Post-Doc
Research Interests
I am most interested in the topic of species invasions and in what makes a certain species a successful invader. I also studied impacts of alien birds and mammals and was involved in the development of an impact scoring system for mammals and birds. Furthermore I investigated differences of mammal and bird impacts in the native versus the invaded range, which indicates whether these species are strong or weak invaders.
At the moment I am working with common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) and am doing a common garden experiment. I am interested in whether plants from the native range perform differently under competition than plants from the invaded range. Furthermore, I would like to find out whether this changes under different resource (water, nutrient) levels.
Contact Information:
Dr. Sabrina Kumschick
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
1177 Campus Mail
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
United States of America
e-mail: sabrina.kumschick@gmail.com
Journal Publications:
Kumschick S, Fronzek, S, Schmidt-Entling MH, Nentwig W (in press) Rapid spread of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi across Europe: a consequence of climate change? Climatic Change
Kumschick S, Alba C, Hufbauer RA & Nentwig W (in press) Weak or strong invaders? A comparison of impact between the native and invaded ranges of mammals and birds alien to Europe. Diversity and Distributions
Kumschick S, Nentwig W (2010) Some alien birds reveal as severe an impact as the most effectual alien mammals in Europe. Biological Conservation 143: 2757-2762
Benedict M, Eckerstorfer M, Franz G, Gaugitsch H, Greiter A, Heissenberger A, Knols B, Kumschick S, Nentwig W and Rabitsch W (2010) Defining Environmental Risk Assessment Criteria for Genetically Modified Insects to be placed on the EU Market. EFSA Journal, 200 pp.
Kumschick S, Schmidt-Entling MH, Bacher S, Hickler T, Entling W & Nentwig W (2009) Water limitation prevails over energy in European diversity gradients of sheetweb spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 754-762.
Kumschick S, Schmidt-Entling MH, Bacher S, Hickler T, Espadaler X & Nentwig W (2009) Determinants of local ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and activity density across Europe. Ecological Entomology 34: 748-754.
Book Chapters:
Kumschick S (2011) Kanadagans: Die Attraktion verkommt zur Kloake. In: Nentwig W (Hrsg) Unheimliche Eroberer - invasive Pflanzen und Tiere in Europa. Haupt-Verlag, Bern