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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Dr. Simon Ripperger

Dr. Simon Ripperger

Universität Würzburg
Ecological Station Fabrikschleichach
Glashüttenstraße 5
96181 Rauhenebrach
Portrait von Dr. Simon Ripperger

  • Bats and small mammals
  • Social behaviour and ecology
  • Biologging
  • Nature conservation

Social learning using the example of the greater mouse-eared bat

 

2025[ to top ]
  • BATLAS: bundesweiter digitaler Atlas zur Analyse von Fledermaus-Populationsdaten. Fritze, Marcus; Mayr, Stefan; Scheuerlein, Alexander; Kerth, Gerald; Balzer, Sandra; Neukirchen, Melanie; Petermann, Ruth; Bauer, Juliane; Berg, Jens; Giese, Christian; Harbusch, Christine; Harder, Jörg; Hoffmeister, Uwe; Horn, Jörn; Koch, Ralf; Maetz, Gerhard; Meschede, Angelika; Petzold, Anne; Pfalzer, Guido; Prüger, Julia; Rackow, Wolfgang; Ripperger, Simon; Röse, Norbert; Roßner, Marco; Roßner, Sarah; Sauerbier, Wolfgang; Schorcht, Wigbert; Schritt, Katharina; Teubner, Jana; Teubner, Jens; Thiele, Klaus; Vollmer, Alexander; Wielert, Siegfried; Zaenker, Stefan; Zöphel, Ulrich; Schirmer, Saskia; Naturschutz, Bundesamt für. Kohlhammer, 2025.
2024[ to top ]
  • Rediscovery of the Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) in Germany. Stille, David; Rudolph, Bernd-Ulrich; Ripperger, Simon Peter. In Mammalia, 88(6), pp. 570–574. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.
  • Long‐term cooperative relationships among vampire bats are not strongly predicted by their initial interactions. Carter, Gerald G.; Ripperger, Simon P.; Girbino, Vi; Dixon, M. May; Razik, Imran; Page, Rachel A.; Hobson, Elizabeth A. In Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1541(1), pp. 129–139. Wiley, 2024.
  • Observations of a greater sac-winged bat pup (Saccopteryx bilineata) with a chromatic disorder. Fernandez, Ahana A.; Tietge, Marisa; Ripperger, Simon. In Mammalia, 88(4), pp. 332–336. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.
2021[ to top ]
  • Habituation of common vampire bats to biologgers. Kline, Emma; Ripperger, Simon P.; Carter, Gerald G. In Royal Society Open Science, 8(12). The Royal Society, 2021.
  • Penguins, Falcons, and Mountain Lions: The Extraordinary Host Diversity of Vampire Bats in 50 Years of Bat Research. Carter, G; Brown, B; Razik, I; Ripperger, S. Springer, Cham, 2021.
  • Social foraging in vampire bats is predicted by long-term cooperative relationships. Ripperger, Simon P.; Carter, Gerald G. In PLOS Biology, 19(9), pp. 1–17. Public Library of Science, 2021.
2020[ to top ]
  • Low-Weight Noninvasive Heart Beat Detector for Small Airborne Vertebrates. Duda, Niklas; Ripperger, Simon; Mayer, Frieder; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In IEEE Sensors Letters, 4(2), pp. 1–4. 2020.
  • Thinking small: Next-generation sensor networks close the size gap in vertebrate biologging. Ripperger, Simon P.; Carter, Gerald G.; Page, Rachel A.; Duda, Niklas; Koelpin, Alexander; Weigel, Robert; Hartmann, Markus; Nowak, Thorsten; Thielecke, Jörn; Schadhauser, Michael; Robert, Jörg; Herbst, Sebastian; Meyer-Wegener, Klaus; Wägemann, Peter; Schröder-Preikschat, Wolfgang; Cassens, Björn; Kapitza, Rüdiger; Dressler, Falko; Mayer, Frieder. In PLOS Biology, 18(4), pp. 1–25. Public Library of Science, 2020.
  • Development of New Food-Sharing Relationships in Vampire Bats. Carter, Gerald G.; Farine, Damien R.; Crisp, Rachel J.; Vrtilek, Julia K.; Ripperger, Simon P.; Page, Rachel A. In Current Biology, 30(7), pp. 1275–1279.e3. Elsevier BV, 2020.
  • Tracking sickness effects on social encounters via continuous proximity sensing in wild vampire bats. Ripperger, Simon P; Stockmaier, Sebastian; Carter, Gerald G. In Behavioral Ecology, 31(6), N. Pinter-Wollman (ed.), pp. 1296–1302. Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
2019[ to top ]
  • Movement seasonality in a desert-dwelling bat revealed by miniature GPS loggers. Conenna, Irene; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Ripperger, Simon; Cabeza, Mar. In Movement Ecology, 7(1), p. 27. 2019.
  • Non-Invasive Low Power ECG for Heart Beat Detection of Bats. Duda, Niklas; Barthule, Alexander; Ripperger, Simon; Mayer, Frieder; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In 2019 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), pp. 1–4. 2019.
  • Proximity sensors on common noctule bats reveal evidence that mothers guide juveniles to roosts but not food. Ripperger, Simon; Günther, Linus; Wieser, Hanna; Duda, Niklas; Hierold, Martin; Cassens, Björn; Kapitza, Rüdiger; Koelpin, Alexander; Mayer, Frieder. In Biology Letters, 15(2). The Royal Society, 2019.
  • Wireless Sensor Platform for Detection of Vital Parameters of Bats. Duda, Niklas; Ripperger, Simon; Tschapka, Marco; Mayer, Frieder; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 1294–1297. IEEE, 2019.
  • Vampire Bats that Cooperate in the Lab Maintain Their Social Networks in the Wild. Ripperger, Simon P.; Carter, Gerald G.; Duda, Niklas; Koelpin, Alexander; Cassens, Björn; Kapitza, Rüdiger; Josic, Darija; Berrío-Martínez, Jineth; Page, Rachel A.; Mayer, Frieder. In Current Biology, 29(23), pp. 4139–4144.e4. Elsevier BV, 2019.
  • Nocturnal scent in a ‘bird-fig’: A cue to attract bats as additional dispersers?. Ripperger, Simon P.; Rehse, Saskia; Wacker, Stefanie; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Schulz, Stefan; Rodriguez-Herrera, Bernal; Ayasse, Manfred. In PLOS ONE, 14(8), pp. 1–12. Public Library of Science, 2019.
2018[ to top ]
  • BATS: Adaptive Ultra Low Power Sensor Network for Animal Tracking. Duda, Niklas; Nowak, Thorsten; Hartmann, Markus; Schadhauser, Michael; Cassens, Björn; Wägemann, Peter; Nabeel, Muhammad; Ripperger, Simon; Herbst, Sebastian; Meyer-Wegener, Klaus; Mayer, Frieder; Dressler, Falko; Schröder-Preikschat, Wolfgang; Kapitza, Rüdiger; Robert, Jörg; Thielecke, Jörn; Weigel, Robert; Kölpin, Alexander. In Sensors, 18(10), p. 3343. MDPI AG, 2018.
2016[ to top ]
  • Automated proximity sensing in small vertebrates: design of miniaturized sensor nodes and first field tests in bats. Ripperger, Simon; Josic, Darija; Hierold, Martin; Koelpin, Alexander; Weigel, Robert; Hartmann, Markus; Page, Rachel; Mayer, Frieder. In Ecology and Evolution, 6(7), pp. 2179–2189. Wiley, 2016.
  • Monitoring Bats in the Wild: On Using Erasure Codes for Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks. Dressler, Falko; Mutschlechner, Margit; Li, Bijun; Kapitza, Rüdiger; Ripperger, Simon; Eibel, Christopher; Herzog, Benedict; Hönig, Timo; Schröder-Preikschat, Wolfgang. In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 12(1), pp. 1–29. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016.
  • Home range of Noack’s round-leaf bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) in an agricultural landscape of central Ghana. Nkrumah, Evans; Vallo, Peter; Klose, Stefan M; Ripperger, Simon; Badu, Ebenezer K; Drosten, Christian; Kalko, Elisabeth KV; Tschapka, Marco; Oppong, Samuel K. In Acta Chiropterologica, 18(1), pp. 239–247. 2016.
