Buntes Blütenspektrum einer selten gemähten Wiese im Juli. Das leuchtende Violett der Flockenblumen, Ackerwitwenblumen und Glockenblumen lockt viele Insekten an.
Insektenwiesen Hessen
Lebensräume für Hessens Insekten schaffen
Der Verlust geeigneter Lebensräume ist einer der Hauptgründe für den aktuell zu beobachtenden Insektenrückgang. Artenreiche Wiesen gehören zu den Lebensräumen, die besonders davon betroffen sind. Sie sind in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten immer seltener und artenärmer geworden. Mit der richtigen Pflege können jedoch Grünflächen in wertvolle Wiesen und damit (Ersatz- ) Lebensräume für Insekten umgestaltet werden und das selbst in der Stadt.
Mit wenig Aufwand viel bewirken
Eine entsprechende Pflege ist dabei einfach umzusetzen und eignet sich sowohl für private Gärten als auch öffentliche Flächen. Indem Grünflächen weniger regelmäßig gemäht werden, etwa nur noch ein- bis zweimal pro Jahr statt jeder zweiten Woche, können störungsempfindliche Kräuter zur Blüte kommen, die dringend benötigte Nahrungsquellen für Insekten wie Bienen und Schmetterlinge sind. Durch eine zeitlich versetzte Teilmahd bleiben Bereiche mit Nahrungspflanzen und Rückzugsorte für Insekten über das ganze Jahr bestehen, und der Umstieg von maschineller, hin zu manueller Mahd, reduziert zudem die Verletzungsgefahr der Insekten während des Mähens.
Der Schwarzkolbige Braundickkopf profitiert durch eine Teilmahd, bei der sich die Mahd nur auf Teilbereiche beschränkt. Er legt seine Eier am Grund zwischen Halm und Blattspreiten ab, und die Larven schlüpfen und verpuppen sich im nächsten Frühjahr.
Das Projekt „Insektenwiesen Hessen“
In Kooperation mit Ämtern und Verbänden und unter Mitwirkung der Bürger*innen sollen Grünflächen und Gärten insektenfreundlicher gestaltet werden. Hierbei können sich diejenigen einbringen, die sich aktiv für die Förderung von Insekten engagieren möchten. Das kann sowohl über die Umgestaltung des eigenen Gartens oder Firmengeländessein oder durch die Beteiligung bei größeren Umgestaltungsaktionen auf öffentlichen Flächen. Innerhalb des Projektes unterstützen wir Sie bei der Umsetzung und der Erfolgskontrolle.
Der leuchtend gelbe Rainfarn wächst vor allem an Ruderalflächen und Wegrändern und …
bietet spät im Jahr bis in den September hinein vielen Insekten Pollen und Nektar, wenn ansonsten nicht mehr viel blüht. …
Zu den zahlreichen Besuchern gehören etwa die Kleine Schwebfliege, die Scheinbienen-Keilfleckschwebfliege und die Rainfarn-Seidenbiene.
Bald ist es soweit
Die Insektenwiesen sollen zukünftig auf einer eigenen Projektseite in einer Karte hinterlegt und sichtbar gemacht sowie die Erfahrungen und Entwicklung der Fläche dort jeweils in einem eigenen Blog geteilt werden. Darüber sollen auch die Vernetzung und der Austausch der Teilnehmenden ermöglicht und gefördert werden. Die beobachteten Insekten können ab dem Sommer 2021 über ein Online-Portal und eine App gemeldet werden. Das so gestaltete Monitoring erlaubt es, die Erfolge der Pflegemaßnahmen zu dokumentieren und mehr über die Verbreitung von Insekten in Hessen zu erfahren.
Bis zur Fertigstellung der digitalen Strukturen, wird per Newsletter über die Entwicklungen und den Stand des Projekts informiert. Darüber hinaus werden dort Tipps zur Förderung von Insekten vorgestellt und Veranstaltungen des Projekts angekündigt.
