Dr. Finn Rehling

Meine Forschung konzentriert sich auf ökologische und evolutionäre Prozesse, die die Vielfalt von Arten und ihre Interaktionen in einer vom Menschen dominierten Welt aufrechterhalten. Meine Forschung ist nicht auf eine bestimmte Skala oder einen bestimmten Organismus beschränkt. Nur das Ziel meiner Forschung bleibt in allen Projekten dasselbe: Wege zu finden, das Wohl der Menschen und der Natur in Einklang zu bringen. Momentan koordiniere ich das DFG-Projekt MultiTroph.

• WS 23/24: B.Sc. Modul (3112) Spannungsfeld Mensch und Natur: Wege zu einer nachhaltigen Zukunft
• WS 25/26: M.Sc. Modul (13036/3127) From thesis to publication

• Matthiesen, F.K., Rehling, F., Nolte, G., Arjana, I. G., Sundawati, L. & Bögeholz, S. (2026): University students‘ utility value of learning about a local or nonlocal environmental socioscientific issue: Written reflections and instructional contexts. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.70066
• Fardiansah, R., Rehling, F., Cordeiro Pereira, J.M., Heiderich, L., Stör, J.L., Rothacher, J., Müller, J. & Klein, A.M. (2026): Structural complexity and prey availability shape spider communities under retention forestry. Journal of Applied Ecology 63: e70415. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70415
• Klein, A.M., Bruelheide, H., Chesters, D., Diekötter, T., Erfmeier, A., Feldhaar, H., Fornoff, F., Grozinger, C., Kranke, N., Liang, Y., Liu, X., Luo, A., Oelmann, Y., Orr, M., Petermann, J.S., Qiao, H., Rehling, F., Sann, M., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Seitz, S., Staab, M., Thorn, S., Wang, M.Q., Xiao, Z.S., Zhang, N. & Zhu, C.D. (2026): MultiTroph: Multi-trophic interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment in China. Research Ideas and Outcomes 12: e181743. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.12.e181743
• Beutelmann, S., Rehling, F. & Hending, D. (2026): Habitat suitability modelling and environmental drivers of Malagasy fruit bats (Pteropodidae). Biodiversity and Conservation 35: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03229-0
• Pinkert, S., Reuber, V., Krug, L.M., Heidrich, L., Rehling, F., Brandl, R. & Farwig, N. (2025): Burrowing facilitated the survival of mammals in harsh and fluctuating climates. Current Biology 35: 1779–1790.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.064
• Fardiansah, R., Rehling, F., Rappa, N., Dormann, C.F. & Klein, A.M. (2025): Host identity, nest quality, and parasitism strategy: influences on body size variation in parasitoid bees and wasps. Oikos 2025: e011052. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11052
• Matthiesen, F.K., Nolte, G., Rehling, F., Arjana, I.G., Sitompul, L.U., Yelianti, U. & Bögeholz, S. (2025): Spatial and social relevance perceptions by pre-service teachers of learning about oil palm management as a local or nonlocal socioscientific issue. Frontiers in Education 9: 1421716. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1421716
• Farwig, N., Sprenger, P., Baur, B., Böhning-Gaese, K., Brandt, A., Eisenhauer, N., Ellwanger, G., Hochkirch, A., Karamanlidis, A.A., Mehring, M., Pusch, M., Rehling, F., Sommerwerk, N., Spatz, T., Svenning, J-C., Tischew, S., Tockner, K., Tscharntke, T., Vadrot, A.B.M., Taffner, J., Fürst, C., Jähnig, S.C. & Mosbrugger, V. (2024): Identifying major factors for success and failure of conservation programs in Europe. Environmental Management 75: 425–443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02086-x
• Lehmann, P., Ellerbrok, J.S., Farwig, N., Rheinschmitt, C., Voigt, C.C., Rehling, F. (2024): Windenergienutzung im Wald: Auswirkungen auf den Artenschutz und regulatorische Lösungsansätze. Natur und Landschaft 99: 521–531. https://doi.org/10.19217/NuL2024-11-01
• Rehling, F., Jongejans, E., Farwig, N. & Schabo, D.G. (2024): Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser. Basic and Applied Ecology 76: 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.02.005
• Ellerbrok, J.S., Farwig, N., Peter, F., Rehling, F. & Voigt, C.C. (2023): Forest gaps around wind turbines attract bat species with high collision risk. Biological Conservation 288: 110347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110347
