Dr. Felix Neff

Function

Visiting scientist

Forest health and biotic interactions

Forest Entomology

Contact

felix.neff(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 23 25+41 44 739 23 25

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL D 37

Career stages

since 05.2017	PhD student at WSL (forest entomology group) and ETH Zurich (landscape ecology group) Studying the effects of land use on plant-insect interactions and the consequences for ecosystem functioning
01.2015 – 06.2017	Research and teaching assistant at ETH Zurich (aquatic ecology group) Responsible for different practicals in the field of aquatic ecology and identification courses. Research assistance in a multitude of projects in ecology and evolution
05.2014 – 09.2014	Internship at Hólar University College, Iceland (fish biology group) Working on research projects investigating the role of abiotic factors in sustaining the diversity of Icelandic fresh water fish populations

Education

09.2012 – 10.2014	Master's program environmental sciences at ETH Zurich Specialisation: Ecology and Evolution Master thesis: Ecological consequences of pollution – Does wastewater influence macroinvertebrate structure and function in streams?
09.2008 – 03.2012	Bachelor's program environmental sciences at ETH Zurich Specialisation: Aquatic systems Bachelor theses: Die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Wolf in der Wissenschaft: Eine Literaturstudie; Female mate choice in Tribolium castaneum

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

FuncNet

We study effects of land-use in grasslands and forests on functional plant-insect networks and consequences for ecosystem processes

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Scherreiks, P.; Gossner, M.M.; Ambarlı, D.; Ayasse, M.; Blüthgen, N.; Fischer, M.; Klaus, V.H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Neff, F.; Prati, D.; Seibold, S.; Simons, N.K.; Weisser, W.W.; Wells, K.; Westphal, C.; Thiele, J., 2022: Present and historical landscape structure shapes current species richness in Central European grasslands. Landscape Ecology, 37: 745-762. doi: 10.1007/s10980-021-01392-7

Le Provost, G.; Schenk, N.V.; Penone, C.; Thiele, J.; Westphal, C.; Allan, E.; Ayasse, M.; Blüthgen, N.; Boeddinghaus, R.S.; Boesing, A.L.; Bolliger, R.; Busch, V.; Fischer, M.; Gossner, M.M.; Hölzel, N.; Jung, K.; Kandeler, E.; Klaus, V.H.; Kleinebecker, T.; ... Manning, P., 2022: The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution, doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5

Neff, F.; Hagge, J.; Achury, R.; Ambarlı, D.; Ammer, C.; Schall, P.; Seibold, S.; Staab, M.; Weisser, W.W.; Gossner, M.M., 2022: Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood. Functional Ecology, 36, 12: 2929-2942. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14186

Maeder, M.; Guo, X.; Neff, F.; Schneider Mathis, D.; Gossner, M.M., 2022: Temporal and spatial dynamics in soil acoustics and their relation to soil animal diversity. PLoS One, 17, 3: e0263618 (22 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263618

Neff, F.; Lehmann, M.M.; Moretti, M.; Pellissier, L.; Gossner, M.M., 2022: Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: lessons from an individual trait-based approach. Basic and Applied Ecology, 63: 104-114. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.06.004

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