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Dina Kea Noanoa Dechmann. Completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Zoology in 2007 by Universität Zürich and Postgraduate Certificate in Systematics and Ecology in 1999 by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Is Principal Investigator in Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie. Published 63 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Supervised 2 PhD thesis(es). Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 3 project(s) and Supervisor in 1 project(s). In their professional activities interacted with 180 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Dina Kea Noanoa Dechmann

Citation names

  • Dechmann, Dina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
471D-11FF-0FB8
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0043-8267

Email addresses

  • ddechmann@ab.mpg.de (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2005 - 2007
Concluded
 Zoology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Behavioural ecology
Universität Zürich, Switzerland
"Mating system and dispersal patterns in a bat with an unusual roost choice" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996 - 1999
Concluded
 Systematics and Ecology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
"Feeding ecology of the neotropical disc-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/05/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Germany
2012/03/10 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
2009 - 2012 Research Assistant (Research) Universität Konstanz, Germany
University of Konstanz - Department of Biology, Germany
2007 - 2009 Postdoc (Research) Leibniz Institut für Zoo und Wildtierforschung eV, Germany
Leibniz Institut für Zoo und Wildtierforschung eV, Germany
2006 - 2007 Postdoc (Research) Universität Zürich, Switzerland
University of Zurich - Department of Neuroanatomy, Switzerland
1999 - 2005 Researcher (Research) Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019 - Current Regrowing the brain: evolution and mechanisms of seasonal reversible size changes in a mammal
HFSP -Dechmann RGP 013
Principal investigator
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
 Human Frontier Science Program
Ongoing
2016 - Current Eidolon – Migrating flying foxes as sensors for dynamics of global change and disease in Africa
no id given
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
 Max Planck Research Fundation
Ongoing
2013 - 2016 Max Planck Poland Biodiversity Initiative
no id given
Principal investigator
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Forschungsservice
Concluded
2012 - 2015 Fitness benefits of group foraging in closed societies
DE 1807/3-1
Supervisor
Universität Konstanz, Germany

Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Other

Designation Funders
2009 - Current Resource ephemerality and animal movement
no id given
Principal investigator
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Boston, E; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Ruczynski, I.. "Leisler's Noctule Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)". In Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, 2020.
  2. Kerth, Gerald; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "Field based observations and experimental field studies of bat behaviour". In Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats, edited by Kunz, Thomas H.; Parsons, Stuart, 393-406. United States: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
    Published
  3. Kerth, Gerald; Dechmann, Dina K.N.. "Field based observations and experimental field studies of bat behaviour". In Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats, edited by Kunz, Thomas H.; Parsons, Stuart, 393-406. United States: John Hopkins University Press, 2009.
    Published • 10.2307/23260111
Book review
  1. Sack. L.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Design of paradise.". Review of A Magic Web 424, (2003): 132.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Komar, Ewa; Fasel, Nicolas J.; Szafranska, Paulina A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Zegarek, Marcin; Ruczynski, Ireneusz. "Energy allocation shifts from sperm production to self-maintenance at low temperatures in male bats". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05896-3.
    10.1038/s41598-022-05896-3
  2. Smaers, J. B.; Rothman, R. S.; Hudson, D. R.; Balanoff, A. M.; Beatty, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; de Vries, D.; et al. "The evolution of mammalian brain size". Science Advances 7 18 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2101.
    10.1126/sciadv.abe2101
  3. Wilkinson, Gerald S.; Adams, Danielle M.; Haghani, Amin; Lu, Ake T.; Zoller, Joseph; Breeze, Charles E.; Arnold, Bryan D.; et al. "DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats". Nature Communications 12 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21900-2.
    10.1038/s41467-021-21900-2
  4. O’Mara, M. Teague; Amorim, Francisco; Scacco, Martina; McCracken, Gary F.; Safi, Kamran; Mata, Vanessa; Tomé, Ricardo; et al. "Bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast". Current Biology 31 6 (2021): 1311-1316.e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042.
    10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042
  5. Lázaro, Javier; Nováková, Lucie; Hertel, Moritz; Taylor, Jan R. E.; Muturi, Marion; Zub, Karol; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews". Ecology and Evolution 11 6 (2021): 2431-2448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7238.
    10.1002/ece3.7238
  6. Costa, Tânia Domingues; Santos, Carlos D.; Rainho, Ana; Abedi-Lartey, Michael; Fahr, Jakob; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Assessing roost disturbance of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) through tri-axial acceleration". PLOS ONE 15 11 (2020): e0242662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242662.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0242662
  7. Halat, Zuzanna; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Zegarek, Marcin; Ruczynski, Ireneusz. "Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production". Mammalian Biology 100 6 (2020): 611-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00071-5.
    10.1007/s42991-020-00071-5
  8. M. Real, Francisca; Haas, Stefan A.; Franchini, Paolo; Xiong, Peiwen; Simakov, Oleg; Kuhl, Heiner; Schöpflin, Robert; et al. "The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality". Science 370 6513 (2020): 208-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz2582.
    10.1126/science.aaz2582
  9. Huang, Zixia; Whelan, Conor V.; Dechmann, Dina; Teeling, Emma C.. "Genetic variation between long-lived versus short-lived bats illuminates the molecular signatures of longevity". Aging 12 16 (2020): 15962-15977. http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103725.
    10.18632/aging.103725
  10. Jebb, David; Huang, Zixia; Pippel, Martin; Hughes, Graham M.; Lavrichenko, Ksenia; Devanna, Paolo; Winkler, Sylke; et al. "Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations". Nature 583 7817 (2020): 578-584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2486-3.
    10.1038/s41586-020-2486-3
  11. Kohles, Jenna E; Carter, Gerald G; Page, Rachel A; Dechmann, Dina K N. "Socially foraging bats discriminate between group members based on search-phase echolocation calls". Behavioral Ecology 31 5 (2020): 1103-1112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa056.
    10.1093/beheco/araa056
  12. Calderón-Capote, María C.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Fahr, Jakob; Wikelski, Martin; Kays, Roland; O'Mara, M. Teague. "Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-coloured fruit bats". Royal Society Open Science 7 5 (2020): 200274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200274.
    10.1098/rsos.200274
  13. Schaeffer, Paul J.; O'Mara, M. Teague; Breiholz, Japhet; Keicher, Lara; Lázaro, Javier; Muturi, Marion; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction". Royal Society Open Science 7 4 (2020): 191989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191989.
    10.1098/rsos.191989
  14. Baldwin, Justin W.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Thies, Wibke; Whitehead, Susan R.. "Defensive fruit metabolites obstruct seed dispersal by altering bat behavior and physiology at multiple temporal scales". Ecology 101 2 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2937.
    10.1002/ecy.2937
  15. Komar, Ewa; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Fasel, Nicolas J.; Zegarek, Marcin; Ruczynski, Ireneusz. "Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats". Journal of Experimental Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.214825.
    10.1242/jeb.214825
