Christoph Scherber

Projects

NaPA - Nature-friendly agriculture
Management: Dr. Tamara Hartke
FlowerBeet
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
BioMonitor4CAP
Management: Dr. Eva Niephaus
GIBBS (Holistic Biodiversity Management in the Building Materials Industry)
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
DynaCom
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
DIVERSify
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
BALIN - Insect protection at the railway station by reducing light pollution
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
SPRINT
Management: Dr. David Ott
KennArt
Management: Albia Consul
FINKA - Promotion of insect pests in arable crops
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber

Publications

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2025

2025/12
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

2024

2024/04
Rasmussen, L.V., Grass, I., Mehrabi, Z., Smith, O.M., Bezner-Kerr, R., Blesh, J., Garibaldi, L.A., Isaac, M.E., Kennedy, C.M., Wittman, H., Batáry, P., Buchori, D., Cerda, R., Chará, J., Crowder, D.W., Darras, K., DeMaster, K., Garcia, K., Gómez, M., Gonthier, D., Guzman, A., Hidayat, P., Hipólito, J., Hirons, M., Hoey, L., James, D., John, I., Jones, A.D., Karp, D.S., Kebede, Y., Kerr, C.B., Klassen, S., Kotowska, M., Kreft, H., Llanque, R., Levers, C., Lizcano, D.J., Lu, A., Madsen, S., Marques, R.N., Martins, P.B., Melo, A., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Olimpi, E.M., Owen, J.P., Pantevez, H., Qaim, M., Redlich, S., Scherber, C., Sciligo, A.R., Snapp, S., Snyder, W.E., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stratton, A.E., Taylor, J.M., Tscharntke, T., Valencia, V., Vogel, C., Kremen, C.
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Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture
Science, 6691, 384
2024/03
Chiavassa, J.A., Kraft, M., Noack, P., Walther, S., Kirse, A., Scherber, C.
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The FAIR-Device-a non-lethal and generalist semi-automatic Malaise trap for insect biodiversity monitoring: Proof of concept
bioRxiv
2024/00
Lin, W., He, X., Hu, J., Balle, M., Darras, K.F., Jing, S., Scherber, C., Toledo-Hernandez, M., Yan, Y., Zhang, C.C., Zeng, S., Wanger, T.C.
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Diversification mitigates pesticide but not microplastic effects on bees without compromising rapeseed yield in China
bioRxiv
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
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
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.

2023

2023/07
Brandmeier, J., Reininghaus, H., Scherber, C.
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Multispecies crop mixtures increase insect biodiversity in an intercropping experiment
3, 4
2023/06
Scherber, C.
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Convergent patterns in multitrophic biodiversity effects on yield across ecosystems
11, 66
2023/04
Terlau, J.F., Brose, U., Eisenhauer, N., Amyntas, A., Boy, T., Dyer, A., Gebler, A., Hof, C., Liu, T., Scherber, C., Schlägel, U.E., Schmidt, A., Hirt, M.R.
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Microhabitat conditions remedy heat stress effects on insect activity
13, 29
2023/01
Dürrbaum, E., Fornoff, F., Scherber, C., Vesterinen, E.J., Eitzinger, B.
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Metabarcoding of trap nests reveals differential impact of urbanization on cavity‐nesting bee and wasp communities
23, 32
2023/11
Köthe, S., Bakanov, N., Brühl, C.A., Eichler, L., Fickel, T., Gemeinholzer, B., Hörren, T., Jurewicz, A., Lux, A., Meinel, G., Mühlethaler, R., Schäffler, L., Scherber, C., Schneider, F., Sorg, M., Swenson, S.J., Terlau, W., Turck, A., Lehmann, G.U.C.
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Recommendations for effective insect conservation in nature protected areas based on a transdisciplinary project in Germany
1, 35
2023/12
Noll, N.W., Scherber, C., Schäffler, L.
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taxalogue: a toolkit to create comprehensive CO1 reference databases
11
2023/12
Wan, N., Wang, Y., Fu, L., Liu, J., Woodcock, B., Hu, Y., Eskelinen, A., Hector, A., Loreau, M., Hautier, Y., Bardgett, R., Kardol, P., Zuppinger-Dingley, D., Fraser, L., Bullock, J., Xin, F., Zhou, J., Scherber, C.
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Species richness promotes plant productivity by suppressing plant antagonists
2023/03
Wan, N., Fu, L., Dainese, M., Kiær, L.P., Hu, Y., Xin, F., Goulson, D., Woodcock, B., Vanbergen, A., Spurgeon, D., Scherber, C.
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The impact of pesticides on non-target organisms
2023/00
Schmid, B., Dormann, C.F., Batary, P., Grass, I., Klein, A., Loos, J., Scherber, C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Wanger, T.
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Trophic interactions affecting biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

