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Overview

Dennis Rödder is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specialized interest in Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

Their work frequently covers topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal and Plant Science Education, Plant and Animal Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Recent notable papers include:
"The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide" (2020), published in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology.
"Climate change drives mountain butterflies towards the summits" (2021), published in Scientific Reports.
"A global analysis of habitat fragmentation research in reptiles and amphibians: what have we done so far?" (2023), published in Biodiversity and Conservation.
"Alborz Heritage: geographic distribution and genetic differentiation of the Iranian Paradactylodon (Amphibia: Hynobiidae)" (2020), published in Amphibia-Reptilia.
"Amphibians in zoos: a global approach on distribution patterns of threatened amphibians in zoological collections" (2020), published in International Zoo Yearbook.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rödder include:

  • Thomas Ziegler
  • Truong Quang Nguyen
  • Philipp Ginal
  • Minh Đức Lê
  • L. Lee Grismer

Rödder's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Nature Conservation
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Integrative Conservation
  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • ZooKeys

Best Publications

  • Mapping species distributions with MAXENT using a geographically biased sample of presence data: a performance assessment of methods for correcting sampling bias.

    Yoan Fourcade;Jan O. Engler;Dennis Rödder;Jean Secondi

  • Quantitative metrics of overlaps in Grinnellian niches: advances and possible drawbacks

    D. Rödder;J. O. Engler

  • Niche shift versus niche conservatism? Climatic characteristics of the native and invasive ranges of the Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

    Dennis Rödder;Stefan Lötters

  • Alien invasive slider turtle in unpredicted habitat: a matter of niche shift or of predictors studied?

    Dennis Rödder;Sebastian Schmidtlein;Michael Veith;Stefan Lötters

  • Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus

    Dennis Rödder;Jos Kielgast;Jon Bielby;Sebastian Schmidtlein

  • The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide.

    Emily N. Taylor;Luisa M. Diele‐Viegas;Eric J. Gangloff;Joshua M. Hall

  • Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

    Timothy Y. James;L. Felipe Toledo;Dennis Rödder;Domingos da Silva Leite

  • Ongoing invasions of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis: a global review

    G. J. Measey;D. Rödder;S. L. Green;R. Kobayashi

  • On the brink of extinction? How climate change may affect global chelonian species richness and distribution

    Flora Ihlow;Johannes Dambach;Jan O. Engler;Morris Flecks

  • Diversity, biogeography and the global flows of alien amphibians and reptiles

    César Capinha;César Capinha;Hanno Seebens;Phillip Cassey;Pablo García-Díaz;Pablo García-Díaz

  • Predicting the potential distributions of two alien invasive Housegeckos (Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus frenatus, Hemidactylus mabouia)

    Dennis Rödder;Mirco Solé;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Final countdown for biodiversity hotspots

    Jan C. Habel;Jan C. Habel;Livia Rasche;Uwe A. Schneider;Jan Oliver Engler

  • Global warming will affect the genetic diversity and uniqueness of Lycaena helle populations

    Jan Christian Habel;Jan Christian Habel;Dennis Rödder;Thomas Schmitt;Gabriel Nève

  • Cryptic Speciation Patterns in Iranian Rock Lizards Uncovered by Integrative Taxonomy

    Faraham Ahmadzadeh;Morris Flecks;Miguel A. Carretero;Omid Mozaffari

  • Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia

    Andrea Swei;Jodi J. L. Rowley;Dennis Rödder;Mae L. L. Diesmos

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Applications and future challenges in marine species distribution modeling

    Johannes Dambach;Dennis Rödder

  • Climate change drives mountain butterflies towards the summits

    Dennis Rödder;Thomas Schmitt;Patrick Gros;Werner Ulrich

  • Evolutionary history of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) analyzed using multilocus sequence data and paleodistribution modeling.

    Sabine S. Jakob;Dennis Rödder;Jan O. Engler;Salar Shaaf;Salar Shaaf

  • Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change.

    Dennis Rödder;Jos Kielgast;Stefan Lötters

  • The link between rapid enigmatic amphibian decline and the globally emerging chytrid fungus.

    Stefan Lötters;Jos Kielgast;Jon Bielby;Sebastian Schmidtlein

  • Cryptic niche conservatism among evolutionary lineages of an invasive lizard.

    Ulrich Schulte;Axel Hochkirch;Stefan Lötters;Dennis Rödder

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Lötters
Stefan Lötters University of Trier
Jan Christian Habel
Jan Christian Habel University of Salzburg
Michael Veith
Michael Veith University of Trier
Wolfgang Böhme
Wolfgang Böhme Leibniz Association
Thomas Schmitt
Thomas Schmitt University of Potsdam
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Miguel A. Carretero
Miguel A. Carretero University of Porto
Benedikt R. Schmidt
Benedikt R. Schmidt University of Zurich
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego

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