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Kamran Safi. Completed the Doktor (PhD) in Zoologisches Institut in 2007/07/01 by Universität Zürich, Master in Biology in 2001/09/01 by Universität Zürich and Bachelor in Biology in 2000/01/31 by Universität Zürich. Is Principal Investigator in Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie. Published 71 articles in journals. Has 1 book(s). Organized 1 event(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Environmental heterogeneity; Trait diversity; Evolutionary history; Niche conservatism; animal tracking; animation; movement data; movement ecology; R; spatio-temporal data; visualization; GPS tracking; utilization distribution overlap; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Kamran Safi

Citation names

  • Safi, Kamran

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0719-2A7E-3CB8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8418-6759
Google Scholar ID
SJxAnwoAAAAJ
Researcher Id
B-2079-2008

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+49) 77321501 Ext.: 32 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
German (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Persian Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2001/12/01 - 2007/07/01
Concluded
 Zoologisches Institut (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Animal Behavior
Universität Zürich, Switzerland
"Social sexual segregation in the absence of size dimorphism: causes and consequences" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2000/03/01 - 2001/09/01
Concluded
 Biology (Master)
Major in Behavioural Ecology
Universität Zürich, Switzerland
"Olfactory communication in the Bechstein’s bat" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996/09/19 - 2000/01/31
Concluded
 Biology (Bachelor)
Major in Zoology and Molecularbiology
Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Germany
2011/05/01 - 2020/03/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
2009/01/01 - 2011/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Institute of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom
Institute of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom
2009/01/01 - 2011/04/01 Postdoc (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
2007/09/01 - 2008/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland
Institute of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/01/01 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Germany
Universität Konstanz Fachbereich Biologie, Germany
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Safi, Kamran. The parti-coloured bat in Switzerland. Status and conservation. 2006.
Journal article
  1. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann; Ruben Remelgado; Kamran Safi; Martin Wegmann; Laura Graham. "moveVis : Animating movement trajectories in synchronicity with static or temporally dynamic environmental data in r". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13374.
    10.1111/2041-210X.13374
  2. Safi, Kamran. "The challenges of estimating the distribution of flight heights from telemetry or altimetry data". Animal Biotelemetry 8 1 (2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-020-00194-z.
    10.1186/s40317-020-00194-z
  3. Safi, Kamran. "moveVis : Animating movement trajectories in synchronicity with static or temporally dynamic environmental data in R". Methods in Ecology and Evolution n/a n/a (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13374.
    10.1111/2041-210x.13374
  4. E. Nourani; W. M. G. Vansteelant; P. Byholm; K. Safi. "Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds". Biology Letters (2020): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0797.
    10.1098/rsbl.2019.0797
  5. Alaaeldin Soultan; Martin Wikelski; Kamran Safi. "Risk of biodiversity collapse under climate change in the Afro-Arabian region". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37851-6.
    10.1038/s41598-018-37851-6
  6. Eneko Aspillaga; Kamran Safi; Bernat Hereu; Frederic Bartumeus; Marie Auger-Méthé. "Modelling the three-dimensional space use of aquatic animals combining topography and Eulerian telemetry data". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13232.
    10.1111/2041-210X.13232
  7. Karsten Klein; Björn Sommer; Hieu T. Nim; Andrea Flack; Kamran Safi; Máté Nagy; Stefan P. Feyer; et al. "Fly with the flock: immersive solutions for animal movement visualization and analytics". Journal of The Royal Society Interface 16 153 (2019): 20180794-20180794. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0794.
    10.1098/rsif.2018.0794
  8. Martina Scacco; Andrea Flack; Olivier Duriez; Martin Wikelski; Kamran Safi. "Static landscape features predict uplift locations for soaring birds across Europe". Royal Society Open Science 6 1 (2019): 181440-181440. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181440.
    10.1098/rsos.181440
  9. Safi, Kamran. "A Comprehensive Model for the Quantitative Estimation of Seed Dispersal by Migratory Mallards". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2019): https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00040.
    10.3389/fevo.2019.00040
  10. Adam F. Parlin; Jessica A. Nardone; John Kelly Dougherty; Mimi Rebein; Kamran Safi; Paul J. Schaeffer. "Activity and movement of free-living box turtles are largely independent of ambient and thermal conditions". Movement Ecology 6 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-018-0130-8.
