Systematics represents the ‘core business’ of the research museums. It addresses the key questions as to how many and what species are extant today and how they have developed in the course of the Earth’s history. Its ‘raw materials’ consist of constantly expanding collections — the archives of Life, as it were. The collections are available to the international scientific community, and in many cases they contain what the scientific community accepts as being the definitive specimen for a given species.
Humanity shares its living space with up to 20 million other species — animals, fungi, plants, protists and bacteria. Of these, less than 2 million species have been scientifically recorded. This means that the greater part of the diversity of species is yet unknown, so our understanding of the interactions between the various species with their environment is necessarily incomplete.
Science’s race against time
A large number of known and unknown species are becoming extinct, because we are destroying their habitats and because of our failure to use our resources sustainably. As a result, we are witnesses of a bizarre race in which hitherto unknown species are discovered on the one hand and others are exterminated on the other. In Europe, for instance, one quarter of all animal and plant species are threatened by extinction. And this means not just a loss in the quality of life. According to current estimates, the present ‘biodiversity crisis’ is causing annual costs of 450 billion euros in the European Union alone. This underlines the significance of systematics as one of the most important disciplines in biodiversity research.
Systematics as one of the building blocks of science
Systematics is the branch of science that is concerned with the classification of organisms, both those living today and ones that have died out. Without this groundwork having been done, other research disciplines would not be able to address the immeasurable scope of the Earth’s biodiversity. Furthermore, the scientists categorize the basic units (taxa) in the form of evolutionary interrelationships. Systematics also plays the role of an integrative science. It provides an infrastructure that allows morphology, the geosciences and molecular genetics (genetic information) to be related to the theory of evolution.
1989–1996: Studies of Biology and Romanistics in Saarbrücken and Lisbon
1996–1999: PhD (Zoology) in Mainz
1999–2003: Postdoc in Mainz and Trier
2003–2009: Junior Professor of Molecular Biogeography (W1) in Trier
2009–2014: University Professor of Molecular Biogeography (W2) in Trier
2014–2021: Director Senckenberg German Entomological Institute Müncheberg and University Professor of Entomology (W3) in Halle (Saale)
2021 onwards: Director Senckenberg German Entomological Institute Müncheberg and University Professor of Entomology and Biogeography (W3) in Potsdam
ISI peer-reviewed Articles (190)
Heinken, T., Blumröder, J.S., Adhikari, Y., Balthasar, C., Binder, A., Birkhofer, K., Bischoff, A., Brosinsky, A., Bubner, B., Clerc, D., Djoudi, E.A., Dobkowitz, S., Francke, T., Gerwin, W., Hartong, H., Hess, C., Jarling, R., Jouy, F., Leinen, L., Meißner, A., Raab, T., Repmann, F., Rönnefarth, S., Schaaf, W., Schirrmacher, M., Schmehl, M.-T., Schmitt, T., Schröder, J., Schüle, M., Sturm, K., Welle, T. & Ibisch, P.L. (2024) PYROPHOB – A post-fire ecosystem research project to inform management for resilient forest development. — Tuexenia: in press. DOI: 10.14471/2024.44.004
Habel, J.C., Gibru, A., Mulwa, M., Deffersha, H.A., Addisu, S., Teucher, M., Schmitt, T. & Ulrich, U. (2024) Unique bird diversity in an Ethiopian church forest. — Biodiversity and Conservation: online early. DOI: 0.1007/s10531-024-02842-9
Kühn, E., Harpke, A., Schmitt, T., Settele, J. & Kühn, I. (2024) Counting butterflies – Are old-fashioned ways of data collection obsolete? — Journal of Insect Conservation28: 577–588.
Augustijnen, H., Patsiou, T., Schmitt, T. & Lucek K. (2024) Living on the edge – genomic and ecological delineation of cryptic lineages in the high-elevation specialist Erebia nivalis. — Insect Conservation and Diversity17: 526–542.
Habel, J.C., Mulwa, M., Wagner, L., Schmitt, T., Teucher, M. & Ulrich, W. (2024) Diverging responses to natural and anthropogenic habitats in Aftrotropical birds and butterflies. — Biodiversity and Conservation33: 971–985.
Mirzaee, Z., Battiston, R., Ballarin, F., Sadeghi, S., Simões, M., Wiemers, M. & Schmitt, T. (2024) The six dwarfs of the Middle East: revision of the enigmatic praying mantis genus Holaptilon (Mantodea: Gonypetidae: Gonypetinae) with the description of four new species under integrative taxonomy. — Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny82: 89–117.
Wolf, M., Greve, C., Schell, T., Janke, A., Schmitt, T., Pauls, S.U., Aspöck, H. & Aspöck, U. (2024) The de novo genome of the Black-necked Snakefly (Venustoraphidia nigricollis Albarda, 1891): A resource to study the evolution of living fossils. — Journal of Heredity115: 112–119.
Habel, J.C., Milidakis M.A., Lindorfer, S., Teucher, M., Schmitt, T. & Eberle, J. (2024) Habitat specialisation and resource availability determine dispersal behaviour in four afro-tropical butterflies. — Ecological Entomology49: 153–165.
Sing, A.-K., Guderjan, L., Lempke, K., Wiemers, M., Schmitt, T. & Wendt, M. (2024) Different ecological demands shape differences in population structure and behaviour among the two generations of the small pearl-bordered fritillary. PeerJ – Life and Environment12: e16965.
Mirzaee, Z., Simões, M., Battiston, R., Sadeghi, S., Wiemers, M. & Schmitt, T. (2024) Biology, ecology and biogeography of eremic praying mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Insecta: Mantodea). — PeerJ – Life and Environment12: e16814.
Ulrich, W., Habel, J.C. Gros, P. & Schmitt, T. (2024) Recent increasing homogenisation in Austrian butterfly communities over the past decades. — Oikos2024: e10179.
Böhm, L., Krahner, A., Porten, M., Maixner, M., Schäffer, J. & Schmitt, T. (2024) Crossing old concepts: The ecological advantages of new vineyard types. — Diversity16: 44.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Gros, P. & Ulrich, W. (2024) Active around the year: Butterflies and moths adapt their life cycles to a warmer world. — Global Change Biology30: e17103.
Junker, M., Rákosy, L. & Schmitt, T. (2023) Moderate mobility and high density in a small area: The population ecology of the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in Transylvania (Romania). — Biologia Futura74: 457–465.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Ulrich, W., Gros, P., Salcher, B & Teucher, M. (2023) Landscape homogenisation and simplified butterfly community structure go on par across Northern Austria. — Landscape Ecology38: 3237–3248.
Guderjan, L., Habel, J.C., Schröder, B. & Schmitt, T. (2023) Land-use pattern and landscape structure impact butterfly diversity and abundance in organic agroecosystems. — Landscape Ecology38: 2749–2762.
Vitali, F., Habel, J.C., Ulrich, W. & Schmitt, T. (2023) Global change drives phenological and spatial shifts in Central European longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) during the past 150 years. — Oecologia202: 577–587.
Mirzaee, Z., Sadeghi, S., Ballarin, F., Schmitt, T., Simões, M. & Wiemers, M. (2023) Life history and biogeography of the enigmatic mantid Nilomantis floweri (Mantodea: Nanomantidae). — Zookeys1173: 275–295.
Ulrich, W., Schmitt, T., Gros, P., Trusch, R., Habel, J.C. (2023) Synchronous long-term trends in abundance and compositional variability of butterflies in Central Europe. — Ecosphere14: e4615.
Köhler, A. & Schmitt, T. (2023) Northern richness, southern dead end—Origin and dispersal events of Pseudolycoriella (Sciaridae, Diptera) between New Zealand’s main islands. — Insects14: 548.
Habel, J.C., Ulrich, W., Gros, P., Teucher, M., Schmitt, T. (2023) Butterfly species respond differently to climate warming and land use change in the northern Alps. — Science of the Total Environment890: 164268.
Simões, M., Nuñez-Penichet, C., Warren, D., Schmitt, T. & Krull, M. (2023) Regional anthropogenic disturbance and species-specific niche traits influence the invasiveness of European beetle species. — Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution11: 450.
Habel, J.C., Eberle, J., Charo, J., Maghenda, M. & Schmitt, T. (2023) Population ecology and behaviour of two Afrotropical forest butterflies. — Journal of Insect Conservation27: 271–281.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Gros, P. & Ulrich, W. (2022) Breakpoints in butterfly decline in Central Europe over the last century. — Science of the Total Environment851: 158315.
de Queiroz, L.J., Doenz, C., Altermatt, F., Alther, R., Borko, Š., Brodersen, J., Gossner, M., Graham, C., Matthews, B., McFadden, I.R., Pellissier, L., Schmitt, T., Selz, O.M., Villalba, S., Rüber, L., Zimmermann, N. & Seehausen, O. (2022) Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alps. — Proceedings of the Royal Society B289: 20221020.
Kühn, E., Becker, M., Harpke, A., Kühn, I., Kuhlicke, C., Schmitt, T., Settele, J. & Musche, M. (2022) The benefits of counting butterflies: recommendations for a successful citizen science project. — Ecology and Society27: 38.
Wendt, M., Kulanek, D., Varga, Z., Rákosy, L. & Schmitt, T. (2022) Pronounced mito-nuclear discordance and various Wolbachia infections in the water ringlet Erebia pronoe have resulted in a complex phylogeographic structure. Scientific Reports12: 5175.
Habel, J.C., Ulrich, W., Eberle, J. & Schmitt, T. (2022) Species community structures of Afrotropical butterflies differ depending on the monitoring method. — Biodiversity and Conservation31: 245-259.
Wendt, M., Senftleben, N, Gros, P. & Schmitt. T. (2021) Coping with environmental extremes: population ecology and behavioural adaptation of Erebia pronoe, an alpine butterfly species. — Insects12: 896. cover paper
Schmitt, T., Ulrich, W., Delic, A., Teucher, M. & Habel, J.C. (2021) Seasonality and landscape characteristics impact species community structure and temporal dynamics of East African butterflies. — Scientific Reports11: 15103.
Junker, M., Konvicka, M., Zimmermann, K. & Schmitt, T. (2021) Gene-flow within a butterfly metapopulation: the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in western Bohemia (Czech Republic). — Journal of Insect Conservation25: 585–596.
Rödder, D., Schmitt, T., Gros, P., Ulrich, W. & Habel, J.C. (2021) Climate change drives mountain butterflies towards the summits. — Scientific Reports11: 14382.
Schmitt, T., Fritz, U., Delfino, M., Ulrich, W. & Habel, J.C. (2021) Biogeography of Italy revisited: genetic lineages confirm major phylogeographic patterns and a pre-Pleistocene origin of its biota. — Frontiers in Zoology 18: 34.
Habel, J.C., Gossner, M. & Schmitt, T. (2021) Just beautiful?! What determines butterfly species for nature conservation. — Biodiversity and Conservation30: 2481–2493.
Habel, J.C., Teucher, M., Gros, P., Schmitt, T. & Ulrich, W. (2021) Land use and climate change affects butterfly diversity across northern Austria. — Landscape Ecology36: 1741–1754.
Wakil, W., Schmitt, T. & Kavallieratos, N.G. (2021) Persistence and efficacy of enhanced diatomaceous earth, imidacloprid and Beauveria bassiana against three coleopteran and one psocid stored-grain insects. — Environmental Science and Pollution Research28: 23459–23472.
Trense, D., Habel, J.C., Kramp, K., Schmitt, T. & Fischer, K. (2021) Does specialisation affect genetic diversity in (pre-)Alpine populations of four species of Copper butterflies? — Journal of Insect Conservation25: 321–338.
Štefánik, M., Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T. & Eberle, J. (2021) Geographic disjunction and environmental conditions drive intraspecific differentiations in the chalk-hill blue butterfly. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society133: 202–215.
Klesser, R., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Sousa, P., Moussi, A. & Habel, J.C. (2021) Molecular biogeography of the Mediterranean Buthus species complex (Scorpiones: Buthidae) at its southern Palearctic margin. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society133: 166–178.
Krahner, A., Schmidt, J., Maixner, M., Porten, M. & Schmitt, T. (2021) Evaluation of four different methods for assessing bee diversity as ecological indicators of agro-ecosystems. — Ecological Indicators125: 107573.
Sucháčková Bartoňová, A., Konvička, M., Marešová, J., Wiemers, M., Ignatev, N., Wahlberg, N., Schmitt, T. & Fric, Z.F. (2021) Wolbachia affects mitochondrial population structure in two systems of closely related Palaearctic blue butterflies. — Scientific Reports 11: 3019.
Ehl, S., Ehl, S., Kramp, K. & Schmitt, T. (2021) Interglacials are driving speciation and intraspecific differentiation in the cold-adapted butterfly species group Boloria pales / napaea (Nymphalidae). — Journal of Biogeography48: 134–146.