2022

2022/03
Wägele, J., Bodesheim, P., Bourlat, S.J., Denzler, J., Diepenbroek, M., Fonseca, V., Frommolt, K., Geiger, M.F., Gemeinholzer, B., Glöckner, F.O., Haucke, T., Kirse, A., Kölpin, A., Kostadinov, I., Kühl, H.S., Kurth, F., Lasseck, M., Liedke, S., Losch, F., Müller, S., Petrovskaya, N., Piotrowski, K., Radig, B., Scherber, C., Schoppmann, L., Schulz, J., Steinhage, V., Tschan, G.F., Vautz, W., Velotto, D., Weigend, M., Wildermann, S.
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Towards a multisensor station for automated biodiversity monitoring
Basic and applied ecology, 59
2022/11
Wan, N., Fu, L., Dainese, M., Hu, Y., Kiær, L.P., Isbell, F., Scherber, C.
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Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions
Nature communications, 1, 13
2022/06
Ajal, J., Kiær, L.P., Pakeman, R.J., Scherber, C., Weih, M.
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Intercropping drives plant phenotypic plasticity and changes in functional trait space
Basic and applied ecology, 61
2022/12
Köthe, S., Schneider, F., Bakanov, N., Brühl, C.A., Eichler, L., Fickel, T., Gemeinholzer, B., Hörren, T., Lux, A., Meinel, G., Schäffler, L., Scherber, C., Sorg, M., Swenson, S.J., Terlau, W., Turck, A., Zizka, V., Lehmann, G.U.C., Mühlethaler, R.
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Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement
2, 32
2022/12
Scherber, C.
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Agroecology – Reconciling biodiversity and production in farming systems
65
2022/11
Gutiérrez, Y., Fresch, M., Scherber, C., Brockmeyer, J.
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The lipidome of an omnivorous insect responds to diet composition and social environment
11, 12
2022/01
Hörren, T., Sorg, M., Hallmann, C.A., Zizka, V.M.A., Ssymank, A., Noll, N.W., Schäffler, L., Scherber, C.
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A universal insect trait tool (ITT, v1.0) for statistical analysis and evaluation of biodiversity research data
2022/00
Abeßer, J., Wang, X., Bänsch, S., Scherber, C., Lukashevich, H.
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Analyzing Bird and Bat Activity in Agricultural Environments using AI-driven Audio Monitoring
2022/00
Saljnikov, E., Lavrishchev, A., Römbke, J., Rinklebe, J., Scherber, C., Wilke, B., Tóth, T., Blum, W.E., Behrendt, U., Eulenstein, F., Mirschel, W., Meyer, B.C., Schindler, U., Urazaliev, K., Mueller, L.
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Understanding and monitoring chemical and biological soil degradation
Advances in understanding soil degradation

