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 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).

News

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
New Insights into Ecosystem Functions - 14.12.2023

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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

Holzmann KL, Alonso-Alonso P, Correa-Carmona Y, Pinos A, Yon F, Brehm G, Keller A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2025) Cold waves in the Amazon rainforest and their ecological impact. Biology Letters 21: 20240591.
Dzekashu FF, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I, Macharia JM, Matheka KW, Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Lattorff HMG (2025) Bee Visitors in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot of Kenya, East Africa. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 106: e02211.
Minaud E, Rebaudo F, Mainardi G, Vardakas P, Hatjina F, Steffan-Dewenter I, Requier F (2024) Temperature in overwintering honey bee colonies reveals brood status and predicts colony mortality. Ecological Indicators 169: 112961.
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.