Welti, Ellen
Research Ecologist, Great Plains Science Program, Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Insitute
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Welti, Ellen
Research Ecologist, Great Plains Science Program, Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Insitute
Ellen Welti is a community ecologist working on grassland insects and plants. She is part of the Great Plains Science Program, based in the prairies of north central Montana. She runs observational monitoring targeting grasshoppers, dung beetles, wolf spiders, plant composition, and plant biomass. Her research topics include the function of insects in grasslands, plant-insect interactions, ecological time series, and plant and insect responses to altered biogeochemistry.
Positions
- Research Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute , National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute 2022 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Biology, Kansas State University , Division of Biology 2012 - 2017
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt 2020 - 2021
- University of Oklahoma , Department of Biology 2017 - 2020
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Stoltefaut, Theresa, Haubrock, Phillip J., Welti, Ellen A. R., Baker, Nathan Jay, and Haase, Peter. 2024. "A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration." Ecological Engineering, 198 107143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143. 2024
- Remmel, Nicole, Buchner, Dominik, Enss, Julian, Hartung, Viktor, Leese, Florian, Welti, Ellen A. R., Sinclair, James S., and Haase, Peter. 2024. "DNA metabarcoding and morphological identification reveal similar richness, taxonomic composition and body size patterns among flying insect communities." Insect Conservation and Diversity, https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12710. 2024
- Sinclair, James S., Buchner, Dominik, Gessner, Mark O., Müller, Jörg, Pauls, Steffen U., Stoll, Stefan, Welti, Ellen A. R., Bässler, Claus, Buse, J. örn, Dziock, Frank, Enss, Julian, Hörren, Thomas, Künast, Robert, Li, Yuanheng, Marten, Andreas, Morkel, Carsten, Richter, Ronny, Seibold, Sebastian, Sorg, Martin, Twietmeyer, Sönke, Weis, Dirk, Weisser, Wolfgang, Wiggering, Benedikt, Wilmking, Martin, Zotz, Gerhard et al. 2024. "Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity." Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14425. 2024
- Welti, Ellen A. R. and Kaspari, Michael. 2024. "Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance." Current Opinion in Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2024.101255. 2024
- Sexton, Aaron N., Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Staentzel, Cybill, Wolter, Christian, Tales, Evelyne, Belliard, Jérôme, Buijse, Anthonie D., Martínez Fernández, Vanesa, Wantzen, Karl M., Jähnig, Sonja C., Garcia De Leaniz, Carlos, Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Haase, Peter, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Archambaud, Gait, Fruget, Jean-François, Dohet, Alain, Evtimova, Vesela, Csabai, Zoltán, Floury, Mathieu, Goethals, Peter, Várbiró, Gábor, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Maire, Anthony et al. 2024. "Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity." Nature Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02414-8. 2024
- Kaspari, Michael and Welti, Ellen A. R. 2024. "Nutrient dilution and the future of herbivore populations." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.001. 2024
- Nguyen, Hanh H., Peters, Kristin, Kiesel, Jens, Welti, Ellen A. R., Gillmann, Svenja M., Lorenz, Armin W., Jähnig, Sonja C., and Haase, Peter. 2024. "Stream macroinvertebrate communities in restored and impacted catchments respond differently to climate, land-use, and runoff over a decade." Science of The Total Environment, 929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172659. 2024
- Welti, Ellen A. R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald et al. 2024. "Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers." Scientific Data, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3. 2024
- Nguyen, Hong Hanh, Venohr, Markus, Gericke, Andreas, Sundermann, Andrea, Welti, Ellen A. R., and Haase, Peter. 2023. "Dynamics in impervious urban and non-urban areas and their effects on run-off, nutrient emissions, and macroinvertebrate communities." Landscape and Urban Planning, 231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104639. 2023
- Dietrich, Jana S., Welti, Ellen A. R., and Haase, Peter. 2023. "Extreme climatic events alter the aquatic insect community in a pristine German stream." Climatic Change, 176, (6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03546-9. 2023
- Nguyen, Hong Hanh, Welti, Ellen A. R., Haubrock, Phillip J., and Haase, Peter. 2023. "Long-term trends in stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities are driven by chemicals." Environmental Sciences Europe, 35, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00820-6. 2023
- Baker, Nathan Jay, Welti, Ellen A. R., Pilotto, Francesca, Jourdan, Jonas, Beudert, Burkhard, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Muotka, Timo, Paavola, Riku, Göthe, Emma, and Haase, Peter. 2023. "Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions." Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16, (2) 266–284. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12623. 2023
- Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, Bowler, Diana E., Baker, Nathan J., Bonada, Nuria, Domisch, Sami, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Heino, Jani, Hering, Daniel, Jahnig, Sonja C., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Stubbington, Rachel, Altermatt, Florian, Alvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud-Suard, Gait, Jorrin, Inaki Arrate, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Banares, Inaki, Ortiz, Jose Barquin, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bottarin, Roberta, Canedo-Arguelles, Miguel et al. 2023. "The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt." Nature, 620, (7974) 582– . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1. 2023
- Uhler, Johannes, Haase, Peter, Hoffmann, Lara, Hothorn, Torsten, Schmidl, Jürgen, Stoll, Stefan, Welti, Ellen A. R., Buse, Jörn, and Müller, Jörg. 2022. "A Comparison of Different Malaise Trap Types." Insect Conservation and Diversity, https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12604. 2022
- Finkelstein, Carrie J., CaraDonna, Paul J., Gruver, Andrea, Welti, Ellen A. R., Kaspari, Michael, and Sanders, Nathan J. 2022. "Sodium-enriched floral nectar increases pollinator visitation rate and diversity." Biology Letters, 18, (3). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0016. 2022
- Welti, Ellen A. R., Joern, Anthony, Ellison, Aaron M., Lightfoot, David C., Record, Sydne, Rodenhouse, Nicholas, Stanley, Emily H., and Kaspari, Michael. 2021. "Studies of insect temporal trends must account for the complex sampling histories inherent to many long-term monitoring efforts." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, (5) 589–591. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01424-0. 2021
Contact
Location
- National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Academic Department
