PostDoc until July 2017 within the

Projects

  • SASCHA - Sustainable land management and adaptation strategies to climate change for the Western Siberian Grain Belt. See also our News Blog
  • BALTRAK - Balancing trade-offs between agriculture and biodiversity in the steppes of Kazakhstan

Research Interests

Landscape ecology and conservation biology, wildlife and vegetation management, spatial ecology, and environmental policy and planning.

  • Curriculum vitae

    Qualifications

    PhD. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2010-2015

    Vegetation heterogeneity: how it is generated and drives spatial patterns in mammals and birds

    First Class Honors. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia 2006

    Effect of diet on the health and bill coloration of the Diamond Firetail

    B. Sc. Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand 1999-2001


    Employment History

    2015-2017 Postdoc, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group, University of Münster
    2015 Research Assistant, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra
    2012-2014 Demonstrator, Fenner School, Australian National University   
    2009 Ecological Consultant, Habitat LTD, United Arab Emirates
    2007-2010 Ecological Consultant, Kessels and Associates LTD, New Zealand
    2004-2006 Research Technician, Hort-Research, New Zealand

  • Publications

    International publications (peer-reviewed)

    • Stirnemann IA, Hölzel N, Urazaliev R, Kuemmerle T, Baumann M, Donald PF, Kamp J (submitted) Past land-use and fire history affect occurence and density of Eurasian steppe birds
    • Howland BWA, Stojanovic D, Gordon IJ, Fletcher D, Snape M, Stirnemann IA, Lindenmayer DB (2016) Habitat preference of the striped legless lizard: Implications of grazing by native herbivores and livestock for conservation of grassland biota. Austral Ecology 41 (4): 455-464 [doi:10.1111/aec.12337]
    • Stirnemann IA, Ikin K, Gibbons P, Blanchard W, Lindenmayer DB (2015) Measuring habitat heterogeneity reveals new insights into bird community composition. Oecologia 177: 733–746 [10.1007/s00442-014-3134-0]
    • Stirnemann IA, Mortelliti A, Gibbons P, Lindenmayer DB (2015) Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity influences occupancy in terrestrial mammals. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138681. [10.1371/journal.pone.0138681]
    • Ikin K, Barton PS, Stirnemann IA, Stein JR, Michael D, Crane M, Okada S, Lindenmayer DB (2014) Multi-scale associations between vegetation cover and woodland bird communities across a large agricultural region. PLoS ONE 9: e97029 [10.1371/journal.pone.0097029]
    • Driscoll DA, Banks SC, Barton PS, Ikin K, Lentini P, Lindenmayer DB, Smith AL, Berry LE, Burns EL, Edworthy A, Evans MJ, Gibson R, Heinsohn R, Howland B, Kay G, Munro N, Scheele BC, Stirnemann IA, Stojanovic D, Sweaney N, Villaseñor NR, Westgate MJ (2014) The trajectory of dispersal research in conservation biology. Systematic review. PLoS ONE, 9, e95053. [10.1371/journal.pone.0095053]
    • Stirnemann IA, Johnston G, Rich B, Robertson G, Kleindorfer S (2010) Effect of diet on the health and bill colouration of the Diamond Firetail (Emblema guttata). Emu. 109(4): 344–351 [10.1071/MU08069]
    • Stirnemann IA, Kessels G (2008) Use of wind farms by Australasian Harrier (Circus approximans). Notornis. 55: 214-215