Dr. Christian von Hoermann

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• Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores. Atmeh, Kamal; Bonenfant, Christophe; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Garel, Mathieu; Hewison, A. J. Mark; Marchand, Pascal; Morellet, Nicolas; Anderwald, Pia; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Beck, Jeffrey L.; Becker, Matthew S.; van Beest, Floris M.; Berg, Jodi; Bergvall, Ulrika A.; Boone, Randall B.; Boyce, Mark S.; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chaval, Yannick; Buyanaa, Chimeddorj; Christianson, David; Ciuti, Simone; Côté, Steeve D.; Diefenbach, Duane R.; Droge, Egil; du Toit, Johan T.; Dwinnell, Samantha; Fennessy, Julian; Filli, Flurin; Fortin, Daniel; Hart, Emma E.; Hayes, Matthew; Hebblewhite, Mark; Heim, Morten; Herfindal, Ivar; Heurich, Marco; von Hoermann, Christian; Huggler, Katey; Jackson, Craig; Jakes, Andrew F.; Jones, Paul F.; Kaczensky, Petra; Kauffman, Matthew; Kjellander, Petter; LaSharr, Tayler; Loe, Leif Egil; May, Roel; McLoughlin, Philip; Meisingset, Erling L.; Merrill, Evelyn; Monteith, Kevin L.; Mueller, Thomas; Mysterud, Atle; Nandintsetseg, Dejid; Olson, Kirk; Payne, John; Pearson, Scott; Pedersen, \AA}shild \Onvik; Ranglack, Dustin; Reinking, Adele K.; Rempfler, Thomas; Rice, Clifford G.; R\oskaft, Eivin; S\ae}ther, Bernt-Erik; Saïd, Sonia; Santacreu, Hugo; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Smit, Daan; Stabach, Jared A.; St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues; Taillon, Joëlle; Walter, W. David; White, Kevin; Péron, Guillaume; Loison, Anne. In Nature Ecology \& Evolution, 9(1), pp. 142–152. 2025.
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• Seasonal variability of scavenger visitations is independent of carrion predictability. De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Ferry, Nicolas; Stiegler, Jonas; Selva, Nuria; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco. In Basic and Applied Ecology, 79, pp. 57–64. Elsevier BV, 2024.
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• Ecological drivers of carrion beetle (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) diversity on small to large mammals. Büchner, Gwen; Hothorn, Torsten; Feldhaar, Heike; von Hoermann, Christian; Lackner, Tomáš; Rietz, Janine; Schlüter, Jens; Mitesser, Oliver; Benbow, M. Eric; Heurich, Marco; Müller, Jörg. In Ecology and Evolution, 14(9). Wiley, 2024.
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• Season, decay stage, habitat, temperature and carrion beetles allow estimating the post‐mortem interval of wild boar carcasses. Müller, Jörg; Rietz, Janine; von Hoermann, Christian; Conraths, Franz J.; Benbow, M. Eric; Mitesser, Oliver; Schlüter, Jens; Lackner, Tomáš; Reckel, Frank; Heurich, Marco. In Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(1). Wiley, 2024.
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• Risk response towards roads is consistent across multiple species in a temperate forest ecosystem. Luca Bastianelli, Matteo; von Hoermann, Christian; Kirchner, Katrin; Signer, Johannes; Dupke, Claudia; Henrich, Maik; Wielgus, Elodie; Fiderer, Christian; Belotti, Elisa; Bufka, Luděk; Ciuti, Simone; Dormann, Carsten F.; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Storch, Ilse; Grilo, Clara; Heurich, Marco. In Oikos, 2024(7). Wiley, 2024.
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• Scavenger-induced scattering of wild boar carcasses over large distances and its implications for disease management. Rietz, Janine; Ischebeck, Sophia; Conraths, Franz J.; Probst, Carolina; Zedrosser, Andreas; Fiderer, Christian; Reckel, Frank; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco. In Journal of Environmental Management, 365, p. 121554. Elsevier BV, 2024.
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• Mechanisms determining the multi-diversity of carrion visiting species along a gradient of carrion body mass. Wierer, Amelie; von Hoermann, Christian; Benbow, M. Eric; Büchner, Christiane; Feldhaar, Heike; Fiderer, Christian; Mitesser, Oliver; Rietz, Janine; Schluter, Jens; Zeitzler, Johannes; Lackner, Tomáš; Bässler, Claus; Heurich, Marco; Müller, Jörg. In Oecologia, 206(1), pp. 115–126. 2024.
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• Red fox cannibalism in a temperate forest ecosystem. Muther, Sandrina; Premier, Joe; Gahbauer, Martin; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco. In Basic and Applied Ecology, 77, pp. 8–15. Elsevier BV, 2024.
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• Factors influencing carrion communities are only partially consistent with those of deadwood necromass. von Hoermann, Christian; Benbow, M. Eric; Rottler-Hoermann, Ann-Marie; Lackner, Tomás; Sommer, David; Receveur, Joseph P.; Bässler, Claus; Heurich, Marco; Müller, Jörg. In Oecologia. Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023.
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• Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition. Englmeier, Jana; Mitesser, Oliver; Benbow, M. Eric; Hothorn, Torsten; von Hoermann, Christian; Benjamin, Caryl; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Redlich, Sarah; Riebl, Rebekka; Rojas Botero, Sandra; Rummler, Thomas; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Stengel, Elisa; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Zhang, Jie; Müller, Jörg. In Ecosystems, 26(2), pp. 397–411. 2023.
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• Drone-based thermal imaging in the detection of wildlife carcasses and disease management. Rietz, Janine; van Beeck Calkoen, Suzanne T. S.; Ferry, Nicolas; Schlüter, Jens; Wehner, Helena; Schindlatz, Karl-Heinz; Lackner, Tomas; von Hoermann, Christian; Conraths, Franz J.; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco. In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023, p. 12. 2023.
