KomBioTa researchers publish their scientific insights in journals to share their knowledge with the society.
2024
M. Anders, C. Westphal, VMG. Linden, S. Weier, PJ. Taylor; I. Grass (2024): Complementary effects of pollination and biocontrol services enable ecological intensification in macadamia orchards. Ecological Applications 34:e3049. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3049
Azhar, I. Grass, A. Rizali, Pudjianto, D. Buchori (2024): Rainforest transformation reduces parasitoid wasp diversity – can the enrichment of flowering vegetation alleviate this? Ecological Entomology 49:825-836 doi.org/10.1111/een.13355
S. Bengston, A. Dornhaus, C. Rabeling (2024): The discovery of mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants supports the territoriality hypothesis of dulotic social parasite evolution in myrmicine ants. Insectes Sociaux 72: 59–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-01002-0
T. Berger, H. Gimpel, A. Stein, C. Troost, S. Asseng, M. Bichler, C. Bieling, R. Birner, I. Grass, J. Kollmann, S. Leonhardt, F. Schurr, W. Weisser (2024): Hybrid intelligence for reconciling biodiversity and productivity in agriculture. Nature Food 5:270-272 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00963-6
Anja Betz, Robert Bischoff, Georg Petschenka (2024): Late-instar monarch caterpillars sabotage milkweed to acquire toxins, not to disarm plant defence. Proc. R. Soc. B. 291:20232721. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2721
H. Cooksley, L. Dreyling, K.J. Esler, S. Griebenow, G. Neumann, A. Valentine, M. Schleuning, F.M. Schurr (2024): Functional traits shape plant-plant interactions and recruitment in a hotspot of woody plant diversity. New Phytologist, 241, 1100-1114 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19453
SP Cover, C. Rabeling (2024): Four new inquiline social parasite species in the dolichoderine ant genus Tapinoma from North America. ZooKeys 1202: 111–134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1202.120478
GN. Doering, MM. Prebus, S. Suresh, JN. Greer, R. Bowden, TA. Linksvayer (2024): Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 121: e2420078121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420078121
S. Dumendiak , A. Halajian , Y.T. Mekonnen, O. Aschenborn, G.J. Camacho, R.K. Schuster, U. Mackenstedt, T. Romig, M. Wassermann (2024): Hidden diversity of cestodes in wild African carnivores: I. Non-taeniid cyclophyllideans. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife Volume 24, 100929 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100929
Mohammed Errbii, Ulrich R. Ernst, Aaparna Lajmi, Eyal Privman, Jürgen Gadau, Lukas Schrader (2024): Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of Pogonomyrmex californicus. BMC Biol 22, 109 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01907-z
L. Franke, C.S. Sheppard, M.R. Brendel, C.M. Buchmann, V. Ferenc, J. Zhu, F.M. Schurr (2024): Field margin management for promoting plant diversity – A functional approach to investigating the effects of multiple measures on plant community dynamics. Basic and Applied Ecology, 81, 75-84 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.10.009
Tobias Frenzel, Sonia Bigalk, Raffaele Gamba, Sebastian Görn, Michael Haas, Maura Haas-Renninger, Andreas Haselböck, Thomas Hörren, Martin Sorg, Hubert Sumser, Florian Theves, Ingo Wendt, Lars Krogmann (2024): Higher bee species richness in conservation areas compared with non-conservation areas in south-west Germany. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 18(2), 191–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12796
V. von Groß, KT. Sibhatu, A. Knohl, M. Qaim, E. Veldkamp, D. Hölscher, DC. Zemp, MD. Corre, I. Grass, S. Fiedler, C. Stiegler, B. Irawan, L. Sundawati, K. Husmann, C. Paul (2024): Transformation scenarios towards multifunctional landscapes: A simulation approach based on multi-criteria optimization. Journal of Environmental Management 356:120710 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120710
Iris Häussermann, Martin Hasselmann (2024): Complex European invasion history of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky): new insights in its population genomic differentiation using genotype‑by‑sequencing. Scientific Reports I, 14:4263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54567-y