  16. Ruczynski, Ireneusz; Halat, Zuzanna; Zegarek, Marcin; Borowik, Tomasz; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Camera transects as a method to monitor high temporal and spatial ephemerality of flying nocturnal insects". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11 2 (2019): 294-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13339.
    10.1111/2041-210x.13339
  17. Teague O'Mara, M.; Wikelski, Martin; Kranstauber, Bart; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "First three-dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility". Ecology 100 9 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2762.
    10.1002/ecy.2762
  18. O'Mara, M. Teague; Scharf, Anne K.; Fahr, Jakob; Abedi-Lartey, Michael; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Safi, Kamran. "Overall Dynamic Body Acceleration in Straw-Colored Fruit Bats Increases in Headwinds but Not With Airspeed". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00200.
    10.3389/fevo.2019.00200
  19. Lázaro, Javier; Hertel, Moritz; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Seasonal reversible size changes in the braincase and mass of common shrews are flexibly modified by environmental conditions". Scientific Reports 9 (2019): 2489. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38884-1.
    Open access • Published
  20. O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Kranstauber, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Common noctules exploit low levels of the aerosphere". Royal Society Open Science 6 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181942.
    Open access • Published
  21. Lehnert, Linn S.; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie; Teige, Tobias; Hoffmeister, Uwe; Popa-Lisseanu, Ana; Bontadina, Fabio; Ciechanowski, Mateusz; et al. "Variability and repeatability of noctule bat migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 1893 (2018): 20182174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2174.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2018.2174
  22. Lázaro, Javier; Hertel, Moritz; Wikelski, Martin; Stiehler, Matthias; LaPoint, Scott; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "Cognitive skills of common shrews (Sorex araneus) vary with seasonal changes in skull size and brain mass". Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (2018): jeb166595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.166595.
    Published
  23. Lázaro, Javier; Hertel, Moritz; Sherwood, C. C.; Muturi, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Profound seasonal changes in brain size and architecture in the common shrew". Brain Structure and Function 223 (2018): 2823-2840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1666-5.
    Open access • Published
  24. Halat, Z.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Zegarek, M.; Visser, A. E. J.; Ruczynski, I.. "Sociality and insect abundance affect duration of nocturnal activity of male parti-colored bats". Journal of Mammalogy 99 (2018): 1503-1509. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy141.
    Published
  25. Kohles, J. E.; Page, R. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; O'Mara, M. T.. "Rapid behavioral changes during early development in Peter's tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum)". Plos One 13 (2018): e0205351. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205351.
    Open access • Published
  26. Lázaro, Javier; Dechmann, Dina K.N.; LaPoint, Scott; Wikelski, Martin; Hertel, Moritz. "Profound reversible seasonal changes of individual skull size in a mammal". Current Biology 27 20 (2017): R1106-R1107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.055.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.055
  27. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Wikelski, M.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Safi, K.; O'Mara, M. Teague. "Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat". Biology Letters 13 9 (2017): 20170395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0395.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0395
  28. Keicher, Lara; O'Mara, M. Teague; Voigt, Christian C.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Stable carbon isotopes in breath reveal fast metabolic incorporation rates and seasonally variable but rapid fat turnover in the common shrew (Sorex araneus)". The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 15 (2017): 2834-2841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.159947.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.159947
  29. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; LaPoint, Scott; Dullin, Christian; Hertel, Moritz; Taylor, Jan R. E.; Zub, Karol; Wikelski, Martin. "Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42443.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/srep42443
  30. LaPoint, Scott; Keicher, Lara; Wikelski, Martin; Zub, Karol; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Growth overshoot and seasonal size changes in the skulls of two weasel species". Royal Society Open Science 4 1 (2017): 160947. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160947.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsos.160947
  31. ter Hofstede, Hannah; Voigt-Heucke, Silke; Lang, Alexander; Römer, Heinrich; Page, Rachel; Faure, Paul; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "Revisiting adaptations of neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) to gleaning bat predation". Neotropical Biodiversity 3 1 (2017): 41-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2016.1272314.
    Published • 10.1080/23766808.2016.1272314
  32. O'Mara, M. Teague; Wikelski, Martin; Voigt, Christian C.; ter Maat, Andries; Pollock, Henry S.; Burness, Gary; Desantis, L. M.; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats". eLife 6 (2017): e26686. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26686.001.
    Open access • Published
  33. O'Mara, M. Teague; Rikker, Sebastian; Wikelski, Martin; ter Maat, Andries; Pollock, Henry S.; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats". Royal Societey Open Science 4 (2017): 171359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos171359.
    Open access • Published
  34. 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): 160398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160398.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsos.160398
  35. Abedi-Lartey, Michael; Dechmann, Dina K.N.; Wikelski, Martin; Scharf, Anne K.; Fahr, Jakob. "Long-distance seed dispersal by straw-coloured fruit bats varies by season and landscape". Global Ecology and Conservation 7 (2016): 12-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.005
  36. Ramakers, Jip J.C.; Dechmann, Dina K.N.; Page, Rachel A.; O'Mara, M. Teague. "Frugivorous bats prefer information from novel social partners". Animal Behaviour 116 (2016): 83-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.03.021.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.03.021
  37. Gager, Yann; Tarland, Emilia; Lieckfeldt, Dietmar; Ménage, Matthieu; Botero-Castro, Fidel; Rossiter, Stephen J.; Kraus, Robert H. S.; Ludwig, Arne; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "The Value of Molecular vs. Morphometric and Acoustic Information for Species Identification Using Sympatric Molossid Bats". PLOS ONE 11 3 (2016): e0150780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150780.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0150780
  38. Santos, Carlos D.; Przybyzin, Sebastian; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Collective Decision-Making in Homing Pigeons: Larger Flocks Take Longer to Decide but Do Not Make Better Decisions". PLOS ONE 11 2 (2016): e0147497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147497.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0147497
  39. Gager, Yann; Gimenez, Olivier; O’Mara, M. Teague; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Group size, survival and surprisingly short lifespan in socially foraging bats". BMC Ecology 16 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0056-1.
    Published • 10.1186/s12898-016-0056-1
  40. Santos, Carlos D.; Cramer, Julia F.; Pârâu, Liviu G.; Miranda, Ana C.; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Personality and morphological traits affect pigeon survival from raptor attacks". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15490.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/srep15490
  41. Fahr, Jakob; Abedi-Lartey, Michael; Esch, Thomas; Machwitz, Miriam; Suu-Ire, Richard; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Pronounced Seasonal Changes in the Movement Ecology of a Highly Gregarious Central-Place Forager, the African Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)". PLOS ONE 10 10 (2015): e0138985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138985.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0138985
  42. Field, H. E.; Smith, C. S.; de Jong, C. E.; Melville, D.; Broos, A.; Kung, N.; Thompson, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.. "Landscape Utilisation, Animal Behaviour and Hendra Virus Risk". EcoHealth 13 1 (2015): 26-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1066-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s10393-015-1066-8
  43. Stockmaier, Sebastian; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Page, Rachel A.; O'Mara, M. Teague. "No fever and leucocytosis in response to a lipopolysaccharide challenge in an insectivorous bat". Biology Letters 11 9 (2015): 20150576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0576.
    Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0576
  44. Weber, Natalie; Duengkae, Prateep; Fahr, Jakob; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Phengsakul, Patcharakiti; Khumbucha, Wachirapon; Siriaroonrat, Boripat; et al. "High-resolution GPS tracking of Lyle's flying fox between temples and orchards in central Thailand". The Journal of Wildlife Management 79 6 (2015): 957-968. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.904.
    Published • 10.1002/jwmg.904
  45. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Wikelski, Martin; Varga, Katarina; Yohannes, Elisabeth; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Safi, Kamran; Burkhard, Wolf-Dieter; O'Mara, M. Teague. "Tracking Post-Hibernation Behavior and Early Migration Does Not Reveal the Expected Sex-Differences in a “Female-Migrating” Bat". PLoS ONE 9 12 (2014): e114810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114810.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0114810
  46. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Wikelski, Martin; Varga, Katarina; Yohannes, Elisabeth; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Safi, Kamran; Burkhard, Wolf-Dieter; O'Mara, M. Teague. "Tracking Post-Hibernation Behavior and Early Migration Does Not Reveal the Expected Sex-Differences in a “Female-Migrating” Bat". PLoS ONE 9 12 (2014): e114810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114810.
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.pone.0114810
  47. Santos, Carlos D.; Neupert, Stefanie; Lipp, Hans-Peter; Wikelski, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Temporal and Contextual Consistency of Leadership in Homing Pigeon Flocks". PLoS ONE 9 7 (2014): e102771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102771.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0102771
  48. O'Mara, M. T.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Page, R. A.. "Frugivorous bats evaluate the quality of social information when choosing novel foods". Behavioral Ecology 25 5 (2014): 1233-1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru120.
    Published • 10.1093/beheco/aru120
  49. Sapir, N.; Horvitz, N.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Fahr, J.; Wikelski, M.. "Commuting fruit bats beneficially modulate their flight in relation to wind". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1782 (2014): 20140018-20140018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0018.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2014.0018
  50. O'Mara, M. Teague; Wikelksi, Martin; Dechmann, Dina K. N. "The past, present and future of bat tracking – a review". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5 (2014): 311-319.
    Published
  51. de Jong, Carol; Field, Hume; Tagtag, Anson; Hughes, Tom; Dechmann, Dina K. N; Jayme, Sarah; Epstein, Jonathan; et al. "Foraging Behaviour and Landscape Utilisation by the Endangered Golden-Crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus), The Philippines". PLoS ONE 8 11 (2013): e79665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079665.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0079665