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Warzecha D, Diekötter T, Wolters V, Jauker F (2018) Attractiveness of wild-flower mixtures for wild bees and hoverflies depends on some key plant species. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11: 32-41
Hoffmann U S, Jauker F, Lanzen J, Warzecha D, Wolters V, Diekötter T (2018) Prey‐dependent benefits of sown wildflower strips on solitary wasps in agroecosystems. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11: 42-49
Grass I, Albrecht J, Jauker F, Diekötter T, Warzecha D, Wolters V, Farwig N (2016) Much more than bees – Wildflower plantings support highly diverse flower-visitor communities from complex to structurally simple agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosys-tems & Environment 225: 45-53
Warzecha D, Diekötter T, Wolters V, Jauker F (2016) Intraspecific body size increases with habitat fragmentation in wild bee pollinators. Landscape Ecology 31: 1449-1455
ANDERE:
Bauer T, Warzecha D, Höfer H, Verhaagh M (2019) Stadt.Wiesen.Mensch. – Natur und Biodiversität vor der eigenen Haustür. Natur im Museum 9: 101-104
Frommer U, Tischendorf S, Flügel H-J unter Mitarbeit von Dorow WHO, Warzecha D (2017) Kommentierte Rote Liste der „Dolchwespenartigen“ Hessens. – Hess. Min. f. Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz 77 S., Wiesbaden
Warzecha D, Frommer U, Wolters V (2016) Nachweise der Furchenbiene Lasioglossum pauperatum (Brullé, 1832) aus der Region Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hessen (Hymenoptera, Apidae). – Hessische Faunistische Briefe 35 (1/3): 41-47
Hjalmarsson, A.E.*, Jähnig, S.C., Cai, Q., Sharma, S., Tong, X., Li, F., Shah, D.N., Tachamo Shah, R.D. & Pauls, S.U.* (2019) Multi-locus molecular phylogeny establishes subgeneric groups and informs the biogeographic history of Himalopsyche (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). Systematic Entomology 44: 973-984. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12367
Ngera, M.F., Pauls, S.U., Holzenthal, R.W., Bagalwa, M., Bisimwa, M.A., Mushayuma, E.M. & Cammaerts, D.R. (2019) Contribution to the knowledge of the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna of the streams of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 44: 127-142 . https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1598840
2018
Bálint, M.*, Nowak, C., Márton, O., Pauls, S.U., Wittwer, C., Luis Aramayo, J., Schulze, A., Chambert, T., Cocchiararo, B. & Jansen, M. (2018) Accuracy, limitations and cost efficiency of eDNA‐based community survey in tropical frogs. Molecular Ecology Resources 18: 1415-1426.
Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., von Schiller, D., Tockner, K., Mendoza-Lera, C., Clément, J. C., Gessner, M. O., Moleón, M., Stubbington, R., Gücker, B., Albariño, R., Allen, D. C., Altermatt, F., Arce, M. I., Arnon, S., Banas, D., Banegas-Medina, A., Beller, E., Blanchette, M. L., Blanco-Libreros, J. F., Blessing, J. J., Boëchat, I. G., Boersma, K. S., Bogan, M. T., Bonada, N., Bond, N. R., Brintrup Barría, K. C., Bruder, A., Burrows, R. M., Cancellario, T., Canhoto, C., Carlson, S. M., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Cid, N., Danger, M., de Freitas Terra, B., De Girolamo, A. M., de La Barra, E., del Campo, R., Diaz-Villanueva, V. D., Dyer, F., Elosegi, A., Faye, E., Febria, C., Four, B., Gafny, S., Ghate, S. D., Gómez, R., Gómez-Gener, L., Graça, M. A. S., Guareschi, S., Hoppeler, F., Hwan, J. L., Jones, J. I., Kubheka, S., Laini, A., Langhans, S. D., Leigh, C., Little, C. J., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J. C., Martín, E., McIntosh, A. R., Meyer, E. I., Miliša, M., Mlambo, M. C., Morais, M., Moya, N., Negus, P. M., Niyogi, D. K., Papatheodoulou, A., Pardo, I., Pařil, P., Pauls, S. U., Pešić, V., Polášek, M., Robinson, C. T., Rodríguez-Lozano, P., Rolls, R. J., Sánchez-Montoya, M. M., Savić, A., Shumilova, O., Sridhar, K. R., Steward, A. L., Storey, R., Taleb, A., Uzan, A., Vander Vorste, R., Waltham, N. J., Woelfle-Erskine, C., Zak, D., Zarfl, C., & Zoppini, A. 2018. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience 11: 497-503.
Dossi, F.*, Leitner, P., Pauls, S. & Graf, W. (2018) In the mood for wood – habitat specific colonization patterns of benthic invertebrate communities along the longitudinal gradient of an Austrian river. Hydrobiologia 805: 245-258.
Graf, W.*, Pauls, S.U. & Vitecek, S. (2018) Isoperla vjosae sp. n., a new species of the Isoperla tripartita-group from Albania (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). Zootaxa 4370: 171–179
Hjalmarsson, A.E.*, Graf, W., Jähnig, S.C., Vitecek, S. & Pauls, S.U. (2018) Molecular association and morphological characterization of Himalopsyche larval types (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). Zookeys, ZooKeys 773: 79-108.
Hoppeler, F.*, Winkelmann, C., Becker, J. & Pauls, S.U. (2018) Larval growth and metabolic energy storage of Micropterna lateralis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in an intermittent stream: glycogen dominates in final instars. Hydrobiologia 806: 175-185.
Tonkin, J.D.*, Altermatt, F. Finn, D., Heino, J., Olden, J.D., Pauls, S.U. & Lytle, D.A. (2018) The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: patterns, processes, and pathways. Freshwater Biology 63:141-163.
Waringer, J.*, Gonzalez, M.A., Martin, L., Martinez, J., Erzinger, F. & Pauls, S.U. (2018) DNA-based association and description of the larval stage of Apatania theischingerorum Malicky 1981 (Trichoptera, Apataniidae), with notes on its ecology. Zootaxa 4418: 161–170.
2017
Szivák, I., Mikes. T., Szalontai, B., Kučinić, M., Vučković, I., Vadkerti, E., Kisfali, P., Pauls, S.U. & Bálint, M.* (2017) Ecological divergence of Chaetopteryx rugulosa species complex (Insecta, Trichoptera) linked to climatic niche diversification. Hydrobiologia 794:31-47. Full Text
Tonkin, J.D.*, Tachamo Shah, R.D., Shah, D.N., Hoppeler, F., +Jähnig, S.C. & +Pauls, S.U. (2017) Metacommunity structuring in Himalayan streams over large elevational gradients: the role of dispersal routes and niche characteristics. Journal of Biogeography 44: 62-74. Full Text
Vitecek, S.*, Vincon, G., Graf, W. & Pauls, S.U. (2017) High cryptic diversity in aquatic insects: an integrative approach to study the enigmatic Leuctra inermis species group (Plecoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76: 497-521. Full Text
Vitecek, S.*, Kučinić, M., Previšić, A., Živić, I., Stojanović, K., Keresztes, L., Bálint, M., Hoppeler, F., Waringer, J., Graf, W. & Pauls, S.U.* (2017) Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae micro-endemics. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:129. Full Text
2016
Hoppeler, F., Tachamo-Shah, R.D., Shah, D., Tonkin, J.D., Jähnig, S.C., Sharma, S., & Pauls, S.U.* (2016) Ecological characterisation of an unknown fauna using DNA taxonomy – An example with Himalayan aquatic insects. Freshwater Biology 61: 1905-1920.
Hoppeler, F.*, Rotter, B., Krezdorn, N. & Pauls, S.U. (2016) A larval Transcriptome of the limnephilid Caddisfly Micropterna lateralis. Aquatic Insects 37: 253-257.
Ibrahimi, H.*, Vitecek, S., Previšić, A., Kučinić, M., Waringer, J., Graf, W., Balint, M., Keresztes, L. & Pauls, S.U. (2016) Drusus sharrensis sp. n. (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new species from Sharr National Park in Kosovo, with molecular and ecological notes. ZooKeys 559: 107–124. Full Text
Li, F., Shah, D.N., Pauls, S.U., Qu, X., Cai, Q. & Tachamo Shah, R.D.* (2016) Elevational shifts of freshwater communities cannot catch up climate warming in the Himalaya. Water 8(8):327 (doi:10.3390/w8080327) Full Text
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Bálint, M., Kučinić, M., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A., Keresztes, L., & Vitecek, S. (2016) Project overview: the Drusinae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in a World of global change—bridging basic and applied research in a highly sensitive aquatic insect group. Zoosymposia 10: 432–438.
Waringer, J.*+, Previšić, A.+, Kučinić, M., Graf, W., Vitecek, S., Keresztes, L., Bálint, M. & Pauls, S.U. (2016) Larval morphology of the Western Balkans endemic caddisflies Drusus krusniki Malicky 1981, D. vernonensis Malicky 1989, and D. vespertinus Marinković-Gospodnetić 1976 (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Drusinae). Zootaxa 4083: 483-500. PDF
Zhou, X., Frandsen, P., Holzenthal, R., Beet, C.R., Bennett, K.R., Blahnik, R., Bonada, N., Cartwright, D., Chuluunbat, S., Cocks, G.V., Collins, G.E., de Waard, J., Dean, J., Flint, O., Razo Gonzalez, M., Hausmann, A., Hendrich, L., Hess, M., Hogg, I.D., Kondratieff, B.C., Malicky, H., Morinière, J., Morse, J.C., Mwangi, F.N., Pauls, S.U., Rinne, A., Robinson, J., Salokannel, J., Shackleton, M., Smith, B., Stamatakis, A., StClair, R., Thomas, J., Zamora-Muñoz, C., Ziesmann, T., & Kjer, K.M. (2016) The Trichoptera barcode initiative: strategies for integrative taxonomy and generating a species-level tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 371 : 20160025. Full Text
2015
Favre, A.*, Päckert, M., Pauls, S.U., Jähnig, S. C., Uhl, D., Michalak, I., & Muellner-Riehl, A. (2015) The role of the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas. Biological Reviews 90: 236-253. PDF
Geismar, J., Haase, P., Nowak, C., Sauer, J. & Pauls, S.U.* (2015) Local population genetic structure of the montane caddisfly Drusus discolor is driven by overland dispersal and spatial scaling. Freshwater Biology 60: 209-221. Full Text
Ibrahimi, H.*, Mladen K., Vitecek, S., Waringer, J., Graf, W., Previšić, A., Bálint, M., Keresztes, L., & Pauls, S.U. (2015) New records for the Kosovo caddisfly fauna with the description of a new species, Drusus dardanicus sp. nov. (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Zootaxa 4032: 551–568. Abstract
Macher, J.-N., Rozenberg, A., Pauls, S.U., Tollrian, R., Wagner, R. & Leese, F.* (2015) Assessing the phylogeographic history of the montane caddisfly Thremma gallicum: a comparison of sequence data from mitochondria and restriction-site associated DNA markers (RAD). Ecology and Evolution 5: 648-662. Full Text
Tachamo-Shah, R.D.*, Sharma, S., Haase, P., Jähnig, S.+ & Pauls, S.U.+* (2015) The climate sensitive zone along an altitudinal gradient in central Himalayan rivers: a useful concept to monitor climate change impacts in mountain regions. Climatic Change 132: 265-278. Abstract
