Publications in 2025
Chen, J.-T., Wang, M.-Q., Luo, A., Zhang, F., Chesters, D., Liu, S., Li, Y., von Oheimb, G., Kunz, M., Zhou, Q.-S., Bruelheide, H., Liu, Q.-J., Ma, K.-P., Schuldt, A., Zhu, C.-D. (2025) Bottom-up and top-down effects combine to drive predator-prey interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70103
Graser, A., Frank, C., Kunz, F., Schuldt, A., Senf, C., Sudfeldt, C., Trautmann, S., Kamp, J. (2025) Increase in disturbance-induced canopy gaps leads to reorganization of Central European bird communities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 83, 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.01.013
Graser, A., Marten, A., Pertl, C., Rumpf, H., Schuldt, A., Kamp, J. (2025) Wild ungulates and salvage logging modulate disturbance effects on moth communities in spruce-dominated forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70147
Li, Y., Schuldt, A., Bauhus, J., Belluau, M., Berthelot, S., Burghardt, K. T., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Chu, C., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Fründ, J., Gebauer, T., Gravel, D., Jactel, H., Li, S., Liang, Y., Parker, J. D., Parker, W. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Staab, M., Verheyen, K., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Liu, X. (2025) The tree growth-herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02835-z
Mezzomo, P., Leong, J.V., Pokorny, V., Jorge, L.R., Volfova, T., Kozel, P., Vodrazka, P., Seifert, C.L., Aurová, K., Moos, M., Engström, M.T., Salminen, J.-P. & Volf, M. (2025). Effects of pronounced seasonal turnover and intraspecific variation in leaf traits on specialization of insect herbivores associated with six Salicaceae hosts. Oecologia, 207:34, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05672-w
Sagolla, V., Beule, L., Schuldt, A. (2025) Spatio-temporal patterns and potential trade-offs in the promotion of aphid and seed predation in agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems, 99 (72). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-025-01174-z
Seifert, C.L. (2025) The effect of diet and temperature on life‐history traits and sexual size dimorphism in a capital-breeding moth. Physiological Entomology, 50, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12462
Seifert, C.L., Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2025) Larval diet type and voltinism are linked with adult body size in European Erebidae (Lepidoptera). Evolutionary Ecology, 1–21. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-025-10341-8
Singer, D., Kamp, J., Hondong, H., Schuldt, A., Hagge, J. (2025) Diel and seasonal vocal activity patterns revealed by passive acoustic monitoring suggest expert recommendations for breeding bird surveys need adjustment. Journal of Ornithology, 1–16. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-025-02307-y
Wang, M.-Q., Albert, G., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Li, Y., Chen, J.-T., Haider, S., Li, S., von Oheimb, G., Proß, T., Schnabel, F., Yang, B., Zhou, Q.-S., Ma, K., Liu, X., Zhu, C.-D., Luo, A., Schuldt, A. (2025) Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability. Ecological Monographs, 95 (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70026
Wang, M.-Q., Guo, S.-K., Guo, P.-F., Yang, J.-J., Chen, G.-A., Chesters, D., Orr, M., Niu, Z.-Q., Staab, M., Chen, J.-T., Li, Y., Zhou, Q.-S., Fornoff, F., Shi, X., Li, S., Martini, M., Klein, A.-M., Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Luo, A., Zhu, C.-D. (2025) Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition. eLife, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.100202.3
Wang, M.-Q., Zhang, K., Albert, G., Haider, S., Li, Y., Chen, J.-T., Davrinche, A., Zhou, Q.-S., Luo, A., Proß, T., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Liu, X., Zhu, C.-D., Schuldt, A. (2025) Cascading effects of tree diversity loss on herbivore-parasitoid interactions. Biological Conservation, 311 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111418