Department of Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology (Zoology III) - Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)

Our department is part of the Biocenter at the University of Würzburg and comprises two professorships and about 60 staff members. The involved working groups cover major areas of animal ecology in research and teaching. The main emphasis is on biodiversity research, ecosystem functioning, global change, tropical ecology and evolutionary ecology. We are closely connected to the research groups
Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology, Global Change Ecology and Applied Biodiversity Science, as well as the Ecological Field Station Fabrikschleichach (Research Group Forest Ecology).

News

Ethnographic Short Films: Sustainability on Campus - 07.10.2025
Biodiversity Strengthens Pollinators and Ensures Stable Yields - 25.09.2025
Through the winter with a balanced diet - 15.05.2025
Planting a Mosaic of Shrub Fringes - 14.05.2025
Heat and land use: Bees suffer in particular - 09.05.2025
Higher Pollinator Diversity in Calcareous Grasslands - 07.02.2025

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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
(Zoology III)

zoo3@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Tel.: +49 931 31-84350

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New Publications

Manzer S, Sponsler D, Keller A, Honert C, Brühl CA, Mainardi G, Scheiner R, Steffan-Dewenter I (2026) Effects of annual cropland and season on pollen diversity and pesticide exposure in honey bee colonies. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 396: 109987.
Otieno M, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I (2025) Safeguarding nocturnal pollinators for food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 40: 931–934.
Fujimoto S, Lagos-Oviedo JJ, Seibel F, Puille L, Hausmann R, Corcoran E, Schmitt T, Frank ET (2025) Better safe than sorry: leg amputations as a prophylactic wound care behaviour in carpenter ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292: 20251688.
Bishop GA, Kleijn D, Albrecht M, Bartomeus I, Isaacs R, Kremen C, Magrach A, Ponisio LC, Potts SG, Scheper J, Smith HG, Tscharntke T, Albrecht J, Åström J, Badenhausser I, et al. (2025) Critical habitat thresholds for effective pollinator conservation in agricultural landscapes. Science 389: 1314–1319.