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since 2015 Part-time lectureship in the master programme “Biodiversity and Collection Management” at the Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden
since 2009 Head of the Nematoda section within the Soil Zoology Division at the Senckenberg Museum
2009-2016 Part-time lectureship at the University Leipzig, Faculty of Biology II
2008-2009 Coordinator of the Interreg-project “adventure rainforest”, funded by the European Union, concept of a three-dimensional rainforest exhibition
2006-2008 Coordinator of the Interreg-project “The wolf in Neiße-Nysa-Nisa”, funded by the European Union. Drawing up and building an optionally multilingual, cross-border touring exhibition
2006 PhD at the University of Bielefeld / supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Traunspurger, chair of the department of Animal Ecology. Subject of the PhD-thesis: Nematodes in the soil food
2004-2007 Scientific Researcher within the project Successional Change and Biodiversity Conservation (SUBICON), funded by the BMBF
2004-2007 Coordinator of the Interreg-project “Beneath our feet – life in soil”, funded by the European Union. International presentation of the multilingual touring exhibition of the same name.
2002-2004 Creator of the international touring exhibition Beneath our feet life in soil and of the permanent exhibition Soil column. the project was funded by the DBU
2001 Scientific researcher at the SMNG within the project “Long-time influence of ecological farming on diseases, pests, pest plants and soil animals, funded by the Sächsische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft.
1998-2001 Scientific trainee at the State Museum of Natural History (SMNG), department of soil zoology. Starting a collection of free-living soil nematodes, and studying nematodes in post-mining sites (a project funded by the BMBF).
1998 Diploma thesis in Zoology at the Helmholtz Centre Munich/ Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, subject: Green manuring effects on arable land nematode communities.
1992-1998 Study of biology at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Eisenhauer N, Ristok C, Guerra CA, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Glante F, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Rueß L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N (in press) Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J. (in press): Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
Förster A, Hohberg K, Rasche F, Emmerling C. (2024) Nematode community structure suggests perennial grain cropping cultivation as a nature‐based solution for resilient agriculture. J Sustain Agric Environ.3:e12112. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12112
Gan HY, Hohberg K, Schneider C, Ebner M, Marais E, Miranda T, Lehmitz R, Maggs-Kölling G, Bocherens H (2024) The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib’s fog plant ecosystem. Scientific Reports 14:13334 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61796-8
Guerra C, Eisenhauer N, Tebbe C, Xylander WER, Albert C, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Haase D, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Ruess L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N, Ristok C (2024). Foundations for a national assessment of soil biodiversity. J Sustain Agric Environ. 2024;3:e12116. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12116.
Muelbaier H, Arthen F, Collins G, Hickler T, Hohberg K, Lehmitz R, Pauchet Y, Pfenninger M, Potapov A, Romahn J, Schaefer I, Scheu S, Schneider C, Ebersberger I, Bálint M (2024) Genomic evidence for the wide-spread presence of GH45 cellulases among soil invertebrates. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17351
Collins G, Schneider C, Bostjancic LL, Burkhardt U, Christian A, Decker P, Ebersberger I, Hohberg K, Lecompte O, Merges D, Muelbaier H, Romahn J, Römbke J, Rutz C, Schmelz R, Schmidt A, Theissinger K, Veres R, Lehmitz R, Pfenniger M, Balint M (2023) The metainvert soil invertebrate genome resource provides insights into below-ground biodiversity and evolution. Communications biology 6: 1241, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05621-4
Le Guillarme N, Hedde M, Potapov, AM, Martinez-Munoz CA, Berg MP, Briones MJI, Calderon-Sanou I, Degrune F, Hohberg K, Martinez-Almoyna C, Pey B, Russell D, Thuiller W (2023) The soil food web ontology: aligning trophic groups, processes, resources and dietary traits to support food-web research. Ecological Informatics 78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102360
Hohberg K, Gan HY, Miranda T, Schneider C, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E, Lehmitz R, Bocherens H, Ebner M (2023). Nebelpflanzenoasen. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 153, 110-121
Escher, J., Hohberg, K., Decker, P., & Lehmitz, R. (2022). Ecology, genetics and distribution of Punctoribates zachvatkini, an oribatid mite so far overlooked in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 87(4), 289-307.
Schmidt, A., Schneider, C., Decker, P., Hohberg, K., Römbke, J., Lehmitz, R., & Bálint, M. (2022). Shotgun metagenomics of soil invertebrate communities reflects taxonomy, biomass, and reference genome properties. Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), e8991.
Decker P, Hohberg K, Küchler A, Lehmitz R, Schmidt A, Schneider C, Römbke J, Balint M (2021) Kleine Tiere – Big Data. Natur Forschung Museum 151: 78-81.
Bingemer, J., Pfeiffer, M., Hohberg, K. (2020) First 12 years of tardigrade succession in the young soils of a quickly evolving ecosystem. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 887-899.
