Frederik Albrecht

Former MSc student

Ornithology

Mail: info [at] zfmk.de

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Projects

2015

Lateral apteria of the avian head

This study looks at a previously unstudied adaptation of birds that uses exposed surfaces of facial skin and lateral head apteria (apteria temporalia) allowing the emission of body heat in hot, arid environments.

Unit:

Ornithology

Project lead:

Dr. Till Töpfer

Funding:

Alexander-Koenig-Society e.V.

Publications

Articles

Cordes, N., Albrecht, F., Engqvist, L., Schmoll, T., Baier, M., Müller, C., Reinhold, K. (2015): Larval food composition affects courtship song and sperm expenditure in a lekking moth. - Ecological Entomology 40(1): 34-41.

Posters

Albrecht, F., Rusche, M., Rudolfsen, G., Kleven, O., Schmoll, T. (2013): Wie beeinflusst Umgebungsviskosität die Spermien-Schwimmgeschwindigkeit von Singvögeln mit Fremdvaterschaften? - 146th Annual Conference of the German Ornithologists‘ Society (Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft), Regensburg 2013, Vogelwarte 51: 350.

Albrecht, F., Schmoll, T., Engqvist, L., Cordes, N. (2013): You Mate How You Ate: Larval food quality predicts reproductive behaviour in a lekking moth. - Abstracts of the 8th Topical Meeting of the Ethological Society (Ethologische Gesellschaft), Bielefeld 2013: 36.

Academic Education

2013 – 2016 University of Bonn

M.Sc. Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Palaeobiology
Thesis: Morphological characteristics, phylogenetic occurrence and potential eco-physiological relevance of lateral apteria of the avian head

2010 – 2013 Bielefeld University

B.Sc. Biology
Thesis: How do media of different viscosities affect the velocity of avian spermatozoa? A case study in Great Tits (Parus major) and Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Practical Experience

11/2015 – 12/2015 Student Assistant

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Section Ornithology, Bonn

06/2015 – 09/2015 Internship

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Section Ornithology, Bonn

02/2013 – 04/2013 Internship

Natural History Museum: Museum für Naturkunde Dortmund

08/2012 – 11/2012 Student Assistant

Bielefeld University, Department of Evolutionary Biology

04/2012 – 10/2012 Study Project

Nature Conservation Centre: Biologische Station Gütersloh/Bielefeld e.V.

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Frederik Albrecht

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2015

Lateral apteria of the avian head

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