Thorsten Aßmann
Prof. Dr.
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- Biology
- Ecosystems Research
Research areas
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Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Michalski, S. G., Purschke, O. & Aßmann, T., 02.2014, In: Oecologia. 174, 2, p. 533-543 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply
Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T., Aulinger, A., Fichtner, A., Lang, A. C., Leuschner, C., Neuwirth, B., Pfister, L., Quante, M., Ries, C., Schuldt, A. & Oheimb, G., 01.09.2013, In: Plant Ecology. 214, 9, p. 1147-1156 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Long-term trends in tree-ring width and isotope signatures (δ13C, δ15N) of Fagus sylvatica L. on soils with contrasting water supply
Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T., Baiboks, S., Fichtner, A., Friedrich, U., Lang, A. C., Neuwirth, B., Pfister, L., Ries, C., Schuldt, A., Simon, N. & Oheimb, G., 12.2013, In: Ecosystems. 16, 8, p. 1413-1428 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carabids.org – a dynamic online database of ground beetle species traits (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Homburg, K., Homburg, N., Schäfer, F., Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 05.2014, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7, 3, p. 195-205 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wood-inhabiting beetles (Coleoptera) associated with oaks in a global biodiversity hotspot: A case study and checklist for Israel
Buse, J., Assmann, T., Friedman, A. L. L., Rittner, O. & Pavlícek, T., 11.2013, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 6, 6, p. 687-703 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Low genetic diversity of a high mountain burnet moth species in the Pyrenees
Dieker, P., Drees, C., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 02.2013, In: Conservation Genetics. 14, 1, p. 231-236 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A new method for collecting agile tiger beetles by live pitfall trapping
Taboada Palomares, A., Pérez-Aguirre, C. & Aßmann, T., 10.2012, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 145, 1, p. 82-87 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Multiple Glacial Refugia of the Low-Dispersal Ground Beetle Carabus irregularis: Molecular Data Support Predictions of Species Distribution Models
Homburg, K., Drees, C., Gossner, M. M., Rakosy, L., Vrezec, A. & Aßmann, T., 04.04.2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 4, 12 p., e61185.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Allele elimination recalculated: nested subset analyses for molecular biogeographical data
Habel, J. C., Ulrich, W. & Aßmann, T., 04.2013, In: Journal of Biogeography. 40, 4, p. 769-777 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Scale-dependent diversity patterns affect spider assemblages of two contrasting forest ecosystems
Schuldt, A., Aßmann, T. & Schaefer, M., 05.2013, In: Acta Oecologica. 49, p. 17-22 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ground beetle tribe Trechini in Israel and adjacent regions
Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedmann, A-L-L., Härdtle, W., Levanovy, T., Renan, I., Seyfferth, A. & Wrase, D. W., 08.2012, In: Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie. 35, 2, p. 193-208 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Predator assemblage structure and temporal variability of species richness and abundance in forests of high tree diversity
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 11.2012, In: Biotropica. 44, 6, p. 793-800 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Fischer, M., Kröber, W., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Michalski, S. G., Palm, W-U., Schmid, B., Welk, E., Zhou, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 7, p. 732-739 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Two high-mountain burnet moth species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) react differently to the global change drivers climate and land-use
Dieker, P., Drees, C. & Aßmann, T., 12.2011, In: Biological Conservation. 144, 12, p. 2810–2818 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Broad-scale geographic patterns in body size and hind wing development of western Palaearctic carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Homburg, K., Schuldt, A., Drees, C. & Aßmann, T., 02.2013, In: Ecography. 36, 2, p. 166-177 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Patterns and hotspots of carabid beetle diversity in the Palaearctic – insights from a hyperdiverse invertebrate taxon
Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 2011, Biodiversity Hotspots: distribution and protection of conservation priority areas. Zachos, F. E. & Habel, J. C. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 175-188 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Eresus kollari (Araneae: Eresidae) calls for heathland management.
Krause, R. H., Buse, J., Matern, A., Schröder, B., Härdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 12.2011, In: The Journal of Arachnology. 39, 3, p. 384–392 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Genetic erosion in habitat specialist shows need to protect large peat bogs
Drees, C., Zumstein, P., Buck-Dobrick, T., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Meyer, H., Oheimb, G. & Aßmann, T., 12.2011, In: Conservation Genetics. 12, 6, p. 1651-1656 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity
Schuldt, A., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Schmid, B., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 28.07.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 7, 8 p., e22905.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Habitat preferences of the Levant Green Lizard, Lacerta media israelica (Peters, 1964): (Reptilia: Lacertidae)
Loos, J., Dayan, T., Drescher, N., Levanony, T., Maza, E., Shacham, B., Talbi, R. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2011, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 52, 1, p. 17-28 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators: Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies
Kotze, J. (ed.), Aßmann, T. (ed.), Nordijk, J. (ed.), Turin, H. (ed.) & Vermeulen, R. (ed.), 20.05.2011, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 573 p. (Zoo Keys; no. 100)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Eucamaragnathus desenderi, a new ground beetle species from Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Schuldt, A., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 37-46 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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When to sample in an inaccessible landscape: A case study with carabids from the Allgäu (northern Alps) (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Harry, I., Drees, C., Hofer, H. & Aßmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 255-271 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Repeated sampling detects gene flow in a flightless ground beetle in a fragmented landscape
Drees, C., Hüfner, S., Matern, A., Nève, G. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Hereditas. 148, 1, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Belowground carabid beetle diversity in the western Palaearctic: Effects of history and climate on range-restricted taxa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Schuldt, A. & Assmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 461-474 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Historical ecology meets conservation and evolutionary genetics: a secondary contact zone between Carabus violaceus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) populations inhabiting ancient and recent woodlands in north-western Germany
Matern, A., Drees, C., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G. & Aßmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 545-563 19 p., 1546.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Poleward range expansion without a southern contraction in the ground beetle Agonum viridicupreum (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Drees, C., Brandmayr, P., Buse, J., Dieker, P., Gürlich, S., Habel, J. C., Harry, I., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Meyer, H., Pizzolotto, R., Quante, M., Schäfer, K., Schuldt, A., Taboada Palomares, A. & Aßmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 333-352 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Zinnoberrote Röhrenspinne Eresus cinnaberinus im Raum Lüneburger Heide – alte Funde und neue Nachweise
Aßmann, T. & Krause, R-H., 2009, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 44, p. 71-76 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Saproxylic beetles: Their role and diversity in European woodland ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles
Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Sofia/Moscow: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 236 p. (Pensoft Series Faunistica; vol. 89)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Saproxylic beetles in the Gartow region of Lower Saxony, a hotspot of invertebrate diversity in north-western Germany
Buse, J., Gürlich, S. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Saproxylic Beetles : Their role and diversity in European woodland and tree habitats; Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles. Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 77-103 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Relict species research: Some concluding remarks
Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 2010, Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, p. 441-442 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle
Habel, J. C., Augenstein, B., Meyer, M., Nève, G., Rödder, D. & Aßmann, T., 2010, Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, p. 417-439 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Review: Refugial areas and postglacial colonisations in the Western Palaearctic
Habel, J. C., Drees, C., Aßmann, T. & Schmitt, T., 2010, Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Assmann, T. & Habel, J. C. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, p. 189-197 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Relict species: Phylogeography and conservation biology
Habel, J. C. & Aßmann, T. (ed.), 2010, Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer. 449 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Review: The dark side of relict species biology: Cave animals as ancient lineages
Aßmann, T., Casale, A., Drees, C., Habel, J. C., Schuldt, A. & Matern, A., 2010, Relict species: Phylogeography and conservation biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, p. 91-103 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest
Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Aßmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X-Y., Ding, B-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L-D., Härdtle, W., He, J-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Lang, A. C., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wu, Y-T., Yang, X., Zeng, X., Zhang, S., Zhou, H., Ma, K. & Schmid, B., 02.2011, In: Ecological Monographs. 81, 1, p. 25-41 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Genetic erosion in a stenotopic heathland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae): a matter of habitat size ?
Drees, C., Vries, H., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Persigehl, M. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Conservation Genetics. 12, 1, p. 105-117 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Relict species: From past to future
Habel, J. C., Assmann, T., Schmitt, T. & Avise, J. C., 2010, Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Habel, J. C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Springer, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Molecular analysis meets morphology-based systematics-a synthetic approach for Chalarinae (Insecta: Diptera: Pipunculidae)
Kehlmaier, C. & Aßmann, T., 01.2010, In: Systematic Entomology. 35, 1, p. 181-195 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Saproxylic beetle assemblages in the Mediterranean region: Impact of forest management on richness and structure
Buse, J., Levanony, T., Timm, A., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 31.03.2010, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 259, 8, p. 1376-1384 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China
Schuldt, A., Baruffol, M., Boehnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Lang, A. C., Nadrowski, K., von Oheimb, G., Voigt, W., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 07.2010, In: Journal of Ecology. 98, 4, p. 917-926 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biogeography meets conservation: the genetic structure of the endangered lycaenid butterfly Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Meyer, M., Finger, A., Roedder, D., Aßmann, T. & Zachos, F. E., 09.2010, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101, 1, p. 155-168 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Invertebrate diversity and national responsibility for species conservation across Europe: A multi-taxon approach
Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 11.2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 11, p. 2747-2756 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Value of semi-open corridors for simultaneously connecting open and wooded habitats: A case study with ground beetles
Eggers, B., Matern, A., Drees, C., Eggers, J., Haerdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 02.2010, In: Conservation Biology. 24, 1, p. 256-266 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The genetic status of the violet copper Lycaena helle - a relict of the cold past in times of global warming
Finger, A., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F. E., Meyer, M., Aßmann, T. & Habel, J. C., 01.06.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 3, p. 382-390 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental and historical effects on richness and endemism patterns of carabid beetles in the western Palaearctic
Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 10.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 5, p. 705-714 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unprecedented long-term genetic monomorphism in an endangered relict butterfly species
Habel, J. C., Zachos, F. E., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Louy, D., Aßmann, T. & Schmitt, T., 12.2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 6, p. 1659-1665 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integrating highly diverse invertebrates into broad-scale analyses of cross-taxon congruence across the Palaearctic
Schuldt, A., Wang, Z., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 01.12.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 6, p. 1019-1030 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Naturschutzbiologie
Aßmann, T. & Härdtle, W., 2002, Naturwissenschaften. Härdtle, W. (ed.). Berlin [u.a.]: Springer, p. 113-213 101 p. ( Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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At the interface of historical and present-day ecology: ground beetles in woodlands and open habitats in Upper Galilee (Israel) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Timm, A., Buse, J., Dayan, T., Härdtle, W., Levanony, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2009, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 47, 1, p. 93-104 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review