Vitecek, S.*, Graf, W., Kučinić, M., Oláh , J., Bálint , M., Previšić , A., Keresztes, L., Pauls, S.U.* & Waringer, J. (2015) A hairy case: The evolution of filtering carnivorous Drusinae (Limnephilidae, Trichoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 93: 249-260. Abstract
Vitecek, S.*, Kučinić, M., Oláh, J., Previšić, A., Bálint, M., Keresztes, L., Waringer, J., Pauls, S.U. & Graf, W. (2015) Description of two new filtering carnivore Drusus species (Limnephilidae, Drusinae) from the Western Balkans. Zookeys 513: 79-104. Full Text
Vitecek, S.*, Previšić, A., Kučinić, M., Bálint, M., Keresztes, L., Waringer, J., Pauls, S.U., Malicky, H. & Graf, W.* (2015): Description of a new species of Wormaldia from Sardinia and a new Drusus species from the Western Balkans (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae, Limnephilidae). ZooKeys 496: 85-103. Full Text
Waringer, J., Graf, W., Bálint, M., Kučinić, M., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A., Keresztes, L., Ibrahimi, H., Živić, I., Bjelanovic, K., Krpač, V. & Vitecek, S. (2015). Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Drusus balcanicusKumanski, Drusus botosaneanui Kumanski, Drusus serbicus Marinković-Gospodnetić and Drusus tenellus (Klapálek) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae). European Journal of Entomology 112: 344-361. PDF
Waringer, J.*, Lubini, V., Hoppeler, F. & Pauls, S.U. (2015) DNA-based association and description of the larval stage of Apatania helvetica Schmid 1954 (Trichoptera, Apataniidae) with notes on ecology and zoogeography. Zootaxa 4020: 244–256. Abstract
2014
Dijkstra, K.-D.B*, Monaghan, M.T. & Pauls, S.U. (2014) Freshwater Biodiversity and Insect Diversification. Annual Review of Entomology 59: 143–63. AbstractFull Text
Pauls, S.U.*, Alp, M., Bálint, M., Bernabò, P., Čiampor Jr., F., Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Z., Finn, D.S., Kohout, J., Leese, F., Lencioni, V., Paz-Vinas, I. & Monaghan, M.T. (2014). Integrating molecular tools into freshwater ecology: developments and opportunities. Freshwater Biology 59: 1559-1576. Abstract
Previšić, A.*+, Schnitzler, J., Kučinić, M., Graf, W., Ibrahimi, H., Kerovec, M., & Pauls, S.U.*+ (2014) Micro-Scale Vicariance and Diversification of Western Balkan Caddisflies Linked to Karstification. Freshwater Science 33: 250-262. Full Text
Previšić A., Graf W., Vitecek S., Kučinić M., Bálint M., Keresztes L., Pauls, S.U. & J. Waringer. (2014) Cryptic diversity of caddisflies in the Balkans: the curious case of Ecclisopteryx species (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 72: 309-329. PDF
Shah, D.N., Domisch, S., Pauls, S.U., Haase, P. & Jähnig, S.* (2014) Current and future latitudinal gradients in stream macroinvertebrates richness across North America. Freshwater Science 33: 1136-1147. Abstract
2013
Domisch, S.*, Araújo, M.B., Bonada, N., Pauls, S.U., Jähnig, S.C.+ & Haase, P.+ (2013) Modelling distribution in European stream macroinvertebrates under future climates. Global Change Biology 19: 752–762. Abstract
Pauls, S.U.*, Nowak, C., Bálint, M. & Pfenninger, M.* (2013) The impact of global climate change on genetic diversity within populations and species. Molecular Ecology 22: 925-946. Abstract
Kučinić, M.*+, Szivák+, Bálint, M., Delić, A., Pauls, S.U., & Vučković, I. (2013) Chaetopteryx bucari sp. n. a new species of from the Chaetopteryx rugulosa group from Croatia (Insecta, Trichoptera) with some molecular, taxonomical and ecological notes on the group. ZooKeys 320: 1-28. HTML
Theissinger, K.*, Bálint, M., Feldheim, K.A., Haase, P., Johannesen, J., Laube, I. & Pauls, S.U. (2013) Glacial survival and post-glacial recolonization of an arctic–alpine freshwater insect (Arcynopteryx dichroa, Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 40: 236-248. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Bálint, M., Kučinić, M., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A., Keresztes, L., & Vitecek, S. (2013) The larvae of Drusus franzressli Malicky 1974 and Drusus spelaeus (Ulmer 1920 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with notes on ecology and zoogeography. Zootaxa 3637: 1–16. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Bálint, M., Kučinić, M., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A., Keresztes, L., & Vitecek, S. (2013) The larva of Drusus vinconi Sipahiler, 1992 (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Drusinae). ZooKeys 317: 69-80. HTML
2012
Bagalwa, M., Zirirane, N., Pauls, S., Karume, K., Ngera, M., Bisimwa, M. & N. Mushagalusa (2012) Aspects of the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Rivers in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Environmental Protection 3: 1590-1595. PDF
Haase, P., Hering, D., Hoffmann, A., Müller, R., Nowak, C., Pauls, S.U., Stoll, S.U. & D. Straile (2012) Auswirkungen auf limnische Lebensräume. In Mosbrugger, V., Brasseur, G., Schaller, M. & Stribrny, B. (eds) Klimawandel und Biodiversität – Folgen für Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, pp 91-105.