Van den Hoogen J, Geisen S, Wall D, Wardle DA, Traunspurger W, Wardle DA, de Goede RGM, Adams BJ, Ahmad W, Ferris H, Bardgett RD, Bonkowski M, Campos-Herrera R, Cares JE, Caruso T, de Brito CL, Chen X, Costa SR, Creamer R, Mauro da Cunha Castro J, Dam M, Djigal D, Escuer M, Griffiths BS, Gutiérrez C, Hohberg K, Kalinkina D, Kardol P, Kergunteuil A, Korthals G, …, Crowther TW (2020) A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data 7: 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3
Bartel, S., Hohberg, K. (2019). Experimental investigations on the partner-finding behaviour of Isohypsibius dastychi (Isohypsibiidae: Tardigrada). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 878-886.
Van den Hoogen J, Geisen S, Routh D, Ferris H, Traunspurger W, Wardle DA, de Goede RGM, Adams BJ, Ahmad W, Andriuzzi WS, Bardgett RD, Bonkowski M, Campos-Herrera R, Cares JE, Caruso T, de Brito CL, Chen X, Costa SR, Creamer R, Mauro da Cunha Castro J, Dam M, Djigal D, Escuer M, Griffiths BS, Gutiérrez C, Hohberg K, Kalinkina D, Kardol P, Kergunteuil A, Korthals G, …, Crowther TW (2019) Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature 572, 194-198, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1418-6
Xylander, W.E.R., Ansorge, H., Balkenhol, B., Burkhardt, U., Christian, A., Damm, U., Düker, Ch., Gebauer, P., Hohberg, K., Hutchinson, J.M.C., Lehmitz, R., Otte, V., Reise, H., Ritz, C., Russell, D. J., Schlitt, B., Schulz, H.-J., Seifert, B., Tietz, O., Voigtländer, K., Wesche, K. (2019). Obituary Prof. Dr. Wolfram Dunger. – Soil Organisms 91(1): i-ii.
Hohberg, K., Traunspurger, W. (2018) Fadenwürmer – fade Würmer? Biologie in unserer Zeit 1/2018: 388-395.
Bingemer, J., Hohberg, K. (2017) An illustrated identification key to the eutardigrade species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada) presently known from European soils. Soil Organisms 89: 127-149.
Schenk, J., Hohberg, K., Helder, J., Ristau, K., Traunspurger, W. (2017) The D3-D5 region of large subunit ribosomal DNA provides good resolution 3 of German limnic and terrestrial nematode communities. Nematology 19: 821-837.
Pilz, M., Hohberg, K., Pfanz, H., Wittmann, C., Xylander, W.E.R. (2017) Respiratory adaptations to a combination of oxygen deprivation and extreme carbon dioxide concentration in nematodes. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 239: 34-40.
Hohberg, K., Lang B. (2016) The feeding apparatus and taxonomic position of clawless Apodibius confusus Dastych, 1983 (Tardigrada: Isohypsibiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 828-833.
Bingemer, J., Hohberg, K., Schill, R.O. (2016) First detailed observations on tardigrade mating behavior and some aspects of the life history of Isohypsibius dastychi Pilato, Bertolani & Binda 1982 (Tardigrada, Isohypsibiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 856-862.
Hohberg, K., Sturhan, D. (2016) Pflanzenparasitäre, mykophage und entomophile Tylenchiden in Deutschland. Abstract. Journal für Kulturpflanzen, 68 (7), 213.
Balkenhol, B., Hohberg, K., Pfanz, H. (2016) Spiders in mofette fields—Survival of the toughest in natural carbon dioxide springs? Ecological Indicators 69: 749-757.
Geiger, M.F., Astrin, J.J., Borsch, T., Burkhardt, U., Grobe, P., Hand, R., Hausmann, A., Hohberg, K., Krogmann, L., Lutz, M., Monje, C., Misof, B., Morinière, J., Müller, K., Pietsch, S., Quandt, D., Rulik, B., Scholler, M., Traunspurger, W., Haszprunar, G., Wägele, W. (2016) How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation – lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012-2015). Genome 59: 1-10.
Sturhan, D., Hohberg, K. (2016) Nematodes of the order Tylenchida in Germany – the non-phytoparasitic species. Soil Organisms 88: 19-41.
Hohberg, K., Schulz, H.-J., Balkenhol, B., Pilz, M., Thomalla, A., Russell, D.J., Pfanz, H. (2015) Soil faunal communities from mofette fields: Effects of high geogenic carbon dioxide concentration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 88: 420-429.
Pilz, M., Hohberg, K. (2015) Laboratory experiments on nematodes from natural CO2 springs reveal species-specific tolerance to extreme CO2 concentrations. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 88: 165-168.
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2015) Boden ein unterschätzter Lebensraum. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6/2015: 388-395.
Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Senckenberg erforscht, wie Boden entsteht – Görlitzer Langzeitstudien zur Entwicklung von Bodenlebensgemeinschaften. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 84-89.
Hohberg, K., Lehmitz, R., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Wie ein Lebensraum entsteht – Bodentiere in der Bergbaufolge. The genesis of a habitat – Soil animals at post-mining sites. Senckenberg Jahresbericht 2013-2014 ISBN 978-3-929907-92-6: 36-42.
Dabert, M., Dastych, H., Hohberg, K., Dabert, J. (2014) Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic clawless eutardigrade genus Apodibius Dastych, 1983 (Tardigrada), based on 18S and 28S rRNA sequence data from its type species A. confusus. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 70: 70-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.012
Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Potapov, M., Bruckner, A., Otte, V., Christian, A. (2014) Native terrestrial invertebrate fauna from the northern Antarctic Peninsula: new records, state of current knowledge and ecological preferences – Summary of a German federal study. Soil Organisms, 86(1): 1-58.
Mayer, G., Martin, C., Rüdiger, J., Kauschke, S., Stevenson, P.A., Poprawa, I., Hohberg, K., Schill, R.O., Pflüger, H.-J., Schlegel, M. (2013) Selective neuronal staining in tardigrades and onychophorans provides insights into the evolution of segmental ganglia in panarthropods. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:230. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/230
Elmer, M., Gerwin, W., Schaaf, W., Zaplata, M.K., Hohberg, K., Nenov, R., Bens, O., Hüttl, R.F. (2013) Dynamics of initial ecosystem development at the artificial catchment Chicken Creek, Lusatia, Germany. Environmental Earth Sciences. DOI 10.1107/s12665-013-2330-2.
Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Otte, V., Christian, A., Potapov, M., Brückner, A., McInnes, S.J. (2013) The impact of human activities on soil organisms of the maritime Antarctic and the introduction of non-native species in Antarctica. Environmental Research of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Project No. (FKZ) 3709 85 157, Report No. (UBA-FB) 001739/E, ISSN 1862-4804, pp. 285. http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-medien/4416.html
Lehmitz, R., Russell, D., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2012) Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils. Applied Soil Ecology 55: 10-19.
Hohberg, K., Elmer, M., Russell, D.J., Christian, A., Schulz, H.-J., Lehmitz, R., Wanner, M. (2011) First five years of soil food-web development in ‘Chicken Creek’ catchment. Ecosystem development 3: 93-114. http://opus.kobv.de/btu/volltexte/2012/2373/
Elmer, M., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W., Hohberg, K., Kleeberg, A., Lessmann, D., Schaaf, W., Schneider, A., Zaplata, M.K. & Hüttl, R.F. (2011): Conclusions. In: Elmer, M., Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W. & Hüttl, R.F. (eds.): The artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – initial ecosystem development 2005-2010. Ecosystem Development 3: 145-153. http://opus.kobv.de/btu/volltexte/2012/2373/
Russell, D.J., Schulz, H.-J., Hohberg, K., Pfanz, H. (2011) Occurrence of collembolan fauna in mofette fields (natural carbon-dioxide springs) of the Czech Republic. Soil organisms 83: 489-505.
Hohberg, K., Russell, D.J., Elmer, M. (2011) Mass occurrence of algal-feeding tardigrade Apodibius confusus, in the young soils of a post-mining site. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 49: 62-65.
Lehmitz, R., Russell, D, Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2011) Wind dispersal of oribatid mites as a mode of migration. Pedobiologia 54: 201-207.
Russell, D.J., Hohberg, K., Elmer, M. (2010) Primary colonisation of newly formed soils by actinedid mites. Soil organisms 82: 237-351.
Elmer, M., Hohberg, K., Russell, D., Christian, A., Schulz; H.-J. & Wanner, M. (2010): Succession of the soil faunal community during initial ecosystem development. In: Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Hüttl, R.F. (Eds.): Initial development of the artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – monitoring program and survey 2005-2008. Ecosystem Development 2: 97-118.
Hohberg, K. (2010) Stamm Bärtierchen (Tardigrada). In: Engelmann, W. E.; Lange, J. (Hrsg.): Zootierhaltung, Band 6: Wirbellose, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main, 481-484.
Elmer, M., Wöllecke, J., Gebhardt, S., Böllmann, J., Hohberg, K., Wanner, M., Xylander, W.E.R. & Hüttl, R.F. (2010): Primärsukzession der Bodenorganismen. In: Hotes, S. & Wolters, V. (Hrsg.): Fokus Biodiversität – Wie Biodiversität in der Kulturlandschaft erhalten und nachhaltig genutzt werden kann. oekom verlag München.
