Research Group of Cleo Bertelsmeier working on how environmental and anthropogenic drivers shape traits, species distributions, and biodiversity patterns across the globe.

Recent Lab News
- Welcome, Agathe!Agathe Puissant has joined the team as postdoctoral researcher working on the evolution of… Read more: Welcome, Agathe!
- Welcome Minsoo!Minsoo Dong arrived at UNIL to do a PhD in the Bertelsmeier lab about… Read more: Welcome Minsoo!
- Congratulation, Zoé Sherpa! Her first paper is out in Diversity and Distributions!Native niche size predicts invasion success in ants – but only at the transport… Read more: Congratulation, Zoé Sherpa! Her first paper is out in Diversity and Distributions!
- AntEcol summer school 2026Cleo Bertelsmeier and Sébastien Ollier co-organized an international summer school in ant ecology in… Read more: AntEcol summer school 2026
- Science paperIn this new paper, our team has shown that the global wildlife trade increases… Read more: Science paper