Prof. Dr. Martin Schebeck
Head of the Department of Forest Entomology
Email: martin.schebeck@uni-goettingen.de
Phone: +49 551 3923603
Office hours: Tuesdays 1 pm – 3 pm
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Address: Büsgenweg 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. Room No. 1.118

Short Bio

Martin is interested in the ecology and evolution of forest insects. He mainly studies bark beetles and applies a range of experimental approaches in the lab and the field to understand interactions of insects with their biotic and abiotic environment. In particular, he focuses on adaptations of insects to seasonally fluctuating environmental conditions, their symbiotic relationships with fungi and bacteria, as well as the molecular ecology of forest insects.

34. Rinke S, Biedermann PHW, Schebeck M, Harrison MC, 2025. Genomic Insights into the evolution of parental care in weevils. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672529

33. Zieliński P, Morales-García J, Schebeck M, Duduman ML, Nadachowska-Brzyska K, 2025. Demographic history inferred from an inversion-rich spruce bark beetle genome. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.17.665273

32. Ramires M, Netherer S, Schebeck M, Hummel K, Schlosser S, Razzazi-Fazeli E, Ertl R, Ahmad M, Espinosa-Ruiz A, Carrera E, Arc E, Ángeles Martínez-Godoy M, Baños J, Caballero T, Ledermann T, van Loo M, Trujillo-Moya C, 2025. Pioneer bark beetle attacks induce multifaceted localized defense responses in Norway spruce. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.06.668443

31. Shewale MK, Bláha J, Synek J, Schebeck M, Andersson MN, Kandasamy D, Jirosova A, 2025. Comparative analysis of olfactory sensory neurons in two Ips species reveals conserved and species-specific olfactory adaptations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 8, 1588866. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2025.1588866

30. Papek E, Derlic A, Melin M, Roques A, Cocos D, Schroeder ML, Pernek M, Avtzis DN, Zolubas P, William DT, Pajares JA, Oguzhan S, Pavlin R, Belilov S, Gossner MM, Seehausen ML, Wierzbicka A, Kundtner L, Stauffer C, Schebeck M, 2025. Complex population genetic structure of the bark beetle predator Thanasimus formicarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Cleridae) across its European range. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 27, 437-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12677

29. Hofmann S, Schebeck M*, Kautz M*, 2025. Increasing spring temperatures advance post-diapause swarming and prolong the reproductive period in the bark beetle Ips typographus. Journal of Applied Entomology, 149, 725-736. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13404 (* equally contributing senior authors).

28. Hofmann S, Kautz M*, Schebeck M*, 2025. High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate. Ecological Entomology, 50, 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13378 (* equally contributing senior authors).

27. Mykhailenko A, Zieliński P, Bednarz A, Schlyter F, Andersson MN, Antunes B, Borowski Z, Krokene P, Melin M, Morales J, Mueller J, Nowak Z, Schebeck M, Stauffer C, Babik W, Nadachowska-Brzyska K, 2024. Complex genomic landscape of inversion polymorphism in Europe's most destructive forest pest. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16, evae263. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae263

26. Schebeck M*, Lehmann P*, Laparie M, Bentz BJ, Ragland GJ, Battisti A, Hahn DA, 2024. Seasonality of forest insects: Why diapause matters. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39, 757-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.04.010 (* equally contributing first authors).

25. Hofmann S, Schebeck M*, Kautz M*, 2024. Diurnal temperature fluctuations improve predictions of developmental rates of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. Journal of Pest Science, 97, 1839-1852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01758-1 (* equally contributing senior authors).

24. Papek E, Ritzer E, Biedermann PHW, Cognato AI, Baier P, Hoch G, Kirisits T*, Schebeck M*, 2024. The pine bark beetle Ips acuminatus – an ecological perspective on life-history traits promoting outbreaks. Journal of Pest Science, 97, 1093-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01765-2 (* equally contributing senior authors).

23. Papek E, Fuchs R, Bertheau C, Battisti A, Faccoli M, Schuler H, Stauffer C, Schebeck M, 2024. Pleistocene events and ongoing population outbreaks affect the genetic structure of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) in the Southern Alps and the Apennines. Bulletin of Insectology, 77, 7-15.

22. Moussa A, Nones S, Vannucchi PE, Shahzad GR, Dittmer J, Corretto E, Schebeck M, Faccoli M, Battisti A, Stauffer C, Schuler H, 2024. The bacterial community of the European spruce bark beetle in space and time. Entomologia Generalis, 44, 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2023/2114

21. Frühbrodt T, Schebeck M, Andersson MN, Holighaus G, Kreuzwieser J, Burzlaff T, Delb H, Biedermann PHW, 2024. Verbenone – the universal bark beetle repellent? Its origin, effects and ecological roles. Journal of Pest Science, 97, 35-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01635-3

20. Ritzer E, Schebeck M*, Kirisits T*, 2023. The pine pathogen Diplodia sapinea is associated with the death of large Douglas fir trees. Forest Pathology, 53, e12823. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12823 (* equally contributing senior authors).

