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Dr. Rafael Wüest Karpati
Function
technical staff member
Contact
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi MG C 49
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...my research in short:
My research aims to better understand the past evolution, current structure, and future maintenance of biodiversity. As trained plant ecologist, I am mostly studying plants in systems that span various temporal and spatial scales, using a variety of approaches from multiple disciplines.
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Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Scherrer, D.; Baltensweiler, A.; Fischer, C.; Frehner, M.; Wüest Karpati, R.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2021: Räumlich explizite Modellierung der NaiS-Standorttypen zur Analyse der Waldbestockung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 172, 5: 278-285. doi: 10.3188/szf.2021.0278
Wüest, R.O.; Bergamini, A.; Bollmann, K.; Brändli, U.; Baltensweiler, A., 2021: Modellierte Verbreitungskarten für die häufigsten Gehölzarten der Schweiz. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 172, 4: 226-233. doi: 10.3188/szf.2021.0226
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
Dauphin, B.; Wüest, R.O.; Brodbeck, S.; Zoller, S.; Fischer, M.C.; Holderegger, R.; Gugerli, F.; Rellstab, C., 2020: Disentangling the effects of geographic peripherality and habitat suitability on neutral and adaptive genetic variation in Swiss stone pine. Molecular Ecology, 29, 11: 1972-1989. doi: 10.1111/mec.15467
Traub, B.; Wüest, R.O., 2020: Analysing the quality of Swiss National Forest Inventory measurements of woody species richness. Forest Ecosystems, 7: 37 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s40663-020-00252-1
Karger, D.N.; Wüest, R.O.; König, C.; Cabral, J.S.; Weigelt, P.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Linder, H.P., 2020: Disentangling the drivers of local species richness using probabilistic species pools. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 4: 879-889. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13763
Brun, P.; Thuiller, W.; Chauvier, Y.; Pellissier, L.; Wüest, R.O.; Wang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2020: Model complexity affects species distribution projections under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 1: 130-142. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13734
Wüest, R.O.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zurell, D.; Alexander, J.M.; Fritz, S.A.; Hof, C.; Kreft, H.; Normand, S.; Cabral, J.S.; Szekely, E.; Thuiller, W.; Wikelski, M.; Karger, D.N., 2020: Macroecology in the age of Big Data - where to go from here?. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 1: 1-12. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13633
Wüest, R.O.; Bergamini, A.; Bollmann, K.; Baltensweiler, A., 2020: LiDAR data as a proxy for light availability improve distribution modelling of woody species. Forest Ecology and Management, 456: 117644 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117644
Zurell, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gross, H.; Baltensweiler, A.; Sattler, T.; Wüest, R.O., 2020: Testing species assemblage predictions from stacked and joint species distribution models. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 1: 101-113. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13608
Wüest, R.O.; Boucher, F.C.; Bouchenak‐Khelladi, Y.; Karger, D.N.; Linder, H.P., 2019: Dissecting biodiversity in a global hotspot: uneven dynamics of immigration and diversification within the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 46, 9: 1936-1947. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13625
Wüest, R.O.; Münkemüller, T.; Lavergne, S.; Pollock, L.J.; Thuiller, W., 2018: Integrating correlation between traits improves spatial predictions of plant functional composition. Oikos, 127, 3: 472-481. doi: 10.1111/oik.04420
Dormann, C.F.; Calabrese, J.M.; Guillera-Arroita, G.; Matechou, E.; Bahn, V.; Bartoń, K.; Beale, C.M.; Ciuti, S.; Elith, J.; Gerstner, K.; Guelat, J.; Keil, P.; Lahoz-Monfort, J.J.; Pollock, L.J.; Reineking, B.; Roberts, D.R.; Schröder, B.; Thuiller, W.; Warton, D.I.; ... Hartig, F., 2018: Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference. Ecological Monographs, 88, 4: 485-504. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1309
