Dr. Thomas Rödl

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Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsSensory and Behavioural Biology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Keywordsb) Introduced Species, predation risk,, c) human disturbance, d) Galapagos, e) wildlife biology, a) Wariness, Stress Response,

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityFreising
InstitutionTechnische Universität München
InstituteStudienfakultät Forstwissenschaft und Ressourcenmanagement

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin WikelskiDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2002

Programme(s)

2002Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Silke Berger, Martin Wikelski, L. Michael Romero, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Thomas Rödl: Behavioral and physiological adjustments to new predation threat in an endemic island species, the Galápagos marine iguana.. In: Hormones and Behavior, 2007, 653-663
2007Thomas Rödl, Silke Berger, L. Michael Romero, Martin Wikelski: Tameness and stress physiology in a predator-naïve island species confronted with novel predation threat. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2007, 577-582
2005Silke Berger, Lynn B Martin II, Martin Wikelski, L Michael Romero, Elisabeth K V Kalko, Maren N Vitousek, Thomas Rödl: Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galapagos marine iguanas during reproduction. In: Hormones and Behavior, 2005, 419-429
2004Silke Berger, Thomas Rödl, Elisabeth K V Kalko, Martin Wikelski: Influence of introduced predators on flight behavior and corticosterone concentrations in Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). In: Advances in Ethology, 2004, 22-22
2004Thomas Rödl, Silke Berger, L Michael Romero, Martin Wikelski: Testing the stress response to human disturbance in a 'tame' island reptile species. In: Advances in Ethology, 2004, 44-44