    10.1186/s40462-018-0130-8
  11. Anne K. Scharf; Jerrold L. Belant; Dean E. Beyer; Martin Wikelski; Kamran Safi. "Habitat suitability does not capture the essence of animal-defined corridors". Movement Ecology 6 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs40462-018-0136-2.
    10.1186/s40462-018-0136-2
  12. Safi, Kamran. "Predicting Migratory Corridors of White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, to Enhance Sustainable Wind Energy Planning: A Data-Driven Agent-Based Model". Sustainability (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/5/1470.
    10.3390/su10051470
  13. Mariëlle L. van Toor; Bart Kranstauber; Scott H. Newman; Diann J. Prosser; John Y. Takekawa; Georgios Technitis; Robert Weibel; Martin Wikelski; Kamran Safi. "Integrating animal movement with habitat suitability for estimating dynamic migratory connectivity". Landscape Ecology 33 6 (2018): 879-893. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10980-018-0637-9.
    10.1007/s10980-018-0637-9
  14. Elham Nourani; Kamran Safi; Noriyuki M. Yamaguchi; Hiroyoshi Higuchi. "Raptor migration in an oceanic flyway: wind and geography shape the migratory route of grey-faced buzzards in East Asia". Royal Society Open Science 5 3 (2018): 171555-171555. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171555.
    10.1098/rsos.171555
  15. Tucker MA; Böhning-Gaese K; Fagan WF; Fryxell JM; Van Moorter B; Alberts SC; Ali AH; et al. "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.". Science (New York, N.Y.) (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29371471.
    10.1126/science.aam9712
  16. Senckenberg Gesell Naturforsch; Goethe Univ; Univ Maryland; Univ Guelph; Norwegian Inst Nat Res; Duke Univ; Hirola Conservat Programme; et al. "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/11449/163767.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9712
  17. Safi, Kamran. "The interplay of various sources of noise on reliability of species distribution models hinges on ecological specialisation". Plos ONE 12 11 (2017): e0187906-e0187906. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187906.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0187906
  18. Dina K. N. Dechmann; M. Wikelski; D. Ellis-Soto; K. Safi; M. Teague O'Mara. "Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat". Biology Letters 13 9 (2017): 20170395-20170395. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0395.
    10.1098/rsbl.2017.0395
  19. Safi, Kamran. "The energy landscape predicts flight height and wind turbine collision hazard in three species of large soaring raptor". Journal of Applied Ecology (2017): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12909/full.
    10.1111/1365-2664.12909
  20. Mariëlle L. van Toor; Elena Arriero; Richard A. Holland; Markku J. Huttunen; Risto Juvaste; Inge Müller; Kasper Thorup; Martin Wikelski; Kamran Safi. "Flexibility of habitat use in novel environments: insights from a translocation experiment with lesser black-backed gulls". Royal Society Open Science 4 1 (2017): 160164-160164. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160164.
    10.1098/rsos.160164
  21. McCracken, Gary F.; Safi, Kamran; Kunz, Thomas H.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Swartz, Sharon M.; Wikelski, Martin. "Airplane tracking documents the fastest flight speeds recorded for bats". Royal Society Open Science 3 11 (2016): http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/11/160398.
    10.1098/rsos.160398
  22. Safi, Kamran. "How Displaced Migratory Birds Could Use Volatile Atmospheric Compounds to Find Their Migratory Corridor: A Test Using a Particle Dispersion Model". Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscuence (2016): http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00175/full.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00175
  23. Kranstauber, Bart; Smolla, Marco; Safi, Kamran. "Similarity in spatial utilization distributions measured by the earth mover's distance". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2016): n/a-n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12649/abstract.
    10.1111/2041-210X.12649
  24. Mariëlle L. van Toor; Scott H. Newman; John Y. Takekawa; Martin Wegmann; Kamran Safi. "Temporal segmentation of animal trajectories informed by habitat use". Ecosphere 7 10 (2016): e01498-e01498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1498.
