Christophe Dominik 🐝

Christophe Dominik

Scientist / Postdoctoral Researcher

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Professional Summary

I am an ecologist looking at patterns of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services at different spatial and temporal scales. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Community Ecology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), I investigate how pollinators and the services they provide are influenced by landscape and land-use intensity. My main research interests focus on landscape ecology, macroecology, agro-ecology, pollination services and biological control.
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Education

PhD in Natural Sciences

2012-01-01
2019-01-31

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

MSc in Biodiversity and Tropical Ecosystems

2009-09-01
2011-06-30

Universite de La Reunion

BSc in Biology of Organisms and Populations

2006-09-01
2009-06-30

Universite Henri-Poincare (UHP Nancy-1)

Interests

Landscape Ecology Macroecology Pollination Ecology Pollinator Health Biological Control R and data visualization
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External network at the country level
Featured Publication
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Seasonal mass-flowering events dominate landscape effects on plant–pollinator network structure

1. Agricultural landscapes feature marked seasonal changes in the quality and quantity of habitats and floral resources supporting pollinating insects. Seasonal dynamics can affect …

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Recent Publications
Willem Proesmans, Cedric Alaux, Matthias Albrecht, Karima Bassit, Nathan Cyrille, Anne Dalmon, Virginie Diévart, Christophe Dominik, Emeline Felten, Anna Gajda, others (2026). Drivers of viral prevalence in landscape-scale pollinator networks across Europe: honey bee viral density, niche overlap with this reservoir host and network architecture. Ecology Letters.
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Chris Wyver, Andrijana Andrić, Carolin Biegerl, Sofia Blomqvist, Christophe Dominik, Noah Feldmann, William Fiordaliso, Mike Garratt, Andrea Holzschuh, Hanna Honchar, others (2026). Flower-rich and diverse road verges support pollinators, but traffic speed limits the ecological benefits across Europe. Ecological Applications.
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Maciej Durkalec, Agnieszka Nawrocka, Petru Jitaru, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Marion Laurent, Matthias Albrecht, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Marika Mänd, others (2026). From flowers to pollinators: Dietary exposure of honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees to trace elements across European fields. Journal of Hazardous Materials.
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Antoine Gekière, Clément Tourbez, Maryse Vanderplanck, Tomasz Kiljanek, Guillaume Ghisbain, Elif Kardas, Irene Bottero, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Elena Cini, Francesca Corvucci, others (2026). Nutritional composition of pollen stores in managed bees across European agro-ecosystems reveals species-specific differences but limited pesticide effects. Ecological Entomology.
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Jonna M Heuschele, Oliver Schweiger, Matthias Albrecht, Marı́a R Felipe-Lucia, Hanna Honchar, Yicong Liu, Martin Musche, Robert J Paxton, Josef Settele, Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi, Adam J Vanbergen, Tesfaye Wubet, Christophe Dominik (2026). Seasonal mass-flowering events dominate landscape effects on plant–pollinator network structure. Journal of Applied Ecology.
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Projects

Past & current

ANTENNA

ANTENNA

Making technology work for monitoring pollinators

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WildPosh

WildPosh

Pan-European assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of chemical stressors on the health of wild pollinators

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RestPoll

RestPoll

Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches

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MAMBO

MAMBO

Modern approaches to the monitoring of biodiversity

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iNTERACT

Impacts of landscape structure, floral resources and land-use intensity on the health of beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems

INTERCEDE

INTERCEDE

Interactions of Farmland Biodiversity and Agricultural Ecosystem Services under Climate Change

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VOODOO

VOODOO

Viral eco-evolutionary dynamics of wild and domestic pollinators under global change

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PoshBee

PoshBee

Pan-European assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of stressors on the health of bees

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LEGATO

LEGATO

Land-use intensity and Ecological Engineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems

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ECOSAL ATLANTIS

ECOSAL ATLANTIS

ECOSAL ATLANTIS project - Ecotourism in the Atlantic salt-marshes: a strategy for integral and sustainable development

Presentations

SFE - GFÖ - EEF 2022

Pollen limitation, local resource availability and pollinator community composition affect the fertilization success of Scabiosa ochroleuca

PhD defence

The effects of landscape heterogeneity on arthropod communities in tropical rice agro-ecosystems

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Outreach

Media interviews, press & blogs

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VOODOO

Viruses threaten the insect world

Viren bedrohen die Welt der Insekten

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LEGATO

Better many small than a few large: how landscape configuration affects arthropod communities in rice agroecosystems

Bridging the gap between researchers, and practitioners, and policymakers

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Contact

Dr. Christophe Dominik
Department of Community Ecology (BZF)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany

Office: Room 3.13, Floor 3
Email: christophe.dominik@ufz.de