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Dr. Carsten Brühl
Date and place of Birth:
- Backnang - Germany
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Research Group Lead Community Ecology & Ecotoxicology, University Koblenz-Landau
- Institute of Environmental Sciences
University Koblenz-Landau
Fortstraße 7
D-76829 Landau
- Germany
- +49 6341-280310
- +49 6341-280326
- Biodiversity of ants in Sabah, Malaysia: influences of altitude, stratification and disturbance on community composition.
Taxonomy of south-east asian ants
Carabid beetles of Borneo
Influences of agricultural practice and pesticides on the diversity of arthropods in fields and orchards in Europe
- Borneo, Europe
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1988-2001: Extensive collection trips through Africa, Asia, USA and Mexico. Fieldwork on Entomology, Herpetology and Flora.
1993-2001: Fieldwork during the Diploma and PH.D thesis in various regions in Sabah, Malaysia. Cooperations with the University Malaysia Sabah, the authorities of Mount Kinabalu Nationalpark and Danum Valley, the Forest Research Centre and the Forestry Department Sabah (GTZ-Project: Malaysian-German Sustainable Forestry Program).
1996-2001: Curator of the ant reference collection at the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Würzburg.
2001-2005: Studies on benefical arthropods, monitoring of contracted study projects in the Terrestrial Ecology Section, Syngenta. Organisation of large-scale field studies on non-target arthropod communities in various crops (cereals, fruit orchards) in different EU countries, data analysis and ecological interpretation of results. Technical development of ecotoxicology studies in field and laboratory.
2006: Research Group Lead Community Ecology & Ecotoxicology at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau.
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Emily .B. Fitzherbert, Matt Struebig, Ben Phalan & Alexander Morel. 2007. Biodiversity and Oil Palm: an objective review. Biodiversity and Oil Palm Research Network. (With significant contributions from Paul Donald, Carsten A. Brühl and Hereward Corley). 26 pp.
Robert R. Dunn, Nathan J. Sanders, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Ed Laurent, Jean-Philippe Lessard, Donat Agosti, Alan Andersen, Carsten A. Brühl, Xim Cerda, Aaron Ellison, Brian Fisher, Heloise Gibb, Nicholas Gotelli, Aaron Gove, Benoit Guenard, Milan Janda, Michael Kaspari, John T. Longino, Jonathan Majer, Terrence P. McGlynn, Sean Menke, Catherine Parr, Stacy Philpott, Martin Pfeiffer, Javier Retana, Andy Suarez & Heraldo Vasconcelos (2007) Global Ant Biodiversity and Biogeography--A New Database and its Possibilities, Myrmecological news, 10, 77-83.
Tobias O. Bickel, Carsten A. Brühl, Jürgen R. Gadau, Bert Hölldobler & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2006) Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, 157-175.
Carsten A. Brühl, Renja Ohliger, Agnes Sporer, Henner Hollert und Ralf Schulz (2006): 11. Jahrestagung der SETAC-GLB in Landau - Umweltwissenschaften: Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie im Kontext (3.-5. September 2006 in Landau, Pfalz) Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstofforschung- Zeitschrift für Umwelchemie und Ökotoxikologie 18, 289-291.
Armin P. Moczek, Carsten A. Brühl & Frank T. Krell (2004) Linear and threshold-dependent expression of secondary sexual traits in the same individual: insights from a horned beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83, 473-480.
Carsten A. Brühl & Martin Pfeiffer (2004) WWW.antbase.de - an online ant collection from Borneo. ANeT newsletter 7, 14-16
Thomas Eltz, Carsten A. Brühl, Zamri Imiyabir & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2003) Nesting and nest trees of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah, Malaysia, with implications for forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 172: 301-313.
Carsten A. Brühl & Frank T. Krell (2003) Finding a rare resource: Bornean Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) attracted by defensive secretions of Diplopoda. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57 (1): 51-55.
Carsten A. Brühl, Thomas Eltz & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2003) Size does matter -Fragmentation of tropical rain forests in Sabah Malaysia and the effects on the leaf litter ant community. Biodiversity and Conservation, 12: 1371-1389.
Carsten A. Brühl (2003) Vollenhovia sp. aff. acanthina: an ant species that is building nests using resin. ANeT newsletter 6, 21-22.
Thomas Eltz, Carsten A. Brühl & Claudia Görke (2002) Collection of mould (Rhizopus sp.) spores in lieu of pollen by the stingless bee Trigona collina. Insectes Sociaux 49 (1), 28-30.