Kautz, S.*, Ballhorn, D.J., Kroiß, J., Pauls, S.U., Moreau, C.S., Eilmus, S., Strohm, E. & Heil, M. (2012) Host plant use by competing acacia‑ants: Mutualists monopolize while parasites share hosts. PLoS One 7: e37691 HTML
Malicky, H. & Pauls, S.U.* (2012) Crossbreeding of Chaetopteryx morettii and related species, with molecular and eidonomical results (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology 48: 13-19. Abstract
Pfenninger, M.*, Bálint, M., & Pauls. S.U. (2012) Methodological framework for projecting the potential loss of intraspecific genetic diversity due to global climate change. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 224. HTML
Sipahiler, F. & Pauls, S. (2012) Two new species of the genus Schizopelex McLachlan, from northern Turkey (Trichoptera, Sericostomatidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 7: 184-190.
2011
The following paper was featured in the Faculty of 1000 and ranked “Must Read”:
Bálint, M., Domisch, S., Engelhardt, C.H.M., Haase, P., Lehrian, S., Sauer, J., Theissinger, K., +Pauls, S.U.*, +Nowak, C.* (2011) Cryptic biodiversity loss linked to global climate change. Nature Climate Change 1: 313–318.Abstract
Bálint, M., Ujvárosi, L., Theissinger, K., Mészáros, N., Lehrian, S. & Pauls, S.U.* (2011) A Neglected Diversity Hotspot: Genetic Variation in the Carpathians. pp 189-205 in Habel, J. (ed.) Biodiversity Hotspots in Europe. Springer.
+Engelhardt, C.H.M., Haase, P. & +Pauls, S.U.* (2011) From the Western Alps across Central Europe: Postglacial recolonisation of the tufa stream caddisfly Rhyacophila pubescens (Insecta, Trichoptera). Frontiers in Zoology 8:10. HTML
Graf, W.*, Pauls, S.U., & Waringer, J. (2011) The larva of Ecclisopteryx malickyi Moretti, 1991 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with comments on the genus. Zoosymposia 5: 136-142. PDF
Pauls, S.U.* & Bálint, M. (2011) Aquatic Insect Diversification and Speciation in the Carpathians – Case Studies on Caddisflies. In Ujvárosi, L. & Marko, B. (eds.) Romanian Carpathians, genetic centres or barriers in the process of postglacial isolation and speciation. Case studies in selected organisms. University Press, Cluj-Napoca.
