Nico Blüthgen
Nico Blüthgen (* 1970 ) is a German biologist and professor for ecological networks at the Technical University of Darmstadt .
He received his doctorate in 2003 from the University of Bayreuth with Professor Dr. Konrad Fiedler. His dissertation topic was How availability and quality of nectar and honeydew shape an Australian rainforest ant community (Influences of the availability and quality of nectar and honeydew on an Australian ant community).
Blüthgen and his working group research the interactions between plants and animals and classify them at the ecosystem level . He mostly uses chemical-analytical methods to understand the role of signal substances , pheromones , secondary plant substances and nutrients in various food webs that serve to ward off predators .
Publications
- How availability and quality of nectar and honeydew shape an Australian rainforest ant community. Dissertation . Bayreuth 2004. DNB 969874111
- with J. Albrecht, N. Farwig et al: Logging and forest edges reduce redundancy in plant-frugivore networks in an old-growth European forest. In: Journal of Ecology . 101, 2013, pp. 990-999.
- with RR Junker, M. Stang et al .: Specialization on traits as basis for the niche-breadth of flower visitors and as structuring mechanism of ecological networks. In: Functional Ecology . 27, 2012, pp. 329-341.
- with M. Schleuning, AM Klein , K. Böhning-Gaese , H. Kreft, WJ Sutherland , T. Tscharntke and others: Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases towards tropical latitudes. In: Current Biology . 22, 2012, pp. 1925-1931.
- with C. Polidori and D. Santoro: Does prey mobility affect niche width and individual specialization in hunting wasps? A network-based analysis. In: Oikos . 122, 2012, pp. 385-394.
- with Sara Diana Leonhardt and Thomas Schmitt: Tree resin composition, collection behavior and selective filters shape chemical profiles of tropical bees (Apidae: Meliponini). In: PLOS ONE . 6 (8), 2011, p. E23445. doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0023445
Web links
- Literature by and about Nico Blüthgen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nico Blüthgen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen on the website of the TU Darmstadt
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| SURNAME | Blüthgen, Nico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |