Scientists

Dr. David Ott - Head of section experimental & applied ecology
Dr. Sarah Bourlat - Head of section metabarcoding
Dr. Livia Schäffler - Head of section conservation ecology

Dr. Hannah Reininghaus
Dr. Tamara Hartke
Dr. Georg F. Tschan
Dr. Vera Zizka
Leighton Thomas, PhD
Dr. Ameli Kirse
Dr. Michael M. Meyer (University of Münster)
Melissa Jüds

Technicians

Dr. Kathrin Langen
Björn Nümann
Michel Posanski
Oksana Bahlei
Alice Scherges
Lisa Schmitz
Kerstin Sodtke
Lea Theile

 

 

 

 

Ph.D students supervised

1. Jana Brandmeier (expected 2022) Crop diversification effects on plant-insect interactions (EU-H2020 project "DIVERSify"; Supervisor: C. Scherber)
   
   
2. Silvia Pappagallo (expected 2022) Crop diversification effects on plant-insect interactions (EU-H2020 project "DIVERSify"; Supervisor: C. Scherber)
    
3. Claudia Bohacz (FINKA project, ongoing)
   
   
4. Jan Sadowski (ongoing)
   
   
5. Ingo Glock (FlowerBeet project, ongoing)
   
   
6. Vera Prenzel (NaPA project, ongoing)
   
   
7. Jonas Rochlitz (Biodiversity Exploratories, ongoing)
   
   
8. Katleen Dittrich (DynaCom project, ongoing)
   
   
9. Niklas W. Noll (INPEDIV project, ongoing)
   
   
10. Katharina Heusler (NaPA project, ongoing)
    
    

PhD theses finished

1. Stephanie Sobek (2008) Spatiotemporal patterns of insect diversity and multitrophic interactions across a tree diversity gradient in a Central European deciduous forest (Supervisors: T. Tscharntke, I. Steffan-Dewenter, C. Scherber)
   now at University of Western Ontario (Canada) [4 manuscripts published]
   
   
2. David Gladbach (2010) Biological control and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes (Supervisors: C. Dormann, A. Holzschuh, T. Tscharntke, C. Scherber)
   now at Bayer Crop Science (Monheim, Germany) [3 manuscripts published]
   
   
3. Elke Vockenhuber (2011) Plant-insect interactions in a tree diversity gradient (Supervisors: T. Tscharntke, C. Scherber)
   now at BASF (Germany) [2 manuscripts published]
   
   
4. Christoph Rothenwöhrer (2012) Multitrophic plant-herbivore-predator interactions in a grassland management gradient (Supervisors: T. Tscharntke, C. Scherber)
   Now at Bayerisches Landesamt für Umweltschutz [3 manuscripts published]
   
   
5. Georg Everwand (2013) Grassland management and plant diversity effects on plant-herbivore-predator and plant-pollinator interactions (Supervisors: T. Tscharntke und C. Scherber)
   Now at VTI Braunschweig [4 manuscripts published]
   
   
6. Verena Rösch (2014) The effects of fragmentation and isolation of calcareous grasslands on different groups of organisms (Supervisors: P. Batáry, T. Tscharntke; Co-supervisor: C. Scherber)
   Now at Planungsbüro near Lake Constance [2 manuscripts published; See personal webpage]
   
   
7. Urs Kormann (2014) Scale and context-mediated conservation management in fragmented landscapes and populations (Supervisors: T. Tscharntke and C. Scherber)
   now at Oikostat.ch (1 manuscript published)
   
   
8. Tatiane Beduschi (2014) Scale dependence of plant-insect interactions and community structure in changing landscapes (Supervisors: C. Scherber and T. Tscharntke)
   (1 manuscript published)
   
   
9. Claudia Normann (2015) The impact of edge effects on multitrophic interactions in a tree diversity gradient (Supervisors: C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke)
   [1 manuscript published]
   
   
10. Hannah Reininghaus (2017) Local and Landscape Effects on Arthropod Communities along an Arable-Urban Gradient (DFG-GRK 1644, ongoing; Supervisors: C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke, T. Kneib)
    
    
11. Kristy Udy (2017) Scaling of Animal Communities: From Local and Landscape to Global Processes (DFG-GRK 1644; Supervisors: T. Tscharntke, C. Scherber, T. Kneib)
    (see former lab page and RTG page)
    
    
12. Hagen Andert (2017) Plant-arthropod interactions on experimental islands in a marine-terrestrial environment (Supervisors: C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke)
    (see personal webpage)
    
    
13. Julia Tiede (2017) Effects of plant biodiversity on trophic and non-trophic interactions: A molecular approach using next-generation DNA sequencing (DFG-FOR 1451-2, ongoing; Supervisors: C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke)
    (see former lab page and profile on ResearchGate)
    
    
14. Christine Venjakob (2018) Effects of plant biodiversity on plant-pollinator interactions and pollination (Supervisors: A.-M. Klein and C. Scherber)
    (see personal webpage)
    
