Prof. Dr. Jana Anja Eccard

Lebenslauf

2019                       Forschungssabbatical am Trinity College Dublin, Zoologie

Seit 2008              Professur für Tierökologie an der Universität Potsdam

2007                       Habilitation in Zoologie , Universität Bielefeld

2004 - 2008          Assistenzprofessor, Department of Animal Behavior, Universität Bielefeld

2002 und 2005   Elternzeiten

2002 - 2004          Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin , Centre of Excellency in Evolutionary Ecology, Jyväskylä University (Finland)

1998 - 2002          Promotionsstudentin University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Bis 1998                Studium der Biologie und Soziologie an den Universitäten Jyväskylä (FI), Jena, Dublin (IRL), Kaiserslautern and
                                 Hamburg

Projekte

DFG Projekte

Verhaltungsanpassungen an biologische Invasionsprozesse
Artenvielfalt und Nagetier-übertragene Krankheiten
Individuelle Unterschiede und Koexistenz
Effekte von Populationsdichten und Saison auf die Tierpersönlichkeit
Lernen und Entscheidungsfindung

Langzeitprojekt: Effekte von Bioperturbation auf Biodiversität, Wasser- und Nährstofftransport

Seit 2015 untersuchen wir in einem Experiment die Effekte von Bioperturbation durch Wühlmäuse auf Parzellen in einem einfachen Lysimeter an der Biologischen Station Gülpe

Wilske B, Eccard JA, Zistl-Schlingmann M, Hohmann M, Methler A, et al. (2015) Effects of Short Term Bioturbation by Common Voles on Biogeochemical Soil Variables. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126011

Publikationen

Publikationen mit der AG Tierökologie

Andere

Schlägel UE, Grimm V, Blaum N, Colangeli P, Dammhahn M, Eccard JA, Hausmann SL, Herde A, Hofer H, Joshi J, Kramer‐Schadt S, Litwin M, Lozada‐Gobilard SD, Müller MEH, Müller T, Nathan R, Petermann JS, Pirhofer‐Walzl K, Radchuk V, Rillig MC, Roeleke M, Schäfer M, Scherer C, Schiro G, Scholz C, Teckentrup L, Tiedemann R, Ullmann W, Voigt CC, Weithoff G, Jeltsch F (2020) Movement-mediated community assembly and coexistence. Biological Reviews 95:1073–1096 . https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12600

Riebold D, Russow K, Schlegel M, Wollny T, Thiel J, Freise J, Hüppop O, Eccard JA, Plenge-Bönig A, Loebermann M, Ulrich RG, Klammt S, Mettenleiter TC, Reisinger EC (2019) Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Small Mammals from Germany. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 20:125–133 . https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2019.2457

Sander MM, Eccard JA, Heim W (2017) Flight range estimation of migrant Yellow-browed Warblers Phylloscopus inornatus on the East Asian Flyway. Bird Study 64(4):1-4. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2017.1409696 Schneider A-K, van Schaik L, Zangerlé A, Eccard JA, Schröder B (2016) Which abiotic filters shape earthworm distribution patterns at the catchment scale? European Journal of Soil Science. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12346

Eccard JA, Meißner JK, Heurich M (2015) European Roe Deer Increase Vigilance When Faced with Immediate Predation Risk by Eurasian Lynx. Ethology 121:1-11. DOI:10.1111/eth.12420

Wilske B, Eccard JA, Zistl-Schlingmann M, Hohmann M, Methler A, et al. (2015) Effects of Short Term Bioturbation by Common Voles on Biogeochemical Soil Variables. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126011

Zehe E, Ehret U, Pfister L, Blume T, Schröder B, Westhoff M, Jackisch C, Schymanski S J, Weiler M, Schulz K, Allroggen N, Tronicke J, van Schaik L, Dietrich P, Scherer U, Eccard J, Wulfmeyer V, and Kleidon A (2014) HESS Opinions: From response units to functional units: a thermodynamic reinterpretation of the HRU concept to link spatial organization and functioning of intermediate scale catchments, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4635-4655, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4635-2014, 2014.

Jeltsch F, Bonte D, Pe'er G, Reineking B, Leimgruber P, Balkenhol N, Schröder B, Buchmann C M, Mueller T, Blaum N, Zurell D, Böhning-Gaese K, Wiegand T, Eccard JA, Hofer H, Reeg J, Eggers U (2013) Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research-exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics. Movement Ecology, 1, 1-6 doi:10.1186/2051-3933-1-6

Reil D, Imholt C, Schmidt S, Rosenfeld UM, Ulrich RG, Eccard JA, Jacob J (2011) Relationship between bank vole abundance, seroprevalence and human hantavirus infections. Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432:197

Eccard JA (2011) Foraging in risk-homogeneous landscapes–a spatial model for pest species distribution and damage in agriculture? Julius-Kühn-Archiv 96

Bielefeld

Eccard JA, Fey K, Caspers BA, Ylönen H (2011) Breeding state and season affect interspecific interaction types: indirect resource competition and direct interference. Oecologia 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2008-y

Haupt, M, Eccard, JA, Winter, Y (2010) Does spatial learning ability of common voles (Microtus arvalis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) constrain foraging efficiency?  Animal Cognition 13: 783-91. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0327-8

