2025

• Bucher, R., ..., Djoudi, EA, ..., Birkhofer, K., et al.Land-use impacts on crop yield: direct and indirect roles of arthropods and associated ecosystem services in European farmland.Landsc Ecol40, 97 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02117-w
• Agunbiade, M. B., Mawdo, J., Camara, F., Fotang, C., Tangwa, E., Oladosu, O. A., ... & Birkhofer, K. (2025). Mapping suitable habitat for Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in one of the last West African strongholds for the species, The Gambia. Ostrich, 1-12
• Menares-Barraza, E., Markova-Nenova, N., Sturm, A., Wätzold, F., & Birkhofer, K. (2025) Cost-Effective Conservation of Multiple Goals in Grasslands: Synergies and Trade-Offs. SSRN 5206712.
• Melcher, A. C., Krehenwinkel, H., Harms, D., & Birkhofer, K. (2025). Estimating Required Sample Sizes for Gut Content Metabarcoding Studies of Dietary Diversity in Spiders. Journal of Applied Entomology.
• Bapfubusa Niyibizi, Ingrid & Addison, Pia & Birkhofer, Klaus. (2025). Effect of Pest Control Strategies on Arthropod Pests of Apple in Europe: A Meta‐Analysis. Journal of Applied Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13416
• Ryota Saito, Hiroki Yamanobe, Kazuma Yabuki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takeru Saito, Shuntaro Hakozaki, Manfred Wanner, Ryota Koizumi, Tatsuya Sakai, Maribet Gamboa, Toshihiko Tanaka, Akiko Ono, Hoa Thanh Nguyen, Yuta Saito, Tetsuya Aoyama, Katsuhiko Kojima, Futoshi Suizu, Kozo Watanabe, Yoichiro Sogame. Salinity tolerance in resting cysts of colpodid ciliates: Comparative transcriptomics analysis and chemical analysis of cyst walls to investigate their tolerance capability. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, Volume 8, 2025, 100371, ISSN 2666-5174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100371
• Kinga H, Damptey FG, Harms D, Jocqué R, Henrard A, Birkhofer K (2025) Active restoration of post-mining forest benefits the activity density, but not the diversity of spider communities across the seasons in Ghana. African Invertebrates 66(1): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.138662
• Feng L, Arvidsson F, Djoudi EA, Birkhofer K (2025) Isotopic niches and diets of ground-active arthropod predators differ between a post-mining and a natural lakeshore​​​​​​​. Food Webs 41 (2024): e00368.

2024

• Bucher, Roman; Batáry, Péter; Baudry, Julia et al. (2024). Functional diversity of ground beetles improved aphid control but did not increase crop yields on European farms. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3035
• Kocsis, T., Schnerch, B. (2024). First Record of Diplocephalus graecus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) in the Netherlands (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Nieuwsbrief SPINED 41, p. 7-9, ISSN: 0926-0781.
• Aigbedion-Atalor, P., Upfold, J., Coombes, C., Moore, S., & Hill, M. (2024). Sexual selection in Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) is shaped by contrasting geographic adaptations, but does it matter for area-wide sex pheromone control tools? Annals of Applied Biology, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12898
• Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Ken Okwae Fening, Akinyemi O. Adeyemi, Itohan Idemudia, Kenechukwu Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Maureen Amuche Nwobodo, Oghenetega Sunday, Nnenna Chinyelu Isiogu, Abiola O. Oke. Regenerative edible insects for food, feed, and sustainable livelihoods in Nigeria: Consumption, potential and prospects, Future Foods, Volume 9, 2024, 100309, ISSN 2666-8335, doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100309
• Itohan Idemudia, Ken Okwae Fening, Lakpo Koku Agboyi, David Wilson, Victor Attuquaye Clottey, Patrick Beseh, Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor. First report of the predatory potential and functional response of the red flower assassin bug Rhynocoris segmentarius (Germar), a natural enemy of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Biological Control, Volume 191, 2024, 105465, ISSN 1049-9644, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105465
• Neyret, M., Le Provost, G., Boesing, A.L., Birkhofer, K.et al. A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification. Nat Commun15, 1251 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5
• Preußer, D., Fischer, T. & Juretzek, T. Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Protophormia terraenovae (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Forensic Sci Med Pathol (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s12024-024-00804-9
• Klaus Birkhofer, Tharina Bird, Martha Alfeus, Fredrik Arvidsson, Mmabaledi Buxton, El Aziz Djoudi, Ezequiel Fabiano, Eva Kasinda, Honest Machekano, Precious Mpofu, Esther Ndapanda Nghipunya, Bame Alice Segaiso, Casper Nyamukondiwa, Smallholder agriculture in African dryland agroecosystems has limited impact on trophic group composition, but affects arthropod provision of ecosystem services, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 363, 2024, 108860,ISSN 0167-8809, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108860
• Boetzl, F., Sponsler, D., Albrecht, M., Batáry, P., Birkhofer, K., Knapp, M., Krauss, J., Maas, B., Martin, E., Sirami, C., Sutter, L., Bertrand, C., Baillod, A., Bota, G., Bretagnolle, V., Brotons, L., Frank, T., Fusser, M., Giralt, D., … Schimel, J. (2023). Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat: a synthesis. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10160152