Wendt, M., Husemann, M., Kramp, K. & Schmitt. T. (2021) Reconstruction of forest dynamics in the Western Palaearctic based on phylogeographic analysis of the ringlet butterfly Erebia aethiops. — Scientific Reports11: 201.
Wakil, W., Schmitt, T. & Kavallieratos, N.G. (2021) Performance of diatomaceous earth and imidacloprid as wheat, rice and maize protectants against four stored-grain insect pests. — Journal of Stored Products Research91: 101759.
Wakil, W., Schmitt, T. & Kavallieratos, N.G. (2021) Mortality and progeny production of four stored-product insect species on three grain commodities treated with Beauveria bassiana and diatomaceous earths. — Journal of Stored Products Research90: 101738.
Cassel-Lundhagen, A., Schmitt, T., Wahlberg, N., Sarvašová, L., Konvička, M., Ryrholm, N. & Kaňuch, P. (2020) Wing morphology of the butterfly Coenonympha arcania in Europe: Traces of both historical isolation in glacial refugia and current adaptation. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research58: 929–943.
Minter, M., Dasmahapatra, K.K., Thomas, C.D., Morecroft, M.D., Tonhasca, A., Schmitt, T., Siozios, S. & Hill, J.K (2020) Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold‐adapted mountain butterfly. — Ecology and Evolution10: 11155–11168.
Habel, J.C., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T. & Ulrich, W. (2020) Island-mainland lepidopteran assemblies: A blue-print for species conservation in fragmented habitats. — Biodiversity and Conservation29: 3313–3325.
Schmitt, T., Ulrich, W., Büschel, H., Bretzel, J., Gebler, J., Mwadime, L. & Habel, J.C. (2020) The relevance of cloud forest fragments and their transition zones for butterfly conservation in Taita Hills, Kenya. — Biodiversity and Conservation29: 3191–3207.
Habel, J.C., Gossner, M.M. & Schmitt, T. (2020) What makes a species a priority for nature conservation? — Animal Conservation23: 28–35.
Habel, J.C., Ulrich, U. & Schmitt, T. (2020) Butterflies in corridors: quality matters for specialists. — Insect Conservation and Diversity13: 91–98.
Habel, J.C., Trusch, R., Schmitt, T., Ochse, M. & Ulrich, W. (2019) Long-term large-scale decline in relative abundances of butterfly and burnet moth species across south-western Germany. — Scientific Reports9: 14921.
Habel, J.C., Samways, M. & Schmitt, T. (2019) Mitigating the precipitous decline of terrestrial European insects: Requirements for a new strategy. — Biodiversity and Conservation28: 1343–1360.
Habel, J.C., Ulrich, W., Biburger, N., Seibold, S. & Schmitt, T. (2019) Agricultural intensification drives butterfly decline. — Insect Conservation and Diversity12: 289–295.
Habel, J.C., Segerer, A., Ulrich, W. & Schmitt, T. (2019) Succession matters: Community shifts in moths over three decades increases multifunctionality in intermediate successional stages. — Scientific Reports9: 5586.
Ehl, S., Holzhauer, S.I.J., Ryrholm, N. & Schmitt, T. (2019) Phenology, mobility, and behaviour of the arcto-alpine species Boloria napaea in its arctic habitat. — Scientific Reports9: 3912.
Ehl, S., Böhm, N., Wörner, M., Rákosy, L. & Schmitt, T. (2019) Dispersal and adaptation strategies of the high mountain butterfly Boloria pales in the Romanian Carpathians. — Frontiers in Zoology16: 1.
Bartonova, A., Konvicka, M., Korb, S., Kramp, K., Schmitt, T. & Faltynek Fric, Z. (2018) Range dynamics of Palaearctic steppe species under glacial cycles: the phylogeography of Proterebia afra (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society125: 867–884.
Drag, L., Hauck, D., Rican, O., Schmitt, T., Shovkoon, D.F., Godunko, R.J., Curletti, G. & Cizek, L. (2018) Phylogeography of the endangered saproxylic beetle Rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), corresponds with its main host, the European beech (Fagus sylvatica, Fagaceae). — Journal of Biogeography45: 2631–2644. cover paper
Habel, J.C., Teucher, M., Schmitt, T. & Ulrich, W. (2018) Documenting the chronology of declining ecosystem health along East African rivers. — Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation4: 34–43.
Habel, J.C., Seibold, S., Ulrich, W. & Schmitt, T. (2018) Seasonality overrides differences in butterfly species composition between natural and anthropogenic forest habitats. — Animal Conservation21: 405-413.
Ehl, S., Hostert, K., Korsch, J., Gros, P. & Schmitt, T. (2018) Sexual dimorphism in the alpine butterflies Boloria pales and Boloria napaea: Differences in movement and foraging behaviour (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). — Insect Science25: 1089–1101. cover paper
Kramp, K., Schmitt, T., Lang, P., Jeschke, M., Schäfer, P., Kulanek, D., Zhang, X., Yu, R. & Thomas, F.M. (2018) Clones or no clones: genetic structure of riparian Populus euphratica forests in Central Asia. — Journal of Arid Land 10: 750-766.
López, J.Á.R., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Kramp, K. & Habel, J.C. (2018) Mountain barriers and trans-Saharan connections shape genetic structures of Pimelia darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society124: 547-556.
Hochkirch, A., Beninde, J., Fischer, M., Krahner, A., Lindemann, C., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Wagner, N., Wesch, C., Wirtz, S., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Schmitt, T., Proelss, A. & Veith, M. (2018) License to Kill? – Disease eradication programs may not be in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity. — Conservation Letters11: e12470.
Ehl, S., Dalstein, V., Tull, F., Gros, P. & Schmitt, T. (2018) Specialised or opportunistic – How does the high mountain endemic butterfly Erebia nivalis survive in its extreme habitats? — Insect Science25: 161–171. cover paper
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2018) Vanishing of the common species: Empty habitats and the role of genetic diversity. — Biological Conservation218: 211–216.
Ehl, S., Ebertshäuser, M., Gros, P. & Schmitt, T. (2017) Population demography of alpine butterflies: Boloria pales and Boloria napaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and their specific adaptations to high mountain environments. — Acta Oecologica85: 53–61.
Vitali, F. & Schmitt, T. (2017) Ecological patterns strongly impact the biogeography of western Palaearctic longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycoidea). — Organisms, Diversity & Evolution17: 163–180.
Habel, J.C., Vila, R., Voda, R., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T. & Dapporto, L. (2017) Differentiation in the marbled white butterfly species complex driven by multiple evolutionary forces. — Journal of Biogeography44: 433–445.
Kühne, G., Kosuch, J., Hochkirch, A. & Schmitt, T. (2017) Extra-Mediterranean glacial refugia in a Mediterranean faunal element: the phylogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). — Scientific Reports7: 43533.
Habel, J.C., Lens, L., Eggermont, H., Githiru, M., Mulwa, R.K., Suleiman Shauri, H., Lewinsohn, T.M., Weisser, W.W. & Schmitt, T. (2017) More topics from the tropics: additional thoughts to Mammides et al. — Biodiversity and Conservation26: 237–241.
Kramp, K., Cizek, O., Madeira, P.M., Ramos, A.A., Konvicka, M., Castilho, R. & Schmitt, T. (2016) Genetic implications of the phylogeographical patterns in the conservation of the boreal wetland butterfly Colias palaeno (Pieridae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society119: 1068–1081.
Habel, J.C., Augenstein, B., Schmitt, T. & Ulrich, W. (2016) Managing towards extinction: diverging developments of plant and ground beetle assemblages following restoration of calcareous grasslands. — Basic and Applied Ecology17: 668–677.
Schmitt, T., Louy, D., Zimmermann, E. & Habel, J.C. (2016) Species radiation in the Alps: Multiple range shifts caused diversification in Ringlet butterflies in the European high mountains. — Organisms, Diversity & Evolution16: 791–808.
Habel, J.C., Segerer, A., Ulrich, W., Torchyk, O., Weisser, W.W. & Schmitt, T. (2016) Butterfly community shifts over two centuries. — Conservation Biology30: 754–762.
Habel, J.C., Hillen, J., Schmitt, T. & Fischer, C. (2016) Restricted movements and high site fidelity in three East African cloud-forest birds. — Journal of Tropical Ecology32: 83–87.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. — Nota lepidopterologica38: 107-126.
Wakil, W. & Schmitt, T. (2015): Field trials on the efficacy of Beauveria bassiana, diatomaceous earth and Imidacloprid for the protection of wheat grains from four major stored grain insect pests. — Journal of Stored Products Research64: 160-167.
Junker, M., Zimmermann, M., Ramos, A.A., Gros, P., Konvička, M., Nève, G., Rákosy, L., Tammaru, T., Castilho, R. & Schmitt, T. (2015) Three in one – multiple faunal elements within an endangered European butterfly species. — PLoS One10: e0142282.
Lechner, R., Kühn, R., Melzer, A., Schmitt, T. & Habel, J.C. (2015) Ecological separation versus geographic isolation: population genetics of the Water-lily leaf beetle Galerucella nymphaeae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society116: 423-431.
Filz, K.J. & Schmitt, T. (2015) Niche overlap and host specificity in parasitic Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) as a measure for potential extinction risks under climate change. — Organisms, Diversity and Evolution15: 555-565.
Habel, J.C., Zachos, F.E., Dapporto, L., Rödder, D., Radespiel, U., Tellier, A. & Schmitt, T. (2015) Population genetics revisited – towards a multidisciplinary research field. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society115: 1-12.
Besold, J. & Schmitt, T. (2015) More northern than ever thought: Refugia of the Woodland Ringlet butterfly Erebia medusa (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in Northern Central Europe. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research53: 67-75.
Weyer, J., Jorgensen, D, Schmitt, T., Maxwell, T.J & Anderson, C.D. (2014) Lack of detectable genetic differentiation between den populations of the Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) in a fragmented landscape. — Canadian Journal of Zoology92: 837-846.
Ashoff, M. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Are different allozyme genotypes of the butterfly Polyommatus coridon adapted to resist cold and heat shocks? — Annales Zoologici Fennici51: 413-422.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Towards more evidence-based nature conservation: Additional thoughts to Müller & Opgenoorth. The science-practitioners gap in nature conservation. — Basic and Applied Ecology15: 379-384.
Schmitt, T., Habel, J.C., Rödder, D. & Louy, D. (2014) Effects of recent and past climatic shifts on the genetic structure of the high mountain Yellow-spotted ringlet butterfly Erebia manto (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae): a conservation problem. — Global Change Biology20: 2045-2061.
Pennekamp, F., Pereira, P. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Habitat requirements and dispersal ability of the Spanish Fritillary (Euphydryas desfontainii) in southern Portugal: evidence-based conservation suggestions for an endangered taxon. — Journal of Insect Conservation18: 497-508.
Konvicka, M., Mihali, C.V., Rakosy, L., Benes, J., Schmitt, T. (2014) Survival of cold-adapted species in isolated mountains: the population genetics of the Sudeten ringlet, Erebia sudetica sudetica, in the Jeseník Mts., Czech Republic. — Journal of Insect Conservation18: 153-161.
Louy, D., Habel, J.C., Abadjev, S., Rakosy, L., Varga, Z., Rödder, D. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Molecules and models indicate diverging evolutionary effects from parallel altitudinal range shifts in two mountain Ringlet butterflies. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society112: 569-583.
Heiser, M., Dapporto, L. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Coupling impoverishment analyses and partitioning of beta diversity allows a comprehensive description of Odonata biogeography in the Western Mediterranean. — Organisms, Diversity and Evolution14: 203-214.
Louy, D., Habel, J.C., Ulrich, W. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Out of the Alps: The biogeography of a disjunctly distributed mountain butterfly, the Almond eyed ringlet Erebia alberganus (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae). — Journal of Heredity105: 28-38.
Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F.E., Ulrich, W. & Habel, J.C. (2014) Palaearctic biogeography revisited: Evidence for the existence of a North African refugium for western Palaearctic biota. — Journal of Biogeography41: 81-94.
Hochkirch, A., Schmitt, T., Beninde, J., Hiery, M., Kinitz, T., Kirschey, J., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Stoefen, A., Wagner, N., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Proelss, A. (2013) How much biodiversity does Natura 2000 cover? — Conservation Letters6: 470-471.
Hochkirch, A., Schmitt, T., Beninde, J., Hiery, M., Kinitz, T., Kirschey, J., Matenaar, D., Rohde, K., Stoefen, A., Wagner, N., Zink, A., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Proelss, A. (2013) Europe needs a new vision for a Natura 2020 network. — Conservation Letters6: 462-467.
Weyer, J. & Schmitt, T. (2013) Knowing the way home: strong philopatry of a highly mobile insect species, Brenthis ino. — Journal of Insect Conservation17: 1197-1208.
