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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Hoffmann D, Vierheilig H, Schausberger P. Arbuscular mycorrhiza enhances preference of ovipositing predatory mites for direct prey-related cues. Physiological Entomology. 2011 Mar;36(1):90-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00751.x
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Sex-specific developmental plasticity of generalist and specialist predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in response to food stress. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: a journal of evolution. 2011 Mar;102(3):650-660. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01593.x
Hoffmann D, Vierheilig H, Schausberger P. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases host plant acceptance and population growth rates of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (vol 158, pg 663, 2009). Oecologia. 2011 Feb;165(2):545-545. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1852-5
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Threat-sensitive anti-intraguild predation behaviour: maternal strategies to reduce offspring predation risk in mites. Animal Behaviour. 2011 Jan;81(1):177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.031
Negloh K, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Season- and fruit age-dependent population dynamics of Aceria guerreronis and its associated predatory mite Neoseiulus paspalivorus on coconut in Benin. Biological Control. 2010 Sep;54(3):349-358. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.007
Abad-Moyano R, Urbaneja A, Hoffmann D, Schausberger P. Effects of Euseius stipulatus on establishment and efficacy in spider mite suppression of Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis in clementine. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2010 Apr;50(4):329-341. doi: 10.1007/s10493-009-9320-9
Domingos CA, Melo JWDS, Gondim MGC, De Moraes GJ, Hanna R, Lawson-Balagbo LM et al. Diet-dependent life history, feeding preference and thermal requirements of the predatory mite Neoseiulus baraki (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2010 Mar;50(3):201-215. doi: 10.1007/s10493-009-9308-5
Abad-Moyano R, Urbaneja A, Schausberger P. Intraguild interactions between Euseius stipulatus and the candidate biocontrol agents of Tetranychus urticae in Spanish clementine orchards: Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2010 Jan;50(1):23-34. doi: 10.1007/s10493-009-9278-7
Schausberger P, Walzer A, Hoffmann D, Rahmani H. Food imprinting revisited: early learning in foraging predatory mites. Behaviour: an international journal of behaviourial biology. 2010;147(7):883-897. doi: 10.1163/000579510X495799
Walzer A, Moder K, Schausberger P. Spatiotemporal within-plant distribution of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae and associated specialist and generalist predators. Bulletin of Entomological Research: containing original and review articles on economic entomology. 2009 Oct;99(5):457-466. doi: 10.1017/S0007485308006494
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Non-consumptive effects of predatory mites on thrips and its host plant. Oikos: a journal of ecology. 2009 Jun;118(6):934-940. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17299.x
Negloh K, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Comparative demography and diet breadth of Brazilian and African populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus baraki, a candidate for biological control of coconut mite (vol 46, pg 523, 2008). Biological Control. 2009 Feb;48(2):221-221. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.09.013
Hoffmann D, Vierheilig H, Schausberger P. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases host plant acceptance and population growth rates of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Oecologia. 2009 Jan;158(4):663-671. doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1179-7
Rahmani H, Hoffmann D, Walzer A, Schausberger P. Adaptive learning in the foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Behavioral Ecology. 2009;20(5):946-950. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arp081
Schausberger P, Hoffmann D. Maternal manipulation of hatching asynchrony limits sibling cannibalism in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2008 Nov;77(6):1109-1114. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01440.x
Negloh K, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Comparative demography and diet breadth of Brazilian and African populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus baraki, a candidate for biological control of coconut mite. Biological Control. 2008 Sep;46(3):523-531. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.04.022
Lawson-Balagbo LM, Gondim MGC, de Moraes GJ, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Compatibility of Neoseiulus paspalivorus and Proctolaelaps bickleyi, candidate biocontrol agents of the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis: spatial niche use and intraguild predation. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2008 Jun;45(1-2):1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10493-008-9156-8
Palevsky E, Schausberger P. Evaluation of dry-adapted strains of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus for spider mite control on cucumber, strawberry and pepper. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 2008 Jun;45(1-2):15-27. doi: 10.1007/s10493-008-9162-x
Lawson-Balagbo LM, Gondim MGC, de Moraes GJ, Hanna R, Schausberger P. Exploration of the acarine fauna on coconut palm in Brazil with emphasis on Aceria guerreronis (Acari: Eriophyidae) and its natural enemies. Bulletin of Entomological Research: containing original and review articles on economic entomology. 2008 Feb;98(1):83-96. doi: 10.1017/S0007485307005421
Walzer A, Schausberger P. Phenotypic plasticity in developmental time and body size induced by food limitation in three phytoseiid mite species. In Bertrand M, Kreiter S, McCoy KD, Migeon A, Navajas M, Tixier M-S, Vial L, editors, .), Integrative Acarology. Proceedings of the 6th Congress of the European Association of Acarologists, Montpellier, France. 2008. p. 103-135
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