Michael Staab
Prof. Dr.
- Biology
Research areas
- 2025
Invasive Ameisen: Arten, Eigenschaften, Konsequenzen für Lebensräume
Staab, M. (Speaker)
22.10.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Joint TreeDì – MultiTroph Conference
Staab, M. (Participant)
13.10.2025 → 17.10.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - GfÖ 2025
Staab, M. (Speaker)
01.09.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2023
Tagung "Insektenschutzmaßnahmen und Potentiale für derartige Maßnahmen in Großschutzgebieten" 2023
Staab, M. (Speaker)
07.02.2023 → 09.02.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BSc-Thesis: Thermal and temporal niches of dung beetles
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2022
Trophic interactions and ecological functions of ants under changing tree diversity
Staab, M. (Reviewer) & Blüthgen, N. (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2021
BSc-Thesis: Der Einfluss der Landnutzungs-Intensität auf Ökosystemprozesse
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2021Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Dissertation "Bottom-up and top-down drivers of herbivory"
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2020
BSc-Thesis: Biomass allocation among male and female offspring in response to habitat quality
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
BSc-Thesis: Der Einfluss von Forstwirtschaft auf Dungkäferdiversität
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
BSc-Thesis: Vergleich der Ökosysteme Wald und Grasland anhand ökologischer Prozessraten
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
MSc-Thesis: Habitat features of nocturnal butterflies in the Southern Black Forest
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
MSc-Thesis: The effect of tree diversity on leaf damage and leaf shedding
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Supervisor for Dissertation "Sex determination and biomass allocation in response to habitat quality."
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2019
Biotropica (Journal)
Staab, M. (Editorial Board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Co-Supervisor for the dissertation "Biodiversity and functional genetic connectivity of ground-dwelling insects"
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Co-Supervisor for the Dissertation "The effects of forest structural element retention on insect communities"
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2019 → 2023Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Institute of Botany - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Staab, M. (Visiting researcher)
2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Regional monitoring and modeling of the effects of vegetation restoration on soil erosion’
Staab, M. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2018
48th Annual conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - GfÖ 2018
Staab, M. (Chair)
10.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2017
Bsc-Thesis: Deadwood-associated abundance and diversity of arthropods in the Black Forest.
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Other
BSc-Thesis: Die Invasionshistorie der Grabwespe Isodontia mexicana (Saussure, 1867) in Europa: die klimatische Nische der Art und ihre Verbreitungsmöglichkeiten in Europa
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Bsc-Thesis: Functional diversity of leaf-litter ants in a tree diversity experiment
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Staab, M. (Visiting researcher)
2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
‘Pollinator Insect Forum’
Staab, M. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2016
Bsc-Thesis: Insect herbivory in a tree diversity experiment
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Bsc-Thesis: The influence of plant and aphid species identity and tree diversity on amino acid composition in honeydew.
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Co-supervisor of the dissertation "Diversity and functions of plant-insect interactions along a forest retention gradient"
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2016 → 2020Activity: Other expert activities › Other
MSc-Thesis: Effects of intraspecific genetic diversity in willow short-rotation coppice on the associated arthropod community
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Other
MSc-Thesis: Leaf litter as template for ant communities in a tree diversity experiment
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö) (External organisation)
Staab, M. (Chair)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Zoological Systematics (Journal)
Staab, M. (Editorial Board)
2016 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2015
Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology - GtÖ 2015
Staab, M. (Chair)
07.04.2015 → 10.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bsc-Thesis: Do nutrient addition or tree species richness influence invertebrate herbivory on tree saplings
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2015Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Bsc-Thesis: Vertical stratification of ant community composition along a forest succession gradient in subtropical China.
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2015Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2014
Bsc-Thesis: Community composition of visitors to extrafloral nectaries along a tree diversity gradient in a subtropical Chinese forest.
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2014Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Co-supervisor of the dissertation "Multi-trophic interactions and functional diversity in biodiversity experiments."
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2014 → 2017Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) (External organisation)
Staab, M. (Chair)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- 2013
Bsc-Thesis: Nutritional preferences of nectar-feeding ants in a subtropical forest in China
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2013Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2012
Tri-trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient in BEF-China: How tree diversity effects higher trophic levels
Staab, M. (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Different responses of ant species to sugars and amino acids in a subtropical forest of China
Staab, M. (Coauthor)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China
Staab, M. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest
Staab, M. (Coauthor)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ant Course 2012
Staab, M. (Participant)
06.08.2012 → 16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Summer School in the context of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning 2012
Staab, M. (Participant)
16.03.2012 → 22.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2011
HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011
Staab, M. (Speaker)
21.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Staab, M. (Participant)
07.05.2011 → 12.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research