Benjamin Wildermuth

Wildermuth, B., Bröcher, M., Ladouceur, E., Meyer, S.T., Schielzeth, H., Staab, M., Achury, R., Blüthgen, N., Hertzog, L., Hines, J., Roscher, C., Schweiger, O., Weisser, W.W. & Ebeling, A. (2026). Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10: 83-94. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02909-yExternal link

Klenke, J., von Gross, V., Fuchs, J.M., Topanotti, L.R., Wildermuth, B., Pérez, C.A.R., Lu, J.Z., Likulunga, L.E., Knoke, T. & Paul, C. (2026). Balancing biodiversity and economics: Using robust Pareto-optimisation to quantify ecological-economic trade-offs in German mixed beech forests. Ambio doi: doi: 10.1007/s13280-026-02441-8External link

Mrak, K., Hahn, P., Wildermuth, B. & Lamersdorf, N. (2026). Mineral nitrogen form preference, partitioning and root morphological traits of Douglas fir and European beech under intra-and interspecific competition in-situ. European Journal of Forest Research 145: 38. doi: 10.1007/s10342-025-01853-7External link 

Piccini, S., Wildermuth, B., Matevski, D., Kriegel, P., Penanhoat, A., Seidel, D., Hagge, J., Gossner, M.M. & Schuldt, A. (2026). Same forest, different story: Beetle community responses to non-native tree species depend on the vertical stratum. Journal of Applied Ecology 63: e70472. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.70472External link 

Wildermuth, B., Hagge, J., Seifert, C.L., Tjaden, R. & Schuldt, A. (2024). Beneficial effects of native broadleaved forests on canopy beetle diversity are not reduced by admixture of non-native conifers. Journal of Applied Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14623External link 

Wildermuth, B., Penanhoat, A., Sennhenn-Reulen, H., Matevski, D., Drescher, J., Aubry-Kientz, M., Seidel, D. & Schuldt, A. (2024). Canopy structure influences arthropod communities within and beyond tree identity effects: Insights from combining LiDAR data, insecticidal fogging and machine learning regression modelling. Ecological Indicators 160: 111901.  doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111901External link 

Topanotti, L.R., Fuchs, J.M., Albert, M., Schick, J., Penanhoat, A., Lu, J.Z., Pérez, C.A.R., Foltran, E.C., Appleby, S., Wildermuth, B., Stuckenberg, T., Likulunga, L.E., Glatthorn, J., Schuldt, A., Polle, A., Balkenhol, N., Scheu, S., Ammer, C., Paul, C. & Guerrero-Ramírez, N. (2024). Enhancing economic multifunctionality without compromising multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality via forest enrichment. Science Advances 10: eadp6566. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp6566External link