Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dausmann

CURRICULUM VITAE

Scientific journals and books

• Dausmann KH, Warnecke L (2016) Primate torpor expression: ghost of the climatic past. Physiology 31(6):398-408
• Blanco MB, Dausmann KH, Faherty S, Klopfer P, Krystal A, Schopler R, Yoder AD (2016) Hibernation in a Primate: Does sleep occur? Royal Society Open Science 3: 160282
• Reher S, Dausmann KH, Warnecke L, Turner J (2016) The influence of food availability on red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) spatial distribution patterns in an urban environment. Journal of Mammalogy 97(6): 1543-1554
  
• Dausmann KH, Blanco MB (2016) Possible causes and consequences of different hibernation patterns in Cheirogaleus species – Mitovy fatsy sahala. In: Lehmann S, Radespiel U, Zimmermann E (eds) Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar: Biology, Behavior and Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 335-349
• Berg W, Theisinger O, Dausmann KH (2015) Evaluation of skin temperature measurements as suitable surrogate of body temperature in lizards under field conditions. Herpetological Review 46(2): 157-161
• Dausmann KH (2015) No energetic benefits from sociality in tropical hibernation. Functional Ecology 29(4): 498-505
• Nowack J, Dausmann KH (2015) Can heterothermy help the colonization of new habitats? Mammalian review 45(2): 117-127
• Dausmann KH (2014) Flexible patterns in energy savings: heterothermy in primates. Journal of Zoology 292: 101-111
• Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU, Dausmann KH (2014) Torpor is not the only option: seasonal variations of the thermoneutral zone in a small primate. JCP B 184(6):789-797
• Pretzlaff I, Rau D, Dausmann KH (2014) Energy expenditure increases during the active season in the small, free-living hibernator Muscardinus avellanarius. Mammalian Biology 97(3): 208-214
• Blanco MB, Dausmann KH, Ranaivoarisoa JF, Yoder AD (2013) Underground hibernation in a primate. Scientific Reports 3: 1768 doi: 10.1038/srep01768
• Dausmann KH (2013) Spoilt for choice – Selection of hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius. In: Masters J, Gamba M, Génin F (eds) Leaping ahead: Advances in prosimian biology. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York Heidelberg, pp 205-214
• Dausmann KH, Wein J, Turner JM, Glos J (2013) Absence of torpor in the European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Mammalian Biology 78: 332– 335
• Nowack J, Dausmann KH, Mzilikazi N (2013) Nonshivering thermogenesis in the African lesser bushbaby Galago moholi. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 3811-3817
• Nowack J, Mzilikazi N, Dausmann KH (2013) Torpor as an emergency solution in Galago moholi: heterothermy is triggered by different constraints. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183: 547-556
• Nowack J, Wippich M, Mzilikazi N, Dausmann KH (2013) Surviving the cold, dry period in Africa: Behavioral adjustments as an alternative to heterothermy in the African lesser bushbaby (Galago moholi). International Journal of Primatology 34: 49-64
• Dausmann KH (2012) The pitfalls of body temperature measurements. Naturwissenschaften 99:511-513
• Dausmann KH, Nowack J, Kobbe S, Mzilikazi N (2012) Afrotropical heterothermy: a continuum of possibilities. In: Ruf T, Bieber C, Arnold W, Millesi E (eds). Living in a seasonal world: thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations.  Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 13-27
• Pretzlaff I, Dausmann KH (2012) Impact of climatic variation on the hibernation physiology of Muscardinus avellanarius. In: Ruf T, Bieber C, Arnold W, Millesi E (eds). Living in a seasonal world: thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations.  Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 85-97
• Rödel H, Dausmann KH, Starkloff A, Schubert M, von Holst D, Hudson R (2012) Diurnal nursing pattern of wild-type European rabbits under natural breeding conditions. Mammalian Biology 77: 441-446
• Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU, Dausmann KH (2011) Extreme individual flexibility of heterothermy in free-ranging Malagasy mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). JCP B 181(1): 165-173
• Lahann P, Dausmann KH (2011) Live fast, die young: flexibility of life-history traits in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). BES 65: 381-390
• Dausmann, KH (2010) Effective predation defence in Cheirogaleus medius. Lemur News 15: 18-20
• Nowack J, Mzilikazi K, Dausmann KH (2010) Torpor on Demand: Heterothermy in non-lemur primates Galago moholi. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10797 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010797
• Pretzlaff I, Kerth G, Dausmann KH (2010) Communally breeding bats use physiological and behavioural adjustments to optimize daily energy expenditure. Naturwissenschaften 97(4): 353-363
