Dr. Katja Rembold

Science officer

Plant Ecology / Botanical Garden

Phone
+41 31 684 49 73
E-Mail
katja.rembold@unibe.ch
Office
T 102, main building, 1st floor
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Plant Sciences
Plant Ecology
Altenbergrain 21
3013 Bern
Switzerland
Attendance
Mo + Fr: BOGA
Di: Herbarium
Mi + Do: IPS

Research

Research Interests

My principal research interest lies in the field of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of tropical rain forest ecosystems. Lately I have been focusing on the consequences of land-use change and forest degradation on plant diversity. Another focus of my work includes carnivorous plants and epiphytes. I have carried out extensive vegetation surveys in Indonesia (Sumatra), Kenya, and Uganda, and have participated in ecological and experimental studies in Madagascar, Brunei, and Malaysia. While I have so far mainly been working in tropical ecosystems, I am generally extremely interested in the fields of botany, biodiversity, ecology, and conservation biology worldwide, including temperate regions.

Publications

Publication Year Type

Rembold, K. & Schröter, A. 2017. Dragonflies and damselflies of the EFForTS study area in Jambi and Bogor (Indonesia). Version 2. Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology of the University of Goettingen, Germany. DOI: 10.3249/webdoc‐3980

Rembold, K., Sri Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S., Kreft, H. 2017. Common wayside plants of Jambi Province (Sumatra, Indonesia). Version 2. Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology of the University of Goettingen, Germany. DOI: 10.3249/webdoc‐3979

Rembold, K., Mangopo, H., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S., Kreft, H., 2017. Plant diversity, forest dependency, and alien plant invasions in tropical agricultural landscapes. Biological Conservation 213, 34-242.

Wahyuni, I., Sulistijorini, Setiabudi, Meijide, A., Nomura , M., Kreft , H., Rembold , K., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S. & Tjitrosoedirdjo, S. (2016): Distribution of invasive plant species in different land-use systems in Sumatera, Indonesia. Biotropia 23, 127-135.

Böhnert, T., Wenzel, A., Altenhövel, C., Beeretz, L., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S., Meijide, A., Rembold, K. & Kreft, H. (2016): Effects of land-use change on vascular epiphyte diversity in Sumatra (Indonesia). Biological Conservation, 202, 20-29.

Drescher, J.*, Rembold, K.*, Allen, K., Beckschäfer, P., Buchori, D., Clough, Y., Faust, H., Fauzi, A.M., Gunawan, D., Hertel, D., Irawan, B., Jaya, I.N.S., Klarner, B., Kleinn, C., Knohl, A., Kotowska, M.M., Krashevska, V., Krishna, V., Leuschner, C., Lorenz, W., Meijide, A., Melati, D., Nomura, M., Pérez-Cruzado, C., Qaim, M., Siregar, I.Z., Steinebach, S., Tjoa, A., Tscharntke, T., Wick, B., Wiegand, K., Kreft, H., Scheu, S., 2016. Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 371.
* Equally contributing first authors

Bauer, U., Rembold, K., Grafe, T.U. 2015. Carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants are a rich food source for a diverse vertebrate community. Journal of Natural History, 1-13.

Rembold, K., Fischer, E., Striffler, B.F., Barthlott, W. 2012. Crab spider association with the Malagasy pitcher plant Nepenthes madagascariensis. African Journal of Ecology.

Lee, C.C., Bourke, G., Taylor, W., Yeo Siew Teck, Y.S., Rembold, K. 2011. Nepenthes appendiculata, a new Pitcher Plant from Sarawak, Borneo. In: McPherson, S. (ed.): New Nepenthes Vol. 1. Redfern Natural History Productions.

Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A., Obholzer, J., Malombe, I., Mwachala, G., Onyango, J., Dumbo. B. & Theisen, I. 2010. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of the Kakamega Forest, Western Province, Kenya. Journal of East Africa Natural History. 99 (2): 129-226.

Rembold, K., Fischer, E., Wetzel, M., Barthlott, W. 2010. Prey composition of the pitcher plant Nepenthes madagascariensis. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26 (4): 365-372.

Rembold, K., Irmer, A., Rischer, H., Poppinga, S., Bringmann, G. 2010. Propagation of Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae) and observations on its carnivory. Carnivorous Plants Newsletter 39 (3): 71-77.

Rembold, K., Fischer, E., Barthlott, W. 2009. Prey composition and inhabitants of Nepenthes madagascariensis. In: Lee, C.C. (ed.): Proceedings of the 2007 Sarawak Nepenthes Summit, Kuching, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, pp. 19-25.

Rembold, K. 2009. Life in Nepenthes Pitchers. In: McPherson, S (ed.).: Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Redfern Natural History Publications, pp. 121-141.

Striffler, B.F. & Rembold, K. 2009. Henriksenia labuanica nom. Nov., a replacement name for Misumenops nepenthicola Bristowe (1930) and the clarification of the current taxonomic status of Misumenops nepenthicola Fage (1928) (Arachnida, Araneae, Thomisidae). In: McPherson, S.: Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Redfern Natural History Publications, pp. 1334-1338.

Clarke, C.M., Bauer, U., Lee, C.C., Tuen, A.A., Rembold, K. & Moran, J.A. 2009. Tree shrew lavatories: a novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant. Biology Letters. 5 (5): 632-635.

Frahm, J.-P., Rembold, K., Röver, T., Schamell, T. 2003. Synopsis der Gattung Pyrrhobryum (Musci, Rhizogoniaceae). Tropical Bryology 24: 115-127.