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Phylogenetic diversity and nature conservation: where are we? by Winter, Marten, Devictor, Vincent, Schweiger, Oliver

“…To date, there is little evidence that phylogenetic diversity has contributed to nature conservation. Here, we discuss the scientific justification of using…”
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Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects by Theodorou, Panagiotis, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Lentendu, Guillaume, Kahnt, Belinda, Husemann, Martin, Bleidorn, Christoph, Settele, Josef, Schweiger, Oliver, Grosse, Ivo, Wubet, Tesfaye, Murray, Tomás E., Paxton, Robert J.

“…Urbanisation is an important global driver of biodiversity change, negatively impacting some species groups whilst providing opportunities for others. Yet its…”
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Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents by Kerr, Jeremy T., Pindar, Alana, Galpern, Paul, Packer, Laurence, Potts, Simon G., Roberts, Stuart M., Rasmont, Pierre, Schweiger, Oliver, Colla, Sheila R., Richardson, Leif L., Wagner, David L., Gall, Lawrence F., Sikes, Derek S., Pantoja, Alberto

“…For many species, geographical ranges are expanding toward the poles in response to climate change, while remaining stable along range edges nearest the…”
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Challenging urban species diversity: contrasting phylogenetic patterns across plant functional groups in Germany by Knapp, Sonja, Kühn, Ingolf, Schweiger, Oliver, Klotz, Stefan

“…Cities are hotspots of plant species richness, harboring more species than their rural surroundings, at least over large enough scales. However, species…”
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Combined effects of global change pressures on animal-mediated pollination by González-Varo, Juan P., Biesmeijer, Jacobus C., Bommarco, Riccardo, Potts, Simon G., Schweiger, Oliver, Smith, Henrik G., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka, Woyciechowski, Michał, Vilà, Montserrat

“…•Multiple global change pressures are currently impacting animal-mediated pollination.•Understanding interactive effects is essential for developing mitigation…”
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Semi-natural habitats mitigate the effects of temperature rise on wild bees by Papanikolaou, Alexandra D., Kühn, Ingolf, Frenzel, Mark, Schweiger, Oliver

“…1. The effect of climate change on wild bee communities is of major concern since the decline of bee species could imperil the provision of pollination…”
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Bird communities in agricultural landscapes: What are the current drivers of temporal trends? by Frenzel, Mark, Everaars, Jeroen, Schweiger, Oliver

“…Bird populations are declining in agricultural landscapes, which is ongoing for decades now. With standardized breeding bird observation data of five years…”
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Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change by Schleuning, Matthias, Fründ, Jochen, Schweiger, Oliver, Welk, Erik, Albrecht, Jörg, Albrecht, Matthias, Beil, Marion, Benadi, Gita, Blüthgen, Nico, Bruelheide, Helge, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Dormann, Carsten F., Exeler, Nina, Farwig, Nina, Harpke, Alexander, Hickler, Thomas, Kratochwil, Anselm, Kuhlmann, Michael, Kühn, Ingolf, Michez, Denis, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Plein, Michaela, Rasmont, Pierre, Schwabe, Angelika, Settele, Josef, Vujić, Ante, Weiner, Christiane N., Wiemers, Martin, Hof, Christian

“…Impacts of climate change on individual species are increasingly well documented, but we lack understanding of how these effects propagate through ecological…”
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Climate Change Can Cause Spatial Mismatch Of Trophically Interacting Species by Schweiger, Oliver, Settele, Josef, Kudrna, Otakar, Klotz, Stefan, Kühn, Ingolf

“…Climate change is one of the most influential drivers of biodiversity. Speciesspecific differences in the reaction to climate change can become particularly…”
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Species-area relationships are controlled by species traits by Franzén, Markus, Schweiger, Oliver, Betzholtz, Per-Eric

“…The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the most thoroughly investigated empirical relationships in ecology. Two theories have been proposed to explain…”
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Life-history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross-continental synthesis by Öckinger, Erik, Schweiger, Oliver, Crist, Thomas O, Debinski, Diane M, Krauss, Jochen, Kuussaari, Mikko, Petersen, Jessica D, Pöyry, Juha, Settele, Josef, Summerville, Keith S, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 969-979 There is a lack of quantitative syntheses of fragmentation effects across species and biogeographic regions, especially with…”
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A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies by Wiemers, Martin, Chazot, Nicolas, Wheat, Christopher W, Schweiger, Oliver, Wahlberg, Niklas

