Vita

  • Since 2006: University professor for Ecology, esp. Animal Ecology (W3, Full Professorship), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2001-2006: University professor for Ecology, esp. Animal Ecology (C3), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2000-2001: Lecturer (Wissenschaftl. Oberassistent)
  • 2000: Habilitation in Ecology
  • 1994-2000: PostDoc (Wissenschaftl. Assistent)
  • 1991-1994: Research Associate, University of Osnabrück (Ecology)
  • 1988-1991: Study of Population Genetics
  • 1981-1987: Studies of Biology, Universites of Gießen and Münster (minor subjects: physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, biochemistry)

Teaching

  • Ecology, esp. animal ecology
  • Conservation biology, incl. conservation genetics, biodiversity research, macroecology
  • Systematology and taxonomy, esp. of arthropodes

 

Research Interests

  • Animal ecology
  • Conservation biology
  • Macroecology
  • Systematology and taxonomy

Projects

  1. Minderung der Barrierewirkung von Agrarflächen mittels halboffener Verbundkorridore
    Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , Claudia Drees (Partner) , Simon Robert Wolfgang Hein (Project staff) , Swantje Grabener (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  2. Securing the Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity of Extensively Managed Cultural Landscapes (Ökokult): - Subproject 1: Ecosystem Functioning and Services of Cultural Landscapes
    Victoria Martine Temperton (Project manager, academic) , Werner Härdtle (Project manager, academic) , Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , David Walmsley (Coordination) , Andreas Schuldt (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  3. Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services
    Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , Nico Blüthgen (Project manager, academic) , Thomas Schmitt (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

  4. Mechanisms of soil erosion, soil properties and Ecoscape analysis as a function of species richness and species composition in subtropical forests
    Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic) , Peter Kühn (Project manager, academic) , Thomas Scholten (Project manager, academic) , Karsten Schmidt (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

  5. Multi-trophic plant-insect networks in a tree diversity experiment in China
    Thorsten Aßmann (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Halboffene Verbundkorridore: Ökologische Funktion, Leitbilder und Praxis-Leitfaden
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Dorothea Irmgard Ilse Nolte (Author) , Peter Finck (Author) , Diethart Matthies (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , Uwe Riecken (Author) , Eliane Travers (Author) , Karin Ullrich (Author) , 2016 Münster , 296 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  2. Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators: Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies
    Thorsten Aßmann (Editor) , Johan Kotze (Editor) , Jinze Nordijk (Editor) , Hans Turin (Editor) , Rikjan Vermeulen (Editor) , 2011 Sofia , 573 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  3. Relict species: Phylogeography and conservation biology
    Jan Christian Habel (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Editor) , 2010 Heidelberg [u.a.] , 449 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  4. Saproxylic beetles: Their role and diversity in European woodland ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles
    Jörn Buse (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Keith N. A. Alexander (Author) , Thomas Ranius (Author) , 2009 Sofia/Moscow , 236 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Back to the roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology
    Thorsten Aßmann (Editor) , Lyubomir Penev (Editor) , Terry L. Erwin (Editor) , 2008 Sofia , 509 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

Journal contributions

  1. Ground beetle fauna of flower strips and forest edges in northern German lowlands’ conventional agricultural landscapes (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
    Swantje Grabener (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , Stephan Gürlich (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Lena Husemann (Author) , Martin Kubiak (Author) , Christin Juno Laschke (Author) , Sina Remmers (Author) , Pascale Zumstein (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Biodiversity Data Journal, 13 , 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Ingmar Harry (Author) , Carsten F. Dormann (Author) , Carl J. Skarbek (Author) , 01.12.2022 , in: Journal of Insect Conservation, 26, 6 , p. 863-871 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini)
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Borislav Guéorguiev (Author) , David W. Wrase (Author) , Jan Muilwijk (Author) , Patrice Machard (Author) , 13.06.2022 , in: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 69, 1 , p. 71-122 , 52 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Conservation value of semi-open habitats for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae) in Central Europe
    Estève Boutaud (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Dorothea Nolte (Author) , Ingmar Harry (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , 01.05.2022 , in: Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, 5-6 , p. 1469-1489 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Möglichkeiten der Optimierung einjähriger Blühstreifen für blütenbesuchende Insekten: Eine Fallstudie aus dem Nordwestdeutschen Tiefland
    Swantje Grabener (Author) , Simon Robert Wolfgang Hein (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Martin Kubiak (Author) , Fee Vera Luck (Author) , Christian Schmid-Egger (Author) , Torben Scholz (Author) , Axel Ssymank (Author) , Karin Ullrich (Author) , Pascale Zumstein (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , 01.12.2021 , in: Natur und Landschaft, 96, 12 , p. 561 - 569 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Fragmentierung und lineare Lebensraumstrukturen - eine entomologische Perspektive
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Estève Boutaud (Author) , Jörn Buse (Author) , Swantje Grabener (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , Peter Finck (Author) , Uwe Riecken (Author) , Karin Ullrich (Author) , 01.01.2020 Bonn , p. 49-66 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Ökosystem und Biodiversität
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Alexandra-Maria Klein (Author) , Andreas Schuldt (Author) , Goddert Oheimb (Author) , 01.01.2014 Heidelberg , p. 147-174 , 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  3. Historisch alte Waldstandorte: Bedeutung und Wert von Lebensraumkontinuität für Tiere
    Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , Jörn Buse (Author) , Katharina Homburg (Author) , Rolf-Harald Krause (Author) , Andrea Matern (Author) , Andreas Schuldt (Author) , Angela Taboada Palomares (Author) , Petra Dieker (Author) , Claudia Drees (Author) , Britta Eggers (Author) , Ingmar Harry (Author) , 01.01.2013 , p. 65-82

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  4. Patterns and hotspots of carabid beetle diversity in the Palaearctic – insights from a hyperdiverse invertebrate taxon
    Andreas Schuldt (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , 01.01.2011 Berlin, Heidelberg , p. 175-188 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Multiple Glacial Refuges of Unwinged Ground Beetles in Europe: Molecular Data Support Classical Phylogeographic Models
    Claudia Drees (Author) , Andrea Matern (Author) , Goddert Oheimb (Author) , Thorsten Aßmann (Author) , T. Reimann (Author) , 01.01.2010 Berlin ; Heidelberg , p. 199-215 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

Activities

  1. GAC Mitgliederversammlung
    Thorsten Aßmann (Oral presentation) , Estève Boutaud (Oral presentation) , Ingmar Harry (Speaker) , Claudia Drees (Speaker) , Jörn Buse (Speaker) , Rikjan Vermeulen (Speaker) , Matthias Kaiser (Speaker) , Ulrich Irmler (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

Courses