Marcela Suarez-Rubio
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marcela Suarez-Rubio
Institut Institute of Zoology (ZOO)
Location Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
Email marcela.suarezrubio@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83316
Career
- 2017 Senior Scientist, Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- 2016 Habilitation (Venia docendi) in Landscape Ecology, Privatdozent, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- 2012 - 2016 University Assistant, Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- 2011 PhD in Ecology, University of Maryland, USA
- 2010 Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- 2005 - 2007 Curriculum Development Coordinator, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
- 2005 MSc in Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
- 2005 - 2007 Principal Instructor, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
- 2000 BSc in Biology, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Awards
- 2022 ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- 2022 National Parks Austria Research Award to the Master Thesis of Lena Schneider and Georg Gruber (Supervisors: Marcela Suarez-Rubio and Markus Milchram)
- 2019 Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019 in Ecology and Evolution: Suarez-Rubio et al. 2018 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3897)
- 2018 ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
- 2017 ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
- 2016 BOKU Teaching Award 2016 - 2. Place
- 2016 ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility, University of Mandalay, Myanmar
- 2015 First prize for oral presentation for Kathrine Schack Madsen: "Influence of landscape parameters on reproductive success of great tits (Parus major) along an urban gradient." ELLS Conference, Prague
- 2011 Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award
- 2011 Who’s who in America for Professional Achievements
- 2011 NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award
- 2010 Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Travel Award
- 2010 USDA-NIFA Professional Enhancement Award
- 2008 American Ornithologists' Union Student Travel Award
- 2008 Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Travel Award
- 2008 Golden Key International Honour Society Member
- 2006 Dr. José Ramón Ortiz Award (Fundación Ríos Pasarell)
- 2005 Auburn University Center for Forest Sustainability Travel Fellowship
- 2005 Fellowship for Dissertations, thesis and equivalent projects. Dean’s Office of Graduate and Research Studies, University of Puerto Rico
- 2004 Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool Fellowship
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
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Lectures
(2023) Life History, Immunantwort auf aviäre Hämosporidiose, und Vektoren als Gesundheitsrisiko für Kohlmeisen in Relation zu unterschiedlichen Waldtypen im Biosphärenreservat Wienerwald
Autoren: Liball, K; Schneider, S; Kirchmair, R; Suarez-Rubio M
156. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft
(2023) Bird communities in tropical southeast Asian cities: dissimilarities with temperate areas?
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Bates, PJJ; Aung, T; Hlaing, NM; Oo, SSL; Ohn Mar, SM; Myint, A; Fehrmann, L; Renner, SC
156. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft
(2022) Birds and bats in a changing word: the pressure of land-use change on diversity
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
Invited speaker, Seminar Series Department of Environment and Biodiversity, University of Salzburg
(2022) Forest management: Effects on birds and bats
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
Invited speaker, Forest Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden
(2022) Bird responses to urbanization change depending on reference level, rural or natural
Autoren: Batáry, P; Kurucz, K; Suarez-Rubio, M; Chamberlain, DE
6th European Congress of Conservation Biology 2022
(2021) Local and landscape factors influence urban ground dwelling arthropods in non-recreational green spaces
Autoren: Fischer, J; Suarez-Rubio, M
World Conference of the Society for Urban Ecology 2021
(2020) The effect of surrounding land use, vegetation cover and temperature on arthropod assemblages on vacant lots, extensive green roofs and railway embankments in Vienna, Austria
Autoren: Fischer, J; Suarez-Rubio, M
Simbiose symposium
(2019) Effects of urbanization in birds and bats
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
International workshop Biodiversity and the urban-rural interface: conflicts vs. opportunities 2019
(2019) Identifying and assessing indicators for quantifying urbanization gradients
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Krenn, R
IALE WORLD CONGRESS International Association for Landscape Ecology 2019
(2019) Conservation of bats along an urbanization gradient: The effect of vegetation structure, buildings and artificial light
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Reier, S; Höfinger, E; Bruckner A
IALE WORLD CONGRESS International Association for Landscape Ecology 2019
(2018) Hemeroby and the urban soil fauna: Including anthropogenic disturbance improves assemblage models
Autoren: Bruckner, A; Shrubovych, J; Zehetner, F; Suarez-Rubio, M
48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
(2018) The influence of landscape heterogeneity for establishing Woodlark breeding territories
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Resch, M
27th International Ornithological Congress
(2018) Haemosporidia prevalence in Parus major nestlings along an urbanization gradient
Autoren: Neumann, AE; Suarez-Rubio, M; van Hoesel, W; Renner, SC
48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
(2018) Biodiversity assessment of the Hkakabo Razi passerine fauna – implications on taxonomy and conservation from molecular genetics
Autoren: Renner, SC; Suarez-Rubio, M; Päckert, M
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G)
(2018) Haemosporidia prevalence in Parus major nestlings along an urbanization gradient
Autoren: Neumann, AE; Suarez-Rubio, M; van Hoesel, W; Renner, SC
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G)
(2018) Biodiversity of the Hkakabo Razi passerine fauna – implications on taxonomy and conservation from molecular genetics
Autoren: Renner, SC; Suarez-Rubio, M; Päckert, M
48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
(2018) Ecología del movimiento de aves en corredores restaurados en un paisaje fragmentado en la cordillera central de Colombia