2023

• Tomás Marín Sergio, Galán Díaz Javier, Rodríguez-Calcerrada Jesús, Prieto Iván, de la Riva Enrique G., Linking functional composition moments of the sub-Mediterranean ecotone with environmental drivers. Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 14, 2023, 1664-462X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100097
  (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1303022)
• Sergio de Tomás Marín, Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada, Salvador Arenas-Castro, Iván Prieto, Guillermo González, Luis Gil, Enrique G. de la Riva, Fagus sylvatica and Quercus pyrenaica: Two neighbors with few things in common, Forest Ecosystems, Volume 10, 2023, 100097, ISSN 2197-5620, doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100097.
• (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S219756202300012X)
• M.Pilar Gavín-Centol, Diego Serrano-Carnero, Marta Montserrat, Svenja Meyer, Stefan Scheu, Dominika Kundel, Andreas Fliessbach, Jaak Truu, Klaus Birkhofer, Sara Sánchez-Moreno, Jordi Moya-Laraño,Severe drought and conventional farming affect detritivore feeding activity and its vertical distribution, Basic and Applied Ecology, Volume 69, 2023, Pages 49-59, ISSN 1439-1791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.03.006
• Csaba Tölgyesi, Zoltán Bátori, John Pascarella, László Erdős, Péter Török, Péter Batáry, Klaus Birkhofer, Laura Scherer, Radek Michalko, Ondřej Košulič, Johann G. Zaller, Róbert Gallé, Ecovoltaics: Framework and future research directions to reconcile land-based solar power development with ecosystem conservation, Biological Conservation, Volume 285, 2023,110242, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110242
• Claudia Tluste & Klaus Birkhofer (2023) The Roman snail (Gastropoda: Helicidae) is not a generalist herbivore, but shows food preferences for Urtica dioica and plant litter, Journal of Natural History, 57:13-16, 758-770, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2203335
• Ayse Gül Ünlü, John J. Obrycki, Florian Menzel, Roman Bucher: The role of chemical cue similarity in interactions between ants and native versus non-native lady beetles in North America. Animal Behaviour. Volume 203, 2023, Pages 21-28, ISSN 0003-3472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.06.005.
• Sadeghinia, M., Kargar, M. & de la Riva, E.G. Species richness captures plant functional and phylogenetic diversity variations along different ecosystems on the hillsides of Damavand Mountain (Iran). Arab J Geosci 16, 41 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-11141-y
• Enrique G. de la Riva, Werner Ulrich, Péter Batáry, Julia Baudry, Léa Beaumelle, Roman Bucher, Andrea Čerevková, María R. Felipe-Lucia, Róbert Gallé, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Adrien Rusch, Verena Seufert, Dara Stanley, Klaus Birkhofer. (2023) From functional diversity to human well-being: A conceptual framework for agroecosystem sustainability. Agricultural Systems. Volume 208. 2023.103659.ISSN 0308-521X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103659
• Ulrich, W., Batáry, P., Baudry, J., Beaumelle, L., Bucher, R., Čerevková, A., de la Riva, E. G., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Gallé, R., Kesse-Guyot, E., Rembiałkowska, E., Rusch, A., Stanley, D., & Birkhofer, K. (2023). From biodiversity to health: Quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well-being. People and Nature, 5, 69– 83. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10421
• Damptey, F.G., Djoudi, E.A. & Birkhofer, K. (2023) Effects of post-mining forest restoration and alternative land uses on ground-dwelling arthropods in Ghana. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-023-00144-8
• Gerwin, W., Raab, T., Birkhofer, K. et al. Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?. Environ Sci Eur 35, 36 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00738-z
• Ingrid Aline Bapfubusa Niyibizi, Rachid Hanna, Sévilor Kekeunou, Gertrude Membang, Komi Kouma Mokpokpo Fiaboe, Hermine C. Mahot, Albert Fomumbod Abang, P. Lava Kumar & Appolin Fotso Kuate (2023) Potential of Cameroon-indigenous isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae as microbial control agents of the flea beetle Nisotra uniformis, Biocontrol Science and Technology, 33:3, 226-240, DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2023.2175784
• Khum, W., Košulič, O., Birkhofer, K., Michalko, R. (2023). The invasive pathogenic fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus alters predator–herbivore–ash food webs. Biol Invasions 25, 125–131 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02900-9
• Fotang, Chefor & Bröring, Udo & Roos, Christian & Dutton, Paul & Dongmo Tédonzong, Luc Roscelin & Willie, Jacob & Angwafo, Tsi Evaristus & Ginath Yuh, Yisa & Schierack, Peter & Birkhofer, Klaus. (2023) Mapping suitable habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzees in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-Western Cameroon. Primates 64, 339–350 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01054-z
• Fotang, Chefor & Dutton, Paul & Bröring, Udo & Roos, Christian & Willie, Jacob & Angwafo, Tsi Evaristus & Chuo, Mvo & Kamgang, Serge & Enoguanbhor, Evidence & Schierack, Peter & Birkhofer, Klaus. (2023). Tool use by Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees for driver ant predation in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-West Region Cameroon. Folia Primatologica. 1-13. 10.1163/14219980-bja10006. 