    
15. Yeisson Gutiérrez (2019) Global change effects on insect performance (Supervisors: C. Scherber, D. Ott)
    (see personal webpage)
    
    
16. Michael Meyer (2021) Effects of temporal crop diversification on arthropod communities and ecosystem processes (Supervisor: C. Scherber)
    (see personal webpage)
    
    
17. Larissa Raatz (2021) Landscape heterogeneity and agroecosystem services in wheat-dominated cropping systems (Supervisors: Jasmin Joshi, C. Scherber)
    
    

Additional PhD committee memberships (selection)

1. Hèléne Deraison (2014) Dynamics of functional diversity within food webs and anthropogenic ecosystem functioning (Supervisors: Isabelle Badenhausser, Luca Börger, Nicolas Gross; CNRS - CEBC, Chizé, France; PhD committee members: Nicolas Loeuille, Cyrille Violle, Juliette Bloor, Christoph Scherber)
   see manuscript published in Ecology Letters
2. Ingo Hahn (2016) Altitudinal movements of birds in the Equadorian Andes (Supervisor: Hermann Mattes, Münster)
3. Kristin Gilhaus (2016) Grassland management by year-round grazing – opportunities and constraints (Supervisors: Norbert Hölzel, Sabine Tischew)
4. Jan-Hendrik Dudenhöffer (2017) Biotic mediated feedbacks and plant fitness in an experimental grassland community. University of Freiburg (Supervisors: Alexandra-Maria Klein, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen).

Masters students supervised

2023	Janine Lubjuhn (ongoing)
2023	Marvin Applegate (ongoing)
2023	Johanna Rüllich (ongoing)
2023	Xenia Schirrmeister (ongoing)
2022	Sophia Fiegel
2022	Xiaoyi Wang
2022	Stephanie Funke
2022	Ellen Dürrbaum
2021	Lena Engel Studies on habitat selection in dormouse in Rhineland-Palatia
2021	Marie-Christine Rieger
2021	Clara Mattner Modelling wolf distribution in Central Europe using individual-based models (finished)
2021	Cora Sonsalla Studies on the ecology of fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) (finished)
2021	Marietta Puhl Spatial prediction of arthropod biodiversity on farmland across Europe
2020	Frederic Theis Interval photographs as a novel method to study plant-pollinator interactions in monocultures and mixtures differing in management intensity
2019	Lars Sund Bumblebee flight behaviour (finished)
2019	Florian Meinking Beetle diversity in ancient oak forests (finished)
2018	Florian Göbel Bumblebee flight behaviour (finished)
2017	Jana Brandmeier Cropping system diversification and plant-insect interactions
2017	Benjamin Ullrich Optimizing bird monitoring schemes in arable landscapes (finished)
2017	Mara Kreimeier Effects of habitat connectivity and landscape composition on reptile communities (finished)
2017	Nina Bacchi Pflanzenphysiologische Parameter von Gemengen mit Winterackerbohne (Vicia faba L. ) und Winterweizen (Triticum aestivum L.) unter Trockenstress (finished)

2017	Maren Smiatek Effects of temporal diversification on litter decomposition, microbial respiration and soil mesofauna in a long-term crop rotation experiment (finished)

2016	Lukas Egli Global assessment of crop distribution and biodiversity patterns (finished)

2015	Wiebke Röper Neue Agrarumweltmaßnahmen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern aus der Sicht landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen (finished)
2015	Niklas Krummel Bottom-up control of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in different habitats: fitness mediated by plant diversity? (finished)
2015	Marie Holler Effects of vegetation characteristics on leafhopper abundance in calcareous grasslands, adjacent paturelands and waysides in Northern Hesse (Germany) (finished)
2014	Sarah Lenze The effects of spatial scale, land use and vegetation characteristics on species richness and abundance of butterfly communities in calcareous grasslands (finished)
2013	Till Benner Effects of varying grassland management regimes and plant functional group composition on ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) (finished)
2013	Marcel Mühlfeit Einfluss eines Höhengradienten auf Cerambyciden, Elateriden und Lymexyliden in Fichtenwäldern des Westharzes. (finished)
2013	Marieke Neßmann Movement behavior and jumping performance of the Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) in fragmented grasslands along the Green Belt Eichsfeld-Werratal, Germany.(finished)
2013	Margaritha Hottmann Auswirkungen von Baumartendiversität und Distanz zum Waldrand auf Pflanzen und Arthropoden im Nationalpark Hainich (finished)
2011	Barbara Mayer Untersuchungen zur Ökologie der Zwergbirke (Betula nana L.) im Naturschutzgebiet Bernrieder Filz.(finished)
2011	Kerstin Albrecht Vergleichende Analysen zum Einfluss der Herbivorie auf die reproduktive Fitness von Senecio inaequidens DC. (Asteraceae) (with S. Porembski, Rostock) (finished)
2009	Lea Stanke Der Einfluss von Pflanzendiversität und Landnutzungsintensität auf Herbivorie (in German) (finished) [see Biological Conservation paper arising from this thesis]
2009	Lisa Freudenberger Predicting habitat suitability for Kea (Nestor notabilis) based on Ecological Modeling and Factor Analysis.(finished)
2009	Eva-Maria Kuhl Distribution of plant functional traits in a range of grassland formations differing in water and nitrogen availability A comparison using the SynBioSys and BiolFlor databases (finished) [see thesis published online]
2008	Mareen Gollnow Die Diversität von Totholzkäfern in Laubwäldern unterschiedlicher Baumartenzahl (finished) [see Ecological Entomology and Forest Ecol Manag papers where data from this thesis were used as covariates]
2006	Juliane Specht The relationship between plant diversity and the fitness of the common grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus ZETT. (Orthoptera: Acrididae) (finished) [see J Anim Ecol and Oecologia papers arising from this thesis]