Heiser, M. & Schmitt, T. (2013) Tracking the boundary between the Palaearctic and the Oriental region: New insights from dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). — Journal of Biogeography40: 2047-2058.
Habel, J.C., Rödder, D. Lens, L. & Schmitt, T. (2013) The genetic signature of ecologically different grassland lepidopterans. — Biodiversity and Converation22: 2401-2411.
Filz, K.J., Engler, J.O., Stoffels, J., Weitzel, M., Schmitt, T. (2013) Missing the target? A critical view on butterfly conservation efforts on calcareous grasslands in south-western Germany. — Biodiversity and Conservation22: 2223-2241.
Louy, D., Habel, J.C., Abadjiev, S. & Schmitt, T. (2013) Genetic legacy from past panmixia: High genetic variability and low differentiation in disjunct populations of the Eastern Large Heath butterfly. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society110: 281-290.
Filz, K.J., Wiemers, M., Herrig, A., Weitzel, M. & Schmitt, T. (2013) A question of adaptability – Climate and habitat change lower trait diversity in butterfly communities in south-western Germany. — European Journal of Entomology110: 633-642.
Filz, K.J., Schmitt, T. & Engler, J.O. (2013) How fine is fine-scale? Questioning the use of fine-scale bioclimatic data in species distribution models used for forecasting abundance patterns in butterflies. — European Journal of Entomology110: 311-317.
Dieker, P., Drees, C., Schmitt, T., Assmann, T. (2013) Low genetic diversity of a high mountain burnet moth species in the Pyrenees. — Conservation Genetics14: 231-236.
Habel, J.C., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Dapporto, L., Rödder, D. & Vandewoestijne, S. (2013) A forest butterfly in Sahara desert oases: isolation does not matter. — Journal of Heredity104: 234-247.
Pennekamp, F., Monteiro, E. & Schmitt, T. (2013) The larval ecology of the butterfly Euphydryas desfontainii (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in SW-Portugal: food plant quantity and quality as main predictors of habitat quality. — Journal of Insect Conservation17: 195-206.
Rákosy, L., Heiser, M., Manci, C.-O. & Schmitt, T. (2013) Strong divergences in regional distributions in Romania: recent ecological constraints in dragonflies (Odonata) versus ancient biogeographical patterns in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). — Insect Conservation and Diversity6: 145-154.
De Keyser, R., Shreeve, T.G., Breuker, C.J., Hails, R.S. & Schmitt, T. (2012) Polyommatus icarus butterflies in the British Isles: evidence for a bottleneck. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society107: 123-136.
Schmitt, T. & Varga, Z. (2012) Extra-Mediterranean refugia: The rule and not the exception? — Frontiers in Zoology9: 22.
Molecular Ecology Resource Primer Development Consortium, Abelló, P., Weiming, A.I., Altmann, C., Bernardi, G., Bonato, O., Burchhardt, K.M., Chen, X., Chen, Z., Cizkova, D., Clouet, C., Cubeta, M.A., Garcia-Merchan, V.H., Gauthier, N., Gibson, S., Halacka, K., Hamdi, F., Hankeln, T., Hochkirch, A., Hrbek, T., Jackson, A.M., Lin, C., Lin, S.-M., Macpherson, E., Macrander, J., Maresova, E., Mendel, J., Nowak, M., Orti, G., Palero, F., Papousek, I., Pascual, M., Schmitt, T., Semmens, B.X., Streito, J.-C., Tian, E.-W., Tseng, S.-P., Veith, M., Svetesnik, L., Wang, H.-Y., Weyer, J., Willis, S., Yu, H. & Zhou, Z. (2012) Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2012 – 31 May 2012. — Molecular Ecology Resources12: 972-974.
Habel, J.C., Engler, J.O., Rödder, D. & Schmitt, T. (2012) Contrasting genetic and morphologic responses on recent population decline in two burnet moths (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae). — Conservation Genetics13: 1293-1304.
Habel, J.C., Engler, J.O., Rödder, D. & Schmitt, T. (2012) Landscape genetics of a recent population extirpation in a burnet moth species. — Conservation Genetics13: 247-255.
Alvarez, N., Manel, S., Schmitt, T. & the IntraBioDiv Consortium (2012) Contrasting diffusion of Quaternary gene pools across Europe: The case of the arctic–alpine Gentiana nivalis L. (Gentianaceae). — Flora207: 408-413.
Huck, S., Büdel, B., Schmitt, T. (2012) Ice-age isolation, postglacial hybridization and recent population bottlenecks shape the genetic structure of Meum athamanticum in Central Europe. — Flora207: 399-407.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2012) The burden of genetic diversity. — Biological Conservation147: 270-274.
Schmitt, T. & Zimmermann, M. (2012) To hybridize or not to hybridize: what separates two genetic lineages of the Chalk-hill Blue Polyommatus coridon (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) along their secondary contact zone throughout eastern Central Europe? — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research50: 106-115.
Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Stathi, I. & Habel, J.C. (2012) Evolution and radiation in the scorpion Buthus elmoutaouakili Lourenço & Qi, 2006 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) at the foothills of the Atlas Mountains (North Africa). — Journal of Heredity103: 221-229.
Habel, J.C., Husemann, M., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F.E., Honnen, A.-C., Petersen, B., Parmakelis, A. & Stathi, I. (2012) Microallopatry caused strong diversification in Buthus scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Atlas Mountains (NW Africa). — PLoS ONE7: e29403.
Habel, J.C., Husemann, M., Rödder, D. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Biogeographical dynamics of the Spanish Marbled White Melanargia ines (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) in the western Mediterranean: does the Atlanto-Mediterranean refuge exist? — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society104: 828-837.
Bernard, R., Heiser, M., Hochkirch, A. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Genetic homogeneity of the Sedgling Nehalennia speciosa (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) indicates a single Würm glacial refugium and trans-Palaearctic postglacial expansion. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research49: 292-297.
Wagner, N., Pellet, J., Lötters, S., Schmidt, B.R. & Schmitt, T. (2011) The superpopulation approach for estimating the population size of ‘prolonged’ breeding amphibians: Examples from Europe. — Amphibia-Reptilia32: 323-332.
Habel, J.C., Lens, L., Rödder, D. & Schmitt, T. (2011) From Africa to Europe and back: refugia and range shifts cause high genetic differentiation in the Marbled White butterfly Melanargia galathea. — BMC Evolutionary Biology11: 215.
Dapporto, L., Habel, J.C., Dennis, R.L.H. & Schmitt, T. (2011) The biogeography of the western Mediterranean: elucidating contradictory distribution patterns of differentiation in Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society103: 571-577.
Dapporto, L., Schmitt, T., Vila, R., Scalercio, S., Biermann, H., Dinca, V., Gayubo, S.F., González, J.A., Lo Cascio, P., Dennis, R.L.H. (2011) Phylogenetic island disequilibrium: evidence for ongoing long-term population dynamics in two Mediterranean butterflies. — Journal of Biogeography38: 854-867.
Rákosy, L. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Are butterflies and moths suitable ecological indicator systems for restoration measures of semi-natural calcareous grassland habitats? — Ecological Indicators11: 1040-1045.
Vila, M., Marí-Mena, N., Guerrero, A. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Some butterflies do not care much about topography: a single genetic lineage of Erebia euryale (Nymphalidae) along the northern Iberian mountains. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research49: 119-132.
Sinama, M., Dubut, V., Costedoat, C., Gilles, A., Junker, M., Malausa, T., Martin, J.-F., Nève, G., Pech, N., Schmitt, T., Zimmermann, M. & Meglécz, E. (2011) Challenge of microsatellite development in Lepidoptera: Euphydryas aurinia (Nymphalidae) as a case study. — European Journal of Entomology108: 261-266.
Habel, J.C., Finger, A., Schmitt, T. & Nève, G. (2011) Survival of the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle in a fragmented environment: Genetic analyses over 15 years. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research49: 25-31.
Habel, J.C., Rödder, D., Schmitt, T. & Nève, G. (2011) Global warming will affect genetic diversity and uniqueness of Lycaena helle populations. — Global Change Biology17: 194-205.
Junker, M., Wagner, S., Gros, P. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Changing demography and dispersal behaviour: ecological adaptation in an alpine butterfly. — Oecologia164: 971-980.
Habel, J.C., Ivinskis, P. & Schmitt, T. (2010) On the limit of altitudinal range shifts – population genetics of relict butterfly populations. — Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae56: 383-393.
Michl, T., Huck, S., Schmitt, T., Liebrich, A., Haase, P. & Büdel, B. (2010) The molecular population structure of the tall-forb Cicerbitaalpina (Asteraceae) supports the idea of cryptic glacial refugia in central Europe. — Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society164: 142-154.
Habel, J.C., Junker, M. & Schmitt, T. (2010) High dispersal ability and low genetic differentiation in the widespread butterfly species Melanargia galathea. — Journal of Insect Conservation14: 467-478.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Meyer, M., Finger, A., Rödder, D., Assmann, T. & Zachos, F. (2010) Biogeography meets conservation: the genetic structure of the endangered lycaenid butterfly Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society101: 155-168.
Ujvárosi, L., Bálint, M., Schmitt, T., Mészáros, N., Ujvárosi, T. & Popescu, O. (2010) Divergence and speciation in the Carpathians area: patterns of morphological and genetic diversity of the crane fly Pedicia occulta (Diptera:Pediciidae). — Journal of the North American Benthological Society29: 1075-1088.
Kühne, G. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Genotype shifts along one generation of the blue butterfly Polyommatus coridon without changes in allele frequencies. — Annales Zoologici Fennici47: 278-286.
Junker, M. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Demography, dispersal and movement pattern of Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at the Iberian Peninsula: an alarming example in an increasingly fragmented landscape? — Journal of Insect Conservation14: 237-246.
Bernard, R. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Genetic poverty of an extremely specialized wetland species, Nehalennia speciosa: implications for conservation (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). — Bulletin of Entomological Research100: 405-413.
Schmitt, T. & Besold, J. (2010) Upslope movements and large scale expansions: the taxonomy and biogeography of the Coenonympha arcania – C. darwiniana – C. gardetta butterfly species complex. — Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society159: 890-904.
Kadlec, T., Vrba, P., Kepka, P., Schmitt, T. & Konvicka, M. (2010) Tracking the decline of the once-common butterfly: delayed oviposition, demography and population genetics in the hermit Chazara briseis. — Animal Conservation13: 172-183.
Habel, J.C., Rödder, D., Stefano, S., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Strong genetic cohesiveness between Italy and North Africa in four butterfly species. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society99: 818-830.
Hammouti, N., Schmitt, T., Seitz, A., Kosuch, J. & Veith, M. (2010) Combining mitochondrial and nuclear evidences: a refined evolutionary history of Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in Central Europe based on the CO1 gene. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research48: 115-125.
Heiser, M. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Do different dispersal capacities influence the biogeography of the western Palearctic dragonflies (Odonata)? — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society99: 177-195.
Habel, J.C., Zachos, F.E., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Louy, D., Assmann, T. & Schmitt, T. (2009) Unprecedented long-term genetic monomorphism in an endangered relict butterfly species. — Conservation Genetics10: 1659-1665.
Habel, J.C., Dieker, P. & Schmitt, T. (2009) Biogeographical connections between the Maghreb and the Mediterranean peninsulas of southern Europe. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society98: 693-703.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2009) The genetic consequences of different dispersal behaviours in Lycaenid butterfly species. — Bulletin of Entomological Research99: 513-523.
Karl, I., Schmitt, T. & Fischer, K. (2009) Genetic differentiation between alpine and lowland populations of a butterfly is related to PGI enzyme genotype. — Ecography32: 488-496.
Finger, A., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F.E., Meyer, M., Assmann, T. & Habel, J.C. (2009) The genetic status of the violet copper Lycaena helle – a relict of the cold past in times of global warming. — Ecography32: 382-390.
Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (2009) The genetic consequence of differing ecological demands of a generalist and a specialist butterfly species. — Biodiversity and Conservation18: 1895-1908.
Schmitt, T. (2009) Biogeographical and evolutionary importance of the European high mountain systems. — Frontiers in Zoology6: 9.
Kramp, K., Huck, S., Niketić, M., Tomović, G. & Schmitt, T. (2009) Multiple glacial refugia and complex postglacial range shifts of the obligatory woodland plant Polygonatum verticillatum (Convallariaceae). — Plant Biology11: 392-404.
Lermen, D., Blömeke, B., Browne, R., Clarke, A., Dyce, P., Fixemer, T., Fuhr, G., Holt, W.V., Jewgenow, K., Lloyd, R.E., Lötters, S., Paulus, M., McGregor Reid, G., Rapoport, D.H., Rawson, D., Ringleb, J., Ryder, O.A., Spörl, G., Schmitt, T., Veith, M. & Müller, P. (2009) Cryobanking of viable biomaterials: Necessities of new strategies for conservation purposes. — Molecular Ecology18: 1030-1033.
