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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Borji F, Rahmani H, Schausberger P. Repeatability of Aggressiveness against Con-and Heterospecific Prey in the Predatory Mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. 2014;16:1517-1528.
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Intra- and Trans-Generational Costs of Reduced Female Body Size Caused by Food Limitation Early in Life in Mites. PLoS ONE. 2013 Nov 12;8(11):79089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079089
Muleta MG, Schausberger P. Smells familiar: group-joining decisions of predatory mites are mediated by olfactory cues of social familiarity. Animal Behaviour. 2013 Sep;86(3):507-512. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.040
Strodl MA, Schausberger P. Social familiarity relaxes the constraints of limited attention and enhances reproduction of group-living predatory mites. Oikos: a journal of ecology. 2013 Aug;122(8):1217-1226. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20833.x
Schausberger P. ACARI IN A CHANGING WORLD: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ACAROLOGISTS, VIENNA, 2012 PREFACE. Acarologia. 2013 Jun;53(2):127-128. doi: 10.1051/acarologia/20132082
Fernandez-Ferrari MC, Schausberger P. From repulsion to attraction: species- and spatial context-dependent threat sensitive response of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae to predatory mite cues. Naturwissenschaften. 2013 Jun;100(6):541-549. doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1050-5
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Phenotypic plasticity in anti-intraguild predator strategies: mite larvae adjust their behaviours according to vulnerability and predation risk. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2013 May;60(1):95-115. doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9624-z
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Integration of multiple cues allows threat-sensitive anti-intraguild predator responses in predatory mites. Behaviour: an international journal of behaviourial biology. 2013;150(2):115-132. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003040
Peralta Quesada PC, Schausberger P. Prenatal Chemosensory Learning by the Predatory Mite Neoseiulus californicus. PLoS ONE. 2012 Dec 26;7(12):53229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053229
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Integration of multiple intraguild predator cues for oviposition decisions by a predatory mite. Animal Behaviour. 2012 Dec;84(6):1411-1417. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.006
Negloh K, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Intraguild predation and cannibalism between the predatory mites Neoseiulus neobaraki and N-paspalivorus, natural enemies of the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2012 Nov;58(3):235-246. doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9581-6
Strodl MA, Schausberger P. Social Familiarity Reduces Reaction Times and Enhances Survival of Group-Living Predatory Mites under the Risk of Predation. PLoS ONE. 2012 Aug 22;7(8):43590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043590
Zach GJ, Peneder S, Strodl MA, Schausberger P. Social Familiarity Governs Prey Patch-Exploitation, - Leaving and Inter-Patch Distribution of the Group-Living Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. PLoS ONE. 2012 Aug 10;7(8):42889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042889
Schausberger P, Peneder S, Juerschik S, Hoffmann D. Mycorrhiza changes plant volatiles to attract spider mite enemies. Functional Ecology. 2012 Apr;26(2):441-449. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01947.x
Strodl MA, Schausberger P. Social familiarity modulates group living and foraging behaviour of juvenile predatory mites. Naturwissenschaften. 2012 Apr;99(4):303-311. doi: 10.1007/s00114-012-0903-7
Hoffmann D, Schausberger P. PLANT-MEDIATED ABOVEGROUND-BELOWGROUND INTERACTIONS: THE SPIDER MITE PERSPECTIVE. Acarologia. 2012 Mar;52(1):17-27. doi: 10.1051/acarologia/20122040
Negloh K, Hanna R, Schausberger P. The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis, in Benin and Tanzania: occurrence, damage and associated acarine fauna. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2011 Dec;55(4):361-374. doi: 10.1007/s10493-011-9474-0
Hoffmann D, Vierheilig H, Peneder S, Schausberger P. Mycorrhiza modulates aboveground tri-trophic interactions to the fitness benefit of its host plant. Ecological Entomology. 2011 Oct;36(5):574-581. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01298.x
Mendel D, Schausberger P. Diet-dependent intraguild predation between the predatory mites Neoseiulus californicus and Neoseiulus cucumeris. Journal of Applied Entomology. 2011 May;135(4):311-319. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01548.x
Hoffmann D, Vierheilig H, Schausberger P. Mycorrhiza-induced trophic cascade enhances fitness and population growth of an acarine predator. Oecologia. 2011 May;166(1):141-149. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1821-z
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