Publications
Birkhofer K, Wolters V, Diekötter T (in press) Grassy margins along organically managed cereal fields foster trait diversity and taxonomic distinctness of arthropod communities. Insect Conservation and Diversity
Diekötter T, Peter F, Jauker B, Wolters V, Jauker F (2013) Mass-flowering crops increase richness of cavity-nesting bees and wasps in modern agro-ecosystems. Global Change Biology Bioenergy doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12080
Diekötter T, Crist TO (2013) Quantifying habitat-specific contributions to insect diversity in agricultural mosaic landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity doi: 10.1111/icad.12015
Birkhofer K, Schöning I, Alt F, Herold N, Klarner B, Maraun M, Marhan S, Oelmann Y, Wubet T, Yurkov A, Begerow D, Berner D, Buscot F, Daniel R, Diekötter T, Ehnes RB, Erdmann G, Fischer C, Foesel B, Groh J, Gutknecht J, Kandeler E, Lang C, Lohaus G, Meyer A, Nacke H, Nähter A, Overmann J, Polle A, Pollierer MM, Scheu S, Schloter M, Schulze E-D, Schulze W, Weinert J, Weisser WW, Wolters V, Schrumpf M (2012) General relationships between abiotic soil properties and soil biota across spatial scales and different land-use types. PLoS ONE 8:e43292
Jauker F, Peter F, Wolters V, Diekötter T (2012) Early reproductive benefits of mass-flowering crops to the solitary bee Osmia rufa outbalance post-flowering disadvantages. Basic and Applied Ecology 13:268-276
Lange R, Diekötter T, Schiffmann A, Wolters
V, Durka W (2012) Matrix quality and habitat configuration
interactively determine functional connectivity in a widespread bush
cricket at a small spatial scale. Landscape Ecology 27:381-392
Wamser S, Diekötter T, Boldt L, Wolters V,
Dauber J (2012) Trait-specific effects of habitat isolation on
carabid species richness and community composition in managed
grasslands. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5:9-18
Birkhofer K, Wolters V, Diekötter T (2011) Density-dependent and -independent effects on the joint use of space by predators and prey in terrestrial arthropod food-webs. Oikos 120:1705-1711
Birkhofer K, Diekötter T, Boch S, Fischer M, Müller J, Socher
S, Wolters V (2011) Soil fauna feeding activity in temperate grassland
soils increases with legume and grass species richness. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:2200-2207
Lange R, Durka W, Holzhauer SIJ, Wolters V, Diekötter T (2010) Differential threshold effects of habitat fragmentation on gene flow in two widespread species of bush crickets. Molecular Ecology 19:4936-4948
Waldhardt R, Bach M, Borresch R, Breuer L, Diekötter T,
Frede HG, Gäth S, Ginzler O, Gottschalk T, Julich S, Köhler W,
Krumpholz M, Kuhlmann F, Otte A, Reger B, Reiher W, Schmitz K, Schmitz
PM, Sheridan P, Simmering D, Weist C, Wolters V, Zoerner D (2010)
Evaluating today’s landscape multifunctionality and providing an
alternative future: a normative scenario approach. Ecology and Society 15:30 (online)
Diekötter T, Wamser S, Wolters
V, Birkhofer K (2010) Landscape and management effects on structure
and function of soil arthropod communities in winter wheat. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 137:108-112
Diekötter T, Kadoya T, Peter F, Wolters V, Jauker F (2010) Oilseed rape crops distort plant-pollinator interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:209-214
Diekötter T,
Baveco H, Arens P, Rothenbühler C, Billeter R, Csencsics D, De Filippi
R, Hendrickx F, Speelmans M, Opdam P, Smulders MJM (2010) Patterns of habitat occupancy, genetic variation and predicted movement of a flightless bush cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera, in an agricultural mosaic landscape. Landscape Ecology 25:449-461
Gottschalk T, Dittrich R, Diekötter T, Sheridan P, Wolters V, Ekschmitt K (2010) Modelling land-use sustainability using farmland birds as indicators. Ecological Indicators 10:15-23
Hendrickx F, Maelfait J-P, Desender K, Aviron S , Bailey D, Diekötter T, Lens L, Liira J, Schweiger O, Speelmans M, Vandomme V, Bugter R (2009) Pervasive effects of dispersal limitation on within and among community species richness in agricultural landscapes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18:607-616