  52. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Wikelski, Martin; van Noordwijk, Hendrika J.; Voigt, Christian C.; Voigt-Heucke, Silke L.. "Metabolic costs of bat echolocation in a non-foraging context support a role in communication". Frontiers in Physiology 4 (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00066.
    Published • 10.3389/fphys.2013.00066
  53. 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 109 44 (2012): 18006-18011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1212181109.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.1212181109
  54. Wood, J. L. N.; Leach, M.; Waldman, L.; MacGregor, H.; Fooks, A. R.; Jones, K. E.; Restif, O.; et al. "A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367 1604 (2012): 2881-2892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0228.
    Published • 10.1098/rstb.2012.0228
  55. Schad, Julia; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Voigt, Christian C.; Sommer, Simone. "Evidence for the ‘Good Genes’ Model: Association of MHC Class II DRB Alleles with Ectoparasitism and Reproductive State in the Neotropical Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris". PLoS ONE 7 5 (2012): e37101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037101.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0037101
  56. Schad, Julia; Voigt, Christian C.; Greiner, Sabine; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Sommer, Simone. "Independent evolution of functional MHC class II DRB genes in New World bat species". Immunogenetics 64 7 (2012): 535-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-012-0609-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s00251-012-0609-1
  57. Fornoff, F.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Wikelski, M.. "Observation of movement and activity via radio-telemetry reveals diurnal behaviour of the neotropical katydid Philophyllia ingens (Orthoptera: Tettigonidae)". Ecotropica 18 (2012): 27-34.
    Published
  58. Dechmann, D. K. N.; Ehret, S.; Gaub, A.; Kranstauber, B.; Wikelski, M.. "Low metabolism in a tropical bat from lowland Panama measured using heart rate telemetry: an unexpected life in the slow lane". Journal of Experimental Biology 214 21 (2011): 3605-3612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.056010.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.056010
  59. Schad, J; Dechmann, D K N; Voigt, C C; Sommer, S. "MHC class II DRB diversity, selection pattern and population structure in a neotropical bat species, Noctilio albiventris". Heredity 107 2 (2011): 115-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2010.173.
    Published • 10.1038/hdy.2010.173
  60. Voigt-Heucke, Silke L.; Taborsky, Michael; Dechmann, Dina K.N.. "A dual function of echolocation: bats use echolocation calls to identify familiar and unfamiliar individuals". Animal Behaviour 80 1 (2010): 59-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.025.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.025
  61. Voigt, Christian C.; Sörgel, Karin; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Refueling while flying: foraging bats combust food rapidly and directly to power flight". Ecology 91 (2010): 2908-2917. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-2232.
    Published • 10.1890/09-2232
  62. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Kranstauber, Bart; Gibbs, David; Wikelski, Martin. "Group Hunting—A Reason for Sociality in Molossid Bats?". PLoS ONE 5 2 (2010): e9012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009012.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0009012
  63. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Santana, Sharlene E.; Dumont, Elizabeth R.. "Roost Making in Bats—Adaptations for Excavating Active Termite Nests". Journal of Mammalogy 90 6 (2009): 1461-1468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/09-mamm-a-097r.1.
    Published • 10.1644/09-mamm-a-097r.1
  64. 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0473.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2009.0473
  65. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; John, Lena; Noventa, Tanja; Voigt, Christian C.. "Polymorphic microsatellites for the lesser bulldog bat (Noctilio albiventris) cross-amplify with close and distant relatives". Conservation Genetics Resources 1 1 (2009): 167-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-009-9040-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s12686-009-9040-9
  66. Dechmann, Dina K. N; Safi, Kamran. "Comparative studies of brain evolution: a critical insight from the Chiroptera". Biological Reviews 84 1 (2009): 161-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00067.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00067.x
  67. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Kerth, G.. "My Home Is Your Castle: Roost Making Is Sexually Selected in the BatLophostoma silvicolum". Journal of Mammalogy 89 6 (2008): 1379-1390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/08-mamm-s-061.1.
    10.1644/08-mamm-s-061.1
  68. Voigt, Christian C.; Capps, Krista A.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Michener, Robert H.; Kunz, Thomas H.. "Nutrition or Detoxification: Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the Amazonian Rainforest". PLoS ONE 3 4 (2008): e2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002011.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0002011
  69. Amrein, Irmgard; Dechmann, Dina K.N.; Winter, York; Lipp, Hans-Peter. "Absent or Low Rate of Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of Bats (Chiroptera)". PLoS ONE 2 5 (2007): e455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000455.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0000455
  70. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Kerth, Gerald. "All-offspring dispersal in a tropical mammal with resource defense polygyny". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61 8 (2007): 1219-1228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0352-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-007-0352-z
