Coupling eco‐evolutionary mechanisms with deep‐time environmental dynamics to understand biodiversity patterns

O Hagen - Ecography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pioneer naturalists such as Whewell, Lyell, Humboldt, Darwin and Wallace acknowledged
the interactions between ecological and evolutionary forces, as well as the roles of …

gen3sis: A gen eral e ngine for e co-e volutionary si mulation s of the processes that shape Earth's biodiversity

O Hagen, B Flück, F Fopp, JS Cabral, F Hartig… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the origins of biodiversity has been an aspiration since the days of early
naturalists. The immense complexity of ecological, evolutionary, and spatial processes …

Global change re‐structures alpine plant communities through interacting abiotic and biotic effects

CG Collins, SC Elmendorf, JG Smith… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global change is altering patterns of community assembly, with net outcomes dependent on
species' responses to the abiotic environment, both directly and mediated through biotic …

Climate warming can reduce biocontrol efficacy and promote plant invasion due to both genetic and transient metabolomic changes

Y Sun, T Züst, D Silvestro, M Erb, O Bossdorf… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change may affect plant–herbivore interactions and their associated ecosystem
functions. In an experimental evolution approach, we subjected replicated populations of the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent changes in high-mountain plant community functional composition in contrasting climate regimes

K Steinbauer, A Lamprecht, M Winkler… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-mountain plant communities are strongly determined by abiotic conditions, especially
low temperature, and are therefore susceptible to effects of climate warming. Rising …

Community-level variation in plant functional traits and ecological strategies shapes habitat structure along succession gradients in alpine environment

M Zanzottera, M Dalle Fratte, M Caccianiga, S Pierce… - Community …, 2020 - Springer
Plant traits and ecological strategies elucidate various aspects of ecosystem functioning and
services. However, the well-recognized trade-offs evident at the species level are not always …

The macro-eco-evolutionary interplay between dispersal, competition and landscape structure in generating biodiversity

O Hagen, DS Viana, T Wiegand… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Theory links dispersal and diversity, predicting the highest diversity at intermediate dispersal
levels. However, the modulation of this relationship by macro-eco-evolutionary mechanisms …

Eco-physiological and morphological traits explain alpine plant species' response to warming

K Visakorpi, S Block, L Pellissier… - Functional …, 2023 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Understanding the traits mediating species' responses to climate change is a cornerstone for
predicting future community composition and ecosystem function. Although species' eco …

Functional trait variability supports the use of mean trait values and identifies resistance trade‐offs for marine macroalgae

ER Ryznar, LL Smith, BA Hà, SR Grier… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trait‐based ecology (TBE) has proven useful in the terrestrial realm and beyond for
collapsing ecological complexity into traits that can be compared and generalized across …

Contrasting levels of β‐diversity and underlying phylogenetic trends indicate different paths to chemical diversity in highland and lowland willow species

M Volf, JV Leong, P de Lima Ferreira, T Volfová… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse specialised metabolites contributed to the success of vascular plants in colonising
most terrestrial habitats. Understanding how distinct aspects of chemical diversity arise …