19. Paulin MJ, Eötvös C, Zabransky P, Csóka G*, Schebeck M*, 2023. Cold tolerance of the invasive oak lace bug, Corythucha arcuata. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 25, 612-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12585 (* equally contributing senior authors).

18. Schebeck M, Schopf A, Ragland GJ, Stauffer C, Biedermann PHW, 2023. Evolutionary ecology of the bark beetles Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 113, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485321000353

17. Netherer S, Schebeck M, Morgante G, Rentsch V, Kirisits T, 2022. European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus (L.), males are attracted to bark cores of drought-stressed Norway spruce trees with impaired defenses in Petri dish choice experiments. Forests, 13, 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040537

16. Eberle S, Schaden L-M, Tintner J, Stauffer C*, Schebeck M*, 2022. Effect of temperature and photoperiod on development, survival, and growth rate of mealworms, Tenebrio molitor. Insects, 13, 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040321 (* equally contributing senior authors).

15. Schebeck M, Dobart N, Schopf A, Ragland GJ, Stauffer C, 2022. Facultative and obligate diapause phenotypes in populations of the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. Journal of Pest Science, 95, 889-899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01416-w

14. Kunz F, Klinga P, Sittenthaler M, Schebeck M, Stauffer C, Grünschacher-Berger V, Hackländer K, Nopp-Mayr U, 2022. Assessment of drivers of spatial genetic variation of a ground-dwelling bird species and its implications for conservation. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8460. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8460

13. Netherer S, Kandasamy D, Jirosova A, Kalinova B, Schebeck M*, Schlyter F*, 2021. Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought. Journal of Pest Science, 94, 591-614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01341-y (* equally contributing senior authors).

12. Bakovic V, Schebeck M, Stauffer C, Schuler H, 2020. Wolbachia-mitochondrial DNA associations in transitional populations of Rhagoletis cerasi. Insects, 11, 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11100675

11. Vetek G, Fekete V, Ladanyi M, Cargnus E, Zandigiacomo P, Olah R, Schebeck M*, Schopf A*, 2020. Cold tolerance strategy and cold hardiness of the invasive zigzag elm sawfly Aproceros leucopoda. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 22, 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12376 (* equally contributing senior authors; this paper was a top-cited article in Agricultural and Forest Entomology in the period 2020-2021)

10. Bakovic V, Schuler H, Schebeck M, Feder JL, Stauffer C, Ragland GJ, 2019. Host plant-related genomic differentiation in the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L., 1758) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Molecular Ecology, 28, 4648-4666. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15239

9. Avtzis DN*, Schebeck M*, Petsopoulos D, Memtsas GI, Stauffer C, Kavallieratos NG, Athanassiou CG, Boukouvala MC, 2019. New data on the range expansion of the Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) ‘ENA clade’ in Greece: the role of bacterial endosymbionts. Journal of Economic Entomology, 112, 2761-2766. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz216 (* equally contributing first authors)

8. Schebeck M, Feldkirchner L, Stauffer C, Schuler H, 2019. Dynamics of an ongoing Wolbachia spread in the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae). Insects, 10, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10060172

7. Schebeck M, Schuler H, Einramhof B, Avtzis DN, Dowle EJ, Faccoli M, Battisti A, Ragland GJ, Stauffer C, Bertheau C, 2019. The Apennines as a cryptic Pleistocene refugium of the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127, 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz012

6. Schebeck M, Dowle EJ, Schuler H, Avtzis DN, Bertheau C, Feder JL, Ragland GJ, Stauffer C, 2018. Pleistocene climate cycling and host plant association shaped the demographic history of the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus. Scientific Reports, 8, 14207. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32617-6

5. Schebeck M, Feldkirchner L, Marín B, Krumböck S, Schuler H, Stauffer C, 2018. Reproductive manipulators in the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) – the role of Cardinium, Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and Wolbachia. Journal of Insect Science, 18, 3, 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey044

4. Bakovic V, Schebeck M, Telschow A, Stauffer C, Schuler H, 2018. Spatial spread of Wolbachia in Rhagoletis cerasi populations. Biology Letters, 14, 20180161. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0161

3. Schebeck M, Hansen EM, Schopf A, Ragland GJ, Stauffer C, Bentz BJ, 2017. Diapause and overwintering of two spruce bark beetle species. Physiological Entomology, 42, 200-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12200 (This publication is part of the virtual issue ‘National Insect Week 2018’ as it was among the Top-3 downloaded publications from 2017-2018 in Physiological Entomology.)

2. Schebeck M, Schopf A, 2017. Temperature-dependent development of the European larch bark beetle, Ips cembrae. Journal of Applied Entomology, 141, 322-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12351

1. Schebeck M, Wrzosek M, Clausi M, Tarasco E, Tkaczuk C, Wegensteiner R, 2016. First record of Beauveria bassiana on Tomicus minor in Sicily. Bulletin of Insectology, 69, 311-317.