Martin Musche

Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4
06120 Halle, Germany

Tel: +49 341 60254310
martin.musche@ufz.de




Research interests

  • Biodiversity monitoring with special emphasize on butterflies
  • Analysis of biodiversity trends
  • Assessing impacts of land use and climate change on biodiversity
  • Development of indicators
  • Multitrophic interactions

Current projects

  • FaMos - Further development of the German Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (National Monitoring Centre for Biodiversity, 2025-2026)
  • TMD - German Butterfly Monitoring Scheme Homepage TMD
  • Red list of German butterflies, burnet moths and forester moths
  • eLTER PLUS - eLTER Advanced Community Project (EU Horizon 2020) Homepage eLTER PLUS

Past projects

  • EUROPABON - Europa Biodiversity Observation Network: integrating data streams to support policy (EU Horizon 2020, 2020-2024) Homepage EUROPABON
  • IKB III - Fortschreibung von Indikatoren zu Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die biologische Vielfalt (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, 2023-2024)
  • eLTER H2020 - Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem & Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure (EU Horizon 2020, 2015-2019) Homepage eLTER H2020
  • SPRING - Strengthening pollinator recovery through indicators and monitoring (EU DG ENV, 2021 - 2023) Homepage SPRING
  • TEMPINDEX - Entwicklung und Digitalisierung eines Indikators zu den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die biologische Vielfalt am Beispiel von Tagfaltern für das Indikatorenset zur Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, 2021)
  • ABLE - Assessing Butterflies in Europe (EU DG ENV, 2018-2020) Homepage ABLE
  • STACCATO - Sustaining agricultural change through ecological engineering and optimal use of natural resources (BiodivERsA, 2015 - 2018) Homepage STACCATO
  • Konzept für ein Monitoring der Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die biologische Vielfalt des Freistaates Thüringen (Thüringer Landesanstalt für Umwelt und Geologie, 2013)
  • IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Working Group II (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, 2012-2014)
  • Naturschutzfachliches Monitoring Klimawandel und Biodiversität in Sachsen (Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, 2009-2012)
  • Entwicklung von Indikatoren für die Evaluierung und das Management der Naturerbeflächen der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU, 2011-2012)
  • Populationsgenetische Untersuchung von Maculinea nausithous – Populationen (Förder- und Landschaftspflegeverein Biosphärenreservat „Mittelelbe“ e.V., 2011)
  • CLIMIT - Impacts of Climate and Land Management Changes on Grassland Insects, and Adaptive Management Practices for their Conservation (EU FP 6, ERA-Net project BiodivERsA, 2009-2012)
  • Basisstudie zur Wechselwirkung von gentechnisch verändertem MON810 Mais mit spezifischen Schmetterlingsarten (Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft, 2009)
  • ALARM – Assessing large scale risks for biodiversity with tested methods (EU FP 6, Integrated Project, 2004-2009)
  • RUBICODE – Rationalising Biodiversity Conservation in Dynamic Ecosystems (EU FP5, 2007-2009) Homepage RUBICODE
  • MACIS - Minimisation of and adaptation to climate change impacts on biodiversity (EU FP 6, Scientific support to policies project, 2006-2008)
  • MacMan - Maculinea Butterflies of the Habitats Directive and European Red List as Indicators and Tools for Habitat Conservation and Management (EU FP5, 2002-2006) Homepage MacMan

 Publications

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2025 (4)

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2024 (6)

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2023 (5)

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2022 (6)

