Research at the Biodiversity Unit

Research at Biodiversity Unit focuses broadly on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and –services.

The research infrastructure including the botanical garden and two field stations, long-term experiments and environmental monitoring datasets and scientific collections provides an excellent support for multidisciplinary research on topical questions such as climate change, biodiversity crisis, and the sustainable use and protection of natural resources in both natural and man-made environments.

In addition to its own research, the Biodiversity Unit promotes multidisciplinary research at the university and serves as a showcase for public outreach.

New publications

Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests (2025)

Journal of Ecology
Matas‐Granados Laura; Fortunel Claire; Cayuela Luis; de Aledo Julia G.; Ben Saadi Celina; Kraft Nathan J. B.; Baraloto Christopher; Wright S. Joseph; Vleminckx Jason; Garwood Nancy C.; Hietz Peter; Metz Margaret R.; Draper Frederick C.; Baker Timothy R.; Phillips Oliver L.; Honorio Coronado Eurídice N.; Ruokolainen Kalle; García‐Villacorta Roosevelt; Roucoux Katherine H.; Guèze Maximilien; Valderrama Sandoval Elvis; Fine Paul V. A.; Amasifuen Guerra Carlos A.; Zarate Gomez Ricardo; Stevenson Pablo R.; Monteagudo‐Mendoza Abel; Vasquez Martinez Rodolfo; Terborgh John; Disney Mathias; Brienen Roel; Núñez Vargas Percy; del Aguila Pasquel Jhon; Malhi Yadvinder; Socolar Jacob B.; Llampazo Gerardo Flores; Vega Arenas Jim; Galiano Cabrera Darcy; Silva Espejo Javier; Talbot Joey; Vinceti Barbara; Huaymacari José Reyna; Falcón Cecilia Ballón; Feldpausch Ted R.; Swamy Varun; Grandez Rios Julio M.; Macía Manuel J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Wildlife Diversity in Global Team Sport Branding (2025)

Bioscience
Arbieu, Ugo; Bellard, Céline; Bradshaw, Corey J A; Correia, Ricardo; Courtois, Pierre; Di Minin, Enrico; Jarić, Ivan; Murfree, Jessica R; Orr, Madeleine; Roturier, Samuel; Sartore-Baldwin, Melanie; Veríssimo, Diogo; Courchamp, Franck
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution (2025)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Noble, Daniel W. A.; Xirocostas, Zoe A.; Wu, Nicholas C.; Martinig, April Robin; Almeida, Rafaela A.; Bairos-Novak, Kevin R.; Balti, Heikel; Bertram, Michael G.; Bliard, Louis; Brand, Jack A.; Byrne, Ilha; Chan, Ying-Chi; Clink, Dena Jane; Corbel, Quentin; Correia, Ricardo A.; Crawford-Ash, Jordann; Culina, Antica; D'Bastiani, Elvira; Deme, Gideon G.; de Souza Leite, Melina; Dhellemmes, Felicie; Dimri, Shreya; Drobniak, Szymek M.; Elsy, Alexander D.; Everingham, Susan E.; Gascoigne, Samuel J. L.; Grainger, Matthew J.; Hossack, Gavin C.; Hovstad, Knut Anders; Ivimey-Cook, Edward R.; Jones, Matt Lloyd; Kacergyte, Ineta; Kuestner, Georg; Leibold, Dalton C.; Mair, Magdalena M.; Martin, Jake; Mizuno, Ayumi; Moodie, Iain R.; Moreau, David; O'Dea, Rose E.; Orr, James A.; Paquet, Matthieu; Parajuli, Rabindra; Pick, Joel L.; Pottier, Patrice; Purgar, Marija; Recio, Pablo; Roche, Dominique G.; Royaute, Raphael; Shafiei Sabet, Saeed; Segovia, Julio M. G.; Silva, Ines; Sanchez-Tojar, Alfredo; Soares, Bruno E.; Szabo, Birgit; Takola, Elina; Thore, Eli S. J.; Timilsina, Bishnu; van Dis, Natalie E.; Verberk, Wilco C. E. P.; Vriend, Stefan J. G.; Wild, Kristoffer H.; Williams, Coralie; Yang, Yefeng; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Lagisz, Malgorzata
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife (2025)

