astronomy

Maren Gaulke

Maren Gaulke is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Maren Gaulke rather than just read about it. In short: Maren Birgit Gaulke (born 4 April 1955) is a German herpetologist whose research focus has been the biology of monitor lizards, snakes, and turtles. She is a consultant with national and international institutions and contributes to status classifications of endangered species and the establishment of protected areas.

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Reference excerpt

Maren Birgit Gaulke (born 4 April 1955) is a German herpetologist whose research focus has been the biology of monitor lizards, snakes, and turtles. She is a consultant with national and international institutions and contributes to status classifications of endangered species and the establishment of protected areas.

Biography A student of earth and life sciences, Gaulke received her doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1988. In the mid-1980s she began her field work in Southeast Asia and the Philippines, where her biological studies collected new insights into the ecology, ethology, and trophic dependencies of tropical animals. This led to the first description of several new reptile species, including Cyclemys pulchristriata Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr, 1997; Dendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke, 1994; Gekko ernstkelleri Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demegillo & Gaulke, 2006; Luperosaurus corfieldi Gaulke, Rösler & Brown, 2007; and Lycodon fausti Gaulke, 2002. Her main interest is monitor lizards, close relatives of the Komodo dragon, which are the world's largest living lizards. She described the species Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001; Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010; Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010; and Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010. In 2017, she was part of the first team to describe the Philippine frog species Sanguirana acai from the islands of Negros, Masbate, and Panay. Gaulke works as a consultant with national and international institutions on the status classification of endangered species and the establishment of protected areas. She is also an "extraordinary employee" at the Geobio Center at LMU Munich.

Selected publications As main author or co-author, Gaulke has published the books Nature Travel Guide Philippines (2002), Nature Travel Guide Australia (2007, with Alexander Volker Altenbach), Water Dragons and Sailors (2008, with Heiko Werning), and The Herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines (2011). She contributed chapters to the books Anoxia: Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies (2012) by Alexander Volker Altenbach, Joan M. Bernhard, and Joseph Seckbach and Varanoid Lizards of the World (2004) by Eric Pianka, Dennis R. King, and Ruth Allen King. In addition, her scientific contributions have appeared in several international journals, including Hamadryad, Zootaxa, Elaphe, Herpetozoa, Asiatic Herpetological Research, Salamandra and Copeia.

Dedication names In 2008, herpetologists Gernot Vogel and Johan van Rooijen named the bronzeback snake species Dendrelaphis marenae in honor of Maren Gaulke.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Maren Gaulke

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Maren Gaulke claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Maren Gaulke before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Maren Gaulke ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Maren Gaulke

In research: Maren Gaulke appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Maren Gaulke in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Maren Gaulke is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1955 births, 20th-century German educators, 20th-century German scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Maren Gaulke outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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