Bálint, M., Barnard, P.C., Schmitt, T., Ujvárosi, L. & Popescu, O. (2008) Differentiation and speciation in mountain streams: a case study in the caddisfly Rhyacophila aquitanica (Trichoptera). — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research46: 340-345.
Besold, J., Schmitt, T., Tammaru, T. & Cassel-Lundhagen, A. (2008) Strong genetic impoverishment from the centre of distribution in southern Europe to peripheral Baltic and isolated Scandinavian populations of the pearly heath butterfly. — Journal of Biogeography35: 2090-2101.
Besold, J., Huck, S. & Schmitt, T. (2008) Allozyme polymorphisms in the small heath Coenonympha pamphilus: recent ecological selection or old biogeographical signal? — Annales Zoologici Fennici45: 217–228.
Habel, J.C., Meyer, M., El Mousadik, A. & Schmitt, T. (2008) Africa goes Europa: The complete phylogeography of the marbled white butterfly species complex Melanargia galathea / lachesis (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). — Organisms, Diversity & Evolution8: 121-129.
Karl, I., Schmitt, T. & Fischer, K. (2008) Phosphoglucose isomerase genotype affects life-history traits and cold stress resistance in a Copper butterfly. — Functional Ecology22: 887-894.
Schmitt, T. & Haubrich, K. (2008) The genetic structure of the mountain forest butterfly Erebia euryale unravels the late Pleistocene and postglacial history of the mountain coniferous forest biome in Europe. — Molecular Ecology17: 2194–2207.
Schmitt, T., Augenstein, B. & Finger, A. (2008) The influence of changes in viticulture management on the butterfly (Lepidoptera) diversity in a wine growing region of southwestern Germany. — European Journal of Entomology105: 249-255.
Habel, J.C., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Schmitt, T. & Assmann, T. (2008) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). — European Journal of Entomology105: 361–362.
Varga, Z.S. & Schmitt, T. (2008) Types of oreal and oreotundral disjunction in the western Palearctic. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society93: 415-430.
Schmitt, T. (2007) Molecular Biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends. — Frontiers in Zoology4: 11. highly accessed
Haubrich, K. & Schmitt, T. (2007) Cryptic differentiation in alpine-endemic, high-altitude butterflies reveals down-slope glacial refugia. — Molecular Ecology16: 3643-3658.
Schmitt, T. & Müller, P. (2007) Limited hybridization along a large contact zone between two genetic lineages of the butterfly Erebia medusa (Satyrinae, Lepidoptera) in Central Europe. — Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research45: 39-46.
Schmitt, T., Rákosy, L., Abadjiev, S. & Müller, P. (2007) Multiple differentiation centres of a non-Mediterranean butterfly species in south-eastern Europe. — Journal of Biogeography34: 939-950.
Louy, D., Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Assmann, T., Meyer, M. & Müller, P. (2007) Strongly diverging population genetic patterns of three skipper species: the role of habitat fragmentation and dispersal ability. — Conservation Genetics8: 671-681.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Assmann, T. (2007) Dynamics in a butterfly–plant–ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon. — Ecological Entomology32: 536-543.
Schmitt, T. & Rákosy, L. (2007) Changes of traditional agrarian landscapes and their conservation implications: a case study of butterflies in Romania. — Diversity and Distributions13: 855-862.
Schmitt, T., Hewitt, G.M. & Müller, P. (2006) Disjunct distributions during glacial and interglacial periods in mountain butterflies: Erebia epiphron as an example. — Journal of Evolutionary Biology19: 108-113.
Wenzel, M., Schmitt, T., Weitzel, M. & Seitz, A. (2006) The severe decline of butterflies on western German calcareous grasslands during the last 30 years: A conservation problem. — Biological Conservation128: 542-552.
Schmitt, T., Habel, J.C., Zimmermann, M. & Müller, P. (2006) Genetic differentiation of the marbled white butterfly, Melanargia galathea, accounts for glacial distribution patterns and postglacial range expansion in southeastern Europe. — Molecular Ecology15: 1889-1901.
Schmitt, T., Habel, J.C., Besold, J., Becker, T., Johnen, L., Knolle, M., Rzepecki, A., Schultze, J. & Zapp, A. (2006) The Chalk-hill Blue Polyommatus coridon (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) in a highly fragmented landscape: How sedentary is a sedentary butterfly? — Journal of Insect Conservation10: 311-316.
Schmitt, T., Cizek, O. & Konvicka, M. (2005) Genetics of a butterfly relocation: large, small and introduced populations of the mountain endemic Erebia epiphron silesiana. — Biological Conservation123: 11-18.
Schmitt, T., Röber, S. & Seitz, A. (2005) Is the last glaciation the only relevant event for the present genetic population structure of the meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)? — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society85: 419-431.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T. & Müller, P. (2005) The fourth paradigm pattern of post-glacial range expansion of European terrestrial species: the phylogeography of the Marbled White butterfly (Satyrinae, Lepidoptera). — Journal of Biogeography32: 1489-1497.
Schmitt, T., Varga, Z. & Seitz, A. (2005) Are Polyommatus hispana and Polyommatus slovacus bivoltine Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)? The discriminatory value of genetics in taxonomy. — Organisms, Diversity & Evolution5: 297-307.
Schmitt, T. & Hewitt, G.M. (2004) The genetic pattern of population threat and loss: a case study of butterflies. — Molecular Ecology13: 21-31.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2004) Low diversity but high differentiation: the population genetics of Aglaope infausta (Zygaenidae: Lepidoptera). — Journal of Biogeography31: 137-144.
Krauss, J., Schmitt, T., Seitz, A., Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T. (2004) Effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of the monophagous butterfly Polyommatus coridon along its northern range margin. — Molecular Ecology 13: 311-320.
Schmitt, T. & Hewitt, G.M. (2004) Molecular biogeography of the arctic-alpine disjunct burnet moth species Zygaena exulans (Zygaenidae, Lepidoptera) in the Pyrenees and Alps. — Journal of Biogeography31: 885-893.
Schmitt, T. & Krauss, J. (2004) Reconstruction of the colonization route from glacial refugium to the northern distribution range of the European butterfly Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). — Diversity and Distributions10: 271-274.
Schmitt, T., Gießl, A. & Seitz, A. (2003) Did Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) have distinct glacial refugia in southern Europe? Evidence from population genetics. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society80: 529-538.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Influence of forest and grassland management on the diversity and conservation of butterflies and burnet moths (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperiidae, Zygaenidae). — Animal Biodiversity and Conservation26.2: 51-67.
Schmitt, T., Gießl, A. & Seitz, A. (2002) Postglacial colonisation of western Central Europe by Polyommatus coridon (Poda 1761) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): evidence from population genetics. — Heredity88: 26-34.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2002) Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): implications for conservation. — Biological Conservation107: 291-297.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2002) Postglacial distribution area expansion of Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from its Ponto-Mediterranean glacial refugium. — Heredity89: 20-26.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2001) Intraspecific allozymatic differentiation reveals the glacial refugia and the postglacial expansions of European Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society74: 429-458.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2001) Allozyme variation in Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): identification of ice-age refugia and reconstruction of post-glacial expansion. — Journal of Biogeography28: 1129-1136.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2001) Intraspecific structuring of Polyommatus coridon (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica24: 53-63.
Schmitt, T., Varga, Z. & Seitz, A. (2000) Forests as dispersal barriers for Erebia medusa (Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera). — Basic and Applied Ecology1: 53-59.
Other peer-reviewed Articles (22)
Krahner, A., Maixner, M., Porten, M. & Schmitt, T. (2024) Annually mulched wild flower strips increased the observed wild bee (Apiformes) species richness and abundance in vineyard fallows in the short term. — Frontiers in Bee Science2: 1391789.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2022) Die Bedeutung genetischer Diversität für den Schutz von Tagfaltern. — Natur und Landschaft97: 561–567.
Lüth, E., Stein-Bachinger, K., Glemnitz, M., Schmitt, T., Werner, D. & Wiemers, M. (2022) Maßnahmenkatalog für den Insektenschutz in Brandenburg – Kriterien für die Bewertung von Einzelmaßnahmen. — Natur und Landschaft97: 273–281.
Schmitt, T. & Ehl, S. (2020) Some like it cold: Wie Perlmutterfalter der Gattung Boloria in ihren extremen Gebirgslebensräumen überleben. — Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 22: 31–38.
Schmitt, T., Bartonova, A., Konvicka, M., Korb, S., Kramp, K. & Fric, Z.F. (2020) Was ein Schmetterling über die Dynamik der Steppen des westlichen Eurasiens erzählt: Die Phylogeographie von Proterebia afra (Fabricius, 1787) (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) — Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 22.: 147–152.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Insektenvielfalt und ihre Funktion in Ökosystemen. — Natur und Landschaft94: 222–229.
Krahner, A., Dathe, H.H. & Schmitt, T. (2018) Wildbienen (Hymenoptera, Aculeata: Apiformes) des Mittleren Moseltals: Die Weinbausteillagen im Klotten-Treiser Moseltal. — Contributions to Entomology68: 107-131.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Biogeographie – einmal um die Welt. — Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 20: 87-100.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Flügelgeschichten – Was Schmetterlingsflügel über die Evolution und den Zustand von Populationen erzählen. — Entomologie heute26: 123-137.
Heiser, M. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Bekannte Zentren und neue Grenzen: Die Biogeographie der Libellen Eurasiens. — Entomologie heute26: 87-109.
Schmitt, T. (2014) Zweck von Naturschutzgebieten. — Entomologie heute26: 169-170.
Beierkuhnlein, C., Jentsch, A., Hahn, I. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Natürliche Laboratorien der Biogeographie – Inseln: Ursprung der Vielfalt. — Biologie in unserer Zeit41: 384-394.
Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Der biologische Wert peripherer Populationen am Beispiel der Tagfalterarten Lycaena helle und Parnassius apollo. — Entomologie heute23: 93-102.
Schmitt, T. (2011) Schmetterlinge – wer kommt, wer geht? Einwanderungsrouten nach Mitteleuropa. — Biologie in unserer Zeit41: 324-332.
Schmitt, T. (2009) Mediterran, kontinental und arkto-alpin: Die drei biogeographischen Grundmuster Europas und des Mittelmeerraumes am Beispiel von Schmetterlingen. — Entomologie heute21: 3-19.
Schmitt, T. (2009) Gene als Berichterstatter der Evolution: Die molekulare Biogeografie der europäischen Schmetterlinge. — Praxis der Naturwissenschaften – Biologie in der Schule58/3: 30-34.
Veith, M. & Schmitt, T. (2008) Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Naturschutzgenetik. — Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie15: 119-138.
Schmitt, T. (2007) Gene berichten über die Vergangenheit: Die molekulare Biogeographie europäischer Tagfalterarten. — Entomologica Romanica12: 31-39.
Schmitt, T. (2006) Die Bedeutung der molekularen Biogeographie im Naturschutz. — Entomologie heute18: 133-141.
Schmitt, T. (2005) Molekulare Biogeographie des Gemeinen Bläulings Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). — Entomologie heute17: 195-204.
Schmitt, T., Lambracht, E., Scheelke, K., Tietze, D.T. & Seitz, A. (2002) Wie viele Tagfalterarten gibt es in einem Habitat? Eine ökologische Fallstudie in Norditalien (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). — Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo23: 1-6.
Schmitt, T. (2000) Anmerkungen zur Biologie von Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1761) im südwestlichen Hunsrück (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 21: 173-176.
Books (3)
Schmitt, T. (2020) Molekulare Biogeographie: Gene in Raum und Zeit. UTB. — Haupt Verlag, Bern, 504 pp.
Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) (2014) Jewels in the mist – A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia, 235 pp.
Schmitt, T. (1999) Phylogeographie europäischer Tagfalter basierend auf populationsgenetischen Analysen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Polyommatus coridon und Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) sowie Erebia medusa und Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae). — Dissertation, Universität Mainz, 200 pp.
Congress Volumes (1)
Schmitt, T., Blank, S.M., Köhler, A., Kramp, K. & Weyer, J. (eds.) (2015) Entomology congress 02.–05.03.2015 Frankfurt/Main. Program and Abstracts. Frankfurt am Main, 120 pp.
Book Chapters (mostly peer-reviewed*) (28)
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2022) Sammlungsdaten zur Analyse des Insektensterbens. — In: Husemann, M., Thaut, L., Leopold, F., Hartung, V., Lohrmann, V., Barilaro, C., Michalik, P. & Iglhaut, S. (eds.) Facettenreiche Insekten – Vielfalt, Gefährdung, Schutz. Haupt, Bern: 81–90.
*Schurian, K. & Schmitt, T. (2020) Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) – Silbergrüner Bläuling. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 212–213.
*Schurian, K. & Schmitt, T. (2020) Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) – Hauhechel-Bläuling, Gewöhnlicher Bläuling. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds.) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 222–223.
