Dr. Claudia Drees

Homburg, K., Drees, C., Boutaud, E., Nolte, D., Schuett, W., Zumstein, P., von Ruschkowski, E., & Assmann, T. (2019) Where have all the beetles gone? Long-term study reveals carabid species decline in a nature reserve in Northern Germany. Insect Conservation and Diversity. (in press)

Buck, T., Bruchmann, I., Zumstein, P.  & C. Drees (2019) Just a small bunch of flowers: the botanical knowledge of students and the positive effects of courses in plant identification at German universities. PeerJ. https://peerj.com/articles/6581/

Ruthsatz, K., Dausmann, K, H., Drees, C., Peck, M., Sabatino, N., Becker, L., Reese, J., Hartmann, L., Glos, J. (2018) Thyroid hormone levels and temperature during development alter thermal tolerance and energetics in larvae of Xenopus laevis. Conservation Physiology 6, coy059.

Ruthsatz K, Sabatino NM, Becker LI, Reese J, Hartmann L, Drees C, Peck MA, Dausmann KH, Glos J (2018) Altered thyroid hormone levels affect body condition at metamorphosis in amphibian larvae. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 38, 1416-1425.

Schuett, W, Delfs, B, Haller, R, Kruber, S, Roolfs, S, Timm, D, Willmann, M & C Drees (2018). Ground beetles in city forests: urbanization predicts a personality trait. PeerJ. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4360

Assmann, T, Boutaud, E, Buse, J, Gebert, J, Drees, C, Friedman, A-L-L, . . . P Zumstein (2018). The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology. ZooKeys, 734. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989

Assmann, T, Boutaud, E, Drees, C, Marcus, T, Nolte, D, Starke, W, Terlutter, H, Völler, E & P Zumstein (2017): Two new Lebistina Motschulsky, 1864 species from Kenya and Tanzania (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). – African Invertebrates, 58(1) 9-21

Birkhöfer, K, Gossner, M, Diekötter, T, Drees, C, Ferlian, O, Maraun, M, Scheu, S, Weisser, WW, Wolters, V, Wurst, S, Zaitsev, A, Smith, H (2017). Land-use type and intensity differentially filter traits in above- and belowground arthropod communities. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12641

Drees, C, Husemann, M, Homburg, K, Brandt, P, Dieker, P, Habel, JC, Von Wehrden, H, Zumstein, P & Assmann, T (2016) Molecular analyses and species distribution models indicate cryptic northern mountain refugia for a forest-dwelling ground beetle. Journal of Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12828

Marcus, T., Boch, S., Durka, W., Fischer, M., Gossner, M.M., Müller, J., Schöning, I., Weisser, W.W., Drees, C. & Assmann, T. (2015) Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands – Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle? PLoS ONE, 10, e0144217.

Assmann, T., Austin, K., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Felix, R.F.F.L., Friedman, A.L.L., Khoury, F., Marcus, T., Renan, I., Schmidt, C. & Wrase, D.W. (2015) The ground beetle supertribe Zuphiitae in the southern Levant (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Spixiana, 38, 237-262.

Assmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedman, A.L.L., Härdtle, W., Homburg, K., Marcus, T., Renan, I. & Wrase, D.W. (2015) The ground beetle tribe Cyclosomini s.l. in Israel (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Spixiana, 38, 49-69.

Assmann, T., Drees, C., Härdtle, W., Klein, A., Schuldt, A. & von Oheimb, G. (2014) Ökosystem und Biodiversität. Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften (ed. by H. Heinrichs & G. Michelsen), pp. 147-174. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Homburg, K., Brandt, P., Drees, C. & Assmann, T. (2014) Evolutionarily significant units in a flightless ground beetle show different climate niches and high extinction risk due to climate change. Journal of Insect Conservation, 18, 781-790.

Dieker, P., Drees, C., Schmitt, T. & Assmann, T. (2013) Low genetic diversity of a high mountain burnet moth species in the Pyrenees. Conservation Genetics, DOI: 10.1003/s10592-012-0424-0

Homburg, K., Drees, C., Gossner, M.M., Rakosy, L., Vrezec, A. & Assmann, T. (2013) Multiple Glacial Refugia of the Low-Dispersal Ground Beetle Carabus irregularis: Molecular Data Support Predictions of Species Distribution Models. PloS ONE, 8, e61185.

Marcus, T., Assmann, T., Durka, W. & Drees, C. (2013) A suite of multiplexed microsatellite loci for the ground beetle Abax parallelepipedus (Piller and Mitterpacher, 1783) (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 5, 1151-1156.