    10.1002/ecs2.1498
  25. Bengtsson D; Safi K; Avril A; Fiedler W; Wikelski M; Gunnarsson G; Elmberg J; et al. "Does influenza A virus infection affect movement behaviour during stopover in its wild reservoir host?". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26998334.
    10.1098/rsos.150633
  26. Scharf AK; LaPoint S; Wikelski M; Safi K. "Acceleration Data Reveal Highly Individually Structured Energetic Landscapes in Free-Ranging Fishers (Pekania pennanti).". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26840399.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0145732
  27. Kranstauber B; Weinzierl R; Wikelski M; Safi K. "Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26477348.
    10.1111/ele.12528
  28. Martin Wikelski; Elena Arriero; Anna Gagliardo; Richard A. Holland; Markku J. Huttunen; Risto Juvaste; Inge Mueller; et al. "True navigation in migrating gulls requires intact olfactory nerves". Sci. Rep. 5 (2015): 17061-17061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep17061.
    10.1038/srep17061
  29. Technitis, Georgios; Othman, Walied; Safi, Kamran; Weibel, Robert. "From A to B, randomly: a point-to-point random trajectory generator for animal movement". International Journal of Geographical Information Science 29 6 (2015): 912-934. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000357018400002&KeyUID=WOS:000357018400002.
    10.1080/13658816.2014.999682
  30. Demsar, Urska; Buchin, Kevin; Cagnacci, Francesca; Safi, Kamran; Speckmann, Bettina; Van de Weghe, Nico; Weiskopf, Daniel; Weibel, Robert. "Analysis and visualisation of movement: an interdisciplinary review.". Movement ecology 3 1 (2015): 5-5. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:25874114&KeyUID=MEDLINE:25874114.
    10.1186/s40462-015-0032-y
  31. Dechmann DK; Wikelski M; Varga K; Yohannes E; Fiedler W; Safi K; Burkhard WD; O'Mara MT. "Tracking post-hibernation behavior and early migration does not reveal the expected sex-differences in a "female-migrating" bat.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25517947.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0114810
  32. Kranstauber, Bart; Safi, Kamran; Bartumeus, Frederic. "Bivariate Gaussian bridges: directional factorization of diffusion in Brownian bridge models.". Movement ecology 2 1 (2014): 5-5. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:25937928&KeyUID=MEDLINE:25937928.
    10.1186/2051-3933-2-5
  33. Wegmann, Martin; Santini, Luca; Leutner, Benjamin; Safi, Kamran; Rocchini, Duccio; Bevanda, Mirjana; Latifi, Hooman; Dech, Stefan; Rondinini, Carlo. "Role of African protected areas in maintaining connectivity for large mammals". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 369 1643 (2014):
    10.1098/rstb.2013.0193
  34. Pettorelli, Nathalie; Safi, Kamran; Turner, Woody. "Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity research and conservation of the future". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 369 1643 (2014):
    10.1098/rstb.2013.0190
  35. Bengtsson, Daniel; Avril, Alexis; Gunnarsson, Gunnar; Elmberg, Johan; Soderquist, Par; Norevik, Gabriel; Tolf, Conny; et al. "Movements, Home-Range Size and Habitat Selection of Mallards during Autumn Migration". Plos One 9 6 (2014):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0100764
  36. Safi K; Kranstauber B; Weinzierl R; Griffin L; Rees EC; Cabot D; Cruz S; et al. "Flying with the wind: scale dependency of speed and direction measurements in modelling wind support in avian flight.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25709818.
    10.1186/2051-3933-1-4
  37. Safi K; Armour-Marshall K; Baillie JE; Isaac NJ. "Global patterns of evolutionary distinct and globally endangered amphibians and mammals.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23691071.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0063582
  38. Lam, Monika My-Y; Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik; Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto; Safi, Kamran; Yohannes, Elizabeth; Salvarina, Ioanna. "Tracking Diet Preferences of Bats Using Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Signatures of Faeces". Plos One 8 12 (2013):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0083452
  39. Smaers, J. B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Goswami, A.; Soligo, C.; Safi, K.. "Comparative analyses of evolutionary rates reveal different pathways to encephalization in bats, carnivorans, and primates". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 44 (2012): 18006-18011.
