Publications 2009

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Carré G, Roche P, Chifflet R, Morison N, Bommarco R, Harrison-Cripps J, Krewenka K, Potts SG, Roberts SPM, Rodet G, Settele J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Szentgyörgyi H, Tscheulin T, Westphal C, Woyciechowski M, Vaissière BE (2009): Landscape context and habitat type as drivers of bee diversity in European annual crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 133: 40-47.

Sárospataki M, Báldi A, Batáry P, Józan Z, Erdõs S, Rédei T (2009): Factors affecting the structure of bee assemblages in extensively and intensively grazed grasslands in Hungary. Community Ecology 10: 182-188.

Haro-Carrión X, Lozada T, Navarrete H, de Koning GHJ (2009): Conservation of Vascular Epiphyte Diversity in Shade Cacao Plantations in the Chocó Region of Ecuador. Biotropica 41: 520–529.

Kessler M, Abrahamczyk S, Bos M, Buchori D, Putra DD, Gradstein SR, Höhn P, Kluge J, Orend F, Pitopang R, Shahabuddin S, Schulze CH, Sporn SG, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tjitrosoedirdjo SS, Tscharntke T (2009): Alpha and beta diversity of plants and animals along a tropical land-use gradient. Ecological Applications 19: 2142–2156.

Schwendenmann L , Veldcamp E, Moser G, Hölscher D, Köhler M, Clough Y, Anas I, Djajakirana G, Erasmi S, Hertel D, Leitner D, Leuschner C, Michalzik B, Propastin P, Tjoa A, Tscharntke T, van Straaten O (2009): Effects of an experimental drought on the functioning of a cacao agroforestry system, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Global Change Biology: doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02034.x (published online)

Sobek S, Goßner MM, Scherber C, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tscharntke T (2009): Tree diversity drives abundance and spatiotemporal β-diversity of true bugs (Heteroptera). Ecological Entomology 34: 772–782.

Haenke S, Scheid B, Schaefer M, Tscharntke T, Thies C (2009): Increasing syrphid fly diversity and density in sown flower strips within simple vs. complex landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 1106–1114.

Sobek S, Tscharntke T, Scherber C, Schiele S, Steffan-Dewenter I (2009): Canopy vs. understory: Does tree diversity affect bee and wasp communities and their natural enemies across forest strata? Forest Ecology and Management 258: 609-615.

von Berg K, Thies C, Tscharntke T, Scheu S (2009): Cereal aphid control by generalist predators in presence of below ground alternative prey: Complementary predation as affected by prey density. Pedobiologia 53: 41-48.

Clough Y, Faust H, Tscharntke T (2009): Cacao boom and bust: sustainability of agroforests and opportunities for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters 2: 197–205.

Klein AM, Müller C, Hoehn P, Kremen C (2009): Understanding the role of species richness for crop pollination services. In: Naeem S, Bunker DE, Hector A, Loreau M, Perrings C (eds) (2009): Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing - an ecological and economic perspective. Oxford University Press, pp 195-208. References.

Griffin JN, O'Gorman EJ, Emmerson MC, Jenkins SR, Klein AM, Loreau M, Symstad A (2009) : Biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem functioning. In: Naeem S, Bunker DE, Hector A, Loreau M, Perrings C (eds) (2009): Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing - an ecological and economic perspective. Oxford University Press, pp 78-93. References.

Teodoro AV, Klein A-M, Tscharntke T (2009): Temporally mediated responses of the diversity of coffee mites to agroforestry management. Journal of Applied Entomology 133: 659-665.

Eilers EJ, Klein A-M (2009): Landscape context and management effects on an important insect pest and its natural enemies in almond. Biological Control 51: 388-394.

Tscharntke T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Kruess A, Thies C (2009): Grassland habitats. In: Resh VH, Carde RT (eds) (2009): Encyclopedia of Insects. Elsevier Science & Technology, Oxford, 2nd edition, pp 424-428.

Maas B, Dwi Putra D, Waltert M, Clough Y, Tscharntke T, Schulze CH (2009): Six years of habitat modification in a tropical rainforest margin of Indonesia do not affect bird diversity but endemic forest species. Biological Conservation 142: 2665-2671.

Wanger TC, Saro A, Iskandar DT, Brook BW, Sodhi NS, Clough Y, Tscharntke T (2009): Conservation value of cacao agroforestry for amphibians and reptiles in South-East Asia: combining correlative models with follow-up field experiments. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 823–832.