• Rehling, F., Delius, A., Ellerbrok, J., Farwig, N. & Peter, F. (2023): Windenergieanlagen in Wirtschaftswäldern verdrängen häufige Vogelarten. Natur und Landschaft 98: 365–371. DOI: 10.19217/NuL2023-08-01
• Thiel, S., Willems, F., Farwig, N., Rehling, F., et al. & Heer, K. (2023): Vertically stratified frugivore community composition and interaction frequency in a liana fruiting across forest strata. Biotropica 55: 650–664. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13216
• Rehling, F., Jongejans, E., Schlautmann, J., Albrecht, J., Fassbender, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Matthies, D., Waldschmidt, L., Farwig, N. & Schabo, D.G. (2023): Common seed dispersers contribute most to the persistence of a fleshy-fruited tree. Communications Biology 6: 330. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04647-y
• Niu, H., Rehling, F., Chen, Z., Yue, X., Zhao, H., Wang, Z., Zhang, H., Schabo, D.G. & Farwig, N. (2023): Regeneration of urban forests as influenced by fragmentation, seed dispersal mode and the legacy effect of reforestation interventions. Landscape and Urban Planning 233: 104712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104712
• Rehling, F., Delius, A., Ellerbrok, J., Farwig, N., & Peter, F. (2023): Wind turbines in managed forests partially displace common birds. Journal of Environmental Management 328: 116968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116968
• Rehling, F., Schlautmann, J., Jaroszewicz, B., Albrecht, J., Schabo, D. G. & Farwig, N. (2022): Forest degradation limits complementarity and quality of animal seed dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220391. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0391
• Rehling, F., Jaroszewicz, B., Schlautmann, J., Albrecht, J., Jordano, P., Farwig, N. & Schabo, D. G. (2021): Within-species trait variation can lead to size limitations in seed dispersal of small-fruited plants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 698885. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698885
• Schlautmann J., Rehling F., Albrecht J., Jaroszewicz B., Schabo D.G. & Farwig N. (2021): Observing frugivores or collecting scats: a method comparison to construct quantitative seed dispersal networks. Oikos 130: 1359–1369. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08175
• Rehling, F., Sandner, T. M. & Matthies, D. (2021): Biomass partitioning in response to intraspecific competition depends on nutrients and species characteristics: a study of 43 grassland species. Journal of Ecology 109: 2219–2233. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13635
• Rehling, F., Matthies, D. & Sandner, T. M. (2019): Responses of a legume to inbreeding and the intensity of novel and familiar stresses. Ecology and Evolution 9: 1255–1267. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4831
• Westhook A., Field E., Rehling F., Mulley G., Webb I., Poole P.S. & Turnbull L.A. (2017): Policing the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis: a critical test of partner choice. Scientific Reports 7: 1419. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01634-2

Weitere Publikationen (nicht peer reviewed)

• Langer, L., Classen, P., Müller, F., Friedrich, C., Claasen, F., Abel, L., Maurer, J., Rehling, F. & Krüger, F. (2021): Online-Methodenkoffer. Together on Earth – weltwärts Alumni e.V. https://together-on-earth.net/online-methodenkoffer

• Merian Award der Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, GTÖ) für den Vortrag „Animal carrion decomposition and decomposers are influenced by canopy cover, topography, ants and tree species richness in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment“ auf der European Conference of Tropical Ecology 2024, Lissabon
• Preis für ausgezeichnete Lehre, Universität Marburg, 2021

• Mitglied der GfÖ (Gesellschaft für Ökologie für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz)
• Mitglied der GTÖ (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie)