Publikationen

Achury R, Staab M, Seibold S, Müller J, Heidrich L, Püls M, Hacker H, Fonseca CR, Fischer M, Blüthgen N, Weisser W (2025) Habitat and land-use intensity shape moth community structure across temperate forest and grassland. Journal of Animal Ecology 94: 2308–2321.

Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Díaz S, Rifai SW, Corral-Rivas JJ, Nava-Miranda MG, González-M R, Hurtado-M AB, Revilla NS, …, Klipel J, …, Malhi Y (2025a) Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change. Science 387: 1057.

Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Rifai SW, Deng XJ, ter Steege H, Thomson E, Corral-Rivas JJ, Guimaraes AF, Muller S, Klipel J, …, Malhi Y (2025) Canopy functional trait variation across Earth's tropical forests. Nature 641: 129–136. 

Alonso-Crespo IM, Temperton VM, Fichtner A, Niemeyer T, Schloter M, Delory BM (2025) Exploring priority and year effects on plant diversity, productivity and vertical root distribution: first insights from a grassland field experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70026.

Barros A, Lillo EF, Aschero V, Pauchard A, Alvarez MA, Wedegärtner R, Clavel J, Müllerová J, …, Haider S, Lembrechts JJ (2025) Beyond the trail - Understanding non-native plant invasions in mountain ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e70060.

Becker T, Bergmeier E, Boch S, Diekmann M, Dolnik C, Durka W, Ewald J, Fartmann T, …, Härdtle W, …, Willne W (2025) Plant community of the year 2026: Feather grass steppe (Festucion valesiacae). Tuexenia 45: 281–354.

Beugnon R, Albert G, Haehn G, Yu WT, Haider S, Hättenschwiler S, Davrinche A, Rosenbaum B, Gauzens B, Eisenhauer N (2025) Improving forest ecosystem functions by optimizing tree species spatial arrangement. Nature Communications 16: 6286.

Bordin KM, Cianciaruso MV, Duarte LD, Bergamin RS, Klipel J, Picolotto RC, Morales DD, Higuchi P, da Silva AC, …, Müller SC (2025a) Tall stature and small leaves: ecological strategies that enhance tree growth across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Oikos 2025: e11235.

Bordin KM, Morales DdC, Klipel J, Bergamin RS, Kramer JMF, Müller SC, Thomas PA, Rosenfield MF (2025) The use of functional traits in assessing productivity in natural ecosystems. In: Kumar M, Bussmann RW, Swenson NG (Eds) Plant Functional Traits. Elsevier, 111–133.

Buhaly M, Alexander JM, Pauchard A, Rew LJ, Seipel T, Arévalo JR, Aschero V, Averett JP, Barros A, …, Haider S (2025) Global homogenisation of plant communities along mountain roads by non-native species despite mixed effects at smaller scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e70137.

Buhaly M, Backes AR, Arévalo JR, Haider S (2025) Temporal variability in native plant composition clouds impact of increasing non-native richness along elevational gradients in Tenerife. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 66: 125845.

Chen QQ, Blowes SA, Harpole WS, Ladouceur E, Borer ET, Macdougall A, Martina JP, Bakker JD, …, Haider S, …, Chase JM (2025) Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands. Nature Communications 16: 4903.

Della Vechia IC, Borgert MA, Dechoum MD, Ernzen JP, Neves MA, Trevisan R, Weidlich EWA (2025) Controlling a tree invader for coastal plant communities' restoration affected below-ground dynamics. Journal of Applied Ecology 62: 3169–3177.

Duguma DW, Löhr K, Temperton VM, Apollinaire W, Baumann M, Kaplin BA, Nyiramvuyekure V, Vögele S, Kmoch L, …, Fischer J (2025) Five frontiers for science and practice of ecosystem restoration in East African forest landscapes. Integrative Conservation 4: 534–545.

Durka W, Michalski SG, Hofner J, Bucharova A, Kolar F, Müller CM, Oberprieler C, …, Haider S, …, Twerski A, …, Zidorn C (2025) Assessment of genetic diversity among seed transfer zones for multiple grassland plant species across Germany. Basic and Applied Ecology 84: 50–60.

Ernst LM, Thiele J, Dieker P, Temperton VM, Dauber J (2025) Biodiversity on old permanent versus restored grassland is driven by small-scale land-use intensity and habitat connectivity. Restoration Ecology 33: e70029.

