Nico Blüthgen

Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen is a Professor for Ecology at Technische Universität Darmstadt since 2011. His work focuses on ecological interactions, particularly ant communities, pollinators, and nutritional ecology. He has contributed extensively to understanding how land-use intensity, climate change, and human disturbances affect species interactions and ecosystem stability.

Key research domains include

• Community Ecology
• Network Analysis
• Tropical Rainforest Dynamics
• Insect-Plant Interactions
• Stable Isotopes in Trophic Studies
• Thermal Biology

His recent publications address insect decline in agricultural landscapes, ant community recovery in secondary forests, and pollinator network resilience to land-use changes. Projects like the DFG Reassembly Unit and Biodiversity Exploratories underpin his work, often employing multi-trophic approaches and functional trait analysis.