Contact

Michael Schaub (Foto © Archiv Vogelwarte)
PD Dr Michael Schaub
Swiss Ornithological Institute
Seerose 1
6204 Sempach
Switzerland
++41 41 462 97 66 (Telephone)
++41 41 462 97 10 (Fax)
michael.schaub@vogelwarte.ch
Function
Head of ecology department
Expertise
- Capture-recapture models
- Integrated population models
- Population dynamics
- Bayesian inference
- Farmland birds
Current Projects
Co-operations
Fitsum Abadi, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Raphael Arlettez, University of Bern, Switzerland
David Fletcher, University of Dunedin, New Zealand
Olivier Gimenez, CNRS Montpellier, France
CV
Education |
2007 |
Habilitation thesis, University of Bern: “Population dynamics of declining species: methodological advances and empirical evidence”. |
1995 - 2000 |
PhD thesis, University of Zürich: “Palaearctic-African songbird migration: the analysis of ecological conditions for different migration strategies in selected species”. Supervised by PD L. Jenni and Prof. H.-U. Reyer. |
1996 |
Diploma thesis, University of Basel: “Time budget and hunting behaviour of woodchat shrikes Lanius senator in northern Switzerland”. Supervised by Prof. Dr. B. Bruderer |
Employment |
Since 2011 |
Head of the ecology department at the Swiss Ornithological Institute |
2002 - 2010 |
Head of section population dynamics at the Swiss Ornithological Institute |
2002 - 2010 |
Scientific assistant (Oberassistent) at the University of Bern (Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Division Conservation Biology) |
2000 - 2001 |
Postdoctoral research fellow, CNRS Montpellier, France |
2000 |
Scientific assistant at the Swiss Ornithological Institute |
Publications
Book
In press
- Schmidt, B.R., Itin, E., andSchaub, M. Seasonal and annual survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra salamandra. Journal of Herpetology.
2012
- Schaub, M. 2012. Spatial distribution of wind turbines is crucial for the survival of red kite populations. Biological Conservation 155: 111-118.
- Schaub, M. 2012. Populationsbiologie als zentrales Element der Naturschutzforschung. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 109: 185-200.
- Schaub, M. and Kéry, M. 2012. Combining information in hierarchical models improves inferences in population ecology and demographic population analyses. Animal Conservation 15: 125-126.
- Schmidt, B., Hödl, W., and Schaub, M. 2012. From metamorphosis to maturity in complex life cycles: equal performance of different juvenile life history pathways. Ecology 93: 657-667.
- Bötsch, Y., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2012. Breeding dispersal of Eurasian Hoopoes within and between years in relation to reproductive success, sex and age. Auk 129: 283-295.
- Abadi, F., Gimenz, O., Jakober, H., Stauber, W., Arlettaz, R. and Schaub, M. 2012. Estimating the strength of density dependence in the presence of observation errors using integrated population models. Ecological Modelling 242: 1-9.
- Arlettez, R., Maurer, M., Mosimann-Kampe, P., Nusslé, S., Abadi, F., and Schaub, M. 2012. New vineyard cultivation practices benefit a vulnerable ground-foraging farmland bird, the Woodlark: guidelines for optimal habitat management. Journal of Ornithology 153: 229-238
- Schaub, M., Reichlin, T.S., Abadi, F., Kéry, M., Jenni, L., and Arlettaz, R. The demographic drivers of local population dynamics in two rare migratory birds. Oecologia 168: 97-108.
- Fletcher, D., Lebreton, J.-D., Marescot, L., Schaub, M., Gimenez, O., Slooten, L., and Dawson, S. 2012. Bias in estimation of adult survival and asymptotic population growth rate caused by undetected capture heterogeneity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3: 206-216.
- Tagmann-Ioset, A., Schaub, M., Reichlin, T.S., Weisshaupt, N., and Arlettaz, R. 2012. Bare ground as a crucial habitat feature for a rare terrestrially foraging farmland bird of Central Europe. Acta Oecologica 39: 25-32.
