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Ecology and Evolution
Germany
2026

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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
  • 2020 - Marsh Award for Ecology, British Ecological Society

Overview

Teja Tscharntke is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's work extends into key subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of study include Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, Organic Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Teja Tscharntke has published recent papers addressing various aspects of ecology and agriculture. Notable works include:

  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Biodiversity and yield trade-offs for organic farming, 2022, Ecology Letters
  • Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation, 2023, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Pesticides reduce tropical amphibian and reptile diversity in agricultural landscapes in Indonesia, 2023, PeerJ

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors of Teja Tscharntke include:

  • Wolfgang W. Weisser
  • Irene Guerrero
  • Manuel B. Morales
  • Juan J. Oñate
  • Tomas Pärt

Publications are found across various venues with the most common recent outlets being:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Functional Ecology
  • Ecology Letters
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • PeerJ

The scientist was recognized with the Marsh Award for Ecology by the British Ecological Society in 2020.

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

  • Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Louise Jackson

  • Sustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes: a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control

    F.J.J.A Bianchi;C.J.H Booij;T Tscharntke

  • 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

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

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

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

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

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

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

  • Foraging ranges of solitary bees

    Achim Gathmann;Teja Tscharntke

  • Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

    Christoph Scherber;Nico Eisenhauer;Nico Eisenhauer;Wolfgang W Weisser;Bernhard Schmid

  • Habitat fragmentation, species loss, and biological control

    Andreas Kruess;Teja Tscharntke

  • Habitat modification alters the structure of tropical host–parasitoid food webs

    Jason M. Tylianakis;Jason M. Tylianakis;Teja Tscharntke;Owen T. Lewis

  • 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

  • Landscape Structure and Biological Control in Agroecosystems

    Carsten Thies;Teja Tscharntke

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

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

  • On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe

    D Kleijn;F Kohler;A Báldi;P Batáry

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

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

  • Conservation biological control and enemy diversity on a landscape scale

    Teja Tscharntke;Riccardo Bommarco;Yann Clough;Thomas O. Crist

  • Special Issue Article: Advancing Environmental Conservation: Essays In Honor Of Navjot Sodhi Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Thomas C. Wanger;Louise Jackson

  • REVIEWS AND SYNTHESES Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity - ecosystem service management

    Teja Tscharntke;M. Klein;Andreas Kruess

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Yann Clough
Yann Clough Lund University
Péter Batáry
Péter Batáry Centre for Ecological Research
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Alexandra-Maria Klein University of Freiburg
Christoph Scherber
Christoph Scherber Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Carsten Thies
Carsten Thies University of Göttingen
Andrea Holzschuh
Andrea Holzschuh University of Würzburg
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Catrin Westphal
Catrin Westphal University of Göttingen
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury

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