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Thomas Fartmann

Thomas Fartmann

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Ecology and Evolution

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World Ranking
7137
National Ranking
371

Overview

Thomas Fartmann is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans numerous topics related to ecology, conservation, and the impacts of environmental change on species and habitats.

The scientist's research publications include work on conservation strategies, insect population dynamics, and the effects of climate change. Notable recent papers are:

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Relative impacts of land-use and climate change on grasshopper range shifts have changed over time, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Consistent signals of a warming climate in occupancy changes of three insect taxa over 40 years in central Europe, 2022, Global Change Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas Fartmann include:

  • Dominik Poniatowski
  • Steffen Kämpfer
  • Franz Löffler
  • Merle Streitberger
  • Gwydion Scherer

Thomas Fartmann publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Insect Conservation
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, while the subfields include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics covered in Thomas Fartmann's work are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Best Publications

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

    Pedro Cardoso;Philip S. Barton;Klaus Birkhofer;Filipe Chichorro

  • Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects

    Michael J Samways;Philip S. Barton;Klaus Birkhofer;Filipe Chichorro

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

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

  • Orthoptera as ecological indicators for succession in steppe grassland

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  • Combining larval habitat quality and metapopulation structure – the key for successful management of pre-alpine Euphydryas aurinia colonies

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  • Effects of coppicing on butterfly communities of woodlands

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  • Effects of landscape and habitat quality on butterfly communities in pre-alpine calcareous grasslands

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  • Patch occupancy of grassland specialists: Habitat quality matters more than habitat connectivity

    Dominik Poniatowski;Gregor Stuhldreher;Franz Löffler;Thomas Fartmann

  • Management of calcareous grasslands for Nickerl’s fritillary (Melitaea aurelia) has to consider habitat requirements of the immature stages, isolation, and patch area

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  • Consistent signals of a warming climate in occupancy changes of three insect taxa over 40 years in central Europe

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  • The classification of insect communities: Lessons from orthopteran assemblages of semi-dry calcareous grasslands in central Germany

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  • Patterns in the diversity of dragonflies (Odonata) in cities across Central Europe

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  • Impacts of succession and grass encroachment on heathland Orthoptera

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  • Relative impacts of land‐use and climate change on grasshopper range shifts have changed over time

    Dominik Poniatowski;Christian Beckmann;Franz Löffler;Thorsten Münsch

  • Nitrogen enrichment in host plants increases the mortality of common Lepidoptera species

    Susanne Kurze;Thilo Heinken;Thomas Fartmann

  • Orthoptera community shifts in response to land-use and climate change - lessons from a long-term study across different grassland habitats.

    Franz Löffler;Dominik Poniatowski;Thomas Fartmann

  • Stormwater ponds promote dragonfly (Odonata) species richness and density in urban areas

    Lisa Holtmann;Marvin Juchem;Jonas Brüggeshemke;Antje Möhlmeyer

  • Extinction debt across three taxa in well-connected calcareous grasslands

    Franz Löffler;Dominik Poniatowski;Thomas Fartmann

  • Effects of landscape and habitat quality on Orthoptera assemblages of pre-alpine calcareous grasslands

    Franz Löffler;Thomas Fartmann

  • Microhabitat selection in a grassland butterfly: a trade-off between microclimate and food availability

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  • Carabid beetles and spiders as bioindicators for the evaluation of montane heathland restoration on former spruce forests

    Fabian Borchard;Sascha Buchholz;Felix Helbing;Thomas Fartmann

  • Effects of habitat and landscape quality on amphibian assemblages of urban stormwater ponds

    Lisa Holtmann;Katharina Philipp;Corinna Becke;Thomas Fartmann

  • Threatened grassland butterflies as indicators of microclimatic niches along an elevational gradient – Implications for conservation in times of climate change

    Gregor Stuhldreher;Thomas Fartmann

  • Is pitfall trapping a valuable sampling method for grassland Orthoptera

    Jens Schirmel;Sascha Buchholz;Thomas Fartmann

  • Response of Orthoptera assemblages to environmental change in a low-mountain range differs among grassland types.

    Florian Fumy;Franz Löffler;Michael J. Samways;Thomas Fartmann

  • Functional connectivity as an indicator for patch occupancy in grassland specialists

    Dominik Poniatowski;Franz Löffler;Gregor Stuhldreher;Fabian Borchard

  • Habitat quality determines patch occupancy of two specialist Lepidoptera species in well-connected grasslands

    Thorsten Münsch;Felix Helbing;Thomas Fartmann

  • Effects of local climate, landscape structure and habitat quality on leafhopper assemblages of acidic grasslands

    Felix Helbing;Thomas Fartmann;Franz Löffler;Dominik Poniatowski

  • Habitat availability and climate warming drive changes in the distribution of grassland grasshoppers

    Thomas Fartmann;Dominik Poniatowski;Lisa Holtmann

  • The invasion of Bromus erectus alters species diversity of vascular plants and leafhoppers in calcareous grasslands

    Dominik Poniatowski;Florian Hertenstein;Nadja Raude;Kathrin Gottbehüt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Samways
Michael J. Samways Stellenbosch University
Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Sebastian Seibold
Sebastian Seibold Technical University of Munich
Thilo Heinken
Thilo Heinken University of Potsdam
Jan Christian Habel
Jan Christian Habel University of Salzburg
Philip S. Barton
Philip S. Barton Deakin University
Frank Suhling
Frank Suhling Technische Universität Braunschweig
Klaus Birkhofer
Klaus Birkhofer Brandenburg University of Technology
Axel Hochkirch
Axel Hochkirch Trier University of Applied Sciences

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