*Schmitt, T. (2020) Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) – Mähdesüß-Perlmutterfalter. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds.) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 236–237.
*Schmitt, T. (2020) Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758) – Schachbrettfalter. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds.) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 332–333.
*Schmitt, T. (2020) Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Großes Ochsenauge. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds.) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 358–359.
*Schmitt, T. & Caspari, S. (2020) Erebia medusa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) – Rundaugen-Mohrenfalter. — In: Reinhardt, R., Harpke, A., Caspari, S., Dolek, M., Kühn, E., Musche, M., Trusch, R., Wiemers, M. & Settele, J. (eds.) Verbreitungsatlas der Tagfalter und Widderchen Deutschlands. Ulmer, Stuttgart: 374–375.
Türkay, M., Fritz, U., Schmitt, T., Xylander, W., Ernst, R., Kallweit, U., Klass, K.-D., Nuss, M., Päckert, M., Schmidt, C., Reimann, A., Schniebs, K., Stefen, C., Weck-Heimann, A. & Zarske, A. (2018) Frankfurt, Dresden, Görlitz, Müncheberg: Senckenberg: Its zoological collections and their history. — In Beck, L.A. (ed.) Zoological collections of Germany, Natural history collections. Springer, Heidelberg: 317–371.
Schmitt, T. & Habel, J.C. (2017) Ausgeflattert: Warum haben wir ein Schmetterlingssterben? — In: Vössing, A. (ed.) Nationalpark-Jahrbuch Unteres Odertal 2017. Nationalparkstiftung Unteres Odertal, Schloss Criewen: 34–45.
*Schmitt, T. (2017) Molecular biogeography of the high mountain systems of Europe: an overview. — In: Catalan, J., Ninot, J.M. & Aniz, M.M. (eds) High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World. Springer, Heidelberg: 63–74.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Die Insektenfauna. — In: Blahy, B. & Flade, M. (eds.) Grumsin – Weltnaturerbe im Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin. Natur+Text, Rangsdorf: 109–110.
Habel, J.C. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Why protecting relict populations? — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) Jewels in the mist – A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 231-235.
*Habel, J.C., Mattern, S., Meyer, M., Schmitt, T. (2014) Morphologic variability and signals of environmental stress: Wing-shape analyses in the Violet Copper Lycaena helle. — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 141-159.
*Habel, J.C., Finger, A., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Isolated and unique: The conservation value of extant populations of Lycaena helle at the species’ western distribution edge. — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) Jewels in the mist – A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 127-136.
*Habel, J.C., Meyer, M., Schmitt, T., Husemann, M., Varga, Z. (2014) The molecular biogeography of the Violet Copper Lycaena helle. — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) Jewels in the mist – A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 111-124.
*Schmitt, T. & Habel, J.C. (2014) Biogeography: From the analysis of distributions to the distribution of genetic variants. — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 107-109.
Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (2014) Editorial. — In: Habel, J.C., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T. (eds) A synopsis on the highly endangered butterfly species Violet Copper, Lycaena helle. Pensoft, Sofia: 1-2.
Schmitt, T. (2011) Molecular biogeography of terrestrial insects in Europe: case studies in butterflies. — In: Ujvárosi, L. & Marko, B. (eds.) The Carpathians as speciation centres and barriers. From case studies to general patterns. Cluj University Press, Cluj-Napoca: 51-82.
*Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T. & Assmann, T. (2010) Relict species: Some concluding remarks. — In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.) Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Springer, Heidelberg: 441-442.
*Habel, J.C., Assmann, T., Schmitt, T. & Avise, J.C. (2010) Relict species research: Some concluding remarks. — In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.) Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Springer, Heidelberg: 1-5.
*Habel, J.C., Drees, C., Schmitt, T. & Assmann, T. (2010) Refugial areas and postglacial colonizations in the western Palearctic. — In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.) Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Springer, Heidelberg: 189-197.
*Konvicka, M., Benes, J. & Schmitt, T. (2010) Ecological limits vis-à-vis changing climate: relic Erebia butterflies in insular Sudeten mountains. — In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.) Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Springer, Heidelberg: 341-355.
*Schmitt, T., Muster, C. & Schönswetter, P. (2010) Are disjunct alpine and arctic-alpine animal and plant species in the western Palearctic really “relics of a cold past”? — In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.) Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Springer, Heidelberg: 239-252.
Veith, M. & Schmitt, T. (2009) Naturschutzgenetik bei Amphibien: von der Theorie zur Praxis. — In: Hachtel, M., Schüpmann, M., Thiesmeier, K. & Weddeling, K. (eds.) Methoden der Feldherpetologie. — Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, Supplement 15: 153-184.
*Dennis, R.L.H. & Schmitt, T. (2009) Faunal structures, phylogeography and historical inference. — In: Settele, J., Shreeve, T.G., Konvicka, M. & van Dyck, H. (eds.) Ecology of Butterflies in Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 250-280.
Schmitt, T. & Varga, Z. (2009) Biogeography of the butterflies and larger moths of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula. — In: Stloukal, E., Hensel, K., Holec, P., Illyová, M., Jandzík, D., Jedlička, L., Joniak, P., Juráni, B., Kocian, Ľ., Košel, V., Krno, I., Kúdela, M., Miklós, P., Mikulíček, P., Obuch, J., Schmitt, T., Stankoviansky, M., Stloukalová, V., Varga, Z.S., Žiak, D. (eds.) Vývoj prírody Slovenska. Faunima, Bratislava: 143-166.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Análises Genéticas: um método importante para a compreensão e protecção dos Lepidópteros. — In: Maravalhas, E. (ed.) As Borboletas de Portugal. — Apollo Books, Stenstrup: 111-120.
Maravalhas, E., Garcia-Pereira, P. & Schmitt, T. (2003) Guia Monográfico Continente. — In: Maravalhas, E. (ed.) As Borboletas de Portugal. — Apollo Books, Stenstrup: 167-324.
Proceedings (partly peer-reviewed*) (9)
Schmitt, T. (2006) Landschaftsstrukturen und molekulare Biogeographie. — Pp 465-472 in: Kulke, E., Monheim, H., Wittmann, P. (eds.) Grenzwerte. — Tagungsbericht und wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 55. Deutscher Geographentag Trier 2005. Berlin, Leipzig, Trier.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Wie ökologische Nischen regionale Verbreitungsmuster beeinflussen: ein Fallbeispiel an Rhopaloceren und Zygaeniden (Lepidoptera) aus Südportugal. — Verhandlungen des Westdeutschen Entomologentag2001: 167-176.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Biogeography and ecology of southern Portuguese butterflies and burnets (Lepidoptera). — In: Reemer, M., van Helsdingen, P.J. & Kleukers, R.M.J.C. (eds.) Changes in ranges: invertebrates on the move. — Proceedings of the EIS-Symposium, Leiden, 2-5 September 2001: 69-78.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Eiablageverhalten und Raupenfutterpflanzen von Tagfaltern und Widderchen in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland (Lepidoptera). — Verhandlungen des Westdeutschen Entomologentag2002: 93-104.
Schmitt, T. (2002) Stirbt der Rundaugen-Mohrenfalter Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) regional aus? Ökologische und populationsgenetische Hinweise. — In: Gerken, B. & M. Görner (eds.) Planung contra Evolution? Über Evolution und Landschaftsentwicklung in Mitteleuropa. — Natur- und Kulturlandschaft5: 177-184.
Schmitt, T. (2001) Arealgeschichte von Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) im Würm und Postglazial. — Verhandlungen des Westdeutschen Entomologentag2000: 253-265.
Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (2001) Influence of the ice-age on the genetics and intraspecific differentiation of butterflies. — Proceedings of the International Colloquium of the European Invertebrate Survey (EIS), Macevol Priory, Arboussols (66-France), 30 August 1999 – 4 September 1999: 16-26.
Schmitt, T. (2000) Glaziale Refugien und postglaziale Arealausweitung von Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). — Verhandlungen des Westdeutschen Entomologentag 1999: 65-79.
*Schmitt, T. & Seitz, A. (1999) Analyse der genetischen Struktur und des Arealsystems mitteleuropäischer Populationen von Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). — Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie29: 381-387.
Not peer-reviewed Articles (31)
Schmitt, T. & Wiemers, M. (2023) Ökologisch und evolutionsbiologisch ganz besonders: das Landkärtchen (Araschnia levana) ist Insekt des Jahres 2023 für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz. — Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte67: 101–106.
Schmitt, T. (2023) Die biogeographischen Grundmuster der westlichen Paläarktis und die Bedeutung genetischer Analysen für ihr Verständnis. — Festschrift zum Ehrenkolloquium 100 Jahre Entomologische Gesellschaft Magdeburg: 32–43.
Schmitt, T. & Wiemers, M. (2022) Insekt des Jahres 2023 Das Landkärtchen (Araschnia levana) ist das Insekt des Jahres 2023 für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz. —Oedippus40: 52–54.
Gelbrecht, J., Rämisch, F., Reinhardt, R., Richert, A. & Schmitt, T. (2015) Polyommatus coridon (Poda, 1761) – Insekt des Jahres 2015 (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz): Einwanderungsgeschichte, aktuelle Verbreitung und Gefährdung in Brandenburg und Berlin (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). — Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten: in press.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Wer kommt, wer geht: Einwanderungsrouten in die Großregion Saar-Lor-Lux und Rheinland-Pfalz am Beispiel von Schmetterlingen. — Abhandlungen der Delattinia40: 49-56.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Der Silbergrüne Bläuling Polyommatus coridon – Anmerkungen zur Biologie und Biogeographie des Insekts des Jahres 2015 (Lepidoptera). — Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte59: 1-8.
Herrig, A., Schmitt, T., Weitzel, M. & Filz, K.J. (2014) Zusammensetzung und Bestandsentwicklung von Tagfalterzönosen (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) auf Brachflächen im Raum Trier über 40 Jahre. — Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv51: 357-392.
Filz, K.J., Jänicke, D., Schmitt, T., Frede, M. & Weitzel, M. (2013) Untersuchungen zur Bestandsentwicklung der Tagfalterzönosen auf Kalkmagerrasen im Saar-Mosel-Gebiet. — Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv50: 383-397.
Filz, K.J. & Schmitt, T. (2013) Untersuchung der Arealdynamik des Kurzschwänzigen Bläulings (Cupido argiades, Pallas 1771) unter Klimawandelbedingungen mit Artverbreitungsmodellen in Europa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). — Abhandlungen der Delattinia38: 215-228.
Rákosy, L., Schmitt, T. & Varga, Z. (2011) Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Fagaras Mountains (Southern Carpathians). Entomologica romanica16: 19-22.
Schmitt, T. (2005) Zygaena trifolii : observation of an autumn generation in southwestern Portugal (Lepidoptera : Zygaenidae). — Linneana Belgica20: 48-50.
Schmitt, T. (2003) Cynthia virginiensis (Drury, 1773) : new records in central and southern Portugal (Lepidoptera. Nymphalidae). — Linneana Belgica19: 95-98.
Schmitt, T. (2002) The Biology of Erebia medusa ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) in Central Europe (Lepidoptera). — Acta Biologica Debrecina24: 113-129.
Schmitt, T. (2002) Biogeographie und regionale populationsgenetische Strukturierung von Polyommatus coridon (Lycaenidae: Lepoidoptera) im Saarland und in Rheinland-Pfalz. — Abhandlungen der Delattinia28: 117-130.
Schmitt, T. & Stockhusen, N. (2001) Die Tagfalter und Widderchen des Bleichkopfs bei Jugenheim in Rheinhessen (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera, Zygaenidae). — Pflanzen und Tiere in Rheinland-Pfalz (Berichtsjahr 2000)11: 186-190.
Schmitt, T. (2001) Schmetterlinge und nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft – erste Ergebnisse aus dem Oettinger Forst. — GCD-Nachrichten1/2001: 20-25.
Schmitt, T. (2001) Beobachtungen zum Eiablageverhalten und zu Raupenfutterpflanzen von Tagfaltern und Widderchen im südwestlichen Hunsrück im Jahr 2001. — Abhandlungen der Delattinia27: 203-212.
Schmitt, T. (2000) Eine Erebia aethiopella (Hoffmannsegg, 1806) mit drei Fühlern (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). — Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 21: 191-192.
Schmitt, T. (2000) Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) am 13. März 1999 in Südwesthessen (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae). — Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.20: 320.
Schmitt, T. (2000) Beobachtungen zum Eiablageverhalten und zu Raupenfutterpflanzen von Tagfaltern im südwestlichen Hunsrück im Jahr 2000. — Abhandlungen der Delattinia26: 143-148.
Schmitt, T. (1999) Die ökologischen Valenzen der Tagfalter des mittleren Löstertals. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland29: 585-614.
Schmitt, T. (1999) Eiablageverhalten und Raupenfutterpflanzen von Tagfaltern im südwestlichen Hunsrück. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland30: 659-670.
