Britta Kunz
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Mertonstraße 17-21, Jügelhaus, 3rd floor, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main
| Room: | 327 C |
| Phone: | 069 / 7542 - 1879 (Wed-Fr) |
| Fax: | 069 / 7542 - 1800 |
Institute of Ecology, Evolution & Diversity, Department of Ecology and Geobotany
Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main
| Room: | C 1.319 |
| Phone: | 069 / 798 - 42137 (Mo & Tue) |
| Fax: | 069 / 798 - 42131 |
| E-Mail: | b.kunz (at) bio.uni-frankfurt.de |
Topics
- Endozoochorous seed dispersal
- Pre-dispersal seed predation
- Secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles (Scarabaeidea)
- Mechanisms of fruit and seed selection
- Behavioural ecology
CV
Since July 2011
Project leader "Biotic interactions - Seed dispersal by large herbivores" at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
September 2010-June 2011
Postdoc at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BIK-F)
September 2009-August 2010
Postdoc at the Goethe-University Frankfurt
2009
Dissertation "Frugivory and seed dispersal: ecological interactions between baboons, plants, and dung beetles in the savanna-forest mosaic of West Africa." University of Würzburg.
2008 – 2009
Fulltime research associate at the Dept. of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg.
2003 - 2008
Fulltime freelanced biologist. Monitoring of different animal taxa (FFH) in the scope of environmental impact assessments and 'Spezieller Artenschutzrechtlicher Prüfungen (saP)', teaching.
1996
Voluntary activities (NGO's) in Benin, West Africa
1988 - 1995
Study of Biology and Geography at the Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany. Major: Zoology (Ecology, Tropical Biology); Minor: Botany and Geography
Diploma thesis "Autecology, temporal and spatial distribution pattern of the Lilacine Amazon (Amazona autumnalis lilacina, Psittacidae) in western Ecuador, and its population dynamics under direct and indirect human influences".
Awards
2005
1st Congress of the European Federation for Primatology, Göttingen: Second award oral presentations (Ph.D. students & postdocs)
2003
Annual meeting of the German Society of Primatology, Leipzig: best oral presentation (Ph.D. students & postdocs)