Ecological Networks

2022

(29) Wehner K, Heethoff M (2022) Mit der Lupe durch den Wald - Hornmilben – die unscheinbare Vielfalt aus dem Boden. Biologie in unserer Zeit 3/2022 (52), 262-267.

 

2021

(28) Wehner K, Simons N, Blüthgen N, Heethoff M (2021) Drought, storm damage and forest operations strongly affect oribatid mite communities. Global Ecology and Conservation 30, e01757

(27)  Leidinger J, Blaschke M, Ehrhardt M, Fischer A, Gossner MM, Jung K, Kienlein S, Kozak J, Michler B, Mosandl R, Seibold S, Wehner K, Weisser WW (2021) Shifting tree species composition affects biodiversity of multiple taxa in Central European forests. Forest Ecology and Management 498, 119552

(26) Le Provost G, Thiele J, Westphal C, Penone C, Allan E, Neyret M, van der Plas F, Ayasse M, Bardgett R, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Feldhaar H, Gaulton R, GoldmannI K, Gossner M, Klaus V,  Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Renner S, Scherreiks P, Sikorski J, Baulechner D, Bluethgen N, Bolliger R, Börschig C, Busch V, Chisté M, Maria Fiore-Donno A, Fischer M, Arndt H, Hölzel N, John K, Jung K, Lange M, Marzini C, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Perovic D, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sonnemann I, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Türke M, Vogt J, Wehner K, Weiner C, Weisser W, Wells K, Werner M, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst W, Zaytsev A, Manning P (2021) Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1

(25) Lettmann J, Mody K Kutsch-Merz T, Blüthgen N, Wehner K (2021) Bracon wasps for ecological pest control – a laboratory experiment. PeerJ 9:e11540 DOI 10.7717/peerj.11540

(24) Wehner K, Schuster R, Simons NK, Norton RA, Blüthgen N, Heethoff M (2021) How land-use intensity affects sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites in temperate forests and grasslands in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology 83:343-373 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-020-00586-z

(23) Wehner K, Renker C, Simons NK, Weisser W, Blüthgen (2021) Trait filtering and narrow environmental niche predict land-use responses and vulnerability of land snail assemblages. BMC Evolutionary Biology 21:15 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01741-1

 

2020

(22) Ambarli D, Simons NK, Wehner K, Kämper W, Gossner MM, Nauss T, Neff F, Seibold S, Weisser WW, Blüthgen N (2020) Animal-mediated ecosystem process rates in forests and grasslands are affected by climatic conditions and land-use intensity. Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00530-7

(21) Wehner K, Schäfer L, Blüthgen N, Mody K (2020) Seed type, habitat and time of day influence post-dispersal seed removal in temperate ecosystems.

PeerJ 8:e8769 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8769

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2019

(20) Wehner K, Renker C, Brückner A, Simons NK, Weisser W, Blüthgen N (2019) Land-use in Europe affects land snail assemblages directly and indirectly by modulating abiotic and biotic drivers. Ecosphere 10(5), Article e02726

 

2018

(19) Brückner A, Schuster R, Wehner K, Heethoff M (2018) Nutritional quality modulates intraspecific trait variability. Frontiers in Zoology 15:50, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0297-2

(18) Brückner A, Heethoff M, Norton RA, Wehner K (2018) Body size structure and patch size predict abundance and richness of oribatid mite communities in fragmented habitats. International Journal of Acarology, https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2018.1508248.

(17)  Wehner K, Heethoff M, Norton RA, Brückner A (2018) Seasonal fluctuation of oribatid mite communities in forest microhabitats. PeerJ 6:e4863 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4863.

(16) Wehner K, Heethoff M, Brückner A (2018) Sex ratios of oribatid mite assemblages differ among microhabitats. Soil Organisms 90(1), 13-21.

(15) Brückner A, Schuster R, Wehner K, Heethoff M (2018) Effects of nutritional quality on the reproductive biology of Archegozetes longisetosus (Actinotrichida, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae). Soil Organisms 90(1), 1-12.

 

2017

(14) Brückner A, Raspotnig G, Wehner K, Meusinger R, Norton RA, Heethoff M (2017) Storage and release of hydrogen cyanide by a chelicerate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618327114.

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2016

(13)  Brückner A, Wehner K, Neis M, Heethoff M (2016) Attack and defense in a gamasid-oribatid mite predator-prey experiment – sclerotization outperforms chemical repellency. Acarologia 3-13, doi:10.1051/acarologia/20164135. 

(12) Wehner K, Norton RA, Blüthgen N, Heethoff M (2016) Specialization of oribatid mites to forest microhabitats - the enigmatic role of litter. Ecosphere 7(3), Article e01336.

 

2014

(11) Wehner K, Scheu S, Maraun M (2014) Resource availability as driving factor of the reproductive mode in soil microarthropods (Acari, Oribatida). PLoSONE 9(8): e104243. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104243.

 

2012

(10) Pachl P, Domes K, Garvin S, Norton RA, Scheu S, Schaefer I, Maraun M (2012) Convergent evolution of defense mechanisms in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) shows no “ghosts of predation past”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(2), 412-420.

 

2009

(9) Maraun M, Erdmann G, Schulz G, Norton RA, Scheu S, Domes K (2009) Multiple convergent evolution of aboreal life in oribatid mites indicates the primacy of ecology. Proceedings of Biological Sciences 276 (1671), 3219–3227.

(8) Chahartaghi M, Maraun M, Scheu S, Domes K (2009) Resource depletion and colonization: A comparison between parthenogenetic and sexual Collembola species. Pedobiolgia 52, 181-189.

 

2008

(7) Maraun M, Domes K, Schaefer I, Scheu S (2008) Molekulare Phylogenie von Oribatiden (Hornmilben). In: Theorie in der Ökologie Band 12. Bodenzoologie und Ökologie: 30 Jahre Umweltforschung an der Freien Universität Berlin. Jopp F, Pieper S (Hrsg.). Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt/Main.

(6) Domes K, Maraun M, Scheu S, Cameron SL (2008) The complete mitochondrial genome of the sexual oribatid mite Steganacarus magnus: genome rearrangement and loss of tRNAs. BMC Genomics 9, 532.

 

2007

(5) Heethoff H, Domes K, Laumann M, Maraun M, Norton RA, Scheu S (2007) High genetic divergences indicate ancient separation of parthenogenetic lineages of the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer (Acari, Oribatida). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20, 392-402.

(4) Domes K, Althammer M, Norton RA, Scheu S, Maraun M (2007) The phylogenetic relationship between Astigmata and Oribatida (Acari) as indicated by molecular markers. Experimental and Applied Acarology 42, 159-171.

(3) Domes K, Norton RA, Maraun M, Scheu S (2007) Re-evolution of sexuality breaks Dollo’s law. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 104, 7139-7144.

(2) Domes K, Scheu S, Maraun M (2007) Resources and sex: soil re-colonization by sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mite species. Pedobiologia 51, 1-11.

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2006

(1) Schaefer I, Domes K, Heethoff M, Schneider K, Schoen I, Noroton RA, Scheu S, Maraun M (2006) No evidence for the ‘Meselson effect’ in parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19, 184-193.