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Lehrstuhl für Naturschutzbiologie und Waldökologie

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

University of Würzburg
Field Station Fabrikschleichach
Campus Hubland Nord
Emil-Fischer-Str. 32
97074 Würzburg
Gebäude: Gebäude 32
Raum: App. R6
Telefon: +49 931 31-87703
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-5276

  • Natürliche Störungen
  • Waldschutz
  • Biodiversität

  • Erdbeobachtung der Walddynamik und Biodiversität in Echtzeit (ROOT)

2026[ to top ]
  • Distance-decay reveals contrasting effects of land-use types on arthropod community homogenisation. Decker, Orsi; Uhler, Johannes; Redlich, Sarah; Chao, Anne; Kortmann, Mareike; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Tobisch, Cynthia; Ewald, Jörg; Englmeier, Jana; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Bozicevic, Vedran; Morinière, Jérôme; Zhang, Jie; Müller, Jörg. In Nature Communications, 17(1), p. 763. 2026.
  • The positive effects of canopy openness across post-disturbance management on insect diversity. Kortmann, Mareike; Seidl, Rupert; Jaggy, Niklas; Kacic, Patrick; Morinière, Jérôme; Müller, Jörg. In Biological Conservation, 313, p. 111647. Elsevier BV, 2026.
2025[ to top ]
  • Acoustic Indices Predict Recovery of Tropical Bird Communities for Taxonomic and Functional Composition. Kümmet, Sonja; Müller, Jörg; Burivalova, Zuzana; Schaefer, H. Martin; Gelis, Rudy; Freile, Juan; Busse, Annika; Püls, Marcel; Kriegel, Peter; Seibold, Sebastian; Blüthgen, Nico; de la Hoz, Maria; Schleuning, Matthias; Neuschulz, Eike Lena; Mitesser, Oliver; Kortmann, Mareike. In Conservation Letters, 18(4). Wiley, 2025.
  • Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests. Kortmann, Mareike; Chao, Anne; Schaefer, H. Martin; Blüthgen, Nico; Gelis, Rudy; Tremlett, Constance J.; Busse, Annika; Püls, Marcel; Seibold, Sebastian; Kriegel, Peter; Rabl, Dominik; de la Hoz, Maria; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Schleuning, Matthias; Feldhaar, Heike; Newell, Felicity L.; Kümmet, Sonja; Mitesser, Oliver; Peters, Marcel K.; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Applied Ecology. Wiley, 2025.
  • A shortcut to sample coverage standardization in metabarcoding data provides new insights into land-use effects on insect diversity. Kortmann, Mareike; Chao, Anne; Chiu, Chun-Huo; Heibl, Christoph; Mitesser, Oliver; Morinière, Jérôme; Bozicevic, Vedran; Hothorn, Torsten; Rothacher, Julia; Englmeier, Jana; Ewald, Jörg; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Moning, Christoph; Redlich, Sarah; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Zhang, Jie; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Müller, Jörg. In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2046). The Royal Society, 2025.
  • The impact of tree mortality and post‐disturbance management on insect diversity in temperate forests: Insights from a replicated experiment. Rothacher, Julia; Seidl, Rupert; Thom, Dominik; Kortmann, Mareike; Chao, Anne; Chiu, Chun‐Ho; Heibl, Christoph; Hothorn, Torsten; Mitesser, Oliver; Mori, Akira S.; Morinière, Jérôme; Pierick, Kerstin; Wild, Clara; Wild, Nina; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Applied Ecology. Wiley, 2025.
  • Illustrated Catalogue and Phylogenetic Relationships of 330 Species of Arctiinae Moth Species from the Chocó Rainforest in NW Ecuador: Most Species are Undescribed. Brehm, Gunnar; Böttger, Dennis; Diniz, Ugo Mendez; Donoso, David A.; Kortmann, Mareike; Müller, Jörg; Rabl, Dominik; Keller, Alexander; Laguerre, Michel. In Neotropical Entomology, 54(1), p. 127. 2025.
  • Continuous Earth Observation of Forest Dynamics and Biodiversity. Herbst, Nikolas; Kortmann, Mareike; Jaggy, Niklas; Thonfeld, Frank; Abad, Cristina L.; Kuenzer, Claudia; Müller, Jörg; Kounev, Samuel. In Communications of the ACM, 68(7), pp. 102–107. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025.
  • Macro‐ and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes. Geres, Lisa Samira; Richter, Tobias; Seidl, Rupert; König, Sebastian; Chao, Anne; Chiu, Chun‐Huo; Kortmann, Mareike; Mitesser, Oliver; Müller, Jörg; Rothacher, Julia; Bässler, Claus; Seibold, Sebastian. In Ecography, 2025(12). Wiley, 2025.
2024[ to top ]
  • Habitat niches of bird species along a recovery gradient in the Chocó tropical forest. Falconí-López, Ana; Mitesser, Oliver; Martin Schaefer, H.; Blüthgen, Nico; Busse, Annika; Feldhaar, Heike; Freile, Juan; Gelis, Rudy; Grella, Nina; Heibl, Christoph; Kortmann, Mareike; Newell, Felicity L.; Rabl, Dominik; Schleuning, Matthias; Seibold, Sebastian; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Tinoco, Boris A.; Tremlett, Constance J.; Müller, Jörg; Donoso, David A. In Ecological Indicators, 166, p. 112260. Elsevier BV, 2024.
  • The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador. Gindhart, Rosa; Müller, Jörg; Burivalova, Zuzana; Blüthgen, Nico; Busse, Annika; de la Hoz, Maria; Donoso, David A.; Feldhaar, Heike; Grella, Nina; Kortmann, Mareike; Kriegel, Peter; Kümmet, Sonja; Newell, Felicity L.; Püls, Marcel; Schaefer, H. Martin; Seibold, Sebastian; Tremlett, Constance J.; Mitesser, Oliver. In Insect Conservation and Diversity, 18(2), pp. 177–190. Wiley, 2024.
  • Bark‐beetle disturbance severity only moderately alters forest affinity of arthropod communities. Kortmann, Mareike; Buse, Jörn; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaworski, Tomasz; Müller, Jörg; Thorn, Simon; Roth, Nicolas. In Insect Conservation and Diversity. Wiley, 2024.
2022[ to top ]
  • Arthropod dark taxa provide new insights into diversity responses to bark beetle infestations. Kortmann, Mareike; Roth, Nicolas; Buse, Jörn; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaworski, Tomasz; Morinière, Jérôme; Seidl, Rupert; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg C. In Ecological Applications, 32(2). Wiley, 2022.
  • Disturbance Severity and Human - Nature Relationships: A New Approach to Analyze People’s Well-Being along a Bark Beetle Infestation Gradient. Kortmann, Mareike; Angelstam, Per; Mayer, Marius; Leibl, Franz; Reichert, Jessica; Thorn, Christine; Thorn, Simon. In Forests, 13(11), p. 1954. MDPI AG, 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Ecology versus society: Impacts of bark beetle infestations on biodiversity and restorativeness in protected areas of Central Europe. Kortmann, Mareike; Müller, Jörg C.; Baier, Roland; Bässler, Claus; Buse, Jörn; Cholewińska, Olga; Förschler, Marc I.; Georgiev, Kostadin B.; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaroszewicz, Bogdan; Jaworski, Tomasz; Kaufmann, Stefan; Kuijper, Dries; Lorz, Janina; Lotz, Annette; Łubek, Anna; Mayer, Marius; Mayerhofer, Simone; Meyer, Stefan; Morinière, Jérôme; Popa, Flavius; Reith, Hannah; Roth, Nicolas; Seibold, Sebastian; Seidl, Rupert; Stengel, Elisa; Wolski, Grzegorz J.; Thorn, Simon. In Biological Conservation, 254, p. 108931. Elsevier BV, 2021.
2018[ to top ]
  • Forest structure following natural disturbances and early succession provides habitat for two avian flagship species, capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia). Kortmann, Mareike; Heurich, Marco; Latifi, Hooman; Rösner, Sascha; Seidl, Rupert; Müller, Jörg; Thorn, Simon. In Biological Conservation, 226, pp. 81–91. Elsevier BV, 2018.
2017[ to top ]
  • Beauty and the beast: how a bat utilizes forests shaped by outbreaks of an insect pest. Kortmann, M.; Hurst, J.; Brinkmann, R.; Heurich, M.; Silveyra González, R.; Müller, J.; Thorn, S. In Animal Conservation, 21(1), pp. 21–30. Wiley, 2017.
2016[ to top ]
  • Key role of scale morphology in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes) in the ability to keep sand. Spinner, Marlene; Kortmann, Mareike; Traini, Camille; Gorb, Stanislav N. In Scientific Reports, 6(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.