Elmer, M., Rißmann, C., Wanner, M., Hohberg, K., Xylander, W.E.R. (2010) Die Bodenfauna in den Wäldern der Schlabendorfer Felder – natürliche Besiedlung und Wechselwirkungen mit der forstlichen Bewirtschaftung. Biologische Studien 39: 36-47.
Hohberg, K. & Traunspurger, W. (2009) Foraging theory and partial consumption in a tardigrade-nematode system. (doi: 10.1093/beheco/arp077) Behav. Ecol. 20: 884-890.
Jeschke, J.M.& Hohberg, K. (2008). Predicting and testing functional responses: an example from a tardigrade-nematode system. Bas. Appl. Ecol. 9, 145-151.
Elmer, M., Wanner, M., Hohberg, K., Hüttl, R.F. (2008) Diversität der Bodenfauna in der Bergbaufolgelandschaft. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 60, 113-118.
Dunger, W., Hohberg, K., Schulz, H.-J., Zimdars, B. (2008) Langzeit-Reaktionen der Bodenfauna auf den Einfluss umweltschonender Landbewirtschaftung der Flur Glaubitz (Sachsen) – geprüft am Beispiel der edaphischen Collembola. Ber. der Naturforsch. Ges. Oberlausitz 16, 81-98.
Hohberg, K. (2007) Nematoden – Entwicklung der Diversität in jungen Böden. Aktuelle Reihe der BTU Cottbus 2, 100-108
Wanner, M., Elmer, M., Bahrt, A., Balkenhol, B., Düker, C., Hohberg, K., Nährig, D., Hüttl, R.F., Xylander, W.E.R. (2007) Entwicklung der Biodiversität junger Böden der Niederlausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft. Aktuelle Reihe der BTU Cottbus 2, 75-78
Hohberg, K. (2007): Nematoden in jungen Böden. In Wöllecke, J., Anders, K., Durka, W., Elmer, M., Wanner, M. & G. Wiegleb (Hrsg): Landschaft im Wandel. Natürliche und anthropogene Besiedlung der Niederlausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft. Shaker Verlag, Aachen: 71 – 78
Wanner, M., Elmer, M., Bahrt, A., Balkenhol, B., Düker, C., Hohberg, K., Nährig, D., Hüttl, R.F. & W. E. R. Xylander (2007): Entwicklung der Biodiversität in jungen Böden der Niederlausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft. In Wöllecke, J., Anders, K., Durka, W., Elmer, M., Wanner, M. & G. Wiegleb (Hrsg): Landschaft im Wandel. Natürliche und anthropogene Besiedlung der Niederlausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft. Shaker Verlag, Aachen: 43 – 51
Hohberg, K. & W. Xylander (2007): Wölfe. Ausstellungsbegleiter. ISBN 978-3-9809854-3-7. Eigenverlag des Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde Görlitz, 32 S. Erschienen in deutscher und polnischer Sprache.
Hohberg, K. (2006) Tardigrade species composition in young soils and some aspects on life history of Macrobiotus richtersiJ. Murray, 1911. Pedobiologia 50: 267-274.
Ansorge, P., Hohberg, K., Xylander, W. (2006) Bodentiere und die Frage nach dem „Wozu?“. Standbein Spielbein. Museumspädagogik aktuell 74: 36-38
Schellenberg, J. & Hohberg, K. (2006). Der Wolf am Nordrande der Sudeten. Przyroda Sudetów. Muzeum Przyrodnicze w Jeleniej Górze oraz Zachodniosudeckiego towarzystwa przyrodniczego, Wroclaw, Band 9, 207-210
Hohberg, K. & Traunspurger, W. (2005). Predator-prey interaction in soil food web: functional response, size-dependent foraging efficiency, and the influence of soil texture. Biol. Fertil. Soils. 41, 419-427
Hohberg, K. & Greven, H. (2005). Retention of embryonated eggs in parthenogenetic Macrobiotus richtersi J. Murray, 1911 (Eutardigrada). Zool. Anz. 243, 211 – 213.
Dunger, W., Schulz, H.-J., Zimdars, B., Hohberg, K. (2004). Changes in collembolan species composition in Eastern Germany mine sites over fifty years of primary succession. Pedobiologia 48, 503-517.
Hohberg, K. & Xylander, W. (2004). Unter unseren Füßen – Lebensraum Boden. ISBN 3-9809854-0-7. Eigenverlag des Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde Görlitz, 40 S. Erschienen in deutscher, polnischer und tschechischer Sprache.
Hohberg, K. (2003). Soil nematode fauna of afforested mine sites: genera distribution, trophic structure and functional guilds. App. Soil Ecol. 22, 113 – 126.
Dunger, W., Wanner, M., Hauser, H., Hohberg, K., Schulz, H.-J., Schwalbe, T., Seifert, B., Vogel, J., Voigtländer, K., Zimdars, B., Zulka, K.P. (2001). Development of soil fauna at mine sites during 46 years after afforestation. Pedobiologia 45, 243-271.
