Homepage of Dominik Thiel

Swiss Ornithological Institute
CH-6204 Sempach
Switzerland

Tel.: ++41 (0)41 462 97 67
E-mail: dominik.thiel@vogelwarte.ch

Academic education

2003 – 2006

PhD thesis "How susceptible are Capercaillie to human disturbances – endocrinological and space behavioural stress responses to anthropogenic disturbances" in the group of Dr. Lukas Jenni (Swiss Ornithological Institute) and Prof. Bernhard Schmid (Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich)

Summer 2002

Scientific work in the group of Prof. Kathy Martin (breeding success of woodpecker species and of white-tailed ptarmigan), Department of Forestry, University of Vancouver/Canada
2002 Diploma thesis (= master thesis) "Effects of forest size and forest fragmentation on artificial ground nests in two regions of the Swiss Alps". Supervisor: Dr. Kurt Bollmann (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL) and Prof. Heinz-Ulrich Reyer (Institute of Zoology, University of Zurich)
2001 Research assistant in the Swiss National Parc (activity pattern of chamois Rupicapra rupicapra and enzymatical taxidermy of ungulates for long-time preservation)

Research interests

General interests
conservation biology, ornithology and ecology of alpine and arctic habitats

Specific interests
disturbance biology, predator-prey interactions and grouse biology

Memberships

Arbeitskreis der Bündner Wild- und Fischereibiologen
CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (www.cic-wildlife.org)
IUCN species survival commission, grouse specialist group (www.gct.org.uk/gsg)

Hobbies

Travelling (Russia), mountaineering, bird watching, hunting, fishing

Publications

Thiel D., Jenni-Eiermann S., Braunisch V., Palme R., Jenni L. (2008) Ski tourism affects habitat use and evokes a physiological stress response in capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: a new methodological approach. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 845-853.

Thiel, D., Ménoni, E., Brenot, J.-F., and Jenni, L. (2007) Effects of recreation and hunting on flushing distance of capercaillie. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 1784-1792.

Thiel, D., Unger, C., Kéry, M., and Jenni, L. (2007) Selection of night roosts in winter by capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in Central Europe. Wildlife Biology 13: 73-86.

Thiel, D. , Jenni-Eiermann, S., and Palme, R. (2005) Measuring corticosterone metabolites in droppings of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus). Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1046: 96-108.

Thiel, D. , Ehrenbold, S., und Roth, T. (2005) Grosse Wintergruppen und Winterbalz beim Auerhuhn Tetrao urogallus. Ornith. Beob. 102: 44-46.

Thiel, D. (2004) How susceptible are Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) to human disturbances? – A new PhD project. Grouse News 26: 8-9.

Thiel, D. (2003) Der Einfluss von Waldgrösse und Waldfragmentierung auf die Prädationsrate künstlicher Bodennester in zwei Auerhuhngebieten der Schweizer Alpen. Ornith. Beob. 100: 89-90.

Kerth, G., Almasi, B., Ribi, N., Thiel, D. , Lüpold, S. (2003) Social interactions among wild female Bechstein's bats (Myotis bechsteinii) living in a maternity colony. Acta ethol. 5: 107-114.

Thiel, D. (2002) Effects of forest size and forest fragmentation on predation rate of artificial ground nests in two regions of the Swiss Alps. Grouse News 23: 4-5.

Best poster award of the 9th International Grouse Symposium 2002 in Beijing.

last updated on 06.05.2008