Research interests

 

• Wild bee ecology
• Trophic interactions
• Biodiversity patterns under global change
• Chemical and molecular ecology
• Conservation biology
• Tropical biology

 

Scientific projects

BienABest - Standardised monitoring of wild bees to evaluate the potential of pollinators in the agricultural landscape and the final goal to save and increase ecosystem services of wild bees.
Integral parts:
-    Implementation of wild bee habitats in the agricultural landscape
-    Standardised population-friendly monitoring of wild bees
-    Taxonomic wild bee courses to recruit young experts

www.bienabest.de/bienabest

 

Publications

Mayr AV, Keller A, Peters MK, Grimmer G, Krischke B, Geyer M, Schmitt T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021). Cryptic species and hidden ecological interactions of halictine bees along an elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution 11(12): 7700-7712.

Mayr AV, Requier F, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021). Seasonal variation in the ecology of tropical cavity-nesting Hymenoptera on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Frontiers of Biogeography

Mayr AV, Peters MK, Eardley CD, Renner ME, Röder J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2020). Climate and food resources shape species richness and trophic interactions of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera. Journal of Biogeography 00:1-12.

Peters MK, Hemp A, Appelhans T, Becker JN, Behler C, Classen A, Detsch F, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Frederiksen SB, Gebert F, Gerschlauer F, Gütlein A, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp C, Kindeketa WJ, Kühnel A, Mayr AV, Mwangomo E, Ngereza C, Njovu HK, Otte, Pabst H, Renner M, Röder J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Sierra-Cornejo N, Vollstädt MGR, Dulle HI, Eardley CD, Howell KM, Keller A, Peters RS, Ssymank A, Kakengi V, Zhang J, Bogner C, Böhning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Hertel D, Huwe B, Kiese R, Kleyer M, Kuzyakov Y, Nauss T, Schleuning M, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2019). Climate-land use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Nature 568: 88-92.

Albrecht J, Classen A, Vollstädt MGR, Mayr AV, Mollel NP, Schellenberger Costa D, Dulle HI, Fischer M, Hemp A, Howell KM, Kleyer M, Nauss T, Peters MK, Tschapka M, Steffan-Dewenter I, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M (2018) Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient. Nature Communications 9: 3177.

Peters MK, Mayr AV, Röder J, Sanders NJ (2014). Variation in nutrient use in ant assemblages along an extensive elevational gradient on Mt Kilimanjaro. Journal of Biogeography 41: 2245-2255.

Media

„Schutz für Bienen: Mehr Wildheit zulassen“. Interview. Press release 2021. Published in MainPost and in Franken (in German) : https://www.mainpost.de/regional/kitzingen/schutz-fuer-bienen-mehr-wildheit-zulassen-art-10607090, https://www.infranken.de/lk/kitzingen/lokales/mehr-wildheit-zulassen-art-5211474

Citizen Science University Würzburg (in German): https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/projekte/lebendiger-campus/projekte/citizenscience/
 

"Cavity-nesting pollinators and their antagonists with Antonia Mayr" on Mayr et al. (2020) Journal of Biogeograph: https://journalofbiogeographynews.org/2020/05/01/ecr-feature-cavity-nesting-pollinators-and-their-antagonists-with-antonia-mayr/

Contact

  • Dr. Antonia Mayr
  • Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics
  • Ulm University
  • Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
  • D-89081 Ulm, Germany
  • Tel. +49 (0)731 50 22691
  • Office: M25 4113
  • antonia.mayr()uni-ulm.de