Assmann, T., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedman, A.-L.-L., Härdtle, W., Levanony, T., Renan, I., Seyfferth, A. & Wrase, D.W. (2012) The ground beetle tribe Trechini in Israel and adjacent regions. Spixiana, 35, 139-208.

Habel, J.C., Reuter, M., Schmitt, T., Drees, C. & Pfaender, J. (2012) Does isolation trigger fluctuating asymmetry in the endangered Red Apollo? Journal of Insect Conservation, 16 (4), DOI 10.1007/s10841-011-9442-3

Homburg, K., Schuldt, A., Drees, C. & Assmann, T. (2012) Broad-scale geographic patterns in body size and hind wing development of western Palaearctic ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Ecography, DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07488.x

Wizen, G., Drees, C. & Gasith, A. (2011/2012) Distribution of two Epomis species (Carabidae) in Israel, with notes on their habitat. Israel Journal of Entomology, 41-42, 95-106.

Assmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Schuldt, A. (2011) Eucamaragnathus desenderi, a new ground beetle species from Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys, 100, 37-46.

Dieker, P., Drees, C. & Assmann, T. (2011) Two high-mountain burnet moth species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) react differently to the global change drivers climate and land-use. Biological Conservation, 144, 2810-2818.

Drees, C., Brandmayr, P., Buse, J., Dieker, P., Gürlich, S., Habel, J., Harry, I., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Meyer, H., Pizzolotto, R., Quante, M., Schäfer, K., Schuldt, A., Taboada, A. & Assmann, T. (2011) Poleward shift of leading, but not of rear edge: the case of the ground beetle Agonum viridicupreum (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys, 100, 333-352.

Drees, C., De Vries, H.H., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Persigehl, M. & Assmann, T. (2011) Genetic erosion in a stenotopic heathland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - A matter of habitat size? Conservation Genetics, 12, 105-117.

Drees, C., Hüfner, S., Matern, A., Nève, G. & Assmann, T. (2011) Detecting recent gene flow between populations of a flightless ground beetle. Hereditas, 148, 36-45.

Drees, C., Zumstein, P., Buck-Dobrick, T., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Meyer, H., von Oheimb, G. & Assmann, T. (2011) Genetic erosion in peat bog specialist shows need to protect large peat bogs. Conservation Genetics, 12, 1651-1656.

Harry, I., Drees, C., Höfer, H. & Assmann, T. (2011) When to sample in an inaccessible landscape: a case study with carabids from the Allgäu (northern Alps) (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys, 100, 255-271.

Matern, A., Drees, C., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G.v. & Assmann, T. (2011) Historical ecology meets conservation and evolutionary genetics: a secondary contact zone between Carabus violaceus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) populations inhabiting ancient and recent woodlands in north-western Germany. ZooKeys, 100, 565-573.

Assmann, T., Casale, A., Drees, C., Habel, J.C., Matern, A. & Schuldt, A. (2010) Review: The Dark Side of Relict Species Biology: Cave Animals as Ancient Lineages. Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (ed. by J.C. Habel & T. Assmann), pp. 91-104. Springer, Heidelberg.

Drees, C., Matern, A., Oheimb, G.v., Reimann, T. & Assmann, T. (2010) Multiple Glacial Refuges of Unwinged Ground Beetles in Europe: Molecular Data Support Classical Phylogeographic Models. Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (ed. by J.C. Habel & T. Assmann), pp. 199-216. Springer, Heidelberg.

Habel, J.C., Drees, C., Schmitt, T. & Assmann, T. (2010) Review: Refugial Areas and Postglacial Colonizations in the Western Palearctic. Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (ed. by J.C. Habel & T. Assmann), pp. 189-198. Springer, Heidelberg.

Matern, A., Drees, C., Vogler, A.P. & Assmann, T. (2010) Linking Genetics and Ecology: Reconstructing the History of Relict Populations of an Endangered Semi-Aquatic Beetle. Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (ed. by J.C. Habel & T. Assmann), pp. 253-266. Springer, Heidelberg.

Eggers, B., Matern, A., Drees, C., Eggers, J., Härdtle, W. & Assmann, T. (2010) Value of semi-open corridors for simultaneously connecting open and wooded habitats: a case study using ground beetles. Conservation Biology, 24, 256-266.

Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G.v., Gerke, A.-K., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Assmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Meyer, H. (2009) Shifts in N and P budgets of heathland ecosystems: effects of management and atmospheric inputs. Ecosystems, 12, 298-310.

Matern, A., Desender, K., Drees, C., Gaublomme, E., Paill, W. & Assmann, T. (2009) Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered insect species Carabus variolosus in its western distribution range: Implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics, 10, 391-405.

von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Falk, K., Gerke, A.-K., Meyer, H., Drees, C. & Matern, A. (2009) Is Calluna vulgaris a suitable bio-monitor of management-mediated nutrient pools in heathland ecosystems? Ecological Indicators, 9, 1049-1055.

Assmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A.-L.-L., Levanony, T., Matern, A., Timm, A. & Wrase, D.W. (2008) The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys, 1, 9-22.

Assmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Habel, J., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., von Oheimb, G., Schuldt, A. & Wrase, D.W. (2008) From Latreille to DNA systematics – towards a modern synthesis for carabidology. Back to the roots or back to the future? Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology (ed. by L. Penev, T. Erwin & T. Assmann), pp. 41-76. Pensoft, Sofia.

Assmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Vermeulen, H.J.W. (2008) Carl H. Lindroth und sein Beitrag zur Carabidologie. Angewandte Carabidologie, 8, 77-83.

Drees, C., Matern, A. & Assmann, T. (2008) Behavioural patterns of nocturnal carabid beetles determined by direct observations under red-light conditions. Back to the Roots and Back to the Future? Towards a new synthesis between taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in Carabidology (ed. by L. Penev, T. Erwin & T. Assmann), pp. 421-435. Pensoft, Sofia.

Drees, C., Matern, A., Rasplus, J.Y., Terlutter, H., Assmann, T. & Weber, F. (2008) Microsatellites and allozymes as the genetic memory of habitat fragmentation and defragmentation in populations of the ground beetle Carabus auronitens (Col., Carabidae). Journal of Biogeography, 35, 1937-1949.

Assmann, T., Drees, C., Schröder, E. & Ssymank, A. (2007) Mythos Artenarmut – Biodiversität von Buchenwäldern. Natur und Landschaft, 2007, 401-406.

Drees, C., Hagen, K. & Huk, T. (2007) Tag- und Nachtaktivität von Spinnen und Laufkäfern. Praxis der Naturwissenschaften: Biologie, 3/56, 25-31.

Drees, C., Matern, A., Vermeulen, H.J.W. & Assmann, T. (2007) The influence of habitat quality on populations: a plea for an amended approach in the conservation of Agonum ericeti. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, 7, 1-8.

Matern, A., Drees, C., Kleinwachter, M. & Assmann, T. (2007) Habitat modelling for the conservation of the rare ground beetle species Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the riparian zones of headwaters. Biological Conservation, 136, 618-627.

Matern, A., Drees, C., Meyer, H. & Assmann, T. (2007) Population ecology of the rare carabid beetle Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in north-west Germany. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12, 591-601.

Drees, C. (2006) Freilandforschung im Unterricht - Erforschung ökologischer Grundprinzipien am Beispiel von Laufkäfern verschiedener Lebensräume. Berichte des Institutes für Didaktik der Biologie Münster, 15, 33-68.

Drees, C., Günther, J., Matern, A. & Assmann, T. (2006) Für den Naturschutz? - eine carabidologische Langzeituntersuchung im Hofgehölz Möhr. Mitteilungen aus der NNA, 38-40.

Drees, C. (2003) Ausbreitung flugunfähiger Arthropoden über Habitatkorridore: Untersuchungen an einer Metapopulation von Carabus auronitens (Col., Carabidae) im Münsterland. Dissertation, Universität Münster,

Borghoff, M., Baumgartner, R. & Drees, C. (2001) Eine nicht-invasive Methode zur Bestimmung des Reproduktionsstatus bei Carabiden: Nachweis von Dotterproteinen in der Hämolymphe von Carabus auronitens-Weibchen. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie, 13, 565-570.

Drees, C. & Weber, F. (2001) Hecken als Korridorhabitate in einer fragmentierten Kulturlandschaft: Untersuchungen an Carabus auronitens F. (Col., Carabidae). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie, 13, 571-578.

Drees, C. & Huk, T. (2000) Sexual differences in locomotory activity of the ground beetle Carabus granulatus L. Natural history and applied ecology of Carabid beetles (ed. by P. Brandmayr), pp. 131-136. Pensoft, Sofia.