Research Group of Cleo Bertelsmeier working on biological invasions, climate change, globalization, conservation, community ecology, macroecology, myrmecology

Recent Lab News
- 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
- Postdoc opportunityBiogeography of Sociality: The research project is about the evolution and macroecology of social… Read more: Postdoc opportunity
- Science paperIn this new paper, our team has shown that the global wildlife trade increases… Read more: Science paper
- New paper in PNAS!Environmental conditions shape the global distribution of ant societies. Sociality has evolved several times… Read more: New paper in PNAS!