Viktoria L. Mader
- Viktoria L. Mader
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Justus Liebig Universität
IFZ - Department of Animal Ecology
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32
D-35392 Giessen
GermanyTel: +49(0)641/ 99-35716
Fax: +49(0)641/ 99-35709
- Research interests
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Research interests
My previous research projects focused on agro-ecology, predator-prey interactions and the effect of agricultural management on spatial relationships between generalist predators, their potential prey and arable weeds. In this context, biological pest control is an essential ecosystem service that results from ecosystem functions of which people benefit. During my PhD project I am engaged in studying how ecosystem services can be assessed and modelled to address ecological concerns more holistic in landscape planning and nature conservation. Further, I am interested in different nature conservation projects (bird ringing, bats).
- Curriculum vitae
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Curriculum vitae
March 2013 – present
Dissertation on arthropod predators in agricultural landscapes
Dec. 2012 Research associate at Ökoservice project 2010 – 2012
Study of Biology (M. Sc.) with focus on Animal Ecology and Environmental Science at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
Masterthesis at Lund University, Sweden (supervision: Prof. Dr. Wolters, Dr. Klaus Birkhofer)
Thesis: „Agricultural management affects the spatial relationships between generalist predators, epedaphic springtails and plants in barley fields“
2008 – present
Study of Philosophy at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
2005 – 2010
Study of Biology and German for lectureship on secondary schools at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
Thesis: „Effects of management intensity and habitat complexity on the prey of web-building spiders” (Prof. Dr. Wolters, Dr. Klaus Birkhofer, Eva Diehl)
- Publications
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Publications
Mader VL, Birkhofer K, Wolters V, Diehl E (2010): Effects of management intensity and habitat complexity on the prey of web-building spiders. In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Band 40. 40th Anniversary Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2010 Aug 30 – Sep 3; Gießen, Germany: GfÖ 2010, p 306.Diehl E, Mader VL, Wolters V, Birkhofer K (2012): Effects of habitat complexity and management intensity on web-building spiders and their prey. Manuscript submitted for publication in Oecologia.
Diehl E, Mader VL, Wolters V, Birkhofer K (2013): Management intensity and vegetation complexity affect web-building spiders and their prey. Oecologia: 173: 579-589.Conference Contributions
Mader VL, Birkhofer K, Fiedler D, Rink K, Wolters V, Diehl E (2013): Biologische Schädlingskontrolle in Agrarlandschaften. Einfluss von lokaler Bewirtschaftung und Landschaftskontext auf Laufkäfer und Beute netzbauender Spinnen. Jahrestagung der IALE-Region Deutschland (International Association for Landscape Ecology), Dresden 10.-12.10.2013. (Talk)
Masello JF, Quillfeldt P, Koschkar S, Thorn S, Herbst B, Mattern T, Mader VL, Lanzen J, Daum L, Wolters V & Gottschalk T (2013): Vertikale Segregation von Singvögeln. 146. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 2.-7.10.2013. (Poster)
Mader VL, Birkhofer K, Wolters V, Diehl E (2010): Effects of management intensity and habitat complexity on the prey of web-building spiders. In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Band 40. 40th Anniversary Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2010 Aug 30 – Sep 3; Gießen: GfÖ 2010, p 306. (Poster)