Jennifer Brunke

since 04.2010

Doctoral student at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Doctoral Thesis: "Effects of habitat fragmentation in a tropical rainforest ecosystem: a case study on the genetic diversity of small mammal communities in the lower Kinabatangan floodplain in Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)"
    Supervisor: Prof. U. Radespiel, Prof. E. Zimmermann

since 12.2009

Research assistant at the Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

10.2009

Student assistant at the Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany: Co-supervision of zoo course

2007 – 2009

Study of Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany (Master of Science)
Master Thesis: "Perception and categorisation of communication calls in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)" Supervisor: Prof. E. Zimmermann

2004 - 2007

Study of Biology at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Bachelor of Science)

Bachelor Thesis:  "Interactions of Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) and Impala (Aepyceros melampus) with Grants's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) in the Zoo of Hannover" Supervisor: Dr. R. Löhmer

08.2002 - 02.2003

Employment as Pharmacy technician at the Katharinen Apotheke, Duingen, Germany

2000 - 2003

Professional training of a Pharmacy technician Justus-von-Liebig School Hannover, Germany

1993 - 2000

General Qualification for University Entrance Robert-Bosch Comprehensive School, Hildesheim, Germany

I. Articles in peer reviewed journals

2019

Brunke J., Radespiel U., Russo I.-R., Bruford M.W., Goossens B. (2019): Messing about on the river: the role of geographic barriers in shaping the genetic structure of Bornean small mammals in a fragmented landscape Conservation Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01159-3

2011

Konerding, W., Brunke, J., Schehka, S., Zimmermann, E. (2011): Is acoustic evaluation of communication calls in a non-primate mammal, the tree shrew, affected by context? Anim. Cogn. Doi: 10.1007/s10071-011-0411-8

II. Abstracts of international conferences

2017

Brunke J., Zimmermann E., Bruford M.W., Goossens B., Radespiel U. (2017) Connecting in a fragmented landscape - Dispersal and genetic structure in a tropical small mammal, the Bornean tree shrew (Tupaia longipes) European Conference of Tropical Ecology: (re)connecting tropical biodiversity in space and time, Brussels, Belgium (06.2.-10.2.2017)

2016

Brunke J., Bruford M.W., Goossens B., Radespiel U. (2016): The role of geographic barriers in shaping the genetic structure of Bornean small mammals European Conference of Tropical Ecology: Tropical diversity, ecology and land use, Göttingen, Germany (23.2.-26.2.2016)

2015

Brunke J., Radespiel U., Bruford M.W., Goossens B. (2015): Down by the river – Phylogeographical structure of Bornean small mammals in a fragmented landscape 10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology, and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin (28.9.-01.10.2015)

2011

Zimmermann, E.; Konerding, W.; Brunke, J.; Schehka, S. (2011): Acoustic evaluation in a non-primate mammal, the tree shrew, not solely affected by context. Behavior 2011, Joint meeting of the the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) & International Ethological Conference (IEC), Bloomington, Indiana, 25.7.-30.7.2011, p. 265-266.

2010

Brunke J., Schehka S., Zimmermann E. (2010): Acoustic cues in communication calls of tree shrews. [Poster] International Symposium on the Evolution of Emotional Communication, Günzburg, Germany   

2009

Brunke J., Konerding W., Zimmermann E. (2009): Like or unlike: Spontaneous discrimination of communication calls in tree shrews. [Poster] 31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, France

2011

Travel Grant from "Calenberg-Grubenhagensche Landschaft"

2009

Travel grant from “Freunde der TiHo e.V.”

08.2010 - 11.2010

DAAD fellowship for Sabah, Malaysia