Nature Ecology and Evolution
Somervuo, Panu; Roslin, Tomas; Fisher, Brian L.; Hardwick, Bess; Kerdraon, Deirdre; Raharinjanahary, Dimby; Rajoelison, Eric Tsiriniaina; Lauha, Patrik; Griem, Lukas; Lehikoinen, Petteri; Niittynen, Pekka; Piirainen, Esko; Lumme, Markus; Riihikoski, Ville-Matti; Acevedo-Charry, Orlando; Adalsteinsson, Solny A.; Ahmad, Maaz; Alcobia, Sandra; Aldará, Jón; Andrew, Nigel R.; Anslan, Sten; Antonelli, Alexandre; Arena, Julieta Soledad; Almeida, Santiago Arroyo; Aster, Ines; Autto, Hannu; Gamboa, Anahi Aviles; Baixeras, Joaquín; Baldauf, Mario; Balestrieri, Rosario; Banelyte, Gaia Giedre; Barrett, Adrian; Beja, Pedro; Berg, Thomas Olof; Bergerot, Benjamin; Biro, Elizabeth G.; Blendinger, Pedro G.; Bollache, Loïc; Kharrat, Magda Bou Dagher; Boyer, Stephane; Bridell, Erika; Brotherson, Martyn; Brown, Leslie Robert; Buckley, Hannah L.; Buscardo, Erika; Buthelezi, Nokuphila; Cagnolo, Luciano; Calvente, Alice; Capobianco, Giovanni; Carreón-Palau, Laura; Carriere, Suzanne; Case, Bradley S.; Chang, Jenyu; Chaparro, Juan Matías; Chen, Chi-Ling; Chicoine, Christine; Christensson, Madeleine; Rosique, Francisco Collado; Montero, William Colom; Fonseca, Ricardo do Sacramento da; Silva, Luís P. Da; Molin, Anamaria Dal; Dallas, Tad; Francesco, Maria Carla de; Ángel-Rodríguez, Jorge Arturo Del; Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo; Dirnböck, Thomas; Djukic, Ika; Dladla, Philile; Masciale, Jeremías Domínguez; Dorigo, Thiago; Douwes, Errol; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Enderskog, Helena; Erefur, Charlotta; Fahad, Muhammad; Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Farrell, Arielle; Ferland, Gabriel; Ferrari, Emanuele; Figueiredo, Axa; Forero, Fernando; Freiberga, Inga; Frosch-Radivo, Andrea; Intriago, Luis Alberto Ganchozo; Garzoli, Laura; Giacomotti, Paola; Gianuca, Andros T.; Gilg, Olivier; Gilg, Vladimir; Gísladóttir, Fanney; Glowacki, Ryan; Gottsberger, Brigitte; Gregoire, Jocelyn; Groner, Elli; Guedes, Patrícia; Guile, Aimee Michelle; Haase, Peter; Hadi, Fazal; Haidegger, Magdalena; Hansen, Leivur Janus; Hansen, Lars Holst; Harrop, Reid; Havnås, Harald; Báez, David Herrera; Ho, Chris C. Y.; Hohenbühel, Denise; Tahadlova, Marketa Houska; Hänninen, Jari; Höglund, Linda; Haraldsstovu, Kolbrún Í; Imbeau, Elise; Inkinen, Jasmin; Ishihara, Masae Iwamoto; Jackson, Abigail C.; Jansson, Gunnar; Jha, Rohit; Kager, Gerald; Kahale, Rhea; Kalttopää, Oula; Karai, Elizabeth Wanjiru; Karlsson, Dave; Kaus-Thiel, Andrea; Khan, Asghar; Khan, Qaisar; Kimoto, Keishi; Kipngetich, Shadrack Chumo; Klante, Clemens; Klemedtsson, Leif; Klinth, Mårten; Koskinen, Janne; Kotakorpi, Matti; Kreiling, Agnes-Katharina; Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Kristensen, Erik; König, Sebastian; Langenheder, Silke; Laurila, Kalevi; Gouar, Pascaline Le; Lecomte, Nicolas; Lecomte, Erin; Leitman, Paula Moraes; León-Cortés, Jorge L.; Li, Daijiang; Loehr, John; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Makari, Mehsen; Mangini, Gabriela Giselle; Maroschek, Michael; Mata, Vanessa A.; Matsuoka, Shunsuke; Mazzafera, Thais; McDonald, Paul G.; Meinert, Laura; Meléndez-González, Mayra; Mendoza-Henao, Angela M.; Moreau, Sebastien; Moreau, Jérôme; Mosbacher, Jesper; Moyer, Esteban; Mrazova, Anna; Mteshane, Samantha; Mungai, Nancy Wangari; Herraiz, Gema Muñoz; Murillo-Vázquez, Andrea; Musazzi, Simona; Mutanen, Marko; Müller, Jörg; Canales, Rebeca Navarro; Ndlovu, Monica; Nicolai, Annegret; Niessner, Armin; Nordén, Jenni; Nowak, Paweł; O’Connell, Erin; Orru, Arianna; Pagnon, Thomas; Pantoja-Diaz, Yurani Nayive; Pentinsaari, Mikko; Pilloni, Sebastian; Pinder, Adrian; Pinheiro, Thiago A.; Põlme, Sergei; Powell, Luke L.; Pröll, Gisela; Pulido-Santacruz, Paola; Queralt, Enrique; Quilantang, Mark Tristan; Quinlan, Kirsty; Ramirez, Ricardo; Rankinen, Juha; Rasino, Micaela Del Valle; Rebelo, Rui; Remmers, Wolfram; Retz, Franziska; Reyes, Evelin; Torres, Gonzalo Rivas; Rogers, Hanna M. K.; Rosário, Inês T.; Costa, Sidney Rosário Da Rosàrio da; Rütting, Tobias; Sahlstén, Johannes; Saliba, Carole; Salmirinne, Teppo; Sam, Katerina; Santos, Douglas; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Sawan, Michel; Schattanek-Wiesmair, Benjamin; Schiestl-Aalto, Pauliina; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Seibold, Sebastian; Seidl, Rupert; Seifert, Linda; Sithole, Malibongwe; Sivault, Elise; Smart, Jessica; Smerczyński, Ireneusz; Soda, Ayaka; Sousa-Lima, Renata S.; Stanisci, Angela; Stanley, Margaret C.; Steenkamp, Daleen; Stengel, Elisa; Stoll, Stefan; Strauss, Willem Maartin; Stur, Elisabeth; Sujala, Maija; Sundell, Janne; Svavarsdóttir, Jónína; Tedersoo, Leho; Tepsa, Saana; Tikochinsky, Maor Tiko; Tuominen, Esa-Pekka; Tweraser, Stefanie; Ulloa Espinosa, Catalina; Uusitalo, Joni; Vallinmäki, Mikko; Vannier, Fabrice; Varela, Abigail; Vatka, Emma; Veikkolainen, Silja; Vernes, Karl; Watts, Phillip C.; Weslien, Per; Wirth, Ciara; Wisniewski, Jana Helga; Young, Amanda B.; Övergaard, Robyn; Ovaskainen, Otso
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)