- Papadatou, E., Pradel, R., Schaub, M., Dolch, D., Geiger, H., Ibañez, C., Kerth, G., Popa-Lisseanu, A., Schorcht, W., Teubner, J., and Gimenez, O. Multilevel analysis of mark-recapture data: comparing survival among species.Ecography 35: 153-161.
2011
- Schaub, M., and Abadi, F. 2011. Integrated population models: A novel analysis framework for deeper insights into population dynamics. Journal of Ornithology. 152 (Suppl. 1): 227-237
- Schaub, M., Jakober, H., and Stauber, W. Demographic response to environmental variation in breeding, stopover and non-breeding areas in a migratory passerine. Oecologia. 167: 445-459
- Rickenbach, O., Grüebler, M.G., Schaub, M., Koller, A., Naef-Daenzer, B., and Schillerli, L. 2011. Exclusion of ground predators improves Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus chick survival. Ibis 153: 531-542.
- Zellweger-Fischer, J., Schaub, M., Müller, C., Rudin, M., Spiess, M., and Jenni, L. 2011. Der Bruterfolg des Turmfalken Falco tinnunculus: Resultate und Erkenntnisse aus fünf Jahren integriertem Populationsmonitoring. Ornithologischer Beobachter 108: 37-54.
- Weisshaupt, N., Arlettaz, R., Reichlin, T.S., Tagmann-Ioset, A., and Schaub, M. 2011. Habitat selection by foraging Wrynecks Jynx torquilla during the breeding season: identifying the optimal habitat profile. Bird Study 58: 111-119.
- Schaub, M., Rudin, M., Birrer, S., and Jenni, L. 2011. Habitat-density associations are not geographically transferable in Swiss farmland birds. Ecography 34: 693-704.
- Arlettaz, R., Braunisch, V., Schaub, M., and Watson, J.E.M. 2011. Change in conservation efforts. Response. BioScience 61: 93-94.
- Pasinelli, G., Schaub, M., Häfliger, G., Frey, M., Jakober, H., Müller, M., Stauber, W., Trijanowski, P., Zollinger, J.-L., and Jenni, L. 2011. Impact of density and environmental factors on population fluctuations in a migratory passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 225-234.
2010
- Indermaur, L., Schaub, M., Jokkela, J., Tockner, K. and Schmidt, B.R. 2010. Differential response to abiotic conditions and predation risk rather than competition avoidance determine breeding site selection by anurans. Ecography 33: 887-895.
- Arlettaz, R., Schaub, M., Fournier, J., Reichlin, T.S., Sierro, A., Watson, J.E.M, and Braunisch, V. 2010. From publications to public actions: when conservation biologists bridge the gap between research and action. BioScience 60: 835-842.
- Schaub, M., Martinez, N., Tagmann-Ioset, A., Weisshaupt, N., Maurer, M.L., Reichlin, T.S., Abadi, F., Zbinden, N., Jenni, L., and Arlettaz, R. 2010. Patches of bare ground as a staple commodity of declining ground-foraging insectivorous farmland birds. Plos ONE5(10): e13115
- Arlettaz, R., Schaad, M., Reichlin, T.S., and Schaub, M. 2010. Impact of weather and climate variation on Hoopoe reproductive ecology and population growth. Journal of Ornithology 151: 889-899.
- Schaub, M., Aebischer, A., Gimenez, O., Berger, S., and Arlettaz, R. 2010. Massive immigration balances high anthropogenic mortality in a stable eagle owl population: lessons for conservation. Biological Conservation 143: 1911-1918.
- Coudrain, V., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2010. Food or nesting place? Identifying factors limiting wryneck populations. Journal of Ornithology 151: 867-880.
- Arlettaz, R., Krähenbühl, M., Almasi, B., Roulin, A. and Schaub, M. 2010. Wildflower areas within revitalized agricultural matrices boost small mammal populations but not breeding Western Barn Owls. Journal of Ornithology 151: 553-564.