2021

2021/05
Berghuijs, H.N.C., Weih, M., Van der Werf, W., Karley, A.J., Adam, E., Villegas-Fernández, Á.M., Kiær, L.P., Newton, A.C., Scherber, C., Tavoletti, S., Vico, G.
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Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe
Field crops research, 264
2021/06
Brandmeier, J., Reininghaus, H., Pappagallo, S., Karley, A.J., Kiær, L.P., Scherber, C.
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Intercropping in high input agriculture supports arthropod diversity without risking significant yield losses
Basic and applied ecology, 53
2021/08
Bauer, B., Kleyer, M., Albach, D.C., Blasius, B., Brose, U., Ferreira‐Arruda, T., Feudel, U., Gerlach, G., Hof, C., Kreft, H., Kuczynski, L., Lõhmus, K., Moorthi, S., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Zotz, G., Hillebrand, H.
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Functional trait dimensions of trophic metacommunities
Ecography, 10, 44
2021/06
Hamer, U., Meyer, M., Meyer, U., Radermacher, A., Götze, P., Koch, H., Scherber, C.
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Soil microbial biomass and enzyme kinetics for the assessment of temporal diversification in agroecosystems
53
2021/01
Ajal, J., Kiær, L., Pakeman, R., Scherber, C., Weih, M.
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Multi-dimensional trait space in cereal-legume mixtures: an analysis across environments and plant teams.
Intercropping for Sustainability: Research Developments and their Application, Aspects of Applied Biology, 146, 429-432.
2021/10
Raatz, L., Walzl, K.P., Müller, M.E., Scherber, C., Joshi, J.
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Who is the culprit: Is pest infestation responsible for crop yield losses close to semi‐natural habitats?
Ecology and Evolution, 19, 11
2021/05
Gutiérrez, Y., Fresch, M., Hellmann, S., Hankeln, T., Scherber, C., Brockmeyer, J.
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A multifactorial proteomics approach to sex-specific effects of diet composition and social environment in an omnivorous insect
Ecology and Evolution
2021/06
Mueller, L., Eulenstein, F., Mirschel, W., Schindler, U., Sychev, V.G., Rukhovich, O.V., Sheudzhen, A.K., Romanenkov, V., Lukin, S.M., McKenzie, B.M., Jones, M., Dannowski, R., Blum, W.E., Salnjikov, E., Saparov, A., Pachikin, K., Hennings, V., Scherber, C., Hoffmann, J., Antrop, M., Garibaldi, L., Carella, D.S.G., Augstburger, H., Schwilch, G., Angelstam, P., Manton, M., Dronin, N.M.
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Optimizing agricultural landscapes: Measures towards prosperity and sustainability
2021/03
Weih, M., Karley, A.J., Newton, A.C., Kiær, L.P., Scherber, C., Rubiales, D., Adam, E., Ajal, J., Brandmeier, J., Pappagallo, S., Villegas-Fernández, A., Reckling, M., Tavoletti, S.
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Grain yield stability of cereal-legume intercrops is greater than sole crops in more productive conditions
Agriculture, 3, 11
2021/03
Weih, M., Ajal, J., Kiær, L., Karley, A., Newton, A., Scherber, C., Brandmeier, J., Pappagallo, S., Tavoletti, S.
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Grain yield stability of individual cereal-legume mixtures grown across Europe.
Aspects of Applied Biology, 146, 241-248.
2021/06
Scherber, C., Beduschi, T., Tscharntke, T.
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A grid-based sampling approach to insect biodiversity monitoring in agricultural landscapes
2021/10
Egli, L., Schröter, M., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Seppelt, R.
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Crop diversity effects on temporal agricultural production stability across European regions
Regional Environmental Change, 96, 21
2021/06
Mueller, L., Eulenstein, F., Schindler, U., Mirschel, W., Behrendt, U., Sychev, V.G., Rukhovich, O.V., Belichenko, M.V., Sheudzhen, A.K., Romanenkov, V.A., Trofimov, I., Lukin, S.M., McKenzie, B.M., Salnjikov, E., Gutorova, O., Onishenko, L., Saparov, A., Pachikin, K., Dannowski, R., Hennings, V., Scherber, C., Römbke, J., Ivanov, A.I., Dronin, N.M.
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Exploring agricultural landscapes: recent progress and opportunities for Eurasia
Exploring and Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes

2020

2020/11
Barnes, A.D., Scherber, C., Brose, U., Borer, E.T., Ebeling, A., Gauzens, B., Giling, D.P., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Ristok, C., Tilman, D., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N.
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Biodiversity enhances the multitrophic control of arthropod herbivory
Science advances, 45, 6
2020/11
Lami, F., Bartomeus, I., Nardi, D., Beduschi, T., Boscutti, F., Pantini, P., Santoiemma, G., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Marini, L.
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Species–habitat networks elucidate landscape effects on habitat specialisation of natural enemies and pollinators
Ecology letters, 2, 24
2020/12
Tiede, J., Diepenbruck, M., Legeai, F., Wemheuer, B., Daniel, R., Scherber, C.
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Seasonal variation in the diet of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus): A high-resolution analysis using DNA metabarcoding
49
2020/10
van der Plas, F., Schröder‐Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K.E., Meyer, S.T., Alzate, A., Barnard, R., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E., Temperton, V.M., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C.
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Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
12, 4
2020/02
Buzhdygan, O.Y., Meyer, S.T., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Borrett, S.R., Buchmann, N., Cortois, R., Deyn, G.B.D., Kroon, H.d., Gleixner, G., Hertzog, L.R., Hines, J., Lange, M., Mommer, L., Ravenek, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Tietjen, B., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Petermann, J.S.
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Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands
Nature Ecology and Evolution
2020/00
Buzhdygan, O.Y., Meyer, S.T., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Borrett, S.R., Buchmann, N., Cortois, R., Deyn, G.B.D., Kroon, H.d., Gleixner, G., Hertzog, L.R., Hines, J., Lange, M., Mommer, L., Ravenek, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Tietjen, B., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Petermann, J.S.
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Multitrophic energy dynamics (energy-use efficiency, energy flow, and energy storage) in the Jena Experiment (Main Experiment). PANGAEA
2020/04
Gutiérrez, Y., Ott, D., Scherber, C.
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Direct and indirect effects of plant diversity and phenoxy herbicide application on the development and reproduction of a polyphagous herbivore
Scientific reports, 10
2020/00
Udy, K., Reininghaus, H., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T.
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Plant-pollinator interactions along an urbanization gradient from cities and villages to farmland landscapes
Ecosphere, 2, 11
2020/04
Gutiérrez, Y., Fresch, M., Ott, D., Brockmeyer, J., Scherber, C.
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Diet composition and social environment determine food consumption, phenotype and fecundity in an omnivorous insect
Royal Society open science, 4, 7
2020/00
Kiær, L., Scherber, C., Weih, M., Rubiales, D., Tavoletti, S., Adam, E., Patto, M.C.V., T, L.S., Schmutz, A., Schöb, C., Pakeman, R., Newton, A.C., Karley, A.J.
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DIVERSify Handbook for trait assessment in agricultural plant teams. Deliverable report D2. 2 (D17)
2020/12
Egli, L., Schröter, M., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Seppelt, R.
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Crop asynchrony stabilizes food production
Nature, 588
2020/01
Scherber, C.
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Düngung: Kuhfladen und Pferdeäpfel
Insektenatlas - Daten und Fakten über Nütz- und Schädlinge in der Landwirtschaft
2020/11
Kiær, L., Scherber, C., Weih, M., Rubiales, D., Tavoletti, S., Adam, E., Patto, V., Leitão, S., Schmutz, A., Schöb, C., Pakeman, R., Newton, A., AJ, K.
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Handbook for trait assessment in agricultural plant teams.
Deliverable Report D2. 2 (D17) Handbook of Protocols to Assess Traits in Plant Teams. Developed by the EU-H2020 Project DIVERSify, Grant Agreement Number 727824, 110pp.
2020/07
Gutiérrez, Y., Phung, T., Mumma, H., Ambrose‐Winters, A., Scherber, C., Smith, C.R.
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Growth and survival of the superorganism: Ant colony macronutrient intake and investment
Ecology and Evolution

2019

2019/07
Hines, J., Ebeling, A., Barnes, A., Brose, U., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Weisser, W., Gilling, D., Klein, A., Eisenhauer, N.
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Mapping change in biodiversity and ecosystem function research: Food webs foster integration of experiments and science policy
Advances in Ecological Research
2019/09
Meyer, M., Ott, D., Scherber, C.
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Influence of temporal diversification on aboveground arthropods
First European Conference on Crop Diversification
2019/06
Kormann, U.G., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Batáry, P., Rösch, V.
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Connectedness of habitat fragments boosts conservation benefits for butterflies, but only in landscapes with little cropland
Landscape ecology
2019/08
Scherber, C., Reininghaus, H., Brandmeier, J., Everwand, G., Gagić, V., Greiwe, T., Kormann, U., Meyer, M., Nagelsdiek, S., Rösch, V., Sobek-Swant, S., Thies, C., Ott, D.
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Insect diversity and ecological processes in agricultural and forest landscapes.
6/7, 94
2019/06
Raatz, L., Bacchi, N., Walzl, K.P., Glemnitz, M., Müller, M.E.H., Joshi, J., Scherber, C.
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How much do we really lose?—Yield losses in the proximity of natural landscape elements in agricultural landscapes
Ecology and Evolution
2019/05
Meyer, M., Ott, D., Götze, P., Koch, H., Scherber, C.
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Crop identity and memory effects on aboveground arthropods in a long-term crop rotation experiment
Ecology and Evolution
2019/05
Scherber, C., Reininghaus, H., Brandmeier, J., Everwand, G., Gagić, V., Greiwe, T., Kormann, U.G., Meyer, M., Nagelsdiek, S., Rösch, V., Sobek-Swant, S., Thies, C., Ott, D.
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Insektenvielfalt und ökologische Prozesse in Agrar- und Waldlandschaften
Natur und Landschaft, 6/7, 94
2019/01
Eisenhauer, N., Schielzeth, H., Barnes, A.D., Barry, K.E., Bonn, A., Brose, U., Bruelheide, H., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Ebeling, A., Ferlian, O., Freschet, G.T., Giling, D.P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hillebrand, H., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Koller-France, E., König-Ries, B., Kroon, H.D., Meyer, S.T., Milcu, A., Müller, J., Nock, C.A., Petermann, J.S., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Schnitzer, S.A., Schuldt, A., Tscharntke, T., Türke, M., Dam, N.M.v., Plas, F.v.D., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Wardle, D.A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Wirth, C., Jochum, M.
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A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research
61

