Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
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Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie u Tropenbiologie (Zoologie III)
Address
Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
97074 Würzburg
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
ANDIV2: Patterns and drivers of the elevational diversity of dung beetles and dung flies in the Peruvian Andes
(Applicant
Peters, Marcell
)
Diversity and biotic interactions of bees and wasps along a forest elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes
(Applicant
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Ecological intensification and multifunctionality of genetically diverse cacao agroforestry in Peruvian landscapes (Eco-Peru)
(Applicants
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
;
Tscharntke, Teja
)
Ecology of African army ants under global change: a macroecological and community-level perspective
(Applicant
Peters, Marcell
)
Effects of land use on resource partitioning and foraging neuroecology in four honey bee species in India
(Applicants
Scheiner-Pietsch, Ricarda
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
The impact of ozone pollution on the ecosystem services provided by hoverflies
(Applicant
Duque, Laura
)
Toxicity of Epichloë endophytes in agricultural grass species on pastures
(Applicant
Krauss, Jochen
)
Completed projects
Beziehungen zwischen Ameisen und der Carnivorengattung Nepenthes L. (Nepenthaceae)
(Applicant
Zizka, Georg
)
Bienen, Wespen und ihre Gegenspieler in Kaffee-Anbausystemen auf Sulawesi: Bestäubungserfolg, Interaktionen, Habitatbewertung
(Applicant
Tscharntke, Teja
)
Biodiversity and trophic interactions in agricultural mosaic landscapes, comparing bees, wasps and their natural enemies
(Applicant
Tscharntke, Teja
)
Dealing with stress in space and time: plasticity, evolvability and dispersal in temporally and spatially varying environments
(Applicant
Hovestadt, Thomas
)
Der Einfluß von Habitatfragmentierung und Landschaftsstruktur auf die Diversität, Abundanz und Populationsdynamik von Bienen, Wespen und ihren Gegenspielern auf Streuobstwiesen
(Applicant
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Effects of climate change on altitudinal distribution, trophic interactions and genetic diversity of butterflies in low-mountain regions.
(Applicant
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Erfassung der Biodiversität und der historischen Biogeographie endemischer Orthopteren der Eastern Arcs (Ostafrika)
(Applicant
Wägele, Johann Wolfgang
)
Evolution and diversity of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in cleptoparasitic and parasitoid cuckoo wasps and their significance for chemical mimicry
(Applicants
Niehuis, Oliver
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Evolution, genetic basis and behavioural consequences of cuticular hydrocarbon diversification: the case of parabiotic ants
(Applicants
Feldmeyer, Barbara
;
Menzel, Florian
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Evolution kutikuraler Kohlenwasserstoffprofile am Beispiel von solitären Hymenopteren der Grabwespengattung Cerceris
(Applicant
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Exploiting an extraordinary case of intrasexual cuticular hydrocarbon profile dimorphism in a mason wasp, Odynerus spinipes, to shed new light on cuticular hydrocarbon genetics and evolution
(Applicants
Niehuis, Oliver
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Importance of resource diversity to stingless bees in Australia
(Applicant
Leonhardt, Sara Diana
)
Kolonie- und Populationsstruktur der asiatischen Treiberameise Dorylus laevigatus
(Applicant
Gadau, Jürgen
)
Life in challenging environments: identifying species trait-environment relationships in alpine bumblebees
(Applicant
Nooten, Sabine
)
Molekularsystematische Untersuchungen zur Koevolution des südostasiatischen Ameisen-Pflanzen-Symbiosesystems Crematogaster-Macaranga
(Applicant
Fiala, Brigitte
)
Nutrition-related regulation of the nurse-forager transition in honeybees
(Applicants
Scheiner-Pietsch, Ricarda
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Pollination of strawberries and biological pest control on different spatial scales, from crop varieties and fields to landscapes
(Applicant
Tscharntke, Teja
)
Symbioses in Macaranga: ontogeny and partner conflicts
(Applicant
Maschwitz, Ulrich
)
The prothoracic repellent glands of stick and leaf insects: Reconstructing the morphological and chemical evolution of an elaborate arthropod defensive system
(Applicants
Bradler, Sven
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Priority Programmes
Current projects
Genomic and gene regulatory basis of rapid evolutionary diversification of a multifunctional trait
(Applicants
Büllesbach, Jan
;
Feldmeyer, Barbara
;
Menzel, Florian
;
Nehring, Ph.D., Volker
;
Niehuis, Oliver
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Completed projects
Analyzing historical plant-pollinator interactions by conducting pollen metabarcoding on museum specimens of German bumblebee species
(Applicants
Gemeinholzer, Birgit
;
Keller, Alexander
;
Ohl, Michael
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Mechanisms of speciation in Southeast Asian ant-plants of the genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) associated with Crematogaster ants
(Applicants
Blattner, Frank R.