  • Kühn, E., Becker, M., Harpke, A., Kühn, I., Kuhlicke, C., Schmitt, T., Settele, J., Musche, M. (2022):
    The benefits of counting butterflies - recommendations for a successful citizen science project
    Ecol. Soc. 27 (2), art. 38 10.5751/ES-12861-270238
  • Kühn, E., Musche, M., Harpke, A., Feldmann, R., Wiemers, M., Hirneisen, N., Settele, J. (2022):
    Editorial
    Oedippus 40 , 5
  • Kühn, E., Musche, M., Harpke, A., Feldmann, R., Wiemers, M., Settele, J. (2022):
    Tagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland: Jahresauswertung 2021
    Oedippus 40 , 6 - 35
  • Pereira, H.M., Junker, J., Fernández, N., Maes, J., Beja, P., Bonn, A., Breeze, T., Brotons, L., Bruelheide, H., Buchhorn, M., Capinha, C., Chow, C., Dietrich, K., Dornelas, M., Dubois, G., Fernandez, M., Frenzel, M., Friberg, N., Fritz, S., Georgieva, I., Gobin, A., Guerra, C., Haande, S., Herrando, S., Jandt, U., Kissling, W.D., Kühn, I., Langer, C., Liquete, C., Lyche Solheim, A., Martí, D., Martin, J.G.C., Masur, A., McCallum, I., Mjelde, M., Moe, J., Moersberger, H., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Moreira, F., Musche, M., Navarro, L.M., Orgiazzi, A., Patchett, R., Penev, L., Pino, J., Popova, G., Potts, S., Ramon, A., Sandin, L., Santana, J., Sapundzhieva, A., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Smets, B., Stoev, P., Tedersoo, L., Tiimann, L., Valdez, J., Vallecillo, S., van Grunsven, R.H.A., Van De Kerchove, R., Villero, D., Visconti, P., Weinhold, C., Zuleger, A.M. (2022):
    Europa Biodiversity Observation Network: integrating data streams to support policy
    ARPHA Preprints 10.3897/arphapreprints.e81207
  • Settele, J., Harpke, A., Feldmann, R., Musche, M., Kühn, E. (2022):
    Citizen Science und Insektenschutz – Die Rolle Ehrenamtlicher am Beispiel des Tagfalter-Monitorings Deutschland
    In: Husemann, M., Thaut, L., Leopold, F., Hartung, V., Lohrmann, V., Barilaro, C., Michalik, P., Iglhaut, S. (Hrsg.)
    Facettenreiche Insekten: Vielfalt, Gefährdung, Schutz
    Haupt, Bern, S. 224 - 232
  • van Swaay, C.A.M., Dennis, E.B., Schmucki, R., Sevilleja, C.G., Åström, S., Balalaikins, M., Barea-Azcón, J.M., Bonelli, S., Botham, M., Cancela, J.P., Collins, S., De Flores, M., Dapporto, L., Dopagne, C., Dziekanska, I., Escobés, R., Faltynek Fric, Z., Fernández-García, J.M., Fontaine, B., Glogovčan, P., Gracianteparaluceta, A., Harpke, A., Harrower, C., Heliölä, J., Houard, X., Judge, M., Kolev, Z., Komac, B., Kühn, E., Kuussaari, M., Lang, A., Lysaght, L., Maes, D., McGowan, D., Mestdagh, X., Middlebrook, I., Monasterio, Y., Monteiro, E., Munguira, M.L., Musche, M., Olivares, F.J., Õunap, E., Ozden, O., Pavlíčko, A., Pendl, M., Pettersson, L.B., Rákosy, L., Roth, T., Rüdisser, J., Šašić, M., Scalercio, S., Settele, J., Sielezniew, M., Sobczyk-Moran, G., Stefanescu, C., Švitra, G., Szabadfalvi, A., Tiitsaar, A., Titeux, N., Tzirkalli, E., Ubach, A., Verovnik, R., Vray, S., Warren, M.S., Wynhoff, I., Roy, D.B. (2022):
    European grassland butterfly indicator 1990-2020 Technical report. Butterfly Conservation Europe & SPRING/eBMS
    VS2022.039
    De Vlinderstichting, Wageningen, 27 pp.
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2021 (4)

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2020 (8)

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2019 (5)

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2018 (3)

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2017 (4)

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2016 (4)

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2015 (4)

  • Kühn, E., Musche, M., Harpke, A., Feldmann, R., Wiemers, M., Hirneisen, N., Settele, J. (2015):
    Editorial
    Oedippus 31 , 4 - 4
  • Kühn, E., Musche, M., Harpke, A., Feldmann, R., Wiemers, M., Hirneisen, N., Settele, J. (2015):
    Tagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland: Jahresauswertung 2014
    Oedippus 31 , 5 - 40
  • Kühn, E., Wiemers, M., Feldmann, R., Musche, M., Harpke, A., Schweiger, O., Hirneisen, N., Settele, J. (2015):
    Tagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland (TMD) und europäische Indikatoren – erste Langzeitergebnisse und ihre Verwendung im Naturschutz
    Verantwortung für die Zukunft: Naturschutz im Spannungsfeld gesellschaftlichter Interessen
    Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege
    Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz e. V. , Bonn, S. 98 - 103
  • van Swaay, C.A.M., van Strien, A.J., Aghababyan, K., Åström, S., Botham, M., Brereton, T., Chambers, P., Collins, S., Domènech Ferrés, M., Escobés, R., Feldmann, R., Fernández-García, J.M., Fontaine, B., Goloshchapova, S., Gracianteparaluceta, A., Harpke, A., Heliölä, J., Khanamirian, G., Julliard, R., Kühn, E., Lang, A., Leopold, P., Loos, J., Maes, D., Mestdagh, X., Monasterio, Y., Munguira, M.L., Murray, T., Musche, M., Õunap, E., Pettersson, L., Popoff, S., Prokofev, I., Roth, T., Roy, D., Settele, J., Stefanescu, C., Švitra, G., Teixeira, S.M., Tiitsaar, A., Verovnik, R., Warren, M. (2015):
    The European butterfly indicator for grassland species 1990-2013
    Report VS 2015.009
    De Vlinderstichting, Wageningen, 37 pp.
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2014 (8)