    10.1073/pnas.1212181109
  40. Isaac, N. J. B.; Redding, D. W.; Meredith, H. M.; Safi, K.. "Phylogenetically-Informed Priorities for Amphibian Conservation". Plos One 7 8 (2012): 8-8.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0043912
  41. Kranstauber, Bart; Kays, Roland; LaPoint, Scott D.; Wikelski, Martin; Safi, Kamran. "A dynamic Brownian bridge movement model to estimate utilization distributions for heterogeneous animal movement". Journal of Animal Ecology 81 4 (2012): 738-746.
    10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01955.x
  42. English, Annie K.; Chauvenet, Alienor L. M.; Safi, Kamran; Pettorelli, Nathalie. "Reassessing the determinants of breeding synchrony in ungulates". PloS one 7 7 (2012): e41444-e41444.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0041444
  43. Jones KE; Safi K. "Ecology and evolution of mammalian biodiversity.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21807728.
    10.1098/rstb.2011.0090
  44. Rodrigues AS; Grenyer R; Baillie JE; Bininda-Emonds OR; Gittlemann JL; Hoffmann M; Safi K; et al. "Complete, accurate, mammalian phylogenies aid conservation planning, but not much.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21844044.
    10.1098/rstb.2011.0104
  45. Safi K; Cianciaruso MV; Loyola RD; Brito D; Armour-Marshall K; Diniz-Filho JA. "Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21807734.
    10.1098/rstb.2011.0024
  46. Safi, Kamran; Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius; Loyola, Rafael Dias; Silva, Daniel de Brito Candido da; Marshall, Katrina Armour; Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola. "Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity". (2011): http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/ri/11752.
  47. van Toor, M. L.; Jaberg, C.; Safi, K.. "Integrating sex-specific habitat use for conservation using habitat suitability models". Animal Conservation 14 5 (2011): 512-520.
    10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00454.x
  48. Safi, Kamran. "'Eigenvector estimation of phylogenetic and functional diversity': from patterns to processes". Functional Ecology 25 4 (2011): 745-746.
    10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01858.x
  49. Krackow, S.; Vannoni, E.; Codita, A.; Mohammed, A. H.; Cirulli, F.; Branchi, I.; Alleva, E.; et al. "Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage". Genes Brain and Behavior 9 7 (2010): 722-731.
    10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00606.x
  50. Farmer, Christopher J.; Safi, Kamran; Barber, David R.; Newton, Ian; Martell, Mark; Bildstein, Keith L.. "EFFICACY OF MIGRATION COUNTS FOR MONITORING CONTINENTAL POPULATIONS OF RAPTORS: AN EXAMPLE USING THE OSPREY (PANDION HALIAETUS)". Auk 127 4 (2010): 863-870.
    10.1525/auk.2010.09152
  51. Safi, Kamran; Siemers, Bjoern M.. "Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution". Evolutionary Ecology 24 4 (2010): 703-713.
    10.1007/s10682-009-9326-0
  52. Safi, Kamran; Pettorelli, Nathalie. "Phylogenetic, spatial and environmental components of extinction risk in carnivores". Global Ecology and Biogeography 19 3 (2010): 352-362.
    10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00523.x
  53. Bisson IA; Safi K; Holland RA. "Evidence for repeated independent evolution of migration in the largest family of bats.". (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19844569.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0007504
  54. Bisson, Isabelle-Anne; Safi, Kamran; Holland, Richard A.. "Evidence for Repeated Independent Evolution of Migration in the Largest Family of Bats". Plos One 4 10 (2009):
    e750410.1371/journal.pone.0007504
  55. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Heucke, Silke L.; Giuggioli, Luca; Safi, Kamran; Voigt, Christian C.; Wikelski, Martin. "Experimental evidence for group hunting via eavesdropping in echolocating bats". Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 276 1668 (2009): 2721-2728.
    10.1098/rspb.2009.0473
  56. Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Baillie, Jonathan E. M.; Sutherland, William J.; Armsworth, Paul R.; Ash, Neville; Beddington, John; Blackburn, Tim M.; et al. "Biodiversity Conservation and the Millennium Development Goals". Science 325 5947 (2009): 1502-1503.
    10.1126/science.1175035
  57. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Safi, Kamran. "Comparative studies of brain evolution: a critical insight from the Chiroptera". Biological Reviews 84 1 (2009): 161-172.