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• Analysis of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) vehicle collisions in Lower Bavaria including the Bavarian Forest National and Nature Park. Reisinger, Felix; Heurich, Marco; von Hoermann, Christian; Bastianelli, Matteo Luca. In Silva Gabreta, 29, pp. 73–79. 2023.

• Linking bacteria, volatiles and insects on carrion: the role of temporal and spatial factors regulating inter-kingdom communication via volatiles. von Hoermann, Christian; Weithmann, Sandra; Sikorski, Johannes; Nevo, Omer; Szpila, Krzysztof; Grzywacz, Andrzej; Grunwald, Jan-Eric; Reckel, Frank; Overmann, Jörg; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred. In Royal Society Open Science, 9(8). The Royal Society, 2022.
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• Evisceration residues from hunted roe deer as a resource for necrophagous insect fauna in the Black Forest, Germany: a preliminary study. Schwegmann, Sebastian; Binder, Nikolas; von Hoermann, Christian; Bhardwaj, Manisha; Storch, Ilse. In Wildlife Biology, 2022(6). Wiley, 2022.
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• Dung-visiting beetle diversity is mainly affected by land use, while community specialization is driven by climate. Englmeier, Jana; von Hoermann, Christian; Rieker, Daniel; Benbow, Marc Eric; Benjamin, Caryl; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Lackner, Tomáš; Mitesser, Oliver; Redlich, Sarah; Riebl, Rebekka; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Rummler, Thomas; Salamon, Jörg-Alfred; Sommer, David; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Zhang, Jie; Müller, Jörg. In Ecology and Evolution, 12(10). Wiley, 2022.
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• Temporal variability of the rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) community on small vertebrate carrion and its potential use for forensic entomology. Weithmann, Sandra; von Hoermann, Christian; Degasperi, Gregor; Brandt, Katharina; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred. In Forensic Science International, 323, p. 110792. Elsevier BV, 2021.
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• Carcasses at Fixed Locations Host a Higher Diversity of Necrophilous Beetles. von Hoermann, Christian; Lackner, Tomáš; Sommer, David; Heurich, Marco; Benbow, M. Eric; Müller, Jörg. In Insects, 12(5). 2021.
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• The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Efficacy of Chemical Communication in the Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Chemnitz, Johanna; von Hoermann, Christian; Ayasse, Manfred; Steiger, Sandra. In Journal of Insect Science, 20(4), P. Weintraub (ed.). Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
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• The Attraction of the Dung Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) to Volatiles from Vertebrate Cadavers. Weithmann, Sandra; von Hoermann, Christian; Schmitt, Thomas; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred. In Insects, 11(8). 2020.
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• Carcass provisioning for scavenger conservation in a temperate forest ecosystem. Stiegler, Jonas; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Benbow, M. Eric; Heurich, Marco. In Ecosphere, 11(4). 2020.
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• Local and Landscape Effects on Carrion-Associated Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in German Forests. Weithmann, Sandra; Kuppler, Jonas; Degasperi, Gregor; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred; von Hoermann, Christian. In Insects, 11(12). 2020.
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• Forest habitat parameters influence abundance and diversity of cadaver-visiting dung beetles in Central Europe. von Hoermann, Christian; Weithmann, Sandra; Deißler, Markus; Ayasse, Manfred; Steiger, Sandra. In Royal Society Open Science, 7(3), p. 191722. The Royal Society, 2020.
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• Effects of abiotic environmental factors and land use on the diversity of carrion-visiting silphid beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A large scale carrion study. von Hoermann, Christian; Jauch, Dennis; Kubotsch, Carolin; Reichel-Jung, Kirsten; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred. In PLOS ONE, 13(5), pp. 1–24. Public Library of Science, 2018.
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• Function of bacterial community dynamics in the formation of cadaveric semiochemicals during in situ carcass decomposition. Pascual, Javier; von Hoermann, Christian; Rottler‐Hoermann, Ann‐Marie; Nevo, Omer; Geppert, Alicia; Sikorski, Johannes; Huber, Katharina J.; Steiger, Sandra; Ayasse, Manfred; Overmann, Jörg. In Environmental Microbiology, 19(8), pp. 3310–3322. Wiley, 2017.
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• Volatile Organic Compounds of Decaying Piglet Cadavers Perceived by Nicrophorus vespilloides. von Hoermann, Christian; Ruther, Joachim; Ayasse, Manfred. In Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(8), pp. 756–767. 2016.
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• When males stop having sex: adaptive insect mating tactics during parental care. Engel, Katharina C.; von Hoermann, Christian; Eggert, Anne-Katrin; Müller, Josef K.; Steiger, Sandra. In Animal Behaviour, 90, pp. 245–253. Elsevier BV, 2014.
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• Too Fresh Is Unattractive! The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition. von Hoermann, Christian; Steiger, Sandra; Müller, Josef K.; Ayasse, Manfred. In PLOS ONE, 8(3), pp. 1–11. Public Library of Science, 2013.
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• The attraction of virgin female hide beetles (Dermestes maculatus) to cadavers by a combination of decomposition odour and male sex pheromones. von Hoermann, Christian; Ruther, Joachim; Ayasse, Manfred. In Frontiers in Zoology, 9(1), p. 18. 2012.
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• The importance of carcass volatiles as attractants for the hide beetle Dermestes maculatus (De Geer). von Hoermann, C.; Ruther, J.; Reibe, S.; Madea, B.; Ayasse, M. In Forensic Science International, 212(1–3), pp. 173–179. Elsevier BV, 2011.
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