Rainer Wirth
Research Associate
Department of Biology
Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Germany
Biography
Rainer Wirth received his PhD from Univ. of Würzburg . currently he is working as Research Associate in Department of Biology at the University of Rostock
Research Interest
Plant-herbivore interactions in fragmented forest landscapes, Trophic webs in fragmented tropical forest, The interaction between leaf-cutting ants, plants, and ecosystems
Publications
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Corrêa MM, Silva PSD, Wirth R. Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I. R. How leaf-cutting ants impact forests: drastic nest effects on light environment and plant assemblages. Oecologia. 2009;162: 103–115.
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Kost C, Tremmel M, Wirth R. Do Leaf Cutting Ants Cut Undetected? Testing the Effect of Ant-Induced Plant Defences on Foraging Decisions in Atta colombica. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e22340
