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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

University of Würzburg
Field Station Fabrikschleichach
Campus Hubland Nord
Emil-Fischer-Str. 32
97074 Würzburg
Building: Gebäude 32
Room: App. R6
Phone: +49 931 31-87703

  • Natural disturbances
  • Forest conservation
  • Biodiversity

  • Real-time Earth observation of forest dynamics and biodiversity (ROOT)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Beauty and the beast: how a bat utilizes forests shaped by outbreaks of an insect pest. Kortmann, Mareike; Hurst, J.; Brinkmann, R.; Heurich, M.; Gonzalez, R. Silveyra; Müller, J.; Thorn, S. In Animal Conservation, 21(1), pp. 21–30. Wiley, 2017.
  • Arthropod dark taxa provide new insights into diversity responses to bark beetle infestations. Kortmann, Mareike; Roth, Nicolas; Buse, Jörn; Hilszczaski, Jacek; Jaworski, Tomasz; Moriniere, Jerome; Seidl, Rupert; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg C. In Ecological Applications, 32(2). Wiley, 2022.
  • 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.
  • 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; Cholewinska, Olga; Förschler, Marc I.; Georgiev, Kostadin B.; Hilszczanski, Jacek; Jaroszewicz, Bogdan; Jaworski, Tomasz; Kaufmann, Stefan; Kuijper, Dries; Lorz, Janina; Lotz, Annette; Lubek, Anna; Mayer, Marius; Mayerhofer, Simone; Meyer, Stefan; Moriniere, Jerome; 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.