Department of Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology (Zoology III)

Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)

Our department is part of the Biocenter at the University of Würzburg and comprises three professorships and about 60 staff members. The involved working groups cover major areas of animal ecology in research and teaching. The main emphasis is on biodiversity research, ecosystem functioning, global change, tropical ecology and evolutionary ecology. Part of the research groups are located at the Campus "Hubland Nord" (Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology, Global Change Ecology and Applied Biodiversity Science) and at the Ecological Field Station Fabrikschleichach (Research Group Forest Ecology).

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Honeybees: Combinations of Pesticides Can be Dangerous - 09.09.2024
When the Heat Makes You Disoriented - 30.08.2024
Ants Recognise Infected Wounds and Treat Them - 02.01.2024
New Insights into Ecosystem Functions - 14.12.2023
AI Models Identify Biodiversity in Tropical Rainforests - 17.10.2023
Important Additional Driver of Insect Decline Identified - 27.09.2023

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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
(Zoology III)

zoo3@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Tel.: +49 931 31-84350

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New Publications

Manzer S, Thamm M, Hilsmann L, Krischke B, Steffan-Dewenter I, Scheiner R (2024) The neonicotinoid acetamiprid reduces larval and adult survival in honeybees (Apis mellifera) and interacts with a fungicide mixture. Environmental Pollution 360: 124643.
Rodríguez-León DS, Uzunov A, Costa C, Elen D, Charistos L, Galea T, Gabel M, Scheiner R, Pinto MA, Schmitt T (2024) Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24: 131.
Müller J, Hothorn T, Yuan Y, Seibold S, Mitesser O, Rothacher J, Freund J, Wild C, Wolz M, Menzel A (2024) Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years. Nature 628: 349-354.
Nooten SS, Korten H, Schmitt T, Kárpáti Z (2024) The heat is on: reduced detection of floral scents after heatwaves in bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291.