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Dr. Mareike Petersen

Dr. Mareike Petersen
  • Publications

    Dr. Mareike Petersen

    • Portik D.M., R.C. Bell, D.C. Blackburn, A.M. Bauer, C.D. Barratt, W.R. Branch, M. Burger, A. Channing, T.J. Colston, W. Conradie, J.M. Dehling, R.C. Drewes, R. Ernst, E. Greenbaum, V. Gvoždík, J. Harvey, A. Hillers, M. Hirschfeld, G.F.M. Jongsma, J. Kielgast, M.T. Kouete, L.P. Lawson, A.D. Leaché, S.P. Loader, S. Lötters, A. van der Meijden, M. Menegon, S. Müller, Z.T. Nagy, C. Ofori-Boateng, A. Ohler, T.J. Papenfuss, D. Rößler, U. Sinsch, M.-O. Rödel, M. Veith, J. Vindum, A.-G. Zassi-Boulou, J.A. McGuire (2019): Sexual dichromatism drives diversification within a major radiation of African amphibians. Systematic Biology, syz023.
    • Griesbaum F., M. Hirschfeld, M.F. Barej, A. Schmitz, M. Rohrmoser, M. Dahmen, F. Mühlberger, H.C. Liedtke, N.L. Gonwouo, J. Doumbia, M.-O. Rödel M (2019) Tadpoles of three western African frog genera: Astylosternus Werner, 1898, Nyctibates Boulenger, 1904, and Scotobleps Boulenger, 1900 (Amphibia, Anura, Arthroleptidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(1): 133-160.
    • Petersen, M., F. Glöckler & J. Hoffmann (2019): Harmonizing plot data with collection data. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e33509.
    • Petersen, M., J. Hoffmann & F. Glöckler (2019): Access to Geosciences - Ways and meas to share and publish collection data. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e32987.
    • Scheele, B. C., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L. F., Berger, L., Martel, A., Beukema, W., Acevedo, A.A., Burrowes, P.A., Carvalho, T., Catenazzi, A., De la Riva, I., Fisher, M.C., Flechas, S.V., Foster, C.N. Frías-Álvarez, P., Garner, T.W.J., Gratwicke, B., Guayasamin, J.M., Hirschfeld, M., Kolby, J.E., Kosch, T.A., La Marca, E., Lindenmayer, D.B., Lips, K.R., Longo, A.V., Maneyro, R. McDonald, C.A., Mendelson, J. III, Palacios-Rodriguez, P. Parra-Olea, G., Richards-Zawacki, C.L., Rödel, M.-O., Rovito, S.M., Soto-Azat, C., Toledo, L.F., Voyles, J., Weldon, C., Whitfield, S.M., Wilkinson, M., Zamudio, K.R., Canessa, S. (2019): Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science, 363(6434), 1459-1463.
    • Petersen, M., F. Glöckler, W. Kiessling, M. Döring, D. Fichtmüller, L. Laphakorn, B. Baltruschat & J. Hoffmann (accepted). History and development of ABCDEFG: a data standard for geosciences. Fossil Record 21(1): 47.
    • Portik, D.M., A.D. Leaché, D. Rivera, M.F. Barej, M. Burger, M. Hirschfeld, M.-O. Rödel, D.C. Blackburn & M.K.Fujita D (2017):.Evaluating mechanisms of diversification in a Guineo-Congolian tropical forest frog using demographic model selection. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.14266
    • Hirschfeld, M. & M.‐O. Rödel (2017): What makes a successful species? Traits facilitating survival in altered tropical forests. BMC Ecology 17(25)
    • Hirschfeld, M., D. C. Blackburn, T. M. Doherty‐Bone, L. N. Gonwouo, S. Ghose & M.‐O. Rödel (2016): Dramatic declines of montane frogs in a Central African biodiversity hotspot. PloS ONE 11: e0155129.
    • Barej, M.F, T. Pfalzgraff, M. Hirschfeld, H. C. Liedtke, N. L. Gonwouo, J. Penner, M. Dahmen, F. Grözinger, A. Schmitz & M.‐O Rödel (2016): The tadpoles of eight West and Central African Leptopelis species (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae).  Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 9: 56‐84.
    • Hirschfeld, M., D. C. Blackburn, M. Burger, E. Greenbaum, A.G. Zassi‐Boulou & M.‐O. Rödel (2015): Two new species of long‐fingered frogs of the genus Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Central African rainforests. African Journal of Herpetology 64: 81‐102.
    • Barej, M.F, A. Schmitz, J. Penner, J. Doumbia, L. Sandberger‐Loua, M. Hirschfeld, C. Brede, M. Emmrich, N. G. Kouamé, A. Hillers, N. L. Gonwouo, J. Nopper, P. J. Adeba, M. A. Bangoura, C. Gage, G. Anderson M.‐O. Rödel (2015): Life in the spray zone – overlooked diversity in West African torrent‐frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91: 115‐149.
    • Pfalzgraff, T., M. Hirschfeld, M.F. Barej, M. Dahmen, L. N. Gonwouo, T. M. Doherty‐Bone & M.‐O. Rödel (2015): The tadpoles of four Central African Phrynobatrachus species. Salamandra 51: 91‐102.
    • Mapouyat, L., M. Hirschfeld, M.‐O. Rödel, H. C. Liedtke, S. P. Loader, L. N. Gonwouo, M. Dahmen, T. M. Doherty‐Bone, M. F. Barej (2014): The tadpoles of nine Cameroonian Leptodactylodon species (Amphibia, Anura, Arthroleptidae). Zootaxa 3765: 29–53.
    • Rödel, M.‐O., C. Brede, M. Hirschfeld, T. Schmitt, P. Favreau, R. Stöcklin, C. Wunder & D. Meps (2013): Chemical camouflage ‐ A frogs strategy to co‐exist with aggressive ants. PLoS ONE 8: e81950.
    • Penner, J., G. B. Adum, M. T. McElroy, T. Doherty‐Bone, M. Hirschfeld, L. Sandberger, C. Weldon, A. A. Cunningham, T. Ohst, E. Wombwell, D. M. Portik, D. Reid, A. Hillers, C. Ofori‐Boateng, W. Oduro, J. Plötner, A. Ohler, A. D. Leaché, & M.‐O. Rödel (2013) West Africa ‐ A safe haven for frogs? A subcontinental assessment of the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). PLoS ONE 8: e56236.
    • Doherty‐Bone, T. N.L. Gonwouo, M. Hirschfeld, T. Ohst, C. Weldon, M. Perkins, M.T. Kouete, R.K. Browne, S.P. Loader, D.J. Gower, M. Wilkinson, M.‐O. Rödel, J. Penner, M.F. Barej, A. Schmitz, J. Plötner & A.A. Cunningham (2013): Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 102: 187‐193.
    • Hirschfeld, M., M. F. Barej, N. L. Gonwouo & M.‐O. Rödel (2012): Tadpole descriptions of three Cardioglossa species from southwestern Cameroon (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). Salamandra 48: 147‐156.
    • Rödel, M.‐O., M. F. Barej, A. Hillers, A. D. Leaché, N. G. G. Kouamé, C. Ofori‐Boateng, N. E. Assemian, B. Tohé, J. Penner, M. Hirschfeld, J. Doumbia, N. L. Gonwouo, J. Nopper, C. Brede, R. E. Diaz, M. K. Fujita, M. Gil, G. H. Segniagbeto, R. Ernst & L. Sandberger (2012): The genus Astylosternus in the Upper Guinea rainforests, West Africa, with the description of a new species (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). Zootaxa 3245: 1‐29.
    • Hirschfeld, M. M. F. Barej, S. P. Loader & M.‐O. Rödel (2012): Description of two Werneria tadpoles from Cameroon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 3172: 65‐68.
    • Hirschfeld, M. & M.‐O. Rödel (2011): Variable reproductive strategies of an African savanna frog, Phrynomantis microps (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 601‐609.
    • Hirschfeld, M. & M.‐O. Rödel (2011): The diet of the African Tiger Frog, Hoplobatrachus occipitalis, in northern Benin. Salamandra 47: 125‐132.
    • Mohneke, M., A. B. Onadeko, M. Hirschfeld & M.‐O. Rödel (2010): Dried or fried: amphibians in local and regional food markets in West Africa. TRAFFIC Bulletin 22: 69‐80.
  • Curriculum Vitae

    Dr. Mareike Petersen

     

    work experience

    since February 2019 Biological Data Scientist at the Center for for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery (Link) and GFBio
    January 2015 - January 2019 Coordination Co-lead of the project ABCD 3.0, MfN
    Januar - June 2015 Project collaboration EoS, MfN
    April - December 2014 Projekt collaboration EuropeanaCreative (Workpackage 1), MfN
    August 2013 - February 2014 Coordination in the OpenUp! project (Workpackage 4), MfN
    March 2009 - May 2010 Scientific Assistant at Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (AG Rödel), MfN

     

    education

    2016 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD); Title of thesis: "Life in a changing world - Threats and survival strategies of tropical forest frogs"
    2010-2016 PhD student at the Museum für Naturkunde & Humboldt Universität Berlin
    2009 Degree in Biology (Diplom)
    Thesis about the habitat use and reproductive strategies of Phrynomantis microps in a West African savannah. Title: „Habitatnutzung und Fortpflanzungsstrategien von Phrynomantis microps (Anura: Microhylidae) in einer westafrikanischen Savanne“. Supervised by PD Dr. M.-O. Rödel, Department of animal ecology and tropical ecology, University of Würzburg
    2002 - 2009 Studies in Biology at the University of Marburg and Würzburg, Germany (animal ecology and tropical biology, behavioural physiology and sociobiology, genetics)
     

    grants & scholarships

    Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium, PhD fellowship of the Federal State of Berlin, 2010-2013
    DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), travel & abroad grant (Aufstockung auf die Länder-Graduiertenförderung), 2010 & 2011
    Arthur von Gwinner Stiftung, travel grant, 2007
    DAAD, fellowship for international interships, 2006
     

    fieldwork

    Benin (Pendjari Nationalpark, W-Nationalpark, Malanville)
    Guinea (Mount Nimba, Simandou)
    Cameroon (Mount Manengouba, Mount Nlonako, Ebo Forest Reserve)

  • Tasks

    • Biological Data Scientist in the department Science data management.
    • Publication, standardisation, and gobal linkage of research data; implementation and optimisation of MfNs Data Life Cycle. 
    • Spokesperson Section C of the Leibniz Working Group Research Data ("AK Forschungsdaten").
    • Member of the TDWG Executive Committee, Chair of the Sub-Commitee Outreach and Communication

     

    Research

    • Information integration for the Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery (Link)
    • German Federation For Biological Data, GFBio
    • Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo), Preparatory Phase (Link)

     

    Publications (Selection)

    • Petersen, M., Glöckler, F., Kiessling, W., Döring, M., Fichtmüller, D., Laphakorn, L., Baltruschat, B. & Hoffmann, J. (2018): History and development of ABCDEFG: a data standard for geosciences. Fossil Record, 21(1): 47. Link
    • Petersen, M., Hoffmann, J. & Glöckler, F. (2019): Access to Geosciences - Ways and Menas to share and publish collection data. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e32987. Link
    • Scheele, B. C., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L. F., Berger, L., Martel, A., Beukema, W., Acevedo, A.A., Burrowes, P.A., Carvalho, T., Catenazzi, A., De la Riva, I., Fisher, M.C., Flechas, S.V., Foster, C.N. Frías-Álvarez, P., Garner, T.W.J., Gratwicke, B., Guayasamin, J.M., Hirschfeld, M., Kolby, J.E., Kosch, T.A., La Marca, E., Lindenmayer, D.B., Lips, K.R., Longo, A.V., Maneyro, R. McDonald, C.A., Mendelson, J. III, Palacios-Rodriguez, P. Parra-Olea, G., Richards-Zawacki, C.L., Rödel, M.-O., Rovito, S.M., Soto-Azat, C., Toledo, L.F., Voyles, J., Weldon, C., Whitfield, S.M., Wilkinson, M., Zamudio, K.R., Canessa, S. (2019): Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science, 363(6434), 1459-1463. Link
    • Hirschfeld, M. & Rödel, M.-O. (2017): What makes a successful species? Traits facilitating survival in altered tropical forests. BMC Ecology 17(25). Link
    • Hirschfeld, M., D. C. Blackburn, T. M. Doherty‐Bone, L. N. Gonwouo, S. Ghose & M.‐O. Rödel (2016): Dramatic declines of montane frogs in a Central African biodiversity hotspot. PloS ONE 11: e0155129. Link