Dr. Henning Nottebrock – Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology

Curriculum vitae

Since 10/2023	Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg
2022 – 2023	Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, ISEM – Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier
2019 – 2021	Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth
2019 – 2020	Exchange postdoc, SAEON Fynbos Node, Cape Town
2017 – 2019	Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University
2016	Technical assistant, ISEM – Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier
2014 – 2016	Doctoral candidate, specialising in landscape ecology and vegetation science, University of Hohenheim. Title of doctoral thesis: “Spatial and Functional Determinants of Long-term Fecundity in Serotinous Shrub Communities”. Supervised by: Frank Schurr, Karen Esler
2012 – 2015	Doctoral candidate, ISEM – Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier
2011 – 2012	Doctoral candidate, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University
2011	Doctoral candidate, Chair of Vegetation Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam
2002 – 2011	Diploma degree, geoecology, University of Potsdam. Title of diploma thesis: “Intraspecific and Community Density Dependence of Lifetime Fecundity in Animal- and Wind-Pollinated Shrubs”
2007 – 2008	Study abroad, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, University of Stellenbosch und South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Kapstadt

Research

I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg. I am heavily involved in transdisciplinary projects on the various roles of bees and their protection in agricultural landscapes across Europe. My research focuses on understanding plant and pollinator communities and their contribution to ecosystem services in agricultural (forestry) ecosystems. I am particularly fascinated by the interactions between floral resources, pollinators, agricultural practices and the environment in order to understand ecological mechanisms such as the competitive behaviour of wild pollinators and honey bees and the suitability of landscape features as nesting habitats.

