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Dipl.-Biol. Florian Menzel
Date and place of Birth:
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- University of Würzburg
- University of Würzburg
Biocenter
Dept. Of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
Am Hubland
D-97074 Würzburg
- Germany
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- interspecific associations, chemical communication, Camponotus, Crematogaster, Polyrhachis, ant ecology
- Malaysian Borneo
- Interspecific associations between ant species.
In particular, I am interested in two types of association: parabiosis, i.e. two ant species living in a common nest, and trail-sharing. I study these associations in the tropical lowland rainforest of Borneo and focus on species of the genera Crematogaster, Camponotus and Polyrhachis. In my PhD project I am looking at the mechanisms behind these associations at different levels: the ultimate, i.e. ecological, causes of the associations - 'How do the species benefit from the association?' - and the proximate (chemical and genetic) mechanisms of interspecific tolerance - 'How does interspecific nestmate recognition work?'. Put together, I hope to gain insights into the evolution of these intriguing symbioses.
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Menzel F, Linsenmair KE, Blüthgen N (2007) Selective interspecific tolerance in tropical Crematogaster-Camponotus associations. Animal Behaviour doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.005
Blüthgen N, Menzel F, Hovestadt T, Fiala B, Blüthgen N (2007) Specialization, constraints, and conflicting interests in mutualistic networks. Current Biology 17: 341-346
Blüthgen N, Menzel F, Blüthgen N (2006): Measuring specialization in species interaction networks. BMC Ecology 6: 9
Beaulieu F, Walter DE, Proctor HC, Kitching RL & Menzel F (2006) Mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) on rainforest tree trunks: arboreal specialists, but substrate generalists? Experimental and Applied Acarology 39:25-40
Menzel F, Kitching RL, Boulter SL (2004) Host specificity or habitat structure? - The epicortical beetle assemblages in an Australian subtropical rainforest. European Journal of Entomology 101: 251-259
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Menzel F (2007) High interspecific tolerance in tropical associated ant species. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society - Tropical Ecology Group, Leeds, England.
Menzel F, Blüthgen N (2006): Crematogaster-Camponotus associations in a tropical rainforest: Mechanisms and Specificity of Interspecific Recognition. Talk presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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