Grabener S, Boutaud E, Drees C, Gürlich S, Härdtle W, Husemann L, Kubiak M, Laschke CJ, …, Zumstein P, Assmann T (2025) Ground beetle fauna of flower strips and forest edges in northern German lowlands' conventional agricultural landscapes (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e161282.

Hähn GJA, Damasceno G, Alvarez-Davila E, Aubin I, Bauters M, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Bjorkman AD, …, Haider S, …, Bruelheide H (2025) Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 237–248.

Huth F, Tischer A, Nikolova P, Feldhaar H, Wehnert A, Huelsmann L, Bauhus J, Heer K, …, Fichtner A, …, Schuldt B (2025) Ecological assessment of forest management approaches to develop resilient forests in the face of global change in Central Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology 86: 66–100.

Janssen A, Staab M, Rödel MO (2025) Home ranges of Sand Lizards, Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae), along railway tracks. Salamandra 61: 240–255.

Köhler M, Sánchez-Bermejo PC, Hähn G, Ferlian O, Eisenhauer N, Wubet T, Haider S, Bruelheide H (2025) Foliar endophytic fungal communities are driven by leaf traits-evidence from a temperate tree diversity experiment. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71691.

Kramer JMF, Bordin KM, Bergamin RS, Klipel J, Picolotto RC, Zanini KJ, Zwiener VP, Müller SC (2025) Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity across tree communities in subtropical Atlantic forests. Oikos 2025: e10961.

Künast R, Weisser WW, Seibold S, Mayr D, Siegmüller N, Schneider I, Westenrieder M, Blüthgen N, Staab M, Meyer ST, Achury R (2025) Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa. Ecological Entomology 50: 288–298.

Li Y, Schuldt A, Bauhus J, Belluau M, Berthelot S, Burghardt KT, Bruelheide H, Castagneyrol B, …, Staab M, …, Liu XJ (2025) The tree growth-herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 2014–2024.

Matevski D, Temperton VM, Walmsley D, Härdtle W, Daniels J, Boutaud E (2025) How to promote spider diversity of heathlands: impact of management intensity. Biodiversity and Conservation 34: 1057–1070.

Meyer M, Kirmer A, Temperton VM, Twerski A, Schmidt A, Patru-Duse I-A, Laschke CJ, Gray K, Sturm L, …, Kollmann J (2025) Grünland kann was! Und was können wir für Grünland tun? Erkenntnisse aus dem inter- und trans­disziplinären Forschungsprojekt Grassworks. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 57: 12–19.

Milanovic M, Bakker JD, Biederman L, Borer ET, Catford JA, Cleland E, Hagenah N, Haider S, Harpole WS, …, Kühn I (2025) Successful alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions but not under increased nutrient availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70032.

Nelson RA, Sullivan LL, Hersch-Green EI, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Tognetti PM, Adler PB, Biederman L, …, Haider S, …, Harrison SP (2025) Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology 8: 444.

Ohse B, Jansen D, Härdtle W, Fichtner A (2025) Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and climate change on a globally rare forest geophyte. Plant Biology 27: 297–309.

Pan YM, Liu XJ, Staab M, Zhang NL (2025) Soil carbon sequestration: Facilitated effect of extrafloral nectary trees in a diverse subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology 113: 2199–2219.

Pross T, Bruelheide H, Haider S (2025) Within-individual leaf trait response to local light availability and biodiversity in a subtropical forest experiment. Ecology 106: e70160.

Radujkovic D, Verbruggen E, Clavel J, Pauchard A, Fuentes-Lillo E, Barros A, Aschero V, Haider S, Backes AR…, Lembrechts JJ (2025) Road disturbance shifts root fungal symbiont types and reduces the connectivity of plant-fungal co-occurrence networks in mountains. Molecular Ecology 34: e17771.

Ressel RI, Borcherding R, Härdtle W, Fichtner A (2025) Untersuchungen zur Mortalität von Empetrum nigrum (L.) und Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull in Küstenheiden auf der Insel Sylt. Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde 48: 39–66.

Ruppert LS, Staab M, Rappa NJ, Frey J, Segelbacher G (2025) Gene flow across large distances in the cavity-nesting wasp Deuteragenia subintermedia in a Central European forest. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71294.

