Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein

	Alexandra-Maria Klein	ORCID iD 0000-0003-2139-8575 Web of Science Researcher ID: J-5871-2016
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ausgewählte Publikationen

2024

• Tsang, T.P.N., De Santis, A.A.A., Armas-Quiñonez, G., …, Klein, A.M., …, Sritongchuay, T., …, Ponisio, L.C. & Bonebrake, T.C. (2024): Land use change consistently reduces α but not β and γ diversity of bees. Global Change Biology, accepted.

• Beaurepaire, A.L., Hogendoorn, K., Kleijn, D., Otis, G.W., Potts, S.G., Singer, T.L., Boff, C.P., Settele, J., Paxton, R.J., Nigel, E.R.,Tosi, Williams, N., Klein, A.M., Le Conte, Y., Campbell, J.W., Williams, G.R., Marini, L., Brockmann, A., Sgolastra, F., Boyle, N., Neuditschko, M., Straub, L., Neumann, P., Charrière, J.D., Albrecht, M. & Dietemann, V. (2024): Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.009

• Crone, M.K., Fornoff, F., Klein, A.M. & Grozinger, C. (2024): DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large-headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanized areas across Germany. Insect Conservation and Diversity, https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12791

• Hendel, A.L., …, Klein, A.M. & Storch, I. (2024): Disentangling direct and indirect effects of forest structure on biodiversity: Bottom-up and top-down effects between forestry, bats, and their insect prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14822

• Basu, P., Ngo, H.T., Aizen, M.A., Garibaldi, L.A., Gemmill-Herren, B., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V., Klein, A.M., Potts, S.G., Seymour, C.L. & Vanbergen, A.J. (2024): Pesticide impacts on insect pollinators: current knowledge and future research challenges. Science of the Total Environment, 954: 176656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176656

• Parreno, M.A., Werle, S., Buydens, L., Leroy, C., Roberts, S., Koirala, S., Filipiak, M., Kuhlmann, M., Brunet, J.L., Henry, M., Alaux, C., Requier, F., Piot, N., Meeus, I., Klein, A.M., Keller, A. & Leonhardt, S.D. (2024): Landscape heterogeneity correlates with bee and pollen diversity while size and specialization degree explain species-specific responses of wild bees to the environment. Science of the Total Environment, 954: 176595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176595.

• Sheng, D., Jing, S., He, X, Klein, A.M., Köhler, H.R. & Wanger, T.C. (2024): Plastic pollution in agricultural landscapes: an overlooked threat to pollination, biocontrol and food security. Nature Communications 15: 8413. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52734-3

• Lakner, S., Grüner, S., Sommer, P., Hasenöhrl, U., Turk, Z., Böhner, H., Koch, M., Meyer-Jrshof, M., Mupepele, A.C., Mascarenhas, A., Klein, A.M., Paul, C., Jansen, F. & Mehring, M. (2024): Indirekte Treiber der Biodiversitätsentwicklung. In: Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Marx, J., Settele, J. (eds.) Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnehme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. Oekom Verlag, Munich, Germany, pp. 1049-1121.

• Klein, A.M., Thompson, A., Lakner, S., Mupepele, A.C., Paetow, H., Sponagel, C., Bieling, C., Bleidorn, C., Breitkreuz, L., Hasenöhrl, U., Sommer, M., Tanneberger, F., Bruelheide, H., Muus, K., Schmidt, A., Settele, J., Sporbert, M. (2024): Agrar- und Offenland. In: Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Marx, J., Settele, J. (eds.) Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnehme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. Oekom Verlag, Munich, Germany, pp. 217-356.

• Bartenschlager, R., Beck, E., Bradler, S., Caspari, C., Fischer, M., Freitag, J., Hennicke, L., Klein, A.M., Overmann, J., Palmetshofer, A., Schlacke, S., Schmitt, D., Hartman Scholz, A., Usadel, B. (2024): A decade after the Nagoya Protocol – German biodiversity researchers’ perspective. Statement of the Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity (SKBV) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). Link

• Li, Y., Schuldt, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Huan, Y., Albert, G., Albracht, C., Amyntas, A., Bonowski, M., Bruelheide, H., Bröcher, M., Chesters, D., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Chen, J.T., Ciobanu, M., Deng, X., Fornoff, F., Gleixner, G., Guo, L., Guo, P.F., Heintz-Buschart, A., Klein, A.M., Lange, M., Li, S., Li, Q., Li, Y., Luo, A., Meyer, S.T., von Oheimb, G., Rutten, G., Scholten, T., Solbach, M.D., Staab, M., Wang, M.Q., Zhang, N., Zhu, C.D., Schmid, B., Keping, M., Liu, X. (2024): Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02517-2

• Wang, M.Q., Guo, S.K., Guo, P.F., Yang, J.J., Chen, G.A., Chesters, D., Orr, M., Niu, Z.Q.,  Staab, M., Chen, J.T., Li, Y., Zhou, Q.S., Fornoff, F., Shi, X., Li, S., Martini, M., Klein, A.M., Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Luo, A. & Zhu, C.D. (2024): Multi-dimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition. eLife13: RP100202. Link