  71. Voigt, Christian C.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Bender, Jamie; Rinehart, Benjamin J.; Michener, Robert H.; Kunz, Thomas H.. "Mineral Licks Attract Neotropical Seed-Dispersing Bats". Research Letters in Ecology 2007 (2007): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/34212.
    Published • 10.1155/2007/34212
  72. 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/05-mamm-a-424r2.1.
    Published • 10.1644/05-mamm-a-424r2.1
  73. Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Ueberschaer, Katja; Dechmann, Dina. "Roost Structure, Modification, and Availability in the White-throated Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Phyllostomidae) Living in Active Termite Nests1". Biotropica 38 3 (2006): 398-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00142.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00142.x
  74. Lang, Alexander B.; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Römer, Heinrich; Bockholdt, Cecile; Dechmann, Dina K. N.. "Activity levels of bats and katydids in relation to the lunar cycle". Oecologia 146 4 (2005): 659-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0131-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00442-005-0131-3
  75. Safi, Kamran; Seid, Marc A; Dechmann, Dina K.N. "Bigger is not always better: when brains get smaller". Biology Letters 1 3 (2005): 283-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0333.
    Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0333
  76. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Safi, Kamran; Russo, Danilo. "Studying communication in bats". Cognition Brain Behavior An Interdisciplinary Journal 9 (2005): 479-496.
    Published • 10.1111/brv.12427
  77. Dechmann, D. K. N.; Kalko, E. K. V.; König, B.; Kerth, G.. "Mating system of a Neotropical roost-making bat: the white-throated, round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58 3 (2005): 316-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0913-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-005-0913-y
  78. Safi, Kamran; Dechmann, Dina 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2924.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2004.2924
  79. Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Kerth, Gerald. "Ecology of an exceptional roost: energetic benefits could explain why the bat Lophostoma silvicolum roosts in active termite nests". Evolutionary Ecology Research 7 (2004): 1037-1050.
    Published
  80. Pape, Thomas; Dechmann, Dina; Vonhof, Maarten J.. "A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) living in roosts of Spix's disk-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor Spix (Chiroptera) in Costa Rica". Journal of Natural History 36 8 (2002): 991-998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930110062291.
    Published • 10.1080/00222930110062291
  81. Dechmann, D.K.N.; Garbely, E.; Kerth, G.; Garner, T.W.J.. "Highly polymorphic microsatellites for the study of the round-eared bat, Tonatia silvicola (d’Orbigny)". Conservation Genetics 3 4 (2002): 455-458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1020574400398.
    Published • 10.1023/a:1020574400398
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/09/27 Regrowing the brain - causes and consequences of seasonal reversible brain size changes in in a mammal Symposium for the search of new Max Planck institute director
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (Tübingen, Germany)
2017/07 Biologging on bats - when your study organism is small and nocturnal Tibe
Cibio (Porto, Portugal)
2016/08 Tracking African straw-coloured fruit bats - a migrating ecological keystone species - past, present and future International Bat Research Symposium
University of Durban (Durban, South Africa)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Influence of the reproductive status and the wheather on foraging behaviour
Supervisor
2021 - Current Influence of olfactory cues on foraging behaviour
Supervisor
2019 - Current Complexity and flexibility of group hunting behavior in bats specialized on ephemeral prey
Supervisor
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2018 - Current The energetic year of the common noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Supervisor
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany
2018 - 2018 Foraging distance is density-independent among millions of straw-coloured fruit bats
Supervisor of Calderon Capote, Camila M.
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Department Biologie I, Germany
2018 - 2018 Investigation on the outdoor behaviour of the domestic cat Felis catus using GPS and acceleration
Supervisor
Universität Konstanz, Germany

Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany
2017 - 2018 Individual discrimination of search-phase echolocation calls enables flight coordination in a group hunting bat
Supervisor of Kohles, Jenna
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2013 - 2017 Causes and consequences of seasonal changes in the brain case and brain size of the common shrew
Supervisor of Lazaro Tapia, Javier
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany
2012 - 2016 Quantifying the ecological impact of the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) in West Africa
Supervisor of Abedi-Lartey, Michael
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany
2011 - 2016 Causes and consequences of sociality in a neotropical bat
Supervisor of Yann Gager
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Germany

Universität Konstanz, Germany

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2016/09/11 - 2016/09/14 International Symposium - Biology of the Soriciday VI University of Poznan

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Scientific Reports Nature Publishing
2020 - Current Journal of Zoology
2018/05 - Current Journal of Bat Research & Conservation SECEMU
2012 - Current Journal of Zoology (1469-7998) Zoological Society London
Distinctions

Title

2020 Max Planck Group Leader
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Germany
2018 Privatdozent
Universität Konstanz, Germany
2012 Associate Staff Member
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama