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  • since 2019: Guest researcher, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, MaxPlanck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolgy, Leipzig, Germany
  • since 2018: SFS Professor of Wildlife Management, The School For Field Studies, Karatu, Tanzania
  • 2015-2017: Associate Professor of Wildlife Management, The School For Field Studies, Karatu, Tanzania
  • 2011-2015: Lecturer for Wildlife Management, The School For Field Studies, Karatu, Tanzania
  • 2011-2011: Postdoc in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology at the University of California, Davis, USA.
  • 2010-2011: Researcher at the "Institut für Wildbiologie, Göttingen & Dresden e.V.", Göttingen, Germany
  • 2007-2010: PhD at the Department of Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation incl. Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
  • 2006-2006: Research Assistant at the Research Institute of Forest Ecology and Forestry, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trippstadt, Germany
  • 2004-2006: MSC in Tropical and International Forestry,  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
  • 2005-2005: Semester in MSC program International Nature Conservation, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
  • 2000-2004: BSC in Forestry Sciences and Forest Ecology Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany  

Publication list  (Google scholar profile)

Beattie, K., Olson, E., Kissui, B., Kirchbaum, A. & Kiffner, C. (2020) Predicting livestock depredation risk by African lions (Panthera leo) in a multi-use area of northern Tanzania. European Journal of Wildlife Research 66, 11.

Kiffner, C., Binzen, G., Cunningham, L., Jones, M., Spruiell, F. & Kioko, J. (2020) Wildlife population trends as indicators of protected area effectiveness in northern Tanzania. Ecological Indicators 110, 105903.

Kiffner, C., Thomas, S., Speaker, T., O’Connor, V., Schwartz, P., Kioko, J. & Kissui, B. (2020) Community-based wildlife management area supports similar mammal species richness and densities compared to a national park. Ecology and Evolution 10, 480-492.

Kiffner, C. & Lee, D. (2019) Population dynamics of grazing and browsing ungulates in the Anthropocene. In: The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing II (Eds. I. Gordon & H.H.T. Prins), 155-179.

Kiffner, C., Latzer, M., Vise, R., Benson, H., Hammon E. & J. Kioko (2019) Comparative knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding anthrax, brucellosis, and rabies in three districts of northern Tanzania. BMC Public Health 19, 1625.

Kiffner, C., Chapron, G. & König, H. (2019) Germany’s wolves in the crosshairs. Science 365(6458), 1089.

Kissui, B., Kiffner, C., König, H. & Montgomery, R. (2019) Patterns of livestock depredation and cost-effectiveness of fortified enclosures in northern Tanzania. Ecology and Evolution 9 (19), 11420-11433.

Kiffner, C., Arndt, Z., Foky, T., Gaeth, M., Gannett, A., Jackson, M., Maroldi, A., McLaughlin, S., Lellman, G., Love, S., Skenandore, B., von Euler, S., Zambrano, Z. & Kissui (2019) Land use, REDD+ and the status of wildlife populations in Yaeda Valley, northern Tanzania. Plos ONE 14(4), e0214823.

Steinbeiser, C.M., Kioko, J., Maresi, A., Kaitila, R. & Kiffner, C.* (2019) Relative abundance and activity patterns explain method-related differences in mammalian species richness estimates. Journal of Mammalogy 100(1), 192-201.
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Diplock, N. Z., Johnston, K., Mellon, A., Mitchell, L., Moore, M., Schneider, D., Taylor, A. Whitney, J., Kioko, J. & Kiffner, C.* (2018) Large mammal declines and the incipient loss of mammal bird mutualisms in an African savanna ecosystem. PloS ONE 13(8), e0202536.​

Yamashita, T. Gainor K., Kioko, J., Brashares, J. & Kiffner, C. (2018) Anti-predator behavior of African ungulates in relation to human settlements. African Journal of Ecology 56(3), 528-536.

Kiffner, C., Rheault, H., Miller, E., Scheetz, T., Enriquez, V., Swafford, R., Kioko, J. & Prins, H. H. T. (2017) Long-term population dynamics in a multi-species assemblage of large herbivores in East Africa. Ecosphere 8(12), e02027

Grzeda, E., Maurer, T., Danneman, C., Kibiriti, L. O., Kioko J. & Kiffner C.*(2017) Effects of acaricide treatment on tick acquisition and tick mortality in Boran cattle. Parasitology Research 116(11): 3163-3173.

Greene, K., Bell, D., Kioko, J. & Kiffner, C.*(2017) Performance of ground-based and aerial survey methods for monitoring wildlife assemblages in a conservation area of northern Tanzania. European Journal of Wildlife Research 63:77.

Bond M.L., Bradley C., Kiffner, C., Morrison T.A. & Lee D.E. (2017) A multi-method approach to delineate and validate migratory corridors. Landscape Ecology 32, 1705-1721.

Lumetsberger, T., Ghoddousi, A., Appel, A., Khorozyan, I., Waltert, M. & Kiffner, C. (2017) Re-evaluating models for estimating prey consumption by leopards. Journal of Zoology 302 (3), 201-210.

Kioko, J., Taylor, K., Milne, H.J., Hayes, Z.K. & Kiffner, C. (2017) Temporal gland secretion in African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Mammalian Biology 82, 34-40.

Koziarski, A., Kissui, B. & Kiffner, C.*(2016) Patterns and correlates of perceived conflict between humans and large carnivores in Northern Tanzania. Biological Conservation 199, 41-50.

Bencin, H., Kioko, J. & Kiffner, C.*(2016) Local people’s perceptions of wildlife species in two distinct landscapes of Northern Tanzania. Journal for Nature Conservation 34, 82-92.
 
Riggio, J., Caro, T., Dollar, L., Durant, S.M., Jacobson, A.P., Kiffner, C., Pimm, S. & van Aarde, R. (2016) Lion populations may be declining in Africa but not as Bauer et al. suggest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, E107-E108.
 
Kiffner, C., Nagar, S., Kollmar, C. & Kioko, J. (2016) Wildlife species richness and densities in wildlife corridors of Northern Tanzania. Journal for Nature Conservation 31, 29-37.

Kiffner, C., Hopper, R. & Kioko, J. (2016) Trends in seasonal population densities of wildlife species in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, doi:10.1111/aje.12286.

Warwick, B.T., Bak, E., Baldassare, J., Gregg, E., Martinez, R., Kioko, J., Saning’o, K. & Kiffner, C.* (2016) Abundance estimations of ixodid ticks on Boran cattle and Somali sheep in northern Tanzania. International Journal of Acarology, 42, 12-17.

Kiffner, C., Albertini, M., Ede, A., Donnellan, B., Hahn, N., McGinnis, M.A., Nietlisbach, N.A., Tate, J. & Kioko, J. (2015) Performance of individual species as indicators for large mammal species richness in Northern Tanzania. Ecological Indicators 53, 70-77.

Kiffner, C., Wenner, C., LaViolet, A., Yeh, K. & Kioko, J. (2015) From savannah to farmland: effects of land use on mammal communities in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 53, 156-166.

Kiffner, C., Peters, L., Strohming, A. & Kioko, J. (2015) Bushmeat consumption in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem, Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 8, 318-332.

Kioko, J., Kiffner, C., Phillips, P., Patterson-Abrolat, C., Collinson, W. & Katers, S. (2015) Driver knowledge and attitudes on animal vehicle collisions in Northern Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 8, 352-366.

Kioko, J., Kiffner, C., Jenkins, N. & Collinson, W. J. (2015) Wildlife roadkill patterns on a major highway in Northern Tanzania. African Zoology 50(1), 17-22.

Kioko, J., Smith, D. & Kiffner, C. (2015) Use of birds for ethnomedicine among the Maasai people in Monduli district, northern Tanzania. International Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, 1(1), 1-13.

Kioko, J., Baker, J., Shannon, A. & Kiffner, C. (2015) Ethnoecological knowledge of Ticks and treatment of Tick Borne Diseases among Maasai People in Northern Tanzania. Veterinary World 8(6), 755-762.

Kioko, J., Kiffner, C., Ndibalema, V., Hartnett, E. & Seefeld, C. (2015) Maasai people and elephants: values and perceptions. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 1, 13-19.

Kiffner, C., Kioko, J., Leweri, C. & Krause, J. (2014): Seasonal patterns of mixed-species groups in large East African mammals. PLoS ONE 9(12), e113446.

Kiffner, C., Kioko, J., Kissui, B., Painter, C., Serota, M., White, C. & Yager, P. (2014) Inter-specific variation in large mammal responses to human observers along a conservation gradient with variable hunting pressure. Animal Conservation 17(6), 603–612.

Kioko, J., Herbert, V.T., Mweta, D., Kiwango, Y., Murphy-Williams, M. & Kiffner, C. (2014) Environmental correlates of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) distribution in Manyara area, Tanzania. Annual Research & Review in Biology 5(2), 147-154.

Reinecke, H., Leinen, L., Thißen, I., Meißner, M., Herzog, S., Schütz, S. & Kiffner, C.* (2014) Home range size estimates of red deer in Germany: environmental, individual and methodological correlates. European Journal of Wildlife Research 60, 237-247.

Kiffner, C., Stanko, M., Morand, S., Khoklova, I.S, Shenbrot, I., Laudisoit, A., Leirs, H., Hawlena, H. & Krasnov, B. (2014) Variable effects of host characteristics on species richness of flea infracommunities in rodents from three continents. Parasitology Research 113, 2777–2788.

Kiffner, C., Stanko, M., Morand, S., Khoklova, I.S, Shenbrot, I., Laudisoit, A., Leirs, H., Hawlena, H. & Krasnov, B. (2013) Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes. Oecologia 173, 1009–1022.

