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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Blackwood JS, Schausberger P, Croft BA. Prey-stage preference in generalist and specialist phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when offered Tetranychus urticae (Acari : Tetranychidae) eggs and larvae. Environmental Entomology . 2001 Dec;30(6):1103-1111.
Schausberger P, Walzer A. Combined versus single species release of predaceous mites: Predator-predator interactions and pest suppression. Biological Control. 2001 Mar;20(3):269-278. doi: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0908
Schausberger P, Croft BA. Kin recognition and larval cannibalism by adult females in specialist predaceous mites. Animal Behaviour. 2001 Feb;61:459-464. doi: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1611
Blackwood JS, Croft BA, Schausberger P. Jerking in predaceous mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) with emphasis on larvae. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2001;25(6):475-492.
Walzer A, Blumel S, Schausberger P. Population dynamics of interacting predatory mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus, held on detached bean leaves. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2001;25(9):731-743.
Schausberger P, Croft BA. Nutritional benefits of intraguild predation and cannibalism among generalist and specialist phytoseiid mites. Ecological Entomology. 2000 Nov;25(4):473-480.
Schausberger P, Croft BA. Cannibalism and intraguild predation among phytoseiid mites: Are aggressiveness and prey preference related to diet specialization ? Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2000;24(9):709-725.
Croft BA, Luh HK, Schausberger P. Larval size relative to larval feeding, cannibalism of larvae, egg or adult female size and larval-adult setal patterns among 13 phytoseiid mite species. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 1999 Jul;23(7):599-610.
Pratt PD, Schausberger P, Croft BA. Prey-food types of Neoseiulus fallacis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and literature versus experimentally derived prey-food estimates for five phytoseiid species. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 1999 Jul;23(7):551-565.
Schausberger P, Croft BA. Predation on and discrimination between con- and heterospecific eggs among specialist and generalist phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Environmental Entomology . 1999 Jun;28(3):523-528.
Schausberger P. Predation preference of Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when offered con- and heterospecific immature life stages. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 1999 May;23(5):389-398.
Schausberger P, Croft BA. Activity, feeding, and development among larvae of specialist and generalist phytoseiid mite species (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Environmental Entomology . 1999 Apr;28(2):322-329.
Schausberger P. Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 1999 Apr;23(4):297-307.
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Cannibalism and interspecific predation in the phytoseiid mites Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus: predation rates and effects on reproduction and juvenile development. BioControl: journal of the International Organization for Biological Control . 1999;43(4):457-468.
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Predation preferences and discrimination between con- and heterospecific prey by the phytoseiid mites Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus. BioControl: journal of the International Organization for Biological Control . 1999;43(4):469-478. doi: 10.1023/A:1009974918500
Schausberger P. The influence of relative humidity on egg hatch in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari, Phytoseiidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 1998 Dec;122(9-10):497-500.
Schausberger P. Population growth and persistence when prey is diminishing in single-species and two-species systems of the predatory mites Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 1998 Sep;88(3):275-286.
Schausberger P. Survival, development and fecundity in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari, Phytoseiidae) feeding on the San Jose scale Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Coccina, Diaspididae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 1998 Mar;122(1-5):53-56. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.1998.tb01461.x
Schausberger P. Inter- and intraspecific predation on immatures by adult females in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Experimental & Applied Acarology. 1997 Mar;21(3):131-150.
SCHAUSBERGER P. COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FOODS ON DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION OF AMBLYSEIUS-ABERRANS OUD AND AMBLYSEIUS-FINLANDICUS OUD (ACARINA, PHYTOSEIIDAE). Journal of Applied Entomology. 1992 Jun;113(5):476-486.
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