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Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

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Ecology and Evolution
Germany
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
124
Citations
76395
World Ranking
84
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to environmental science. The main subfields of study for this scientist include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

Steffan-Dewenter's work addresses various topics such as plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant parasitism and resistance, species distribution and climate change, as well as cocoa and sweet potato agronomy.

Recent papers published by Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter include the following:

  • Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A multitaxa assessment of the effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity management, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network, 2021, Insect Conservation and Diversity

Steffan-Dewenter frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Marcell K. Peters
  • Sarah Redlich
  • Jie Zhang
  • Johannes Uhler
  • Ute Fricke

The most common venues for publishing their research are:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Steffan-Dewenter has contributed to book publications as well, including the work published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research titled Defining Agroecology: A Festschrift for Teja Tscharntke (2023).

Best Publications

  • Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops

    Alexandra Maria Klein;Bernard E. Vaissière;James H. Cane;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

  • Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity – ecosystem service management

    Teja Tscharntke;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Andreas Kruess;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

  • 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

  • Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change.

    Claire Kremen;Neal M. Williams;Marcelo A. Aizen;Barbara Gemmill-Herren

  • Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?

    Taylor H. Ricketts;James Regetz;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Saul A. Cunningham

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

    Mikko Kuussaari;Riccardo Bommarco;Risto K. Heikkinen;Aveliina Helm

  • SCALE‐DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF LANDSCAPE CONTEXT ON THREE POLLINATOR GUILDS

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Ute Münzenberg;Christof Bürger;Carsten Thies

  • Mixed biodiversity benefits of agri-environment schemes in five European countries.

    David Kleijn;R. A. Baquero;Yann Clough;M. Díaz

  • 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

  • Fruit set of highland coffee increases with the diversity of pollinating bees.

    Alexandra-Maria Klein;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Teja Tscharntke

  • Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

    Jochen Krauss;Riccardo Bommarco;Moisès Guardiola;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • 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

  • Effects of habitat isolation on pollinator communities and seed set

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Teja Tscharntke

  • Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield

    Patrick Hoehn;Teja Tscharntke;Jason M Tylianakis;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Jochen Krauss
Jochen Krauss University of Würzburg
Andrea Holzschuh
Andrea Holzschuh University of Würzburg
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Catrin Westphal
Catrin Westphal University of Göttingen
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Alexandra-Maria Klein University of Freiburg
David Kleijn
David Kleijn Wageningen University & Research
Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University
Theodora Petanidou
Theodora Petanidou University of the Aegean

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