Taubmann, J., Theissinger, K.*, Feldheim, K.A., Laube, I., Graf, W., Haase, P., Johannesen, J. & Pauls, S.U.* (2011) Modelling range shifts and assessing genetic diversity distribution of the montane aquatic mayfly Ameletus inopinatus in Europe under climate change scenarios. Conservation Genetics 12: 503-515. Abstract
Theissinger, K., Laube, I., Bálint, M., Johannesen, J., Haase, P. & Pauls, S.U.* (2011) Species distribution models and molecular data reveal the Pleistocene history of the cold-adapted mayfly Ameletus inopinatus(Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae) in Europe. Freshwater Biology 56: 2554–2566. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Pitsch, T., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A., & Kučinić, M. (2011) Description of the larval stage of Drusus mixtus (Pictet, 1834) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with notes on ecology and zoogeography. Limnologica 41: 249-255. Abstract
2010
Craft, K.J., Pauls, S.U., Darrow, K., Miller, S.E., Hebert, P.D.N., Novotny, V. & Weiblen, G.* (2010) Population genetics of ecological communities with DNA barcodes: An example from New Guinea Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 5041-5046. Abstract
Haase, P.*, Pauls, S.U., Schindehütte, K. & Sundermann, A. (2010) First audit of macroinvertebrate samples from an EU-Water Framework Directive monitoring programme: human error greatly lowers precision of assessment results. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1279-1291. HTML
+Holzenthal, R.W.*, +Robertson, D.R., +Pauls, S.U., & +Mendez, P.K. (2010) Taxonomy and Systematics: Contributions to Benthology and Future Directions. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29: 147-169. HTML
Lehrian, S., Bálint, M., Haase, P. & Pauls, S.U.* (2010) Genetic population structure of an autumn emerging caddisfly with inherently low dispersal capacity and insights into its phylogeography. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1100-1118. HTML
Monaghan, M.T.*, Pauls, S.U., Hughes, J.M., & Robinson, C.T. (2010) Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and molecular systematic in freshwater organisms – Preface. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1024-1026. HTML
Pauls, S.U.*, Blahnik, R.J., Zhou, X., Wardwell, T.C. & Holzentahl, R.W. (2010) DNA barcode data confirm new species and reveal cryptic diversity in Chilean Smicridea (Smicridea) (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1058-1074. HTML
Pauls, S.U.*, Holzenthal, R.W., & Mwangi. F.N. (2010) Two new species of Triaenodes McLachlan, 1865 from streams in the Lake Kivu basin, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Denisia 29: 277-285. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Pauls, S.U., Previšić, A. & Kučinić, M. (2010) A larval key to the Drusinae species of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the dinaric western Balkan. Denisia 29: 383-406. Abstract
2009
Graf, W.*, Pauls, S.U. & Waringer, J. (2009) The Larva of Rhyacophila ferox Graf, 2006 (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) from the Eastern Alps (Carinthia, Austria). Aquatic Insects 31: 111-117. Abstract
Graf, W.*, Waringer, J. & Pauls, S.U. (2009) A new morpho-ethological feeding group within larval Drusinae (Trichoptera : Limnephilidae): the alpinus-group sensu Schmid, 1956, including larval descriptions of Drusus franzi, 1956 and Drusus alpinus Meyer-Dür, 1875, with notes on their systematic position, ecology and zoogeography. Zootaxa 2031: 53-62. Abstract
Kautz, S.,* Pauls, S.U., Ballhorn, D.J., Lumbsch, H.T. & Heil, M. (2009) Polygynous supercolonies of the acacia-ant Pseudomyrmex peperi, an inferior colony founder. Molecular Ecology 18: 5180-5194. Abstract
Lehrian, S.*, Pauls, S.U. & Haase, P. (2009) Contrasting patterns of population structure in the montane caddisflies Hydropsyche tenuis and Drusus discolor in central European highlands. Freshwater Biology 54: 283-295. Abstract
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Pauls, S.U.*, Theissinger, K., Ujvarosi, L., Bálint, M. & Haase, P (2009) Population structure in two closely related, partially sympatric caddisflies in Eastern Europe: historic introgression, limited dispersal and cryptic diversity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28: 517-536. PDFHTML
Theissinger, K., Feldheim, K.A., Seitz, A., Pauls, S.U.* (2009) Isolation and characterization of 11 polymorphic trinucleotide microsatellite markers in the stonefly Arcynopteryx compacta (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 357-359. Abstract
2008
Engelhardt, C.*, Pauls, S.U. & Haase, P. (2008) Population genetic structure of the caddisfly Rhyacophila pubescens, Pictet 1834, north of the Alps. Fundamental and Applied Limnology – Archiv für Hydrobiologie 173: 165-176. Abstract
Haase, P.*, Pauls, S.U., Engelhardt, C. & Sundermann, A. (2008) Effects of sampling microhabitats with low coverage within the STAR/AQEM macroinvertebrate sampling protocol on stream assessment. Limnologica 38: 14-22. Abstract
Pauls, S.U.*, Graf, W., Haase, P., Lumbsch, H.T. & Waringer, J. (2008) Grazers, shredders and filtering carnivores – The evolution of feeding ecology in the Drusinae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae): insights from a molecular phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 776-791. Abstract
Sundermann, A.*, Pauls, S.U., Clarke, R.T. & Haase, P. (2008) Within-stream variability of benthic invertebrate samples and EU Water Framework Directive assessment results. Fundamental and Applied Limnology – Archiv für Hydrobiologie 173: 21-34. Abstract
