Publications (in reverse chronological order)
peer-reviewed:
Bohr YE-MB,
Purbatrapsila A, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Ganzhorn JU & Merker S (2023) Strange tunes -
Acoustic variation and character displacement in a tarsier hybrid zone. International Journal of Primatology
(online first): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00351-0.
Gao H, Hamp
T, Ede J, Schraiber JG, McRae J, Singer-Berk M, Yang Y, Dietrich A, Fiziev P,
Kuderna L, Sundaram L, Wu Y, Adhikari A, Field Y, Chen S, Batzoglou S, Aguet F,
Lemire G, Reimers R, Balick D, Janiak MC, Kuhlwilm M, Orkin JD, Manu S,
Valenzuela A, Bergman J, Rouselle M, Silva FE, Agueda L, Blanc J, Gut M, de
Vries D, Goodhead I, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Jensen A, Chuma IS, Horvath J,
Hvilsom C, Juan D, Frandsen P, de Melo FR, Bertuol F, Byrne H, Sampaio I,
Farias I, Valsecchi do Amaral J, Messias M, da Silva MNF, Trivedi M, Rossi R,
Hrbek T, Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola CJ, Zaramody A, Jolly CJ,
Phillips-Conroy J, Wilkerson G, Abee C, Simmons JH, Fernandez-Duque E, Kanthaswamy
S, Shiferaw F, Wu D, Zhou Z, Shao Y, Zhang G, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Le MD, Lizano
E, Merker S,
Navarro A, Batallion T, Nadler T, Khor CC, Lee J, Tan P, Lim WK, Kitchener AC,
Zinner D, Gut I, Melin A, Guschanski K, Schierup MH, Beck RMD, Umapathy G, Roos
C, Boubli JP, Lek M, Sunyaev S, O'Donnell-Luria A, Rehm H, Xu J, Rogers J, Marques-Bonet
T & Farh KK-H (2023) The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans
and primates. Science
380(6648): eabn8153. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8197.
Grathwol F, Roos C,
Zinner D, Hume D, Porcier SM, Berthet D, Cuisin J, Merker S, Ottoni C, Van
Neer W, Dominy NJ & Kopp GH (2023) Adulis and the transshipment of baboons
during classical antiquity. eLife
12: e87513. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87513.
Kuderna
LFK, Gao H, Janiak MC, Kuhlwilm M, Orkin JD, Bataillon T, Manu S, Valenzuela A,
Bergman J, Rouselle M, Silva FE, Agueda L, Blanc J, Gut M, de Vries D, Goodhead
I, Harris RA, Raveendran M, Jensen A, Chuma IS, Horvath J, Hvilsom C, Juan D,
Frandsen P, Schraiber JG, de Melo FR, Bertuol F, Byrne H, Sampaio I, Farias I,
Valsecchi do Amaral J, Messias M, da Silva MNF, Trivedi M, Rossi R, Hrbek T,
Andriaholinirina N, Rabarivola CJ, Zaramody A, Jolly CJ, Phillips-Conroy J,
Wilkerson G, Abee C, Simmons JH, Fernandez-Duque E, Kanthaswamy S, Shiferaw F,
Wu D, Zhou Z, Shao Y, Zhang G, Keyyu JD, Knauf S, Le MD, Lizano E, Merker S, Navarro A,
Nadler T, Khor CC, Lee J, Tan P, Lim WK, Kitchener AC, Zinner D, Gut I, Melin
A, Guschanski K, Schierup MH, Beck RMD, Umapathy G, Roos C, Boubli JP, Rogers
J, Farh KK-H & Marques-Bonet T (2023) A global catalog of whole-genome
diversity from 233 primate species. Science
380(6648): 906-913. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn7829.