 

Additional MSc thesis committee memberships

Carina Burmeister (MSc) Honey Bees vs.Wild Bees: Competition or Teamwork? [see PloS One paper arising from this thesis]

Bachelors students supervised

2020	Clara-Marie Putschky
2020	Candy Fahrenholz
2020	Frederike Jablotschkin
2020	Amelie Wendiggensen
2019	Stefanie Hoffmann
2019	Kira Kowalski
2019	Isabel Richter
2019	Pia Holthuis
2019	Ilka Fingerhut
2019	Miriam Schulz
2018	Corinna Bartel
2018	Daniela Reich Predator effects on European curlew
2018	Moritz Specht Habitat selection in European adder (Vipera berus)
2018	Melanie Diepenbrock Prey spectrum of bats analyzed using molecular methods
2018	Lu von Lengerke Movement behaviour of European hedgehog (finished)
2018	Nico Espadilha Patriarca Predator-prey interactions in diversified cropping systems
2018	Thea Schlager Spadefood toad mapping
2017	Lukas Dreyling Development of Locusta migratoria at different temperatures in a climate change scenario of Central Europe (finished)
2017	Sam Lucy Behle Experiments on small mammal behaviour at bait boxes: minimizing the risk to non-target species (finished; co-supervised with J. Jacob, JKI Münster)
2017	Linda Goebel Landscape context and functional connectivity of heathlands in the government district of Münster (finished)
2017	Marit Kelling Three-year monitoring of a sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) translocation in Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia (finished)
2016	Charlotte Hurck Studies on the population structure and habitat preferences of the European adder (Vipera berus L.) at the Dortmund-Ems Canal (Coesfeld district, North Rhine-Westphalia) (finished)
2016	Florian Meinking Die Libellen der Stillgewässer des LSG „Wesermarsch“ und des NSG „Drakenburger Marsch“ – Bestandsaufnahme und Entwicklungsvorschläge (finished)
2016	Friederike Siegel Untersuchungen zur zeitlichen Aktivität des europäischen Feldhamsters (Cricetus cricetus L.) unter Freilandbedingungen (finished)
2016	Stephanie Funke Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung und zum Nahrungsspektrum des Fischotters (Lutra lutra) im mittleren Münsterland

2015	Tamer Özkömec Alternativen zum Mais als Substrat in der Produktion von Biogas (finished)
2015	Melanie Fiedler Untersuchungen zur Akzeptanz künstlicher Wohnröhren beim Feldhamster Cricetus cricetus L.) (finished)
2015	Friederike Siegel Untersuchungen zur zeitlichen Aktivität des Feldhamsters (Cricetus cricetus L.) unter Freilandbedingungen (finished)
2014	Nina Bacchi Der Einfluss von Ackerrandstrukturen auf den Ertrag von Raps und Weizen (finished)
2013	Wiebke Röper Auswirkungen von Management und Pflanzendiversität auf Arthropoden im Grünland (finished)
2013	Miriam Obermüller Fraßverhalten und Nahrungsspektrum von Laufkäfern (Carabidae) (finished)
2013	Jana Rühlke Studien zum Vorkommen naturschutzrelevanter Insektentaxa entlang des Grünen Bandes Eichsfeld-Werratal (finished)
2013	Henrike von der Decken Bestandsentwicklung ausgewählter Vogelarten im Gebiet "Außendeich Nordkehdingen" (Vogelschutzgebiet Unterelbe) im Spannungsfeld zwischen Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz (finished)
2012	Annabelle Rohlfing  Effects of plant diversity and management on grassland invertebrates (finished)
2011	Till Benner  Versuche zur Attraktivität verschiedener Genotypen von Populus tremula L. für Phratora spec. und Lochmaea caprea (Chrysomelidae) (finished)
2009	Dorothee Schwenke  Introducing Ericulture in Nonno Rural Development Project in Ethiopia (finished)
2009	Kirsten Patzig  Auswirkungen des Energiepflanzenanbaus auf die Biodiversität (finished)

 

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I currently teach block courses within the OEP Biology MSc program.

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