Theissinger, K., Feldheim, K.A., Taubmann, J., Seitz, A. & Pauls, S.U.* (2008) Isolation and characterization of 10 highly polymorphic di- and trinucleotide microsatellite markers in the mayfly Ameletus inopinatus(Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1285-1287. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Pauls, S.U. & Cianficconi, F. (2008) The Larvae of Drusus improvisus McLachlan, 1884, Drusus camerinus Moretti, 1981 and Drusus aprutiensis Moretti, 1981 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae). Aquatic Insects 30: 69-79. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Pauls, S.U., Vincentini, H. & Lubini, V. (2008) DNA based association and description of the larval stage of Drusus melanchaetes McLachlan, 1876 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with notes on ecology and zoogeography. Limnologica 38: 34-42. Abstract
2007
Pauls, S.U.*, Feldheim, K.A. & Haase, P. (2007) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the caddisfly Drusus discolor (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 150-152. Abstract
Waringer, J.*, Graf, W., Pauls, S. & Lubini, V. (2007) The Larva of Drusus nigrescens Meyer-Dür, 1875 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with notes on its ecology, genetic differentiation and systematic position. Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology 43: 161-166. PDF
2006
Haase, P.*, Murray-Bligh, J., Gunn, R., Lohse, S., Pauls, S. & Sundermann, A. (2006) An assessment of the impact of sorting and identification errors of macroinvertebrate samples. Hydrobiologia 566: 505-521. Abstract
Pauls, S.U.*, Lumbsch, H.T. & Haase, P. (2006) Phylogeography of the montane caddisfly Drusus discolor: evidence for multiple refugia and periglacial survival. Molecular Ecology 15: 2153-2169. Abstract
2002 to 2005
Graf, W.*, Lubini, V. & Pauls, S. (2005) Larval description of Drusus muelleri McLachlan, 1868 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) with some notes on its ecology and systematic position within the genus Drusus. Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology 42: 93-98. PDF
Haase, P.*, Lohse, S., Pauls, S., Schindehütte, K., Sundermann, A., Rolauffs, P. & Hering, D. (2004) Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: development of a practical standardised protocol for macroinvertebrate sampling and sorting. Limnologica 34: 349-365. Abstract
Haase, P.*, Pauls, S., Sundermann, A. & Zenker, A. (2004) Testing different sorting techniques in macroinvertebrate samples from running waters. Limnologica 34: 366-378. Abstract
Pauls, S., Feld, C., *Sommerhäuser, M.* & Hering, D. (2002) New concepts in assessing lowland streams in Germany in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive. Wasser & Boden 54: 70-77.
I am a herpetologist and field biologist. My main research interests include biodiversity, bioacoustics, evolutionary biology and human wildlife-conflicts. I like to combine different methods to disentangle hidden diversity, and to develop new approaches for monitoring wildlife through time. Frequently asked question: How can we make our Big Field Data smart?
Integrative taxonomy of Neotropical Herpetofauna
By combining different disciplines and methods, such as morphology, bioacoustics and molecular data I search for candidate species and study trait evolution. Of particular interest are the frogs of Bolivia, and how their advertisement calls can be used as a tool for species delimitation. Current taxonomic revisions: Leptodactylus, Dendropsophus, Proceratophrys.
New species
Dendropsophus arndti (Caminer, Míla, Jansen, Fouquet, Venegas, Chávez, Chek & Ron 2017)
Dendropsophus vreami (Caminer, Míla, Jansen, Fouquet, Venegas, Chávez, Chek & Ron 2017)
At the research station Chiquitos in Bolivia we develop new methods for biodiversity inventories, such as an eDNA-based inventory of frogs, and we conduct monitorings with passive audiorecorders (since 2010) and camera traps (since 2017). The next step will be to develop analyzing methods to convert these big data to smart data in order to to detect changes in local faunal comunities and to develop action plans for conservation.
Using camera traps we want to study the human-jaguar conflict on cattle ranches in Bolivia. How abundant is the jaguar and its natural prey at our site? When and why does the jaguar feed on cattle instead of its natural prey? Can we develop anti-predation strategies to manage the conflict at our site?
Recent developments in passive acoustic monitoring and acoustic pattern recognition now enable us to comprehensively record and analyze acoustic events over longer periods of time. In this project I study the calling effort and trait variationof white-lipped frogs (Leptodactylus) during sustained calling over several nights. What is the absolute calling effort, and how do frogs manage their energetic limitations?
Studenten der Biologie und Bioinformatik, Lehramtsstudenten der Biologie und Mathematik.
2017
Guedes, T. B., Sawaya, R. J., Zizka, A., Bérnil, R. S., Jansen M., Passos P., Prudente A. L. C., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Braz, H., Nogueira, C. d. C. & Antonelli, A. (2017): Patterns, biases, and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 2017; 27:14–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12679
Köhler, J., Jansen, M., Rodríguez, A., Kok, P. J. R., Toledo, L. F., Emmrich, M., Glaw, F., Haddad, C. F. B., Rödel, M.-O., & M. Vences (2017): The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice. Zootaxa, 4251, 1-124, 2017
Caminer, M.A., Milá, B. Jansen, M., Fouquet, A., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Chek, A. & S. R. Ron (2017): Systematics of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus species complex (Anura: Hylidae): Cryptic diversity and the description of two new species. PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0171785 March 1, 2017
2016
Jansen, M., A. Masurowa & R. B. O’Hara (2016): Temporal variation, duty cycle and absolute calling effort during sustained calling of Leptodactylus mystacinus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Salamandra 52(4): 328-336.