Maura Haas-Renninger, Sonia Bigalk, Tobias Frenzel1, Raffaele Gamba1, Sebastian Görn1, Michael Haas1, Andreas Haselböck, Thomas Hörren, Martin Sorg, Ingo Wendt, Petr Jansta, Olaf Zimmermann, Johannes L. M. Steidle, Lars Krogmann (2024): Phenology of microhymenoptera and their potential threat by insect decline. JHR 97: 699–720. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.128234
MK. Kasten, F. Witte, C. Sponagel, E. Bahrs, T. Köhler, J. Morinière, I. Grass (2024): Mineral-ecological cropping systems mitigate biodiversity-productivity trade-offs of the organic vs. conventional farming dichotomy. npj Sustainable Agriculture 2:29 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44264-024-00034-0
F. Klaus, T. Tscharntke, I. Grass (2024): Trophic level and specialization moderate effects of habitat loss and landscape diversity on cavity-nesting bees, wasps and their parasitoids. Insect Conservation & Diversity 17:65-76 https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12688
Denise Kuhn, Nils Nägele, Till Tolasch, Georg Petschenka, Johannes L. M. Steidle (2024): Can a Mixture of Farnesene Isomers Avert the Infestation of Aphids in Sugar Beet Crops? Insects 15, no. 10: 736. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15100736
F. Librán-Embid, I. Grass, C. Emer, V. Alarcón-Segura, H. Behling, S. Biagioni, C. Ganuza, C. Herrera-Krings, CA. Setyaningsih, T. Tscharntke (2024): Flower-bee vs pollen-bee metanetworks in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291:20232604 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2604
D. Mera-Rodríguez, H. Fernández-Marín, C. Rabeling (2024): Phylogenomics resolve a century-old taxonomic puzzle and reveal evolutionary history of the Acromyrmexoctospinosus species complex. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12665
AM. Potapov, J. Drescher, K. Darras, A. Wenzel, N. Janotta, R. Nazarreta, Kasmiatun, V. Laurent, A. Mawan, EH. Utari, MM. Pollierer, K. Rembold, R. Widyastuti, D. Buchori, P. Hidayat, E. Turner, I. Grass, C. Westphal, T. Tscharntke, S. Scheu (2024): Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature 627:116-122 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07083-y
M. Prebus, C. Rabeling (2024): Phylogenomics resolve the systematics and biogeography of the ant tribe Myrmicini and tribal relationships within the hyperdiverse ant subfamily Myrmicinae. bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.01.606207
MM. Prebus, N. Nguyen, GN. Doering, DB. Booher (2024): Temnothorax caryaluteus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new ant species from the eastern United States. European Journal of Taxonomy 970: 175–202. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2757
R. Rajaonarimalala, Y. Korol, A. Andrianarimisa, S. Dröge, TR. Fulgence, I. Grass, H. Kreft, K. Osen, AANA. Rakotomalala, B. Rakouth, HLT. Ranarijaona, R. Randriamanantena, FM. Ratsoavina, LHR. Ravaomanarivo, E. Raveloaritiana, D. Schwab, MR. Soazafy, T. Tscharntke, A. Wurz, D. Hölscher, DA. Martin (2024): Complex stands in forested tropical landscapes harbor more endemic biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Global Ecology and Conservation 54:e03154 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03154
LV. Rasmussen*, I. Grass* (*equal contribution), Z. Mehrabi, OM. Smith, R. Bezner-Kerr, J. Blesh, LA. Garibaldi, ME. Isaac, CM. Kennedy, H. Wittman, P. Batáry, D. Buchori, R. Cerda, J. Chará, DW. Crowder, K. Darras, K. DeMaster, K. Garcia, M. Gómez, D. Gonthier, P. Hidayat, J. Hipólito, M. Hirons, L. Hoey, D. James, I. John, AD. Jones, DS. Karp, Y. Kebede, C. Bezner Kerr, S. Klassen, M. Kotowska, H. Kreft, R. Llanque, C. Levers, DJ. Lizcano, A. Lu, S. Madsen, R. Nunes Marques, P. Buss Martins, A. Melo, H. Nyantakyi-Frimpong, EM. Olimpi, JP. Owen, H. Pantevez, M. Qaim, S. Redlich, C. Scherber, AR. Sciligo, S. Snapp, WE. Snyder, I. Steffan-Dewenter, AE. Stratton, JM. Taylor, T. Tscharntke, V. Valencia, C. Vogel, C. Kremen (2024): Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture. Science 384:87-93 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj1914
