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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

Dr. Mareike Kortmann

University of Würzburg
Field Station Fabrikschleichach
Campus Hubland Nord
Emil-Fischer-Str. 32
97074 Würzburg
Building: Gebäude 32
Room: App. R6
Phone: +49 931 31-87703
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-5276

  • Natural disturbances
  • Forest conservation
  • Biodiversity

  • Real-time Earth observation of forest dynamics and biodiversity (ROOT)

2025[ to top ]
  • Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests. Kortmann, Mareike; Chao, Anne; Schaefer, H. Martin; Blüthgen, Nico; Gelis, Rudy; Tremlett, Constance J.; Busse, Annika; Püls, Marcel; Seibold, Sebastian; Kriegel, Peter; Rabl, Dominik; de la Hoz, Maria; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Schleuning, Matthias; Feldhaar, Heike; Newell, Felicity L.; Kümmet, Sonja; Mitesser, Oliver; Peters, Marcel K.; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Applied Ecology. Wiley, 2025.
2024[ to top ]
  • The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador. Gindhart, Rosa; Müller, Jörg; Burivalova, Zuzana; Blüthgen, Nico; Busse, Annika; de la Hoz, Maria; Donoso, David A.; Feldhaar, Heike; Grella, Nina; Kortmann, Mareike; Kriegel, Peter; Kümmet, Sonja; Newell, Felicity L.; Püls, Marcel; Schaefer, H. Martin; Seibold, Sebastian; Tremlett, Constance J.; Mitesser, Oliver. In Insect Conservation and Diversity. Wiley, 2024.
  • Habitat niches of bird species along a recovery gradient in the Chocó tropical forest. Falconí-López, Ana; Mitesser, Oliver; Martin Schaefer, H.; Blüthgen, Nico; Busse, Annika; Feldhaar, Heike; Freile, Juan; Gelis, Rudy; Grella, Nina; Heibl, Christoph; Kortmann, Mareike; Newell, Felicity L.; Rabl, Dominik; Schleuning, Matthias; Seibold, Sebastian; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Tinoco, Boris A.; Tremlett, Constance J.; Müller, Jörg; Donoso, David A. In Ecological Indicators, 166, p. 112260. Elsevier BV, 2024.
  • Bark‐beetle disturbance severity only moderately alters forest affinity of arthropod communities. Kortmann, Mareike; Buse, Jörn; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaworski, Tomasz; Müller, Jörg; Thorn, Simon; Roth, Nicolas. In Insect Conservation and Diversity. Wiley, 2024.
2022[ to top ]
  • Disturbance Severity and Human - Nature Relationships: A New Approach to Analyze People’s Well-Being along a Bark Beetle Infestation Gradient. Kortmann, Mareike; Angelstam, Per; Mayer, Marius; Leibl, Franz; Reichert, Jessica; Thorn, Christine; Thorn, Simon. In Forests, 13(11), p. 1954. MDPI AG, 2022.
  • Arthropod dark taxa provide new insights into diversity responses to bark beetle infestations. Kortmann, Mareike; Roth, Nicolas; Buse, Jörn; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaworski, Tomasz; Morinière, Jérôme; Seidl, Rupert; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg C. In Ecological Applications, 32(2). Wiley, 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Ecology versus society: Impacts of bark beetle infestations on biodiversity and restorativeness in protected areas of Central Europe. Kortmann, Mareike; Müller, Jörg C.; Baier, Roland; Bässler, Claus; Buse, Jörn; Cholewińska, Olga; Förschler, Marc I.; Georgiev, Kostadin B.; Hilszczański, Jacek; Jaroszewicz, Bogdan; Jaworski, Tomasz; Kaufmann, Stefan; Kuijper, Dries; Lorz, Janina; Lotz, Annette; Łubek, Anna; Mayer, Marius; Mayerhofer, Simone; Meyer, Stefan; Morinière, Jérôme; Popa, Flavius; Reith, Hannah; Roth, Nicolas; Seibold, Sebastian; Seidl, Rupert; Stengel, Elisa; Wolski, Grzegorz J.; Thorn, Simon. In Biological Conservation, 254, p. 108931. Elsevier BV, 2021.
2018[ to top ]
  • Forest structure following natural disturbances and early succession provides habitat for two avian flagship species, capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia). Kortmann, Mareike; Heurich, Marco; Latifi, Hooman; Rösner, Sascha; Seidl, Rupert; Müller, Jörg; Thorn, Simon. In Biological Conservation, 226, pp. 81–91. Elsevier BV, 2018.
2017[ to top ]
  • Beauty and the beast: how a bat utilizes forests shaped by outbreaks of an insect pest. Kortmann, M.; Hurst, J.; Brinkmann, R.; Heurich, M.; Silveyra González, R.; Müller, J.; Thorn, S. In Animal Conservation, 21(1), pp. 21–30. Wiley, 2017.
2016[ to top ]
  • Key role of scale morphology in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes) in the ability to keep sand. Spinner, Marlene; Kortmann, Mareike; Traini, Camille; Gorb, Stanislav N. In Scientific Reports, 6(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.