Seidel (Hohberg), K. & Mommertz, S. (1999). Auswirkungen von Gründüngung auf die Nematodenfauna eines Ackerbodens. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 29, 271-276.
since July 2013
Head of section Oribatida
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Aug. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
in the project “Creation of the Red Lists 2020 – Preparatory Phase (FKZ 3511 861100)” of the Free University of Berlin for a test run Red Lists using the example of earthworms (Lumbricidae)
Jan. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Scholarship of the Swiss foundation “Pro Acarologia Basiliensis” for the study of the “Oribatidensynusien in the nature reserve Dubringer Moor”
Jan. 2008 – Okt. 2012
Doctorand
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
July – Dez. 2007
Research assistant
University Oldenburg
in the joint project “Entomological investigation to combat bluetongue disease”
June 2006 – March 2007
Student assistant
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Alfred Wegener Institut (AWI) Potsdam
University Potsdam
Education
Okt. 2012
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Degree: Doctorate (biology)
at the University of Leipzig; topic: The distribution routes of horn mites (Oribatida) and their immigration in raw soils
June – July 2010
Ohio State University
Soil Acarology Workshop, Acarology Summer Program
June 2006 – March 2007
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Degree: Diploma (Biology)
Topic: “Characterization of lake types of the North German Plain using aquatic coleoptera”.
Aug. – Okt. 2010
Elbe Brandenburg Biosphere Reserve
Work experience
Registration of the water beetles in the Rambower Moor
Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2004
University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Great Britain)
Semester abroad
Okt. 2001 – March 2007
University Potsdam
Degree: Diploma (biology)
Specialisation in ecology/nature conservation
2024
Eisenhauer N, Ristok C, Guerra CA, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Glante F, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Rueß L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N (in press) Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J. (in press): Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
Gan HY, Hohberg K, Schneider C, Ebner M, Marais E, Miranda T, Lehmitz R, Maggs-Kölling G, Bocherens H (2024) The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib’s fog plant ecosystem. Scientific Reports 14:13334 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61796-8
Muelbaier H, Arthen F, Collins G, Hickler T, Hohberg K, Lehmitz R, Pauchet Y, Pfenninger M, Potapov A, Romahn J, Schaefer I, Scheu S, Schneider C, Ebersberger I, Bálint M (2024) Genomic evidence for the wide-spread presence of GH45 cellulases among soil invertebrates. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17351
2022
Escher, J., Hohberg, K., Decker, P., & Lehmitz, R. (2022). Ecology, genetics and distribution of Punctoribates zachvatkini, an oribatid mite so far overlooked in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 87(4), 289-307.
Schmidt, A., Schneider, C., Decker, P., Hohberg, K., Römbke, J., Lehmitz, R., & Bálint, M. (2022). Shotgun metagenomics of soil invertebrate communities reflects taxonomy, biomass, and reference genome properties. Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), e8991.
2020
Lehmitz, R., Haase, H., Otte, V. & Russell, D. (2020): Bioindication in peatlands by means of muti-taxa indicators (Oribatida, Aaraneae, Carabidae, Vegetation). Ecological Indicators 109, doi 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105837
2019
Graefe, U., Römbke, J. & Lehmitz, R. (2019): Die Waldbindung der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae) Deutschlands. S.17-25. In: Dorow, W.H.O:, Blick S.U.P. & Schneider, A. (eds): Waldbindung ausgewählter Tiergruppen Deutschlands. Lumbricidae, Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Aculeata, Macrolepidoptera, Aves. BfN-Skripten 544. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 388 S.
Schuppenhauer, M.M., Lehmitz, R. & Xylander, W.E.R. (2019) Slow-moving soil organisms on a water highway: aquatic dispersal and survival potential of Oribatida and Collembola in running water. Movement Ecology. 7(1):20
Maraun, M., Caruso, T., Hense, J., Lehmitz, R., Mumladze, L., Murvanidze, M., Nae, I, Schulz, J., Seniczak, A. & Scheu, S. (2019). Parthenogenetic vs. sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities. Ecology and Evolution:1-9
2018
Balkenhol, B., Haase, H., Gebauer, P. & Lehmitz, R. (2018): Steeplebushes conquer the countryside – Influence of invasive plant species on spider communities (Araneae) in former wet meadows. Biodiversity and Conservation 27 (9): 2257-2274
2017
Schuppenhauer, M. M. & Lehmitz, R. (2017): Floating Islands: A method to detect aquatic dispersal and colonisation potential of soil microarthropods. – Soil Organisms 89 (2): 119–126
Lehmitz, R. & Decker, P. (2017): The nuclear 28S gene fragment D3 as species marker in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from German peatlands. Experimental and Applied Acarology 71(3), 259–276, doi 10.1007/s10493-017-0126-x
2016
Krause, A., Pachl, P., Schulz, G., Lehmitz, R., Senizcak, A., Schaefer, I., Scheu, S. & Maraun, M. (2016): Convergent evolution of aquatic life by sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites. Experimental and Applied Acarology, doi 10.1007/s10493-016-0089-3
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Graefe, U., Beylich, A. & Krück, S. (2013): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae et Criodrilidae) Deutschlands. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 70 (4) Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2), 565-590.
