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Catrin Westphal is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in various related subfields.

Their work addresses multiple specialized areas including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Westphal's research topics encompass Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, as well as Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Some of Westphal's recent papers include:

  • Beyond organic farming - harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Westphal frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Teja Tscharntke
  • Annika L. Hass
  • Ingo Graß
  • Nicole Beyer
  • Doreen Gabriel

Their research is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Landscape Ecology

Best Publications

  • Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

    Lucas A Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Rachael Winfree;Marcelo A Aizen

  • Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

    Teja Tscharntke;Jason M. Tylianakis;Tatyana A. Rand;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham

  • A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

    Christina M. Kennedy;Eric Lonsdorf;Maile C. Neel;Neal M. Williams

  • Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

    Lucas A. Garibaldi;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Claire Kremen;Juan M. Morales

  • Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

    David Kleijn;Rachael Winfree;Ignasi Bartomeus;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

    Catrin Westphal;Riccardo Bommarco;Gabriel Carré;Ellen Lamborn

  • Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

    Eric Allan;Pete Manning;Fabian Alt;Julia Binkenstein

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • Mass flowering crops enhance pollinator densities at a landscape scale

    Catrin Westphal;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Teja Tscharntke

  • Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value.

    Björn K. Klatt;Andrea Holzschuh;Andrea Holzschuh;Catrin Westphal;Yann Clough

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

    Sagrario Gámez-Virués;David J. Perović;Martin M. Gossner;Carmen Börschig

  • Beyond organic farming - harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes.

    Teja Tscharntke;Ingo Grass;Thomas C. Wanger;Thomas C. Wanger;Catrin Westphal

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity.

    Eric Allan;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati

  • Bumblebees experience landscapes at different spatial scales: possible implications for coexistence

    Catrin Westphal;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Teja Tscharntke

  • Contribution of insect pollinators to crop yield and quality varies with agricultural intensification.

    Ignasi Bartomeus;Simon G. Potts;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Bernard E. Vaissière

  • Mass flowering oilseed rape improves early colony growth but not sexual reproduction of bumblebees

    Catrin Westphal;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Teja Tscharntke

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Robin Heinen;Inge Armbrecht;Yves Basset

Frequent Co-Authors

Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Andrea Holzschuh
Andrea Holzschuh University of Würzburg
Ingo Grass
Ingo Grass University of Hohenheim
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Péter Batáry
Péter Batáry Centre for Ecological Research
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich

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