Postdoctoral researcher
Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
Tel + 49 (0)711 / 459-23628
cassandra.vogel@uni-hohenheim.de
Research Interests
- Biodiversity conservation
- Stability and resilience of ecosystem functions
- Climate change impacts
- Interdisciplinary research in tropical and temperate agricultural landscapes
I am an agroecologist with an interest in interdisciplinary research in biodiversity conservation, the role of biodiversity for ecosystem functioning, and the impacts in human activities, especially in agricultural landscapes. Over the years, I have worked on many different taxa both in tropical and temperate regions, but I have a special love for pollinators and the landscapes of tropical Africa.
At the University of Hohenheim, I collaborate on projects that investigate biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, both in Germany (the NOcsPS project) and abroad (the BRIGHT-futures project), as well as developing my own research ideas. In addition, I support PhD and MSc students doing their thesis projects in the group as well as teach in courses for which the group is responsible.
Before coming to Hohenheim, I did a postdoc at SLU (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet) in Uppsala, Sweden, investigating climate-change impacts on the resilience of natural enemy communities and natural pest control across Europe. Before that, I did my PhD at the University of Würzburg where I investigated the effects of land-use and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services on smallholder farms in Malawi.
Short CV
Since 2026: Postdoc and Scientific Assistant at the University of Hohenheim
2023-2026: Postdoc at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
2019-2022: PhD at Würzburg University, Germany
2012-2018: Biology BSc and MSc at Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Recent publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OKil2p8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Bosshard, E., … Vogel, C., … et al. 2025. ‘Proximity to Natural Habitat Is Not Consistently Associated With Pollination Services in Tropical Smallholder Farms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.’ Ecology Letters 28: e70229. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70229.
Vogel C., Schumacher N-C., Peters M.K., Linsenmar K.E., Frank E.T. 2024. ‘Functional traits mediate ant community assembly in a West African savannah-forest mosaic (Côte d'Ivoire).’ Basic and Applied Ecology 81: 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.10.003.
WallisDeVries, M.F., … Vogel, C., … et al. 2024. Alcon Blues: recent shifts in limiting habitat factors challenge the persistence of an endangered butterfly. Journal of Insect Conservation 28: 993–1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00587-y.