Lehmitz, R. & Maraun, M. (2016): Small-scale spatial heterogeneity of stable isotope signatures (δ15N, δ13C) in Sphagnum sp. transfers to all trophic leverl in oribatid mites. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 100: 242-251.
2015
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2015) Boden ein unterschätzter Lebensraum. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6/2015: 388-395.
Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Senckenberg erforscht, wie Boden entsteht – Görlitzer Langzeitstudien zur Entwicklung von Bodenlebensgemeinschaften. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 84-89.
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R. & Lang, B. (2015): Unsere Böden – Unbeachtet, unverzichtbar und voller Leben. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 74-77.
Hohberg, K., Lehmitz, R., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Wie ein Lebensraum entsteht – Bodentiere in der Bergbaufolge. The genesis of a habitat – Soil animals at post-mining sites. Senckenberg Jahresbericht 2013-2014 ISBN 978-3-929907-92-6: 36-42.
2014
Lehmitz, R. (2014): The oribatid mite community of a German peatland in 1987 and 2012 – effects of anthropogenic desiccation and afforestation. Soil Organisms 86 (2), 131-145.
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Krück, S., Beylich, A. & U. Graefe (2014): Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany. Zootaxa 3866, 2: 221-245
2012
Lehmitz, R. (2012): Die Verbreitungswege von Hornmilben (Oribatida) und ihre Einwanderung in Rohböden. – Dissertation, Universität Leipzig, Fakultät der Biowissenschaften, pp. 99.
Lehmitz, R (2012): Milben – vom Winde verweht. – Natur • Forschung • Museum 142, 3/4: 130-131
Lehmitz, R, Russell, D., Hohberg, K., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2012): Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils. – Applied Soil Ecology 55: 10-19
2011
Hohberg, K., Elmer, M., Russell, D., Christian, A., Schulz, H.-J., Lehmitz, R., R. & M. Wanner (2011): First five years of soil food-web development in ‘Chicken Creek’ catchment. In: Elmer, M., Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W. & R.F. Hüttl (Eds.), The artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – initial ecosystem development 2005-2010. – Ecosystem Development 3: 93-114
Lehmitz, R., Russell, D. J., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2011): Wind dispersal of oribatid mites as a mode of migration. – Pedobiologia 54: 201–207
2010
Lehmitz, R. (2010): Typisierung von Seen Norddeutschlands anhand aquatischer Coleoptera.- VDM-Verlag, ISBN 3639290593, pp. 116.
2009
Lehmitz, R. (2009): Aerial migration of oribatid mites.- 10th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, Ceské Budejovice, Abstract book, p. 48.
2008
Lehmitz, R., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2008): Detection of migration mechanisms of oribatid mites.- EURECO-GFOE 2008, Proceedings, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 38: 449.
Hausen, J. and Scholz-Starke, B. and Burkhardt, U. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Russell, D. J. and Roß-Nickoll, M. and Ottermanns, R. (2017) EdaphoStat: interactive ecological analysis of soil organism occurrences and preferences from the Edaphobase data warehouse. Database, 2017. pp. 1-6.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) Edaphobase – The Online Soil-Zoological Data Warehouse. 9th International Seminar of Apterygota, Abstract Book. p. 31.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Trog, C. and Vorwald, J. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) The Edaphobase Project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-zoological data warehouse. Applied Soil Ecology, 83. pp. 3-12. ISSN 0929-1393
Russell, D. J. and Vorwald, J. and Burkhardt, U. and Christian, A. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Franzke, A. and Höfer, H. and Hohberg, K. and Horak, K. and Jänsch, S. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Schmelz, R. and Schulz, H.-J. and Stierhof, T. and Trog, C. and Voigtländer, K. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2012) Edaphobase – a new data warehouse for soil organisms. Book of Abstracts – Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 42. p. 282.
