Research interests

• Decomposition of different necromass types
• Carrion decomposer communities
• Biodiversity
• Nature conservation
• Ecological modelling and statistics

Selected publications

Hertlein, M. L., Barton, P., Ammer, C., Loretto, M.-C., Schall, P. Thorn, S., & Seibold, S. (2026). Patterns of decomposition rates in Central European forests differ among carrion, leaf litter and deadwood. Forest Ecosystems, 16. doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2026.100468

Hertlein, M. L., Müller, M., Ammer, C., Schall, P., Seibold, S., & Loretto, M.-C. (2025). Canopy cover and forest management shape vertebrate scavenger assembly but not carrion removal rates. Forest Ecology and Management, 593. doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2026.100468

CV

Since 2026      Ecosystem Resilience at Ulm University

2023 – 2026    PhD at Forest Zoology, TUD Dresden University of Technology. CaFoDec Project               within the Biodiveristy Exploratories

2022:               National coordinator of the Future For Nature Academy (Netherlands) and teaching assistant at Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University (Netherlands)

2018 – 2022:   Master of Forest and Nature Conservation, specialised in ecology and ecological modelling and statistics, Wageningen University (Netherlands)

2014 – 2018:   Bachelor of Environmental Sciences, specialised in system analysis, Wageningen University (Netherlands) and Erasmus exchange to Universidad Autónoma Madrid (Spain)

https://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/projects/effects-of-canopy-opennes-and-forest-management-intensity-on-decomposition-rate-and-decomposer-communities-of-different-types-of-necromass/

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