Dr. Dimitry Wintermantel

	Dimitry Wintermantel
	phone: +49 (0) 761 203 -9484
	e-mail: dimitry.wintermantelnature.uni-freiburg.de
	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

Teaching

Summer Semester:

• BSc Modul: Kartierung von Lebensräumen und Schutzgütern
• MSc Modul (42140) Freilandökologie / (42260) Field Ecology

Winter Semester:

• MSc Modul: (51120): Nachhaltige Landnutzung und Naturschutz

Vita

Publications

• Knauer, A., Alaux, C., Matthew, A., Dean, R., Dievart, V., Glauser, G., Kiljanek, T., Michez, D., Schwarz, J., Tamburini, G., Wintermantel, D., Klein, A.M. & Albrecht, M. (2022): Nutritional stress exacerbates impact of a novel insecticide on solitary bees’ behaviour, reproduction and survival.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289: 20221013. Link
• Hodge, S., Schweiger, O., Klein, A.M., Potts, S.G., Costa, C., Albrecht, M., de Miranda, J.R., Mand, M., De la Rúa, P., Rundlöf, M., Attridge, E., Dean, R., Bulet, P., Michez, D., Paxton, R.J., Babin, A., Cougoule, N., Laurent, M., Martel, A.C., Paris, L., Rivière, M.P., Dubois, E., Chauzat, M.P., Arafah, K., Askri, D., Voisin, S.N., Kiljanek, T., Bottero, I., Dominik, C., Tamburini, G., Pereira-Peixoto, M.H., Wintermantel, D., Breeze, T.D., Cini, E., Senapathi, D., Di Prisco, G., Medrzycki, P., Hagenbucher, S., Knauer, A., Schwarz, J.M., Raimets, R., Martínez-López, V., Ivarsson, K., Hartfield, C., Hunter, P., Brown, M.J.F. & Stout, J.C. (2022): Design and planning of a transdisciplinary investigation into farmland pollinators: Rationale, co-design, and lessons learned. Sustainability 14: 10549. Link 

• Schwarz, J.M., Knauer, A.C., Allan, M.J., Dean, R.R., Ghazoul, J., Tamburini, G., Wintermantel, D., Klein, A.M. & Albrecht, M. (2022): No evidence for impaired solitary bee fitness following pre-flowering sulfoxaflor application alone or in combination with a common fungicide in a semi-field experiment. Environment International 164: 107252. Link
• Wintermantel, D., Pereira-Peixoto, M.H., Warth, N., Melcher, K., Faller, M., Feurer, J., Allan, M.J., Dean, R., Tamburini, G., Knauer, A.C., Schwarz, J.M., Albrecht, M. & Klein, A.M. (2022): Flowering resources modulate the sensitivity of bumblebees to a common fungicide. Science of The Total Environment 829: 154450. Link
• Klein, A.M, von Königslöw, V., Mupepele, A., Fornoff, F. & Wintermantel, D. (2022): Blühstreifen, Hecken und Spontanvegetation: Wie können wir Wildbienen im Obstanbau gezielt fördern? In: Eben, A. & Herz, A. (eds.) Online - Fachgespräch zum Thema „Biodiversität im Obstbau“. Journal für Kulturpflanzen 74: 11-18. Link

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.