A5039864329- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Ecology and Conservation Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Royal Astronomical Society
2024
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2022-2023
Nanyang Technological University
2023
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
2022
University of Würzburg
2016-2022
The factors determining gradients of biodiversity are a fundamental yet unresolved topic in ecology. While diversity have been analysed for numerous single taxa, progress towards general explanatory models has hampered by limitations the phylogenetic coverage past studies. By parallel sampling 25 major plant and animal taxa along 3.7 km elevational gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro, we quantify cross-taxon consensus evaluate predictors from to multi-taxa community level. show complex distribution...
Recently, a plethora of studies reporting insect declines has been published. Even though the common theme is decreasing richness, positive trends have also documented. Here, we analysed nationwide, systematic monitoring data on aquatic richness collected at 438 sites in Switzerland from 2010 to 2019. In addition taxonomic grouped taxa accordance with their ecological preferences and functional traits gain better understanding possible underlying mechanisms. We found that general, insects...
Abstract Aim While elevational gradients in species richness constitute some of the best depicted patterns ecology, there is a large uncertainty concerning role food resource availability for establishment diversity insects. Here, we analysed importance climate, area, land use and resources determining dung beetles along extensive elevation on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Location Taxon Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). Methods Dung were recorded with baited pitfall traps at 66 study plots 3.6 km...
Abstract Despite their diversity and large functional cultural importance, the patterns predictors of mammal along elevational gradients on tropical mountains remain poorly understood. Today, mammals are threatened by human disturbances such as habitat destruction hunting may increasingly depend conservation protected areas. Here, we use field data a 3.6 km gradient Mt. Kilimanjaro to evaluate importance climate, net primary productivity impact for distribution, species richness community...
Abstract The mechanisms by which climatic changes influence ecosystem functions, that is, a direct control of processes or modifying richness and trait compositions species communities, remain unresolved. This study is contribution to this discourse elucidating the linkages between climate, land use, biodiversity, body size functions. We disentangled from biodiversity‐mediated effects using dung removal beetles as model system combining correlative field data exclosure experiments along an...
Abstract While many studies on insect diversity report declines, others show stable, fluctuating or increasing trends. For a thorough understanding of trends and their effects ecosystem functioning, it is important to simultaneously assess richness, abundance biomass, for multiple taxa. We analysed biomass data all insects eight taxa (Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Carabidae, other Coleoptera, Aculeata, Hymenoptera, Heteroptera Lepidoptera) from 42 sites across Switzerland 2000 2007,...
Patterns of insect diversity along elevational gradients are well described in ecology. However, it remains little tested how variation the quantity, quality, and food resources influence these patterns. Here we analyzed direct indirect effects climate, quantity (estimated by net primary productivity), quality (variation specific leaf area index, nitrogen to phosphorus carbon ratio), (diversity traits) on species richness phytophagous beetles broad elevation land use Mt. Kilimanjaro,...
The monitoring of species and functional diversity is increasing relevance for the development strategies conservation management biodiversity. Therefore, reliable estimates performance techniques across taxa become important. Using a unique dataset, this study investigates potential airborne LiDAR-derived variables characterizing vegetation structure as predictors animal richness at southern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro. To disentangle structural LiDAR information from co-factors related to...
Human impacts such as habitat loss, climate change and biological invasions are radically altering biodiversity, with even greater effects projected into the future. Evidence suggests human may differ substantially between terrestrial freshwater ecosystems, but reasons for these differences poorly understood. We propose an integrative approach to explain by linking fundamental processes that structure communities: dispersal, speciation, ecological selection drift. Our goal is provide...