Dr. Markus Stark
Tel + 49 331 977 1955
Fax + 49 331 977 1948
E-Mail: markus.starkuuni-potsdampde
DFG Research Unit 1748
Scientific career
Since 2017 | PhD at the University of Potsdam with Prof. Ursula Gaedke Gaedke (supervised by Dr. Christian Guill) |
2017 | Master‘s thesis „Population dynamics and stability of a linear food chain with seasonal dispersal on a spatial habitat network“ within the DFG-research project „Networks on Networks“ (FOR1748) with Dr. Christian Guill (AG Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam) |
2014-2017 | Master‘s study in „Ecology, Evolution and Nature Conservation“ at the Unversity of Potsdam |
2013 | Bachelor‘s thesis „Vertical distribution of zooplankton in the presence of Planktothrix rubescens layer in Lake Ammer“ with Prof. Dr. Frank Peeters (AG Umweltphysik, University of Konstanz) |
2013 | Semester abroad, study focus on „environmental sciences“, University College Dublin, Ireland |
2010-2013 | Bachelor‘s study in „Biological Sciences“ at the University of Konstanz |
Research interests
- Allometric food-web models
- Theoretical ecology
- Ecosystem stability in complex spatial networks
Conference Contribution
2019 Symposium of Networks in Ecology, Paris, oral presentation: Markus Stark, Christian Guill - „How landscape fragmentation deconstructs large meta-food webs“
2019 OIKOS, Uppsala, oral presentation: Markus Stark, Johanna Häussler, Remo Ryser, Björn Rall, Ulrich Brose, Christian Guill - „Landscape fragmentation - How isolation impacts species diversity of large metacommunities“2018 BioMove Symposium, Potsdam, oral presentation: Markus Stark, Johanna Häussler, Remo Ryser, Björn Rall, Ulrich Brose, Christian Guill - „Landscape fragmentation - How isolation impacts
species diversity of large metacommunities“
2018 MPDEE, Leicester, oral presentation: Markus Stark, Johanna Häussler, Remo Ryser, Björn Rall, Ulrich Brose, Christian Guill - „How spatial networks affect food web structure and persistence“
2017 Yomos workshop, Buchenbach , poster presentation: Markus Stark, Christian Guill - „The relevance of dispersal on population dynamics and stability in a spatial habitat network“
Publications
Ryser Remo, Häussler Johanna, Stark Markus, Brose Ulrich, Rall Björn C., Guill Christian. The biggest losers: habitat isolation deconstructs complex food webs from top to bottom. 286. Proc. R. Soc. B http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1177