Guilherme Aparício, Maílis Carrilho, Flávio Oliveira, Maria da Luz Mathias, Joaquim T. Tapisso, Sophie von Merten (2023) Artificial light affects the foraging behavior in greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula).
Ethology,
88-98.
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Flávio G Oliveira, Joaquim T Tapisso, Beatriz C Afonso, Joana V Pereira, Tomé Neves, Sophie von Merten, Maria da Luz Mathias, Leszek Rychlik (2022) Dissimilar use of an external heat source for thermoregulation by shrews from different geographic regions.
Journal Of Thermal Biology, 104
, (103193), .
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von Merten S, Oliveira F, Tapisso JT, Pustelnik A, Mathias ML, Rychlik L (2022) Urban populations of shrews show larger behavioural differences among individuals than rural populations.
Animal Behaviour, 187
35-46.
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Clara Grilo, Beatriz C. Afonso, Filipe Afonso, Marta Alexandre, Sara Aliácar, Ana Almeida, Ivan Prego Alonso, Francisco Álvares, Paulo Alves, Paulo Célio Alves, Pedro Alves, Anabela Amado, Vitor Amendoeira, Francisco Amorim, Guilherme da Silva Aparício, Ricardo Araújo, Fernando Ascensão, Margarida Augusto, Victor Bandeira, A. Márcia Barbosa, Soraia Barbosa, Sérgio Barbosa, Silvia Barreiro, Paulo Barros, Tânia Barros, Filomena Barros, Mafalda Basto, Joana Bernardino, Sara Bicho, Luis Eduardo Biedma, Marta Borges, Luis Braz, José Carlos Brito, Tiago Brito, João Alexandre Cabral, Javier Calzada, Cláudia Camarinha, Mafalda Carapuço, Paulo Cardoso, Mário Carmo, Carlos Carrapato, Maílis da Silva Carrilho, Diogo Filipe T. C. S. Carvalho, Filipe Carvalho, João Carvalho, Diana Castro, Guilherme Castro, Joana Castro, Luis Roma Castro, Filipe Xavier Catry, Ana M. Cerveira, André Cid, Rafael Clarke, Conceição Conde, José Conde, Jorge Costa, Mafalda Costa, Pedro Costa, Cristina Costa, André Pedro do Couto, João Craveiro, Marta Dias, Sofia Dias, Beatriz Duarte, Virginia Duro, Cláudia Encarnação, Sofia Eufrázio, António Fael, João Salvador Falé, Sandra Faria, Carlos Fernandes, Margarida Fernandes, Gonçalo Ferrão da Costa, Clara Ferreira, Diogo F. Ferreira, Eduardo Ferreira, Joaquim Pedro Ferreira, João Ferreira, Diana Ferreira, Carlos Fonseca, Inês Fontes, Ricardo Fragoso, Claudia Franco, Tamira Freitas, Sofia I. Gabriel, Rory Gibb, Patricia Gil, Carla Patricia Jorge Gomes, Pedro Horta, Pedro Gomes, Verónica Gomes, Filipa Grilo, Américo Guedes, Filipa Guilherme, Iván Gutiérrez, Henry Harper, José M. Herrera, Dário Hipólito, Samuel Infante, José Jesus, Kate E. Jones, Marina I. Laborde, Luís Lamas de Oliveira, Inês Leitão, Rita Lemos, Cátia Lima, Paloma Linck, Hugo Lopes, Susana Lopes, Adrià López-Baucells, Armando Loureiro, Filipa Loureiro, Rui Lourenço, Sofia Lourenço, Paula Lucas, Ana Magalhães, Cristina Maldonado, Fabio Marcolin, Sara Marques, J. Tiago Marques, Carina Marques, Paulo Marques, Pedro Caetano Marrecas, Frederico Martins, Raquel Martins, Miguel Mascarenhas, Vanessa A. Mata, Ana Rita Mateus, Milene Matos, Denis Medinas, Tiago Mendes, Gabriel Mendes, Frederico Mestre, Catarina Milhinhas, António Mira, Rita I. Monarca, Norberto Monteiro, Barbara Monteiro, Pedro Monterroso, Mónia Nakamura, Nuno Negrões, Eva K. Nóbrega, Miguel Nóvoa, Manuel Nunes, Nuno Jardim Nunes, Flávio Oliveira, José Miguel Oliveira, Jorge M. Palmeirim, João Pargana, Anabela Paula, Joana Paupério, Nuno M. Pedroso, Guilherme Pereira, Pedro