Department of Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology (Zoology III) - Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)

Our department is part of the Biocenter at the University of Würzburg and comprises two 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. We are closely connected to the research groups
Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology, Global Change Ecology and Applied Biodiversity Science, as well as the Ecological Field Station Fabrikschleichach (Research Group Forest Ecology).

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Higher Pollinator Diversity in Calcareous Grasslands - 07.02.2025
Cold Waves in the Rainforest: What They Mean for Wild Animals - 30.01.2025
Honeybees: Combinations of Pesticides Can be Dangerous - 09.09.2024
When the Heat Makes You Disoriented - 30.08.2024
Amputations Save Lives – Even in Ants - 02.07.2024
Ants Recognise Infected Wounds and Treat Them - 02.01.2024

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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

Aycart-Lazo P, Ivañez-Ballesteros B, Ocampo-Ariza C, Wessely J, Dullinger S, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thomas E, Tscharntke T, Maas B (2025) Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 385: 109545.
Lanuza JB, Knight TM, Montes‐Perez N, Glenny W, Acuña P, Albrecht M, Artamendi M, Badenhausser I, Bennett JM, Biella P, Bommarco R, Cappellari A, Castro S, Clough Y, Colom P, et al. (2025) A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e70000.
Biegerl C, Holzschuh A, Tanner B, Sponsler D, Krauss J, Zhang J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2025) Landscape management can foster pollinator richness in fragmented high-value habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292: 20242686.
Ocampo‐Ariza C, Müller S, Yovera F, Thomas E, Vansynghel J, Maas B, Steffan‐Dewenter I, Tscharntke T (2025) Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 62: 579–592.