Michael Staab
Prof. Dr.
- Biology
Research areas
- 2025
- Published
Home ranges of Sand Lizards, Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae), along railway tracks
Janssen, A., Staab, M. & Rödel, M.-O., 15.05.2025, In: Salamandra. 62, 2, p. 240-255 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa
Künast, R., Weisser, W. W., Seibold, S., Mayr, D., Siegmüller, N., Schneider, I., Westenrieder, M., Blüthgen, N., Staab, M., Meyer, S. T. & Achury, R., 04.2025, In: Ecological Entomology. 50, 2, p. 288-298 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
Wang, M. Q., Guo, S. K., Guo, P. F., Yang, J. J., Chen, G. A., Chesters, D., Orr, M. C., Niu, Z. Q., Staab, M., Chen, J. T., Li, Y., Zhou, Q. S., Fornoff, F., Shi, X., Li, S., Martini, M., Klein, A. M., Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Luo, A. & Zhu, C. D., 28.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: eLife. 13, 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Functional traits mediate the effect of land use on drivers of community stability within and across trophic levels
Sperandii, M. G., Bazzichetto, M., Götzenberger, L., Moretti, M., Achury, R., Blüthgen, N., Fischer, M., Hölzel, N., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Neff, F., Prati, D., Bolliger, R., Seibold, S., Simons, N. K., Staab, M., Weisser, W. W., de Bello, F. & Gossner, M. M., 24.01.2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 4, 15 p., eadp6445.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gene flow across large distances in the cavity-nesting wasp Deuteragenia subintermedia in a central European forest
Ruppert, L. S., Staab, M., Rappa, N. J., Frey, J. & Segelbacher, G., 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 11 p., e71294.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2024
A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification
Neyret, M., Le Provost, G., Boesing, A. L., Schneider, F. D., Baulechner, D., Bergmann, J., de Vries, F. T., Fiore-Donno, A. M., Geisen, S., Goldmann, K., Merges, A., Saifutdinov, R. A., Simons, N. K., Tobias, J. A., Zaitsev, A. S., Gossner, M. M., Jung, K., Kandeler, E., Krauss, J., Penone, C., Schloter, M., Schulz, S., Staab, M., Wolters, V., Apostolakis, A., Birkhofer, K., Boch, S., Boeddinghaus, R. S., Bolliger, R., Bonkowski, M., Buscot, F., Dumack, K., Fischer, M., Gan, H. Y., Heinze, J., Hölzel, N., John, K., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Marhan, S., Müller, J., Renner, S. C., Rillig, M. C., Schenk, N. V., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Seibold, S., Socher, S. A., Solly, E. F., Teuscher, M., van Kleunen, M., Wubet, T. & Manning, P., 12.2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 1251.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Neighbourhood effects on herbivory damage and chemical profiles in short-rotation coppice willows and their hybrids
Aubona, G., Mezzomo, P., Sedio, B. E., Staab, M. & Volf, M., 12.2024, In: Phytochemistry. 228, 114249.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Deutliche Evidenz für das Insektensterben
Staab, M., Weisser, W. W. & Blüthgen, N., 06.11.2024, In: Biologie in Unserer Zeit. 54, 4, p. 311-312 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity
Li, Y., Schuldt, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., Albert, G., Albracht, C., Amyntas, A., Bonkowski, M., Bruelheide, H., Bröcher, M., Chesters, D., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Chen, J. T., Ciobanu, M., Deng, X., Fornoff, F., Gleixner, G., Guo, L., Guo, P. F., Heintz-Buschart, A., Klein, A. M., Lange, M., Li, S., Li, Q., Li, Y., Luo, A., Meyer, S. T., von Oheimb, G., Rutten, G., Scholten, T., Solbach, M. D., Staab, M., Wang, M. Q., Zhang, N., Zhu, C. D., Schmid, B., Ma, K. & Liu, X., 11.2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 11, p. 2037-2047 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique
Hartlieb, M., Raubitzek, S., Berger, J. L., Staab, M., Vogt, J., Ayasse, M., Ostrowski, A., Weisser, W. & Blüthgen, N., 09.2024, In: Grassland Research. 3, 3, p. 264-274 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods
Berger, J. L., Staab, M., Hartlieb, M., Simons, N. K., Wells, K., Gossner, M. M., Vogt, J., Achury, R., Seibold, S., Hemp, A., Weisser, W. W. & Blüthgen, N., 09.2024, In: Ecological Applications. 34, 6, e3022.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions
Blüthgen, N. & Staab, M., 26.07.2024, In: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 55, 1, p. 65-88 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
Monitoring fast-moving animals—Building a customized camera system and evaluation toolset
Wittmann, K., Gamal Ibrahim, M., Straw, A. D., Klein, A. M. & Staab, M., 05.2024, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 5, p. 836-842 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks
Rappa, N. J., Staab, M., Ruppert, L. S., Frey, J., Mello, M. A. R. & Klein, A. M., 04.2024, In: Ecological Entomology. 49, 2, p. 257-271 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Disentangling how urbanisation influences moth diversity in grasslands
