Cristina Ganuza

- Community Ecology and Agroecology.

- Pollination and plant-pollinator interactions.

- Effects of climate and land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services.

LandKlif - Effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in semi-natural, agricultural and urban landscapes and strategies for management of climate change. Subproject 1 - Climate change in a landscape context: functional biodiversity, biotic ecosystem services and data synthesis.

Since 04/2023: Postdoc – Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany).

12/2018 - 04/2023: PhD student – Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany).

• "Interactive effects of climate and land use on diversity, trophic interactions, and phenology of pollinator communities" – LandKlif. Supervision: Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter and Dr. Sarah Redlich.

03/2018 - 08/2018: Research assistant – Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN) – Wageningen University (the Netherlands)

• "The relative importance of wild pollinators as an agricultural input in seed production".

02/2016 - 12/2017: MSc in Biology (Conservation and Systems Ecology) – Wageningen University (the Netherlands)

MSc thesis in the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN) – Wageningen University (the Netherlands).

• "The role of sown wildflower strips in supporting pollinators on blueberry farms in the Netherlands" - FP7-project LIBERATION. Supervision: Prof. Dr. Ir. David Kleijn.

MSc internship in the Agroecology Group – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany).

• "How does habitat fragmentation affect plant and pollinator communities and the interactions among them in calcareous grasslands?" Supervision: Dr. Felipe Librán-Embid and Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke.

09/2011 - 07/2015: BSc in Biology – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

BSc thesis in the Parasitism Ecology group (Department of Evolutionary Ecology) – Natural Science Museum-CSIC (Spain).

• "Effect of the elimination of ectoparasites on blue tits' parental effort" Supervision: Dr. Elisa P. Badás and Prof. Dr. Santiago Merino.

2025

Ganuza, C., Redlich, S., Rojas-Botero, S., Tobisch, S., Zhang, J., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Ewald, J., Fricke, U., Haensel, M., Kollmann, J., Riebl, R., Schiele, S., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Müller, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I. 2025. Warmer temperatures reinforce negative land-use impacts on bees, but not on higher insect trophic levels. Proc. R. Soc. B. 292: 20243053. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.3053

Kortmann, M., Chao, A., Chiu, C.-H., Heibl, C., Mitesser, O., Morinière, J., Bozicevic, V., Hothorn, T., Rothacher, J., Englmeier, J., Ewald, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Moning, C., Redlich, S., Rojas-Botero, S., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Zhang, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I. and Müller, J. 2025. A short cut to sample coverage standardization in meta-barcoding data provides new insights into land use effects on insect diversity. Proc. R. Soc. B. 292: 20242927. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2927

2024

Fijen, T.P.M., Bishop, G.A., Ganuza, C., Scheper, J., Kleijn, D., 2024. Analyzing the relative importance of habitat quantity and quality for boosting pollinator populations in agricultural landscapes. Conservation Biology. e14317. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14317

Librán-Embid, F., Grass, I., Emer, C., Alarcón-Segura, V., Behling, H., Biagioni, S., Ganuza, C., Herrera-Krings, C., Setyaningsih, C.A., Tscharntke, T., 2024. Flower–bee versus pollen–bee metanetworks in fragmented landscapes. Proc. R. Soc. B. 291, 20232604. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2604

2023

Uphus, L., Uhler, J., Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Lüpke, M., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Müller, J., Menzel, A., 2023. Earlier and more uniform spring green-up linked to lower insect richness and biomass in temperate forests. Communications Biology. 6, 1052. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05422-9

Englmeier, J., Rieker, D., Mitesser, O., Benjamin, C., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Kellner, H., Lorz, J., Redlich, S., Riebl, R., Rojas‐Botero, S., Rummler, T., Steffan‐Dewenter, I., Stengel, E., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Zhang, J., Müller, J., Bässler, C., 2023. Diversity and specialization responses to climate and land use differ between deadwood fungi and bacteria. Ecography. e06807. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06807

Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Uhler, J., Kollmann, J., Müller, J., Moning, C., Redlich, S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Riebl, R., Uphus, L., Ewald, J. 2023. Conservation-relevant plant species indicate arthropod richness across trophic levels: Habitat quality is more important than habitat amount. Ecological Indicators. 148, 110039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110039

Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Uhler, J., Müller, J., Kollmann, J., Moning, C., Brändle, M., Gossner, M.M., Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Riebl, R., Uphus, L., Ewald, J., 2023. Plant species composition and local habitat conditions as primary determinants of terrestrial arthropod assemblages. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05345-6

2022

Ganuza, C., Ayasse, M., Boff, S., 2022. Chemical and mechanical signals trigger courtship in the wild large-headed resin bee Heriades truncorum. Journal of Insect Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-022-09808-1

Fricke, U., Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Riebl, R., Rojas-Botero, S., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Steffan-Dewenter, I., 2022. Earlier flowering of winter oilseed rape compensates for higher pest pressure in warmer climates. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14335

