Publications

Publications
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Ganser D., Mayr B., Albrecht M., Knop E. (accepted) Wildflower strips enhance pollination in adjacent strawberry crops at the small scale. Ecology and Evolution.
Peterson, A.T., Knop, E. et al. (accepted) Open Access Solutions for Biodiversity Journals: Don’t Replace One Problem with Another. Diversity and Distributions.
Zemanova M., Broennimann O., Guisan A., Knop E., Heckel G. (2018) Slimy invasion: Climatic niche and current and future biogeography of Arion slug invaders. Diversity and Distribution 24: 1627-1640.
Luder K., Knop E., Menz M.H.M. (2018) Contrasting responses in community structure and phenology of migratory and non-migratory pollinators to urbanisation. Diversity and Distribution 24: 919-927.
Knop E., Gerpe C., Ryser R., Hofmann F., Menz M.H.M., Trösch S., Ursenbacher S., Zoller L. Fontaine C. (2017) Rush hours in flower visitors over a day-night cycle. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11: 267-275.
Hudson L.N., Knop E. et al. (2017) The database of PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7: 145-188.
Zemanova M., Knop E., Heckel G. (2017) Introgressive replacement of natives by invading Arion pest slugs. Scientific Report 7: 14908. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-14619-y
Knop E., Zoller L., Ryser R., Gerpe C., Fontaine C. (2017) Artificial light as a new threat to pollination. Nature 548: 206-209.
Zemanova M., Knop E., Heckel G. (2016) Phylogeographic past and invasive presence of Arion pest slugs in Europe. Molecular Ecology 25: 5747–5764.
Turrini T., Sanders D., Knop E. (2016) Effects of urbanisation on direct and indirect interactions in a tri-trophic system. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1890/14-1787
Knop E. (2016) Biotic homogenization of three insects groups due to urbanization. Global Change Biology 22: 228-236.
Kleijn D., Winfree R., Carvalheiro L.G., Henry M., Isaacs, R. Klein A.-M., Kremen C., Rader R., Ricketts T., Williams N.M., Adamson N.L., Ascher J.S., Báldi A., Batáry P., Benjamin F., Biesmeijer J.C., Blitzer E.J., Bommarco R., Brand M.R., Bretagnolle V., Button L., Cariveau D.P., Chifflet R., Colville J.F., Danforth B.N., Elle E., Garratt M.P.D., Herzog F., Holzschuh A., Howlett B.G., Jauker F., Jha S., Knop E., Krewenka K.M., Le Féon V., Mandelik Y., May E.A., M'Gonigle L.K., Park M.G., Pisanty G., Reemer M., Riedinger V., Rollin O., Rundlöf M., Sardiñas H.S., Scheper J., Sciligo A.R., Smith H.G., Steffan-Dewenter I., Thorp R., Tscharntke T., Verhulst J., Viana B.F., Vaissière B.E., Veldtman R., Westphal C., Potts S.G. (2015) Delivery of pollination services is an insufficient argument for pollinator conservation. Nature Communications 6: 7414. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8414.
Trivellone V., Knop E., Turrini-Biedermann T., Andrey A., Humbert J-Y., Kunz G. (2015) New and remarkable records of leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 88: 273–284.
Turrini, T. and Knop E. (2015) A landscape ecology approach identifies important drivers of urban biodiversity. Global Change Biology 21: 1652-1667.
Zemanova, M., Knop E., Heckel, G. (2015) Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arion slug species. Conservation Genetics Resources 7: 501-503.
Boch S., Fischer M., Knop E., Allan E. (2015) Endozoochory by slugs can increase bryophyte establishment and species richness. Oikos 124: 331-336.
Sanders D., Vogel E., Knop E. (2014) Individual and species-specific traits explain niche size and functional role in spiders as generalist predators. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 134-142.
Clough Y., Ekroos J., Báldi A., Batáry P., Bommarco R., Holzschuh A., Hopfenmüller S., Knop E., Kuussaari M., Lindborg R., Marini L., Öckinger E., Potts S.G., Pöyry J., Roberts S.M.P., Steffan-Dewenter I., Smith H.G. (2014) Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity. Ecology Letters 17: 1168-1177.
Hudson L.N., Knop E. et al. (2014) The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution 24: 4701-4735.
Dawson W., Bottini A., Fischer M., van Kleunen M., Knop E. (2014) No evidence for enemy release from herbivores as a driver of plant invasiveness from a multi-species herbivore-removal experiment. Oikos 123: 1509-1518.
Knop E., Zünd J., Sanders D. (2014) Interactive prey and predator diversity effects drive consumption rates. Oikos 123: 1244-1249.
Nickel H., Callot H., Knop E., Kunz G., Schrameyer K., Sprick P., Turrini-Biedermann T., Walter S. (2013)  Penestragania apicalis (Osborn & Ball, 1898), another invasive Nearctic leafhopper found in Europe (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Iassinae). Cicadina 13: 5-15.
Blattmann T., Boch S., Türke M., Knop E. (2013) Gastropod seed dispersal: an invasive slug destroys far more seeds in its gut than native gastropods. PLOS ONE 8: 1-6.
Knop E., Rindlisbacher N., Ryser S., Grüebler M. (2013) Locomotor activity of two sympatric slugs: implications for the invasion success of terrestrial invertebrates. Ecosphere 4: 1-8.
Türke M., Blattmann T., Knop E., Kindermann A., Prestele J., Marquez L., Eisenhauer N., Fischer C. (2013) Weeds and endangered herbs have unforeseen dispersal helpers in the agri‐environment: gastropods and earthworms. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 28: 380-383.
Boch S., Berlinger M., Fischer M., Knop E., Nentwig W., Türke M., Prati D. (2013) Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs. Oecologia 172: 817-822.
Knop E. and Reusser N. (2012) Jack-of-all-trades: Phenotypic plasticity facilitates the invasion of an alien slug. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 4668‐4676..
Concepcion E.D., Dıaz M., Kleijn D., Baldi A., Batary P., Clough Y., Gabriel D., Herzog F., Holzschuh A., Knop E., Marshall E.J.P., Tscharntke T., Verhulst J. (2012) Interactive effects of landscape context constrain the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 695-705.
Ryser S., Rindlisbacher N., Grüebler M.U., Knop E. (2011) Differential survival rates in a declining and an invasive farmland gastropod species. Agriculture, Ecosytems and Environment 144:  302-307.
Lindfeld A., Lang C., Knop E., Nentwig W. (2011) Hard to digest or a piece of cake? Does GM wheat affect survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida: Enchytraeidae)? Applied Soil Ecology 47: 51-58.
Knop E., Herzog F., Schmid B. (2011) Effect of connectivity between restoration meadows on invertebrates with contrasting dispersal abilities. Restoration Ecology 19: 151-159.
Batáry P., Báldi A., Sarospataki M., Kohler F., Verhulst J., Knop E., Herzog F., Kleijn D. (2010) Effect of conservation management on bees and insect-pollinated grassland plant communities in three European countries. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 136: 35-39.
Kottler C., Revol V., Kaufmann R., Urban C., Knop K., Sennhauser U., Jerjen I., Lüthi T., Cardot F., Niedermann P., Morel J.P., Maake C., Walt H., Knop E., Blanc N., Rastogi P.K., Hack E. (2010) Phase sensitive X-ray imaging: towards its interdisciplinary applications. AIP Conference Proceedings 1236: 213.
Kleijn D., Kohler F., Báldi A., Batáry P., Concepción E. D., Clough Y., Díaz M., Gabriel D., Holzschuh A., Knop E., Kovács A., Marshall E. J. P., Tscharntke T., Verhulst J. (2009) On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 903-909.
Knop E., Schmid B., Herzog F. (2008) Impact of regional species pool on grasshopper restoration in hay meadows. Restoration Ecology 16: 34-38.
Kohler F., Verhulst J.,Knop E., Herzog F., Kleijn D. (2007) Indirect effects of grassland extensification schemes on pollinators in two contrasting European countries. Biological Conservation 135: 302-307.
Knop E., Herzog F., Kleijn D., Schmid B. (2006) Effectiveness of the Swiss agri-environment scheme in promoting biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 120-127.
Kleijn D., Baquero R., Clough Y., Diaz M., De Esteban J., Fernández F., Gabriel D., Herzog F., Holzschuh A., Joehl R., Knop E., Kruess A., Marshall J., Steffan-Dewenter I., Tscharntke T., Verhulst J., West T., Yela Y.L. (2006) Mixed biodiversity effects of agri-environment schemes in five European countries. Ecology Letters 9: 243-254
Kleijn D., Baquero R., Clough Y., Diaz M., De Esteban J., Fernández F., Gabriel D., Herzog F., Holzschuh A., Joehl R., Knop E., Kruess A., Marshall J., Steffan-Dewenter I., Tscharntke T., Verhulst J., West T., Yela Y.L. (2006) A rejoinder to the comments by Potts et al.. Ecology Letters 9: 256-257.
Knop E., Ward P., Wich S. (2004) A comparison of orang-utan density in a logged and unlogged forest on Sumatra. Biological Conservation 120: 183-188.
Ward P., Vonwil J., Scholte EJ., Knop E. (2002) Field experiments on the distributions of eggs of different phosphoglucomutase (PGM) genotypes in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L). Molecular Ecology 11 1781-1785.