;
Fiala, Brigitte
;
Weising, Kurt
)
Radiation of Saltatoria species in montane areas of East Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera)
(Applicant
Hemp, Claudia
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Current projects
Evolution of Social Woundcare in Ants
(Applicant
Frank, Erik
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Core Projekt 9 - Monitoring of aboveground arthropod diversity with main emphasis on xylobionts
(Applicant
Linsenmair, Karl Eduard
)
Dependence of endophytic fungus - grass symbioses on land-use intensity
(Applicant
Krauss, Jochen
)
Funktionelle Ökologie: Die Auswirkung unterschiedlicher Landnutzungsintensität auf die Diversität chemischer Pflanzenduftstoffe, strukturelle Komplexität der Vegetation und Wirt-Parasitoid Interaktionen
(Applicants
Meiners, Torsten
;
Obermaier, Elisabeth
)
Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services
(Applicants
Assmann, Thorsten
;
Blüthgen, Nico
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
Multi-trophic interactions of Butterflies Along a gradienT of MANagement intensity in grasslands and forest (BATMAN)
(Applicant
Klein, Alexandra-Maria
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Completed projects
Insect diversity and trophic interactions in relation to agroforestry management and ENSO droughts
(Project Heads
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
;
Tscharntke, Teja
)
Timing and phenology shifts in interacting plant - herbivore - predator systems
(Project Head
Krauss, Jochen
)
Timing in plant-pollinator interactions
(Project Head
Holzschuh, Andrea
)
Timing of colony phenology and foraging activity in honeybees
(Project Heads
Härtel, Stephan
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Smart residue amendments to improve greenhouse gas uptake by agricultural soils
(Applicant
Brenzinger, Kristof
)
Research Units
Current projects
After life - decomposition
(Applicants
Peters, Marcell
;
Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael
)
Dung decomposition and secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles
(Applicants
Blüthgen, Nico
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
FOR 5207: Reassembly of species interaction networks – Resistance, resilience and functional recovery of a rainforest ecosystem
(Spokesperson
Blüthgen, Nico
)
FOR 5375: Enhancing the structural diversity between patches for improving multidiversity and multifunctionality in production forests
(Spokesperson
Müller, Jörg
)
SP2: Volatilome and Symbiosis
(Applicants
Biedermann, Peter
;
Schmitt, Thomas
)
SP6: Plant animal-interactions - pollination, parasitism, and seed dispersal
(Applicants
Classen, Alice
;
Feldhaar, Heike
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Completed projects
Central database, communication platform and data synthesis of the research unit KiLi
(Applicants
Nauss, Thomas
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Central data base project: Central database and communication platform of the research unit KiLi
(Applicants
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
;
Nauss, Thomas
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
Synthesis Project 5: Drivers of biodiversity and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships along climate and land use gradients
(Applicants
Brandl, Roland
;
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
)
International Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 1565: Complex Terrain and Ecological Heterogeneity (TERRECO): Evaluating Ecosystem Services in Production versus Water Yield and Water Quality in Mountainous Landscapes
(Spokesperson
Tenhunen, John
)