2018

2018/05
Scherber, C.
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Visualizing predictions from multinomial models in R
Practical Machine Learning in R / Machine Learning Magazine (https://mlmag.co/product/practical-machine-learning-in-r/)
2018/05
Egli, L., Meyer, C., Scherber, C., Kreft, H., Tscharntke, T.
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Winners and losers of national and global efforts to reconcile agricultural intensification and biodiversity conservation
Global change biology, 5, 24
2018/07
Gutiérrez, Y., Ott, D., Töpperwien, M., Salditt, T., Scherber, C.
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X-ray computed tomography and its potential in ecological research: A review of studies and optimization of specimen preparation
Ecology and Evolution
2018/12
Scherber, C., Beduschi, T., Tscharntke, T.
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Novel approaches to sampling pollinators in whole landscapes: A lesson for landscape-wide biodiversity monitoring
Landscape ecology
2018/05
Beduschi, T., Tscharntke, T., Scherber, C.
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Spatial community turnover of pollinators is relaxed by semi-natural habitats, but not by mass-flowering crops in agricultural landscapes
Biological conservation, 221
2018/12
Scherber, C., Andert, H., Niedringhaus, R., Tscharntke, T.
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A barrier island perspective on species-area relationships
Ecology and Evolution
2018/00
Pappagallo, S., Brandmeier, J., Scherber, C.
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Effects of agrobiodiversity on pest control in Vicia faba L.
SYMPOSIUM ON BREEDING FOR DIVERSIFICATION
2018/03
Karley, A., Newton, A., Brooker, R., Pakeman, R., Guy, D., Mitchell, C., Iannetta, P.P., Weih, M., Scherber, C., Kiaer, L.
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DIVERSify-ing for sustainability using cereal-legume ‘plant teams’
Aspects of Applied Biology, 138
2018/03
Barnes, A.D., Jochum, M., Lefcheck, J.S., Eisenhauer, N., Scherber, C., O’Connor, M.I., Ruiter, P.d., Brose, U.
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Energy flux: the link between multitrophic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Trends in ecology & evolution, 3, 33

2017

2017/01
Scherber, C.
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Using R to Interpret Interaction Effects in Statistical Models
Software Developer´s Journal
2017/06
Weisser, W.W., Roscher, C., Meyer, S., Ebeling, A., Luo, G., Allan, E., Beßler, H., Barnard, R., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Engels, C., Fischer, C., Fischer, M., Gessler, A., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Hillebrand, H., Kroon, H.d., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Roux, X.L., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P., Oelmann, Y., Proulx, R., Roy, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Wachendorf, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schulze, E., Schmid, B., Eisenhauer, N.
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Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: patterns, mechanisms, and open questions
Basic and applied ecology
2017/00
Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Peres, C.A., Banks-Leite, C., Wearn, O.R., Marsh, C.J., Butchart, S.H.M., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A., Cisneros, L., D’Cruze, N., Faria, D., Hadley, A., Harris, S.M., Klingbeil, B.T., Kormann, U., Lens, L., Medina-Rangel, G.F., Morante-Filho, J.C., Olivier, P., Peters, S.L., Pidgeon, A., Ribeiro, D.B., Scherber, C., Schneider-Maunoury, L., Struebig, M., Urbina-Cardona, N., Watling, J.I., Willig, M.R., Wood, R.M., M.Ewers, E.
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Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates
Nature, 551
2017/12
Kormann, U.G., Hadley, A.S., Tscharntke, T., Betts, M.G., Robinson, W.D., Scherber, C.
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Primary rainforest amount at the landscape scale mitigates bird biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization
Journal of applied ecology
2017/11
Wemheuer, B., Wemheuer, F., Meier, D., Billerbeck, S., Giebel, H., Simon, M., Scherber, C., Daniel, R.
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Linking compositional and functional predictions to decipher the biogeochemical significance in DFAA turnover of abundant bacterioplankton lineages in the North Sea
Microorganisms, 4, 5
2017/09
Tiede, J., Scherber, C., Mutschler, J., McMahon, K.D., Gratton, C.
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Gut microbiomes of mobile predators vary with landscape context and species identity
Ecology and Evolution