Schmitt, T. (1999) Nachtrag zu den ökologischen Valenzen der Tagfalter des mittleren Löstertals. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland30: 671-680.
Schmitt, T. (1998) Beobachtungen zur Eiablage von Lemonia dumi L. (Lepidoptera, Lemoniidae) im NSG Badstube bei Mimbach. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland 28: 580-582.
Schmitt, T. (1998) Blütenpräferenzen von Tagfaltern im südwestlichen Hunsrück (Lepidoptera). — Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.19: 161-204.
Schmitt, T. & Heidenreich, A. (1998) Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung des Kleinen Perlmutterfalters Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland 1996 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). — Atalanta28: 271-276.
Schmitt, T. (1998) Tagfalterbeobachtungen in rheinland-pfälzischen Naturschutzgebieten. — Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv36: 217-251.
Schmitt, T. (1993) Biotopansprüche von Erebia medusa brigobanna FRUHSTORFER, 1917 (Rundaugen-Mohrenfalter) im Nordsaarland. — Atalanta24: 33-56.
Schmitt, T. (1991) Groß-Schmetterlinge als Bioindikatoren unter besonderer Berück-sichtigung der Lokalfauna des nördlichen Saarlandes. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland. 22: 93-99.
Schmitt, T., Summkeller, R., Werno, A. & Zahm, N. (1991) Neue und wiederentdeckte Arten für die saarländische Lepidopterenfauna. — Faunistisch-floristische Notizen aus dem Saarland 22: 100-115.
Schmitt, T. (1991) Energetischer und ökonomischer Vergleich verschiedener Landwirt-schaftsmethoden. — Geographie und Schule13, Heft 71: 39-44.
Others (36)
Pauls, S., Nuss, M., Schmitt, T., Warzecha, D. & Wiemers, M. (2023) 1 m2 für eine grünere Welt. — Natur • Forschung • Museum153: 64–67.
Schmitt, T. & Wiemers, M. (2022) Das Landkärtchen Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) Die DGaaE fördert das Insekt des Jahres 2023 für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz. DGaaE-Nachrichten36: 13–18.
Habel, J.C., Schmitt, T. & Gros, P. (2021) Pestizidverlierer Tagfalter. — Naturmagazin Berlin – Brandenburg 35/1: 42–44.
Schmitt, T. (2021) Hofmann, Axel F. & Tremewan, W. Gerald: The Natural History of Burnet Moths. Part III. 1 and III.2, Akademischer Verlag München (Proceedings of the Museum Witt, München Vol. 6). DGaaE-Nachrichten35: 25–26.
Schmitt, T. (2021) Besprechung / Review: Hofmann, A. F. & Tremewan, W. G. 2020: “The natural history of burnet moths”, part 3. – Proceedings of the Museum Witt, Munich: 1097 pp.— Contributions to Entomology71: 232.
Schmitt, T. (2021) Besprechung / Review: Beinlich, B.; Biermann, H.; Gereke, B.; Häcker, S.; Kirch, R.; Liebelt, R.; Lohr, M.; Maciej, P. & Siewers, M. 2020: “Tagfalter und Widderchen im Kreis Höxter und Umgebung. Ökologie und Verbreitung”. – Beiträge zur Naturkunde zwischen Egge und Weser, Beiheft 1, Höxter: 317 pp.— Contributions to Entomology71: 226.
Schmitt, T. (2021) Eine biogeografische Schatztruhe. — Natur • Forschung • Museum151: 88–91.
Schmitt, T. (2021) Tradition und Moderne – Ein Institut für Insektenforschung geht mit der Zeit. — Natur • Forschung • Museum151: 34–35.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Besprechung / Review: Brockhaus, T. 2018: Die Eiszeitlibellen der Alten Welt – Pleistozäne Biogeographie paläarktischer Libellen. – Zoologica – Original Contributions to Zoology 163, Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart: 145 S. – ISBN: 978-3-510-55050-0. — Contributions to Entomology69: 78.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Besprechung / Review: Sobczyk, T.; Stöckel, D.; Graf, F.; Jornitz, H.; Karisch, T. & Wauer, S. 2018: Die Schmetterlingsfauna (Lepidoptera) der Oberlausitz. Teil 5: Kleinschmetterlinge (Microleidoptera) 1. Teil. – Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte (Dresden), Beiheft 22, Dresden: 439 S. – ISSN: 0232-5535. — Contributions to Entomology69: 86.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Besprechung / Review: Neu, P.; Malicky, H.; Graf, W. & Schmidt-Kloiber, A. 2018: Distribution Atlas of the European Trichoptera. – Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 84. Teil. – ConchBooks, Harxheim: 891 pp. – ISBN: 978-3-939767-93-0. — Contributions to Entomology69: 187-189.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Geleitwort. — In: Brockhaus, T. Die Eiszeitlibellen der Alten Welt – Pleistozäne Biogeographie paläarktischer Libellen. — Zoologica163: 3.
Schmitt, T. (2019) Das große Insektensterben: Auch häufige Arten verschwinden. — Senckenberg 2018: 14-17.
Schmitt, T. (2018) Schmetterlingsparadiese und warum sie bei uns so selten geworden sind. — Natur • Forschung • Museum147: 172–177.
Schmitt, T. (2018) Mit Schmetterlingen zur Professur. — In: Verband für Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland e.V. – VBIO (ed.) Perspektiven. Berufsbilder von und für Biologen und Biowissenschaftler, 10. Aufl.: 25–27.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Besprechung / Review: Gaedike, R.; Nuss, M.; Steiner, A. & Trusch, R. (Hrsg.) 2017: „Verzeichnis der Schmetterlinge Deutschlands (Lepidoptera)“. – Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, Beiheft 21, Dresden: 362 S. – ISSN 0232-5535. — Contributions to Entomology67: 362.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Besprechung / Review: Hofmann, A. F. & Tremewan, W. G. 2017: The natural history of burnet moths (Zygaena Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae), part 1. – Proceedings of the Museum Witt, Munich, Vilnius: 631 pp. – ISBN 978-3-940732-32-3. — Contributions to Entomology67: 324.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Besprechung / Review: Willner, W. 2017: „Taschenlexikon der Schmetterlinge Europas – Alle Tagfalter im Porträt“. – Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim: 450 S. – ISBN 978-3-494-01633-7. — Contributions to Entomology67: 254.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Besprechung / Review: Kunz, W. 2016: “Species Conservation in managed Habitats. The Myth of a Pristine Nature“. – Wiley-VCH, Weinheim: 273 pp. – ISBN: 978-3-527-33845-0. — Contributions to Entomology67: 116.
Schmitt, T. (2017) Insektensammlungen: Wichtige Archive für den Naturschutz. — Natur • Forschung • Museum147: 142–145.
Habel, J.C., Segerer, A. & Schmitt, T. (2016) „Früher gab es mehr Schmetterlinge“ Langzeitstudie untersucht Entwicklung von Tagfaltern und Widderchen. — Naturmagazin3/2016: 12-16.
Schmitt, T. (2016) Besprechung / Review: Klausnitzer, B.; Klausnitzer, U.; Wachmann, E. & Hromátko, Z. 2016: Die Bockkäfer Mitteleuropas, in zwei Bänden; 3., stark überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Neue Brehm Bücherei, Band 499 – Verlags KG Wolf, Magdeburg: 692 S. — Contributions to Entomology66: 156-157.
Schmitt, T. (2016) Besprechung / Review Keil, T. 2015: Die Widderchen Mittelasiens. – 19. Beiheft der Entomologischen Nachrichten und Berichte: 84 S. — Contributions to Entomology66: 112.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Editorial: Neues Design außen mit altgewohnter Qualität innen. — Abhandlungen der Delattinia40: 5-6.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Besprechung / Review Kudrna, O.; Pennersdorfer, J. & Lux, K. 2015: Distribution Atlas of European Butterflies and Skippers. – Wissenschaftlicher Verlag PEKS, Schwanfeld, Deutschland. – ISBN 978-3-938249-71-0. — Contributions to Entomology65: 326.
Schmitt, T. & Groll, E. (2015) Editorial. — Contributions to Entomology65: 1-2.
Köhler, A. & Schmitt, T. (2015) Die Entomologentagung 2015 in Frankfurt am Main: eine Nachlese. DGaaE-Nachrichten29: 11-14.
Schmitt, T. (2015) Bericht über die Entomologentagung 2015 vom 2. bis 5. März in Frankfurt (Main). — Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte59: 74-76.
Nagel, P. & Schmitt, T. (2011) Nachruf auf Paul Müller 11.10.1940 – 30.05.2010. — Mitteilungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft2011: 46-50.
Schmitt, T. & Schreiber, H. (2010) Nachruf Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Paul Müller (1940-2010). Abhandlungen der Delattinia35/36: 585-591.
Konvička, M., Kuras, T., Beneš, J., Čižek, O. & Schmitt, T. (2008) Endemičtí okáči vysokých Sudet: Vliv změn klimatu a hospodaření na populace vysokohorských motýlů. — Vesmír87: 516-521.
Schmitt, T. (2006) Rettet die bunten Gaukler der bunten Sommerwiesen. — NABUlletin2006.2: 15-17.
Schmitt, T. (2004) Mit Schmetterlingen zum Professor für Molekulare Biogeographie. — Pp. 20-21 in: Verband Deutscher Biologen (ed.) Perspektiven. Berufsbilder von und für Biologen, 4. Aufl.
Schmitt, T. & Stockhusen, N. (2001) Die Tagfalter und Widderchen auf den NABU-Flächen am Bleichkopf. — NABUlletin2001.1: 26-27.
Schmitt, T. (1996) Magerwiesen – Kleinodien im Nordsaarland. — Naturschutz im Saarland96.2: 30-32.
Schmitt, T. (1994) Kein Sommer ohne Schmetterlinge. — In: Vogel- und Pflanzenschutzverein Otzenhausen (Hrsg.) Begleiter durch die heimische Natur: 69-73.
My group works on the evolution of diversity in molluscs and other marine invertebrates. Morphology shapes how each species responds to environmental change, in the modern world and in the fossil record. We often focus on very strange body forms, like bivalved gastropods, or apparently conservative forms, like chitons. We use tomography (right) to visualise animal adaptations in 3D and understand the world from other organisms‘ points of view.
Understanding evolutionary radiations, survivorship, and the way animals respond to environmental change, require high resolution data from multiple disciplines, and the research infrastructure in museum collections. The work in my research group crosses genetics, morphology, anatomy, neurobiology, physiology, computational modelling, and experimental approaches, to understand species diversity.
We welcome interest from prospective PhD, MSc, BSc, or volunteer and internship projects. Topics include
Genomics
Systematics of polyplacophoran molluscs
Red List assessments of deep sea invertebrates
Neural architechture
3D morphology
Collections data and collections care
Taxa described
Identifying and naming species is a fundamental aspect of understanding biodiversity. These are the species and genus names of polyplacophoran molluscs named by Dr Sigwart:
Sigwart JD,C Chen, & EA Thomas* (2019): Chrysomallon squamiferum. — The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T103636217A103636261
Journal articles and book chapters:
127. Vončina, K., Mikkelsen, N.T., Morrow, C., Ang, R. & Sigwart, J.D. (2023): Clarification of the taxonomic status of Acanthochitonadiscrepans (Brown, 1827) with new data for the North-East Atlantic Acanthochitona (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 11: e109554
126. Janssen, R., Neubert, E. & Sigwart, J.D. (2023): Obituary of Hartmut Nordsieck (4 January 1940–24 October 2022). – Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 152 (2): 83–91.
125. Liu, X., Sigwart, J.D., Sun, J. (2023): Phylogenomic analyses shed light on the relationships of chiton superfamilies and shell-eye evolution. — Marine Life Science & Technology. doi.org/10.1007/s42995-023-00207-9
124. Mamat, N.S., Esa, Y., Wong, N.L.W.S., Mohd Nor, S.A., Abdul Kada,r N., Sigwart, J.D., Arshad, A. (2023): The complete mitogenome of Haliotis asinina (Gastropoda, Haliotidae) from Malaysian waters provides further insights into the phylogeny of the abalone. — New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2278731
123. Sigwart, J.D., Pollom, R. & Böhm, M. (http://https//doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.22787312023): The IUCN Species Survival Commission launches a new Red List Authority to assess marine invertebrates. — Oryx, 57 (4): 418-419. doi.org/10.1017/S003060532300042X
122. Sigwart, J.D., Chen, C., Tilic, E., Vences, M. & Riehl, T. (2023): Why is there no service to support taxonomy? — BioEssays, 2023: 2300070
121. Chen, C. & Sigwart, J.D. (2023): The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. — Zootaxa, 5270 (3): 401-436. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.2
120. Brandt, A., Chen, C., Tandberg, A.H., Miguez‐Salas, O., Sigwart, J.D. (2023): Complex sublinear burrows in the deep sea may be constructed by amphipods. — Ecology and Evolution, 13(3): e9867.
