Markus Handschuh
Dipl. Biol
PhD student
Tel: 0176 64 753 995
Mail: markus.handschuh[at]gmx.de
- Since 2013: Phd "Ecology of Wild Boar Sus scrofa in the vicinity of protected areas" at the Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University Freiburg
- May 2002: Master’s degree ("Diplom-Biologe") at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Final grade: 1.16. Thesis: The suitability of young forest stands on former wind-throw areas in the northern Black Forest as habitat for Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia– a comparison with forest stands inhabited by the species in the southern Vosges Mountains. In German. University of Tübingen and Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.
Professional history
Amongst others
- Since November 2020. Black Forest National Park, Dept. Ecosystem Monitoring, Research and Species Conservation. Project: Protection of natural processes and species conservation in the Black Forest National Park.
- Since March 2019. Freelance Biologist.
- January 2017 - February 2019. Ecological Consulting Mathias Kramer, Tübingen. Research Biologist.
- Since January 2017: Ecological Consulting Mathias Kramer, Tübingen. Research Biologist.
- January 2013 - December 2016: Game Research Institute, Agricultural Centre Baden-Württemberg (LAZBW), Aulendorf, Germany. PhD position in the project "Wildschweinproblematik im Umfeld von Schutzgebieten".
- Since January 2013: Game Research Institute, Agricultural Centre Baden-Württemberg (LAZBW), Aulendorf, Germany. PhD position in the project "Wildschweinproblematik im Umfeld von Schutzgebieten".
- July & August 2012: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg. Research Assistant. Short-term contract in the project: "Ecology of Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in the eastern Italian Alps".
Further experience
Amongst others
- 2013: Capture and satellite tagging of Bengal Florican Houbaropsis b. bengalensis in Nepal. Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
- 2012: Breeding biological study of the Hoopoe Upupa epops in Hessia, central Germany.
- 2011 - 2012: Research Associate (Green Peafowl). World Pheasant Association (WPA).
- 2011 - 2012: Part-time PhD study "Ecology and conservation of Green Peafowl Pavo muticus in Cambodia" at the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Ilse Storch (University of Freiburg) and Dr. Peter Garson (Newcastle University, UK).
Memberships
- IUCN-SSC Galliformes Specialist Group
- IUCN-SSC Pangolin Specialist Group (Gründungsmitglied)
- IUCN-SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group
- IUCN-SSC Wild Pig Specialist Group
- Ornithologische Gesellschaft Baden-Württemberg e. V. (OGBW): Beiratsmitglied; Ko-Vorsitz AG Schwarzstorch Baden-Württemberg; AG Seltene Brutvögel Baden-Württemberg: Artbearbeiter Heidelerche, Raubwürger, Rotkopfwürger, Steinschmätzer, Schlagschwirl, Schwarzstorch, Haselhuhn, Krickente, Wiedehopf
- Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e. V. (DO-G)
- Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie Rheinland-Pfalz e. V. (GNOR): Ko-Vorsitz AK Haselhuhn
- Verein Thüringer Ornithologen e. V. (VTO)
- Verein Naturnahe Weidelandschaften e. V. (NWL)
- Vereinigung der Wildbiologen und Jagdwissenschaftler Deutschlands e. V. (VWJD)
- World Pheasant Association Sektion Deutschland e. V. (WPA Deutschland)
- Zoologische Gesellschaft für Arten- und Populationsschutz e. V. (ZGAP)
Research5
Ecology of Wild boar Sus scrofa in the vicinity of protected areas6