Mai S, Wittor C, Merker S & Woog F
(2023) DRD4 allele frequencies in greylag geese vary between urban and
rural sites. Ecology and
Evolution 13: e9811. [pdf]
Hagemann L, Grow N,
Bohr YE-MB, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Duma Y, Gursky SL & Merker S (2022) Small, odd and old: The
mysterious Tarsius pumilus is the
most basal Sulawesi tarsier. Biology
Letters 18: 2021.0642. [pdf] [journal
homepage]
Kunze J, Karakostis FA,
Merker S, Peresani M, Hotz G,
Tourloukis V & Harvati K (2022) Entheseal patterns suggest habitual tool
use in early hominins. PaleoAnthropology
2022(2): 195-210. [pdf on journal homepage]
Denys C, Lalis A,
Aniskin V, Gerbault-Seureau M, Delapre A, Gilissen E, Merker S, Nicolas V (2020) Integrative taxonomy of Guinean Lemniscomys species (Rodentia,
Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Biology 69: 20008. [pdf on journal
homepage]
Ziege M, Hermann BT,
Kriesten S, Merker S, Ullmann W,
Streit B, Wenninger S & Plath M (2020) Ranging behavior of European rabbits
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) in urban and
suburban landscapes. Mammal Research 65: 607-614. [pdf on journal homepage]
Ziege M, Theodorou P,
Juengling H, Merker S, Plath M,
Streit B, Lerp H (2020) Population genetics of the European rabbit along a
rural-to-urban gradient. Scientific
Reports 10: 2448. [pdf]
[journal homepage]
Frantz LAF, Rudzinski
A, AMS Nugraha, Evin A, Burton J, Hulme-Beaman A, Linderholm A, Barnett R, Vega
R, Irving-Pease EK, Haile J, Allen R, Leus K, Shephard J, Hillyer M, Gillemot
S, van den Hurk J, Ogle S, Atofanei C, Thomas MG, Johansson F, Mustari AH,
Williams J, Mohamad K, Damayanti CS, Wiryadi ID, Obbles D, Mona S, Day H, Yasin
M, Merker S, McGuire JA, Evans BJ,
von Rintelen T, Ho SYW, Searle JB, Kitchener AC, Macdonald AA, Shaw DJ, Hall R,
Galbusera P & Larson G (2018) Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's
iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20172566. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Mai S, Weinhardt M,
Allgoewer R & Merker S (2018)
Recolonizing lost habitat - how European beavers (Castor fiber) return to south-western Germany. Mammal Research 63:
255-265. [pdf on journal homepage]
Merker S & Staniczek AH (2018) The
Zoological Collections of the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History. In:
Beck LA (ed): Zoological Collections of
Germany, Natural History Collections. Springer, Heidelberg: 621-645. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-44321-8_53. [at
Springer online]
Heerschop S, Zischler
H, Merker S, Perwitasari-Farajallah
D & Driller C (2016) The pioneering role of PRDM9 indel mutations in
tarsier evolution. Scientific Reports
6: 34618. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Ziege M, Bierbach D,
Bischoff S, Brandt A-L, Brix M, Greshake B, Merker S, Wenninger S, Wronski T & Plath M (2016) Importance of
latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural-to-urban
gradient. BMC Ecology 16: 29. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Ziegler S, Merker S, Streit B, Boner M & Jacob
D (2016) Towards understanding isotope variability in elephant ivory to
establish isotopic profiling and source-area determination. Biological Conservation 197: 154-163. [pdf on journal homepage]
Shekelle M, Gursky S, Merker S & Ong P (2015) Philippine
Tarsier Carlito syrichta (Linnaeus,
1758). In: Schwitzer C, Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, Chiozza F, Williamson EA,
Wallis J & Cotton A (eds), Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most
Endangered Primates 2014-2016: 43-44. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG),
International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI),
and Bristol Zoological Society, Arlington, VA. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Driller C, Merker S, Perwitasari-Farajallah D,
Sinaga W, Anggraeni N & Zischler H (2015) Stop and Go - Waves of tarsier
dispersal mirror the genesis of Sulawesi Island. PLOS ONE 10(11): e0141212. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Merker S, Thomas S, Voelker E,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Feldmeyer B, Streit B & Pfenninger M (2014)
Control Region Length Dynamics Potentially Drives Amino Acid Evolution in
Tarsier Mitochondrial Genomes. Journal of
Molecular Evolution 79(1-2):
40-51. [pdf on journal homepage]
Ziegler S, Boner M,
Jacob D & Merker S (2012)
Identifying the origin of elephant ivory with isotopes. TRAFFIC Bulletin 24(2):
56. [pdf on
journal homepage]
Merker S, Boucsein D, Feldmeyer B,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Streit B (2012) Novel tetra- and pentanucleotide
microsatellite markers allow for multiplexed genotyping of Sulawesi tarsiers (Tarsius spp.). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 343-345. [pdf
on journal homepage]
Wu PC, Chen J-B,
Kawamura S, Roos C, Merker S, Shih
