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Felix Fornoff et al. 2024: Home-and-away comparisons of life history traits indicate enemy release and founder effects of the solitary bee, Megachile sculpturalis

Involved members of MultiTroph: Felix Fornoff, Michael Christopher Orr, Ting-Ting Xie, Alexandra-Maria Klein Basic and Applied Ecology, Volume 76, May 2024, Pages 69-79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.02.008 Summary: Fornoff et al. conducted a …

Angelos Amyntas et al. 2023: Niche complementarity among plants and animals can alter the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship

Involved member of MultiTroph: Georg Albert Functional Ecology, Volume37, Issue10, October 2023, Pages 2652-2665, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14419 Summary: This study used a bio-energetic model to investigate how niche complementarity among plants and …

Wentao Yu et al. 2024: Systematic distributions of interaction strengths across tree interaction networks yield positive diversity–productivity relationships

Involved members of MultiTroph: Georg Albert, Helge Bruelheide Ecology Letters, Volume27, Issue1, January 2024, e14338, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14338 Summary: This study investigated the mechanisms behind the positive relationship between tree diversity and …

Natapot Warrit et. al. 2023: Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation

Involved members of MultiTroph: Chao-Dong Zhu, Douglas Chesters, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Arong Luo, Michael Orr Biological Conservation, Volume 285, September 2023, 110173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110173 Summary: This paper is a perspective on the …

Fornoff et al. 2023: DNA barcoding resolves quantitative multi-trophic interaction networks and reveals pest species in trap nests

Involved members of MultiTroph: Felix Fornoff, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Manuela Sann Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume16, Issue5, September 2023, Pages 725-731, https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12664 Summary: This study used DNA barcoding to reconstruct quantitative …

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Nico Blüthgen & Michael Staab 2024: A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions

Authors: Nico Blüthgen, Michael Staab Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 55, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102722-021904 Summary: Ecological networks of species interactions are popular and provide powerful analytical tools for …

Georg Albert et al. 2023: Animal and plant space-use drive plant diversity–productivity relationships

Authors: Georg Albert, Benoit Gauzens, Remo Ryser, Elisa Thébault, Shaopeng Wang, Ulrich Brose Ecology Letters, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14295 Summary: Plant community productivity generally increases with plant biodiversity. This positive relationship is rooted in …

Michael Staab et al. 2023: Dear neighbor: Trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees

Authors: Michael Staab, Stefanie Pietsch, Haoru Yan, Nico Blüthgen, Anpeng Cheng, Yi Li, Naili Zhang, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Liu Ecology, July 2023, Volume 104, Issue 7, e4057, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4057 Summary: Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are nectar glands outside plant flowers. …

Felix Fornoff et al. 2021: Multi-trophic communities re-establish with canopy cover and microclimate in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

Authors: Felix Fornoff, Michael Staab, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-Maria Klein Oecologia, 196, 289–301 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04921-y Summary: Plant diversity affects multi-trophic communities, but in young regrowth forests, where forest insects are in …