Saladin, B.; Leslie, A.B.; Wüest, R.O.; Litsios, G.; Conti, E.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2017: Fossils matter: improved estimates of divergence times in Pinus reveal older diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17, 1: 95 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0941-z
Mazel, F.; Wüest, R.O.; Gueguen, M.; Renaud, J.; Ficetola, G.F.; Lavergne, S.; Thuiller, W., 2017: The geography of ecological niche evolution in mammals. Current Biology, 27, 9: 1369-1374. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.046
Wüest, R.O.; Litsios, G.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Linder, H.P.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pearman, P.B., 2016: Resprouter fraction in Cape Restionaceae assemblages varies with climate and soil type. Functional Ecology, 30, 9: 1583-1592. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12629
Wüest, R.O.; Antonelli, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Linder, H.P., 2015: Available climate regimes drive niche diversification during range expansion. American Naturalist, 185, 5: 640-652. doi: 10.1086/680551
Litsios, G.; Wüest, R.O.; Kostikova, A.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Linder, H.P.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2014: Effects of a fire response trait on diversification in replicated radiations. Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution, 68, 2: 453-465. doi: 10.1111/evo.12273
Merow, C.; Smith, M.J.; Edwards, T.C.; Guisan, A.; McMahon, S.M.; Normand, S.; Thuiller, W.; Wüest, R.O.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Elith, J., 2014: What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?. Ecography, 37, 12: 1267-1281. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00845
Lexer, C.; Wüest, R.O.; Mangili, S.; Heuertz, M.; Stölting, K.N.; Pearman, P.B.; Forest, F.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bossolini, E., 2014: Genomics of the divergence continuum in an African plant biodiversity hotspot, I: drivers of population divergence in Restio capensis (Restionaceae). Molecular Ecology, 23, 17: 4373-4386. doi: 10.1111/mec.12870
Schiffers, K.; Schurr, F.M.; Travis, J.M.J.; Duputié, A.; Eckhart, V.M.; Lavergne, S.; McInerny, G.; Moore, K.A.; Pearman, P.B.; Thuiller, W.; Wüest, R.O.; Holt, R.D., 2014: Landscape structure and genetic architecture jointly impact rates of niche evolution. Ecography, 37, 12: 1218-1229. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00768
Linder, H.P.; Rabosky, D.L.; Antonelli, A.; Wüest, R.O.; Ohlemüller, R., 2014: Disentangling the influence of climatic and geological changes on species radiations. Journal of Biogeography, 41, 7: 1313-1325. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12312
De Vos, J.M.; Wüest, R.O.; Conti, E., 2013: Small and ugly? Phylogenetic analyses of the "selfing syndrome" reveal complex evolutionary fates of monomorphic primrose flowers. Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution, 68, 4: 1042-1057. doi: 10.1111/evo.12331
Pearman, P.B.; Lavergne, S.; Roquet, C.; Wüest, R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2013: Phylogenetic patterns of climatic, habitat and trophic niches in a European avian assemblage. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 4: 414-424. doi: 10.1111/geb.12127
Koch, B.; Edwards, P.J.; Blanckenhorn, W.U.; Buholzer, S.; Walter, T.; Wüest, R.O.; Hofer, G., 2013: Vascular plants as surrogates of butterfly and grasshopper diversity on two Swiss subalpine summer pastures. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22, 6-7: 1451-1465. doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0485-5
Linder, H.P.; Antonelli, A.; Humphreys, A.M.; Pirie, M.D.; Wüest, R.O., 2013: What determines biogeographical ranges? Historical wanderings and ecological constraints in the danthonioid grasses. Journal of Biogeography, 40, 5: 821-834. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12070
Litsios, G.; Sims, C.A.; Wüest, R.O.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2012: Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes. BMC Molecular Biology, 12, 1: 212 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-212
Salamin, N.; Wüest, R.O.; Lavergne, S.; Thuiller, W.; Pearman, P.B., 2010: Assessing rapid evolution in a changing environment. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, 12: 692-698. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.09.009
Further scientific publications
Graham, C.; Wüest Karpati, R., 2021: WSL Biodiversity Center. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A. (eds), 2021: Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest. Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest, Birmensdorf. 51-52.