Research

My research interests encompass ecological and evolutionary consequences of global change drivers (in particular artificial light at night, urbanization, intensification of agriculture, and biological invasions) on biodiversity, species interactions, and ecosystem functioning, ranging from the gene to the ecosystem level, extending over ecologically diverse habitats and landscapes, comprising a broad variety of organisms and different spatial and temporal scales, and testing mechanisms and theories of modern basic and applied ecology.

 

Night Ecology

I am interested in nocturnal plant-pollinator interactions and their contribution to community ecological processes. Further, I investigate how they are affected by the worldwide rapidly increasing light pollution.

PhD student: Simone Giavi

 

Agro-ecology

The focus of my research in agro-ecology is on how intensification of agricultural practises affect biodiversity, biotic interactions, and ecosystem functioning.

PhD thesis: Dominik Ganser

 

Invasion Ecology

I am interested in the ecological impact of invasive species and the underlying mechanisms of their impact. Furthermore, I test hypotheses and explore mechanisms of their success.

 

Urban Ecology

I am interested in elucidating factors and underlying mechanisms that drive biodiversity, biotic interactions, and ecosystem functioning in cities.

Profile

Year Description
2017 Scientific fellow at the University of Bristol, UK
2014 -
 Oberassistentin (group leader and lecturer), Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland
2014 Venia Docendi for Ecology, University of Bern
2008 - 2014
 Group leader, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland
2013 Scientific visitor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2006 - present
 Lecturer, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Switzerland
2009 - 2011
 Post-graduate diploma in Statistics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
2007 - 2008
 Scientific collaborator at the Swiss Ornithological Institute
2003 - 2006
 PhD, Swiss Research Station Agroscope and Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Switzerland
1996 - 2002
 Studies in Biology and Philosophy, University of Zürich, Switzerland