Johanna L. Berger

CV

Since 2025

Research assistant in the Biodiversity Exploratories

2021-2025

PhD candidate in the BioDivKultur project

2021

Internship in the Citizen Science project Butterfly migration, IBB Barcelona

2018-2021

M.Sc.

"Biodiversity and Conservation"

Philipps-Universität Marburg

Thesis: Composition of arthropod communities at two elevational levels in a tropical montane rainforest

2014-2018

B.Sc.

Conservation Biology and Philosophy

Universität Koblenz-Landau

Thesis: The impact of succesion on grasshoppers in the nature reserve "Ebenberg"

Research interests

I study arthropods to better understand how human activity affects them and what this means for biodiversity conservation in the context of insect declines. My research combines ecological science with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, as seen in projects like BioDivKultur. I also aim to promote the appreciation and protection of biodiversity within a social-ecological context, for instance, via science communication or applied approaches such as the Insect Calculator.

Research domains:

Entomology

Conservation Biology

Ecological Networks

Contact

johanna.berger1(at)tu-darmstadt.de

B1|02, Room 207

Johanna L. Berger

BioDivKultur

Fachbereich Biologie

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Schnittspahnstr. 3

64287 Darmstadt

Germany

Phone +49 6151 16-20039

Research projects

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Publications

Reich, MS, Shipilina D, Talla Venkat, Bahleman F, Kébé K, Berger JL, Backström N, Talavera G, und Bataille CP. (2025) Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated. PNAS Nexus 4:pgae586. Link
Berger JL, Daum SNK, Hartlieb M (2024) Simply the green: Urban refuges. Basic and Applied Ecology 80:108–119. Link
Hartlieb M, Raubitzek S, Berger JL, Staab M, Vogt J, Ayasse M, Ostrowski A, Weisser W, Blüthgen N (2024) Assessing mowing intensity: a new index incorporating frequency, machinery, and technique. Grassland Research 3:264–274. Link
Berger JL, Staab M, Hartlieb M, Simons NK, Wells K, Gossner M, Vogt J, Achury R, Seibold S, Hemp A, Weisser WW, Blüthgen N (2024) The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods. Ecological Applications. 34:e3022. Link
Sanetra D, Berger J, Hartlieb M, Simons N, Walther G, Blüthgen N, Staab M (2024) Disentangling how urbanisation influences moth diversity in grasslands. Insect Conservation and Diversity. Link