Frank Thomas Ussner Dellinger
associate professor faculty of life sciences · University of Madeira
Research Interests
Behavioral Ecology
Biography
Thomas Dellinger is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Madeira (Portugal), working at the Funchal Marine Biology Station. His research focuses on behavioural ecology, marine biology and conservation, particularly the ecology of oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Atlantic. He also studies island reptiles, including the endemic Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii). His work integrates field ecology, bycatch, telemetry and trophic ecology to understand marine megafauna and insular ecosystems in the Macaronesian region.
Education
Diplom-Biologe (MSc equivalent) in Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany (1987) with a thesis on the food niche of Galápagos furs seals and sea lions. Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany (1991), with research on the energetics of reproduction and population dynamics of marine iguanas in the Galápagos through the then Max-Panck Institute of Behavioral Physiology. The doctoral degree was later recognized as equivalent to a PhD by the University of Madeira (1995).
Recent Scopus Publications
- Juveniles and where to find them: a basin-scale habitat model for the lost years of loggerhead sea turtles in the North Atlantic
- Unraveling Spatio-temporal genetic connectivity of loggerhead sea turtles across the North Atlantic
- Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
- TRITON—Open Telemetry and Location Estimation for Marine Monitoring Based on IoT and LoRa
- Drivers of continuous colour variation in the Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii)
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2424-8620
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_y1YNfcAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003679889
- Personal Weblink https://tartaruga.web.uma.pt/