Sachsenmaier L, Schnabel F, Tezeh FR, Sánchez-Bermejo PC, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Haider S, Richter R, Paligi SS, …, Wirth C (2025) Hydro-functional traits and their dissimilarity to the neighbourhood buffer tree growth against the 2018-2020 Central European drought. Global Change Biology 31: e70588.

Sánchez-Bermejo PC, Carmona CP, Schuman MC, Benavides R, Sachsenmaier L, Li S, Liu XJ, Haider S (2025) Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. Nature Communications 16: 11009.

Schnabel F, Beugnon R, Yang B, Richter R, Eisenhauer N, Huang YY, Liu XJ, …, Fichtner A, …, Härdtle W, …, Bruelheide H (2025) Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity. Ecology Letters 28: e70096.

Schwarz R, Eisenhauer N, Ammer C, Bradler PM, Decker O, Delory BM, Dietrich P, Fichtner A, Huang YY, …, Cesarz S (2025) Inconsistent short-term effects of enhanced structural complexity on soil microbial properties across German forests. Applied Soil Ecology 214: 106335.

Seebens H, Meyerson LA, Richardson DM, Lenzner B, Tricarico E, Courchamp F, Aleksanyan A, Keskin E, …, Haider S, …, Pysek P (2025) Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps. Biological Reviews 100: 2542–2583.

Senf C, Esquivel-Muelbert A, Pugh TAM, Anderegg WRL, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Arellano G, Schwenke MB, Bentz BJ, …, Klipel J, …, van der Maaten-Theunissen M (2025) Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. New Phytologist 245: 2377–2392.

Sperandii MG, Bazzichetto M, Goetzenberger L, Moretti M, Achury R, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Hölzel N, …, Staab M, …, Gossner MM (2025) Functional traits mediate the effect of land use on drivers of community stability within and across trophic levels. Science Advances 11: eadp6445.

Staab M, Keller A, Achury R, Hilpert A, Hölzel N, Prati D, Weisser WW, Blüthgen N (2025) Experimental reduction of land use increases invertebrate abundance in grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology 88: 62–71.

Sullivan MJP, Phillips OL, Galbraith D, Almeida E, de Oliveira EA, Almeida J, Dávila EA, Alves LF, …, Klipel J, …, Zwerts JA (2025) Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests. Nature Communications 16: 2351.

Temperton VM (2025) Germination changes can restructure communities through priority effects. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 40: 426–427.

Temperton VM, Patru-Duse IA, Twerski A, Laeseke P, Neudert R, Cebrián-Piqueras MA, Romero MP, …, Härdtle W, …, Laschke CJ, …, Kirmer A (2025) Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany - an overview and insights from the Grassworks project. Restoration Ecology 33: e70109.

Tölgyesi C, Csikós N, Temperton VM, Buisson E, Silveira FAO, Lehmann CER, Török P, Bátori Z, Bede-Fazekas A (2025) Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration. Nature Geoscience 18: 761–768.

Wang MQ, Albert G, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Li Y, Chen J, Haider S, Li S, von Oheimb G, …, Schuldt A (2025) Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability. Ecological Monographs 95: e70026.

Wang MQ, Zhang K, Albert G, Haider S, Li Y, Chen JT, Davrinche A, Zhou QS, Luo AR, …, Schuldt A (2025) Cascading effects of tree diversity loss on herbivore-parasitoid interactions. Biological Conservation 311: 111418.

Weidlich EWA (2025) Brazil's dangerous environmental licensing bill. Science 389: 583–584.

Weidlich EWA, Amaral V, Lengefeld E, Reis BP, Garbowski M, Martelli E, Moraes LFD, Murphy SD (2025) The role of emerging scientists in restoration ecology: insights from a SER2023 conference workshop. Restoration Ecology 33: e14318.

Weidlich EWA, de Morae LFD, Engel VL (2025) New draft law on environmental licensing is a major threat to the Brazilian ecosystems and can hinder ecological restoration efforts. Restoration Ecology 33: e70171.

Wittmann K, Klein A, Pichler M, Staab M (2025) Disentangling the influence of environmental conditions on sex determination in haplodiploid organisms. Journal of Animal Ecology 94: 2584–2596.