F. Pereira, José Pereira, Maria João Ramos Pereira, Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca, Miguel Pimenta, Sara Pinto, Nuno Pinto, Rosa Pires, Ricardo Pita, Carlos Pontes, Marisa Quaresma, João Queirós, Luís Queirós, Ana Rainho, Maria da Graça Ramalhinho, Patrícia Ramalho, Helena Raposeira, Francisco Rasteiro, Hugo Rebelo, Frederico Tátá Regala, Dyana Reto, Sérgio Bruno Ribeiro, Helena Rio-Maior, Ricardo Rocha, Rita Gomes Rocha, Luísa Rodrigues, Jacinto Román, Sara Roque, Luís Miguel Rosalino, Inês T. do Rosário, Mariana Rossa, Danilo Russo, Pedro Sá, Helena Sabino-Marques, Vânia Salgueiro, Helena Santos, Joana Santos, João P. V. Santos, Nuno Santos, Sara Santos, Carlos Pedro Santos, Margarida Santos-Reis, Ana Serronha, Pablo Sierra, Bruno Silva, Carla S. G. M. Silva, Clara Silva, Diogo Silva, Luís P. da Silva, Ricardo Silva, Carmen Silva, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior, Pedro Sousa, Diana Sousa-Guedes, Giulia Spadoni, Joaquim T. Tapisso, Daniela Teixeira, Sérgio Teixeira, Nuno Teixeira, Rita T. Torres, Paulo Travassos, Hélia Vale-Gonçalves, Nuno Cidraes-Vieira, Sophie von Merten, Maria da Luz Mathias (2022) MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal.
Ecology, e3654
.
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Flávio G Oliveira, Joaquim T Tapisso, Sophie von Merten, Leszek Rychlik, Paulo J Fonseca, Maria da Luz Mathias (2021) Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance.
Urban Ecosystems,
1-12.
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von Merten S., Hoier S., Pfeifle C., Tautz D. (2021) A humanized version of Foxp2 affects ultrasonic vocalization in adult female and male mice .
Genes, Brain And Behavior,
.
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von Merten S., Dingemanse N.J., Mathias M.D., Rychlik L. (2020) Individual behavior, behavioral stability, and pace of life within and among five shrew species.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, 74
, (2), .
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von Merten S., Siemers B.M. (2020) Shrew twittering call rate is high in novel environments-a lab-study.
MAMMAL RESEARCH, 65
, (3), 469-479.
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Flávio G Oliveira, Maria da Luz Mathias, Leszek Rychlik, Joaquim T Tapisso, Sophie von Merten (2020) Metabolic and behavioral adaptations of greater white-toothed shrews to urban conditions.
Behavioral Ecology, 31
, (6), 1334-1343.
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von Merten S., Zwolak R., Rychlik L. (2017) Social personality: a more social shrew species exhibits stronger differences in personality types.
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 127
125-134.
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Linnenbrink M., von Merten S. (2017) No speed dating please! Patterns of social preference in male and female house mice.
FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY, 14
.
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Hoier S., Pfeifle C., von Merten S., Linnenbrink M. (2016) Communication at the Garden Fence - Context Dependent Vocalization in Female House Mice.
PLOS ONE, 11
, (3), .
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Zsebők S., Czaban D., Farkas J., Siemers B.M., von Merten S. (2015) Acoustic species identification of shrews: Twittering calls for monitoring.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS, 27
1-10.