- Indermaur, L., Schmidt, B.R., Tockner, K. and Schaub, M. 2010. Abiotic and biotic factors determine spatial variation in anuran body size at metamorphosis in a dynamic floodplain. Oecologia 163: 637-649.
- Reichlin, T.S., Hobson, K.H., Wassenaar, L.I., Schaub, M., Tolkmitt, D., Becker, D., Jenni, L., and Arlettaz, R. 2010. Migratory connectivity in a declining bird species: Using feather isotopes to inform demographic modelling. Diversity and Distributions 16: 643-654.
- Servanthy, S., Choquet, R., Baupet, E., Brandt, S., Gaillard, J.-M., Schaub, M., Toigo, C., Lebreton, J.-D., Buoro, M., and Gimenez, O. 2010. Assessing whether mortality is additive using marked animals: a Bayesian state-space modeling approach. Ecology 91: 1916-1923.
- Kéry, M., Royle, J.A., Schmid, H., Schaub, M., Volet, B., Häfliger, G. and Zbinden, N. 2010. Correcting population trend estimates from opportunistic observations for observation effort using site-occupancy modeling. Conservation Biology 24: 1388-1397.
- Korner-Nievergelt, F., Sauter, A., Atkinson, P.W., Guélat, J., Kania, W., Kéry, M., Köppen, U., Robinson, R.A., Schaub, M., Thorup, K., van der Jeugd, H. and van Noordwijk, A.J. 2010. Improving the analysis of movement data from marked individuals through explicit estimation of observer heterogeneity. Journal of Avian Biology 41: 8-17.
- Roulin, A., Altwegg, R., Jensen, H., Steinsland, I. and Schaub, M. 2010. Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolutions of sex ratio bias. Ecology Letters 13: 616-626.
- Bächler, E., Hahn, S., Schaub, M., Arlettaz, R., Jenni, L., Fox, J.W., Afanasyev, V. and Liechti, F. 2010. Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators. PloS One 5(3): e9566
- Abadi, F., Gimenez, O., Ullrich, B. Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2010. Estimation of immigration rate using integrated population models. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 393-400.
- Zingg, S., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2010. Nestbox design influences territory occupancy and reproduction in a declining, secondary cavity-breeding bird. Ardea 98: 67-75.
- Korner-Nievergelt, F., Schaub, M., Thorup, K., Vock, M., and Kania, W. 2010. Estimation of bird distribution based on ring re-encounters: Precision and bias of the division coefficient and its relation to multi-state models. Bird Study 57: 56-68.
- Abadi, F., Gimenez, O., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2010. An assessment of integrated population models: bias, accuracy, and violation of the assumption of independence. Ecology 91: 7-14.
2009
- Baillie, S.R., and Schaub, M. 2009. Understanding changes in bird populations – the role of bird marking. Ringing & Migration 24: 189-198.
- Bairlein, F., and Schaub, M. 2009. Ringing and the study of mechanisms of migration. Ringing & Migration 24: 162-168.
- Mermod, M., Reichlin, T.S., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2009. The importance of ant rich habitats the persistence of the wryneck Jynx torquilla on farmland. Ibis 151: 731-742.
- Schorcht, W. Bontadina, F., and Schaub, M. 2009. Variation of adult survival drives population dynamics in a migrating forest bat. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 1182-1190.
- Indermaur, L. Winzeler, T., Schmidt, B.R., Trockner, K, and Schaub, M. 2009. Differential resource selection within shared habitat types across spatial scales in sympatric toads. Ecology 90: 3430-3444.
- Reichlin, T.S., Schaub, M., Menz, M.H.M., Mermod, M., Portner, P., Arlettaz, R., and Jenni, L. 2009. Migration patterns of hoopoe Upupa epops and wryneck Jynx torquilla: an analysis of European ring recoveries. Journal of Ornithology 150: 393-400.