• Jedicke, E., Brunzel, S., Darbi, M., von Haaren, C., Klein, A.M., Konold, W., Luick, R., Marschall, I., Niebert, K., Ott, K., Plieninger, T., Pröbstl-Haider, U., Reinke, M., Settele, J. & Tischew, S. (2024): Für eine zukunftsfähige Naturschutzverwaltung im 21. Jahrhundert. Teil 2: Lösungsansätze – ein Aufruf zu einem notwendigen Reformprozess. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 56:06, 12-19. Link

• Askri, D., Pottier, M., Arafah, K., Voisin, S.N., Hodge, S., Stout, J.C., Dominik, C., Schweiger, O., Tamburini, G., Pereira-Peixoto, M.H., Klein, A.M., Martínez López, V., De la Rúa, P., Cini, E., Potts, S.G., Schwarz, J.M., Knauer, A.C., Albrecht, M., Raimets, R., Karise, R., di Prisco, G., Ivarsson, K., Svensson, G.P., Ronsevych, O., Knapp, J.L., Rundlöf, M., Onorati, P., de Miranda, J.R., Bocquet, M. & Bulet, P. (2024): A blood test to monitor bee health across a European network of agricultural sites of different land-use by MALDI BeeTyping mass spectrometry. Science of the Total Environment 929: 172239. Link

• Jedicke, E., Brunzel, S., Darbi, M., von Haaren, C., Klein, A.M., Konold, W., Luick, R., Marschall, I., Niebert, K., Ott, K., Plieninger, T., Pröbstl-Haider, U., Reinke, M., Settele, J. & Tischew, S. (2024): Für eine zukunftsfähige Naturschutzverwaltung im 21. Jahrhundert. Teil 1: Grundprobleme auf den drei Verwaltungsebenen in den Bundesländern. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 56: 34-45. Link

• Laurent, M., Bourgeard, S., Cardadec, L, ..., Klein, A.M., ..., Pereira-Peixoto, H., ..., Tamburini, G., ..., Martel, A.C., Le, S. & Chauzat, M.P. (2024): Novel indices reveal that pollinator exposure to pesticides varies across biological compartments and crop surroundings. Science of the Total Environment 927. Link

• Wittmann, K., Gamal Ibrahim, M., Straw, A.D., Klein, A.M. & Staab, M. (2024): Monitoring fast-moving animals - building a customized camera system and evaluation toolset. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 00, 1-7. Link

• Keil, L., Hunger, H., Klein, A.M. (2024): Sparsely reeded areas as main reproductive habitat of Sympecma paedisca at Lake Constance (Odonata: Lestidae). Odonatologica, 53: 133-153. https://doi.org/10.60024/odon.v53i1-2.a7

• Sheng, D., Jing, S., He, X., Klein, A.M., Köhler, H.R. & Wanger, T.C. (2024): Nano/micro-plastics effects in agricultural landscapes: an overlooked threat to pollination, biological pest control, and food security. arXiv (preprint). online first. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.04920. Link
• Babin, A., Schurr, F., Delannoy, S., […] Wintermantel, D., […] Klein, A.M., […] Pereira-Peixoto, H.M., […] Tamburini, G. et al. & Dubois, E. (2024): Distribution of infectious and parasitic agents among three sentinel bee species across European agricultural landscapes. Scientific Reports 14: 3524. Link
• Fornoff, F., Lanner, J., Orr, M., Xie, T., Guo, S., Guariento, E., Tuerlings, T., Smagghe, G., Parys, K., Ćetković, A., Bila Dubaić, J., Geslin, B., Scharnhorst, V.S., Pachinger, B., Klein, A.M. & Meimberg, H. (2024): Home-and-away comparisons of life history traits indicate enemy release and founder effects of the solitary bee, Megachile sculpturalis. Basic and Applied Ecology 76: 69-79. Link
• Klaus, F., Ayasse, M., Classen, A., […], Fornoff, F., [...], Klein, A.M. et al. & Pistorius, J. (2024): Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation. Basic and Applied Ecology 75: 2-11. Link
• Rappa, N.J., Staab, M., Ruppert, L.S., Frey, J., Mello, M.A.R. & Klein, A.M. (2024): Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host-parasitoid networks. Ecological Entomology 49: 257-271. Link

2023

• Nicholson, C.C., Knapp, J., Kiljanek, T., […] Klein, A.M., […] Pereira-Peixoto, M.H., […] Tamburini, G. et al. & Rundlöf, M. (2023): Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes. Nature. online first. doi: 1038/s41586-023-06773-3. Link
• Mupepele, A.C., von Königslöw, V., Bleile, A.M., Fornoff, F., Fründ, J. & Klein, A.M. (2023): Plant-pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective. BioRxiv (preprint). online first. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.20.567831. Link
  
