Dr. Carlo L. Seifert
Professional Experience
| 07/2021 - present | Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Forest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany |
| 07/2020 - 06/2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Ecology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| 05/2020 - 06/2021 | Research assistant Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| 03/2016 - 06/2020 | Research assistant Department of Ecology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| 06/2014 - 02/2016 | Research assistant Division of Tropical Ecology and Animal Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
Academic Education
03/2016 - 06/2020 |
University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
06/2020 |
Ph.D. in ‘Biology’/ ‘Entomology’ |
10/2010 - 06/2014 |
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
06/2014 |
M.Sc. in ‘Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management’ |
| 10/2007 - 09/2010 | Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany |
09/2010 |
B.Sc. in ‘Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning’ |
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
2024
Seifert, C.L. (2024) The effect of diet and temperature on life‐history traits and sexual size dimorphism in a capital-breeding moth. Physiological Entomology, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12462
Seifert, C.L. & Fiedler, K. (2024) Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism. Ecography, 2024(2):e07021, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07021
Seifert, C.L., Moos, M. & Volf, M. (2024) Different fates of metabolites and small variation in chemical composition characterise frass chemistry in a specialist caterpillar. Physiological Entomology, 49, 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12429
Seifert, C.L., Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2024) Are day-flying moths more specialised in larval dietary breadth? - A test of the 'Salient Aroma Hypothesis' in a predominantly nocturnal clade. Evolution, 78, 1174-1182. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae052
Leong, J. V, Mezzomo, P., Kozel, P., Volfová, T., Ferreira, P. d. L., Seifert, C. L., Butterill, P. T., Freiberga, I., Michálek, J., Matos-Maravi, P., Weinhold, A., Engström, M. T., Salminen, J.-P., Segar, S. T., Sedio, B. E. & Volf, M. (2024) Effects of individual traits vs . trait syndromes on assemblages of various herbivore guilds associated with central European Salix. Oecologia, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05569-0
Wildermuth, B., Hagge, J., Seifert, C.L., Tjaden, R. & Schuldt, A. (2024) Beneficial effects of native broadleaved forests on canopy beetle diversity are not reduced by admixture of non-native conifers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61, 1000-1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14623
2023
Wildermuth, B., Seifert, C.L., Husemann, M. & Schuldt, A. (2023) Metabarcoding reveals that mixed forests mitigate negative effects of non-native trees on canopy arthropod diversity. Ecological Applications, 33: e2921, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2921
Wildermuth, B., Dönges, C., Matevski, D., Penanhoat, A., Seifert, C. L., Seidel, D., Scheu, S. & Schuldt, A. (2023) Tree species identity, canopy structure and prey availability differentially affect canopy spider diversity and trophic composition. Oecologia, 203, 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05447-1
Mezzomo, P., Weinhold, A., Aurová, K., Jorge, L. R., Kozel, P., Michálek, J., Nováková, N., Seifert, C. L., Volfová, T., Juha-, M. E., Salminen, P., Sedio, B. E. & Volf, M. (2023). Leaf volatile and nonvolatile metabolites show different levels of specificity in response to herbivory. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10123 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10123
Seifert, C.L., Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2023) How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36, 743-752. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14169
2022
Kozel, P., Leong, J.V., Malenovský, I., Sumpich, J., Macek, J., Michálek, J., Nováková, N., Sedio B.E., Seifert, C.L. & Volf, M. (2022) Specialised chemistry affects insect abundance but not overall community similarity in three rare shrub willows: Salix myrtilloides, S. repens and S. rosmarinifolia. European Journal of Entomology, 119, 368-378. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2022.038
Seifert, C.L., Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2022) Ecological specialisation and range size determine intraspecific body size variation in a speciose clade of insect herbivores. OIKOS, 2022:e09338, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09338
Seifert, C.L., Strutzenberger, P., Hausmann, A. & Fiedler, K. (2022) Dietary specialization mirrors Rapoport's rule in European geometrid moths. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, 1161-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13493
Leong, J.V., Jorge, L.R., Seifert, C.L. & Volf, M. (2022) Quantity and specialisation matter: effects of quantitative and qualitative variation in willow chemistry on resource preference in leaf‐chewing insects. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15, 453–460. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12559
Volf, M., Volfová, T., Seifert, C.L., Ludwig, A., Engelmann, R.A., Jorge, L.R., [...], Wirth, C. & van Dam, N.M. (2022) A mosaic of induced and non‐induced branches promotes variation in leaf traits, predation and insect herbivore assemblages in canopy trees. Ecology Letters, 25, 729-739 https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13943
2021
Seifert, C.L., Jorge, L.R., Volf, M., Wagner, D.L., Lamarre, G.P.A., Miller, S.E., Gonzalez-Akre, E., Anderson-Teixiera, K. & Novotný, V. (2021) Seasonality affects specialisation of a temperate forest herbivore community. Oikos, 130, 1450-1461
Volf, M., Weinhold, A., Seifert, C.L., Holicová, T., Uthe, H., Alander, E., Richter, R., Salminen, J.-P., Wirth, C. & van Dam, N.M. (2021) Branch-localized induction promotes efficacy of volatile defences and herbivore predation in trees. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 47, 99-111.