Autoren: Montealegre-Talero, C; Suarez-Rubio, M; Renner, S; Renjifo, LM
II Simposio Nacional de Ecología del Paisaje
(2018) Bats along an urbanization gradient: the relative importance of artificial light and vegetation structure
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Reier, S; Bruckner, A
48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World
(2018) Effects of urbanization on birds and bats
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
International workshop: “Biodiversity and the urban-rural interface: conflicts vs. opportunities” within the project “Land use contrasts and edge effects – a comparative approach”
(2018) Biodiversity assessment of the Hkakabo Razi passerine avifauna – implications on taxonomy and conservation from molecular genetics
Autoren: Renner, S; Suarez-Rubio, M; Päcker, M
27th International Ornithological Congress
(2017) Pursuing Graduate Studies Abroad
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
Invited lecturer, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
(2017) The Anthropocene: Effects on Birds and Bats
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
Invited lecturer, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
(2017) Avifauna in re-connected Andean forests 10 years after the restoration of connectivity corridors
Autoren: Montealegre, C; Echeverry-Galvis, MA; Renner, SC; Suarez-Rubio, M; Renjifo, LM
International Congress of Conservation Biology
(2017) Der Einfluss von künstlichem Licht auf Aktivität und Artenreichtum von Fledermäusen entlang eines urbanen Gradienten in Wien
Autoren: Reier, S; Bruckner, A; Suarez-Rubio, M
4. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2017
(2017) Impacts of habitat changes on food availability for the Warbler finch in the Scalesia Forest, Galápagos
Autoren: Rabitsch, I; Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, S; Tebbich, S; Suarez‐Rubio, M; Armstrong, K; Watzinger, A; Hood‐Nowotny, R;
15th Stable Isotope Network Austria SINA Meeting 2017
(2017) Effects of Vegetation Structure on Bats Along an Urban Gradient
Autoren: Wiesinger, F; Bruckner, A; Suarez-Rubio, M
4. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2017
(2017) Influence of Buildings and Vegetation Structure on Bat Activity and Richness Along an Urban Gradient
Autoren: Vetter, M; Bruckner, A; Suarez-Rubio, M
4. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2017
(2017) Habitatmodellierung für die Fledermäuse im Nationalpark Harz
Autoren: Schröder, A; Suarez-Rubio, M; Bruckner, A
4. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2017
(2016) Importance of suburban areas for birds: a hierarchical meta-analysis
Autoren: Kurucz, K; Suarez-Rubio, M; Chamberlain, DE, Batáry, P
46th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2016
(2016) Results of the 1st Research Trip to the Northern Mountain Forest Complex - Landscape parameters and birds
Autoren: Renner, SC; Myint Aung; Suarez-Rubio, M;
Scientific research workshop on NMFC biodiversity - Nomination of the Hkakabo Razi Forests as World Heritage
(2015) „Potentielle Konnektivität urbaner Grünflächen für die Fledermäuse Wiens“
Autoren: Sprick, F.; Bruckner, A; Suarez-Rubio, M
3. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2015
(2015) Breeding birds in urban green spaces: The role of habitat, surroundings and connectivity
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M
International Bird Workshop Myanmar 2015
(2015) Returning home: movement strategies of Sub-Andean birds in a modified landscape
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Montealegre-Talero, C; Renjifo, LM; Renner, S
10th Neotropical Ornithology Congress 2015
(2015) Response of bats to landscape structure surrounding urban green areas
Autoren: Koppensteiner, W; Suarez-Rubio, M; Bruckner, A
45th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2015
(2015) The role of habitat, surroundings and connectivity of urban green spaces for birds
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Mair, E
10th Conference of the European Ornithologist's Union
(2015) Functional connectivity of urban green spaces for insectivorous bat species
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Sprick, F; Bruckner, A
World Congress International Association of Landscape Ecology
(2015) Die Reaktion der Fledermäuse auf die umgebende Landschaftsstruktur von urbanen Grünräumen
Autoren: Koppensteiner, W; Bruckner, A; Suarez-Rubio, M
3. Tagung Fledermausforschung in Österreich 2015
(2015) Vorkommen der Nymphenfledermaus Myotis alcathoe in Österreich
Autoren: Reiter G., Bruckner A., Kubista C. E., Plank M., Pollheimer M., Suarez-Rubio M., Wegleitner S., Hüttmeir U.
Verbreitung und Ökologie der Nymphenfledermaus, Bayrisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Fachtagung
(2013) Forest birds’ response to residential development beyond the urban fringe
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Lookingbill, T
1st Congress of the Society for Urban Ecology 2013 - Progress in urban ecology and ecological challenges in urban development
(2013) Effects of rural housing growth on forest birds’ habitat
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Lookingbill, T
Ecological Society of America 2013
(2012) Housing development in rural areas deteriorates forest birds breeding habitats
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Wilson, S; Lookingbill, T
6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2012
(2011) Comparison of a pattern-based model and a spatially explicit econometric model to forecast low-density residential development
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M.; Lookingbill, T; Wainger, L
IALE-D Jahrestagung 2011
(2010) Evaluation of the susceptibility of the Maryland Green Infrastructure to forecasted patterns of land use change
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M.; J. Ferrari; T. Lookingbill
Chesapeake Modeling Symposium
(2008) Does exurban development influence bird diversity in northern Virginia?
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio M, Leimgruber P, Renner SC
126th American Ornithologists’ Union 2007
(2007) Effects of land-use intensity on bird communities in Puerto Rico
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M.; Thomlinson, JR
7th IALE World Congress 2007
(2005) Effects of land-use intensity on bird communities in Puerto Rico
Autoren: Suarez-Rubio, M; Thomlinson, JR
Urban Rural Interface International Conference
Reed and woody structures are indispensable landscape elements for bats in the western Pannonian basin
Autoren: Gruber, G; Schneider, L; Milchram, M; Suarez-Rubio, M