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Dr. Stephan Wolf

Stephan Wolf

Stephan Wolf

Dr. Wolf has left our group in March 2011.

Research interests

Generally, I'm interested in behavioural and population ecology and its evolutionary basis.
I worked on the defence behaviour of an African King Cricket (Onosandrus spec.; Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a nocturnal and slow moving insect, where defecating and its potential role as detergent for predators was of interest.
Currently, my studies focus on various aspects of Bumblebee ecology, where I utilize a combination of classical field methods (e.g. mark-recapture) and molecular methods (e.g. microsatellite and mtDNA analyses for population genetics) to investigate bumblebees population dynamics, foraging behaviour and pollination service.

(1) Bombus terrestris on thistle flower, (2) portrait of a B. terrestris queen, (3) Psithyrus rupestris on thistle (Photos by S.Wolf)

(1) Bombus terrestris on thistle flower, (2) portrait of a B. terrestris queen, (3) Psithyrus rupestris on thistle (Photos by S.Wolf)

Curriculum vitae

Download CV Stephan Wolf
CV S.Wolf 01-2010.pdf (296.6 KB)  vom 01.02.2010

Personal information

  • Birth: Freiberg/Sa., June 27th 1980
  • Citizenship: German
  • Languages: English, German
  • Married, 1 child

Education

  • since 25.01.2010: PhD (Dr. rer.nat.) (magna cum laude)
  • since 10/2009: Researcher within FONCICYT/EU - Project "MUTUAL"
  • 2006-12/2009: PhD-student at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (funded by EU-Project ALARM). Thesis title: "The pollination potential of bumblebee drones". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robin F. A. Moritz
  • 2006-current: admin officer of the EU project BEESHOP
  • 2005: Diploma-thesis: Population structure between males and workers in Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
  • 2000-2006: Study of Biology at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany and University of Pretoria   , South Africa

Courses and Internships

Publications

peer-review

WOLF S, BRETTSCHNEIDER H, BATEMAN PW (2006): The predator defence system of an African king cricket (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): Does it help to stink? African Zoology 41 (1): 75-80.
Wolf_etal_2006_Afr-Zool.pdf (350.9 KB)  vom 12.10.2010

WOLF S, MORITZ RFA (2008): Foraging distance in Bombus terrestris L.
(Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 39: 419-427.
Wolf_Moritz_2008_Apido.pdf (238.3 KB)  vom 08.10.2010

KRAUS FB, WOLF S, MORITZ RFA (2009): Male flight distance and population substructure in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. J Anim Ecol 78: 247-252
Kraus_etal_2009_JAE.pdf (338.6 KB)  vom 07.10.2010

WOLF S, ROHDE M, MORITZ RFA (2009): The reliability of morphological traits in the differentiation of Bombus terrestris and B. lucorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie. DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009048
Wolf_etal_2010_Apido.pdf (536.3 KB)  vom 01.10.2010

  • WOLF S &  MORITZ RFA (submitted): The pollination potential of bumblebee (Bombus spec.) drones (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
  • WOLF S, TOEV T, MORITZ RLV & MORITZ RFA (submitted):
    Temporal dynamics of the male effective population size in bumblebees.

non peer-review

JAFFE R, WOLF S, MORITZ RFA (2008): BEESHOP - Bees in Europe and Sustainable Honey Production: an European research network. BEE Improvement & Conservation. p.28-29
Jaffe_etal_2008_BIBBA.pdf (708.8 KB)  vom 08.10.2010

Oral contributions

  • S. Wolf & R. F. A. Moritz: "Population structure between males and workers in Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". 53. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bieneninstitute, 28.03.-30.03.2006, Hohenheim, Germany
  • S. Wolf & R. F. A. Moritz: "Foraging distance in Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bieneninstitute, 27.03.-29.03.2007, Veitshöchheim, Germany
  • S. Wolf & R.F.A. Moritz: The pollination potential of bumblebee (Bombus spp) drones. III. European Conference of Apidology (EURBEE) 08.09. - 11.09.2008, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • S. Wolf & R.F.A. Moritz: The pollination potential of bumblebee (Bombus spp) drones. ALARM meeting, 19.09.2008, KUBUS Leipzig, Germany
  • S. Wolf, T. Toev & R.F.A. Moritz: Temporal dynamics of the effective population size in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. 56. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bieneninstitute, 24.03.-26.03.2009, Schwerin, Germany

Poster presentations

  • S. Wolf: Project presentation: BEESHOP - Bees in Europe and Sustainable Honey Production. V. "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften" 14.07.2006 Halle/S., Germany
  • F. B. Kraus, S. Wolf & R.F.A. Moritz: Population structure between males and workers in Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". II. European Conference of Apidology (EURBEE) 11.09.-15.09.2006, Prague, Czech Republic
  • F. B. Kraus, S. Wolf & R.F.A. Moritz: Population structure between males and workers in Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". XI. Congress of the European society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) 20.08.-25.08.2007, Uppsala, Sweden

editorial

  1. BEESHOP Flyer
  2. BEESHOP Newsletter
  3. BEESHOP Web-site (in co-operation with Matthias Becher)

other activities

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