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Matthias Albrecht

Matthias Albrecht

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
9971
World Ranking
4992
National Ranking
107

Overview

Matthias Albrecht is affiliated with Agroscope in Switzerland and specializes in research within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses primarily on ecology, insect science, genetics, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation. The research spans various subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, plant science, and conservation biology.

The main topics covered by Matthias Albrecht's research include plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant parasitism and resistance, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, insect-plant interactions and control, and species distribution and climate change.

Key recent publications by Matthias Albrecht include:

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes (2023, Nature)
  • Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Fungicide and insecticide exposure adversely impacts bumblebees and pollination services under semi-field conditions (2021, Environment International)

Frequent collaborators include Anina Knauer, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Simon G. Potts, Giovanni Tamburini, and Maj Rundlöf.

Matthias Albrecht has published extensively in prominent journals such as the Journal of Applied Ecology, The Science of The Total Environment, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Basic and Applied Ecology.

Best Publications

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

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

  • The worldwide importance of honey bees as pollinators in natural habitats

    Keng-Lou James Hung;Jennifer M. Kingston;Matthias Albrecht;David A. Holway

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis.

    Matthias Albrecht;David Kleijn;Neal M. Williams;Matthias Tschumi

  • Specialization of Mutualistic Interaction Networks Decreases toward Tropical Latitudes

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Stefan Abrahamczyk

  • Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success

    Matthias Albrecht;Bernhard Schmid;Yann Hautier;Christine B. Müller

  • High effectiveness of tailored flower strips in reducing pests and crop plant damage

    Matthias Tschumi;Matthias Albrecht;Martin H Entling;Katja Jacot

  • The Swiss agri-environment scheme enhances pollinator diversity and plant reproductive success in nearby intensively managed farmland

    Matthias Albrecht;Peter Duelli;Christine Müller;David Kleijn

  • Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Jochen Fründ;Oliver Schweiger;Erik Welk

  • Perennial, species-rich wildflower strips enhance pest control and crop yield

    Matthias Tschumi;Matthias Albrecht;Cédric Bärtschi;Jana Collatz

  • Tailored flower strips promote natural enemy biodiversity and pest control in potato crops

    Matthias Tschumi;Matthias Albrecht;Jana Collatz;Viktor Dubsky

  • Interaction diversity within quantified insect food webs in restored and adjacent intensively managed meadows.

    Matthias Albrecht;Peter Duelli;Bernhard Schmid;Christine B. Müller

  • Enhancing plant diversity in agricultural landscapes promotes both rare bees and dominant crop-pollinating bees through complementary increase in key floral resources

    Louis Sutter;Philippe Jeanneret;Agustín M. Bartual;Gionata Bocci

  • Consequences of plant invasions on compartmentalization and species' roles in plant-pollinator networks.

    Matthias Albrecht;Benigno Padrón;Ignasi Bartomeus;Anna Traveset

  • Plant-pollinator network assembly along the chronosequence of a glacier foreland

    Matthias Albrecht;Matthias Riesen;Bernhard Schmid

  • Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes.

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  • Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes : Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases

    Adriana De Palma;Adriana De Palma;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Landscape greening and local creation of wildflower strips and hedgerows promote multiple ecosystem services

    Louis Sutter;Matthias Albrecht;Philippe Jeanneret

  • A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland

    Lorna J. Cole;David Kleijn;Lynn V. Dicks;Lynn V. Dicks;Jane C. Stout

  • Effects of ecological compensation meadows on arthropod diversity in adjacent intensively managed grassland

    Matthias Albrecht;Bernhard Schmid;Martin K. Obrist;Beatrice Schüpbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin H. Entling
Martin H. Entling University of Koblenz and Landau
Felix Herzog
Felix Herzog Agroscope
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Andrea Holzschuh
Andrea Holzschuh University of Würzburg
David Kleijn
David Kleijn Wageningen University & Research
Ignasi Bartomeus
Ignasi Bartomeus Spanish National Research Council
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University

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