Max Steinmetz- Master of Science
- Administration de la nature et des forêts
Max Steinmetz
- Master of Science
- Administration de la nature et des forêts
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Introduction
As an ecologist stationed in Luxembourg, I'm focusing my research interest on the role of healthy semi-/natural habitats and habitat management for conserving bird populations. I did my theses on habitat/resource selection of endangered species. Currently working at the biological station SICONA on faunistic monitoring and conservation orientated research. Participating in TOV-E Norway, Common Bird Monitoring, targeted monitoring schemes and doing bird ringing in wetlands.
Current institution
Administration de la nature et des forêts
Additional affiliations
December 2018 - present
SICONA
Position
- Researcher
Description
- SICONA is a nature conservation syndicate and biological station located in Western Luxembourg (https://sicona.lu/)
Education
January 2017 - January 2018
September 2016 - September 2018
October 2012 - June 2015
Publications
Publications (6)
In the course of agricultural land use changes there has been an ongoing loss of biodiversity in central Europe. For the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor, a farmland passer-ine bird species, a recent strong population decline has been observed in Luxembourg. We applied focal animal sampling to study the selection of hunting grounds of great grey...
Standardized bird monitoring schemes in wetlands are critical tools for governments
and conservation bodies to optimize habitat management and guide conservation
measures for protected species. Through the standardized establishment of a baseline,
changes in abundance or diversity of local bird populations may be detected. During the
years 2017-201...
Population size, distribution and nesting site characteristics of breeding house martins and barn swallows were investigated in the mixed rural and urban landscape of southwestern and western Luxembourg. House martins were mapped in 34 municipalities (670 km2) between 2013 and 2020 and barn swallows in 11 municipalities (228 km2) between 2017 and 2...
This study re-examines the bird assemblage found in 133.5 ha of mostly wet and mesophile grasslands in an area referred to as „Bartringer Houbaach“, near Bertrange in southwestern Luxembourg, after 25 years of largely extensive management. The territory mapping method used in the initial study (1992) and the comparative study (2017) provides an app...
The main goal of the LIFE EUROKITE project is to reduce anthropogenic causes of mortality of the red kite in Europe. The efficient protection of the red kite requires the detailed understanding of overall mortality reasons, especially focusing on those caused by legal and illegal human activities. The LIFE EUROKITE project focuses on a Europe-wide...
This study presents the re-examination of the flora and insect fauna in wet and mesophile extensive grasslands in an area called „Houbaach“ in Bertrange, southwestern Luxembourg after 25 years. The effectiveness of contractual nature conservation in terms of extensive grassland management is assessed on the actual state of the recorded biocoenosis....
