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Morphology laboratory, Bonn

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Morphology is the science of the form and structure of an organism and encompasses both its external appearance and its anatomy. It plays a central role in biological and evolutionary research.

The morphology laboratory at the Museum Koenig Bonn has existed since 2018 and, in addition to conducting its own research, it also manages the associated infrastructure, advises scientists at the museum and coordinates morphological research. The following pages present examples of morphological research at the Museum Koenig Bonn, the available equipment and the courses offered.

Contact person

Dr. Benjamin Wipfler

  • Head of Morphology Laboratory

Phone: +49 228 9122 235
E-Mail: benjamin.wipfler@leibniz-lib.de

Projects

Publications

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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

  • 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

  • 2026/01

    Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Villavicencio, C., Pardiñas, U.F.J.

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    Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)

    PeerJ, 14

  • 2025

  • 2025/12

    Jankowiak, Ł., Hoffmann, A., Decher, J., Szkudlarek, M., Eccel, N., Popiel, P., Malinowska, B., Sęk, O., Rychlik, L.

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    Wooden or metal: live-trap type preferences of small mammals in relation to habitat, taxon, and sex

    Mammalian Biology

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 2025/04

    Ahissa, L., Decher, J., Gazzard, A.

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    Wimmer’s Shrew - Crocidura wimmeri

  • 2025/04

    Decher, J., Schlitter, D., Adu-Tutu, P., Gazzard, A.

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    Baers’s Wood Mouse - Hylomyscus baeri

  • 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

  • 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

  • 2025/02

    Stefen, C., Jentke, T., Birkwald, T., Chmieleski, J., Decher, J., Kaus-Thiel, A., Morkel, C., Thielen, J., Goldberg, R., Jakobitz, J., Atzig, H., Müller, A., Krause, R., Fichter, E., Wolfram, E., Twietmeyer, S., Stuckas, H.

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    Large scale monitoring of terrestrial small mammals using noninvasive sampling and COI barcoding

    Mammal Research

  • 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

  • 2025/01

    Kirse, A.

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    BioMonitor4CAP - Deliverable D2.1 - Methods and indicators ready for validation/demonstration

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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