Jonas Rochlitz

PhD Student

Experimental and Applied Ecology

Tel: +49 228 9122-455

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: j.rochlitz [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Field of work

Project SPRINT

My current research focus are grassland experiments within the Biodiversity Exploratories. The experiment allows us to investigate how land-use intensity and changed drivers of grassland management (mowing, grazing and fertilization) can affect ground-dwelling arthropod communities. In my research, I concentrate on the morphological and functional diversity of carabid beetles, and seed predation as an ecosystem function.

Research interests

I am interested in landscape ecology, forest conservation, biodiversity monitoring and trophic interactions. My special interest is the role of anthropogenic land-use and management for biodiversity in grassland- and forest ecosystems.

Projects

2020

SPRINT

The biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems is strongly associated with land-use intensification. The aim of the SPRINT-project (2020-2023) is to investigate consequences of land-use intensity and components of land-use on the diversity and functionality of arthropod communities in grasslands. The SPRINT-project is part of the Biodiversity Exploratories which are a research project funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG).

Unit:

Experimental and Applied Ecology, Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm)

Project lead:

Dr. David Ott

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publications

Bucher, R., Rochlitz, J., Wegner, N., Heiß, A., Grebe, A., Schabo, D. G., & Farwig, N. (2021). Deer Exclusion Changes Vegetation Structure and Hunting Guilds of Spiders, but Not Multitrophic Understory Biodiversity. Diversity, 13(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13010025

since 2021 PhD-Student SPRINT-project, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring, Bonn.

2020 PhD-Student SPRINT-project, Animal Ecology and Multitrophic Interactions Lab, Institute for Landscape Ecology, University of Münster.

2016-2019 Student Assistant, Ecology lab Prof. Dr. Roland Brandl and Research Group Conservation Ecology, Philipps-University of Marburg.

2016-2020 Master of Science, Biodiversity & Conservation, Philipps-University of Marburg; Master’s Thesis: “Effects of large ungulate herbivores on forest plants, insects and spiders“.

2012-2016 Bachelor of Science, Forest Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden; Bachelor’s Thesis: “Der Einfluss forstlicher Waldbaumaßnahmen auf die Carabidenfauna im Naturschutzgebiet Burgaue (Leipziger Auwald)“.

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