C-C, Hsu B-D, Lim C & Chang TW (2012) The IgE gene in primates exhibits
extraordinary evolutionary diversity. Immunogenetics
64(4): 279-287. [pdf
on journal homepage]
Merker S, Driller C, Dahruddin H,
Wirdateti, Sinaga W, Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Shekelle M (2010) Tarsius
wallacei: A new tarsier species from Central Sulawesi occupies a
discontinuous range. International
Journal of Primatology 31(6):
1107-1122. [pdf on journal homepage]
Merker S (2010) The population ecology of
Dian's tarsier. In: Gursky S & Supriatna J. (eds): Indonesian Primates,
Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer,
Driller C,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Zischler H & Merker
S (2009) The social system of Lariang tarsiers (Tarsius lariang) as
revealed by genetic analyses. International
Journal of Primatology 30(2):
267-281. [pdf
on journal homepage]
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah
D, Pamungkas J & Zischler H (2009) Elucidating geological and biological
processes underlying the diversification of Sulawesi tarsiers. Proceedings of the National
Yustian I, Merker S & Muehlenberg M (2009)
Luas daerah jelajah dan estimasi kepadatan populasi Tarsius bancanus
saltator di Pulau Belitung. Jurnal
Biologi Indonesia 5(4): 411-421. [pdf]
Durden LA, Merker S & Beati L (2008) The tick
fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia (Acari: Ixodoidea: Argasidae and Ixodidae). Experimental
and Applied Acarology. 45(1-2): 85-110. [pdf on
journal homepage]
Merker S & Yustian I (2008) Habitat use
analysis of Dian's tarsier (Tarsius dianae) in a mixed-species
plantation in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Primates
49(2): 161-164. [pdf on
journal homepage]
Merker S, Driller C, Neri-Arboleda I &
Zischler H (2008) Polymorphic microsatellite markers for Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius
syrichta). Conservation Genetics. 9(5): 1349-1351. [pdf on
journal homepage]
Shekelle M, Groves C, Merker S & Supriatna J (2008) Tarsius
tumpara: A new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi. Primate
Conservation 23: 55-64. [pdf on journal homepage]
Yustian I, Merker S, Supriatna J & Andayani N
(2008) Relative population density of Tarsius
dianae in man-influenced habitats of Lore Lindu National Park, Central
Sulawesi, Indonesia. Asian Primates Journal 1(1): 10-16. [pdf on journal homepage]
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah
D, Zahner R & Zischler H (2007) Isolation and characterization of 12
microsatellite loci for population studies of Sulawesi tarsiers (Tarsius
spp.). Molecular Ecology Notes 7(6):
1216-1218. [pdf on journal homepage]
Merker S (2006) Habitat-specific ranging
patterns of Dian's tarsiers (Tarsius dianae) as revealed by
radiotracking. American Journal of
Primatology 68(2): 111-125. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Merker S & Groves CP (2006) Tarsius lariang: A new primate species
from Western Central Sulawesi. International
Journal of Primatology 27(2):
465-485. [pdf] [journal homepage]
Merker S, Yustian I & Muehlenberg M
(2005) Responding to forest degradation: Altered habitat use by Dian's tarsier Tarsius
dianae in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Oryx
39(2): 189-195. [pdf]
[journal
homepage]
Merker S, Yustian I & Muehlenberg M
(2004) Losing ground but still doing well - Tarsius
dianae in human-altered rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. In:
Gerold G, Fremerey M & Guhardja E (eds): Land use, nature conservation and the stability of rainforest margins
in Southeast Asia. Springer,
Merker S & Muehlenberg M (2000)
Traditional land-use and tarsiers - Human influences on population densities of
Tarsius dianae. Folia Primatologica 71(6):
426-428. [pdf] [journal homepage]
non-peer reviewed:
Merker
S (2022) Im Hitzestress - Saeugetiere und Klimawandel.
In: Haertl P (ed): Anthropozaen -
Zeitalter? Zeitenwende? Zukunft?
Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie C, Band 86, Staatliches Museum fuer
Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany: 64-66.
Merker S (2022) Willkommen zurueck! Biber in
Sueddeutschland. In: Haertl P (ed): Anthropozaen
- Zeitalter? Zeitenwende? Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie C,
Band 86, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany: 78-79.
Merker S (2022) Unwiederbringliche Verluste. In: Haertl
P (ed): Anthropozaen - Zeitalter?
Zeitenwende? Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie C, Band
86, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany: 91-92.
Thues H
& Merker S (2022) Was ist eine
Art? In: Haertl P (ed): Anthropozaen -
Zeitalter? Zeitenwende? Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie C,
Band 86, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany: 70.
Rajaei H, Whitmore D, Merker S, Woog F & Richling I (2022) Neuankoemmlinge. In: Haertl P (ed): Anthropozaen - Zeitalter? Zeitenwende?
Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie C, Band 86, Staatliches
Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany: 79-86.
Hutterer
R & Merker S (2018) Fritz Dieterlen (1929-2017). Jahreshefte der
Gesellschaft fuer Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 174: 235-250. [pdf on
ResearchGate]
Merker S (2016) Lariang
tarsier (Tarsius lariang). In: Rowe N & Myers M (eds): All The
World's Primates. Pogonias Press, Charlestown, USA: 164.
Merker S (2016)
Wallace's tarsier (Tarsius wallacei). In: Rowe N & Myers M (eds):
All The World's Primates. Pogonias Press, Charlestown, USA: 169.
Merker S & Grow N
(2016) Sulawesi mountain tarsier (Tarsius pumilus). In: Rowe N &
Myers M (eds): All The World's Primates. Pogonias Press,
Charlestown, USA: 165-166.
Merker S &
Gursky-Doyen S (2016) Dian's tarsier (Tarsius dentatus). In: Rowe N
& Myers M (eds): All The World's Primates. Pogonias Press,
Charlestown, USA: 162-163.
Merker S (2011) Tarsius wallacei.
In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 June
2011.
Shekelle M, Merker S & Salim A (2008) Tarsius
lariang. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version
2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 June 2011.
Shekelle M & Merker S (2008) Tarsius dentatus.
In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1.
<www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 June 2011.
Short
Communications and Congress Presentations
Merker S (2018) Tarsiers 2.0 - An updated
phylogeography of Sulawesi's tiny primates. 92nd Annual Meeting of the German
Society for Mammalian Biology, Sep 17-20, 2018, Bonn, Germany. Oral
presentation.
Merker S, Bohr Y, Driller C &
Perwitasari-Farajallah D (2016) Tarsier tales - How the evolution of tiny
primates portrays Sulawesi's turbulent past. Island Biology 2016: II
International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation, Jul
18-22, 2016, University of the Azores at Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island,
Azores, Portugal. Oral presentation.
Bohr Y, Purbatrapsila
A, Pamungkas J, Streit B & Merker S
(2016) Conflicting genetic patterns in a tarsier hybrid zone. ATBC 2016: 53rd
Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Jun
19-23, 2016, Montpellier, France. Oral presentation (Bohr).
Driller C, Merker S,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Zischler H (2015) Fission and fusion: The
population history of a nocturnal primate. SMBE 2015: Annual meeting of the
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Jul 12-16, 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Poster presentation.
Heerschop S, Zischler
H, Merker S, Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Driller C (2015) How the
speciation gene PRDM9 evolved in speciose tarsiers. SMBE 2015: Annual
meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Jul 12-16, 2015,
Vienna, Austria. Poster presentation.
Merker S (2015) Tarsiers - The phylogeography of tiny primates as legacy of
Sulawesi's turbulent past. Evolution 2015: Joint annual meeting of the Society
for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Jun 26-30, 2015, Guaruja,
Brazil. Oral presentation.
Shekelle M,
Gursky-Doyen S & Merker S (2015) Testing the undersampled tarsier
hypothesis. AAPA 2015: 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists, Mar 25-28, 2015, St. Louis, USA. Oral presentation
(Shekelle).
Merker S (2014) Tarsiers - The phylogeography of tiny primates as legacy of
Sulawesi's turbulent past. DGS 2014: 88th Annual Meeting of the German Society
for Mammalian Biology, Sep 01-04, 2014, Giessen, Germany. Oral
presentation.
Bohr Y, Purbatrapsila
A, Streit B & Merker S (2014) Dating the wrong guy - Asymmetry in a
tarsier hybrid tension zone. 25th Congress of the International Primatological
Society (IPS), Hanoi, Vietnam, Aug 11-16, 2014. Abstract #445, oral
presentation (Bohr).
Driller C, Merker S,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Zischler H (2014) Tracing the phylogeographic
history of Eastern tarsiers. 25th Congress of the International Primatological
Society (IPS), Hanoi, Vietnam, Aug 11-16, 2014. Abstract #161, oral
presentation (Driller).
Merker S, Thomas S, Voelker E, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Feldmeyer B, Streit B
& Pfenninger M (2014) Beware of the mitochondrion! Pros and Cons of the
tarsier organellar genome. 25th Congress of the International Primatological
Society (IPS), Hanoi, Vietnam, Aug 11-16, 2014. Abstract #507, oral
presentation.
