From 23 to 27 February 2026, members of MultiTroph will contribute to the 9th European Conference of Tropical Ecology, which will take place in Passau, Germany. ECTE 2026 will provide an excellent platform for scientific exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue, and international collaboration — and MultiTroph will be strongly represented.
Oral presentations
- Mareike Mittag, Georg Albert, Andreas Schuldt, Jana Petermann: Trees, traits and traces: Tracking herbivory under tree species extinction pathways
- Matteo Dadda, Simon Thorn, Arong Luo, Finn Rehling, Alexandra Erfmeier, Steffen Seitz, Joshua Spitz, Xianglu Deng, Xiaojuan Liu, Heike Feldhaar: Wood identity and abiotic divers override insect effects in short-term tropical deadwood decay
- Massimo Martini, Arong Luo, Finn Rehling, Felix Fornoff, Ming-Qiang Wang, Jing-Ting Chen, Guo-Ai Chen, Christina Grozinger, Peng-Fei Guo, Shi-Kun Guo, Shan Li, Yi Li, Michael Orr, Manuela Sann, Xiaoyu Shi, Michael Staab, Juan-Juan Yang, Qing-Song Zhou, Helge Bruelheide, Bernhard Schmid, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Liu, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-Maria Klein: Diversity effects increase across trophic levels during forest growth
- Nora Anderson, Tillmann Niedernhoefer, Luisa Senger, Marc Nagel, Xiaojuan Liu, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-M. Klein, Finn Rehling: Vertebrate scavenging in a subtropical biodiversity experiment
- Finn Rehling, Cornelius Ebert, Alexandra-M. Klein, Lea Heidrich, Nina Kranke: The value of student theses in ecology
Poster presentations
- Luisa Martha Senger, Nora Anderson, Tillmann Niedernhoefer, Tim Diekötter, Alexandra Erfmeier, Xiaojuan Liu, Alexandra-M. Klein, Zhi-Shu Xiao, Chao-Dong Zhu, Finn Rehling: Fruit decomposition and removal in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment
- Massimo Martini, Matteo Dadda, Felix Fornoff, Finn Rehling, Arong Luo, Heike Feldhaar, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-M. Klein: Cavity-nesting Hymenoptera prefer standing over laying deadwood for nest construction in forests
We look forward to an inspiring and productive week in Passau and to sharing insights from the conference afterward.