• Project

    GiBBS - Holistic biodiversity management in the construction material industry

    Link to project website (German)

     

     

     

  • Research interest

    • Restoration ecology
    • Land use impacts on biodiversity
    • Monitoring and evaluation of nature conservation and restoration measures
    • Ecology of bogs

  • Curriculum vitae

    since 2022

    Research associate and PhD Student
    Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group, Institute of Landscape Ecology
    2019-2022 Studies of Landscape Ecology (M.Sc.)
    Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
    Master Thesis "Dragonfly communities in restored cut-over bogs"
    2015-2019 Studies of Landscape Ecology (B.Sc.)
    Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
    Bachelor Thesis "Effects of abandonment and de-embankment on salt marsh vegetation in Wadden Sea National Park of Lower Saxony"

     

  • Publications

    International publications (peer-reviewed)

    Schwesig K, Zizka V, Scherber C, Hölzel N (2025). Comparing eDNA and transect methods for aquatic biodiversity assessment in lakes and ponds. Molecular Ecology Resources, 25 (3), Artikel e14060. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14060.

    Zizka V, Schwesig K, Engel N, Hölzel N, Scherber C (2025). Environmental DNA supports importance of heterogeneous pond landscapes for arthropod diversity conservation. Ecosphere, 16 (2). doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70171.

     

    Conference contributions

    Schwesig K, Zizka V, Scherber C, Hölzel N (2024). Spontaneous vegetation succession in German mining sites – restoration starts during active mining. Talk and poster, Society of Ecological Restoration (SER). Tartu, Estland, 26.-30.08.2024

    Schwesig K, Zizka V, Scherber C, Hölzel N (2023). Suitability of eDNA metabarcoding for dragonfly monitoring in quarrying sites. Talk, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecology (GfÖ). Leipzig, 12.-16.09.2023

     

    Other publications and talks

    Marken G, Schwesig K, Heinrich A, Kortmann E, Schöpflin P, Zizka V, Hölzel N, Scherber C, Meier J, Spieleder U (2025). Handbuch für die Steine-Erden-Branche. Biodiversität in Gewinnungsstätten – Management und Monitoring der Artenvielfalt. ISBN 978-3-940920-34-8 Link

    Schwesig K, Zizka V, Scherber C, Hölzel N (2024). Was macht Lebensräume in Abbaustätten so wertvoll für die Biodiversität? Ergebnisse aus einem bundesweiten Forschungsprojekt. Vortrag, "Teuto Talks - Wissenschaft trifft Naturschutz" der Biologischen Station Kreis Steinfurt und der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Naturschutz Tecklenburger Land e.V. (ANTL). Tecklenburg, 28.10.2024

  • Supervised Theses

    Titles are given in German or English, depending on the language in which the thesis was originally written.

    2024

    Niemann, Nick (2024): Untersuchung zur Populationsdynamik von Teichhühnern Gallinula chloropus im Stadtgebiet von Münster. Bachelor thesis, second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel

    Richter, Tim (2024): Identifying landscape characteristics that enhance insect abundance and biodiversity: a drone-based remote sensing investigation in a limestone quarry in Lengerich, Germany. Master thesis, first supervisor: Dr. Jan Lehmann

    Spreckelmeyer, Lennart (2024): Diversity and conservation value of plant communities in active mining sites. Research project Master, supervised in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel

    2023

    Klose, Johanna (2023): Wie erfolgreich ist die Renaturierung von ehemaligen Ackerflächen im NSG Heiliges Meer? Bachelor thesis, first supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel

    Meinken, Moritz; Steen, Jan (2023): Diversity and habitat use of grasshoppers in mining sites. Research project Master, supervised in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel

    Meyenburg, Teelke (2023): Vegetation-Umweltbeziehungen in Abbaustätten. Master thesis, first supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel