Ich leite die Abteilung Evolutionäre Diversitätsdynamik am MfN, bin Co-Leiter des Forschungsbereichs „Dynamik der Natur“ und Professorin für Evolutionäre Ethologie an der HU Berlin. Mein Labor befasst sich mit Verhaltensökologie, Tierkommunikation und Kognition bei Fledermäusen.

Publikationen

æ Schabacker, T., Castiglione, R., Snijders, L., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Social vocalizations indicate behavioural type in Glossophagine bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292(2039). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2217

Fernandez, A., Serve, N., Fabian, S.C., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Author response: Maternal behavior influences vocal practice and learning processes in the greater sac-winged bat. eLife. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.99474.2.sa0

æ Asmus, J., Frommolt, K.H., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Lost in Translation - how Transparency can improve Comparability and Reusability in Acoustic Bat Research. Authorea. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174265925.50630017/v1

æ Knörnschild, M., Nagy, M., Russo, D. (2025). Bats resolve conflicting sensory information for individual recognition. Current Biology, 35(8), 1883-1889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.060

Fernandez, A., Serve, N., Fabian, S.C., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Maternal behavior influences vocal practice and learning processes in the greater sac-winged bat. eLife. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.99474.2

æ Asmus, J., Frommolt, K., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Lost in Translation—How Transparency Can Improve Comparability and Reusability in Acoustic Bat Research. Ecology and Evolution, 15(8). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71883

Fernandez, A.A., Serve, N., Fabian, S.C., Knörnschild, M. (2024). Maternal behavior influences vocal practice and learning processes in the greater sac-winged bat. bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.20.594963

æ Ewert, S.P., Knörnschild, M., Jung, K., Frommolt, K.H. (2025). Through the magnifying glass: Untangling fine-scale foraging choices of bats between cropland and adjacent dry grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 396, 109941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109941

Sturm, U., Tscholl, M. (Hrsg.). (2025). [Box] Großer Abendsegler. Berlin, Germany: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung. URL: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/forschung/reihe-berliner-stadtnatur

æ Fernandez, A.A., Serve, N., Fabian, S.C., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Maternal behavior influences vocal practice and learning processes in the greater sac-winged bat. eLife, 13, RP99474. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.99474.3

æ Chaverri, G., Sagot, M., Stynoski, J.L., Araya-Salas, M., Araya-Ajoy, Y., Nagy, M., Knörnschild, M., Chaves-Ramírez, S., Rose, N., Sánchez-Chavarría, M., Jiménez-Torres, Y., Ulloa-Sanabria, D., Solís-Hernández, H., Carter, G.G. (2024). Calling to the collective: contact calling rates within groups of disc-winged bats do not vary by kinship or association. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1905), 20230195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0195

æ Ewert, S.P., Knörnschild, M., Jung, K., Frommolt, K.H. (2023). Structurally rich dry grasslands – Potential stepping stones for bats in open farmland. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 995133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.995133

æ Tietge, M., Durán, E., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Cooperative behaviors and social interactions in the carnivorous bat Vampyrum spectrum. PLoS ONE, 20(8), e0321338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321338

Holtz, S., Hechavarria, J., Knörnschild, M., Scharff, C. (2025). Do it yourself: Creating 3D brain-surface models and custom-made brain matrices for guided sectioning using photogrammetry and three-dimensional printing technology. Neuroscience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.27.635028

æ Russo, D., Schild, A.B., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Meows encode less individual information than purrs and show greater variability in domestic than in wild cats. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 43490. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-31536-7

æ Alvarez Van Tussenbroek, I., Knörnschild, M., Nagy, M., O'Toole, B.P., Formenti, G., Philge, P., Zhang, N., Abueg, L., Brajuka, N., Jarvis, E., Volkert, T.L., Gray, J.L., Pieri, M., Mai, M., Teeling, E.C., Vernes, S.C., The Bat Biology Foundation, The Bat1K Consortium (2024). [Data Note:] The genome sequence of Rhynchonycteris naso, Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Rhynchonycteris). Wellcome Open Research, 9, 361. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19959.1

æ Tietge, M., Durán, E., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Cooperative Behaviors and Social Interactions in the Carnivorous BatVampyrum spectrum. bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.06.641965

æ Printz, L., Lustig, A., Nagy, M., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Mating system and copulatory behavior of the greater mouse‐eared bat (Myotis myotis). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15390

æ Bergmann, A., Gloza‐Rausch, F., Knörnschild, M. (2025). Detecting newly installed bat boxes: Bats’ prior familiarity with artificial roosts may play a bigger role than improved echo-reflective properties. PLoS ONE, 20(4), e0321129-e0321129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321129