Eccard, JA, Wolf, JBW (2009) Effects of brood size on multiple paternity rates: a case for paternity share as an offspring-based estimate, and its confidence intervals. Animal Behaviour 78: 563-571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.008R-script

Eccard, JA, Liesenjohann, T (2008) Foraging decisions in risk-uniform landscapes. PLoS ONE 3(10): e3438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003438

Südafrika

Blumroeder J, Eccard JA, Blaum N (2012) Behavioural flexibility in foraging mode of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) seems to buffer negative impacts of savanna degradation. Journal of Arid Environments, 77(0):149-152.http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Eccard, JA, Dean, WRJ, Wichmann, M, Huttunen, S, Eskelinen, E, Jeltsch, F, Moloney, K (2006) Use of large Acacia trees by the cavity dwelling Black-tailed Tree Rat in the Southern Kalahari. Journal of Arid  Environments 64: 604-615.

Eccard, JA, Walther, RB, Milton, SJ (2000) How livestock grazing affects vegetation structures and small mammal distribution in the semi-arid Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 46: 103-106.

Finnland

Klemme I, Bäumer J, Eccard JA and Ylönen H (2014), Polyandrous females produce sons that are successful at post-copulatory competition. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 457–465. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12334

Eccard J A, Klemme I (2013) Reducing mortality of shrews in rodent live trapping - a method increasing live-trap selectivity with shrew exits. Annals of Zoologi Fennici, 50, 371-376 http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anz50-free/Eccard35634-free.pdf

Klemme I, Kataja-aho S, Eccard JA, Ylonen H (2012) Variable mode of estrus affects female decision for multiple mating. Behavioural Ecology 23:361-367 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr193

Eccard, JA, Jokinen I and Ylönen H (2011) Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks BMC Ecology , 11:16 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-11-16

Eccard, JA, Pusenius, J, Sundell, J, Ylönen, H, Halle, S (2008) Foraging patterns of voles at heterogeneous avian and uniform mustelid predation risk. Oecologia  157: 725-734. doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1100-4

Klemme, I, Ylönen, H, Eccard, JA (2008) Long term fitness benefits of polyandry in a small mammal, the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:1095-1100. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0038

Klemme, I, Ylönen, H, Eccard, JA (2008) Why do female bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus, mate multiply? Animal Behaviour 73: 623-628 doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.010

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2007) Costs of coexistence along a gradient of competitor densities: an experiment with arvicoline rodents. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 65-71. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01175.x

Klemme, I, Ylönen, H, Eccard, JA (2007)  Reproductive success of male bank voles (Clethrionomys  glareolus): the effect of operational sex ratio and body size. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiolgy 61: 1911-1918, DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0431-1.

Trebaticá L, Ketola T, Klemme I, Eccard JA, Ylönen H (2007) Is reproduction really costly? Energy metabolism of bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) females through reproductive cycle. Ecoscience 14: 306-313. DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860

von Blanckenhagen, F, Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2007) Animal protein as a constraint in spring reproduction in the bank vole? Ecoscience 14: 323-329. doi:10.2980/1195-6860

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2006) Adaptive food choice of bank voles in a novel environment: choices benefit reproductive status during winter and spring. Annales Zoologici Fennici 43: 2-8.

Klemme, I, Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2006) Do female bank voles mate multiply to improve on prevoius mates? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 415-421.

Klemme, I, Eccard, JA,  Gerlach, G, Horne, T, Ylönen, H (2006) Does it pay to be a dominant male in a promiscuous species? Annales Zoologici Fennici 43: 248–257.

Ylönen, H, Eccard, JA, Jokinen, IE, Sundell, J (2005) Is the antipredatory response in behaviour reflected in stress measured in faecal corticosteroids? Laboratory experiments on the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology  60: 350-358.

Eccard, JA, Meyer, J, Sundell, J  (2004) Space use, circadian activity pattern, and mating system of the nocturnal tree rat Thallomys nigricauda. Journal of Mammalogy 85, 440-445.

Ylönen, H, Eccard, JA (2004) Does quality of winter food affect female spring condition and breeding in the bank vole? Ecoscience 11: 1-5.

Ylönen, H, Sundell, J, Eccard, JA, Tiilikainen, R, Horne, T (2003) Weasels' (Mustela nivalis nivalis) preference for olfactory cues of the vole (Clethrionomys glareolus). Ecology 86: 1147-1152.

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2003) Who bears the costs of interspecific competition in an age structured population? Ecology 84: 3284-3293.

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2003) From population size fluctuations to individuals’ fitness: Research on interspecific competition in small rodents. Evolutionary Ecology 17: 423-440.

Sundell, J, Eccard, JA, Tiilikainen, R, Ylönen, H (2003) Predation rate, prey preference and predator switching: experiments on voles and weasels. Oikos 101: 615-623.

Eccard, JA, Klemme, I, Horne, T, Ylönen, H (2002) Effects of competition and season on survival and maturation of young bank vole females. Evolutionary Ecology 16(2): 85-99.

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2002) Direct interference or indirect exploitation? An experimental study of fitness costs of interspecific competition in voles. Oikos, 99: 580-590.

Eccard, JA, Ylönen, H (2001) Initiation of breeding after winter in Clethrionomys – the effects of food quality and population density. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1743-1753.