Michaela Sonnleitner

Study & Career

2024– Emplyoee in the project "Online-Atlas of the Austrian Flora"

2016– Project member of "ABOL - The Austrian Barcode of Life"

2016–2020 Employee in the project "Red Data List of Austrian Vascular Plants"

2012–2015 Project member of "Global Plants Initiative" at the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, focusing on digitizing of type specimens in Herbarium WU

2010– Teaching field courses at the University of Vienna

2008–2017 PhD thesis within the FWF project "Origin and maintenance of intrapopulational cytotype mixture in an alpine plant species (Senecio carniolicus, Asteraceae)", supervised by Peter Schönswetter and Karl Hülber

2008 Diploma thesis "Einfluss mikroklimatischer Faktoren auf das Vorkommen epiphyller Moose im Unterwuchs des Esquinas Regenwaldes, Costa Rica" (supervised by Harald Zechmeister), abstract available here

2001–2008 Study of biology at the University of Vienna, Austria

Citation Reports

Publications

Ehrendorfer, LE, Niklfeld, H, Schröck, C, Stöhr, O, Gilli, C, Sonnleitner, M, Adler, W, Barta, T, Beiser, A, Berg, C, Bohner, A, Franz, WR, Gottschlich, G, Griebl, N, Haug, G, Heber, G, Hehenberger, R, Hofbauer, M, Hohla, M, Hörandl, E, Kaiser, R, Karrer, G, Keusch, C, Király, G, Kleesadl, G, Gerhard, K, Köckinger, H, Kropf, M, Kudrnovsky, H, Lefnaer, S, Mrkvicka, A, Nadler, K, Novak, N, Nowotny, G, Pachschwöll, C, Pagitz, K, Pall, K, Pflugbeil, G, Pilsl, P, Raabe, U, Sauberer, N, Schau, H, Schönswetter, P, Starlinger, F, Strauch, M, Thalinger, M, Travnicek, B, Trummer-Fink, E, Uhlemann, I, Weiss, S, Wieser, B, Willner, W, Wittmann, H, Wolkerstorfer, C, Zernig, K & Zuna-Kratky, T 2022, Rote Liste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Österreichs. Stapfia, vol. 114, Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum der Oberösterr. Landesmuseen. <https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=69999>

Peskoller, A, Silbernagl, L, Hülber, K , Sonnleitner, M & Schönswetter, P 2021, 'Do pentaploid hybrids mediate gene flow between tetraploid Senecio disjunctus and hexaploid S. carniolicus s. str. (S. carniolicus aggregate, Asteraceae)?', Alpine Botany, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 151-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-021-00254-x

Reich, D, Gutermann, W, Bardy, K, Rainer, H, Raus, T, Sonnleitner, M, Tan, K & Lachmayer, M 2021, 'The type specimens in Eugen von Halácsy´s Herbarium Graecum', Phytotaxa, vol. 493, no. 1, pp. 1-156. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.493.1.1

Hülber, K , Sonnleitner, M, Haider, J, Schwentenwein, M, Winkler, M, Schneeweiss, GM & Schönswetter, P 2018, 'Reciprocal transplantations reveal strong niche differentiation among ploidy-differentiated species of the Senecio carniolicus aggregate (Asteraceae) in the easternmost Alps', Alpine Botany, vol. 128, no. 2, pp. 107–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-018-0209-2

Haring, E, Pinsker, W, Duda, M, Mason, K, Aschberger, M, Baumgartner, G, Bisenberger, A, Bulatovic, A, De Mattia, W, Eschner, A, Fehér, Z, Giokas, S, Harl, J, Hille, A, Kirchner, S, Kruckenhauser, L, Kysela, P, Macek, O, Markovic, J, Pinsker, D, Reier, S, Richling, I, Schileyko, A, Schindelar, J, Slapnik, R, Sonnleitner, M, Valentincic, J & Sattmann, H 2018, 'Snails on the rocks', Arianta, no. 6.