    10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00067.x
  58. Jones, Kate E.; Bielby, Jon; Cardillo, Marcel; Fritz, Susanne A.; O'Dell, Justin; Orme, David L.; Safi, Kamran; et al. "PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals". Ecology (Washington D C) 90 9 (2009): 2648-2648.
    10.1890/08-1494.1
  59. Safi, K.. "Social bats: The males' perspective". Journal of Mammalogy 89 6 (2008): 1342-1350. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149239859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1644/08-MAMM-S-058.1
  60. Safi, Kamran. "SOCIAL BATS: THE MALES' PERSPECTIVE". Journal of Mammalogy 89 6 (2008): 1342-1350.
    10.1644/08-mamm-s-058.1
  61. Safi, Kamran; Koenig, Barbara; Kerth, Gerald. "Sex differences in population genetics, home range size and habitat use of the parti-colored bat (Vespertilio murinus, Linnaeus 1758) in Switzerland and their consequences for conservation". Biological Conservation 137 1 (2007): 28-36.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.011
  62. Safi, Kamran; Kerth, Gerald. "Comparative analyses suggest that information transfer promoted sociality in male bats in the temperate zone". American Naturalist 170 3 (2007): 465-472.
    10.1086/520116
  63. Safi, Kamran; Heinzle, Jakob; Reinhold, Klaus. "Species recognition influences female mate preferences in the common european grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus Linnaeus, 1758)". Ethology 112 12 (2006): 1225-1230.
    10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01282.x
  64. Dechmann, D.K.N.; Safi, K.; Vonhof, M.J.. "Matching morphology and diet in the disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera)". Journal of Mammalogy 87 5 (2006): 1013-1019. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750407040&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1644/05-MAMM-A-424R2.1
  65. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Safi, Kamran; Vonhof, Maarten J.. "Matching morphology and diet in the disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera)". Journal of Mammalogy 87 5 (2006): 1013-1019.
    10.1644/05-mamm-a-424r2.1
  66. Saunders, F. C.; McElligott, A. G.; Safi, K.; Hayden, T. J.. "Mating tactics of male feral goats (Capra hircus): risks and benefits". Acta Ethologica 8 2 (2005): 103-110.
    10.1007/s10211-005-0006-y
  67. Safi, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Adaptation of brain regions to habitat complexity: a comparative analysis in bats (Chiroptera)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 272 1559 (2005): 179-186.
    10.1098/rspb.2004.2924
  68. Safi, K.; Seid, M. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Bigger is not always better: when brains get smaller". Biology Letters 1 3 (2005): 283-286.
    10.1098/rsbl.2005.0333
  69. Safi, K.; Kerth, G.. "A comparative analysis of specialization and extinction risk in temperate-zone bats". Conservation Biology 18 5 (2004): 1293-1303.
    10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00155.x
  70. Safi, K.; Kerth, G.. "Secretions of the interaural gland contain information about individuality and colony membership in the Bechstein's bat". Animal Behaviour 65 (2003): 363-369.
    10.1006/anbe.2003.2067
  71. Kerth, G.; Safi, K.; Konig, B.. "Mean colony relatedness is a poor predictor of colony structure and female philopatry in the communally breeding Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52 3 (2002): 203-210.
    10.1007/s00265-002-0499-6

Other

Other output
  1. Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds. 2019. E. Nourani; W. M. G. Vansteelant; P. Byholm; K. Safi. https://doi.org/10.1101/733063.
    10.1101/733063
  2. Metapopulation Capacity Meets Evolutionary Distinctness: Spatial Fragmentation Complements Phylogenetic Rarity in Prioritization. 2016. Jessica K. Schnell; Kamran Safi. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22461-9_16.
    10.1007/978-3-319-22461-9_16
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2008/01/01 - Current Founder, tutor and organisor of animove summer school (animove.org). (2008/01/01)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Germany

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/01/01 - 2022/01/01 Vice-chair person of the work council of the Max-Planck-Insitute of Animal Behavior
President / Vice-president
 Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Germany
2014/01/01 - 2020/01/01 Board member of the faculty of the International Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS).
President / Vice-president
 Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany