Raya Keuth
Research interests
My broad research interest lies in understanding how global change affects species and their extinction risk, with the goal of informing conservation decisions. I focus on macroecological scales and enjoy using a range of ecological models, including species distribution models and individual-based models. I am also interested in advancing these modelling techniques to improve their applicability in conservation decision-making.
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Project
During my PhD I will investigate how a climate-smart expansion of the EU’s protected area network to meet the ”30 by 30” target can contribute to halting species extinctions by using different ecological models.
Raya Keuth
- Campus Botanical Garden
University of Potsdam
Ecology/Macroecology
Maulbeerallee 3, Building 3, Room 1.12
14469 Potsdam
Academic career
2024 – 2025: Research assistant in Ecology/ Macroecology group, University of Potsdam
2021 – 2024: MSc Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, University of Potsdam
2020: Internship at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main
2017 – 2020: Bsc Biology, Philipps-University Marburg
Scholarships
2026 – Present: Dissertation Fellowship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU)
2020-2024: Student Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studientstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Publications
Under review
Keuth R, Fritz S, Zurell D (2025) Red List criteria underestimate climate-related extinction risk of range-shifting species. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.20.671260 Submitted to Nature Ecology & Evolution
Published
Zurell D, Bocedi G, Velazco SJE, ... , Keuth R, ... , Urban M (2025). Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework. PNAS, 122(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2501695122
Schön J, Keuth R, Homeier J, Lemberger O, Bendix J, Farwig N , Brandel R (2024). Do leaf traits shape herbivory in a tropical montane rainforest? A multi-species approach. Ecosphere, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70018
Junker R, Albrecht J, Becker M, Keuth R, Farwig N , Schleuning M (2023). Towards an animal economics spectrum for ecosystem research. Functional Ecology 37(1): 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14051