Hausen, J. and Scholz-Starke, B. and Burkhardt, U. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Russell, D. J. and Roß-Nickoll, M. and Ottermanns, R. (2017) EdaphoStat: interactive ecological analysis of soil organism occurrences and preferences from the Edaphobase data warehouse. Database, 2017. pp. 1-6.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) Edaphobase – The Online Soil-Zoological Data Warehouse. 9th International Seminar of Apterygota, Abstract Book. p. 31.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Trog, C. and Vorwald, J. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) The Edaphobase Project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-zoological data warehouse. Applied Soil Ecology, 83. pp. 3-12. ISSN 0929-1393
Russell, D. J. and Vorwald, J. and Burkhardt, U. and Christian, A. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Franzke, A. and Höfer, H. and Hohberg, K. and Horak, K. and Jänsch, S. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Schmelz, R. and Schulz, H.-J. and Stierhof, T. and Trog, C. and Voigtländer, K. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2012) Edaphobase – a new data warehouse for soil organisms. Book of Abstracts – Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 42. p. 282.
Hausen, J. and Scholz-Starke, B. and Burkhardt, U. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Russell, D. J. and Roß-Nickoll, M. and Ottermanns, R. (2017) EdaphoStat: interactive ecological analysis of soil organism occurrences and preferences from the Edaphobase data warehouse. Database, 2017. pp. 1-6.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S.and Römbke, J. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) Edaphobase – The Online Soil-Zoological Data Warehouse. 9th International Seminar of Apterygota, Abstract Book. p. 31.
Burkhardt, U. and Russell, D. J. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Höfer, H. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Trog, C. and Vorwald, J. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2014) The Edaphobase Project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-zoological data warehouse.Applied Soil Ecology, 83. pp. 3-12. ISSN 0929-1393
Russell, D. J. and Vorwald, J. and Burkhardt, U. and Christian, A. and Decker, P. and Döhler, M. and Franzke, A. and Höfer, H. and Hohberg, K. and Horak, K. and Jänsch, S. and Lesch, S. and Rick, S. and Römbke, J. and Schmelz, R. and Schulz, H.-J. and Stierhof, T. and Trog, C. and Voigtländer, K. and Wurst, E. and Xylander, W.E.R. (2012) Edaphobase – a new data warehouse for soil organisms. Book of Abstracts – Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 42. p. 282.
since July 2013
Head of section Oribatida
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Aug. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
in the project “Creation of the Red Lists 2020 – Preparatory Phase (FKZ 3511 861100)” of the Free University of Berlin for a test run Red Lists using the example of earthworms (Lumbricidae)
Jan. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Scholarship of the Swiss foundation “Pro Acarologia Basiliensis” for the study of the “Oribatidensynusien in the nature reserve Dubringer Moor”
Jan. 2008 – Okt. 2012
Doctorand
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
July – Dez. 2007
Research assistant
University Oldenburg
in the joint project “Entomological investigation to combat bluetongue disease”
June 2006 – March 2007
Student assistant
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Alfred Wegener Institut (AWI) Potsdam
University Potsdam
Education
Okt. 2012
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Degree: Doctorate (biology)
at the University of Leipzig; topic: The distribution routes of horn mites (Oribatida) and their immigration in raw soils
June – July 2010
Ohio State University
Soil Acarology Workshop, Acarology Summer Program
June 2006 – March 2007
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Degree: Diploma (Biology)
Topic: “Characterization of lake types of the North German Plain using aquatic coleoptera”.
Aug. – Okt. 2010
Elbe Brandenburg Biosphere Reserve
Work experience
Registration of the water beetles in the Rambower Moor
Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2004
University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Great Britain)
Semester abroad
Okt. 2001 – March 2007
University Potsdam
Degree: Diploma (biology)
Specialisation in ecology/nature conservation
2024
Eisenhauer N, Ristok C, Guerra CA, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Glante F, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Rueß L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N (in press) Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J. (in press): Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
Gan HY, Hohberg K, Schneider C, Ebner M, Marais E, Miranda T, Lehmitz R, Maggs-Kölling G, Bocherens H (2024) The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib’s fog plant ecosystem. Scientific Reports 14:13334 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61796-8
Muelbaier H, Arthen F, Collins G, Hickler T, Hohberg K, Lehmitz R, Pauchet Y, Pfenninger M, Potapov A, Romahn J, Schaefer I, Scheu S, Schneider C, Ebersberger I, Bálint M (2024) Genomic evidence for the wide-spread presence of GH45 cellulases among soil invertebrates. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17351
2022
Escher, J., Hohberg, K., Decker, P., & Lehmitz, R. (2022). Ecology, genetics and distribution of Punctoribates zachvatkini, an oribatid mite so far overlooked in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 87(4), 289-307.
Schmidt, A., Schneider, C., Decker, P., Hohberg, K., Römbke, J., Lehmitz, R., & Bálint, M. (2022). Shotgun metagenomics of soil invertebrate communities reflects taxonomy, biomass, and reference genome properties. Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), e8991.