Englmeier, J., von Hoermann, C., Rieker, D., Benbow, M.E., Benjamin, C., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Lackner, T., Mitesser, O., Redlich, S., Riebl, R., Rojas-Botero, S., Rummler, T., Salamon, J-A., Sommer, D., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Zhang, J., Müller, J. 2022. Dung-visiting beetle diversity is mainly affected by land use, while community specialization is driven by climate. Ecology and Evolution. 12:e9386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9386

Fricke, U., Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Benjamin, C.S., Englmeier, J., Ganuza, C., Riebl, R., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Ewald, J., Kollmann, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., 2022. Plant richness, land use and temperature differently shape invertebrate leaf-chewing herbivory on plant functional groups. Oecologia. 199: 407-417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05199-4

Ganuza, C., Redlich, S., Uhler, J., Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Peters, M.K., Zhang, J., Benjamin, C.S., Englmeier, J., Ewald, J., Fricke, U., Haensel, M., Kollmann, J., Riebl, R., Uphus, L., Müller, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., 2022. Interactive effects of climate and land use on pollinator diversity differ among taxa and scales. Science Advances. 8, eabm9359. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9359

Fricke, U., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Zhang, J., Tobisch, C., Rojas-Botero, S., Benjamin, C.S., Englmeier, J., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Riebl, R., Uhler, J., Upuhs, L., Ewald, J., Kollmann, J., Redlich, S., 2022. Landscape diversity and local temperature, but not climate, affect arthropod predation among habitat types. PLoS ONE. 17(4): e0264881. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264881

Englmeier, J., Mitesser, O., Benbow, M.E., Hothorn, T., von Hoermann, C., Benjamin, C., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Redlich, S., Riebl, R., Rojas Botero, S., Rummler, T., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stengel, E., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Zhang, J., Müller, J., 2022. Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00764-7

Martínez-Núñez, C., Kleijn, D., Ganuza, C., Heupink, D., Raemakers, I., Vertommen, W., Fijen, T.P.M. 2022. Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of semi-natural habitat, but not crop diversity, is correlated with landscape pollinator richness. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14137

Benjamin, C.S., Uphus, L., Lüpke, M., Rojas-Botero, S., Dhillon, M.S., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Redlich, S., Riebl, R., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Zhang, J., Menzel, A., Peters, W. 2022. Modelling the relative abundance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) along a climate and land-use gradient. Animals, 12: 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12030222

2021

Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Benjamin, C., Dhillon, M.S., Englmeier, J., Ewald, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Hovestadt, T., Kollmann, J., Koellner, T., Kübert-Flock, C., Kunstmann, H., Menzel, A., Moning, C., Peters, W., Riebl, R., Rummler, T., Rojas-Botero, S., Tobisch, C., Uhler, J., Uphus, L., Müller, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I. 2021. Disentangling effects of climate and land use on biodiversity and ecosystem services - A multi-scale experimental design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13759

Welti, E.A.R., Zajicek, P., Frenzel, M., Ayasse, M., Bornholdt, T., Buse, J., Classen, A., Dziock, F., Engelmann, R.A., Englmeier, J., Fellendorf, M., Förschler, M.I., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Hippke, M., Hoenselaar, G., Kaus‐Thiel, A., Kerner, J., Kilian, D., Mandery, K., Marten, A., Monaghan, M.T., Morkel, C., Müller, J., Puffpaff, S., Redlich, S., Richter, R., Rojas‐Botero, S., Scharnweber, T., Scheiffarth, G., Yáñez, P.S., Schumann, R., Seibold, S., Steffan‐Dewenter, I., Stoll, S., Tobisch, C., Twietmeyer, S., Uhler, J., Vogt, J., Weis, D., Weisser, W.W., Wilmking, M., Haase, P. 2022. Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15: 168–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12555

Uhler, J., Redlich, S., Zhang, J., Hothorn, T., Tobisch, C., Ewald, J., Thorn, S., Seibold, S., Mitesser, O., Morinière, J., Bozicevic, V., Benjamin, C.S., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Haensel, M., Riebl, R., Rojas-Botero, S., Rummler, T., Uphus, L., Schmidt, S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Müller, J. 2021. Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient. Nature Communications, 12: 5946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26181-3

Librán-Embid, F., Grass, I., Emer, C., Ganuza, C., Tscharntke, T. 2021. A plant-pollinator metanetwork along a habitat fragmentation gradient. Ecology Letters, 24: 2700-2712. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13892

Uphus, L., Lüpke, M., Yuan, Y., Benjamin, C., Englmeier, J., Fricke, U., Ganuza, C., Schwindl, M., Uhler, J., Menzel, A. 2021. Climate Effects on Vertical Forest Phenology of Fagus sylvatica L., Sensed by Sentinel-2, Time Lapse Camera, and Visual Ground Observations. Remote Sensing, 13: 3982. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193982

2018

Haro, E., Scheper, J., Colombari, F., Ganuza, C., de Groot, A.G., van Kats, R., Kleijn, D. 2018. Landscape-scale forest cover increases the abundance of Drosophila suzukii and parasitoid wasps. Basic and Applied Ecology, 31: 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.07.003