Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber

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2026

• 2026/03

  Lin, W., He, X., Hu, J., Balle, M., Darras, K.F.A., Jing, S., Scherber, C., Toledo-Hernández, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, C., Zeng, S., Wanger, T.C.

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  Pesticides but not microplastics affect pollination in rape seed production in China

  Environmental Research Food Systems, 1, 3

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Scherber, C., Kirse, A., Kempel, A., Ott, D., Hartke, T.

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  Insect declines: Challenges and solutions

  Current Opinion in Insect Science

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Ludreschl, C., Kirse, A., Hartke, T..R., Bhansali, S., Bourlat, S..J., Ott, D., Bott, F., Rutte, D., Siemt, P., Espeland, M., Scherber, C.

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  Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Wan, N., Wang, Y., Fu, L., Liu, J., Woodcock, B.A., Hu, Y., Eskelinen, A., Hector, A., Loreau, M., Hautier, Y., Bardgett, R.D., Kardol, P., Zuppinger-Dingley, D., Fraser, L.H., Bullock, J.M., Nakagawa, S., Shen, S., Xin, F., Shi, D., Li, Z., Zhou, J., Scherber, C.

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  Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production

  Nature Ecology & Evolution

  https://doi.org/

2025

• 2025/12

  Deiß, F., Ssymank, A., Caspari, S., Scherber, C.

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  Lack of spatial coordinate information for an important insect order (Lepidoptera) in a Central European country

  Ecosphere, 12, 16

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/11

  Seralini, G., Jungers, G., Andersen, A., Antoniou, M., Aschner, M., Bacon, M., Bertrand, M., Bohn, T., Bonfleur, M.L., Bücking, E., Defarge, N., Djemil, R., Domingo, J.L., Douzelet, J., Fagan, J., Fournier, T., Garcia, J.L.Y., Gil, S., Hervé-Gruyer, P., Hilbeck, A., Hilty, L., Huber, D., Joyeux, H., Khan, I., Kouretas, D., Lemarchand, F., Loening, U., Longo, G., Mesnage, R., Nikolopoulou, D.I., Panoff, J., Parente, C., Robinson, C., Scherber, C., Sprangers, D., Sultan, C., Tsatsakis, A., Vandelac, L., Wan, N., Wynne, B., Zaller, J.G., Zerrad-Saadi, A., Zhang, X.

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  Scientists’ warning: we must change paradigm for a revolution in toxicology and world food supply

  Environmental Sciences Europe, 1, 37

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/11

  Cardoso, P., Baker, N.J., Boieiro, M., Bonte, D., Borges, P.A.V., Braby, M.F., Branco, V., Chobanov, D., Correia, L., Dalton, D.T., Damas‐Mora, M., Didham, R.K., Forster, L., Glatz, R., Gorneau, J.A., Hochkirch, A., Kirse, A., Lichtenberg, E.M., Macías‐Hernández, N., Miličić, M., Moir, M., Moreno‐García, P., Neessen, R., Noriega, J.A., Penick, C.A., Perry, K.I., Pryke, J., Rego, C., Roeder, K.A., Saussure, S., Shirey, V., Sihvonen, P., Svetnik, I., Tarasov, S., Trindade, P., Welti, E.A.R., Wong, M., Scherber, C.

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  Toward a global repository of insect traits ( )

  Insect Conservation and Diversity

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/10

  Kempel, A., Adamidis, G.C., Anadón, J.D., Atkinson, J., Auge, H., Avtzis, D., Bachelot, B., Bashirzadeh, M., Bota, J.L., Classen, A., Constantinou, I., Crawley, M., de Bellis, T., Dostal, P., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D.J., Encina, G., Estrada, C., Everingham, S., Fanin, N., Feng, Y., Gaspar, M., Gooriah, L., Graff, P., Montalván, E.G., Montalván, P.G., Hartke, T.R., Huang, L., Jochum, M., Kaljund, K., Karmiris, I., Koorem, K., Korell, L., Laine, A., le Provost, G., Lessard, J., Liu, M., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Llancabure, J., Loïez, S., Loydi, A., Marrero, H., Gockel, S., Montoya, A., Münzbergová, Z., Niu, Y., Ott, D., Oyarzabal, M., Panitsa, M., Papatheodorou, E., Piper, F.I., Püssa, K., Rand, K., Saiz, H., Sanders, N.J., Schädler, M., Scherber, C., Semchenko, M., Sepp, S., Shah, M.A., Shaheen, I., Stein, C., Stewart, J., Tang, Z., Tschan, G., van Nouhuys, S., Vandegehuchte, M.L., Vernon, M., V. R., S., Wang, J., Xiao, Y., Xystrakis, F., Yang, J., Yang, S., Zografou, K., Allan, E.

