Frauke Ecke

I am an Associate Professor and work as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies at SLU, Umeå. Since July 2016, I am responsible for the Swedish National Environmental Monitoring Program of Small Rodents. At University of Helsinki, I am Professor of Ecology.

Focus of my research is on the population dynamics and landscape ecology of small mammals and their zoonoses in the forest landscape and the small mammals’ trophic interactions in time and space. Another important task is the analysis of the effects of species on their environment (especially beaver) and how species are affected by changes in their environment (landscape, climate; small mammals, Tengmalm’s Owl, Golden Eagle). In the different projects, I take advantage of data sampled within the Swedish National Environmental Monitoring Program for small rodents. The monitoring data are complemented by targeted field studies and experiments.