Caro, T., Stankowich, T., Kiffner, C. & Hunter, J. (2013) Are spotted skunks conspicuous or cryptic? Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 25(2), 144-160.

Kioko, J., Zink, E., Sawdy, M. & Kiffner, C. (2013) Demography and behavior of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, Tanzania. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 43, 44-51.

Kiffner, C., Stoner, C. & Caro, T. (2013) Edge effects and large mammal distributions in a national park. Animal Conservation 16, 97-107.

Martin, A., Caro, T. & Kiffner, C. (2013) Prey preferences of bushmeat hunters in an East African Savannah Ecosystem. European Journal of Wildlife Research 59(2), 137-145.

Kiffner, C., Ndibalema, V. & Kioko, J. (2013) Leopard (Panthera pardus) aggregation and leopard baboon (Papio anubis) interactions in the Serengeti. African Journal of Ecology 51, 168-171.

Viquerat, S., Kadiri, B., Kiffner, C. & Waltert, M. (2013) A comparison of dung decay estimates in two African forest duiker species (Cephalophus monticola, C. ogilby). Ecotropica 19, 33-38.

Viquerat, S., Kadiri, B., Müller, M., Kiffner, C. & Waltert, M. (2012) Estimating forest duiker (Cephalophinae) density: a case study on the performance of three line transect methods. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 42, 1-10.

Mgawe, P., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Caro, T., Martin, A. & Kiffner, C. (2012) Factors affecting bushmeat consumption in western Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 5, 446-462.

Kiffner, C., Vor, T., Hagedorn, P., Niedrig, M. & Rühe, F. (2012) Determinants of tick-borne encephalitis virus antibody presence in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) sera. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26, 18-25.

Achazi, K., Ruzek, D., Donoso-Mantke, O., Schlegel, M., Ali, H.S., Wenk, M., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Ohlmeyer, L., Rühe, F., Vor, T., Kiffner, C., Kallies, R., Ulrich, R. & Niedrig, M. (2011) Rodents as sentinels for the prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus. Vector-borne and zoonotic Diseases 11, 641-647.

Kiffner, C., Lödige, C., Alings, M., Vor, T. & Rühe, F. (2011) Body-mass or sex-biased tick parasitism in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)? A GAMLSS approach. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 25, 39-45.

Kiffner, C., Lödige, C., Alings, M., Vor, T. & Rühe, F. (2011) Attachment site selection of ticks on roe deer, Capreolus capreolus. Experimental and Applied Acarology 53, 79-94.

Kiffner, C., Vor, T., Hagedorn, P, Niedrig, M. & Rühe, F. (2011) Factors affecting patterns of tick parasitism on forest rodents in tick-borne encephalitis risk areas, Germany. Parasitology Research 108, 323–335.

Kiffner, C., Zucchini, W., Schomaker, P., Vor, T., Hagedorn, P, Niedrig, M. & Rühe, F. (2010) Determinants of tick-borne encephalitis in counties of southern Germany, 2001-2008. International Journal of Health Geographics 9, 42.

Kiffner, C., Lödige, C., Alings, M., Vor, T. & Rühe, F. (2010) Abundance estimation of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Experimental and Applied Acarology 52, 73-84.

Vor, T., Kiffner, C., Hagedorn, P., Niedrig, M. & Rühe, F. (2010) Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.). Experimental and Applied Acarology 51, 405-417.

Waltert, M., Chuwa, M. & Kiffner, C. (2009) An assessment of the puku (Kobus vardonii Livingstone 1857) population at Lake Rukwa, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 47, 688-692.

Waltert, M., Meyer, B. & Kiffner, C. (2009) Habitat availability, hunting or poaching: what affects distribution and density of large mammals in western Tanzanian woodlands? African Journal of Ecology 47, 737-746.

Kiffner, C. (2009) Coincidence or evidence: Was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social? Biology Letters 5, 561-562.

Kiffner, C., Meyer, B., Mühlenberg, M. & Waltert, M. (2009) Plenty of prey, few predators: what limits lions in Katavi National Park, western Tanzania? Oryx 43, 52-59.

Kiffner, C., Meyer, B. Waltert, M. & Mühlenberg, M. (2008) Response of lions (Panthera leo LINNAEUS 1758) and spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta ERXLEBEN 1777) to sound playbacks. African Journal of Ecology 46, 223-226.
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Rühe, F., Ksinsik, M. & Kiffner, C. (2008) Conversion factors in carnivore scat analysis: Sources of bias. Wildlife Biology 14, 500-506.

Kiffner, C., Roessiger, E., Trissl, O., Schulz, R. & Rühe, F. (2008) Probability of recent bark stripping damage by Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) on Norway Spruce (Picea abies) in a low mountain range in Germany – a preliminary analysis. Silva Fennica 42, 125-134.

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