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Thorsten Assmann is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany and has an extensive research background in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics notably cover Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, and broader Plant and Animal studies.

Thorsten Assmann has published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ZooKeys
  • Functional Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Acta Oecologica
  • Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

Recent papers by Assmann include:

  • Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Conservation value of semi-open habitats for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae) in Central Europe, 2022, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Habitat continuity matters: Ancient woodlands tend to have higher biomass and catching rate of dung beetles, mainly driven by one large species, 2020, Acta Oecologica
  • What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?, 2021, ZooKeys
  • Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini), 2022, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

Assmann frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Estève Boutaud
  • Andreas Schuldt
  • Ingmar Harry
  • Claudia Drees
  • Pascale Zumstein

Best Publications

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • Designing forest biodiversity experiments : general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

    Helge Bruelheide;Karin Nadrowski;Thorsten Assmann;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

    Andreas Schuldt;Thorsten Assmann;Matteo Brezzi;Matteo Brezzi;François Buscot

  • Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

    Helge Bruelheide;Martin Böhnke;Sabine Both;Teng Fang

  • Modelling habitat and spatial distribution of an endangered longhorn beetle - A case study for saproxylic insect conservation

    Jörn Buse;Boris Schröder;Thorsten Assmann

  • An Endangered Longhorn Beetle Associated with Old Oaks and Its Possible Role as an Ecosystem Engineer

    J. Buse;T. Ranius;T. Assmann

  • Carabids.org – a dynamic online database of ground beetle species traits (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Katharina Homburg;Nils Homburg;Florian Schäfer;Andreas Schuldt

  • Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China

    Andreas Schuldt;Martin Baruffol;Martin Böhnke;Helge Bruelheide

  • On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems - a study from SE China

    Thomas Scholten;Philipp Goebes;Peter Kühn;Steffen Seitz

  • Molecular Population Genetics of the Endangered Tiger Beetle Cicindela dorsalis (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

    A.P. Vogler;R. Desalle;T. Assmann;C.B. Knisley

  • Relict species : phylogeography and conservation biology

    Jan Christian Habel;Thorsten Assmann

  • Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests.

    Andreas Schuldt;Helge Bruelheide;Walter Durka;David Eichenberg

  • Where have all the beetles gone? Long-term study reveals carabid species decline in a nature reserve in Northern Germany

    Katharina Homburg;Claudia Drees;Estève Boutaud;Dorothea Nolte

  • Can management compensate for atmospheric nutrient deposition in heathland ecosystems

    Werner Härdtle;Marion Niemeyer;Thomas Niemeyer;Thorsten Assmann

  • Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity.

    Andreas Schuldt;Sabine Both;Helge Bruelheide;Werner Härdtle

  • The ground beetle fauna of ancient and recent woodlands in the lowlands of north-west Germany (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

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  • Long-term effects of historical heathland farming on soil properties of forest ecosystems

    Goddert von Oheimb;Werner Härdtle;Pascale S. Naumann;Christina Westphal

  • Strongly diverging population genetic patterns of three skipper species: the role of habitat fragmentation and dispersal ability

    Dirk Louy;Dirk Louy;Jan Christian Habel;Thomas Schmitt;Thorsten Assmann

  • Environmental and historical effects on richness and endemism patterns of carabid beetles in the western Palaearctic

    Andreas Schuldt;Thorsten Assmann

  • Habitat modelling for the conservation of the rare ground beetle species Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the riparian zones of headwaters

    Andrea Matern;Claudia Drees;Meike Kleinwächter;Thorsten Assmann

  • Multiple glacial refugia of the low-dispersal ground beetle Carabus irregularis: molecular data support predictions of species distribution models.

    Katharina Homburg;Claudia Drees;Claudia Drees;Martin M. Gossner;László Rakosy

  • Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

    Helge Bruelheide;Martin Bohnke;Sabine Both;Fang Teng

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Schuldt
Andreas Schuldt University of Göttingen
Werner Härdtle
Werner Härdtle Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jan Christian Habel
Jan Christian Habel University of Salzburg
Thomas Ranius
Thomas Ranius Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas Scholten
Thomas Scholten University of Tübingen
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
François Buscot
François Buscot Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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