“…With the aim of supporting ecological analyses in butterflies, the third most species-rich superfamily of Lepidoptera, this paper presents the first…”
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Origin of climatic data can determine the transferability of species distribution models by Datta, Arunava, Schweiger, Oliver, Kühn, Ingolf

“…Methodological research on species distribution modelling (SDM) has so far largely focused on the choice of appropriate modelling algorithms and variable…”
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Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale by Piot, Niels, Schweiger, Oliver, Meeus, Ivan, Yañez, Orlando, Straub, Lars, Villamar-Bouza, Laura, De la Rúa, Pilar, Jara, Laura, Ruiz, Carlos, Malmstrøm, Martin, Mustafa, Sandra, Nielsen, Anders, Mänd, Marika, Karise, Reet, Tlak-Gajger, Ivana, Özgör, Erkay, Keskin, Nevin, Diévart, Virginie, Dalmon, Anne, Gajda, Anna, Neumann, Peter, Smagghe, Guy, Graystock, Peter, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Paxton, Robert J., de Miranda, Joachim R.

“…Viruses are omnipresent, yet the knowledge on drivers of viral prevalence in wild host populations is often limited. Biotic factors, such as sympatric managed…”
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Pollinator sampling methods influence community patterns assessments by capturing species with different traits and at different abundances by Thompson, Amibeth, Frenzel, Mark, Schweiger, Oliver, Musche, Martin, Groth, Till, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Kuhlmann, Michael, Knight, Tiffany M.

“…•Pollinator communities are compared between two common sampling methods.•Sampling methods capture different species richness and composition of…”
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Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora by Winter, Marten, Schweiger, Oliver, Klotz, Stefan, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Andriopoulos, Pavlos, Arianoutsou, Margarita, Basnou, Corina, Delipetrou, Pinelopi, Didžiulis, Viktoras, Hejda, Martin, Hulme, Philip E, Lambdon, Philip W, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Roy, David B, Kühn, Ingolf

“…Human activities have altered the composition of biotas through two fundamental processes: native extinctions and alien introductions. Both processes affect…”
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Eco-evolutionary processes shaping floral nectar sugar composition by Liu, Yicong, Dunker, Susanne, Durka, Walter, Dominik, Christophe, Heuschele, Jonna M., Honchar, Hanna, Hoffmann, Petra, Musche, Martin, Paxton, Robert J., Settele, Josef, Schweiger, Oliver

“…Floral nectar sugar composition is assumed to reflect the nutritional demands and foraging behaviour of pollinators, but the relative contributions of…”
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comparative test of phylogenetic diversity indices by Schweiger, Oliver, Klotz, Stefan, Durka, Walter, Kühn, Ingolf

“…Traditional measures of biodiversity, such as species richness, usually treat species as being equal. As this is obviously not the case, measuring diversity in…”
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Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities by Dormann, Carsten F., Schweiger, Oliver, Augenstein, Isabel, Bailey, Debra, Billeter, Regula, De Blust, Geert, DeFilippi, Riccardo, Frenzel, Mark, Hendrickx, Frederik, Herzog, Felix, Klotz, Stefan, Liira, Jaan, Maelfait, Jean-Pierre, Schmidt, Torsten, Speelmans, Marjan, Van Wingerden, Walter K. R. E., Zobel, Martin

“…Aim: Species richness in itself is not always sufficient to evaluate land management strategies for nature conservation. The exchange of species between local…”
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How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes by HENDRICKX, FREDERIK, MAELFAIT, JEAN-PIERRE, VAN WINGERDEN, WALTER, SCHWEIGER, OLIVER, SPEELMANS, MARJAN, AVIRON, STÉPHANIE, AUGENSTEIN, ISABEL, BILLETER, REGULA, BAILEY, DEBRA, BUKACEK, ROMAN, BUREL, FRANÇOISE, DIEKÖTTER, TIM, DIRKSEN, JOLANDA, HERZOG, FELIX, LIIRA, JAAN, ROUBALOVA, MARTINA, VANDOMME, VIKI, BUGTER, ROB

“…1. Agricultural intensification poses a serious threat to biodiversity as a consequence of increased land-use intensity, decreased landscape heterogeneity and…”
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