
Räumliche Evolutionsökologie
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Leitung: Prof. Catherine Graham

We evaluate the ecological and macro-evolutionary mechanisms, acting across different spatial scales, that influence biological diversity. Our research spans community level questions focused on the local maintenance of diversity to biogeographic research evaluating the origin and movement of species across broad biogeographic regions. Our research requires integration from a range of fields, including: ecology, evolutionary biology, biogeography, climatology and geology because mechanisms that influence biological diversity are played out across spatial and temporal scales. We use a range of statistical and modeling approaches to combine the diverse data types in a spatial context. One current focus of the group is on the role of plant-hummingbird interactions in the generation and maintenance high tropical diversity where we work across elevational gradients and distinct biogeographic regions in Central and South America. More generally, we ask why montane regions have such high biological diversity and currently are exploring this question with plants in the Alps. Finally, we use global data on tetrapods to evaluate mechanisms influencing very broad scale patterns of diversity.
Our findings provide the basis for sound species conservation and land management because we study the mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of diversity in both relative pristine and human modified landscapes. In our broad-scale analyses we identify areas of high diversity, in terms of evolutionary heritage, functional traits and interactions, and explore how variation in diversity arose. We combine this with maps representing anthropogenic pressures, such as human land-use, road-density and night-lights, to explore potential threats to diversity.
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Publikationen
Fernández, P.; Hidalgo, O.; Juan, A.; Leitch, I.J.; Leitch, A.R.; Palazzesi, L.; Pegoraro, L.; Viruel, J.; Pellicer, J., 2022: Genome insights into autopolyploid evolution: a case study in Senecio doronicum (Asteraceae) from the Southern Alps. Plants, 11, 9: 1235 (15 pp.). doi: 10.3390/plants11091235
Lyu, L.; Leugger, F.; Hagen, O.; Fopp, F.; Boschman, L.M.; Strijk, J.S.; Albouy, C.; Karger, D.N.; Brun, P.; Wang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L., 2022: An integrated high‐resolution mapping shows congruent biodiversity patterns of Fagales and Pinales. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.18158
Nowak, L.; Schleuning, M.; Bender, I.M.A.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Dehling, D.M.; Fritz, S.A.; Kissling, W.D.; Mueller, T.; Neuschulz, E.L.; Pigot, A.L.; Sorensen, M.C.; Donoso, I., 2022: Avian seed dispersal may be insufficient for plants to track future temperature change on tropical mountains. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, 5: 848-860. doi: 10.1111/geb.13456
Leugger, F.; Broquet, T.; Karger, D.N.; Rioux, D.; Buzan, E.; Corlatti, L.; Crestanello, B.; Curt‐Grand‐Gaudin, N.; Hauffe, H.C.; Rolečková, B.; Šprem, N.; Tissot, N.; Tissot, S.; Valterová, R.; Yannic, G.; Pellissier, L., 2022: Dispersal and habitat dynamics shape the genetic structure of the Northern chamois in the Alps. Journal of Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/jbi.14363
Shipley, J.R.; Twining, C.W.; Mathieu-Resuge, M.; Parmar, T.P.; Kainz, M.; Martin-Creuzburg, D.; Weber, C.; Winkler, D.W.; Graham, C.H.; Matthews, B., 2022: Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic insects. Current Biology, 32, 6: 1342-1349. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.057
Boyd, R.J.; Powney, G.D.; Burns, F.; Danet, A.; Duchenne, F.; Grainger, M.J.; Jarvis, S.G.; Martin, G.; Nilsen, E.B.; Porcher, E.; Stewart, G.B.; Wilson, O.J.; Pescott, O.L., 2022: ROBITT: a tool for assessing the risk-of-bias in studies of temporal trends in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13857
Shankar, A.; Cisneros, I.N.H.; Thompson, S.; Graham, C.H.; Powers, D.R., 2022: A heterothermic spectrum in hummingbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, 2: jeb243208 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1242/jeb.243208
O'Brien, S.A.; Dehling, D.M.; Tylianakis, J.M., 2022: The recovery of functional diversity with restoration. Ecology, 103, 3: e3618 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecy.3618
Moor, H.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Logar, I.; Matthews, B.; Narwani, A.; Seehausen, O.; Holderegger, R.; Altermatt, F., 2022: Blau-grüne Biodiversität ist ein wichtiger Teil des Waldes. Wald und Holz, 103, 4: 30-33.
Tobias, J.A.; Sheard, C.; Pigot, A.L.; Devenish, A.J.M.; Yang, J.; Sayol, F.; Neate-Clegg, M.H.C.; Alioravainen, N.; Weeks, T.L.; Barber, R.A.; Dehling, D.M.; Schleuning, M., 2022: AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25, 3: 581-597. doi: 10.1111/ele.13898
McFadden, I.R.; Fritz, S.A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L.; Kissling, W.D.; Tobias, J.A.; Schleuning, M.; Graham, C.H., 2022: Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history. Ecology Letters, 25, 3: 686-696. doi: 10.1111/ele.13890
Moor, H.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Logar, I.; Narwani, A.; Reber, U.; Seehausen, O.; Holdereger, R.; Altermatt, F., 2022: Besserer Biodiversitätsschutz in Blau-Grünen Ökosystemen. Des écosystèmes bleus-verts pour mieux protéger la biodiversité. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 25-29.
Taylor, A.; Zotz, G.; Weigelt, P.; Cai, L.; Karger, D.N.; König, C.; Kreft, H., 2022: Vascular epiphytes contribute disproportionately to global centres of plant diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, 1: 62-74. doi: 10.1111/geb.13411
Clark, J.L.; Tobar, F.; Clavijo, L.; Perret, M.; Graham, C.H., 2021: Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys, 182: 67-82. doi: 10.3897/PHYTOKEYS.182.69016
Barreto, E.; Rangel, T.F.; Pellissier, L.; Graham, C.H., 2021: Area, isolation and climate explain the diversity of mammals on islands worldwide. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 1965: 20211879 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1879
Chauvier, Y.; Thuiller, W.; Brun, P.; Lavergne, S.; Descombes, P.; Karger, D.N.; Renaud, J.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2021: Influence of climate, soil, and land cover on plant species distribution in the European Alps. Ecological Monographs, 91, 2: e01433 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecm.1433
Sabatini, F.M.; Lenoir, J.; Hattab, T.; Arnst, E.A.; Chytrý, M.; Dengler, J.; De Ruffray, P.; Hennekens, S.M.; Jandt, U.; Jansen, F.; Karger, D.N.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Bruelheide, H., 2021: sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 9: 1740-1764. doi: 10.1111/geb.13346
König, C.; Wüest, R.O.; Graham, C.H.; Karger, D.N.; Sattler, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zurell, D., 2021: Scale dependency of joint species distribution models challenges interpretation of biotic interactions. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 1541-1551. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14106
Karger, D.N.; Kessler, M.; Lehnert, M.; Jetz, W., 2021: Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 854-862. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01450-y
Duchenne, F.; Fontaine, C.; Teulière, E.; Thébault, E., 2021: Phenological traits foster persistence of mutualistic networks by promoting facilitation. Ecology Letters, 24, 10: 2088-2099. doi: 10.1111/ele.13836
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