Fabian Bötzl

Presentation
Currently I am investigating undersown flowering legumes for multifunctional Swedish cereal production together with Ola Lundin, Göran Bergkvist, Maria Viketoft and Hanna Friberg.
In my PhD thesis work at Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter's lab in Würzburg (Germany), I investigated the suitability of sown flowering fields of different temporal continuity for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes and their effects on ecosystem service provision in adjacent crop fields (with a focus on natural pest control).
I am mainly interested in natural pest control and its drivers. So far, I especially focussed on spillover of natural enemies and within field distance functions of natural pest control.
Apart from my (agro-)ecological work, I work on the taxonomy of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae).
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ORCID: 0000-0001-5121-3370
Selected publications
2022
Boetzl FA, Krimmer E, Holzschuh A, Krauss J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2022) Arthropod overwintering in agri-environmental scheme flowering fields differs among pollinators and natural enemies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 330: 107890. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107890
2021
Boetzl FA, Krauss J, Heinze J, Hoffmann H, Juffa J, König S, Krimmer E, Prante M, Martin EA, Holzschuh A, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021) A multitaxa assessment of the effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity management. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2016038118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016038118
Bald V & Boetzl FA, Krauss J (2021) Where do hamsters go after cereal harvest? A case study. Basic and Applied Ecology 54: 98-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2021.04.008
Gebert J, Matalin AV, Boetzl FA (2021) Revision of the Palearctic Cicindela campestris species complex—Part 1: On the taxonomy, identification and ecology of Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832 and Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). Zootaxa 4990: 469–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.3
Nelson M, Hosler SC, Boetzl FA, Jones HP, Barber NA (2021) Reintroduced grazers and prescribed fire effects on beetle assemblage structure and function in restored grasslands. Ecological Applications 31: e02217. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2217
2020
Boetzl FA, Schuele M, Krauss J, Steffan‐Dewenter I (2020) Pest control potential of adjacent agri‐environment schemes varies with crop type and is shaped by landscape context and within‐field position. Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 1482-1493. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13653
Boetzl FA, Franzen M (2020) Taxonomy and distribution of Cylindera germanica (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Middle East with the description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). Zootaxa 4809: 095–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.5
2019
Boetzl FA, Konle A, Krauss J (2019) Aphid cards –useful model for assessing predation rates or bias prone nonsense? Journal of Applied Entomology 144: 74-80. DOI: 10.1111/jen.12692
Boetzl FA, Krimmer E, Krauss J, Steffan‑Dewenter I (2019) Agri-environmental schemes promote ground dwelling predators in adjacent oilseed rape fields: diversity, species traits and distance-decay functions. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 10-20. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13162
Toshima N, Weigelt MK, Weiglein A, Boetzl FA, Gerber B (2019) An amino-acid mixture can be both rewarding and punishing to larval Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology: DOI: 10.1242/jeb.209486
2018
Ala-Honkola O, Kauranen H, Tyukmaeva V, Boetzl FA, Hoikkala A, Schmitt T (2018) Diapause affects cuticular hydrocarbon composition and mating behavior of both sexes in Drosophila montana. Insect Science. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12639
Boetzl FA, Ries E, Schneider G, Krauss J (2018) It’s a matter of design—how pitfall trap design affects trap samples and possible predictions. PeerJ 6: e5078. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5078
2016
Schneider G, Krauss J, Boetzl FA, Fritze MA, Steffan‑Dewenter I (2016) Spillover from adjacent crop and forest habitats shapes carabid beetle assemblages in fragmented semi‑natural grasslands. Oecologia 182: 1141-1150. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3710-6
Boetzl FA, Schneider G, Krauss J (2016) Asymmetric carabid beetle spillover between calcareous grasslands and coniferous forests. Journal of Insect Conservation 20: 49-57. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-015-9838-6
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Non international journal articles:
Boetzl FA, Krauss J, Holzschuh A, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021) Diversität braucht Kontinuität–wie Blühflächen die Artenvielfalt fördern können. ANLiegen Natur 43. PDF.
Hoffmann H, Boetzl FA, Medger G, Rolke D, Benisch C (2021) Beitrag zum Vorkommen und Ausbreitung des Trauer-Rosenkäfers Oxythyrea funesta (Poda, 1761)(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in Deutschland: ein Citizen-Science-Projekt. Beiträge zur Entomologie / Contributions to Entomology 71: 137-146. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.1.137-146
Boetzl FA, Krauss J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2019) Mehr als nur „Bienenweide“ – wie Agrarumweltmaßnahmen bei der natürlichen Schädlingskontrolle helfen. ANLiegen Natur 41. PDF.
Boetzl FA (2018) Agonum (Olisares) viridicupreum (GOEZE, 1777) – in Ostbayern übersehen? (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 67: 100-102.
Hoffmann H, Boetzl FA (2018) Erstnachweis von Astrapaeus ulmi (Rossi, 1790) in Bayern (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 128: 227-229.