Pansonato, A., A. C. Veiga-Menoncello, J. R. Mudrek, M. Jansen, S. M. Reco-Pimentel, I. A. Martins & C. Strüssmann (2016): Two new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) from eastern Bolivia and western Brazil. Herpetologica, 72(3): 235-255.
Jansen, M., M. Plath, F. Brusquetti & M. Ryan (2016): Asymmetric frequency shift in advertisement calls of sympatric frogs. Amphibian-Reptilia, 37: 137-152
2015
Schulze, A., Jansen, M. & G. Köhler (2015): Tadpole diversity of Bolivia`s lowland anuran communities: molecular identification, morphological characterization, and ecological assignment. Zootaxa, 4016(1):1-111.
2014
Gehara, M., Crawford, A. J., Orrico, V. G. D., Rodríguez, A., Lötters, S., Fouquet, A., Barrientos, L. S., Brusquetti, F., De la Riva, I., Ernst, R., Urrutia, G. G., Glaw, F., Guayasamin, J. M., Hölting, M., Jansen, M., Kok, P. J. R., Kwet, A., Lingnau, R., Lyra, M., Moravec, J., Pombal Jr., J. P., Rojas-Runjaic, F. J. M., Schulze, A., Celsa Señaris, J., Solé, M., Rodrigues, M. T., Twomey, E., Haddad, C. F. B., Vences, M. and Köhler J. (2014 ). High levels of diversity uncovered in a widespread nominal taxon: continental phylogeography of the Neotropical tree frog Dendropsophus minutus. 2014. Plos One, 10 September 2014.
Brusquetti, F., Jansen, M., C. Barrio-Amorós, Magno Segalla & C. F. B. Haddad (2014): Taxonomic review of Scinax fuscomarginatus (Lutz, 1925) and related species (Anura; Hylidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 171, 4: 783-821
2012
Jansen, M. & Schulze: Molecular, morphology and bioacoustic data suggest Bolivian distribution of a large species of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Zootaxa 3307: 35-47.
Schulze, A. & M. Jansen: One species, two strategies? Oviposition site variation in a member of the Leptodactylus pentadctylus group (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, DOI:10.1080/01650521.2012.711102
2011
Jansen, M. R. Bloch, A. Schulze & M. Pfenninger: Integrative inventory of Bolivia’s lowland frogs reveals hidden diversity. Zoologica Scripta 40(6): 567-583.
2010
Schulze, A. & M. Jansen: A tadpole of Trachycephalus venulosus (Anura: Hylidae) as prey for a fishing spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) in the Bolivian Chiquitano Dry Forest. Herpetology Notes 3: 297-298.
Jansen, M. & G. Köhler: Reptilia, Squamata, Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaena cegei Montero, 1997, and Reptilia, Squamata, Teidae, Tupinambis rufescens (Günther, 1871): vertical range extension. CheckList 6(4): 503-504.
Mebs, D., M. Jansen, G. Köhler, W. Pogoda & G. Kauert: Myrmecophagy and alkaloid sequestration in amphibians: A study on Dendrobatidae (Ameerega picta) and Microhylidae (Elachistocleis sp.) frogs. Salamandra 46(1): 11-15.
2009
Jansen, M., A. Schulze, L. Werding & B. Streit: Effects of extreme drought in the dry season on an anuran community in the Bolivian Chiquitano region. Salamandra 45(4): 233-238.
Jansen, M., L. Gonzales & G. Köhler: Description of a new species of Xenopholis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Cerrado of Bolivia with comments on Xenopholis scalaris in Bolivia. Zootaxa 2222: 31-45.
Jansen, M.: Measuring temporal variation in calling intensity of a frog chorus with a data logging sound level meter: A case study in Bolivia. Herpetology Notes 2: 143-149.
Schulze, A., Jansen, M. & G. Köhler: Diversity and ecology of an anuran community in San Sebastián, Bolivia. Salamandra 45(2):75-90.
2008
Jansen, M.: New and noteworthy records of snakes from Bolivia. Herpetological Review 39(3): 374-375.
Jansen, M & G. Köhler: A new species of Phalotris (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) from the eastern lowlands of Bolivia. Senckenbergiana biologica 88: 103-110.
Jansen, M & J. Köhler: Intraspecific combat behavior of Phyllomedusa boliviana (Anura: Hylidae) and the possible origin of visual signaling in nocturnal treefrogs. Herpetological Review 39(3): 290-293.
2007
Jansen, M., L. Gonzales & G. Köhler: New species of Hydrolaetare (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Bolivia with some notes on its natural history. Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 724-732.
Jansen, M & J. Köhler: Description of the advertisement call of Eleutherodactylus fraudator. South American Journal of Herpetology 2(3): 198-200.
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