Jauker F, Diekötter T, Schwarzbach F, Wolters V (2009) Pollinator dispersal in an agricultural matrix: opposing responses of wild bees and hoverflies to landscape structure and distance from main habitat. Landscape Ecology 24:547-555
Diekötter T, Billeter R, Crist TO (2008) Effects of landscape connectivity on the spatial distribution of insect diversity in agricultural mosaic landscapes. Basic and Applied Ecology 9:298-307
Billeter R, Liira J, Bailey D, Bugter R, Arens P, Augenstein I, Aviron S, Baudry J, Bukacek R, Burel F, Cerny M, De Blust G, De Cock R, Diekötter T, Dietz H, Dirksen J, Dormann C, Durka W, Frenzel M, Hamersky R, Hendrix F, Herzog F, Klotz S, Koolstra B, Lausch A, Le Coeur D, Maelfait J-P, Opdam P, Roubalova M, Schermann A, Schermann N, Schmidt T, Schweiger O, Smulders MJM, Speelmans M, Simova P, Verboom J, van Wingerden WKRE, Zobel M, Edwards PJ (2008) Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan-European study. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:141-150
Haynes KJ, Diekötter T, Crist TO (2007) Resource complementation and the response of an insect herbivore to habitat area and fragmentation. Oecologia 153:511-520
Gottschalk TK, Diekötter T, Ekschmitt K, Kuhlmann F, Weinmann B, Purtauf T, Dauber J, Wolters V (2007) Impact of agricultural subsidies on biodiversity at the landscape level. Landscape Ecology 22:643-656
Hendrickx F, Maelfait J-P, van Wingerden W, Schweiger O, Billeter R, Speelmans M, Augenstein I, Aviron S, Bailey D, Bukacek R, Diekötter T, Dirksen J, Herzog F, Liira J, Roubalova M, Vandomme V, Bugter R (2007) How landscape structure, land use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:340-351
Schweiger O, Musche M, Bailey D, Billeter R, Diekötter T, Frenzel M, Hendrickx F, Herzog F, Liira J, Maelfait J-P, Speelmans M, Dziock F (2007) Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe. Oikos 116:461-472
Diekötter T, Speelmans M, Dusoulier F, van Wingerden WKRE, Maelfait J-P, Crist TO, Edwards PJ, Dietz H (2007) Effects of landscape and habitat structure on movement patterns of the flightless bush cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera. Environmental Entomology 36:90-98
Diekötter T, Walther-Hellwig K, Conradi M, Suter M, Frankl R (2006) Effects of landscape elements on the distribution of the rare bumblebee species Bombus muscorum in an agricultural landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:57-68
Heckmann R, Rieger C, Diekötter T (2006) Erstnachweis von Psallus (Apocremus) aethiops (Zetterstedt, 1838) für Mitteleuropa in der Schweiz und in Süddeutschland (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 79:189-198
Schweiger O, Maelfait J-P, van Wingerden W, Hendrickx F, Billeter R, Speelmans M, Augenstein I, Aukema B, Aviron S, Bailey D, Bukacek R, Burel F, Diekötter T, Dirksen J, Frenzel M, Herzog F, Liira J, Roubalova M, Bugter R (2005) Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organisational levels and spatial scales. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:1129-1139
Diekötter T, Csencsics D, Rothenbühler C, Billeter R, Edwards PJ (2005) Movement and dispersal patterns in the bush cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera: the role of developmental stage and sex. Ecological Entomology 30:419-427
Arens P, Wernke-Lenting JH, Diekötter T, Rothenbühler C, Speelmans M, Hendrickx F, Smulders MJM (2005) Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci in the dark bush cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Tettigoniidae) Molecular Ecology Notes 5:413-415
Billeter R, Sedivy I, Diekötter T (2003) Distribution and dispersal patterns of the ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) in agricultural landscapes. Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute ETH 69:45-55
Diekötter T, Walther-Hellwig K, Frankl R (2001) Verbreitung, lokale Häufigkeit und Gefährdung der Mooshummel (Bombus muscorum) und Waldhummel (Bombus sylvarum) im Amöneburger Becken. Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 6:92-99