2020
Seifert, C.L., Volf, M., Jorge, L.R., Abe, T., Carscallen, G., […], Wagner, D.L. & Novotný, V. (2020) Plant phylogeny drives arboreal caterpillar assemblages across the Holarctic. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 14137-14151.
Mottl, O., Fibich, P., Klimeš, P., Volf, M., […], Seifert, C.L., Vrána, J., Weiblen, G.D. & Novotný, V. (2020) Spatial covariance of herbivorous and predatory guilds of forest canopy arthropods along a latitudinal gradient. Ecology Letters, 23, 1499-1510.
Seifert, C.L., Lamarre, G.P.A., Volf, M., Jorge, L.R., Miller, S.E., Wagner, D.L., Anderson-Teixeira K.J. & Novotný, V. (2020) Vertical stratification of a temperate forest caterpillar community in eastern North America. Oecologia, 192, 501-514.
2019
Volf, M., Klimeš, P., Lamarre, G.P.A., Redmond, C.M., Seifert, C.L., [...], Weiblen, G.D. & Novotný, V. (2019) Quantitative assessment of arthropod-plant interactions in forest canopies: a plot-based approach. Plos One , 14, 1-20.
2017
Strutzenberger, P., Brehm, G., Gottsberger, B., Bodner, F., Seifert, C.L. & Fiedler, K. (2017) Diversification rates, host plant shifts and an updated molecular phylogeny of Andean Eois moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Plos One, 12, 1-22.
2016
Adams, M.-O., Seifert, C.L., Lehner, L. & Truxa, C., Wanek, W. & Fiedler, K. (2016) Stable istope signatures reflect dietary diversity in European forest moths. Frontiers in Zoology, 13, 1-10.
Seifert, C.L., Lehner, L., Bodner, F. & Fiedler, K. (2016) Caterpillar assemblages on Chusquea bamboos in southern Ecuador: abundance, guild structure, and the influence of host plant quality. Ecological Entomology, 41, 698-706.
Mahr, K., Seifert, C.L. & Hoi, H. (2016) Female and male Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) sing in response to experimental predator exposition. Journal of Ornithology, 157, 907-911.
Seifert, C.L., Schulze, C.H., Dreschke, T.C.T., Frötscher, H. & Fiedler, K. (2016) Day vs. night predation on artificial caterpillars in primary rainforest habitats – an experimental approach. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 158, 54-59.
2015
Seifert, C.L., Bodner, F., Brehm, G. & Fiedler, K. (2015) Host plant associations and parasitism of south Ecuadorian Eois species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) feeding on Peperomia (Piperaceae). Journal of Insect Science, 15, 1-7.
Seifert, C.L., Lehner, L., Adams, M.-O. & Fiedler, K. (2015) Predation on artificial caterpillars is higher in countryside than near-natural forest habitat in lowland south-western Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 31, 281-284.
Other publications
2011
Seifert, C.L. (2011) 10 Jahre Libellenmonitoring im FND “Kuhbergbruch”. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Thüringen, 48, 70-82.