	Amibeth Thompson	ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9224-412X Web of Science ResearcherID: DYV-8382-2022
	phone: +49 (0)761 203 -3642
	e-mail: amibeth.thompsonnature.uni-freiburg.de
	Room-No. 03091

Research

My previous research focused on plant-pollinator networks in agroecosystems across space and time. In this context I am working on the project: Faktencheck Artenvielfalt specifically assessing the biodiversity in agricultural and open landscapes and I am coordinating the transdisciplinary EU project: RestPoll "Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches", which aims to provide the society with tools to reverse the decline of wild pollinators.

Vita

since 02 2022	Research assistant at the University of Freiburg, Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology , University of Freiburg

02/2018 - 01/2022	PhD at Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Spatial Interaction Ecology. Thesis: “Plant-pollinator networks in agroecosystems across space and time”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tiffany Knight

02/2018 - 01/2022	Research assistant at AG Spatial Interaction Ecology (SIE), Martin-Luther-University

04/2016 - 10/2017	Master Student at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biology. Thesis: "Exotic plant species receive adequate pollinator service despite variable integration into plant-pollinator networks"

07/2016 - 01/2018	Student assistent at AG Spatial Interaction Ecology (SIE), Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg

05/2014 - 03/2016	Field Laboratory Technician in the Department of Biology Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

08/2010 - 05/2014	Bachelor Studentin at Illinois College, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Environmental Science and German. Honors, Thesis: “Politik der erneuerbaren Energie: was wir von Deutschland lernen können”

Elliott*, T., Thompson*, A., Klein, A.M., Albert, C., Eisenhauer, N., Jansen, F., Schneider, A., Sommer, M., Straka, T., Settele, J., Sporbert, M., Tanneberger, F. & Mupepele, A.C. (2023): Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. Conservation Science and Practice 5: e13008. online first. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13008. Link *These authors contributed equally to the study
Thompson, A., Mupepele, A.C. & Klein, A.M. (2022): Silent summer? Biodiversity loss, insect decline, and a call for conservation. GAIA 31/4 (2022): 193. Link
Thompson, A.H., Ştefan, V. & Knight, T.M. (2021): Oilseed rape shares abundant and generalized pollinators with its co-flowering plant species. Insects 12: 1096. Link
Thompson, A.H., Frenzel, M. , Schweiger, O., Musche, M., Groth, T., Roberts, S.P.M., Kuhlmann, M. & Knight, T.M. (2021): Pollinator sampling methods influence community patterns assessments by capturing species with different traits and at different abundances. Ecological Indicators 132: 108284. Link

Schwarz, B., Vázquez, D.P., CaraDonna, P.J., Knight, T.M., Benadi, G., Dormann, C.F., Gauzens, B., Motivans, E., Resasco, J., Blüthgen, N., Burkle, L.A., Fang, Q., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Alarcón, R., Bain, J.A., Chacoff, N.P., Huang, S.Q., LeBuhn, G., MacLeod, M., Petanidou, T., Rasmussen, C., Simanonok, M.P., Thompson, A.H. & Fründ, J. (2020): Temporal scale-dependence of plant-pollinator networks. Oikos 129: 1289-1302. Link
Bennett, J.*, Thompson, A.H.*, Goia, I., Feldmann, R., Stefan, V., Bogdan, A., Rakosy, D., Beloiu, M., Biro, I.B., Bluemel, S., Filip, M., Madaj, A.M., Martin, A., Passonneau, S., Kalisch, D.P., Scherer, G. & Knight, T.M. (2018): A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill a gap. AoB Plants 10: ply068. Link *considered duel first authors
Thompson, A.H. & Knight, T.M. (2018): Exotic plant species receive adequate pollinator service despite variable integration into plant-pollinator networks. Oecologia 187: 135-1425. Link