Frauke Ecke
Associate Professor
Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
Biography
Frauke Ecke is an Associate Professor and work as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies at SLU, Umeå. Since July 2016,he is responsible for the Swedish National Environmental Monitoring Program for small rodents. Researcher, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, 2008-2016. He was working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Geosciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2005-2008. He did Postdoc at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Forestry Program, Laxenburg, Austria (2004-2005). He completed M. Sc. in Biology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1996.
Research Interest
population dynamics and landscape ecology of small mammals and their zoonoses in the forest landscape; Analysis of the effects of species on their environment (especially beaver) and how species are affected by changes in their environment (landscape, climate; small mammals, Tengmalm’s Owl, Golden Eagle).
Publications
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Magnusson M, Hörnfeldt B, Ecke F (2015) Evidence for different drivers behind long-term decline and depression of density in cyclic voles. Population Ecology 1-12.
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Khalil H, Ecke F, Evander M, Hörnfeldt B (2016) Selective predation on hantavirus-infected voles by owls and confounding effects from landscape properties. Oecologia 181: 597-606.
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Khalil H, Ecke F, Evander M, Magnusson M, Hörnfeldt B (2016) Declining ecosystem health and the dilution effect. Scientific Reports 6: 31314.
