The ecology of species interactions
Mahdavi-Arab, N., S. T. Meyer, M. Mehrparvar and W. W. Weisser. 2014. Complex Effects of Fertilization on Plant and Herbivore Performance in the Presence of a Plant Competitor and Activated Carbon. PLoS ONE 9:e103731. PDF |
Bässler, C., T. Hothorn, R. Brandl and J. Müller. 2013. Insects Overshoot the Expected Upslope Shift Caused by Climate Warming. PLoS ONE 8:e65842. PDF |
Boch, S., M. Berlinger, M. Fischer, E. Knop, W. Nentwig, M. Türke and D. Prati. 2013. Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs. Oecologia 172:817-822. PDF |
Griffith, B., M. Türke, W. W. Weisser and N. Eisenhauer. 2013. Herbivore behavior in the anecic earthworm species Lumbricus terrestris L.? European Journal of Soil Biology 55:62-65. PDF |
Kigathi, R. N., W. W. Weisser, D. Veit, J. Gershenzon and S. B. Unsicker. 2013. Plants Suppress Their Emission of Volatiles When Growing with Conspecifics. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:537-545. PDF |
Meyer, S. T., M. Neubauer, E. J. Sayer, I. R. Leal, M. Tabarelli and R. Wirth. 2013. Leaf-cutting ants as ecosystem engineers: topsoil and litter perturbations around Atta cephalotes nests reduce nutrient availability. Ecological Entomology 38:497-504. PDF |
Türke, M., T. Blattmann, E. Knop, A. Kindermann, J. Prestele, L. Marquez, N. Eisenhauer and C. Fischer. 2013. Weeds and endangered herbs have unforeseen dispersal helpers in the agri-environment: gastropods and earthworms. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 28:380-383. PDF |
Türke, M. and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Species, Diaspore Volume and Body Mass Matter in Gastropod Seed Feeding Behavior. PLoS ONE 8:e68788. PDF |
Ribeiro Neto, J. D., B. X. Pinho, S. T. Meyer, R. Wirth and I. R. Leal. 2012. Drought stress drives intraspecific choice of food plants by Atta leaf-cutting ants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 144:209-215. PDF |
Sabais, A. W., N. Eisenhauer, S. König, C. Renker, F. Buscot and S. Scheu. 2012. Soil organisms shape the competition between grassland plant species. Oecologia 170:1021-1032. PDF |
Türke, M., K. Andreas, M. M. Gossner, E. Kowalski, M. Lange, S. Boch, S. Socher, J. Müller, D. Prati, M. Fischer, R. Meyhöfer and W. W. Weisser. 2012. Are gastropods, rather than ants, important seed dispersers of myrmecochorous forest herbs? American Naturalist 179:124-131. PDF |
Zytynska, S., M. Khudr, E. Harris and R. Preziosi. 2012. Genetic effects of tank-forming bromeliads on the associated invertebrate community in a tropical forest ecosystem. Oecologia 170:467-475. PDF |
Meyer, S. T., I. R. Leal, M. Tabarelli, and R. Wirth. 2011. Ecosystem engineering by leaf-cutting ants: nests of Atta cephalotes drastically alter forest structure and microclimate. Ecological Entomology 36:14-24. PDF |
Hosseini, M., A. Ashouri, A. Enkegaard, W. W. Weisser, S. H. Goldansaz, M. N. Mahalati, and H. R. S. Moayeri. 2010. Plant quality effects on intraguild predation between Orius laevigatus and Aphidoletes aphidimyza. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 135:208-216. PDF |
Meyer, S. T., I. R. Leal, M. Tabarelli, R. Wirth. 2010. Performance and fate of tree seedlings on and around nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes: Ecological filters in a fragmented forest. Austral Ecology doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02217.x PDF |
Nyabuga, F. N., Y. Outreman, J.-C. Simon, D. G. Heckel, and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Effects of pea aphid secondary endosymbionts on aphid resistance and development of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi: a correlative study. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 136:243-253. PDF |
Türke, M., B. Fiala, K.-E. Linsenmair, and H. Feldhaar. 2010. Estimation of dispersal distances of the obligately plant-associated ant Crematogaster decamera. Ecological Entomology 35:662-671. PDF |
Türke, M., E. Heinze, K. Andreas, S. M. Svendsen, M. M. Gossner, and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Seed consumption and dispersal of ant-dispersed plants by slugs. Oecologia 163:681-693. PDF |
Hempel, S., C. Stein, S. B. Unsicker, C. Renker, H. Auge, W. W. Weisser, and F. Buscot. 2009. Specific bottom-up effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a plant-herbivore-parasitoid system. Oecologia (Berlin) 160:267-277. PDF |
Kigathi, R. N., S. B. Unsicker, M. Reichelt, J. Kesselmeier, J. Gershenzon, and W. W. Weisser. 2009. Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds After Herbivory from Trifolium pratense (L.) Under Laboratory and Field Conditions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35:1335-1348. PDF |
Li, S., P. Falabella, S. Giannantonio, P. Fanti, D. Battaglia, M. C. Digilio, W. Völkl, J. J. Sloggett, W. Weisser, and F. Pennacchio. 2002. Pea aphid clonal resistance to the endophagous parasitoid Aphidius ervi. Journal of Insect Physiology 48:971-980. PDF |
Flatt, T. and W. W. Weisser. 2000. The effects of mutualistic ants on aphid life history traits. Ecology 81:3522-3529. PDF |