List of works - Michael Staab

A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China

scientific article

A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

scientific article published on 10 February 2024

A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

A unique nest-protection strategy in a new species of spider wasp

scientific article published in 2014

Aenictushoelldobleri sp. n., a new species of the Aenictusceylonicus group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese members of the group

scientific article

Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China

article

Ants at Plant Wounds: A Little-Known Trophic Interaction with Evolutionary Implications for Ant-Plant Interactions

scientific article

Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique

scientific article published in 2024

Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest

scientific article

Benchmarking nesting aids for cavity-nesting bees and wasps

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest

scientific article published on 3 April 2023

Climate affects neighbour‐induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Correction to 'Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests'

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

Diversity and specificity of host-natural enemy interactions in an urban-rural interface

scientific article published in 2016

Ecology: Mammals, interaction networks and the relevance of scale

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Exotic garden plants partly substitute for native plants as resources for pollinators when native plants become seasonally scarce

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species

scientific article published in 2023

Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks

scientific article published in 2024

Growth–trait relationships in subtropical forest are stronger at higher diversity

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Habitat fragmentation increases specialization of multi-trophic interactions by high species turnover

scientific article published on 25 October 2023

Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood

scientific article published in 2022

Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Insect abundance in managed forests benefits from multi-layered vegetation

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Intra- and interspecific tree diversity promotes multitrophic plant–Hemiptera–ant interactions in a forest diversity experiment

article

Leaf litter arthropods show little response to structural retention in a Central European forest

scientific article published in 2023

Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published in May 2021

Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest

scientific article published in 2017

Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance

scientific article published in 2022

Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

article

Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales

scientific article

Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full‐factorial experiment

scientific article published in 2022

Observational natural history and morphological taxonomy are indispensable for future challenges in biodiversity and conservation

scientific article published in January 2015

Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) reveals a partially artificial classification at the genus level and a species-rich clade of bee parasitoids

scholarly article by Thomas Pauli et al published 25 August 2018 in Systematic Entomology

Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894, a globally spreading exotic ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) newly recorded from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Plant composition, not richness, drives occurrence of specialist herbivores

scientific article published in 2019

Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity

scientific article published on 29 August 2024

Reprint of: Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

scientific article published on 15 July 2021

Simple pond restoration measures increase dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) diversity

Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 21 July 2022

Stratification and recovery time jointly shape ant functional reassembly in a Neotropical forest

scientific article published on 7 February 2023

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in China – with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology

scientific article published on 4 June 2018

The Influence of Tree Diversity on Natural Enemies—a Review of the “Enemies” Hypothesis in Forests

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods

scientific article published in 2024

The first observation of honeydew foraging in army ants since 1933: Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 tending Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) in Southeast China ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2016

The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera

scientific article published in 2023

Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Trap nests for bees and wasps to analyse trophic interactions in changing environments-A systematic overview and user guide

scientific article published in 2018

Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment ⬇️

scientific article

Tree Species Richness Strengthens Relationships between Ants and the Functional Composition of Spider Assemblages in a Highly Diverse Forest

article

Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment

scientific article published in 2014

Tree diversity and nectar composition affect arthropod visitors on extrafloral nectaries in a diversity experiment

article

Tree diversity increases robustness of multi-trophic interactions

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest

article

Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

scientific article published on 15 March 2021

Tree genetic diversity increases arthropod diversity in willow short rotation coppice

Tree phylogenetic diversity promotes host-parasitoid interactions

scientific article published in July 2016

Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Tree species richness attenuates the positive relationship between mutualistic ant-hemipteran interactions and leaf chewer herbivory

scientific article

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask

preprint

Unravelling insect declines: can space replace time?

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?

scientific article

Wood species identity alters dominant factors driving fine wood decomposition along a tree diversity gradient in subtropical plantation forests

scientific article published on 20 January 2021

List of works by Michael Staab

A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China

A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity

A unique nest-protection strategy in a new species of spider wasp

Aenictushoelldobleri sp. n., a new species of the Aenictusceylonicus group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese members of the group

Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China

Ants at Plant Wounds: A Little-Known Trophic Interaction with Evolutionary Implications for Ant-Plant Interactions

Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique

Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest

Benchmarking nesting aids for cavity-nesting bees and wasps

Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest

Climate affects neighbour‐induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships

Correction to 'Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests'

Diversity and specificity of host-natural enemy interactions in an urban-rural interface

Ecology: Mammals, interaction networks and the relevance of scale

Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach

Exotic garden plants partly substitute for native plants as resources for pollinators when native plants become seasonally scarce

Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species

Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks

Growth–trait relationships in subtropical forest are stronger at higher diversity

Habitat fragmentation increases specialization of multi-trophic interactions by high species turnover

Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood

Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks

Insect abundance in managed forests benefits from multi-layered vegetation

Intra- and interspecific tree diversity promotes multitrophic plant–Hemiptera–ant interactions in a forest diversity experiment

Leaf litter arthropods show little response to structural retention in a Central European forest

Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest

Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance

Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales

Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full‐factorial experiment

Observational natural history and morphological taxonomy are indispensable for future challenges in biodiversity and conservation

Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) reveals a partially artificial classification at the genus level and a species-rich clade of bee parasitoids

Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894, a globally spreading exotic ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) newly recorded from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

Plant composition, not richness, drives occurrence of specialist herbivores

Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity

Reprint of: Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

Simple pond restoration measures increase dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) diversity

Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment

Stratification and recovery time jointly shape ant functional reassembly in a Neotropical forest

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in China – with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology

The Influence of Tree Diversity on Natural Enemies—a Review of the “Enemies” Hypothesis in Forests

The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods

The first observation of honeydew foraging in army ants since 1933: Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 tending Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) in Southeast China ⬇️

The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera

Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality

Trap nests for bees and wasps to analyse trophic interactions in changing environments-A systematic overview and user guide

Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment ⬇️

Tree Species Richness Strengthens Relationships between Ants and the Functional Composition of Spider Assemblages in a Highly Diverse Forest

Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment

Tree diversity and nectar composition affect arthropod visitors on extrafloral nectaries in a diversity experiment

Tree diversity increases robustness of multi-trophic interactions

Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest

Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

Tree genetic diversity increases arthropod diversity in willow short rotation coppice

Tree phylogenetic diversity promotes host-parasitoid interactions

Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities

Tree species richness attenuates the positive relationship between mutualistic ant-hemipteran interactions and leaf chewer herbivory

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask

Unravelling insect declines: can space replace time?

What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?

Wood species identity alters dominant factors driving fine wood decomposition along a tree diversity gradient in subtropical plantation forests