KÖhler, Meike
Research Professor
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
Spain
Biography
EDUCATION: 1982 - MSc of Sciences (Diplom), University of Hamburg, Germany 1988 - PhD Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Hamburg, Germany Positions: 2006-current - ICREA Research Professor, Institut Català de Paleontologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 2013-current - Associated Professor, Dep. Ecology, Univ. Barcelona. 2006-2014 - Associated Professor, Dep. BABVE, Autonomous Univ. Barcelona. 2000-2006 - Researcher at the Institut de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Publications: In journals such as: Science, Nature, Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), Current Biology, Proceedings Royal Society B, PLOS ONE, Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA), Brain Behavior and Evolution (BBE), etc.
Research Interest
Paleobiology Evolutionary Biology I am especially interested in: - Life history evolution - Evolution of body size - Trends and rules in evolution - Insularity and evolution in resource-limited environments - Evolution of brain and nervous system - Functional morphology and biomechanics
Publications
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Nacarino-Meneses C, Jordana X & Köhler M 2016, 'Histological variability in the limb bones of the Asiatic wild ass and its significance for life history inferences', Peerj, 4, e2580.
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Nacarinao-Meneses C, Jordana X & Köhler M 2016, 'First approach to bone histology and skeletochronology of Equus hemionus', Comptes Rendus Palevol, pp 277-287.
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Jordana X, Marin-Moratalla N, Moncunill-Sole B, Nacarino-Meneses C & Köhler M 2016, 'Ontogenetic changes in the histological features of zonal bone tissue of ruminants: A quantitative approach', Comptes Rendus Palevol, 15, 1-2, 255 - 266.