• Brown, M., Albrecht, M., De la Rúa, P., Hellström, S., Klein, A.M, Michez, D., Nazzi, F., Paxton, R., Straw, E., Wintermantel, D. & Potts. S. (2023): The impacts of multiple stressors on managed bees: Novel insights from the PoshBee project. ARPHA Preprints. online first. doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e115172. Link
• Klein, A.M. (2023): Pflanzen-Insekten-Interaktionen: Insektenschutz zur Stabilität unserer Ökosysteme. In: Athene „Thema:  Zukunft“ - Magazin der HAdW 2 pp. 16-19. Link
• Geschke, J., Rillig, M.C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Potthast, T., Arth, A., Dick,s L.V., et al. & Klein, A.M. (2023): Science journalism and a multi-directional science-policy-society dialogue are needed to foster public awareness for biodiversity and its conservation. PLOS Sustainability and  Transformation 2: e0000083. online first. doi: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000083. Link
• Klein, A.M., Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2023): Shaping research on pollinators and pollination between 1983-2023: from bees in the nature reserve Snaakenmoor to pollination deficits of global crop production. In: Dormann, C.F., Batáry, P., Grass, I., Klein, A.M., Loos, J., Scherber, C., Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Wanger, T.C. (eds): Defining Agroecology - A Festschrift for Teja Tscharntke. tredition, Ahrensburg. pp. 115-128 Link
• Klein, A.M. & Kranke, N. (2023): Some thoughts on transparency of the data and analysis behind the Highly Cited Researchers list. Scientometrics 128: 6773-6780. Link
• Brown, M., Bulet, P., Chauzat, M.P., Klein, A.M., Knauer, A., Mand, M., Michez, D., Nazzi, F., Paxton, R., Schweiger, O., Stout, J.C., Yanez, O. & Potts, S.G. (2023): PoshBee Toolbox: A portfolio of high quality methodologies, tools, and practice guides for pollinators. ARPHA Preprints. online first. doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e112175. Link
• Giménez-García, A., Allen-Perkin, A., Bartomeus, I. […] Klein, A.M. et al. & Magrach, A. (2023): Pollination supply models from local to global scale. Web Ecology 23: 99-129. Link
• 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
• Warrit, N., Ascher, J., Basu, P., […] Klein, A.M., […] Sritongchuay, T. et al. & Orr, M. (2023): Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation. Biological Conservation 285: 110173. online first. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110173. Link
• Fornoff, F., Halla, W., Geiger, S.; Klein, A.M. & Sann, M. (2023): DNA barcoding resolves quantitative multi-trophic interaction networks and reveals pest species in trap nests. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 725-731. Link
• Bottero, I., Dominik, C., Schweiger, O., Albrecht, M., […] Klein A.M., […] Pereira-Peixoto, H.M. [...] Tamburini, G. et al. & Stout, J.C. (2023): Impact of landscape configuration and composition on pollinator communities across different European biogeographic regions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1128228. online first. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1128228. Link
• Russo, L. Ruedenauer, F.A., Gronert, A., van de Vreken, I., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Klein, A.M., Leonhardt, S.D. & Stout, J.C. (2023): Fertilizer and herbicide alter nectar and pollen quality with consequences for pollinator floral choices. PeerJ 11: e15452. online first. doi:10.7717/peerj.15452. Link
• Wittmann, K., Klein, A.M. & Staab, M. (2023): The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera. Basic and Applied Ecology 70: 1-11. Link
  
• Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J.S., Klein, A.M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T. & Staab, M. (2023): Carbon-biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change Biology 29: 5321-5333. Link
• Allan, M.J., Dean, R., Klein, A.M., Wintermantel, D., Albrecht, M., Schwarz, J. & Knauer, A. (2023): Milestone 15 Protocols for semi-field and field experiments. ARPHA preprints. online first. doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e101323. Link
• Georgi, M., Gärtner, S.M., Förschler, M.I., Buse, J., Fornoff, F., Ssymank, A. & Klein, A.M. (2023): Mulching time of forest meadows influences insect diversity. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 368-378. Link
• Rappa, N.J., Staab, M., Rupert, L.S., Frey, J., Bauhus, J. & Klein, A.M (2023): Structural elements enhanced by retention forestry promote forest and non-forest specialist bees and wasps. Forest Ecology and Management 529: 120709. Link (Corrigendum)
• Eckerter, T., Erbacher, J., Wolf, W., Braunisch, V. & Klein, A.M. (2023): Verges along forest roads promote wild bees. Forest Science 69: 167-177. Link

2022

• 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
• Tang, T., Zhang, N., Bongers, F., Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Fornoff, F., Lin, H.; Cavender-Bares, J., Hipp, A., Li, S., Liang, Y., Han, B., Klein, A.M., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Schmid, B., Ma, K. & Liu, X. (2022): Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks. eLife 11: e78703. Link
• Eckerter, T., Braunisch, V., Buse, J. & Klein, A.M. (2022): Open forest successional stages and landscape heterogeneity promote wild bee diversity in temperate forests. Conservation Science and Practice 4: e12843. Link
• Georgi, M., Fornoff, F., Gärtner, S.M., Neitzel, S., Geist, A. & Klein, A.M. (2022):