- Schaub, M., and von Hirschheydt, J. 2009. Effect of current reproduction on apparent survival, breeding dispersal and future reproduction in barn swallows assessed by multistate capture-recapture models. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 625-635.
- Schaub, M., Zink, R., Beissmann, H., Sarrazin, F., and Arlettaz, R. 2009. When to end releases in reintroduction programmes: demographic rates and population viability analysis of bearded vultures in the Alps. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 92-100.
- Schaub, M. 2009. Estimation of cause-specific mortality rates from ring recovery data: a Bayesian evaluation. In Thomson, D.L., Cooch, E.G., and Conroy, M.J. (eds): Modeling demographic processes in marked populations, pp. 1081-1097. Springer Series 3: Environmental and Ecological Statistics
2008
- Geiser, s., Arlettaz, R., and Schaub, M. 2008. Impact of weather variation on feeding behaviour, nestling growth and brood survival in wrynecks Jynx torquilla. Journal of Ornithology 149: 597-606.
- Schaub, M., Jenni, L., and Bairlein, F. 2008. Fuel stores, fuel accumulation and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site. Behavioral Ecology 19: 657-666.
- Revaz, E., Schaub, M., and Arlettaz, R. 2008. The ecological performance of a revitalized, intensively cultivated vs an historical, traditionally cultivated agro-ecosystem evaluated through the breeding biology of an indicator insectivorous passerine, the Stonechat. Journal of Ornithology 149: 301-312.
- Buner, F., and Schaub, M. 2008. How do different releasing techniques affect the survival of re-introduced grey partridges Perdix perdix? Wildlife Biology 14: 26-35.
2007
- Schmidt, B.R., Schaub, M., and Steinfartz, S. 2007. Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamendra is low because of high migratory activity. Frontiers in Zoology 4: 19.
- Schaub, M., Gimenez, O., Sierro, A., and Arlettaz, R. 2007. Use of integrated modelling to enhance estimates of population dynamics obtained from limited data. Conservation Biology 21: 945-955.
- Arlettaz, R., Patthey, P., Baltic, M., S., Leu, Schaub, M., Palme, R., and Jenni-Eiermann, S. 2007. Spreading free-riding snow sports represent a novel growing stressful threat for wildlife. Proc. R. Soc. B 274: 1219-1224.
- Pasinelli, G., Müller, M., Schaub. M., and Jenni, L. 2007. Causes and consequences of philopatry and breeding dispersal in red-backed shrikes. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1061-1074.
- Bächler, M. and Schaub, M. 2007. The effects of encounter technique and permanent local emigration on stopover duration estimates as revealed by telemetry. The Condor 109: 142-154.
- Altwegg, R., Schaub, M. and Roulin, A. 2007. Age-specific fitness components and their temporal variation in the western barn owl. American Naturalist 169: 47-61.
- Salewski, V., Thoma, M., and Schaub, M. 2007. Stopover of migrating birds: simultaneous analysis of different marking methods enhances the power of capture-recapture analyses. Journal of Ornithology 148: 29-37
- Salewski, V., and Schaub. M. 2007. Stopover duration of Palaearctic passerine migrants in the western Sahara – independent of fat stores? Ibis 149: 223-236.
2006
- Schaub, M., Ullrich, B., Knötzsch, G., Albrecht, P., and Meisser, C. 2006. Local population dynamics and the impact of scale: a case study on different little owl populations. Oikos 115: 389-400.
- Schaub, M. 2006. How to study departure decisions of migrants from stopover sites using capture-recapture data. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52(suppl.): 602-605.
2005
- Balança, G., and Schaub, M. 2005. Post-breeding migration ecology of Reed Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Moustached A. melanopogon and Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti at a Mediterranean stopover site. Ardea 93: 245-257.
- Pradel, R., Schaub, M., Jenni, L., and Lebreton, J.-D. 2005. Migrating birds stop over longer than usually thought: Reply. Ecology 86: 3418-3419.