Bohr Y, Purbatrapsila
A, Streit B & Merker S (2013) Sexy strangers?! - Acoustic mate
recognition in a tarsier hybrid zone. 5th International Prosimian Congress,
Ranomafana, Madagascar, Aug 04-09, 2013. Oral presentation (Bohr).
Merker S (2013) The diversification of tarsiers in light of Sulawesi's past. 2nd
Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution (SAGE) Meeting, Berlin, Germany, Mar 11-15,
2013. Oral
presentation.
Ziegler S, Merker S & Wehrmeister U (2013) Auf
den Zahn gefuehlt - mit forensischen Methoden auf der Spur des Elfenbeins. 15th Annual Symposium on Gemmology (FEEG), Linz, Austria, Jan 18-20,
2013. Oral presentation (Ziegler).
Ziegler S, Merker S
& Jacob D (2012) Geographic variation of stable isotopes in recent elephant
ivory. 9.
Tagung der Gesellschaft fuer Archaeozoologie und Praehistorische Anthropologie
(GAPA), Vienna, Austria, Sep 18-20, 2012. Oral
presentation (Ziegler).
Ziegler S, Merker S
& Jacob D (2012) Geographic variation of stable isotopes in African
elephant ivory. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14. EGU General
Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, Apr 22-27, 2012. Abstract EGU2012-1884, oral
presentation (Ziegler).
Merker S, Driller C, Dahruddin H, Wirdateti, Sinaga W, Perwitasari-Farajallah D
& Shekelle M (2011) Welcome Wallace's tarsier - but why on earth have you
split? 12th Congress of the German Primatological Society, Utrecht, the
Netherlands, Mar 30-Apr 01, 2011. Poster presentation.
Merker S & Klaus S (2011) Hotspot Wallacea: Understanding the past to save
the future. (Symposium at) Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical
Ecology (Gesellschaft fuer Tropenoekologie) "Status and Future of Tropical
Biodiversity", Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Feb 21-24, 2011. Symposium
abstract, oral presentation.
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, Wirdateti, Streit B
(2011) Hotspot Sulawesi: Tarsier diversity mirrors Wallacea's troubled past.
Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft fuer
Tropenoekologie) "Status and Future of Tropical Biodiversity",
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Feb 21-24, 2011. Oral presentation.
Driller C,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, Zischler H & Merker S (2010)
Beyond social monogamy: DNA-fingerprinting reveals variable mating behaviour in
Lariang tarsiers. 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society
(IPS), Kyoto, Japan, Sep 12-18, 2010. Abstract no. IPS10-0889_P1, oral
presentation (Driller).
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J, Wirdateti, Zischler
H & Streit B (2010) Understanding tarsier diversity: The intriguing
phylogeography of Tarsius in Central Sulawesi. 23rd Congress of the
International Primatological Society (IPS), Kyoto, Japan, Sep 12-18, 2010.
Abstract no. IPS10-0477_P1, oral presentation.
Driller C,
Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Zischler H & Merker S (2009) Monogamy
rules in Lariang tarsiers. Or not? 11th Congress of the German Primatological
Society, Hannover, Germany, Feb 24-26, 2009. Proceedings Volume: 63, poster
presentation.
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah D, Pamungkas J & Zischler H
(2009) Introgressive hybridization in Sulawesi tarsiers. 11th Congress of the
German Primatological Society, Hannover, Germany, Feb 24-26, 2009. Proceedings
Volume: 43, oral presentation.
Merker S, Driller C, Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Zischler H (2008)
Hybridisation in tarsiers. International Workshop "Natural Selection and
Speciation", Mainz, Germany. Proceedings Volume: 26, poster presentation.
Merker S, Driller C Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Zischler H (2007)
Hybridisation in tarsiers. International Congress Prosimians 2007, Ithala,
South Africa. Proceedings Volume: #99, oral presentation.
Merker S, Perwitasari-Farajallah D & Zischler H (2006) Species boundary in
focus: Morphological, acoustic and genetic variation in Central Sulawesi
tarsiers. 21th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS),
Entebbe, Uganda. International Journal of Primatology 27(S1): #98, oral
presentation.
Merker S (2002) Endangered or Adaptable? - Tarsius dianae in modified
rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 15th Congress of the German Society
for Tropical Ecology, Goettingen. Proceedings Volume: 147, poster and oral presentation.
Merker S & Muehlenberg M (2002) Endangered or adaptable? - Tarsius dianae
in man-altered rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 19th Congress of the
International Primatological Society (IPS), Beijing, China. Proceedings Volume:
21, oral presentation.
