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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Ludwig Lettenmaier

Ludwig Lettenmaier

University of Würzburg
Ecological Station Fabrikschleichach
Glashüttenstraße 5
96181 Rauhenebrach
Phone: +49 931 31 83858
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1935-2287
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Subproject 3: Biodiversity

2026[ to top ]
  • Enhanced forest structural heterogeneity increases functional β-diversity but reduces α- and γ-diversity in soil nematodes. Schwarz, Rike; Bradler, Pia M.; Chao, Anne; Chuang, Po-Yen; Ciobanu, Marcel; Decker, Orsi; Delory, Benjamin M.; Dietrich, Peter; Dittrich, Sebastian; Fichtner, Andreas; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Junginger, Michael; Mitesser, Oliver; Mori, Akira S.; Müller, Jörg; von Oheimb, Goddert; Pierick, Kerstin; Eisenhauer, Nico; Cesarz, Simone. In Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 214, p. 110078. Elsevier BV, 2026.
2025[ to top ]
  • Light and ungulate browsing interact in shaping future woody plant diversity through natural regeneration. Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Mysterud, Atle; Mitesser, Oliver; Ammer, Christian; Hothorn, Torsten; Cesarz, Simone; Eisenhauer, Nico; Kraus, Daniel; Mallick, Soumen; Müller, Jörg; Pierick, Kerstin. In Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(12), pp. 3367–3380. Wiley, 2025.
  • Inconsistent short-term effects of enhanced structural complexity on soil microbial properties across German forests. Schwarz, Rike; Eisenhauer, Nico; Ammer, Christian; Bradler, Pia M.; Decker, Orsi; Delory, Benjamin M.; Dietrich, Peter; Fichtner, Andreas; Huang, Yuanyuan; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Junginger, Michael; Mitesser, Oliver; Müller, Jörg; von Oheimb, Goddert; Pierick, Kerstin; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Cesarz, Simone. In Applied Soil Ecology, 214, p. 106335. Elsevier BV, 2025.
2024[ to top ]
  • Wald - Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Müller, Jörg; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Mergner, Ulrich; Paul, Carola; Ammer, Christian; Bässler, Claus; Braunisch, Veronika; Brunzel, Stefan; Englmeier, Jana; Georgiev, Kostadin; Gossner, Martin; Höltermann, Anke; Kamp, Johannes; Kleinschmit, Daniela; Krah, Franz-Sebastian; Lieber, Karl-Heinz; Marx, Jori; Meyer, Peter; Michler, Berit; Wirth, Christian. p. 357. 2024.
  • Multiple ways to bend the curve of biodiversity loss: An analytical framework to support transformative change. Mehring, Marion; Brietzke, Anna S.; Kleemann, Janina; Knauß, Stefan; Poßer, Christian; Schreiner, Vera; Wittmer, Heidi; Albert, Christian; Fürst, Christine; Grunewald, Karsten; Kolkmann, Michael; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Sanders, Tanja G. M.; Schleyer, Christian; Settele, Josef; Straka, Tanja M.; Hauck, Jennifer. In People and Nature, 6(5), pp. 1945–1959. Wiley, 2024.
2023[ to top ]
  • Drivers of tree-related microhabitat profiles in European and Oriental beech forests. Mamadashvili, Giorgi; Brin, Antoine; Bässler, Claus; Chumak, Vasyl; Chumak, Maksym; Deidus, Valeriia; Drössler, Lars; Emberger, Céline; Georgiev, Kostadin B.; Ghrejyan, Tigran; Gossner, Martin M.; Hleb, Ruslan; Rafiei-Jahed, Razieh; Kalashian, Mark; Kambarov, Ivan; Karagyan, Gayane; Kevlishvili, Joni; Khutsishvili, Zviad; Kraus, Daniel; Lachat, Thibault; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Mazmanyan, Meri; Mitesser, Oliver; Petrov, Peter I.; Roth, Nicolas; Tabunidze, Levan; Larrieu, Laurent; Müller, Jörg. In Biological Conservation, 285, p. 110245. Elsevier BV, 2023.
2022[ to top ]
  • Beetle diversity is higher in sunny forests due to higher microclimatic heterogeneity in deadwood. Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Seibold, Sebastian; Bässler, Claus; Brandl, Roland; Gruppe, Axel; Müller, Jörg; Hagge, Jonas. In Oecologia, 198(3), pp. 825–834. 2022.
  • Forest dieback in a protected area triggers the return of the primeval forest specialistPeltis grossa(Coleoptera, Trogossitidae). Busse, Annika; Cizek, Lukas; Čížková, Pavla; Drag, Lukas; Dvorak, Vladimir; Foit, Jiří; Heurich, Marco; Hubený, Pavel; Kašák, Josef; Kittler, Florian; Kozel, Petr; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Nigl, Ludwig; Procházka, Jiří; Rothacher, Julia; Straubinger, Cornelia; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg. In Conservation Science and Practice, 4(2). Wiley, 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Saproxylic beetles trace deadwood and differentiate between deadwood niches before their arrival on potential hosts. Graf, Marlene; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Müller, Jörg; Hagge, Jonas. In Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15(1), pp. 48–60. Wiley, 2021.
  • Importance of meteorological and land use parameters for insect diversity in agricultural landscapes. Horák, Jakub; Rada, Patrik; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Andreas, Michal; Bogusch, Petr; Jaworski, Tomasz. In Science of The Total Environment, 791, p. 148159. Elsevier BV, 2021.