2022

• Ulrich W,...Bucher R, de la Riva, EG... Birkhofer K (accepted) From biodiversity to health: quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well-being. People and Nature
• Galán Díaz J, Vilà M, Parker IM, & de la Riva, EG (2022) Functional assembly of grassland plant species in native communities in Spain and recipient communities in California. Journal of Ecology
• Arvidsson F, Montes MS, Birkhofer K (2022) Microhabitat conditions affect web-building spider communities and their prey in a temperate forest independent of effects of wildlife fencing on vegetation. Journal of Arachnology 50: 308-313 
• Raab T,... Birkhofer K, et al. (2022) Do small landforms have large effects? The legacies of pre-industrial charcoal burning. Geomorphology 413: 108332
• Damptey, FG, Frimpong BF, Debrah DK, Agro PP, Wiafe ED (2022) Vegetation attributes drive the taxonomic richness and functional composition of beetles and spiders in mountainous urban green spaces. Energy, Ecology and Environment 7, 268-280
• Khum W, Kosulic O, Birkhofer K, Michalko R (2022) The invasive pathogenic fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus alters predator-herbivore-ash food webs. Biological Invasions
• Feng L, Eisenschmitt J, Lysakowski B, Birkhofer K (2022) The impact of wildfire and mammal carcasses on beetle emergence from heathland soils. Ecological Entomology
• Birkhofer K, Baulechner D, Diekötter T, Zaitsev A, Wolters V (2022) Fertilization rapidly alters the feeding activity of grassland soil mesofauna independent of management history. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:864470
• Tsyganov AN, ..., Wanner M, ... Mazei YA (2022) Distribution of soil testate amoeba assemblages along an elevation gradient on Mount Fuji (Japan). European Journal of Protistology 84, 125894.
• Bentsi-Enchill F, Damptey FG, ..., Akotoye HK (2022) Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on tree species diversity, vegetation structure and carbon storage potential in an upland evergreen forest of Ghana, West Africa. Trees, Forests and People 8, 100238
• Hecker L, Wätzold F, Yang X,  Birkhofer K (2022) Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland. Journal of Insect Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10841-022-00392-5
• Menares E (2022) Tara Ivanochko: Think, do, and communicate environmental science. Community Ecology 23, 263
• Birkhofer K, Djoudi E-A, Schnerch B, Michalko R (2022) Climatic conditions and functional traits affect spider diets in agricultural and non-agricultural habitats worldwide. Ecography 3: e06090
• Hecker LP, Birkhofer K, Yang X, Querhammer L, Wätzold F (2022) Insektenverluste durch den Einsatz von Konditionierern bei der Behandlung von Mähgut – ökologische und ökonomische Aspekte [Insect losses due to the use of conditioners in the treatment of mowed material – Ecological and economic aspects]. Natur und Landschaft 97: 78-84.
• Michalko R, Birkhofer K, Pekár S (2021) Interaction between hunting strategy, habitat type and stratum drive intraguild predation and cannibalism. Oikos 3: e08662
• Damptey FG, Birkhofer K, Oliveras Menor I & de la Riva EG (2022) The functional structure of tropical plant communities and soil properties enhance ecosystem functioning and multifunctionality in different ecosystems in Ghana. Forests 13: 297
• Müller J,... Birkhofer K,..., Seibold S. (2022) A replicated study on the response of spider assemblages to regional and local processes. Ecological Monographs e1511
• Heitmann N, Glemnitz M, Birkhofer K, Müller MEH (2022) Unselective transport of phytopathogenic Fusarium fungi from litter and soil by ground-dwelling arthropods links semi-natural and agricultural habitats. Microorganisms 10, 335
• Sikorski J, Baumgartner V, Birkhofer K et al. (2022) The evolution of ecological diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 715637
• Potapov A, Beaulieu F, Birkhofer K et al. (2022) Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil-associated consumers from protists to vertebrates. Biological Reviews
• Meyer S, Kundel D, Birkhofer K, Fliessbach A, Scheu S. (2022) Trophic niche but not abundance of Collembola and Oribatida changes with drought and farming system. PeerJ 10:e1277
• Damptey FG, ... Opuni-Frimpong E (2022) Citizen Science Approach for Assessing the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Potential of Urban Green Spaces in Ghana. Land 11, 1774
• Damptey FG, ..., Schnerch B, ... Korjus H (2022) Taxonomic and community composition of epigeal arthropods in monoculture and mixed tree species plantations in a deciduous forest of Ghana. Journal of Forestry Research, 1-13.

