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2025

• 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/

• 2025/08

  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

  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/

• 2025/05

  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/

• 2025/03

  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

  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/

• 2025/02

  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/

• 2025/01

  Kilian, I.C., Kirse, A., Peters, R.S., Bourlat, S.J., Fonseca, V.G., Wägele, W.J., Hamm, A., Mengual, X.

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  Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive Metabarcoding Approach

  Ecology and Evolution, 1, 15

  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

  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/

• 2024/12

  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/

• 2024/09

  Kilian, I.C., Neuhoff, D., Täufer, F., Nabel, M., Kirse, A., Bourlat, S.J., Döring, T.

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  Der Einfluss von Bewirtschaftung und organischer Düngung auf Bodenarthropoden in ackerbaulich genutzten Böden

  0028-0615, 9-10, 99

• 2024/07

  Thomas, L.J., Kirse, A., Raus, H., Langen, K., Nümann, B., Tschan, G., Gemeinholzer, B., Wägele, J.W., Bourlat, S.

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  Synchronised monitoring of plant and insect diversity: a case study using automated Malaise traps and DNA-based methods

  Biodiversity Data Journal, 12

  https://doi.org/

• 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

  https://doi.org/

• 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

• 2024/03

  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/

• 2024/02

  Kirse, A., Paja, M., Reinhold, L., Bourlat, S., Wägele, W.

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  Development of an automated Malaise trap multisampler

  https://doi.org/

• 2024/02

  Zizka, V., Langen, K., Kirse, A., Scherges, A., Bourlat, S.J.

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  Non-destructive DNA extraction and metabarcoding of arthropod bulk samples: a step-by-step protocol

  https://doi.org/

• 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

  https://doi.org/

2023

• 2023/12

  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

  Molecular Ecology, 23, 32

  https://doi.org/

• 2023/12

  Noll, N.W., Scherber, C., Schäffler, L.

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  taxalogue: a toolkit to create comprehensive CO1 reference databases

  PeerJ, 11

  https://doi.org/

• 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

• 2023/11

  Scherber, C.

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  Convergent patterns in multitrophic biodiversity effects on yield across ecosystems

  Science China Life Sciences, 11, 66

  https://doi.org/

• 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.D., 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

  Environmental Sciences Europe, 1, 35

  https://doi.org/

• 2023/11

  Bourlat, S.J., Koch, M., Kirse, A., Langen, K., Espeland, M., Giebner, H., Decher, J., Ssymank, A., Fonseca, V.G.

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  Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation

  Biodiversity Data Journal, 11

  https://doi.org/