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  The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems

  Ecology and Evolution, 10, 15

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/09

  Dombos, M., Hartke, T., Tóth, Z., Békési, G.B., Scherber, C., Schmera, D., Zawiasa, B., Sipőcz, L., Gergócs-Winkler, V., Flórián, N., Prenzel, V., Lejoly, J., Newbert, M., Bussell, J., Serrati, L., Veres, A., Juhász, A., Juhos, K., Kaasik, R., Vasileiadis, V.

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  Edge computer vision produces microarthropod-based high-throughput biodiversity metrics

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/09

  Dombos, M., Hartke, T.R., Tóth, Z., Békési, G.B., Scherber, C., Schmera, D., Zawiasa, B., Sipőcz, L., Gergócs-Winkler, V., Flórián, N., Prenzel, V.C., Lejoly, J., Newbert, M., Bussell, J., Serrati, L., Veres, A., Juhász, A., Juhos, K., Kaasik, R., Vasileiadis, V.

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  Edge computer vision produces microarthropod-based high-throughput biodiversity metrics

  bioRxiv

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/08

  Schwesig, K., Zizka, V., Scherber, C., Hölzel, N.

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  Pioneer habitats drive high plant beta diversity and conservation value of mineral extraction sites

  Journal of applied ecology, n/a, n/a

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/05

  Wang, Y., Shi, D., Scherber, C., Woodcock, B.A., Hu, Y., Wan, N.

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  Understanding biodiversity effects on trophic interactions with a robust approach to path analysis

  Cell Reports Sustainability, 5, 2

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/05

  Wan, N., Woodcock, B.A., Scherber, C., Wyckhuys, K.A.G., Li, Z., Qian, X.

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  Leaving synthetic pesticides behind

  Science, 6748, 388

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/03

  Scherber, C., Meyer, M., Bohacz, C., Glock, I., Ott, D.

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  Reduzierter Einsatz von Pflanzenschutzmitteln in der Agrarlandschaft: Strategien aus Sicht der Biodiversitätsforschung

• 2025/03

  Thomas, L.J., Zizka, V.M.A., Noll, N.W., Scherges, A.M., Posanski, M., Bourlat, S.J., Rulik, B., Mühlethaler, R., Lehmann, G.U.C., Koethe, S., Scherber, C., Schäffler, L.

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  Identifying conservation hotspots and assessing species commonness and rarity: Baseline arthropod diversity in German nature reserves via national Malaise trap monitoring

  Insect Conservation and Diversity

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/02

  Zizka, V., Schwesig, K., Engel, N., Hölzel, N., Scherber, C.

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  Environmental supports importance of heterogeneous pond landscapes for arthropod diversity conservation

  Ecosphere, 2, 16

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/02

  Wan, N., Fu, L., Dainese, M., Kiær, L.P., Hu, Y., Xin, F., Goulson, D., Woodcock, B.A., Vanbergen, A.J., Spurgeon, D.J., Shen, S., Scherber, C.

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  Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms

  Nature communications, 1, 16

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/01

  Ranasinghe, U.S.L., Eberle, J., Benjamin, S.P., Scherber, C., Ahrens, D.

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  Morphospace disparity and species diversity in Sri Lankan phytophagous scarab beetles—A comparison by forest types, altitude and sites

  Ecological Entomology

  https://doi.org/

• 2025/01

  Kirse, A., Wittenhorst, M.A., Scherber, C., Posanski, M., Scherges, A., Zizka, V., Ott, D., Noll, N.W., Wägele, W.J.

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  The clockwork of insect activity: Advancing ecological understanding through automation

  Journal of Animal Ecology

  https://doi.org/

2024

• 2024/12

  Schwesig, K., Zizka, V., Scherber, C., Hölzel, N.

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  Comparing and Transect Methods for Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment in Lakes and Ponds

  Molecular Ecology resources, 3, 25

  https://doi.org/

• 2024/12

  Chiavassa, J.A., Kraft, M., Noack, P., Walther, S., Kirse, A., Scherber, C.

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  The Field Automatic Insect Recognition‐Device—A Non‐Lethal Semi‐Automatic Malaise Trap for Insect Biodiversity Monitoring: Proof of Concept

  Ecology and Evolution, 12, 14

  https://doi.org/

• 2024/10

  Chiavassa, J.A., Noack, P., Walther, S., Kraft, M., Kirse, A., Scherber, C.

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  Entwicklung eines nichtletalen Monitoringsystems zur Erfassung von Insektenbiodiversität in landwirtschaftlichen Produktionssystemen

• 2024/03

  Meusemann, K., Scherber, C., Rduch, V., Peters, R.

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  Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity. (2024). 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024 (Version 1). Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. 

  https://doi.org/