  • Low-weight wireless sensor node for animal encounter detection and dual-band localization. Hierold, Martin; Hartmann, Markus; Ripperger, Simon; Mayer, Frieder; Heuberger, Albert; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In 2016 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), pp. 21–23. 2016.
  • From radio telemetry to ultra-low-power sensor networks: tracking bats in the wild. Dressler, Falko; Ripperger, Simon; Hierold, Martin; Nowak, Thorsten; Eibel, Christopher; Cassens, Bjorn; Mayer, Frieder; Meyer-Wegener, Klaus; Kolpin, Alexander. In IEEE Communications Magazine, 54(1), pp. 129–135. 2016.
  • Foraging Behavior and Habitat Selection of Noack’s Round-Leaf Bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) and Conservation Implications. Nkrumah, Evans E.; Vallo, Peter; Klose, Stefan M.; Ripperger, Simon P.; Badu, Ebenezer K.; Gloza-Rausch, Florian; Drosten, Christian; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Tschapka, Marco; Oppong, Samuel K. In Tropical Conservation Science, 9(4). SAGE Publications, 2016.
2015[ to top ]
  • System design for encounter detection of distributed wireless sensors. Hierold, Martin; Ripperger, Simon; Mayer, Frieder; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In 2015 German Microwave Conference, pp. 382–385. 2015.
  • Frugivorous Bats Maintain Functional Habitat Connectivity in Agricultural Landscapes but Rely Strongly on Natural Forest Fragments. Ripperger, Simon P.; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal; Mayer, Frieder; Tschapka, Marco. In PLOS ONE, 10(4), pp. 1–15. Public Library of Science, 2015.
  • Low-weight wireless sensor network for encounter detection of bats. Hierold, Martin; Ripperger, Simon; Josic, Darija; Mayer, Frieder; Weigel, Robert; Koelpin, Alexander. In 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), pp. 11–13. 2015.
2014[ to top ]
  • Resisting habitat fragmentation: High genetic connectivity among populations of the frugivorous bat Carollia castanea in an agricultural landscape. Ripperger, Simon P.; Tschapka, Marco; Kalko, Elisabeth K.V.; Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal; Mayer, Frieder. In Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 185, pp. 9–15. Elsevier BV, 2014.
  • Does intraspecific and intersexual attraction or avoidance influence newt abundance estimates based on fish funnel trap records?. Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Demtröder, Sebastian; Fuchs, Claire; Petrich, Diana; Pfisterer, Friedrich; Richter, Andreas; Stolpe, Clemens; Voß, Ramona; Ripperger, Simon Peter; Mayer, Frieder; Dittrich, Carolin; Thein, Jürgen. In Amphibia-Reptilia, 35(1), pp. 141–144. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2014.
  • Fruit characteristics associated with fruit preferences in frugivorous bats and saddle-back tamarins in Perú. Ripperger, Simon; Heymann, Eckhard W; Marco, Tschapka; V, Kalko Elisabeth K. In Ecotropica, 20, pp. 53–64. 2014.
2013[ to top ]
  • Life in a mosaic landscape: anthropogenic habitat fragmentation affects genetic population structure in a frugivorous bat species. Ripperger, Simon P.; Tschapka, Marco; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Rodriguez-Herrera, Bernal; Mayer, Frieder. In Conservation Genetics, 14(5), pp. 925–934. 2013.