagascar. Austral Ecology, 44(7), 1196-1203.