Dr. Marcell K. PetersBIOTA East Africa
Tel.: +49 (0)228 9122 283
Fax: +49 (0)228 9122 299
E-Mail: m.peters.zfmk[@]uni-bonn.de
Publications
Peters M, Oberrath R, Böhning-Gaese K, 2003. Seed dispersal by ants: are seed preferences influenced by foraging strategies or historical constraints? Flora, 198: 413-420.
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Peters MK, 2008. Effects of habitat fragmentation on African swarm-raiding army ants and ant-following birds. PhD thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.
Peters MK, Likare S, Kraemer M, 2008. Effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on flocks of African ant-following birds. Ecological Applications, 18: 847-858.
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Schöning C,
Peters MK, 2008.
Dorylus army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Kühne L: Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Selbstverlag, Potsdam-Babelsberg.
Peters MK, 2008. Ameisenfolgende Vögel in einem guineo-kongolischen Regenwald Kenias und ihre Gefährdung durch Regenwaldfragmentierung. Koenigiana, 2: 3-8.
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Mammides C, Cords M,
Peters MK, 2008. Effects of habitat disturbance and food supply on population densities of three primate species in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, 47: 87-96.
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Peters MK, Fischer G, Schaab G, Kraemer M, 2009. Species compensation maintains abundance and raid rates of African swarm-raiding army ants in rainforest fragments. Biological Conservation, 142: 668-675.
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Peters G, Baum L,
Peters MK, Tonkin-Leyhausen B, 2009. Spectral characteristics of long-distance calls in cat species of the genus Felis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) living in different habitat types. Journal of Ethology, 27: 221-237.
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Peters MK, Okalo B, 2009. Severe declines of ant-following birds in African rainforest fragments are facilitated by a subtle change in army ant communities. Biological Conservation, 142: 2050-2058.
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Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Snelling RR,
Peters MK, Wägele J-W, 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Kakamega Forest and the surrounding area in Western Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History, 98:147-165.
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Hita Garcia F, Fischer G,
Peters MK, 2010.
Tetramorium snellingi sp. n. - a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a Western Kenyan rainforest. Myrmecological News, 13: 141-146.
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Peters MK, 2010. Ant-following and the prevalence of blood parasites in birds of African rainforests. Journal of Avian Biology, 41: 105-110.
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Peters G,
Peters MK, accepted. The evolution of spectral characters of long-distance calls in the cat family (Mammalia: Felidae) - effects of body weight, habitat, and phylogeny. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Lung T, Peters MK, Farwig N, Böhning-Gaese K, Schaab G, accepted. Combining long-term land-cover time series and field observations for spatially explicit predictions on changes in tropical forest biodiversity. International Journal for Remote Sensing.
