Sebastian König
Sebastian König
Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Am hubland
- Diversity patterns and community assembly along elevational gradients
- Ecosystem functions (e.g. predation, herbivory)
- Species traits
- Biodiversity conservation
- Orthoptera taxonomy and faunistics
- Foodwebs, plant-herbivore interactions and network structure
- DNA-metabarcoding (insect food and microbiome)
Education
04/2019 - present: PhD Student, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; Main Focus: Linking traits and phylogeny to diversity patterns, community assembly and ecosystem functions along elevational gradients; foodwebs and network structure along climatic gradients with link to microbiota. supervision by Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Prof. Dr. Jochen Krauss
04/2016 – 03/2019: Master of Science in Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg; Main Focus: Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Ecology, Tropical Ecology and elevational gradients in species diversity (South Africa and European Alps). Master Thesis: „Drivers of grasshopper diversity in an elevational gradient in the National Park Berchtesgaden“ (Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), University of Würzburg)
10/2012 – 03/2016: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg; Main Focus: Zoology, Animal Ecology, Animal Behaviour. Bachelor Thesis: „Einfluss von Habitatgröße und Anteil an halbnatürlichem Habitat in der Landschaft auf heuschreckenzönosen in Kalkmagerrasen“ (Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), University of Würzburg)
2019
König, S. & Krauss, J. (2019) Get larger or grow longer wings? Impacts of habitat area and habitat amount on Orthoptera assemblages and populations in semi-natural grasslands”. Landscape Ecology 34: 175-186. doi: 10.1007/s10980-018-0762-5
