Kim Lea Holzmann
Kim Lea Holzmann
Biocenter, University of Würzburg
Am Hubland
I have a broad evolutionary & ecological research interest in the response of organisms to climate change, particularly in the context of thermal tolerances. In my research I aim to understand how the distribution of biodiversity is shaped by natural gradients and environmental changes. I am investigating these topics focusing on holometabolous insects, mainly dung beetles and flies, along an elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes. My current fieldwork includes:
- insect sampling in Peruvian Andes and rainforest
- thermal tolerance tests
- mesocosm experiments
- camera-trapping of large mammals
- recording climate data
ANDIV - Patterns and drivers of insect diversity and their microbiome along a complete forest elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes
September 2022 - now: PhD student at Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany
August 2020 - August 2022: Erasmus Mundus Master of Evolution MSc program studying at
- University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
- Uppsala University, Sweden
- The University of Arizona, USA
(Graduated with a MSc in Biology from Uppsala University and a MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Systematics from Ludwig Maximilian University)
October 2017 - July 2020: BSc in Biology at University of Göttingen, Germany, including
- External thesis project at the Department of Zoology at the University Kassel, Germany
- Semester abroad at University of Tasmania, Australia
For more information please visit my personal homepage at: https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com/about/
Holzmann, K.L., Charrier, C. & Johansson, F. (2022) Weak effects on growth and cannibalism under fluctuating temperatures in damselfly larvae. Scientific Reports 12, 12910. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17192-1.
Holzmann, K. L. (2022) Challenges in a changing climate: the effect of temperature variation on growth and competition in damselflies. Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years) thesis, Uppsala University. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-467582.
Woehler, E.J., & Holzmann, K.L. (2020) Polymelia and polydactyly in a Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae. Marine Ornithology 48, 169–170.