Peter Schausberger

Univ.-Doc. Dr.

Head of Arthropod Behavioral Ecology  

Office +43 1 4277-76118
Laboratory +43 1 4277-78168
peter.schausberger[at]univie.ac.at

Biosketch

2024               Professor (Invited), University of Kyoto, Japan

2018-2019      Professor (Invited, JSPS-funded), University of Tsukuba, Japan

2016-              University Docent, University of Vienna, Austria

1999-2016      Professor (Extraordinary)/University Docent, Boku, Vienna, Austria

1999-2008      Professor (Contract), Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

2000-2004      APART Research Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences

1998-1999      Schrödinger Fellow (Austrian Science Fund), Oregon State University, USA

1995-1998      Researcher, Federal Office and Research Centre for Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

1991-1995      Head of Advisory Service Biocontrol, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Austria

1990                PhD Zoology (minor in Botany), University of Vienna, Austria

In Numbers

123                    ­­Peer-reviewed publications (41 first author, 80 corresponding, 108 PI of work)
35 to 42­            H-index Scopus (08/23) and Google Scholar (08/23)
2.8                 ­­     Million € grant money acquired
15, 10, 27       ­  Postdocs, PhD students, MSc students supervised

Publications

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Walzer A, Dittmann L, Schausberger P. Comparison of three Amblydromalus limonicus populations regarding their potential to overcome abiotic resistance of Austrian ecosystems under climate warming scenarios. In IOBC-WPRS Bulletin. Vol. 120. 2016. p. 85-86
Walzer A, Osakabe M, Murata Y, Schausberger P. Male body size effects on mating behaviour and paternity success in polyandrous Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus. In IOBC-WPRS Bulletin. Vol. 120. 2016. p. 87-88
Dittmann L, Walzer A, Schausberger P. Population-specific cold tolerance of the predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus. In IOBC-WPRS Bulletin. Vol. 120. 2016. p. 10-12
Seiter M, Schausberger P. Predatory mite mothers prime their offspring to behave more optimally in intraguild predation environments. In IOBC-WPRS Bulletin. Vol. 120. 2016. p. 59-61
Seiter M, Schausberger P. Constitutive and operational variation of learning in foraging predatory mites. PLoS ONE. 2016 Nov 4;11(11):e0166334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166334
Schausberger P. Magic or Not? Sounds vs. Colors in Sexual Selection and Genetic Divergence of Strawberry Frogs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2016 Aug 23;4:99. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00099
Ghazy NA, Osakabe M, Negm MW, Schausberger P, Gotoh T, Amano H. Phytoseiid mites under environmental stress. Biological Control. 2016 May;96:120-134. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.02.017
Freinschlag J, Schausberger P. Predation risk-mediated maternal effects in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2016 May;69(1):35-47. doi: 10.1007/s10493-016-0014-9
Schausberger P, Patiño-Ruiz JD, Osakabe M, Murata Y, Sugimoto N, Uesugi R et al. Ultimate Drivers and Proximate Correlates of Polyandry in Predatory Mites. PLoS ONE. 2016 Apr 21;11(4):e0154355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154355
Christiansen IC, Szin S, Schausberger P. Benefit-cost Trade-offs of Early Learning in Foraging Predatory Mites Amblyseius Swirskii. Scientific Reports. 2016 Mar 23;6:23571. doi: 10.1038/srep23571
Kammerhofer N, Egger B, Dobrev P, Vankova R, Hofmann J, Schausberger P et al. Systemic above- and belowground cross talk: hormone-based responses triggered by Heterodera schachtii and shoot herbivores in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2015 Dec;66(22):7005-7017. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv398
Seiter M, Schausberger P. Maternal intraguild predation risk affects offspring anti-predator behavior and learning in mites. Scientific Reports. 2015 Oct 9;5:15046. doi: 10.1038/srep15046
Khaitov B, Patino-Ruiz JD, Pina T, Schausberger P. Interrelated effects of mycorrhiza and free-living nitrogen fixers cascade up to aboveground herbivores. Ecology and Evolution. 2015 Sep;5(17):3756-3768. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1654
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Food stress causes sex-specific maternal effects in mites. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2015 Aug;218(16):2603-2609. doi: 10.1242/jeb.123752
Walzer A, Lepp N, Schausberger P. Compensatory growth following transient intraguild predation risk in predatory mites. Oikos: a journal of ecology. 2015 May;124(5):603-609. doi: 10.1111/oik.01687
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Interdependent effects of male and female body size plasticity on mating behaviour of predatory mites. Animal Behaviour. 2015 Feb;100:96-105. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.11.017
Patino-Ruiz JD, Schausberger P. Spider mites adaptively learn recognizing mycorrhiza-induced changes in host plant volatiles. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2014 Dec;64(4):455-463. doi: 10.1007/s10493-014-9845-4
Schausberger P. Taking care of group size and heterogeneity in social recognition systems. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2014 Oct;68(10):1561-1562. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1763-2
Hackl T, Schausberger P. Learned predation risk management by spider mites. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2014 Sep 16;2(SEP):58. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00058
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Canalization of body size matters for lifetime reproductive success of male predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: a journal of evolution. 2014 Apr;111(4):889-899. doi: 10.1111/bij.12235
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