119. Sigwart, J.D., Ogawa, A. & Chen, C. (2023): “Dreamer holothurians” in the north. — Marine Biodiversity. 53(1): 8.
118. Sigwart ,J.D., Brandt, A., Di Franco, D., Briones, E.E., Gerken, S., Gooday, A.J., Grimes, C.J., Głuchowska, K., Hoffmann, S., Jażdżewska, A.M., Kamyab, E., Kelch, A., Knauber, H., Kohlenbach, K., Miguez-Salas, O., Moreau, C., Ogawa, A., Poliseno, A., Santín Muriel, A., Tandberg, A.H.S., Theising*F.I., Walter, T., Wölfl, A.C., Chen, C. (2023): Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea. – Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 1037482.
117. Thomas, E. A, Sigwart, J.D., Heylar, S. (2022): New evidence for a globally widespread holothurian species at deep-sea reducing environments. – Marine Biodiveristy, 52: 63. doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01298-w
116. McKenna V., Archibald, J.M., Beinart, R., Dawson, M.N., Hentschel, U., Keeling, P.J., Lopez, J.V., Martin-Duran, J.M., Petersen, J.M., Sigwart, J.D., Simakov, O., Sutherland, K.R., Sweet, M., Talbot, T., Thmopson, A.W., Bender, S., Harrison, P.W., Rajan, J., Cochrane, G., Berriman, M., Lawniczak, M., Blaxter, M. (2022): The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project. – Wellcome Open Research, 6: 254. doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17222.1
115. Colomba, M, Sigwart, J.D., Renda, W., Gregorini, A., Soss, M., Dell’Angelo, B. (2022): Molecular analysis of Lepidopleurus cajetanus from the Mediterranean and near Atlantic. – ZooKeys, 1099: 29-40. doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1099.75837
114. Stefanoudis, P.V., Biancani, L.M., Cambronero-Solano,S., Clark, M.R., Copley, J.T., Easton, E., Elmer, F., Haddock, S.H., Herrera, S., Iglesias, I.S., Quattrini, A.M. (2021): Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting. – Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 288 (1961): 20211769.
113. Thomas, E.A., Böhm, M., Pollock, C., Chen, C., Seddon, M. & Sigwart, J.D. (2021): Assessing the extinction risk of insular, under-studied species in the deep sea. — Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13854
112. Stefanoudis, P.V., Biancani, L.M., Cambronero-Solano, S., Clark, M., Copley, J.T, Easton, E., Elmer, F., Haddock, S.H.D., Herrera, S., Iglesias, I.S., Quattrini, A. M., Sigwart, J., Yesson, C. & Glover, A.G. (2021): Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting. — Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 288: 20211769. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1769
111. Sigwart, J.D., Wong, N.L.W.S. & Esa, Y. (2021): Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae). — Marine Biodiversity, 51: 83. doi: 10.1007/s12526-021-01203-x
110. Sirenko, B.I. & Sigwart, J.D. (2021): Leptochiton subrugatus sp. nov. (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from low boreal waters of the northern Pacific. — Marine Biodiversity, 51: 64. doi: 10.1007/s12526-021-01190-z
109. Ellis-Diamond, D.C., Picton, B.E., Tibiriçá, Y. & Sigwart, J.D. (2021): A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. — Journal of Molluscan Studies, 87. eyab010. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyab010
108. Ricart, A.M., Gaylord, B., Hill, T.M., Sigwart, J.D., Shukla, P., Ward, M., Ninokawa, A. & Sanford, E. (2021): Seagrass‑driven changes in carbonate chemistry enhance oyster shell growth. — Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04949-0
107. Sigwart, J.D., Lindberg, D.R., Chen, C. & Sun, J. (2021): Molluscan phylogenomics requires strategically elected genomes. — Phil. Trans. R. Soc., B 376: 20200161. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0161
106. Sigwart, J.D. & Sumner-Rooney, L. (2021): Continuous and Regular Expansion of a Distributed Visual System in the Eyed Chiton Tonicia lebruni. — Biol. Bull., 240. DOI: 10.1086/712114
105. Sun, J., Li, R., Chen, C., Sigwart, J.D. & Kocot, K.M. (2021): Benchmarking Oxford Nanopore read assemblers for high-quality molluscan genomes. — Phil. Trans. R. Soc., B 376: 20200160. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0160
104. Sigwart, J.D., Blasiak, R., Jaspers, M., Jouffray, J.-B. & Tasdemir, D. (2020): Unlocking the potential of marine biodiscovery. — Natural Product Reports. DOI: 10.1039/d0np00067a
103. Howell K, A Hilario, AL Allcock, D Bailey, M Baker, M Clark, A Colaço, J Copley, E Cordes, R Danovaro, A Dissanayake, E Escobar, P Esquete, A Gallagher, A Gates, S Gaudron, C German, K Gjerde, N Higgs, N Le Bris, L Levin, E Manea, C McClain, L Menot, N Mestre, A Metaxas, R Milligan, A Muthumbi, B Narayanaswamy, S Ramalho, E Ramirez-Llodra, L Robson, A Rogers, J Sellanes, J Sigwart, K Sink, P Snelgrove, P Stefanoudis, P Sumida, M Taylor, A Thurber, R Vieira, H Watanabe, L Woodall, J Xavier (2020): Blueprint for a Decade to Study Deep-Sea Life. — Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5
102. Thomas, E.A., Liu, R., Amon, D., Copley, J.T., Glover, A.G., Heylar, S.J., Olu, K., Wiklund, H., Zhang, H., & Sigwart, J.D. (2020): Chiridota heheva – the cosmopolitan holothurian. — Marine Biodiversity. 50:110 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01128-x
101. Sigwart J.D., Lundy, M., Dick, J.T.A., Becker, C. (2020): Declining female size at onset of maturity in Nephrops norvegicus in long term surveys (1997-2016). — ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa185
100. Howell, K.L., Hilário, A., Allcock, A.L., Bailey, D., Baker, M., Clark, M.R., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Cordes, E., Danovaro, R., Dissanayake, A., Escobar-Briones, I.G., Esquete Garrote, P., Gallagher, A., Gates, A.R., Gaudron, S.M., German, C., Gjerde, K., Higgs, N.D., Le Bris, N., Levin, L.A., Manea, E., McClain, C.R., Menot, L., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Milligan, R.J., Muthumbi, A.W., Narayanaswamy, B.E., Ramalho, S., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Robson, L., Rogers, A.D., Sellanes, J., Sigwart, J.D., Sink, K.J., Snelgrove, P.V., Stefanoudis, P.V., Sumida, P.Y., Taylor, M.L., Thurber, A.R., Vieira, R., Watanabe, H.K., Woodall, L.C. & Xavier, J.R. (2020): A blueprint for an inclusive, global deep-sea Ocean Decade field programme. ─ Frontiers in Marine Science; doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.584861
99. Penney B, JD Sigwart, DY Parkinson (2020): Spicules and skeletons: Mantle musculature of two species of dorid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina). — Canadian Journal of Zoology, 98: 777–786, doi:10.1139/cjz-2019-0295
98. Cunningham, E.M., Ehlers, S.M., Dick, J.T.A., Sigwart, J.D., Linse, K., Dick, J.J., Kiriakoulakis, K. (2020): Deep-sea sediments as a sink for microplastic pollution: Evidence from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. — Environmental Science & Technology. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03441
97. Becker, C., Dick, J.T.A., Cunningham, E.M., Lundy, M., Bell, E., Eagling, L. & Sigwart, J.D. (2020): Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage. — Helgoland Marine Research, 74: 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-020-00543-8
96. Linse, K. & Sigwart, J.D. & Chen, C. & Krylova, E. (2020): Ecophysiology and ecological limits of symbiotrophic vesicomyid bivalves (Pliocardiinae) in the Southern Ocean. — Polar Biology. 10.1007/s00300-020-02717-z.
95. Ibáñez CM, C Pardo-Gandarillas, J Sellanes, JD Sigwart, BI Sirenko (2020): Phylogenetic position and morphological descriptions of Chiton species from the Southeastern Pacific. — Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa067
94. Sun, J., Chen, C., Miyamoto, N., Li, R., Sigwart, J.D., Xu, T., Sun, Y., Wong, Y.C., Ip, J.C.H., Zhang, W., Lan, Y., Bissessur, D., Watsuji, T., Watanabe, H.K., Takaki, Y., Qiu, J.-W., Takai, K., Qian, P.Y. (2020): The Scaly-foot Snail genome and the ancient origins of biomineralized armour. — Nature Communications, 11: 1657
93. Ashton, E.C., Guist*, S., Roberts, D., Sigwart, J.D. (2020): Effects of environmental factors and husbandry practices on summer mortality events in the cultivated Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas in the North of Ireland. — Journal of Shellfish Research, 39(1): 13-20.
92. Cunningham, E.M., Kiriakoulakis, K., Dick, J.T., Kregting, L., Schuchert, P., Sigwart, J.D. (2020): Driven by speculation, not by impact–the effects of plastic on fish species. — Journal of Fish Biology. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14303
91 . Linse, K., Bohrmann, G., Sigwart, J.D. (2019): Eualus amandae (Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae) is an indicator of active venting sites in the Southern Ocean. — Marine Biodiversity, 49: 2937-2942
90 . Sigwart JD, GJ Vermeij, P Hoyer* (2019): Why do chitons curl into a ball? — Biology Letters, 15(10): 20190429.
89. Ibáñez CM, Waldisperg M, Torres FI, Carrasco SA, Sellanes J, Pardo-Gandarillas MC, Sigwart JD (2019): Environmental and ecological factors mediate taxonomic composition and body size of polyplacophoran assemblages along the Peruvian Province. — Scientific Reports. 9: 15934.
88 . Cunningham EM*, JD Sigwart (2019): Environmentally accurate microplastic levels and their absence from exposure studies. — Integrative and Comparative Biology.
87 . Morrow C, P Cárdenas, N Boury-Esnault, B Picton, G McCormack, R Van Soest, N Redmond, A Collins, C Maggs, JD Sigwart, AL Allcock (2019): Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae). — Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
86 . Sigwart JD, C Chen, EA Thomas*, AL Allcock, M Böhm, M Seddon (2019): Red Listing can protect deep-sea biodiversity. — Nature Ecology & Evolution.
85 . Wong NLWS, JD Sigwart (2019): Natural history clues to the evolution of bivalved gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Sacoglossa: Juliidae). — Marine Biodiversity.
84 . Kingston ACN, JD Sigwart, DR Chappell, DI Speiser (2019): Monster or multiplacophoran: A teratological specimen of the chiton Acanthopleura granulata with a valve split into independent and symmetrical halves. — Acta Zoologica.
83 . Sigwart JD, C Chen (2018): A new deep water chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa. 4531: 430–436
82. Becker C, EM Cunningham*, JTA Dick, LE Eagling, JD Sigwart (2018): A unified scale for female reproductive stages in Nephrops norvegicus: evidence from macroscopic and microscopic characterisation. — Journal of Morphology.
81. Sigwart JD, C Chen (2018): Comparative oxygen consumption of gastropod holobionts from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. — Biological Bulletin.
80. Sigwart JD, KD Bennett, SM Edie, L Mander, B Okamura, K Padian, Q Wheeler, J Winston, N Yeung (2018): Measuring biodiversity and extinction – present and past. — Integrative and Comparative Biology.
79. Becker C, JTA Dick, EM Cunningham*, C Schmitt, JD Sigwart (2018): The crustacean cuticle does not record chronological age: new evidence from the gastric mill ossicles. — Arthropod Structure and Development.
78. Chen C, K Uematsu, K Linse, JD Sigwart (2018): Cryptic niche switching in a chemosymbiotic gastropod. — Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
76. Sumner-Rooney LH, JD Sigwart (2018): Do chitons have a brain? New evidence for diversity and complexity in the polyplacophoran central nervous system. — Journal of Morphology.
75. Sigwart JD, MK Wicksten, MG Jackson, S Herrera. 2018. Deep-sea video technology tracks a monoplacophoran to the end of its trail. — Marine Biodiversity.
74. Sumner-Rooney LH, I Rahman, JD Sigwart, E Ullrich-Lüter (2018): Whole-body photoreceptor networks are independent of crystalline ‘lenses’ in brittle stars. — Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285: 20172590.
73. Eagling* LE, EC Ashton, AC Jensen, JD Sigwart, D Murray, D Roberts (2017): Spatial and temporal differences in gonad development, sex ratios and reproductive output influence the sustainability of exploited populations of the European oyster, Ostrea edulis. — Aquatic Conservation.
72. South* J, D Welsh, A Anton, JD Sigwart, JTA Dick (2017): Effects of increasing temperature to the functional response of the intertidal shanny Lipophrys pholis. — Journal of Fish Biology.
