Dr. Amibeth Thompson

My previous research focused on plant-pollinator networks in agricultural ecosystems across space and time and the assessment of biodiversity in agricultural and open landscapes in Germany, which was published in the book Faktencheck Artenvielfalt (Fact Check Biodiversity). I am currently the project manager for the transdisciplinary EU project RestPoll “Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches”, which aims to provide society with tools to reverse the decline of wild pollinators.

Winter semester:

• M.Sc. module (13024) SPHERE- Sustainable Farming and Pollinator Habitat Restoration for Biodiversity

• Knapp, J., Dicks, L.V., Kranke, N., Morgan, W.H., Potts, S., Smith, H., Stout, J., Thijssen, M., Thompson, A. & Klein, A.M. (2026): Restoring pollinators in Europe: Evidence-based actions for Nature Restoration Plans. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18655302
• Klein, A.M., Adamsone-Fiskovica, A., Alins, G., Angelstam, P., Belveze, A., Bosch, J., Breeze, T., Comont, R.F., de Groot, E., Dicks, L., Dominguez, A.R., Dudás, G., Fabricius Kristiansen, L., Fedoriak, M., Gallai, N., Garratt, M., Grivins, M., Grozinger, C., Jenner, N., Kleftodimos, G., Kleijn, D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Krauss, B., Leonhardt, S.D., Osterman, J., Ouin, A., Plowman, A., Potts, S.G., Rasmussen, C., Roquer-Beni, L., Rossi, D., Rundlöf, M., Schweiger, O., Smith, H.G., Stout, J.C., Sutter, L., Thorsøe, M., Vlontzos, G., Wintermantel, D., Kranke, N. & Thompson, A. (2025): RestPoll: Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches. Research Ideas and Outcomes 11: e181727. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e181727
• Sponagel, C., Thompson, A., Paetow, H., Mupepele, A.-C., Bieling, C., Sommer, M., Klein, A.M., Settele, J., Finger, R., Huber, R., Albert, C., Filser, J., Jansen, F., Kleemann, J., Schreiner, V. & Lakner, S. (2025): Pathways for biodiversity enhancement in German agricultural landscapes. People and Nature 7: 2172–2193. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70103
• Lanuza, J.B., Knight, T.M., …, Thompson, A.H., … & Bartomeus, I. (2025): EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: e7000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000
• Klein, A.M., Thompson, A., Lakner, S., Mupepele, A.C., Paetow, H., Sponagel, C., Bieling, C., Bleidorn, C., Breitkreuz, L., Hasenöhrl, U., Sommer, M., Tanneberger, F., Bruelheide, H., Muus, K., Schmidt, A., Settele, J., Sporbert, M. (2024): Agrar- und Offenland. In: Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Marx, J., Settele, J. (eds.) Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnehme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. Oekom Verlag, München, Deutschland, pp. 217–356.
• Thompson, A. (2024): Sampling Pollinator Communities and Interactions Across Changing Landscapes: Insights from a German Case Study. PhD Thesis: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/116860
• Elliott*, T., Thompson*, A., Klein, A.M., Albert, C., Eisenhauer, N., Jansen, F., Schneider, A., Sommer, M., Straka, T., Settele, J., Sporbert, M., Tanneberger, F. & Mupepele, A.C. (2023): Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. Conservation Science and Practice 5: e13008. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13008 (*These authors contributed equally to the study)
• Thompson, A., Mupepele, A.C. & Klein, A.M. (2022): Silent summer? Biodiversity loss, insect decline, and a call for conservation. GAIA 31: 193. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.4.1
• Thompson, A.H., Ştefan, V. & Knight, T.M. (2021): Oilseed rape shares abundant and generalized pollinators with its co-flowering plant species. Insects 12: 1096. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121096
• Thompson, A.H., Frenzel, M. , Schweiger, O., Musche, M.,  Groth, T., Roberts, S.P.M., Kuhlmann, M. & Knight, T.M. (2021): Pollinator sampling methods influence community patterns assessments by capturing species with different traits and at different abundances. Ecological Indicators 132: 108284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108284
• Schwarz, B., Vázquez, D.P., CaraDonna, P.J., Knight, T.M., Benadi, G., Dormann, C.F., Gauzens, B., Motivans, E., Resasco, J., Blüthgen, N., Burkle, L.A., Fang, Q., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Alarcón, R., Bain, J.A., Chacoff, N.P., Huang, S.Q., LeBuhn, G., MacLeod, M., Petanidou, T., Rasmussen, C., Simanonok, M.P., Thompson, A.H. & Fründ, J. (2020): Temporal scale-dependence of plant-pollinator networks. Oikos 129: 1289–1302. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07303
• Bennett, J.*, Thompson, A.H.*, Goia, I., Feldmann, R., Stefan, V., Bogdan, A., Rakosy, D., Beloiu, M., Biro, I.B., Bluemel, S., Filip, M., Madaj, A.M., Martin, A., Passonneau, S., Kalisch, D.P., Scherer, G. & Knight, T.M. (2018): A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill a gap. AoB Plants 10: ply068. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/ply068 (*considered duel first authors)
• Thompson, A.H. & Knight, T.M. (2018): Exotic plant species receive adequate pollinator service despite variable integration into plant-pollinator networks. Oecologia 187: 135–1425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4096-4