Dr. Dimitry Wintermantel
 | Dimitry Wintermantel |
| phone: +49 (0) 761 203 -9484 | |
| e-mail: dimitry.wintermantel | |
| Room No. 03086 |
Research
As an environmental scientist interested in understanding how agricultural production and nature conservation can be reconciled, I am fascinated by bees and their importance as pollinators for natural ecosystems and agricultural production. I am devoted to researching how pesticides, resource limitation, pathogens and parasites affect the health of different bee species. In several semi-field or field studies that involved also some lab work, I have investigated the (interactive) effects of these stressors. Current project: PoshBee - Effects of chemicals and their interactions on bees
Vita
| Since 02 2020 | Postdoc at the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg |
11/2015 - 02/2019 | PhD in Environmental Biology & Ecology, University of Poitiers, Biological Research Centre of Chizé (CEBC-CNRS) & National Institute of Agricultural Research of Magneraud (INRA-Apis) - France. Thesis topic: "Effects of pesticides on bees in agricultural landscapes" |
09/2014- 09/2015 | MSc Environmental Science in Europe (EnvEuro), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Uppsala, Sweden. Thesis topic: "The effect of field-level clothianidin exposure on the prevalence and loads of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes in bumblebees (B. terrestris)" |
08/2014- 03/2015 | Tutor in "Environmental Management in Europe" (online course of the University of Copenhagen) |
09/2013- 06/2014 | MSc Environmental Science in Europe (EnvEuro), University of Copenhagen - Denmark |
04/2013- 08/2013 | Research assistant at Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research/Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT-IMK-IFU) - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
10/2009- 07/2013 | BSc in Environmental Sciences (Major), University of Freiburg |
08/2011- 04/2012 | Semester abroad, University of the Basque Country - Bilbao, Spain |
Publications
2021
- Tamburini, G., Pereira-Peixoto, M.H., Borth, J., Lotz, S., Wintermantel, D., Allan, M.J., Dean, R., Schwarz J.M., Knauer, A., Albrecht, M. & Klein, A.M. (2021): Fungicide and insecticide exposure adversely impacts bumblebees and pollination services under semi-field conditions. Environment International 157: 106813. Link
- Tamburini*, G., Wintermantel*, D., Allan, M.J., Dean, R.R., Knauer, A., Albrecht, M. & Klein, A.M. (2021): Sulfoxaflor insecticide and azoxystrobin fungicide have no major impact on honeybees in a realistic-exposure semi-field experiment. Science of the Total Environment 778: 146084. Link
* These authors contributed equally to the study
2020
- Wintermantel, D., Odoux, J.F., Decourtye, A., Henry, M., Allier, F., Bretagnolle, V. (2020): Neonicotinoid-induced mortality risk for bees foraging on oilseed rape nectar persists despite EU moratorium. Sci. Total Environ 704: 135400.
2019
- Wintermantel, D., Odoux, J.-F., Chadœuf, J., Bretagnolle, V. (2019): Organic farming positively affects honeybee colonies in a flower-poor period in agricultural landscapes. J. Appl. Ecology 56: 1960-1969.
- Osterman*, J., Wintermantel*, D., Locke, B., Jonsson, O., Semberg, E., Onorati, P., Forsgren, E., Rosenkranz, P., Rahbek-Pedersen, T., Bommarco, R., Smith, H.G., Rundlöf, M., de Miranda, J.R. (2019): Clothianidin seed-treatment has no detectable negative impact on honeybee colonies and their pathogens. Nat. Commun 10: 692.
* These authors contributed equally to the study
- Kawakami, T., Wallberg, A., Olsson, A., Wintermantel, D., De Miranda, J.R., Allsopp, M., Rundlöf, M., Webster, M.T. (2019): Substantial heritable variation in recombination rate on multiple scales in honeybees and bumblebees. Genetics 212: 1101–1119.
2018
- Wintermantel, D., Locke, B., Andersson, G.K.S., Semberg, E., Forsgren, E., Osterman, J., Rahbek Pedersen, T., Bommarco, R., Smith, H.G., Rundlöf, M., de Miranda, J.R. (2018): Field-level clothianidin exposure affects bumblebees but generally not their pathogens. Nat. Commun. 9: 5446.