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Ignoring biotic interactions overestimates climate change effects: The potential response of the spotted nutcracker to changes in climate and resource plants by Engelhardt, Eva Katharina, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Hof, Christian

“…Aim Projecting future distributions of species under climate change remains a particular challenge for species that are trophically interacting. Interaction…”
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Pollination and seed dispersal are the most threatened processes of plant regeneration by Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Mueller, Thomas, Schleuning, Matthias, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin

“…Plant regeneration is essential for maintaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, which are globally threatened by human disturbance. Here we…”
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Downsizing of animal communities triggers stronger functional than structural decay in seed-dispersal networks by Donoso, Isabel, Sorensen, Marjorie C., Blendinger, Pedro G., Kissling, W. Daniel, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Mueller, Thomas, Schleuning, Matthias

“…Downsizing of animal communities due to defaunation is prevalent in many ecosystems. Yet, we know little about its consequences for ecosystem functions such as…”
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Effects of forest modification on bird community composition and seed removal in a heterogeneous landscape in South Africa by Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Botzat, Alexandra, Farwig, Nina

“…Human disturbance threatens and modifies forest ecosystems worldwide. Previous studies have investigated the effects of human impact on local bird communities…”
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Spatio-temporal variation in bird assemblages is associated with fluctuations in temperature and precipitation along a tropical elevational gradient by Santillán, Vinicio, Quitián, Marta, Tinoco, Boris A, Zárate, Edwin, Schleuning, Matthias, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Neuschulz, Eike Lena

“…Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of species assemblages is a main challenge in ecology. The mechanisms that shape species assemblages and their…”
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Seedling recruitment of small-seeded and large-seeded species in forests and pastures in southern Ecuador by Barczyk, Maciej K., Acosta-Rojas, Diana Carolina, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Schleuning, Matthias, Neuschulz, Eike Lena

“…•Seed size mediates seedling recruitment in tropical forests and pastures.•Large-seeded species recruited better than small-seeded species in the…”
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Direct and indirect effects of plant and frugivore diversity on structural and functional components of fruit removal by birds by Quitián, Marta, Santillán, Vinicio, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Homeier, Jürgen, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Schleuning, Matthias, Neuschulz, Eike Lena

“…Seed dispersal is an important ecosystem function, but it is contentious how structural and functional diversity of plant and bird communities are associated…”
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Contrasting taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity responses to forest modifications: comparisons of taxa and successive plant life stages in South African scarp forest by Grass, Ingo, Brandl, Roland, Botzat, Alexandra, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Farwig, Nina

“…The degradation of natural forests to modified forests threatens subtropical and tropical biodiversity worldwide. Yet, species responses to forest modification…”
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Functional responses of avian frugivores to variation in fruit resources between natural and fragmented forests by Quitián, Marta, Santillán, Vinicio, Bender, Irene M. A., Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Homeier, Jürgen, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Schleuning, Matthias, Lena Neuschulz, Eike, Tobias, Joseph

“…Partner choice in species interaction networks, that is, between frugivorous birds and fruiting plants, is largely determined by matching of functional traits…”
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Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot by Wallis, Christine I. B., Tiede, Yvonne C., Beck, Erwin, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Brandl, Roland, Donoso, David A., Espinosa, Carlos I., Fries, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Inclan, Diego, Leuschner, Christoph, Maraun, Mark, Mikolajewski, Katrin, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Scheu, Stefan, Schleuning, Matthias, Suárez, Juan P., Tinoco, Boris A., Farwig, Nina, Bendix, Jörg

“…Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate…”
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Scatter-hoarding birds disperse seeds to sites unfavorable for plant regeneration by Sorensen, Marjorie C, Mueller, Thomas, Donoso, Isabel, Graf, Valentin, Merges, Dominik, Vanoni, Marco, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Neuschulz, Eike Lena

“…Abstract Scatter-hoarding birds provide effective long-distance seed dispersal for plants. Transporting seeds far promotes population spread, colonization of…”
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Direct and plant‐mediated effects of climate on bird diversity in tropical mountains by Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., Albrecht, Jörg, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Hemp, Andreas, Howell, Kim M., Kettering, Laura, Neu, Alexander, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Quitián, Marta, Santillán, Vinicio E., Töpfer, Till, Schleuning, Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A.

“…Aim Although patterns of biodiversity across the globe are well studied, there is still a controversial debate about the underlying mechanisms and their…”
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Speciation and population divergence in a mutualistic seed dispersing bird by de Raad, Jordi, Päckert, Martin, Irestedt, Martin, Janke, Axel, Kryukov, Alexey P., Martens, Jochen, Red’kin, Yaroslav A., Sun, Yuehua, Töpfer, Till, Schleuning, Matthias, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Nilsson, Maria A.

“…Bird-mediated seed dispersal is crucial for the regeneration and viability of ecosystems, often resulting in complex mutualistic species networks. Yet, how…”
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Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Fleshy-Fruited Plants Are Positively Associated with Seedling Diversity in a Tropical Montane Forest by Muñoz, Marcia C., Schaefer, H. Martin, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Schleuning, Matthias

“…Mutualistic interactions between plants and animals can affect both plant and animal communities, and potentially leave imprints on plant demography. Yet, no…”
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Metatranscriptomics reveals contrasting effects of elevation on the activity of bacteria and bacterial viruses in soil by Merges, Dominik, Schmidt, Alexandra, Schmitt, Imke, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Dal Grande, Francesco, Bálint, Miklós

“…Soil microbial diversity affects ecosystem functioning and global biogeochemical cycles. Soil bacterial communities catalyse a diversity of biogeochemical…”
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Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species by Schleuning, Matthias, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Albrecht, Jörg, Bender, Irene M.A., Bowler, Diana E., Dehling, D. Matthias, Fritz, Susanne A., Hof, Christian, Mueller, Thomas, Nowak, Larissa, Sorensen, Marjorie C., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Kissling, W. Daniel

“…Plant–animal interactions are fundamentally important in ecosystems, but have often been ignored by studies of climate-change impacts on biodiversity. Here, we…”
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Biotic interactions and seed deposition rather than abiotic factors determine recruitment at elevational range limits of an alpine tree by Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Merges, Dominik, Bollmann, Kurt, Gugerli, Felix, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin

“…1. Abiotic factors, biotic interactions and dispersal ability determine the spatial distribution of species. Theory predicts that abiotic constraints set range…”
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High throughput sequencing combined with null model tests reveals specific plant‐fungi associations linked to seedling establishment and survival by Merges, Dominik, Bálint, Miklós, Schmitt, Imke, Manning, Peter, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Mommer, Liesje

“…Plant‐fungal interactions are important for plant community assembly, but quantifying these relationships remains challenging. High throughput sequencing of…”
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Community‐wide seed dispersal distances peak at low levels of specialisation in size‐structured networks by Sorensen, Marjorie C., Donoso, Isabel, Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Schleuning, Matthias, Mueller, Thomas

“…Network approaches provide insight into the complex web of interspecific interactions that structure ecological communities. However, because data on the…”
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Functional and phylogenetic diversity of bird assemblages are filtered by different biotic factors on tropical mountains by Hanz, Dagmar M., Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Ferger, Stefan W., Fritz, Susanne A., Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Quitián, Marta, Santillán, Vinicio, Töpfer, Till, Schleuning, Matthias

“…Aim It is not yet clear whether similar mechanisms influence the assembly of ecological communities across different continents. Here, we investigated the…”
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