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Teaching

Publications

Nottebrock, H., Weng, ML., Rutter, M.T. & Fenster, C. B. (2022): Intraspecific competitive interactions rapidly evolve via spontaneous mutations. Evolutionary Ecology 36: 787–805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10205-5
Nottebrock, H., Burchfield, E., K. & Fenster, C. B. (2022): Farmers’ delivery of floral resources: to ‘bee’ or not to ‘bee’. American Journal of Botany 109: 4–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1809
Nottebrock, H., Weng, M.-L., Rutter, M. T. & Fenster, C.B. (2022): Intraspecific Competitive Interactions Rapidly Evolve Via Spontaneous Mutations, Research Square preprint. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1170534/v1
Stiles, S., Lundgren, J., Fenster, C. B. & Nottebrock, H. (2021): Maximizing Ecosystem Services Provided to the New Oil Crop Brassica carinata Through Landscape and Arthropod Diversity. Ecosphere 12: e03624. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3624
Vilella-Arnizaut, I. B., Fenster, C. B. & Nottebrock, H. (2021): Quantifying habitat and landscape effects on composition and structurevof plant-pollinator networks in the US Northern Great Plains. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.12.431025
Weng, M.-L., Agren, J., Imbert, E., Nottebrock, H., Rutter, M.T. & Fenster C.B. (2021): Fitness effects of mutation in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana reveal a complex influence of local adaptation. Evolution 75: 330–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14152
Higgins, S.I., Larcombe, M.J., Beeton, N.J., Conradi, C. & Nottebrock, H. (2020): Predictive ability of a process-based versus a correlative species distribution model. Ecology and Evolution 10: 11043–11054. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6712
Conradi, T., Slingsby, J. A., Midgley, G. F., Nottebrock, H., Schweiger, A. H. & Higgins, S. I. (2020): An operational definition of the biome for global change research. New Phytologist 227: 1294–1306. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16580
Pagel, J., Treurnicht, M., Bond, W. J., Kraaij, T., Nottebrock, H., Schutte-Vlok, A., Tonnabel, J., Esler, K.J. & Schurr, F.M. (2020): Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117: 3663–3669. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908684117
Conradi, T., Slingsby, J. A., Midgley, F., Nottebrock, H., Schweiger, A. H. & Higgins, S. I. (2020): An operational definition of the biome for global change research. New Phytologist 227: 1294–1306. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16580
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., …, Nottebrock, H., … & Wirth, C. (2019): TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
Stiles, S., Lundgren, J., Fenster, C. B. & Nottebrock, H. (2019): Maximizing Ecosystem Services Provided to the New Oil Crop Brassica carinata Through Landscape and Arthropod Diversity. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/724203
Pagel, J., Treurnicht, M., Bond, W. J., Kraaij, T., Nottebrock, H., Schutte-Vlok, A., Tonnabel, J., Esler, K.J. & Schurr, F.M. (2019). Mismatches between niches and geographic ranges of plants depend on life history traits. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/526251
Nottebrock, H., Stiles, S. & Fenster, C. B. (2018): Quantifying the role of a new crop (Brassica carinata) on pollinator health USDA Report 2018, USDA Project Number : SD00H611-16.
Nottebrock, H., Weng, M.-L., Rutter M. T. & Fenster, C. B. (2018): Rapid evolution by spontaneous mutation increases genetic diversity facilitating plant population survival. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/497610
Nottebrock, H., Schmid, B., Treurnicht, M., Esler, K.J., Pagel J., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schleuning, M., & Schurr, F. (2017): Coexistence of plant species in a biodiversity hotspot is stabilized by competition but not by seed predation. Oikos 126: 276–284. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03438
Nottebrock, H., Schmid, B., Mayer, K., Devaux, C., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schleuning, M.& Schurr, F. (2017). Sugar landscapes shape pollinator-mediated interactions in plant communities. Ecography 40: 1129–1138. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02441 (Selected article to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Society for Pollination Ecology)
Nottebrock, H. (2016): Spatial and functional determinants of long-term fecundity in serotinous shrub communities. Dissertation, Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim. http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2016/1292/
Schmid, B., Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Pauw, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr, F. & Schleuning, M. (2016). A bird pollinator shows positive frequency-dependence and constancy of species choice in natural plant communities. Ecology 97: 3110–3118. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1565
Treurnicht, M., Pagel, P., Esler, K.J., Schutte-Vlok, A.L., Nottebrock, H., Kraaij, T., Rebelo, A. & Schurr, F. (2016): Environmental drivers of demographic variation across the global geographical range of 26 plant species. Journal of Ecology 40 : 1129–1138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12508 (Harper Prize Award)
Nottebrock, H., Schmid, B., Mayer, K., Devaux, C., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schleuning, M. & Schurr, F. (2015): Floral resource-landscapes and pollinator-mediated interactions in plant communities. bioRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/022533
Schmid, B., Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Pauw, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr, F. & Schleuning, M. (2015): Responses of nectar-feeding birds to floral resources at multiple spatial scales. Ecography 39: 619–629. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01621
Schmid, B., Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Pauw, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr, F. & Schleuning, M. (2015): Reward quality predicts effects of bird-pollinators on the reproduction of African Protea shrubs. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17 :209–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2015.02.007
Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., & Schurr, F. (2013): Effects of intraspecific and community density on the lifetime fecundity of long-lived shrubs. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15: 150–161. ht t ps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2013.03.003
Gaertner, M., Nottebrock, H., Fourie, H., Privett, S.D.J. & Richardson, D.M. (2012): Plant invasions, restoration, and economics: Perspectives from South African fynbos. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 14: 341–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2012.05.001
Nottebrock, H. (2011): Intraspecific and community density dependance of lifetime fecundity in animal- and wind-pollinated shrubs. Diploma Thesis, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam.
Krug, C.B., Brandl, R., Boonzaier, C., Cabral, J., Esler, K. J., Grant, P. B.C., Heelemann, S., Horn, A., Keil, M., Kongor, R.Y., Meyer, J., Nottebrock, H., Poschlod, P., Reisch, C., Rösner, S., Samways, M. J., Schurr, F.M. & Vrdoljak, S. (2010): Keeping the Cape Lowland archipelago afloat. In: Hoffman, M.T., Schmiedel, U. & Jürgens, N. (eds.) Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3 : Implications for landuse and management. Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen and Windhoek, pp. 151–179.

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Functions, offices and memberships

In the media

Interview for Dakota Farmer Magazine: “Boosting oilseed production with help from busy bees”, 13.02.2019, https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/boosting-oilseed-production-with-help-from-busy-bees
Interview for SeedWorld: “Plant-Pollinator Interactions Improve Oilseed Production and Beehive Health”, 31.01.2019, https://www.seedworld.com/us/2019/01/31/plant-pollinator-interactions-improve-oilseed-production-and-beehive-health/