Merker S, Yustian I & Muehlenberg M (2002) Losing ground but yet doing well
- Tarsius dianae in man-altered rainforests of Central Sulawesi,
Indonesia. International Symposium "Land use, nature conservation and the
stability of rainforest margins in Southeast Asia", Bogor, Indonesia. Proceedings Volume:
111-113, oral presentation.
Merker S (2000) Der Einfluss traditioneller
Landnutzungsformen auf die Populationsdichten des Koboldmakis Tarsius dianae
im Regenwald Sulawesis. Newsletter of the German
Primatological Society 25: 31.
Merker S (2000) Tarsiers. In: Lonely Planet Indonesia. 6th edn., Lonely
Planet Publication, Hawthorn: 942.
Merker S & Muehlenberg M (1999): The influence of traditional land-use on
population densities of Tarsius dianae. 6th Congress of the German
Primatological Society, Folia Primatologica 71(4): 201-202, oral
presentation.
Selected
Invited Talks (in reverse chronological order)
University
of Hohenheim, Institute of Zoology (invited by Prof. J. Steidle & Prof. A.
Schaller): Of genes and geography - How the evolution of tarsiers portrays
Sulawesi's past. Dec 09, 2021.
Stuttgart, Germany.
University
of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (TiHo), Institute of Zoology
(invited by Prof. U. Radespiel): Tarsier tales - How the evolution of tiny
primates portrays Sulawesi's turbulent past. May 02, 2016. Hannover,
Germany.
Gesellschaft fuer Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg
e.V. (invited by Prof. T. Simon): Koboldmakis - Auf den Spuren kleiner Primaten
mit grosser Vergangenheit. Mar 17,
2016. Stuttgart, Germany.
University
of Hohenheim, Institute of Zoology (invited by Prof. M. Blum & Prof. J.
Steidle): Tarsiers - The
phylogeography of tiny primates as legacy of Sulawesi's turbulent past. May 15,
2014. Stuttgart, Germany.
Zoologisches
Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (Evolutionsbiologisches Kolloquium, invited
by Dr. F. Herder): Tarsiers: tiny primates as witnesses of Sulawesi's turbulent
history. Jul 07, 2011. Bonn, Germany.
NABU
Deutschland, Workshop "Biologische Vielfalt in staedtischen Ballungsraeumen - Von
der Nationalen Strategie zur konkreten Umsetzung" (invited by K. Kloeckner & M. Wessel):
Umsetzungsbeispiel Frankfurt a.M.: Oekologie und Populationsgenetik von
Saeugerpopulationen innerhalb der Stadt Frankfurt. Dec 01, 2010.
Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Institute of
Ecology, Evolution and Diversity (invited by Prof. B. Streit):
Evolutionsforschung an Koboldmakis - Sulawesis kleine Primaten als Zeugen einer
bewegten Vergangenheit. Nov 13,
2008. Frankfurt/Main,
Johannes-Gutenberg University
Mainz, Institute of Zoology (invited by Prof. A. Seitz): Tarsiers - Ecology,
Evolution and Conservation of Sulawesi's Tiny Primates. Nov 29, 2006. Mainz, Germany.
Oxford Brookes
University, Dept. of Anthropology and Geography (invited by Prof. S. Bearder
& Dr. K.A.I. Nekaris): Tarsiers - Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of
Sulawesi's Tiny Primates. Oct 09, 2006. Oxford, UK.
Ministry of Environment
and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia, Directorate General of Forest Protection
and Nature Conservation (PHKA, invited by KKH): Biogeography and Microevolution
of Sulawesi Tarsiers. Nov 28, 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia.
German Primate Center, Dept. of Ethology and Ecology
(invited by Dr. E. Heymann & Dr. H. Zischler): Vom Aussterben bedroht
oder anpassungsfaehig? - Der Koboldmaki Tarsius
dianae in den Regenwaeldern Sulawesis. Jun
03, 2002. Goettingen, Germany.
Forum Kemitraan Taman
Nasional Lore Lindu (invited by The Nature Conservancy Palu): Endangered or
Adaptable? - Tarsius dianae in
Modified Rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. May 09, 2001. Palu,
Indonesia.
Free University Berlin,
Human Biology and Anthropology, Institute of Biology (invited by Prof. C.
Niemitz): Vom Aussterben bedroht oder anpassungsfaehig? - Der Koboldmaki Tarsius dianae in den Regenwaeldern
Sulawesis. Feb 03, 2000. Berlin, Germany.