2020
Lehmitz, R., Haase, H., Otte, V. & Russell, D. (2020): Bioindication in peatlands by means of muti-taxa indicators (Oribatida, Aaraneae, Carabidae, Vegetation). Ecological Indicators 109, doi 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105837
2019
Graefe, U., Römbke, J. & Lehmitz, R. (2019): Die Waldbindung der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae) Deutschlands. S.17-25. In: Dorow, W.H.O:, Blick S.U.P. & Schneider, A. (eds): Waldbindung ausgewählter Tiergruppen Deutschlands. Lumbricidae, Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Aculeata, Macrolepidoptera, Aves. BfN-Skripten 544. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 388 S.
Schuppenhauer, M.M., Lehmitz, R. & Xylander, W.E.R. (2019) Slow-moving soil organisms on a water highway: aquatic dispersal and survival potential of Oribatida and Collembola in running water. Movement Ecology. 7(1):20
Maraun, M., Caruso, T., Hense, J., Lehmitz, R., Mumladze, L., Murvanidze, M., Nae, I, Schulz, J., Seniczak, A. & Scheu, S. (2019). Parthenogenetic vs. sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities. Ecology and Evolution:1-9
2018
Balkenhol, B., Haase, H., Gebauer, P. & Lehmitz, R. (2018): Steeplebushes conquer the countryside – Influence of invasive plant species on spider communities (Araneae) in former wet meadows. Biodiversity and Conservation 27 (9): 2257-2274
2017
Schuppenhauer, M. M. & Lehmitz, R. (2017): Floating Islands: A method to detect aquatic dispersal and colonisation potential of soil microarthropods. – Soil Organisms 89 (2): 119–126
Lehmitz, R. & Decker, P. (2017): The nuclear 28S gene fragment D3 as species marker in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from German peatlands. Experimental and Applied Acarology 71(3), 259–276, doi 10.1007/s10493-017-0126-x
2016
Krause, A., Pachl, P., Schulz, G., Lehmitz, R., Senizcak, A., Schaefer, I., Scheu, S. & Maraun, M. (2016): Convergent evolution of aquatic life by sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites. Experimental and Applied Acarology, doi 10.1007/s10493-016-0089-3
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Graefe, U., Beylich, A. & Krück, S. (2013): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae et Criodrilidae) Deutschlands. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 70 (4) Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2), 565-590.
Lehmitz, R. & Maraun, M. (2016): Small-scale spatial heterogeneity of stable isotope signatures (δ15N, δ13C) in Sphagnum sp. transfers to all trophic leverl in oribatid mites. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 100: 242-251.
2015
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2015) Boden ein unterschätzter Lebensraum. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6/2015: 388-395.
Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Senckenberg erforscht, wie Boden entsteht – Görlitzer Langzeitstudien zur Entwicklung von Bodenlebensgemeinschaften. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 84-89.
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R. & Lang, B. (2015): Unsere Böden – Unbeachtet, unverzichtbar und voller Leben. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 74-77.
Hohberg, K., Lehmitz, R., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Wie ein Lebensraum entsteht – Bodentiere in der Bergbaufolge. The genesis of a habitat – Soil animals at post-mining sites. Senckenberg Jahresbericht 2013-2014 ISBN 978-3-929907-92-6: 36-42.
2014
Lehmitz, R. (2014): The oribatid mite community of a German peatland in 1987 and 2012 – effects of anthropogenic desiccation and afforestation. Soil Organisms 86 (2), 131-145.
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Krück, S., Beylich, A. & U. Graefe (2014): Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany. Zootaxa 3866, 2: 221-245
2012
Lehmitz, R. (2012): Die Verbreitungswege von Hornmilben (Oribatida) und ihre Einwanderung in Rohböden. – Dissertation, Universität Leipzig, Fakultät der Biowissenschaften, pp. 99.
Lehmitz, R (2012): Milben – vom Winde verweht. – Natur • Forschung • Museum 142, 3/4: 130-131
Lehmitz, R, Russell, D., Hohberg, K., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2012): Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils. – Applied Soil Ecology 55: 10-19
2011
Hohberg, K., Elmer, M., Russell, D., Christian, A., Schulz, H.-J., Lehmitz, R., R. & M. Wanner (2011): First five years of soil food-web development in ‘Chicken Creek’ catchment. In: Elmer, M., Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W. & R.F. Hüttl (Eds.), The artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – initial ecosystem development 2005-2010. – Ecosystem Development 3: 93-114
Lehmitz, R., Russell, D. J., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2011): Wind dispersal of oribatid mites as a mode of migration. – Pedobiologia 54: 201–207
2010
Lehmitz, R. (2010): Typisierung von Seen Norddeutschlands anhand aquatischer Coleoptera.- VDM-Verlag, ISBN 3639290593, pp. 116.
2009
Lehmitz, R. (2009): Aerial migration of oribatid mites.- 10th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, Ceské Budejovice, Abstract book, p. 48.
2008
Lehmitz, R., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2008): Detection of migration mechanisms of oribatid mites.- EURECO-GFOE 2008, Proceedings, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 38: 449.