Collaborative Research Centre 990: Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia) (Phase 3: 2020 – 2023)


Plant diversity in different land use systems in Sumatra

My principal research interest lies in the field of biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of tropical rain forest ecosystems with a special consideration of carnivorous plants and epiphytes.

Educational Background
Dissertation
Dec. 2007 - Jul. 2011 - PhD study entitled „Conservation status of the vascular plants in East African rain forests“, at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. E. Fischer

Academic studies
09. Jun. 2006 - Submission of the diploma thesis entitled „The ecology of the carnivorous Nepenthes madagascariensis“, Diploma MSc) at the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Barthlott
2000 - 2006 - University studies in biology as main subject with geography as subsidiary subjects at the University of Bonn, Germany

School education
30. May 2000 - general qualification for university entrance (Gymnasium Am Oelberg, Oberpleis, Germany)

Employment History
Since March 2018 Scientific staff of the Botanical Garden of the University Bern

April 2012 – February 2018 Postdoc position in the project “Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)”, University of Göttingen

Jul. 2011 - March 2012 - Project manager of the APRECO project (Agroforestry for the Protection of Rainforest Ecosystems), University of Koblenz-Landau, working place in Rwanda, Africa

Jun. 2010 - Jun. 2011 - Research assistant at the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn. Teaching and Coordination of the Carnivorous Plants working group

Dec. 2007 - May 2010 - Research assistant at the Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau. Participant of the research project “Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa” (BIOTA) East Africa (E04)

Oct. 2006 - Nov. 2007 - Research assistant at the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn. Project coordination “Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces: maintaining functionality via regeneration”. Coordination of the Carnivorous Plants working group

Nov. 2003 - May 2006 - Student research assistant at the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn


Publications
  • 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. pdf
  • Jochum, M., Barnes, A.D., Weigelt, P., Ott, D., Rembold, K., Farajallah, A. & Brose, U (2017): Resource stoichiometry and availability modulate species richness and biomass of tropical litter macro-invertebrates. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12695 pdf
  • 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. pdf
  • 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. pdf
  • 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. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1059963
  • 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.
  • Darras, K., Pütz, P., Fahrurrozi, Rembold, K., Tscharntke, T., 2016. Measuring sound detection spaces for acoustic animal sampling and monitoring. Biological Conservation 201, 29-37.
  • Clough, Y., Krishna, V.V., Corre, M.D., Darras, K., Denmead, L.H., Meijide, A., Moser, S., Musshoff, O., Steinebach, S., Veldkamp, E., Allen, K., Barnes, A.D., Breidenbach, N., Brose, U., Buchori, D., Daniel, R., Finkeldey, R., Harahap, I., Hertel, D., Holtkamp, A.M., Hörandl, E., Irawan, B., Jaya, I.N.S., Jochum, M., Klarner, B., Knohl, A., Kotowska, M.M., Krashevska, V., Kreft, H., Kurniawan, S., Leuschner, C., Maraun, M., Melati, D.N., Opfermann, N., Pérez-Cruzado, C., Prabowo, W.E., Rembold, K., Rizali, A., Rubiana, R., Schneider, D., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S., Tjoa, A., Tscharntke, T., Scheu, S., 2016. Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes. Nature Communications 7, 13137.
  • Rembold, K., Fischer, E., Striffler, B.F., Barthlott, W. (2012): Crab spider association with the Malagasy pitcher plant Nepenthes madagascariensis. African Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12037
  • C. 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.: New Nepenthes Vol. 1. Redfern Natural History Publications.
  • 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.: 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.