2021

• Birkhofer K et al. (2021) Conventional agriculture and not drought alters relationships between soil biota and functions. Scientific Reports 11: 23975
• Tluste C, Birkhofer K (2021) Shells of the Roman snail are important microhabitats for soil invertebrates. Soil Organisms 93: 141-152
• Ferrante M, Möller D, Möller G, Menares E, Lubin Y, Segoli M (2021) Invertebrate and vertebrate predation rates in a hyperarid ecosystem following an oil spill Ecology and Evolution. 2021;00:1-8
• de la Riva EG, ... , Villar R.(2021). Root economics spectrum and construction costs in Mediterranean woody plants: the role of symbiotic associations and the environment. Journal of Ecology 109: 1873-1885.
• Michalko R, Birkhofer K, Pekár S (2021) Interaction between hunting strategy, habitat type and stratum drive intraguild predation and cannibalism. Oikos
• Fotang C, Bröring U, … Birkhofer K (2021) Environmental and anthropogenic effects on the nesting patterns of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Northwest Cameroon. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23312
• Arvidsson F*, Feng L*, Smith HG, Birkhofer K (2021) Fallows conserve the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil-emerging carabid beetles and ground-active linyphiid spiders in agricultural landscapes. Insect Conservation & Diversity. DOI:10.1111/icad.12520 (*shared first authors)
• Preußer D, Bröring U, Fischer T, Juretzek T. (2021). Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Calliphora vomitoria L.(Diptera: Calliphoridae) and effects on the determination of the post mortem-interval. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 102207.
• Zarzosa PS, ..., de la Riva EG, ..., Villar, R. (2021). Linking functional traits with tree growth and forest productivity in Quercus ilex forests along a climatic gradient. Science of The Total Environment, 786, 147468.
• Meyer S, Kundel D, Birkhofer K, Fleissbach A, Scheu S (2021) Soil microarthropods respond differently to simulated drought in organic and conventional farming systems. Ecology and Evolution 11: 10369-10380
• Kozjek K, …, Birkhofer K, Hedlund K (2021) Long-term agricultural management impacts arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi more than short-term experimental drought. Applied Soil Ecology 168: 104140
• Michalko R, Košulič O, Martinek P, Birkhofer K (2021) Disturbance by invasive pathogenic fungus alters arthropod predator – prey food webs in ash plantations. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: 0.1111/1365-2656.13537
• Shackelford N, ..., de la Riva EG, ..., Suding KL (2021). Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature ecology & evolution, 1-8.
• Leimer S, Berner D, Birkhofer K, … Wilcke W (2021) Land-use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration rates and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany. Ecohydrology e2301
• Le Provost G, …, Birkhofer K, …., Manning P (2021) Contrasting impacts of land-use intensification on above- and belowground diversity. Nature Communications 12, 3918
• Damptey FG, Garcia de La Riva E, Birkhofer K (2021) Trade-offs and synergies between food and fodder production and other ecosystem services in an actively restored forest in Ghana. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 630959.
• Phililips H, ..., Birkhofer K, ..., Eisnehauer N (2021) Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding soil properties. Scientific Data 8:136
• Fotang C, Bröring U, …, Birkhofer K (2021) Human activity and forest fragmentation threaten populations of the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) in Western Cameroon. International Journal of Primatology 42: 105-129
• Němec T, Líznarová E, Birkhofer K, Horsák M (2021) Stable isotope analysis as a method to investigate land-snail food partitioning: a case study from Central European floodplain forest. Journal of Zoology 313: 297-306
• Michalko, R, Birkhofer, K (2021) Habitat niches suggest that non-crop habitat types differ in quality as source habitats for Central European agrobiont spiders. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 308: 107248
• Mathulwe LL, Jacobs K, Malan AP, Birkhofer K, Addison MF & Addison P (2021). Characterisation of Metarhizium majus (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolated from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. PloS one 16: e0240955
• Paniw, M., de la Riva, E. G., & Lloret, F. (2021). Demographic traits improve predictions of spatiotemporal changes in community resilience to drought. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13597 
• Díaz, J. G., de la Riva, E., Funk, J. L., & Vilà, M. (2021). Functional segregation of resource-use strategies of native and invasive plants across Mediterranean biome communities. Biological Invasions 23: 253-266.