Thomas Eltz, Carsten A. Brühl, Sander Van der Kaars & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2002) Determinants of stingless bee nest density in lowland dipterocarp forests of Sabah, Malaysia. Oecologia, 131 (1), 27-34.
Carsten A. Brühl (2001) Leaf litter ant communities in tropical lowland rain forests in Sabah, Malaysia: effects of forest disturbance and fragmentation. Ph. D. thesis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg. 160 pp.
Carsten A. Brühl (2001) Attack from above - the story of the robberfly. Malaysian Naturalist, 54 (3), 38-39.
Carsten A. Brühl, Thomas Eltz & K. Eduard Linsenmair(2001) A sampling protocol for leaf litter ant communities in tropical rain forests. ANeT newsletter 3, 13-15.
K. Eduard Linsenmair & Carsten A. Brühl (2001) Luxury or necessity: on some aspects of the functional significance of biodiversity. Contributions to Global Change Research, German National Committee on Global Change Research, Bonn. 67-79.
Thomas Eltz & Carsten A. Brühl (2001) Ecological evaluation of forest management using leaf-litter ants and stingless bees as bioindicators. Biodiversity - Species and Biotope Conservation Series. GTZ. Eschborn. 59 pp.
Thomas Eltz, Carsten A. Brühl, Sander Van der Kaars & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2001) Assessing stingless bee pollen diets by analysis of garbage pellets: a new method. Apidologie, 32, 341-353.
Thomas Eltz, Carsten A. Brühl, Sander Van der Kaars & K. Eduard Linsenmair (2001) Pollen foraging and resource partitioning of stingless bees in relation to flowering dynamics in a Southeast Asian tropical rainforest. Insectes Sociaux 48, 273-279.
Tobias Bickel, Jürgen Gadau & Carsten A. Brühl (2001) The influence of habitat fragmentation and isolation on genetic diversity of leaf litter ant populations of Odontomachus rixosus in the rainforests of Borneo. Zoology, 104, Supplement IV. p. 25.
Carsten A. Brühl (2000) The association of a species of Gnamptogenys and a bug - myrmecophily or parasitism? ANeT newsletter, 2, 7-8.
Carsten A. Brühl, Maryati Mohamed & K. Eduard Linsenmair (1999) Altitudinal distribution of leaf litter ants along a transect in primary forests on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 15, 265-277.
Rudolf Malkmus, Carsten A. Brühl & Thomas Eltz (1999) Amfibieen en reptielen van Deramakot (Sabah, Maleisie). Lacerta, 57, 191-199.
Brigitte Fiala & Carsten A. Brühl (1998) Diversity and stratification of ants in Kinabalu Park, 18-32. In: Tropical Ecosystem Research in Sabah, p. 93-100. Eds. Maryati Mohamed, Jamili Nais & Henry Bernard, University Malaysia Sabah.
Matja Gogala, Yong Hoi-Sen & Carsten A. Brühl (1998) Maternal care in Pygoplatys bugs (Heteroptera: Tesseratomidae). European Journal of Entomology, 95, 311-315. Carsten A. Brühl, Gunik Gunsalam & K. Eduard Linsenmair(1998) Stratification of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a primary rain forest in Sabah, Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 14, 285-297.
Carsten A. Brühl (1997) Flightless insects: a test case for historical relationships of African mountains. Journal of Biogeography, 24, 233-250.
Carsten A. Brühl (1996) Ameisenzönosen in einem Primärwaldgradienten am Mount Kinabalu, Borneo: Höhenverbreitung und Stratifizierung. Diploma thesis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg. 136 pp.
Carsten A. Brühl (1993) Überblick über Geographie, Geologie, Klima und Vegetations-formationen der Insel São Tomé (Golf von Guinea). Faunistische Abhandlungen des Museums für Tierkunde, Dresden 19 (2), 5-16.
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Carsten Brühl (2007): Biodiversity of Leaf Litter Ants - Effects of Disturbance and Fragmentation of Rain Forests in Sabah, Malaysia. International Conference Biodiversity Crisis on Tropical Islands , Brunei Darussalam. Invited speaker.
Martin Pfeiffer & Carsten Brühl (2007) Low species richness and high impact of invasive species in arboreal ant communities (Hymenoptera / Formicidae) in oil palm plantations - a threat to natural biodiversity in Malaysia. International Conference Biodiversity Crisis on Tropical Islands , Brunei Darussalam. Poster presentation.
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Rudolf Malkmus, Ulrich Manthey, Gernot Vogel, Peter Hoffmann & Joachim Kosuch (2002) Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo), Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, Germany, 424 pp. (Contribution of photgraphs)
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