Carl J. Skarbek
Carl J. Skarbek
Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis
Tennenbacher Straße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Room 03.059
email: carl.skarbek@biom.uni-freiburg.de
phone: +49 761 203-3748
fax: +49 761 203-3751
Research Interests
- Time series analysis
- Ecological statistics
- Plant-animal interactions
- Biodiversity effects
- Functional ecology
Curriculum Vitae
| 2019-present | LGFG scholarship for doctoral studies | |
| 2017-2019 | Various scientific endeavors and teaching duties in both the Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology and the Biometry and Environmental Analysis departments, University of Freiburg | |
| 2014-2017 | MSc. Environmental Science, profile track "Vegetation, Wildlife and Biodiversity", University of Freiburg, DE. Master's thesis: "Assessing a method for measuring seed dispersal along a landscape gradient for use in Rapid Ecosystem Function Assessment (REFA)" | |
| 2012-2014 | Landscape gardener at Phillips Garden. Minneapolis, MN | |
| 2011-2012 | Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals. Internship at University of Rockstock Botanical Garden, Rockstock, DE | |
| 2007-2011 | B.A. Environmental Studies, German Studies. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN USA |
Publications
Harry, I., Assmann, T., Dormann, C. F., & Skarbek, C. J. (2022). Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire. Journal of Insect Conservation, 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00429-9
Skarbek, C. J., Kobel-Lamparski, A., & Dormann, C. F. (2021). Trends in monthly abundance and species richness of carabids over 33 years at the Kaiserstuhl, southwest Germany. Basic and Applied Ecology, 50, 107-118. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.11.003
Pufal, G., & Skarbek, C. (2021). Environmental conditions and seed traits affect seed dispersal patterns in a slug–legume model system. Oikos, 130(9), 1598-1609. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08318
Skarbek, C. J., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S. T., Schulze, C., Sepperl, A., & Pufal, G. (2021). Testing a highly replicable and standardized method to rapidly assess seed removal probabilities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 52, 15-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.008
Skarbek, C. J., Noack, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Scholten, T., ... & Staab, M. (2020). A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(2), 299-308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13115
Winter Semester 2022/2023“Statistics with R”