Duda, M, Haring, E, Bulatovic, A, Hille, A, Kruckenhauser, L, Macek, O, Markovic, J, Pinsker, D, Pinsker, W, Reier, S, Sefc, K, Slapnik, R, Sittenthaler, M, Sonnleitner, M, Valentincic, J & Sattmann, H 2018, 'The snail summiteers - Gastropod faunas of some exposed alpine locations in the Gesäuse National Park', Arianta, no. 6, pp. 41-46.

Winkler, M, Escobar García, P, Gattringer, A , Sonnleitner, M , Hülber, K, Schönswetter, P & Schneeweiss, GM 2017, 'A novel method to infer the origin of polyploids from Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism data reveals that the alpine polyploid complex of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) evolved mainly via autopolyploidy', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 877-892. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12641

Sonnleitner, M , Hülber, K, Flatscher, R, Garcia, PE, Winkler, M, Suda, J, Schoenswetter, P & Schneeweiss, GM 2016, 'Ecological differentiation of diploid and polyploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus sensu lato (Asteraceae) is stronger in areas of sympatry', Annals of Botany, vol. 117, no. 2, pp. 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv176

Hülber, K , Sonnleitner, M, Suda, J, Krejiciková, J, Schönswetter, P, Schneeweiss, G & Winkler, M 2015, 'Ecological differentiation, lack of hybrids involving diploids, and asymmetric gene flow between polyploids in narrow contact zones of Senecio carniolicus (syn. Jacobaea carniolica, Asteraceae)', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1224-1234. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1430

Flatscher, R, Escobar Garcia, P, Hülber, K , Sonnleitner, M, Winkler, M, Saukel, J, Schneeweiss, G & Schönswetter, P 2015, 'Underestimated diversity in one of the world’s best studied mountain ranges: The polyploid complex of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) contains four species in the European Alps', Phytotaxa, vol. 213, no. 1, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.213.1.1

Sonnleitner, M, Weis, B, Flatscher, R, Garcia, PE, Suda, J, Krejcikova, J, Schneeweiss, GM, Winkler, M, Schoenswetter, P & Hülber, K 2013, 'Parental Ploidy Strongly Affects Offspring Fitness in Heteroploid Crosses among Three Cytotypes of Autopolyploid Jacobaea carniolica (Asteraceae)', PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 11, 78959. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078959

Escobar García, P, Winkler, M, Flatscher, R, Sonnleitner, M, Krejcikova, J, Suda, J, Hülber, K , Schneeweiss, G & Schönswetter, P 2012, 'Extensive range persistence in peripheral and interior refugia characterizes Pleistocene range dynamics in a widespread Alpine plant species (Senecio carniolicus, Asteraceae)', Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1255-1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05456.x

Sonnleitner, M, Flatscher, R, Escobar García, P, Rauchova, J, Suda, J, Schneeweiss, G , Hülber, K & Schönswetter, P 2010, 'Distribution and habitat segregation on different spatial scales among diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) in the Eastern Alps', Annals of Botany, vol. 106, no. 6, pp. 967-977. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcq192

Hülber, K , Sonnleitner, M, Flatscher, R, Berger, A, Dobrovsky, R, Niessner, S, Nigl, T, Schneeweiss, G, Kubesova, M, Rauchova, J, Suda, J & Schönswetter, P 2009, 'Ecological segregation drives fine-scale cytotype distribution of Senecio carniolicus in the Eastern Alps', Preslia, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 309-319. <http://www.ibot.cas.cz/preslia/P093Huelber.pdf>

Sonnleitner, M , Dullinger, S , Wanek, W & Zechmeister, H 2009, 'Microclimatic patterns correlate with the distribution of epiphyllous bryophytes in a tropical lowland rain forest in Costa Rica', Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 25, pp. 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467409006002

Schönswetter, P, Lachmayer, M, Lettner, C, Prehsler, D, Rechnitzer, S, Reich, D , Sonnleitner, M, Wagner-Lücker, I, Hülber, K , Schneeweiss, G, Travnicek, P & Suda, J 2007, 'Sympatric diploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) in the Eastern Alps are separated along an altitudinal gradient', Journal of Plant Research, vol. 120, no. 6, pp. 721-725. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-007-0108-x

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