• Carcasses at Fixed Locations Host a Higher Diversity of Necrophilous Beetles 

      Müller, Jörg; Benbow, Eric M.; Sommer, David; Lackner, Tomas; Von Hoerman, Christian; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In contrast to other necro mass, such as leaves, deadwood, or dung, the drivers of insect biodiversity on carcasses are still incompletely understood. For vertebrate scavengers, a richer community was shown for randomly ...
    • The declining occurrence of moose (Alces alces) at the southernmost edge of its range raise conservation concerns 

      Neudert, Jiří; Ernst, Martin; Engleder, Thomas; Jirku, Miroslav; Romportl, Dušan; Martin, Šálek; Peters, Wibke; Janík, Tomáš; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The border region between Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany harbors the most south-western occurrence of moose in continental Europe. The population originated in Poland, where moose survived, immigrated from former ...
    • Demography of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population within a strictly protected area in Central Europe 

      Weingarth‑Dachs, Kirsten; Premier, Joe; Heibl, Christoph; Gahbauer, Martin; Bufka, Luděk; Belotti, Elisa; Palermo, Stefano; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Large carnivores promote crucial ecosystem processes but are increasingly threatened by human persecution and habitat destruction. Successful conservation of this guild requires information on long-term population dynamics ...
    • Determining Statistically Robust Changes in Ungulate Browsing Pressure as a Basis for Adaptive Wildlife Management 

      Knoke, Thomas; Ammer, Christian; Bödeker, Kai; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Ungulate browsing has a major impact on the composition and structure of forests. Repeatedly conducted, large-scale regeneration inventories can monitor the extent of browsing pressure and its impacts on forest regeneration ...
    • Drone-borne monitoring of moose 

      Mayer, Martin; Vogler, Thomas; Ausilio, Giorgia; Kirchner, Theresa; Mathisen, Karen Marie; Evans, Alina L.; Eriksen, Ane; Heurich, Marco; Naumov, Vladimir; Wabakken, Petter; Zimmermann, Barbara (Oppdragsrapport;4/2024, Research report, 2024)
      Norsk: Droner er en lovende ny teknologi for overvåking av viltbestander. I dette prosjektet evaluerte vi bruken av droner som et verktøy for overvåking av elg (Alces alces) populasjoner og beiting i den skandinaviske ...
    • Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks 

      Sebastián-González, Esther; Morales-Reyes, Zebensui; Botella, Francisco; Naves-Alegre, Lara; Pérez-García, Juan M.; Mateo-Tomás, Patricia; Olea, Pedro P.; Moleón, Marcos; Barbosa, Jomar Magalhães; Hiraldo, Fernando; Arrondo, Eneko; Donázar, José A.; Cortés-Avizanda, Ainara; Selva, Nuria; Lambertucci, Sergio A.; Bhattacharjee, Aishwarya; Brewer, Alexis; Abernethy, Erin; Turner, Kelsey; Beasley, James C.; DeVault, Travis L.; Gerke, Hannah C.; Rhodes, Olin E.; Ordiz, Andres; Wikenros, Camilla; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Smith, Justine A.; Kendall, Corinne J.; Ogada, Darcy; Frehner, Ethan; Allen, Maximilian L.; Wittmer, Heiko U.; Butler, James R. A.; du Toit, Johan T.; Margalida, Antoni; Oliva-Vidal, Pilar; Wilson, David; Jerina, Klemen; Krofel, Miha; Kostecke, Rich; Inger, Richard; Per, Esra; Ayhan, Yunus; Sancı, Mehmet; Yılmazer, Ünsal; Inagaki, Akino; Koike, Shinsuke; Samson, Arockianathan; Perrig, Paula L.; Spencer, Emma E.; Newsome, Thomas M.; Heurich, Marco; Anadón, José D.; Buechley, Evan R.; Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano; Elbroch, L. Mark; Sánchez-Zapata, José A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Species assemblages often have a non-random nested organization, which in vertebrate scavenger (carrion-consuming) assemblages is thought to be driven by facilitation in competitive environments. However, not all scavenger ...
    • A laboratory for conceiving Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)—The ‘Data pool initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem’ 