Eisenhauer N, Milcu A, Nitschke N, Sabais ACW, Scherber C, Scheu S (2009): Earthworm and belowground competition effects on plant productivity in a plant diversity gradient. Oecologia 161: 291-301.

Klein A-M (2009): Nearby rainforest promotes coffee pollination by increasing spatio-temporal stability in bee species richness. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 1838–1845.

Erdös S, Báldi A, Batáry P (2009) : Nest-site selection and breeding ecology of Sky Larks Alauda arvensis in Hungarian farmland. Bird Study 56: 259–263. OPEN ACCESS

Aizen MA, Garibaldi LA, Cunningham SA, Klein AM (2009) : How much does agriculture depend on pollinators? Lessons from long-term trends in crop production. Annals of Botany 103: 1579-1588.

van der Putten WH, Bardgett RD, de Ruiter PC, Hol WHG, Meyer KM, Bezemer TM, Bradford MA, Christensen S, Eppinga MB, Fukami T, Hemerik L, Molofsky J, Schädler M, Scherber C, Strauss SY, Vos M, Wardle DA (2009): Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology. Oecologia 161: 1-14.


Meyer B, Jauker F, Steffan-Dewenter I (2009): Contrasting resource-dependent responses of hoverfly richness and density to landscape structure. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 178–186.

Teodoro A, Tscharntke T, Klein AM (2009): From the laboratory to the field: contrasting effects of multi-trophic interactions and agroforestry management on coffee pest densities. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata131: 121-129.

Trnka A, Batáry P, Prokop P (2009): Interacting effects of vegetation structure and breeding patterns on the survival of Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus nests. Ardea 97: 109-116.

Sobek S, Steffan-Dewenter I, Scherber C, Tscharntke T (2009): Spatiotemporal changes of beetle communities across a tree diversity gradient. Diversity and Distributions 15: 660-670.

Wassmuth BE, Stoll P, Tscharntke T, Thies C (2009): Spatial aggregation facilitates coexistence and diversity of wild plant species in field margins. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 11: 127-135.

Teodoro A, Klein AM, Reis PR, Tscharntke T (2009): Agroforestry management affects coffee pests contingent on season and developmental stage. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 11: 295-300.

Sobek S, Scherber C, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tscharntke T (2009): Sapling herbivory, invertebrate herbivores and predators across a natural tree diversity gradient in Germany’s largest connected deciduous forest. Oecologia 160: 279-288.

Batáry P, Kőrösi A, Örvössy N, Kövér N, Peregovits L (2009) : Species-specific distribution of two sympatric Maculinea butterflies across different meadow edges. Journal of Insect Conservation 13: 223–230.

Holzschuh A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tscharntke T (2009): Grass strip corridors in agricultural landscapes enhance nest-site colonization by solitary wasps. Ecological Applications 19: 123–132.

Clough Y, Dwi Putra D, Pitopang R, Tscharntke T (2009): Local and landscape factors determine functional bird diversity in Indonesian cacao agroforestry. Biological Conservation 142: 1032–1041.

Eisenhauer N, Klier M, Partsch S, Sabais ACW, Scherber C, Weisser WW, Scheu S (2009): No interactive effects of pesticides and plant diversity on soil microbial biomass and respiration. Applied Soil Ecology 42: 31-36.

Dormann CF, Fründ J, Blüthgen N, Gruber B (2009): Indices, Graphs and Null Models: Analyzing Bipartite Ecological Networks. The Open Ecology Journal 2: 7-24. OPEN ACCESS

Hoehn P, Steffan-Dewenter I, Buchori D, Tscharntke T (2009): Spatiotemporal density patterns of the pest predator Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (F.) along a land-use gradient in cacao agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems 76: 163-171

Garibaldi LA, Aizen MA, Cunningham SA, Klein AM (2009): Pollinator shortage and global crop yield. Looking at the whole spectrum of pollinator dependency. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2: 1-3.

Krauss J, Alfert T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2009): Habitat area but not habitat age determines wild bee richness in limestone quarries. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 194–202.

Westphal C, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tscharntke T (2009): Mass flowering oilseed rape improves early colony growth but not sexual reproduction of bumblebees. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 187–193.

Kleijn D, Kohler F, Báldi A, Batáry P, Concepción ED, Clough Y, Díaz M, Gabriel D, Holzschuh A, Knop E, Kovács A, Marshall EJP, Tscharntke T, Verhulst J (2009): On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 903-909.