Lukas Landler

Lukas Landler is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Zoology, Department of Ecosystem Management, Climate and Biodiversity, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. His research focuses on amphibian ecology, animal migration, magnetic reception, and urban wildlife conservation.

• Supervised over 20 university theses on topics including green toad populations, wild bee telemetry, and eDNA analysis
• Developed innovative methods for automated anuran call detection and multisensor biologging collars
• Active in citizen science projects like AmphiBiom for urban habitat restoration

Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize urban ecology (green toad habitat preferences), telemetry technology (wild bee and mammal tracking), and conservation biology (mercury contamination studies). His work bridges biophysics, ecotoxicology, and spatial ecology through interdisciplinary approaches.

Community Contributions:

• Editor-in-Chief of Herpetozoa (2024)
• Editorial Board Member (since 2020)
• Peer reviewer for 14 journals including Ecology, Journal of Herpetology, and PLoS One
• Active member of Austrian Neuroscience Association and Royal Institute of Navigation