- Schaub, M., Köppen, U., and Kania, W. 2005. Variation of primary production during winter induces synchrony in survival rates in migratory white storks Ciconia ciconia. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 656-666.
- Schmidt, B.R., Feldmann, R., and Schaub, M. 2005. Demographic processes underlying population growth and decline in Salamandra salamandra. Conservation Biology 19: 1149-1156.
- Kéry, M., Gregg, K.M, and Schaub, M. 2005. Demographic estimation methods for plants with unobservable life-states. Oikos 108: 307-320.
2004
- Schaub, M., and Lebreton, J.-D. 2004. Testing the additive versus the compensatory hypothesis of mortality from ring recovery data using a random effects model. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27.1: 73-85.
- Schaub, M., Gimenez, O., Schmidt, B., and Pradel, R. 2004. Estimating survival and non-random temporary emigration in the multistate capture-recapture framework. Ecology 85: 2107-2113.
- Schaub, M., and Pradel, R. 2004. Assessing the relative importance of different sources of mortality from recoveries of marked animals. Ecology 85: 930-938.
- Schaub, M., Pradel, R., and Lebreton, J.-D. 2004. Is the reintroduced White Stork Ciconia ciconia population in Switzerland self-susstainable? Biological Conservation 119: 105-114.
- Schaub, M., Liechti, F., and Jenni, L. 2004.Taking-off behaviour of migrating Robins Erithacus rubecula from a stopover site in relation to wind and rain. Animal Behaviour 67: 229-237.
2003
- Jenni, L., and Schaub, M. 2003. Behavioural and physiological reactions to environmental variation in bird migration: a review. In Berthold, P., Gwinner, E., and Sonnenschein, E. (eds): Avian Migration, pp. 155-171. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
2002
- Schmidt, B.R., Schaub, M., and Anholt, B.R. 2002. Why you should use capture-recapture methods when estimating survival and breeding probabilities: on bias, temporary emigration, overdispersion and common toads. Amphibia-Reptilia 23: 375–388.
2001
- Schaub, M., and Jenni, L. 2001. Variation of fuelling rates among sites, days and individuals in migrating passerine birds. Functional Ecology 15: 584–594.
- Schaub, M., and Vaterlaus-Schlegel, C. 2001. Annual and seasonal variation of survival rates in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus. Journal of Zoology (London) 255: 89-96.
- Schaub, M., and Amann, F. 2001. Saisonale Variation der Überlebensraten von Sumpfmeisen Parus palustris. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 98: 223-235.
- Schaub, M., and Jenni, L. 2001. Stopover durations of three warbler species along their autumn migration route. Oecologia 128: 217-227.
- Schaub, M., Pradel, R., Jenni, L., and Lebreton, J.-D. 2001. Migrating birds stop over longer than usually thought: an improved capture-recapture analysis. Ecology 82: 852-859.
2000
- Schaub, M., and Jenni, L. 2000. Body mass of six long-distance migrant passerine species along the autumn migration route. Journal für Ornithologie 141: 441-460.
- Schaub, M., and Jenni, L. 2000. Fuel deposition of three passerine bird species along the migration route. Oecologia 122: 306-317.
1999 and earlier
- Schaub, M., Schwilch, R., and Jenni, L. 1999. Does tape-luring of migrating Eurasian Reed-Warblers increase number of recruits or capture probability? The Auk 116: 1047-1053.
- Schaub, M. 1997. Massenzug von Vierflecklibellen (Libellula quadrimaculata) entlang der Kurischen Nehrung. Libellula 16: 181-184.
- Schaub, M. 1996. Jagdverhalten und Zeitbudget von Rotkopfwürgern (Lanius senator) in der Nordwestschweiz. Journal für Ornithologie 137: 213-227.
- Kéry, M., and Schaub, M. 1994. Onychogomphus costae (Sel.) and Gomphus graslini (Ramb.) in NE Spain. Notululae Odonatologicae, Vol. 4, No. 3: 53-54.