      Müller, Jörg; Wang, Tiejun; Starý, Martin; Schneider, Thomas; Krzystek, Peter; Homolová, Lucie; Heiden, Uta; Hais, Martin; Darvishzadeh, Roshanak; Červenka, Jaroslav; Brůna, Josef; Skidmore, Andrew; Holzwarth, Stefanie; Latifi, Hoolman; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Effects of climate change-induced events on forest ecosystem dynamics of composition, function and structure call for increased long-term, interdisciplinary and integrated research on biodiversity indicators, in particular ...
    • Mapping individual silver fir trees using hyperspectral and LiDAR data in a Central European mixed forest 

      Heiden, Uta; Holzwarth, Stefanie; Skidmore, Andrew K.; Wang, Tiejun; Shi, Yifang; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Mapping a specific tree species at individual tree level across landscapes using remote sensing is challenging, especially in forests where co-occurring tree species exhibit similar characteristics. In Central European ...
    • Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications 

      Sebastián-González, Esther; Morales-Reyes, Zebensui; Botella, Francisco; Naves-Alegre, Lara; Pérez-García, Juan M.; Mateo-Tomás, Patricia; Olea, Pedro P.; Moleón, Marcos; Barbosa, Jomar M.; Hiraldo, Fernando; Arrondo, Eneko; Donázar, José Antonio; Cortés-Avizanda, Ainara; Selva, Nuria; Lambertucci, Sergio A.; Bhattacharjee, Aishwarya; Brewer, Alexis; Abernethy, Erin; Turner, Kelsey; Beasley, James C.; DeVault, Travis L.; Gerke, Hannah C.; Rhodes Jr, Olin E.; Ordiz, Andres; Wikenros, Camilla; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Smith, Justine A.; Kendall, Corinne J.; Ogada, Darcy; Frehner, Ethan; Allen, Maximilian L.; Wittmer, Heiko U.; Butler, James R.A.; du Toit, Johan T.; Margalida, Antoni; Oliva-Vidal, Pilar; Wilson, David; Jerina, Klemen; Krofel, Miha; Kostecke, Rich; Inger, Richard; Per, Esra; Ayhan, Yunus; Ulusoy, Hasan; Vural, Doğanay; Inagaki, Akino; Koike, Shinsuke; Samson, Arockianathan; Perrig, Paula L.; Spencer, Emma; Newsome, Thomas M.; Heurich, Marco; Anadón, José D.; Buechley, Evan R.; Sánchez-Zapata, José A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The organization of ecological assemblages has important implications for ecosystem functioning, but little is known about how scavenger communities organize at the global scale. Here, we test four hypotheses on the factors ...
    • Phylogeny-and abundance-based metrics allow for the consistent comparison of core gut microbiome diversity indices across host species 

      Sommer, Simone; Sommer, Wasmuddin; Tsjapka, Marco; Manser, Marta B.; Menke, Sebastian; Heni, Alexander C.; Brändel, Stefan; Béchet, Arnaud; Gillingham, Mark A. F.; Ricely, Ailce; Heurich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The filtering of gut microbial datasets to retain high prevalence taxa is often performed to identify a common core gut microbiome that may be important for host biological functions. However, prevalence thresholds used ...
    • Roads constrain movement across behavioural processes in a partially migratory ungulate 

      Passoni, Gioele; Coulson, Tim; Ranc, Nathan; Corradini, Andrea; Hewison, A. J. Mark; Ciuti, Simone; Gehr, Benedikt; Heurich, Marco; Brieger, Falko; Sandfort, Robin; Mysterud, Atle; Balkenhol, Niko; Cagnacci, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Human disturbance alters animal movement globally and infrastructure, such as roads, can act as physical barriers that impact behavior across multiple spatial scales. In ungulates, roads can particularly hamper ...