Anna Bastian
Anna Bastian
PhD student
Supervised by PD Dr. S. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. H. Pröhl, PD Dr. B. Siemers
Involved in: "Acoustic communication during ritualised courtship in the Indian False Vampire Bat, Megaderma lyra"
Main interests
My main research interest is the understanding of the manifold forces which lead to recent species richness and diversification, especially in mammals and particularly in echolocating bats. Understanding biodiversity requires an integrative approach comprising ethological analyses, classical morphology and phylogenetic methods as it is implemented in my current PhD project. It centers on the taxonomic assessment of a Cuban bat species at population level by investigating different traits which could have been shaped by selection pressures.
Anna Bastian
Professional and scientific career
since 01.2008
Selected for the Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
since 11.2007
PhD student
2006
Diploma in Biology (Dipl.-Biol.) Title: “Videoanalysis of contexspecific social behavior communication calls in the Indian False Vampire bat, Megaderma lyra”
1999 - 2006
Study of Biology at the Leibniz University of Hannover.
Awards & grants
- short-term graduation fund of Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences, Hanover. (01.2011 - 04.2011)
- Bayer HealthCare three-year PhD grant (2008 - 2011)
- GdF travel grant for congresses term 2006 (GdF = Association of the friends of the TiHo).
Publications
I. Articles in peer reviewed journals
2008
Bastian, A. and Schmidt, S.: „Affect cues in vocalizations of the bat, Megaderma lyra, during agonistic interactions“ The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 124, Issue 1, pp. 598-608, 2008
II. Abstracts of international conferences (2011 - 2007)
2011
Bastian, A., Mora, E. and Schmidt, S.: “Population differences in manoveuvrability and prey capture success in the Cuban bat, Macrotus waterhousii minor”. Meeting of German Bat Researchers, Loccum, Germany.
2010
Bastian, A., Winter, R., Mora, E. and Schmidt S.: “Indications for a divergence of two morphotypes of the bat, Macrotus waterhousii minor in passive listening, echolocation and manoeuvrability”. 103rd Annual Conference of the German Zoological Society, Hamburg, Germany.
Bastian, A., Mora, E. and Schmidt, S.: “Speciation in progress? Phonotypes and genetic differences in two coexisting morphotypes of Macrotus waterhousii minor”. 15th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
2009
Bastian, A. and Schmidt, S. (2009): “Individual communication affects ritualized courtship – a case study in the bat, Megaderma lyra” 31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, France.
Bastian, A. and Schmidt, S.: “Distinct phonotypes in Macrotus waterhousii minor sonar calls – an indicator for habitat driven speciation?” 102nd Annual Conference of the German Zoological Society, Regensburg, Germany.
Bastian, A. and Schmidt, S.: “Effects of females on male ritualized courtship – a case study in the bat Megaderma lyra”. 102nd Annual Conference of the German Zoological Society, Regensburg, Germany.
Bastian, A.: “ A first approach to morphotype differentiation of Macrotus waterhousii minor by echolocation calls”. PhD program “Veterinary Research and Animal Biology”. Hannover, Germany.
Bastian, A. and Schmidt, S.: „A first approach to morphotype differentiation of Macrotus waterhousii minor by echolocation calls”. Meeting of German Bat Researchers, Frauenchiemsee, Germany.
2007
Schmidt, S., A. Bastian, V. Melchers, Chattopadhyay, B. and Sripathi, K. : „How bats communicate aggression“. 14th International Bat Research Conference, Merida, Mexico.
Bastian, A.: „Coding the degree of aggression in the behavioral display and call structure of the bat, Megaderma lyra“. Meeting of German Bat Researchers, Berlin, Germany.