Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Pollination, seed set and seed predation on a landscape scale
    I Steffan-Dewenter
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 268:1685-90. 2001
  2. ncbi Honeybee foraging in differentially structured landscapes
    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
    University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 270:569-75. 2003
  3. ncbi Fruit set of highland coffee increases with the diversity of pollinating bees
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 270:955-61. 2003
  4. ncbi Expansion of mass-flowering crops leads to transient pollinator dilution and reduced wild plant pollination
    Andrea Holzschuh
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg August University, Grisebachstr 6, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 278:3444-51. 2011
  5. ncbi Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 274:303-13. 2007
  6. ncbi Rain forest promotes trophic interactions and diversity of trap-nesting Hymenoptera in adjacent agroforestry
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Department of Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    J Anim Ecol 75:315-23. 2006
  7. ncbi Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
    Teja Tscharntke
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg August University, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 87:661-85. 2012
  8. ncbi Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests
    Yann Clough
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Institute of Geography, Cartography, Geographic Information System, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, D 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:8311-6. 2011
  9. ncbi Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification
    Ingolf Steffan Dewenter
    Department of Agroecology, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:4973-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Bumblebees experience landscapes at different spatial scales: possible implications for coexistence
    Catrin Westphal
    Department of Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073, Gottingen, Germany
    Oecologia 149:289-300. 2006

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Publications23

  1. ncbi Pollination, seed set and seed predation on a landscape scale
    I Steffan-Dewenter
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 268:1685-90. 2001
    ..Changes in pollinator numbers could be explained only at small scales (up to 1000 m), while the seed predators also responded to large scales (up to 2500 m)...
  2. ncbi Honeybee foraging in differentially structured landscapes
    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
    University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 270:569-75. 2003
    ..The results facilitate an understanding of how human landscape modification may change the evolutionary significance of bee dances and ecological interactions, such as pollination and competition between honeybees and other bee species...
  3. ncbi Fruit set of highland coffee increases with the diversity of pollinating bees
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 270:955-61. 2003
    ..Conservation of rainforest adjacent to adequately managed agroforestry systems could improve the yields of farmers...
  4. ncbi Expansion of mass-flowering crops leads to transient pollinator dilution and reduced wild plant pollination
    Andrea Holzschuh
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg August University, Grisebachstr 6, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 278:3444-51. 2011
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  5. ncbi Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 274:303-13. 2007
    ..Case studies for nine crops on four continents revealed that agricultural intensification jeopardizes wild bee communities and their stabilizing effect on pollination services at the landscape scale...
  6. ncbi Rain forest promotes trophic interactions and diversity of trap-nesting Hymenoptera in adjacent agroforestry
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Department of Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    J Anim Ecol 75:315-23. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
    Teja Tscharntke
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg August University, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 87:661-85. 2012
    ..Shifting our research focus from local to landscape-moderated effects on biodiversity will be critical to developing solutions for future biodiversity and ecosystem service management...
  8. ncbi Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests
    Yann Clough
    Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, Institute of Geography, Cartography, Geographic Information System, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, D 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:8311-6. 2011
    ....
  9. ncbi Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification
    Ingolf Steffan Dewenter
    Department of Agroecology, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:4973-8. 2007
    ..Certification schemes for shade-grown crops may provide a market-based mechanism to slow down current intensification trends...
  10. ncbi Bumblebees experience landscapes at different spatial scales: possible implications for coexistence
    Catrin Westphal
    Department of Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073, Gottingen, Germany
    Oecologia 149:289-300. 2006
    ..We conclude that coexistence in bumblebee communities could potentially be mediated by species-specific differences in the spatial resource utilisation patterns, which should be considered in conservation schemes...
  11. ncbi Effects of below- and above-ground herbivores on plant growth, flower visitation and seed set
    Katja Poveda
    Agroecology, Gottingen University, Waldweg 26, 37073, Gottingen, Germany
    Oecologia 135:601-5. 2003
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  12. ncbi Local species immigration, extinction, and turnover of butterflies in relation to habitat area and habitat isolation
    Jochen Krauss
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Oecologia 137:591-602. 2003
    ..Habitat isolation appears to be less important, as butterflies can cope with the habitat mosaic in our study region...
  13. ncbi Alpha and beta diversity of plants and animals along a tropical land-use gradient
    Michael Kessler
    Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Gottingen, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Ecol Appl 19:2142-56. 2009
    ..Thus, conservation plans on a landscape scale need to put more emphasis on the high heterogeneity of agroforests and the overarching role of beta diversity shaping overall diversity patterns...
  14. ncbi How do landscape composition and configuration, organic farming and fallow strips affect the diversity of bees, wasps and their parasitoids?
    Andrea Holzschuh
    Agroecology, Georg August University, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    J Anim Ecol 79:491-500. 2010
    ..Thus, we conclude that high proportions of conventionally managed and large crop fields threaten pollination and biological control services at a landscape scale...
  15. ncbi Genetic diversity and mass resources promote colony size and forager densities of a social bee (Bombus pascuorum) in agricultural landscapes
    Farina Herrmann
    Department of Crop Sciences, Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 16:1167-78. 2007
    ..We suggest that inbreeding levels might be related to the temporal variation of food resources and population sizes in agricultural landscapes...
  16. ncbi Caveats to quantifying ecosystem services: fruit abortion blurs benefits from crop pollination
    Merijn M Bos
    Agroecology, University of Goettingen, Waldweg 26, Goettingen D 37073, Germany
    Ecol Appl 17:1841-9. 2007
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  17. ncbi Effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of the monophagous butterfly Polyommatus coridon along its northern range margin
    Jochen Krauss
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 13:311-20. 2004
    ..This might be explained by (i). an increasing habitat fragmentation towards the edge of the distribution range and/or (ii). a general reduction of genetic variability towards the northern edge of its distribution...
  18. ncbi Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield
    Patrick Hoehn
    Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Waldweg 26, 37073 Gottingen, Germany
    Proc Biol Sci 275:2283-91. 2008
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  19. ncbi Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?
    Taylor H Ricketts
    Conservation Science Program, WWF, Washington D C, USA
    Ecol Lett 11:499-515. 2008
    ..Quantifying these general relationships can help predict consequences of land use change on pollinator communities and crop productivity, and can inform landscape conservation efforts that balance the needs of native species and people...
  20. ncbi Do resources or natural enemies drive bee population dynamics in fragmented habitats?
    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
    Department of Animal Ecology I, Population Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Universitatsstrasse 30, D 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
    Ecology 89:1375-87. 2008
    ..We conclude that population dynamics of O. rufa are mainly driven by bottom-up forces, primarily nest site availability...
  21. ncbi Habitat specialization, body size, and family identity explain lepidopteran density-area relationships in a cross-continental comparison
    Peter A Hambäck
    Department of Botany, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:8368-73. 2007
    ..This difference is argued to occur because the DAR(slope) in large species mainly reflects their search mode, which does not necessarily vary between moth groups, whereas the slope in small species reflects population growth rates...
  22. ncbi Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change
    Claire Kremen
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, University of California, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 3114, USA
    Ecol Lett 10:299-314. 2007
    ..Developing conceptual models for MABES aids in identifying knowledge gaps, determining research priorities, and targeting interventions that can be applied in an adaptive management context...
  23. ncbi Advances in pollination ecology from tropical plantation crops
    Alexandra Maria Klein
    Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, 137 Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 3114, USA
    Ecology 89:935-43. 2008
    ..We suggest that mixed tropical landscapes with agroforestry systems have great potential for future research on the interactions between plants and pollinators...