Dr. Wiebke Sickel

Institute of Biodiversity

Bundesallee 65
38116 Braunschweig

Telephone: +49 531 596 2524
Telephone: +49 531 2570 2200
Email: wiebke.sickel@thuenen.de

Head of the working group

Molecular Ecology in Agricultural Landscape

Main research areas

DNA-based biodiversity monitoring (wild bee monitoring in agricultural landscapes)
recording genetic diversity [...]
Development of eDNA methods

Projects

Contact Person for

Development of molecular biological workflows and pipelines for eDNA from trap nests

Involved in

ongoing projects

completed projects

Memberships and other activities

Society for Ecology
British Ecology Society (BES)
COST-Action GENOA
Review activity for scientific journals
Review activity for BES Review College

Publikationen

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Gornall L, Dauber J, Sickel W (2025) Population delimitation in bumble bees - strategies and research gaps. Front Bee Sci 3:1507903, DOI:10.3389/frbee.2025.1507903
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069594.pdf
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Hellwig N, Sommerlandt FMJ, Grabener S, Lindermann L, Sickel W, Krüger L, Dieker P (2024) Six steps towards a spatial design for large-scale pollinator surveillance monitoring. Insects 15(4):229, DOI:10.3390/insects15040229
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068261.pdf
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Weber C, Noel G, Sickel W, Monaghan MT, Bonn A, Lokatis S (2024) Urban pavements as a novel habitat for wild bees and other ground-nesting insects. Urban Ecosyst 27(6):2453-2467, DOI:10.1007/s11252-024-01569-3
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068904.pdf
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Sickel W, Zizka V, Scherges A, Bourlat SJ, Dieker P (2023) Abundance estimation with DNA metabarcoding - recent advancements for terrestrial arthropods. Metabarcoding & Metagenomics 7:e112290, DOI:10.3897/mbmg.7.112290
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067243.pdf
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Sickel W, Kulow J, Krüger L, Dieker P (2023) BEE-quest of the nest: A novel method for eDNA-based, nonlethal detection of cavity-nesting hymenopterans and other arthropods. Environmental DNA 5(6):1163-1176, DOI:10.1002/edn3.490
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067323.pdf
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Hakobyan A, Velte S, Sickel W, Quandt D, Stoll A, Knief C (2023) Tillandsia landbeckii phyllosphere and laimosphere as refugia for bacterial life in a hyperarid desert environment. Microbiome 11:246, DOI:10.1186/s40168-023-01684-x
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067233.pdf
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Hornick T, Richter A, Harpole WS, Bastl M, Bohlmann S, Bonn A, Bumberger J, Dietrich P, Gemeinholzer B, Grote R, Heinold B, Keller A, Luttkus ML, Mäder P, Motivans Svara E, Passonneau S, Punyasena SW, Rakosy D, Richter R, Sickel W, et al (2022) An integrative environmental pollen diversity assessment and its importance for the Sustainable Development Goals. Plants People Planet 4(2):110-121, DOI:10.1002/ppp3.10234
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064136.pdf
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Wilson RS, Keller A, Shapcott A, Leonhardt SD, Sickel W, Hardwick JL, Heard TA, Kaluza BF, Wallace HM (2021) Many small rather than few large sources identified in long-term bee pollen diets in agroecosystems. Agric Ecosyst Environ 310:107296, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2020.107296
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Campos MG, Anjos O, Chica M, Campoy P, Nozkova J, Almaraz-Abarca N, Barreto LMRC, Nordi JC, Estevinho LM, Pascoal A, Branco Paula V, Chopina A, Dias LG, Tesic ZLj, Mosic MD, ZKostic A, Pesic MB, Milojkovic-Opsenica DM, Sickel W, Ankenbrand MJ, et al (2021) Standard methods for pollen research. J Apicult Res 60(4):1-109, DOI:10.1080/00218839.2021.1948240
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Vaudo AD, Biddinger DJ, Sickel W, Keller A, López-Uribe MM (2020) Introduced bees (Osmia cornifrons) collect pollen from both coevolved and novel host-plant species within their family-level phylogenetic preferences. Royal Soc Open Sci 7(7):200225, DOI:10.1098/rsos.200225
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063192.pdf