Research interests

• Ecological mechanisms driving biodiversity across scales, with particular focus on the effects of land use and climate 

• Patterns and drivers of decomposition across necromass types from carrion to deadwood 

• Linkages within ecosystems: biotic interactions and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships

• Role of natural ecosystem dynamics for shaping biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

• Applying scientific evidence to improve conservation strategies in forests 

   

   

Selected Publications

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Seibold, S., Richter, T., Geres, L., Seidl, R., Martin, R., Mitesser, O., Senf, C., Griem, L., & Müller, J. (2024). Soundscapes and airborne laser scanning identify vegetation density and its interaction with elevation as main driver of bird diversity and community composition. Diversity and Distributions, e13905. 

Müller, J., Hothorn, T., Yuan, Y., Seibold, S., Mitesser, O., Rothacher, J., Freund, J., Wild, C., Wolz, M., & Menzel, A. (2024). Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years. Nature 628, 349–354.

Richter, T., Geres, L., König, S., Braziunas, K. H., Senf, C., Thom, D., Bässler, C., Müller, J., Seidl, R., & Seibold, S. (2024). Effects of climate and forest development on habitat specialization and biodiversity in Central European mountain forests. Communications Biology, 7(1).

Zou, J.-Z., Cadotte, M.W., Bässler, C., Brandl, R., Baldrian, P., Borken, W., Stengel, E., Luo, Y.-H., Müller, J. & Seibold, S. (2023) Wood decomposition is increased by insect diversity, selection effects and interactions between insects and microbes. Ecology, e4184. 

Seibold, S., Rammer, W., Hothorn, T., Seidl, R., ..., & Müller, J. (2021) The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition. Nature, 597, 77-81. 

Seibold, S., Gossner, M.M., Simons, N.K., Blüthgen, N., Müller, J., Ambarlı, D., Ammer, C., Bauhus, J., Fischer, M., Habel, J.C., Linsenmair, K.E., Nauss, T., Penone, C., Prati, D., Schall, P., Schulze, E.-D., Vogt, J., Wöllauer, S. & Weisser, W.W. (2019) Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers. Nature, 574, 671-674.

Seibold, S., Cadotte, M. W., MacIvor, J. S., Thorn, S. Müller, J. The necessity of multi-trophic approaches in community ecology. (2018) Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33, 754–764.

Seibold, S., Bässler, C., Brandl, R., Fahrig, L., Förster, B., Heurich, M., Hothorn, T., Scheipl, F., Thorn, S. & Müller, J. (2017) An experimental test of the habitat-amount hypothesis for saproxylic beetles in a forested region. Ecology, 98, 1613–1622.

Seibold, S., Brandl, R., Buse, J., Hothorn, T., Schmidl, J., Thorn, S. & Müller, J. (2015) Association of extinction risk of saproxylic beetles with ecological degradation of forests in Europe. Conservation Biology, 29, 382–390.

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