Field of activity

	Founder of the Curculio-Institute (CURCI, 1999).
	Editor of „SNUDEBILLER“, responsible for „biology of Curculionoidea“.
	Collaborator in the study group Acalles“ (CURCI).

Main points of emphasis

	Biology and ecology of Western Palearctic Curculionoidea.
	population dynamics and biogeography, research on weevil communities.

Current projects

	Description and taxonomy of developmental stages of Cryptorhynchinaeof the Canaries.
	Research on population dynamics and life cycles of selected Curculionoidea.
	Elaboration of methods for quantitative recording of weevil populations and documentation of population development.

Publications

Winkelmann, H. & C. Bayer (1993)	Bemerkenswerte und neue Rüsselkäferfunde (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) aus Berlin und Brandenburg. – Insecta 1., 2, 177-183.
Meißner, A. & C. Bayer (1999, being printed)	Die Rüsselkäferzönose (Col., Curculionoidea) eines Verlandungsmoores in der Nuthe-Nieplitz-Niederung (Brandenburg). – Ent. Blätter.
Bayer, C. (being prepared)	Zur Biologie, Verbreitung und Populationsdynamik von Ceutorhynchus canaliculatus Bris. (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) im Berliner Stadtgebiet.

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