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2013 (4)

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2012 (2)

  • Hickler, T., Bolte, A., Hartard, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Blaschke, M., Blick, T., Brüggemann, W., Dorow, W.H.O., Fritze, M.-A., Gregor, T., Ibisch, P., Kölling, C., Kühn, I., Musche, M., Pompe, S., Petercord, R., Schweiger, O., Seidling, W., Trautmann, S., Waldenspuhl, T., Walentowski, H., Wellbrock, N. (2012):
    Folgen des Klimawandels für die Biodiversität in Wald und Forst
    In: Mosbrugger, V., Brasseur, G.P., Schaller, M., Stribrny, B. (Hrsg.)
    Klimawandel und Biodiversität - Folgen für Deutschland
    Wiss. Buchgesell., Darmstadt, S. 164 - 221
  • Settele, J., Musche, M., Thomas, J.A. (2012):
    CLIMIT - CLimate change impacts on Insects and their MITigation
    In: Korn, H., Kraus, K., Stadler, J. (Hrsg.)
    Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change – Science, Practice and Policy –
    BfN-Skripten 310
    Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn, S. 38 - 38
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2011 (1)

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2010 (5)

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2009 (2)

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2008 (6)

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2007 (3)

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2006 (1)

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2005 (7)

  • Anton, C., Musche, M., Hula, V., Settele, J. (2005):
    Which factors determine the population density of the predatory butterfly Maculinea nausithous?
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 57 - 60
  • Anton, C., Musche, M., Settele, J. (2005):
    Parasitism of the predatory Maculinea nausithous by the parasitoid Neotypus melanocephalus
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 55 - 56
  • Everett, S., Worgan, A.D.P., Sielezniew, M., Stankiewicz, A., Nash, D.N., Wynne, I., Nowicki, P., Tartally, A., Peregowitz, L., Tesar, D., Maes, D., Wynhoff, I., Anton, C., Musche, M., Bonelli, S., Wardlaw, J.C., Csõsz, S., Simcox, D.J., Elmes, G.W., Woyciechowski, M., Varga, Z., Settele, J., Thomas, G., Thomas, J.A., Schönrogge, K. (2005):
    Variation in chemical profiles of Maculinea and their Myrmica hosts across Europe
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 174 - 177
  • Musche, M., Anton, C., Worgan, A., Settele, J. (2005):
    Do ant cues influence the oviposition preference in the myrmecophilous Maculinea nausithous?
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 80 - 81
  • Musche, M., Durka, W., Settele, J. (2005):
    The relationship between genetic diversity, genetic population structure and sexual reproduction in Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae)
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 180 - 181
  • Musche, M., Settele, J. (2005):
    Patterns of resource allocation and adaptive response to mowing in the plant Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae)
    In: Thomas, J.A., Settele, J., Kühn, E. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 228
  • Settele, J., Anton, C., Glinka, U., Gwillym, S., Loritz, H., Musche, M., Richter, A. (2005):
    Assessing the presence/absence of Maculinea nausithous: a comparison of adult and preimaginal stages
    In: Settele, J., Kühn, E., Thomas, J. (eds.)
    Studies on the ecology and conservation of butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005
    Pensoft Series Faunistica 53
    Pensoft, Sofia, p. 152
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2004 (2)

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2003 (1)

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2001 (1)

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CV

Since 2007

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

2002 - 2005

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, PhD Student

2001 - 2002

The Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Germany

2000

University of Leeds, UK, guest researcher

1995-2001

University of Halle, Germany, Studies of Biology