Sanetra, D., Berger, J., Hartlieb, M., Simons, N. K., Walther, G., Blüthgen, N. & Staab, M., 03.2024, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17, 2, p. 229-242 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Der Rückgang von Insekten in deutschen Wäldern – neue Ergebnisse aus den Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien
Staab, M., 07.02.2024, Reproduktion, Lebenserwartung und Altersklassen von Wildtieren . Stubbe, M. (ed.). Halberstadt: Gesellschaft für Wildtier- und Jagdforschung e.V. , p. 281-297 17 p. (Beiträge zur Jagd- und Wildforschung: Buchreihe für Ökologie, Bewirtschaftung und Schutz des Wildes ; vol. 48).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Insektensterben: Ein Einblick in Muster und mögliche Ursachen aus den Biodiversitäts-Explorationen
Staab, M., Achury, R., Weisser, W. W. & Blüthgen, N., 2024, BfN-Schriften 709: Insektenschutzmaßnahmen und Potenziale für derartige Projekte in Großschutzgebieten. Kramer, H., Gehrlein, U., Bell, G. & Scherfose, V. (eds.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Vol. 709. p. 119-136 18 p. (BfB-Schriften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 2023
Insect decline in forests depends on species’ traits and may be mitigated by management
Staab, M., Gossner, M. M., Simons, N. K., Achury, R., Ambarlı, D., Bae, S., Schall, P., Weisser, W. W. & Blüthgen, N., 12.2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 338.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Habitat fragmentation increases specialization of multi-trophic interactions by high species turnover
Zhang, X., Dalsgaard, B., Staab, M., Zhu, C., Zhao, Y., Gonçalves, F., Ren, P., Cai, C., Qiao, G., Ding, P. & Si, X., 25.10.2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2009, 20231372.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Launching insectphylo.org; a new hub facilitating construction and use of synthesis molecular phylogenies of insects
Chesters, D., Ferrari, R. R., Lin, X., Orr, M. C., Staab, M. & Zhu, C. D., 10.2023, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 23, 7, p. 1556-1573 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Leaf litter arthropods show little response to structural retention in a Central European forest
Ruppert, L. S., Staab, M., Klingenfuß, S., Rappa, N. J., Frey, J. & Segelbacher, G., 10.2023, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 32, 12, p. 3973-3990 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest
Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J. S., Klein, A. M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T. & Staab, M., 09.2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 18, p. 5321-5333 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera
Wittmann, K., Klein, A. M. & Staab, M., 08.2023, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 70, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Dear neighbor: Trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees
Staab, M., Pietsch, S., Yan, H., Blüthgen, N., Cheng, A., Li, Y., Zhang, N., Ma, K. & Liu, X., 07.2023, In: Ecology. 104, 7, e4057.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Stratification and recovery time jointly shape ant functional reassembly in a neotropical forest
Hoenle, P. O., Staab, M., Donoso, D. A., Argoti, A. & Blüthgen, N., 07.2023, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 92, 7, p. 1372-1387 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species
Achury, R., Staab, M., Blüthgen, N. & Weisser, W. W., 06.2023, In: Oecologia. 202, 2, p. 299-312 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity
Li, Y., Schmid, B., Schuldt, A., Li, S., Wang, M. Q., Fornoff, F., Staab, M., Guo, P. F., Anttonen, P., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Zhu, C. D., Ma, K. & Liu, X., 06.2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 6, p. 832-840 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics
Neff, F., Prati, D., Achury, R., Ambarlı, D., Bolliger, R., Brändle, M., Freitag, M., Hölzel, N., Kleinebecker, T., Knecht, A., Schäfer, D., Schall, P., Seibold, S., Staab, M., Weisser, W. W., Pellissier, L. & Gossner, M. M., 05.2023, In: Ecological Monographs. 93, 2, 26 p., e1571.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Gauging DNA degradation among common insect trap preservatives
Ruppert, L. S., Segelbacher, G., Staab, M. & Winiger, N., 03.2023, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 171, 3, p. 218-226 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Experiments are needed to quantify the main causes of insect decline
Weisser, W., Blüthgen, N., Staab, M., Achury, R. & Müller, J., 15.02.2023, In: Biology Letters. 19, 2, 6 p., 20220500.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Structural elements enhanced by retention forestry promote forest and non-forest specialist bees and wasps
Rappa, N. J., Staab, M., Ruppert, L. S., Frey, J., Bauhus, J. & Klein, A. M., 01.02.2023, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 529, 13 p., 120709.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask
Timóteo, S., Albrecht, J., Rumeu, B., Norte, A. C., Traveset, A., Frost, C. M., Marchante, E., López-Núñez, F. A., Peralta, G., Memmott, J., Olesen, J. M., Costa, J. M., da Silva, L. P., Carvalheiro, L. G., Correia, M., Staab, M., Blüthgen, N., Farwig, N., Hervías-Parejo, S., Mironov, S., Rodríguez-Echeverría, S. & Heleno, R., 02.2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 2, p. 274-286 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2022
Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood
Neff, F., Hagge, J., Achury, R., Ambarlı, D., Ammer, C., Schall, P., Seibold, S., Staab, M., Weisser, W. W. & Gossner, M. M., 12.2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 12, p. 2929-2942 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks
Tang, T., Zhang, N., Bongers, F. J., Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Fornoff, F., Lin, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Hipp, A. L., Li, S., Liang, Y., Han, B., Klein, A. M., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Schmid, B., Ma, K. & Liu, X., 11.2022, In: eLife. 11, 26 p., e78703.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full-factorial experiment
Staab, M., Achury, R., Ammer, C., Ehbrecht, M., Irmscher, V., Mohr, H., Schall, P., Weisser, W. W. & Blüthgen, N., 10.2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 10, p. 2113-2124 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment
Liu, X., Huang, Y., Chen, L., Li, S., Bongers, F. J., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Liang, Y., Yang, B., Chen, Y., Schnabel, F., Tang, T., Xue, Y., Trogisch, S., Staab, M., Bruelheide, H., Schmid, B. & Ma, K., 10.2022, In: Journal of Ecology. 110, 10, p. 2522-2531 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Rapid ant community reassembly in a Neotropical forest: Recovery dynamics and land-use legacy
Hoenle, P. O., Donoso, D. A., Argoti, A., Staab, M., von Beeren, C. & Blüthgen, N., 06.2022, In: Ecological Applications. 32, 4, 15 p., e2559.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance
Rappa, N. J., Staab, M., Frey, J., Winiger, N. & Klein, A. M., 01.2022, In: Forest Ecosystems. 9, 11 p., 100056.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Unravelling insect declines: Can space replace time?
Blüthgen, N., Staab, M., Achury, R. & Weisser, W. W., 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 4, 7 p., 0666.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- 2021
Canopy closure retards fine wood decomposition in subtropical regenerating forests
Wu, D., Staab, M. & Yu, M., 12.2021, In: Ecosystems. 24, 8, p. 1875-1890 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Ecology: Mammals, interaction networks and the relevance of scale
Blüthgen, N. & Staab, M., 12.07.2021, In: Current Biology . 31, 13, p. R850-R853 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?
Zumstein, P., Bruelheide, H., Fichtner, A., Schuldt, A., Staab, M., Härdtle, W., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 16.06.2021, In: ZooKeys. 2021, 1044, p. 907-927 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest
Guo, P. F., Wang, M. Q., Orr, M., Li, Y., Chen, J. T., Zhou, Q. S., Staab, M., Fornoff, F., Chen, G. H., Zhang, N. L., Klein, A. M. & Zhu, C. D., 06.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 53, p. 134-142 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment
Fornoff, F., Staab, M., Zhu, C. D. & Klein, A. M., 05.2021, In: Oecologia. 196, 1, p. 289-301 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Wood species identity alters dominant factors driving fine wood decomposition along a tree diversity gradient in subtropical plantation forests
Wu, D., Pietsch, K. A., Staab, M. & Yu, M., 03.2021, In: Biotropica. 53, 2, p. 643-657 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities
Staab, M., Liu, X., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A. M., Ma, K., Michalski, S., Wubet, T., Schmid, B. & Schuldt, A., 01.02.2021, In: Functional Ecology. 35, 2, p. 521-534 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships
Poeydebat, C., Jactel, H., Moreira, X., Koricheva, J., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Francisco, M., Gottschall, F., Gravel, D., Mason, B., Muiruri, E., Muys, B., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Stokes, V., Staab, M., Verheyen, K. & Castagneyrol, B., 01.2021, In: Functional Ecology. 35, 1, p. 67-81 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2020
The Influence of Tree Diversity on Natural Enemies—a Review of the “Enemies” Hypothesis in Forests
Staab, M. & Schuldt, A., 01.12.2020, In: Current Forestry Reports. 6, 4, p. 243-259 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
Exotic garden plants partly substitute for native plants as resources for pollinators when native plants become seasonally scarce
Staab, M., Pereira-Peixoto, M. H. & Klein, A. M., 01.11.2020, In: Oecologia. 194, 3, p. 465-480 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Insect abundance in managed forests benefits from multi-layered vegetation
Knuff, A. K., Staab, M., Frey, J., Dormann, C. F., Asbeck, T. & Klein, A. M., 11.2020, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 48, p. 124-135 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review