• Schwensow N, Dausmann K, Eberle M, Fietz J, Sommer S (2010) Functional associations of similar MHC alleles and shared parasite species in two sympatric lemurs. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 10(5): 662-8
• Dausmann KH, Glos J, Heldmaier G (2009) Energetics of tropical hibernation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179: 345-357
• Kobbe S, Dausmann KH (2009) Hibernation in Malagasy mouse lemurs as a strategy to counter environmental challenge. Naturwissenschaften 96: 1221-1227
• Dausmann KH (2008) Hypometabolism in primates; torpor and hibernation. In: Lovegrove BG and McKechnie AE (eds) Hypometabolism in Animals: Torpor, Hibernation and Cryobiology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, pp 327-336
• Dausmann KH, Glos J, Linsenmair KE, Ganzhorn JU (2008) Improved recruitment of a lemur dispersed tree in Malagasy dry forest after the demise of vertebrates in forest fragments. Oecologia 157: 307–316
• Glos J, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2008) Modeling the habitat use of Aglyptodactylus laticeps, an endangered dry-forest frog from Western Madagascar. In: Andreone F (ed) A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, pp 125-142
• Glos J, Wegner F, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2008) Oviposition-site selection in an endangered Madagascan frog: experimental evaluation of a habitat model and its implications for conservation. Biotropica 40(5): 646-652
• Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann KH and Sommer S (2008) MHC-associated mating strategies and the importance of overall genetic diversity in an obligate pair-living primate. Evolutionary Ecology 22(5): 617-636
• Glos J, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2007) Mixed-species social aggregations in Madagascan tadpoles – determinants and species composition. Journal of Natural History 41: 1965-1977
• Glos J, Erdmann G, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2007) A comparative study of predator-induced social aggregation of tadpoles in two anuran species from western Madagascar. Herpetological Journal 17(8): 261-268
• Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann KH, and Sommer S (2007) Neutral versus adaptive variation in parasite resistance: importance of MHC-supertypes in a free-ranging primate. Heredity 99: 265-277
• Fietz J, Dausmann KH (2006) Big is beautiful: fat storage and hibernation as a strategy to cope with marked seasonality in the fat-tailed dwarf lemus (Cheirogaleus medius). In: Gould L and Sauther ML (eds) Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 97-111
• Dausmann KH (2005) Measuring body temperature in the field – evaluation of external vs. implanted transmitters in a small mammal. Journal of Thermal Biology 30: 195-202
• Dausmann KH, Glos J, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2005) Hibernation in the tropics: lessons from a primate. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175: 147-155
• Dausmann KH, Glos J, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2004) Hibernation in a tropical primate. Nature 429: 825-826
• Fietz J, Schlund W, Dausmann KD, Regelmann M, Heldmaier G (2004) Energetic constraints on sexual activity in the male edible dormouse (Glis glis). Oecologia 138: 202-209
• Fietz J, Dausmann KH (2003) Costs and potential benefits of parental care in the nocturnal fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). Folia Primatologica 74: 246-258
• Fietz J, Tataruch F, Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU (2003) White adipose tissue composition in the free-ranging fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius; Primates), a tropical hibernator. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 173: 1-10
• Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2000) Body temperature and metabolic rate of a hibernating primate in Madagascar: Preliminary results from a field study. In: Heldmaier G and Klingenspor M (eds) Life in the Cold: 11th International Hibernation Symposium. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 41-47
• Fietz J, Zischler H, Schwiegk C, Tomiuk J, Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU (2000) High rates of extra-pair young in the pair-living fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:8-17

Other publications

• Dausmann KH (2015) Winterschläfer auf Madagaskar. DFG forschung 1/2015: 22-27
• Dausmann KH (2007) Kommentare zum Artikel "Madagaskars Lemures - Am Rande der Existenz", National Geographic Deutschland, Hamburg
• Dausmann KH, Reh U (2007) Ein Traum für Rudi. Kinderbuch über madagassische Tiere.
• Dausmann KH (2004) Physiological basis of tropical hibernation in the Malagasy primate Cheirogaleus medius. PhD thesis, Department of Animal Physiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Dausmann KH (1997) Sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenprädation im westmadagassischen Trockenwald: Das Schicksal lemuren-ausgebreiteter Samen. Diplomarbeit. Fakultät für Biologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg