• A biodiversity boost from the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) in Germany's oldest national park 

      Orazi, Valerio; Hagge, Jonas; Gossner, Martin M.; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Beavers are important engineers in freshwater ecosystems and reintroduction programs have enabled the recovery of beaver populations in several ...
    • 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 ...
    • Drone-Based Thermal Imaging in the Detection of Wildlife Carcasses and Disease Management 

      Rietz, Janine; van Beeck Calkoen, Suzanne T. S; Ferry, Nicolas; Schlüter, Jens; Wehner, Helena; Schindlatz, Karl-Heinz; Lackner, Tomáš; von Hoermann, Christian; Conraths, Franz J.; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Because animal carcasses often serve as reservoirs for pathogens, their location and removal are crucial in controlling the spread of diseases. During carcass decomposition, heat is emitted due to microbial activity and ...
    • Effects of heterogeneity on the ecological diversity and redundancy of forest fauna 

      Heidrich, Lea; Brandl, Roland; Ammer, Christian; Bae, Soyeon; Bässler, Claus; Doerfler, Inken; Fischer, Markus; Gossner, Martin M.; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Heibl, Christoph; Jung, Kirsten; Krzystek, Peter; Levick, Shaun; Magdon, Paul; Schall, Peter; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Seibold, Sebastian; Simons, Nadja K.; Thorn, Simon; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wöllauer, Stephan; Müller, Jörg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Heterogeneity in forests might promote biodiversity not only through an increase in niche volume but also through other processes, such as an increase in resources and their spatial distribution. However, negative relationships ...
    • Factors influencing carrion communities are only partially consistent with those of deadwood necromass 

      von Hoermann, Christian; Benbow, M. Eric; Rottler-Hoermann, Ann-Marie; Lackner, Tomáš; Sommer, David; Receveur, Joseph P.; Bässler, Claus; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Müller, Jörg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Research on decomposer communities has traditionally focused on plant litter or deadwood. Even though carrion forms highly nutrient-rich necromass that enhance ecosystem heterogeneity, the factors infuencing saprophytic ...
    • 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 ...
    • Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe 

      Aszalós, Réka; Thom, Dominik; Aakala, Tuomas; Angelstam, Per Krister; Brūmelis, Guntis; Gálhidy, László; Gratzer, Georg; Hlásny, Tomáš; Katzensteiner, Klaus; Kovács, Bence; Knoke, Thomas; Larrieu, Laurent; Motta, Renzo; Müller, Jörg; Ódor, Péter; Roženbergar, Dušan; Paillet, Yoan; Pitar, Diana; Standovár, Tibor; Svoboda, Miroslav; Szwagrzyk, Jerzy; Toscani, Philipp; Keeton, William S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity production over multiple centuries. Yet over-regulation for growth and yield diminishes resilience to environmental stress as well as threatens ...