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Carsten Rahbek

Professor

Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø

Location: Bygning 12, 2. sal
Phone: +45 353-21030
Phone (Reception desk): +45 353-21259
E-mail: crahbek@bio.ku.dk

Current research

List of publications

I'm the director of Centre for Macroecology (CME) and have an active interest in all its research activities.

My main personal research interests are patterns of species distribution, species range sizes, species assemblages, species richness and what determines such patterns (contemporary and historical factors or perhaps also just a bit of chance). Recent focus has been on the issue of climate change, the role of scale and conceptual formulation and practical design of null- and predictive models that allow direct testing of hypotheses related to patterns of diversity in the past, today and in the future. The natural "other side" of my research relates how evolutionary and ecographical principles can be used to identify robust priorities for conservation of biodiversity.

Teaching

Biodiversity (3. year, block 1), lecturer.
Conservation Biology (3. year, block 2), responsible teacher and lecturer.
Macroecology (Masterlevel, 4. year, block 4), responsible teacher and lecturer.

Other information

Elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Elected Member of The International Ornithological Committee
Country representative for International Biogeography Society
Fulbright Scholar
Editor-in-Chief of Ecography;
Subject Editor of Journal of Ornithology
On the publication board of Oikos, Ecography and Journal of Avian
Biology

Elected member of "Akademisk Råd", Faculty of Science, UC
Member of the board and Director of Admittance of (the Danish) International Ph.D. School of Biodiversity Sciences (ISOBIS)

Selected publications

• A survey of the montane Forest avifauna of the Loja Province, southern Ecuador.

  Bloch, Hanne ; Poulsen, Michael Køie ; Rahbek, Carsten ; Rasmussen, Jan Fischer. In: I.C.B.P. Study Reports. 1991 ; No. 49, Cambridge, UK. p. 168
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• En ekspedition til Andesbjergene i Ecuador.

  Bloch, Hanne ; Rahbek, Carsten ; Rasmussen, Jan Fischer ; Poulsen, Michael Køie. In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 1991 ; No. 1, Zoologisk Museum. p. 14-17
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Lista de aves del Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rasmussen, Jan Fischer ; Poulsen, Michael Køie ; Rahbek, Carsten ; Bloch, Hanne. In: Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Buletin Informativa Sobre Biologia. 1992 ; No. 3, Universidat Nacional de Loja, Ecuador. p. 17-72
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Avian body weights from southern Equador.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Bloch, Hanne ; Køie Poulsen, Michael ; Fischer Rasmussen, Jan. In: Bulletin of the British Ornitholoquists' Club. 1993 ; No. 113(2), London, UK. p. 103-108
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Captive breeding - a usefull tool in the preservation of biodiversity?

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 1993 ; No. 2, London, England. p. 426-437
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• Aves del Parque Nacional Podocarpus - Una lista anotada. Birds of Podocarpus Natinal Park - an annotated Checklist (publiceret af CECIA).

  Rasmussen, Jan Fischer ; Rahbek, Carsten. Quito, Ecuador : CECIA, 1994. 125 p.
  Research: Scientific book, not peer reviewed

• Elevationed gradient of species richness shown by South American landbirds.

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: Journal of Ornithology = Journal fur Ornithologie. 1994 ; No. 135, sonderheft, Berlin. p. 209
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• Den 21. Ornitologiske Verdenskongres.

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 1995 ; No. 89 (2), København, Danmark. p. 55-56
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Podocarpus National Park - the rich and the unknown.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Rasmussen, Jan Fischer. In: Cotinga. 1995 ; No. 3, Cambridge. p. 68-69
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• The elevational gradient of species richness: a uniform pattern?

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: Ecography. 1995 ; No. 18 (2), Odense, Denmark. p. 200-205
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• Dansk ringmærkning i fremtiden.

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 1997 ; No. 2, p. 6
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Ringmærkning og genfund af ringmærkede fugle indsendt til Zoologisk Museum i 1995.

  Pedersen, Kjeld Tommy ; Rahbek, Carsten. Københavns Universitet : Zoological Museum, 1997. 183 p.
  Research: Scientific book, not peer reviewed

• Species richness and endemism in South American birds: Implications for the design of networks of nature reserves.

  Fjeldså, Jon ; Rahbek, Carsten. In: Tropical forest remnants: Ecology, management and conservation of fragmented commuties. Chicago, USA. : University of Chicago Press, 1997. p. 466-482
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The relationship among area, elevation, and regional species richness in Neotropical birds.

  Rahbek, Carsten. In: American Naturalist. 1997 ; No. Vol. 149, No. 5, Chicago, U.S.A.. p. 875-902
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• The south-east: Romerillos - parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galápos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 325-326
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The south-east: Río Bombuscaro - parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galàpos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 322-324
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The southern Andes: Cajanuma - Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galápos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 277-280
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The southern Andes: Introduction to Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galápos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 256-273
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The southern Andes: Loja-Zamora road - parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galápos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 274-276
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• The southern Andes: Vilcabamba-Valladolid Road (including Quebrada Honda) - Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

  Rahbek, Carsten ; Toyne, E.P.. In: A guide to bird-watching in Ecuador and the Galápos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire : Biosphere Publications, 1997. p. 281-283
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology