Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
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| Abbreviation | MPS |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | Research Institute |
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Managing Director | Prof. Dr. Martin Wikelski |
Parent organization | Max Planck Society |
| Affiliations | Max Planck Institute for Ornithology / Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie |
Staff | 220 |
| Website | www |
The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology is an extra-university research establishment part of the Max Planck Society located in Pöcking, precisely in Seewiesen as well as in Radolfzell.[1] The Institute conducts mainly basic research in natural science, in the field of neuroscience[2], behavioral ecology[3], biological evolution[4] and migration[5]
History
Founded in 1998 as Research Unit for Ornithology within the Max Planck Society through the independence of the Gwinner Department (Andechs) and the Ornithological Station in Radolfzell from the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology because of its closure. The establishment was renamed in 2001 to Max Planck Research Unit for Ornithology, and in 2004 to Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.
The Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology was founded in 1954 under the direction of Erich von Holst and Konrad Lorenz (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973) and closed in 1999. However, the ornithological study area was to be maintained, which is why work at the Max Planck Research Center for Ornithology continued under the direction of Eberhard Gwinner and Peter Berthold.
The history of the Ornithological Station Radolfzell dates back to the Rossitten Bird Observatory, founded in 1901 by the German Ornithological Society under Johannes Thienemann, in what was then East Prussia. The Rossitten Bird Observatory was incorporated into the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in 1924, relocated to Radolfzell in 1946 and incorporated into the Max Planck Society in 1949. The Ornithological Station was affiliated to the MPI for Behavioral Physiology in 1959.
The institute is run collegially, i.e. one of the four directors at the institute becomes managing director for a certain period of time. As of January 2018, Martin Wikelski is Managing Director.[6]
Structure
The institute consists of four departments, six research groups and one working group at Radolfzell/Konstanz and Seewiesen.[7]
- Konstanz
- Department Collective Behaviour, Iain Couzin
- Radolfzell
- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Martin Wikelski
- Research Group Cognitive and Cultural Ecology, Lucy Aplin
- Seewiesen
- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Manfred Gahr
- Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Bart Kempenaers
- Research Group Evolution of sensory systems, Maude Baldwin
- Research Group Communication and Social Behaviour, Henrik Brumm
- Research Group Acoustic and Functional Ecology, Holger Goerlitz
- Research Group Evolutionary physiology, Michaela Hau
- Research Group Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology, Clemens Küpper
- Research Group Avian Sleep, Niels Rattenborg
- Comparative Cognition Group, Auguste von Bayern
Infrastructure
Since 1999, the MPI for Ornithology has had a wind tunnel at the Seewiesen site, which was specially designed for aerodynamic aspects, as it allows researchers to actively observe and document flying animals in the flight chamber. To date, the main focus has lain on questions of metabolism (heart rates, wing beat frequencies, water balance, fat metabolism, etc). The tunnel has, however, the potential to widen the field of interest to cover a lot of other activities. A planetarium dome was placed above the flight chamber, which allows the simulation for an orientation on the starry sky. External Researchers are welcome to conduct projects in the wind tunnel in cooperation with the MPI for Ornithology; It is the second in the world to be built for aviation experiments with birds.[8][9]
International Max Planck Research School
Bird ringing is coordinated for South Germany, Austria and Berlin at the Vogelwarte Radolfzell. In 2010, the interactive visitor center MaxCine has opened in Radolfzell. Since 2009, the PhD trainings for the IMPRS for Organismal Biology, which is organized together with the Department of Biology of the University of Konstanz, take place at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.
Notes and references
- ↑ https://www.mpg.de/154602/ornithologie
- ↑ https://www.nature.com/news/shrew-skulls-shrink-for-winter-survival-1.22874
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/science/bats-echolocation-buildings.html
- ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425093750.htm
- ↑ http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/connected-planet/across-web-world-citizen-scientists-help-track-animal-migrations-15196248/
- ↑ http://www.orn.mpg.de/contact, accessed 22 January 2018
- ↑ http://www.orn.mpg.de/2256/Research
- ↑ view page of MPI for Ornithology about the wind tunnel following http://www.orn.mpg.de/3887803/windkanal
- ↑ Christina Beck: Sleepless in Seewiesen, in: MaxPlanckResearch 2/2008, p. 46 online (PDF; 4,7 MB)
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