February 2021

February 22, 2021 multitrophicinteractions

Congrats and welcome

February 12, 2021 multitrophicinteractions

PNG field work about to start

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 multitrophicinteractions

Congratulations to Marketa and Ana

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 multitrophicinteractions

Plenary talk by Katka Sam

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 multitrophicinteractions

Amo, L., Mrazova, A., Saavedra, I., & Sam, K. (2022). Exogenous Application of Methyl Jasmonate Increases Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds in Pyrenean Oak Trees, Quercus pyrenaica. Biology, 11(1), 84.

Amick, P. K., Sam, K., Drumo, G., Toko, P. S., & Novotny, V. (2021). Bats can reach 3626 m asl in Papua New Guinea: altitudinal range extensions for six rainforest bat species. Mammalia.

Milá, B., Bruxaux, J., Friis, G., Sam, K., Ashari, H., & Thébaud, C. (2021). A new, undescribed species of Melanocharis berrypecker from western New Guinea and the evolutionary history of the family Melanocharitidae. Ibis, 163(4), 1310-1329.

Sam, K., Kovarova, E., Freiberga, I., Uthe, H., Weinhold, A., Jorge, L. R., & Sreekar, R. (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and evolution, 11(16), 10917-10925.

Sreekar, R., Si, X., Sam, K., Liu, J., Dayananda, S., Goodale, U., … & Goodale, E. (2021). Land‐use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Kik, A., Adamec, M., Aikhenvald, A. Y., Bajzekova, J., Baro, N., Bowern, C., … Sam, K., …. & Novotny, V. (2021). Language and ethnobiological skills decline precipitously in Papua New Guinea, the world’s most linguistically diverse nation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22).

Finnie, S., Sam, K., Leponce, M., Basset, Y., Drew, D., Schutze, M. K., … & Novotny, V. (2021). Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14(3), 348-355.

Bodawatta, K. H., Koane, B., Maiah, G., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1949), 20210446.

Valdés‐Correcher, E., Moreira, X., Augusto, L., Barbaro, L., Bouget, C., Bouriaud, O., … Sam, K., Mrazova, A, Tahadlova, M., …& Castagneyrol, B. (2021). Search for top‐down and bottom‐up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(3), 651-665.

Sreekar, R., Sam, K., Dayananda, S. K., Goodale, U. M., Kotagama, S. W., & Goodale, E. (2021). Endemicity and land‐use type influence the abundance–range‐size relationship of birds on a tropical island. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(2), 460-470.

Bodawatta, K. H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. Animal microbiome, 3(1), 1-14.Sam, K., Kovarova, E., Freiberga, I., Uthe, H., Weinhold, A., Jorge, L. R., & Sreekar, R. (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and evolution, 11(16), 10917-10925.

Sreekar, R., Si, X., Sam, K., Liu, J., Dayananda, S., Goodale, U., … & Goodale, E. (2021). Land‐use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Kik, A., Adamec, M., Aikhenvald, A. Y., Bajzekova, J., Baro, N., Bowern, C., …Sam, K., …. & Novotny, V. (2021). Language and ethnobiological skills decline precipitously in Papua New Guinea, the world’s most linguistically diverse nation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22).

Finnie, S., Sam, K., Leponce, M., Basset, Y., Drew, D., Schutze, M. K., … & Novotny, V. (2021). Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14(3), 348-355.

Bodawatta, K. H., Koane, B., Maiah, G., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1949), 20210446.

Valdés‐Correcher, E., Moreira, X., Augusto, L., Barbaro, L., Bouget, C., Bouriaud, O., … Sam, K., Mrazova, A, Tahadlova, M., …& Castagneyrol, B. (2021). Search for top‐down and bottom‐up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(3), 651-665.

Bodawatta, K. H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. Animal microbiome, 3(1), 1-14.
Sottas, C., Reif, J., Kreisinger, J., Schmiedová, L., Sam, K., Osiejuk, T. S., & Reifová, R. (2020). Tracing the early steps of competition‑driven eco‑morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines. Evolutionary Ecology.

Month: February 2021

Congrats and welcome

PNG field work about to start

Congratulations to Marketa and Ana

Plenary talk by Katka Sam

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