71. Dell’Angelo B, W Renda, M Sosso, JD Sigwart, S Giacobbe (2017): A new species of Callochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean). — Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 146: 243–250.
70. Ibáñez CM, RD Sepúlveda, JD Sigwart (2017): Comparative allometric variation in intertidal chitons (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae). — Zoomorphology.
68. Sigwart JD, Schwabe E (2017): Anatomy of the many feeding types in polyplacophoran molluscs. — Invertebrate Zoology, 14: 205–216
67. Sigwart JD. (2017): Molluscs all beneath the sun, one shell, two shells, more, or none. — Current Biology. 27: R708–R710.
66. Sumner-Rooney LH, JD Sigwart (2017): Lazarus in the museum: resurrecting historic specimens through new technology. — Invertebrate Zoology.
65. Sigwart JD, Chen C. (2017): Life history, patchy distribution, and patchy taxonomy in a shallow-water invertebrate (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida). — Marine Biodiversity.
64. Sigwart JD, L McLean* (2017): Contribution of Caulerpa spp. to marine mollusc species richness in the megadiverse Philippines. — Visaya.
63. Sigwart JD, C Chen, L Marsh (2017): Is mining the seabed bad for molluscs? — The Nautilus.
62. Chen C, K Uematsu, K Linse, JD Sigwart (2017): By more ways than one: Rapid convergence in adaptations to hydrothermal vents shown by 3D anatomical reconstruction of Gigantopelta (Mollusca: Neomphalina). — BMC Evolutionary Biology.
61. Geraldi N, C Bertollini*, MC Emmerson, D Roberts, JD Sigwart, NE O’Connor (2017): Aggregations of brittle stars can provide similar ecological roles as mussel reefs. — Marine Ecology Progress Series.
60. Sigwart JD, LH Sumner-Rooney, J Dickey*, N Carey (2017): The scaphopod foot is ventral: more evidence from the anatomy of Rhabdus rectius (Dentaliida: Rhabdidae). — Molluscan Research.
59. Carey N, S Dupont, JD Sigwart (2016): Sea hare Aplysia punctata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) can maintain shell calcification under extreme ocean acidification. — Biological Bulletin.
57. Sumner-Rooney* LH, JD Sigwart, L Smith, J McAfee*, ST Williams (2016): Repeated eye reduction events reveal multiple pathways to degeneration in a family of marine snails. — Evolution.
56. Sigwart JD (2016): Deep trees: woodfall biodiversity dynamics in present and past oceans. — Deep Sea Research Part II.
55. Sirenko BI, JD Sigwart, B Dell’Angelo (2016): Hanleya hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) and the influence of the Gulf Stream System on its distribution. — Ruthenica.
54. Calderwood* J, JD Sigwart (2016): Broken pieces: Can variable ecological interactions be deduced from the remains of crab attacks on bivalve shells? — Lethaia.
53. Sigwart, JD, LH Sumner-Rooney* (2016): Mollusca: Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres. — In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, Harzsch, and Purschke, eds., Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. Oxford University Press. [book chapter]
52. Green, DS, B Boots, JD Sigwart, S Jiang, C Rocha (2016): Effects of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on a marine ecosystem engineer and nutrient cycling. — Environmental Pollution Bulletin.
51. Sigwart, JD, G Lyons*, A Fink, MA Gutowska, D Murray, F Melzner, JDR Houghton, MY Hu(2016): Elevated pCO2 drives lower growth and yet increased calcification in the early life history of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). — ICES Journal of Marine Science.
50. Sigwart, JD, PA Green*, SB Crofts (2015): Functional morphology in chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): influences of environment and ocean acidification. — Marine Biology.
49. Sumner-Rooney*,LH, M Schrödl, E Lodde-Bensch, DR Lindberg, M Heß, GP Brennan, JD Sigwart (2015): A neurophylogenetic approach provides new insight to the evolution of Scaphopoda. — Evolution & Development.
48. Cledón, M, JD Núñeza, EH Ocampoa, JD Sigwart (2015): Sexual traits plasticity of the potentially invasive limpet Bostrycapulus odites (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) within its natural distribution in South America. — Marine Ecology.
47. Chen*, C, JT Copley, K Linse, AD Rogers, JD Sigwart (2015):. The heart of a dragon: 3D anatomical reconstruction of the ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neomphalina) reveals its extraordinary circulatory system. — Frontiers in Zoology.
46. Sigwart, JD, BI Sirenko (2015): A new name for the deep-sea chiton Leptochiton clarki Sigwart & Sirenko non Berry (Lepidopleurida: Leptochitonidae). — Zootaxa.
45. Sumner-Rooney*, LH, JD Sigwart (2015): Is the Schwabe organ a retained larval eye? Anatomical and behavioural studies of a novel sense organ in adult Leptochiton asellus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) indicate links to larval photoreceptors. — PLoS ONE.
44. Lindberg, DR, JD Sigwart (2015): What is the molluscan osphradium? A reconsideration of homology. — Zoologischer Anzeiger.
43. Chen*, C, JT Copley, K Linse, AD Rogers, JD Sigwart (2015): How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome. — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
42. Sigwart, JD, DR Lindberg (2015): Consensus and confusion in molluscan trees: Evaluating morphological and molecular phylogenies. — Systematic Biology.
41. Sigwart, JD, C Todt, A Scheltema (2014): Who are the “Aculifera”? Journal of Natural History.
40. Carey*, N, JD Sigwart (2014): Size matters: body size modulates responses to ocean acidification and temperature. — Biology Letters.
39. Kunc, HP, GN Lyons*, JD Sigwart, KE McLaughlin, JDR Houghton (2014): Anthropogenic noise affects behaviour across sensory modalities. — American Naturalist.
38. Sigwart, JD, N Carey* (2014): Grazing under experimental hypercapnia and elevated temperature does not affect the radula of a chiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Lepidopleurida). — Marine Environmental Research.
37. Calderwood*, J, NE O’Connor, JD Sigwart, D Roberts (2014): Determining optimal duration of seed translocation periods for benthic mussel (Mytilus edulis) cultivation using physiological and behavioural measures of stress. — Aquaculture.
36. Carey*, N, S Dupont, B Lundve, JD Sigwart (2014): One size fits all: stability of metabolic scaling under warming and ocean acidification in echinoderms. — Marine Biology.
35. Sumner-Rooney*,LH , JA Murray, SD Cain, JD Sigwart (2014): Do chitons have a compass? Evidence for magnetic sensitivity in Polyplacophora. — Journal of Natural History.
34. Sumner-Rooney*, LH, SD Cain, GP Brennan, JD Sigwart (2014): A test for mucus removal in the chiton Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) (Polyplacophora: Chitonida: Ischnochitonidae). — The Veliger.
33. Sigwart, JD, N Carey*, PJ Orr (2014): How subtle are the biases that shape the fidelity of the fossil record? A test using marine molluscs. — Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
32. Sigwart, JD, LH Sumner-Rooney*, E Schwabe, M Hess, G Brennan, M Schroedl (2014): A new sensory organ in “primitive” molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida), and its context in the nervous system of chitons. — Frontiers in Zoology.
31. Sigwart, JD, I Stoeger*, T Knebelsberger, E Schwabe (2013): Chiton phylogeny (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and placement of the enigmatic species Choriplax grayi (H Adams & Angas, 1864). — Invertebrate Systematics.
30. Stöger*, I, JD Sigwart, Y Kano, T Knebelsberger, BA Marshall, E Schwabe, M Schrödl (2013): The continuing debate on deep molluscan phylogeny: Evidence for Serialia (Mollusca, Monoplacophora + Polyplacophora). — BioMed Research.
29. Ávila, SP, JD Sigwart (2013): New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores. — ZooKeys.
28. Morrow*, CC, NE Redmond, BE Picton, RW Thacker, AG Collins, CA Maggs, JD Sigwart, AL Allcock (2013): Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). — Integrative and Comparative Biology.
27. Duperron, S, M-A Pottier, N Léger, SM Gaudron, N Puillandre, S Le Prieur, JD Sigwart, J Ravaux, M Zbinden (2013): A tale of two chitons: is habitat specialisation linked to distinct associated bacterial communities? — FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
25. Sutton, MD, DEG Briggs, David J Siveter, Derek J Siveter, JD Sigwart (2012): A Silurian armoured aplacophoran: implications for molluscan phylogeny. — Nature.
24. Carey*, N, A Galkin, P Henrikkson*, J Richards, JD Sigwart (2012): Variation in oxygen consumption among ‘living fossils'(Mollusca: Polyplacophora). — Journal of the Marine Biology Association of the UK.
23. Sigwart, JD, BI Sirenko (2012): Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species. — Zootaxa.
22. Doonan*, J, G Beatty, JD Sigwart, J Provan (2012): Extensive local-scale gene flow and long-term population stability in the intertidal mollusc Katharina tunicata (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
21. Sutton, MD, JD Sigwart (2012): A chiton without a foot. — Palaeontology.
20. Yearsley, JM, JD Sigwart (2011): Larval transport modelling of deep-sea invertebrates points to potential undiscovered populations. — PLoS ONE.
19. Donovan, S.K., Sutton, M.D., Sigwart, J.D. (2011): The last meal of the Late Ordovician mollusc ‘Helminthochiton’ thraivensis Reed, 1911, from the Lady Burn Starfish Beds, southwest Scotland. — Geological Journal.
18. Sigwart, J.D., Schwabe, E., Saito, H., Samadi, S., Giribet, G. (2011): Evolution in the deep sea: combined analysis of the earliest-derived living chitons using molecules and morphology (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Lepidopleurida). — Invertebrate Systematics. [2011-2013: this paper was in the top-10 ‘Most Read’ articles in Invertebrate Systematics]
17. Donovan, S.K., Sutton, M.D. & Sigwart, J.D. (2010): Crinoids for lunch? An unexpected biotic interaction from the Upper Ordovician of Scotland. — Geology.
16. Viscardi, P., Sakumoto, M. & Sigwart, J.D. (2010):. How long is a piece of Strix? Methods in measuring and measuring the measurers. — Zoomorphology.
15. Sigwart, J.D. & Leonard, L.M. (2009): Coming out of its shell: Molluscan collections in the National Museum of Ireland. Irish Naturalists’ Journal.
14. Chritz*, K.L., Dyke, G.J., Zazzo, A., Lister, A.M., Monaghan, N.T., & Sigwart, J.D. (2009): Palaeobiology of an extinct Ice Age mammal: Stable isotope and cementum analysis of giant deer teeth. — Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
13. Sigwart, J.D. (2009): Primitive living chitons: Morphological cladistic analysis as a model for character evaluation. — American Malacological Bulletin. Proceedings of the symposium ‘Molluscs as Models for Evolution’ Antwerp, 2007.
12. Sigwart, J.D. (2009): Parasitic foraminifers on a deep-sea chiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Leptochitonidae) from Iceland. — Marine Biology Research.
11. Sigwart, J.D. (2009): The deep-sea chiton Nierstraszella (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) in the Indo-West Pacific: taxonomy, morphology, and a bizarre ectosymbiont. — Journal of Natural History.
10. Sigwart, J.D. (2008): Gross anatomy and positional homology of gills, gonopores, and nephridiopores in “basal” living chitons (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina). — American Malacological Bulletin.
9. Sigwart, J.D. (2008): Crystal Creatures: Context for the Dublin Blaschka Congress. — Historical Biology.
8. Sigwart, J.D. & Sutton, M.D. (2007): Deep molluscan phylogeny: Synthesis of palaeontological and neontological data. — Proceedings of the Royal SocietyB.
7. Voight, J.R. & Sigwart, J.D. (2007): Scarred limpets at hydrothermal vents: Evidence of predation by deep-sea whelks. — Marine Biology.
6. Sigwart, J.D., Schnetler, K.I., Andersen, S.B. (2007): First record of a chiton from the Palaeocene of Denmark (Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae) and its phylogenetic affinities. — Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
5. Sigwart, J.D. (2007): The Irish fossil Polyplacophora. — Irish Journal of Earth Sciences.
4. Sigwart, J.D. (2007): Hidden biodiversity: Chitons in Ireland. pp. 18–20 In R Moles, ed. — Proceedings of ESAI/ENVIRON 2005. University of Limerick.
3. Viscardi, P., Sigwart, J.D., Monaghan, N.T. (2006): Climate control in an uncontrollable building. — Collections Forum.
2. Sigwart, J.D., Callaghan, E., Colla*,A., Dyke, G.J., McCaffrey*, S.L., Monaghan, N.T. (2005): Belatedly hatching ornithology collections at the National Museum of Ireland. — Zoologische Mededelingen.
1. Dyke, G.J. & Sigwart, J.D. (2005): A search for a ‘smoking gun’: No need for an alternative to the Linnaean System of classification. pp. 49–65 — In: A Minelli, G Ortalli and G Sanga, eds. Animal Names, proceedings of the International Conference Animal Names organised by Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice. [Book chapter]