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von Merten S., Hoier S., Pfeifle C., Tautz D. (2014) A Role for Ultrasonic Vocalisation in Social Communication and Divergence of Natural Populations of the House Mouse (Mus musculus domesticus).
PLOS ONE, 9
, (5), .
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von Merten S., Siemers B.M. (2012) Exploratory behaviour in shrews: fast-lived Sorex versus slow-lived Crocidura.
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 84
, (1), 29-38.
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Page R.A., von Merten S., Siemers B.M. (2012) Associative memory or algorithmic search: a comparative study on learning strategies of bats and shrews.
ANIMAL COGNITION, 15
, (4), 495-504.
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Siemers B.M., Schauermann G., Turni H., von Merten S. (2009) Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation.
BIOLOGY LETTERS, 5
, (5), 593-596.
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Winter Y., Von Merten S., Kleindienst H.U. (2005) Visual landmark orientation by flying bats at a large-scale touch and walk screen for bats, birds and rodents.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS, 141
, (2), 283-290.
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Sophie von Merten
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
- Author Name : von Merten S.
- Researcher ID: U-6470-2018
- ORCID: 0000-0001-6010-1127
- Ciencia ID: B414-4685-1882
- Department: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Animal Biology
- Research Group: Adaptation Biology & Ecological Processes (ABEP)
- ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: AU=(von Merten S) Title: Solitary twittering of shrews - The missing link between vocal communication and echolocation in mammals? Supervisor: Maria da Luz Mathias & Lutz Wiegrebe Category: BO Grant type: BPD Funding entity: FCT Grant reference: SFRH/BPD/118053/2016 Start date: 2017-09-01 End date: 2023-10-31
Research interests
Behavioural ecology
Acoustic communication
Animal personality
Small mammals
Acoustic communication
Animal personality
Small mammals
Academic degrees
2011: PhD in Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany (24.05.2011)
2003: Diploma in Biology (corresponding to MSc), Department of Zoology, University of Munich, Germany
2003: Diploma in Biology (corresponding to MSc), Department of Zoology, University of Munich, Germany
Scientific activities
since 2017: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal (postdoc FCT: SFRH/BPD/118053/2016; 1.9.2017 - 31.10.2023)
2016 - 2017: Department for Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany (postdoc)
2013 - 2016: Department for Systematic Zoology, Adam Mickewicz University, Poznań, Poland: (postdoctoral fellow Marie-Curie: PIEF-GA-2012-332331)
2011 - 2013: Department for Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany (postdoc)
2006 - 2011 Max Planck Research Group of PD Dr. Björn Siemers, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany (PhD student)
2016 - 2017: Department for Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany (postdoc)
2013 - 2016: Department for Systematic Zoology, Adam Mickewicz University, Poznań, Poland: (postdoctoral fellow Marie-Curie: PIEF-GA-2012-332331)
2011 - 2013: Department for Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany (postdoc)
2006 - 2011 Max Planck Research Group of PD Dr. Björn Siemers, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany (PhD student)
Others
European level C FELASA certification for animal experimentation and protocol design.
Publications
WoS Papers
(18)
Other Papers
(0)
Books
(0)
Book Chapter
(0)
Thesis
(0)
Communications
(14)
Other Publications
(1)
Reports
(0)
Projects
Scientific Supervision
In progress
(2)
Concluded
(3)
PhD (Co-supervisor):
Maílis da Silva Carrilho
(CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor):
Guilherme da Silva Aparício
(CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor):
Ricardo Silva
(not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor):
Maria da Conceição Roseira Muralha Patena Forte
(not a CESAM member)
Bolsa de Investigação (Co-supervisor):
Maílis da Silva Carrilho
(CESAM member)
Seminars and Conferences Organization
- Local Organizing and Scientific Comittee of the International Colloquium – Biology of the Soricidae IV in Poznań, Poland, 12.09. – 14.09.2016
CESAM Funding: UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020 + LA/P/0094/2020
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