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Gunnar Brehm is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans several areas within Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have a particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Insect Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work addresses numerous topics related to species distribution, climate change, and plant and animal studies. Notable themes in their research include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, Biological Control of Invasive Species, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Gunnar Brehm has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals and publication venues, highlighting a consistent presence in the field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Insects
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent academic contributions feature multiple papers, showcasing a range of research interests primarily in Lepidoptera and insect ecology:

  • "An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics" (2022), published in Integrative Systematics Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History
  • "Moths are strongly attracted to ultraviolet and blue radiation" (2021), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Drastic loss of insects (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in urban landscapes in a tropical biodiversity hotspot" (2021), published in Journal of Insect Conservation
  • "Molecular phylogeny of Sterrhinae moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): towards a global classification" (2020), published in Systematic Entomology
  • "Alpha and beta diversity patterns of macro-moths reveal a breakpoint along a latitudinal gradient in Mongolia" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Dennis Böttger
  • Leidys Murillo-Ramos
  • Pasi Sihvonen
  • Alexander Keller
  • Niklas Wahlberg

Best Publications

  • Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

    Robert K. Colwell;Gunnar Brehm;Catherine L. Cardelús;Alex C. Gilman

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • The role of environment and mid-domain effect on moth species richness along a tropical elevational gradient

    Gunnar Brehm;Robert K. Colwell;Jürgen Kluge

  • Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest

    Gunnar Brehm;Dirk Süssenbach;Konrad Fiedler

  • Beta diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest

    Gunnar Brehm;Jürgen Homeier;Konrad Fiedler

  • Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths

    Gunnar Brehm;Linda M. Pitkin;Nadine Hilt;Konrad Fiedler;Konrad Fiedler

  • Disturbance effects on diversity of epiphytes and moths in a montane forest in Ecuador

    Nicole M. Nöske;Nadine Hilt;Florian A. Werner;Gunnar Brehm

  • Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).

    Pasi Sihvonen;Marko Mutanen;Lauri Kaila;Gunnar Brehm

  • Determinants of diversity in afrotropical herbivorous insects (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) : plant diversity, vegetation structure or abiotic factors?

    Jan C. Axmacher;Gunnar Brehm;Andreas Hemp;Henry Tünte

  • Faunal composition of geometrid moths changes with altitude in an Andean montane rain forest

    Gunnar Brehm;Konrad Fiedler

  • Diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) along an Afrotropical elevational rainforest transect

    Jan C. Axmacher;Gabriele Holtmann;Luis Scheuermann;Gunnar Brehm

  • Elevational species richness gradients in a hyperdiverse insect taxon: a global meta-study on geometrid moths

    Jan Beck;Christy M. McCain;Jan C. Axmacher;Louise A. Ashton

  • Bergmann's rule does not apply to geometrid moths along an elevational gradient in an Andean montane rain forest

    Gunnar Brehm;Konrad Fiedler

  • Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints.

    Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Louise A. Ashton;Louise A. Ashton;Jan Beck;Jan Beck

  • Tropical forests are not flat: how mountains affect herbivore diversity.

    Genoveva Rodríguez-Castañeda;Lee A. Dyer;Gunnar Brehm;Heidi Connahs

  • DNA barcoding-based species delimitation increases species count of Eois (Geometridae) moths in a well-studied tropical mountain forest by up to 50%

    Patrick Strutzenberger;Gunnar Brehm;Konrad Fiedler

  • Diversity of geometrid moths in a montane rainforest in Ecuador

    Gunnar Brehm

  • Diversity and community structure of geometrid moths of disturbed habitat in a montane area in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Gunnar Brehm;Konrad Fiedler

  • A Comparison of Manual and Automatic Moth Sampling Methods (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Geometridae) in a Rain Forest in Costa Rica

    Gunnar Brehm;Jan C. Axmacher

  • Revision of the genus Callipia Guenée, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with the description of 15 new taxa

    Gunnar Brehm

  • Contrasting patterns of vertical stratification in two moth families in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest

    Gunnar Brehm

  • A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies.

    Leidys Murillo-Ramos;Leidys Murillo-Ramos;Gunnar Brehm;Pasi Sihvonen;Axel Hausmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Konrad Fiedler
Konrad Fiedler University of Vienna
Robert K. Colwell
Robert K. Colwell University of Connecticut
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Jan C. Axmacher
Jan C. Axmacher University College London
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Jan Beck
Jan Beck University of Colorado Boulder
Christy M. McCain
Christy M. McCain University of Colorado Boulder
John T. Longino
John T. Longino University of Utah
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History

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