E. Raveloaritiana, T. Tscharntke, DA. Martin, A. Wurz, K. Osen, MR. Soazafy, MS. Vorontsova, H. Kreft, B. Rakouth, I. Grass (2024): Land-use intensity and close relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Applied Ecology61:1396-1410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14657
M. Razanajatovo, F.M. Schurr, N. Muhthassim, S.Troesch, E. Knop (2024): Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles. Basic and Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.04.008
Mialy Razanajatovo, Frank M. Schurr, Nadia Muhthassim, Sandra Troesch, Eva Knop (2024): Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles. Basic and Applied Ecology, Volume 78, August 2024, Pages 23-27 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.04.008
T. Shapira, F.M. Schurr, S. Fischer, N. Jeuken, M. Coll, Y. Mandelik (2024): The combined effects of resource landscapes and herbivory on pollination services in agro-ecosystems. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07103
CS. Sheppard, N. Lüpke (2024): Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis. Basic and Applied Ecology 77: 16-25 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.04.002
Thomas Romig, Marion Wassermann (2024): Echinococcus species in wildlife. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Volume 23, April 2024, 100913 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100913
TR. Schultz, J. Sosa-Calvo, MP. Kweskin, MW. Lloyd, B. Dentinger, PW. Kooij, EC. Vellinga, SA. Rehner, A. Rodrigues, QV. Montoya, H. Fernández-Marín, A. Ješovnik, T. Niskanen, K. Liimatainen, CA. Leal-Dutra, SE. Solomon, NM. Gerardo, CR. Currie, M. Bacci Jr., HL. Vasconcelos, C. Rabeling, BC. Faircloth, VP. Doyle (2024): The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture. Science 386: 105–109. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn7179
S. Tassoni, D. Becker, MK. Kasten, Morinière, I. Grass (2024): Insect conservation in agricultural landscapes needs both high crop heterogeneity and semi-natural habitats. Global Ecology and Conservation 55:e03218 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03218
T. Tscharntke, P. Batáry, I. Grass (2024): Mixing on- and off-field measures for biodiversity conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution39:726-733 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.04.003
Wenzel, C. Westphal, J. Ballauf, D. Berkelmann, F. Brambach, D. Buchori, N. Camarretta, MD. Corre, R. Daniel, K. Darras, S. Erasmi, G. Formaglio, D. Hölscher, NA. Iddris, B. Irawan, A. Knohl, MM. Kotowska, VK. Krashevska, H. Kreft, Y. Mulyani, O . Mußhoff, G. Paterno, A. Polle, A. Potapov, A. Röll, S. Scheu, M. Schlund, D. Schneider, KT. Sibhatu, C. Stiegler, L. Sundawati, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, E. Veldkamp, PA. Waite, M. Wollni, DC. Zemp, I. Grass (2024): Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2307220121 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307220121
Willmott, A. Riar, S. Saj, L. Armengot, H. Cicek, M. Kiboi, A. Singh, I. Grass, M. Cotter (2024): The ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of organic agroforestry - a systematic review. Agroforestry Systems 98:2933-2949 https:// doi.org/ 10. 1007/ s10457- 024- 01064-w.
Karoline Wueppenhorst, Abdulrahim T. Alkassab, Hannes Beims, Gabriela Bischoff, Ulrich Ernst, Elsa Friedrich, Ingrid Illies, Martina Janke, Julia Kehmstedt, Wolfgang H. Kirchner, Richard Odemer, Silvio Erler (2024): Nurse honey bees filter fungicide residues to maintain larval health, Current Biology, Volume 34, Issue 23, Pages 5570-5577.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.008
Karoline Wueppenhorst, Abdulrahim T. Alkassab, Hannes Beims, Ulrich Ernst, Elsa Friedrich, Ingrid Illies, Martina Janke, Wolfgang H. Kirchner, Kim Seidel, Michael Steinert, Andrey Yurkov, Silvio Erler, Richard Odemer (2024): Honey bee colonies can buffer short-term stressor effects of pollen restriction and fungicide exposure on colony development and the microbiome, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 282, 1 September 2024, 116723 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116723
