Bolte, Leonard - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Leonard Bolte

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Scientific career

2021 - 2026	Phd-Project at UFZ and University of Leipzig on limiting habitat factors of natterjack toads in lignite mines
2017 - 2020	Master of Science "Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution“, Georg-August University Göttingen Master thesis: „Habitat suitability and connectivity of Salamandra salamandra affected by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Eifel region“
2013 - 2017	Bachelor of Science "Biological Diversity and Ecology“, Georg-August University Göttingen Bachelor thesis: "The importance of landscape structures and crop types for breeding birds in an intensively farmed area in Northwestern Germany"
2015	Erasmus Exchange, University of La Réunion

Academic positions

2024 - today	Scientific employee in the working group COPE (UFZ)
2021	Researcher, WG Molecular Evolution und Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig
2012 - 2020	Freelanced biologist (Mapping of Herpetofauna and Birds)
2017 - 2018	Student assistant in bachelors courses „Animal physiology“ and „Vegetation ecology (Forests and Waterbodies)“, University of Göttingen
2016	Internship at Association Mitsinjo, Madagascar
2012 - 2013	Voluntary Service at "Naturschutzstation Rhinluch, Linum"

Research interests

• Herpetology
• Population Ecology and Dynamics
• Landscape Ecology
• Habitat- and Population Management

Projects

Current

FAMOS
Otterland
Tagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland
Abgeschlossene Projekte

Former

Die Kreuzkröte - Pionierartenschutz in der Folgelandschaft des Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlereviers

Publications

2026

Koch, V., Bolte, L., Harms, W., Henle, K., Grimm-Seyfarth, A. (2026). Artenspürhunde als vielversprechende Methode zur Erfassung von Amphibien im Landlebensraum – Untersuchungen am Beispiel der Kreuzkröte (Epidalea calamita). Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 33: 161–174.

Bolte, L., Henle, K., Grimm-Seyfarth, A. (2026). Special ponds for special species: Amphibian species richness versus E. calamita metamorphic success in lignite mine ponds. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 34:20.

2025

Bolte, L., Henle, H., Grimm-Seyfarth, A. (2025). Unreclaimed mines are key habitats for pioneer specialists: A case study on natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) microhabitat occupancy. Global Ecology and Conservation 65, e03942.

Lauterbach, M., Adam, J., Bolte, L., Paule, S., & Reinhardt, T. (2025). On the occurrence of a golden colour variant in the Common Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768), in the state of Saxony, Germany. Herpetology Notes, 18, 941-946.

Koch, V., Bolte, L., Harms, W., Henle, K., Grimm-Seyfarth, A. (2025). Wildlife detection dogs effectively survey a terrestrial amphibian, but differ among individuals, weather and habitat. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 6(2), e70062

Bolte, L., Weiss, H., Henle, K. (2025). Eine ökologische Falle für Amphibien in der Bergbaufolgelandschaft: Übersäuerte Laichgewässer. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 57(03), 22-29.

Bolte, L., Ertmer, J., Preißler, K., Henle, K., Klute, L., Barth, B., Schaffer, S., Steinfartz, S. (2025). Unaddressed hybridization between green (Bufotes viridis) and natterjack toads (Epidalea calamita) can lead to underestimation of genetic heterozygosity and inflated estimates of inbreeding. Amphibia-Reptilia 46(1), 127-139.

2024

Barth, B., Bolte, L., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Henle, K., & Seyring, M. (2024). Empfehlungen zur Ermittlung von Bestandstrends der Pionieramphibien Kreuzkröte (Epidalea calamita) und Wechselkröte (Bufotes viridis) in hochdynamischen Tagebaulandschaften. MERTENSIELLA 32,134–147.

Seyring, M., Barth, B., Bolte, L., Geiger, A., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Günther, A., Bertram, S., Kasperidus, H., Langbehn, T., Lueg, H., & Henle, K. (2024). Empfehlungen zur Etablierung von Standardmethoden zur Ermittlung von Bestandstrends bei Amphibien als Modellgruppe für Biodiversitätsverlust. MERTENSIELLA 32, 90-113.

2023

Bolte, L., Goudarzi, F., Klenke, R., Steinfartz, S., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., & Henle, K. (2023). Habitat connectivity supports the local abundance of fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) but also the spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Landscape Ecology 38, 1-18.

2019

Edmonds, D., Kessler, E., & Bolte, L. (2019). How common is common? Rapidly assessing population size and structure of the frog Mantidactylus betsileanus at a site in east‐central Madagascar. Austral Ecology, 44(7), 1196-1203.