2016

2016/00
Andert, H., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Niedringhaus, R.
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Revisiting species-area-relationships–the case of German barrier islands
2016/04
Minden, V., Scherber, C., Piqueras, M.A.C., Trinogga, J., Trenkamp, A., Mantilla-Contreras, J., Lienin, P., Kleyer, M.
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Consistent drivers of plant biodiversity across managed ecosystems
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B, 1694, 371
2016/01
Normann, C., Tscharntke, T., Scherber, C.
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Interacting effects of forest stratum, edge and tree diversity on beetles
Forest ecology and management, 361
2016/02
Tiede, J., Wemheuer, B., Traugott, M., Daniel, R., Tscharntke, T., Ebeling, A., Scherber, C.
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Trophic and Non-Trophic Interactions in a Biodiversity Experiment Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
PloS one, 2, 11
2016/11
Madeira, F., Tscharntke, T., Elek, Z., Kormann, U.G., Pons, X., Rösch, V., Samu, F., Scherber, C., Batáry, P.
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Spillover of arthropods from cropland to protected calcareous grassland–the neighbouring habitat matters
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 235
2016/12
Scherber, C., Nitschke, N., Marquard, E.
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Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte zu Klimawandel und Biodiversität
2016/02
Bohan, D.A., Landuyt, D., Ma, A., Macfadyen, S., Martinet, V., Massol, F., McInerny, G., Montoya, J.M., Mulder, C., Pascual, U., Pocock, M.J.O., White, P., Blanchemanche, S., Bonkowski, M., Bretagnolle, V., Brönmark, C., Dicks, L., Dumbrell, A., Eisenhauer, N., Friberg, N., Gessner, M.O., Gill, R.J., Gray, C., Haughton, A., Ibanez, S., Jensen, J., Jeppesen, E., Jokela, J., Lacroix, G., Lannou, C., Lavorel, S., Galliard, J.L., Lescourret, F., Liu, S., Loeuille, N., McLaughlin, O., Muggleton, S., Peñuelas, J., Petanidou, T., Petit, S., Pomati, F., Raffaelli, D., Rasmussen, J., Raybould, A., Reboud, X., Richard, G., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Sutherland, W.J., Tamaddoni-Nezhad, A., Braak, C.t., Termansen, M., Thompson, M.S.A., Tscharntke, T., Vacher, C., Geest, H.v.d., Voigt, W., Vonk, J.A., Zhou, X., Woodward, G.
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Networking Our Way to Better Ecosystem Service Provision
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 31
2016/01
Kormann, U., Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Klein, N., Larbig, M., Valente, J.J., Hadley, A.S., Betts, M.G.
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Corridors restore animal-mediated pollination in fragmented tropical forest landscapes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1823, 283
2016/04
Venjakob, C., Klein, A., Ebeling, A., Tscharntke, T., Scherber, C.
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Plant diversity increases spatio‐temporal niche complementarity in plant‐pollinator interactions
Ecology and Evolution, 8, 6
2016/10
Normann, C., Tscharntke, T., Scherber, C.
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How forest edge–center transitions in the herb layer interact with beech dominance versus tree diversity
Journal of Plant Ecology, 5, 9
2016/12
Meyer, S.T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., Luca, E.D., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A., Kroon, H.d., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J.M., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Weisser, W.W.
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Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity
Ecosphere, 12, 7

2015

2015/12
Beduschi, T., Tscharntke, T., Scherber, C.
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Using multi-level generalized path analysis to understand herbivore and parasitoid dynamics in changing landscapes
Landscape ecology, 30
2015/12
Deraison, H., Badenhausser, I., Loeuille, N., Scherber, C., Gross, N.
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Functional trait diversity across trophic levels determines herbivore impact on plant community biomass
Ecology letters, 12, 18

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