Peer-reviewed journal articles

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Tscharntke T, Batáry P, Grass I (in press) Mixing on- and off-field measures for biodiversity conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Librán-Embid F, Grass I, Emer C, Alarcón-Segura V, Behling H, Biagioni S, Ganuza C, Herrera-Krings C, Setyaningsih CA, Tscharntke T (in press) Flower-bee vs pollen-bee metanetworks in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Raveloaritiana E , Tscharntke T, Martin DA, Wurz A, Osen K, Soazafy MR, Vorontsova MS, Kreft H, Rakouth B, Grass I (in press) Land-use intensity and close relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Applied Ecology

2024

Wenzel A, Westphal C, Ballauf J, Berkelmann D, Brambach F, Buchori D, Camarretta N, Corre MD, Daniel R, Darras K, Erasmi S, Formaglio G. Hölscher D, Iddris NA, Irawan B, Knohl A, Kotowska MM, Krashevska VK, Kreft H, Mulyani Y, Mußhoff O, Paterno G, Polle A, Potapov A, Röll A, Scheu S, Schlund M, Schneider D, Sibhatu KT, Stiegler C, Sundawati L, Tjoa A, Tscharntke T, Veldkamp E, Waite PA, Wollni M, Zemp DC, Grass I (2024) Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2307220121

Berger T, Gimpel H, Stein A, Troost C, Asseng S, Bichler M, Bieling C, Birner R, Grass I, Kollmann J, Leonhardt S, Schurr F, Weisser W (2024) Hybrid intelligence for reconciling biodiversity and productivity in agriculture. Nature Food 5:270-272

Rasmussen LV*, Grass I* (*equal contribution), Mehrabi Z, Smith OM, Bezner-Kerr R, Blesh J, Garibaldi LA, Isaac ME, Kennedy CM, Wittman H, Batáry P, Buchori D, Cerda R, Chará J, Crowder DW, Darras K, DeMaster K, Garcia K, Gómez M, Gonthier D, Hidayat P, Hipólito J, Hirons M, Hoey L, James D, John I, Jones AD, Karp DS, Kebede Y, Bezner Kerr C, Klassen S, Kotowska M, Kreft H, Llanque R, Levers C, Lizcano DJ, Lu A, Madsen S, Nunes Marques R, Buss Martins P, Melo A, Nyantakyi-Frimpong H, Olimpi EM, Owen JP, Pantevez H, Qaim M, Redlich S, Scherber C, Sciligo AR, Snapp S, Snyder WE, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stratton AE, Taylor JM, Tscharntke T, Valencia V, Vogel C, Kremen C (2024) Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture. Science 384:87-93

von Groß V, Sibhatu KT, Knohl A, Qaim M, Veldkamp E, Hölscher D, Zemp DC, Corre MD, Grass I, Fiedler S, Stiegler C, Irawan B, Sundawati L, Husmann K, Paul C (2024) Transformation scenarios towards multifunctional landscapes: A simulation approach based on multi-criteria optimization. Journal of Environmental Management 356:120710

Turner BL, Lambers H, Wen Z, Auer YM, Kandeler E (2024) Microbial nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 192:109385

Potapov AM, Drescher J, Darras K, Wenzel A, Janotta N, Nazarreta R, Kasmiatun, Laurent V, Mawan A, Utari EH, Pollierer MM, Rembold K, Widyastuti R, Buchori D, Hidayat P, Turner E, Grass I, Westphal C, Tscharntke T, Scheu S (2024) Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature 627:116-122

Klaus F, Tscharntke T, Grass I (2014) Trophic level and specialization moderate effects of habitat loss and landscape diversity on cavity-nesting bees, wasps and their parasitoids. Insect Conservation & Diversity 17:65-76

2023

Marcacci G, Westphal C, Rao V, Kumar SS, Tharini KB, Belavadi V, Nölke N, Tscharntke T, Grass I (2023) Urbanization alters the spatiotemporal dynamics of plant-pollinator networks in a tropical megacity. Ecology Letters 26:1951-1962

Garibaldi L, Zermoglio P, Jobbagy E, Adreoni L, Urbina A, Grass I, Oddi F (2023) How to design multifunctional landscapes? Journal of Applied Ecology 60:2521-2527

Li W, Zhu C, Grass I, Han P, Shen Y, Ding P, Si X (2023) Widespread arboreal foraging behavior in ground-dwelling birds and the urgency of life history studies. Biological Conservation 286:110320

Van Caenegem W, Blondelle A, Dumolein I, Santamaria B, Dick CW, Hiller T, Liu J, Quandt CA, Saucedo RVV, Verbeken A, Haelewaters D (2023) Five new species of Gloeandromyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniales) from tropical American bat flies (Diptera, Streblidae), revealed by morphology and phylogenetic reconstruction, Mycologia 115:714-737

Pulungan ZM, Priawandiputra W, Grass ILi K, Raffiudin R (2023) Tropical lowland rainforest conversion to monoculture affects flight activity and resource intake of stingless bees. Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 20:88-100

Marcacci G, Devy S, Wenzel A, Rao VS, Kumar SS, Nölke N, Belavadi VV, Tscharntke T, Grass I, Westphal C (2023) Direct and indirect effects of urbanization, pesticides, and wild insect pollinators on mango yield. Journal of Applied Ecology 60:2132-2143

Michler LM, Kaczensky P, Oyunsaikhan G, Bartzke GS, Devineau O, Treydte AC (2023) To move or not to move - factors influencing small-scale herder and livestock movements in the Dzungarian Gobi, Mongolia. Regional Environmental Change 23:131

Raveloaritiana E, Wurz A, Osen K, Soazafy MR, Grass I, Martin DA, Benamy C, Ranarijaona HLT, Borgerson C, Kreft H, Hölscher D, Rakouth B, Tscharntke T (2023) Complementary ecosystem services from multiple land uses highlight the importance of tropical mosaic landscapes. Ambio 52:1558-1574

Willmott A, Willmott M, Grass I, Lusiana B, Cotter M (2023) Harnessing the socio-ecological benefits of agroforestry diversification in social forestry with functional and phylogenetic tools. Environmental Development 47:100881

Li KGrass I, Zemp DC, Lorenz H, Sachsenmaier L, Furdiansyah F, Hölscher D, Kreft H, Tscharntke T (2023) Tree identity and canopy openness mediate oil palm biodiversity enrichment effects on insect herbivory. Ecological Applications 33:e2862

Daum T, Baudron F, Qaim M, Birner R, Grass I (2023) Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming. Biological Conservation 284:110165

Mpondo FT, Ndakidemi PA, Mukama SC, Treydte AC (2023) Insect visitation and pollination networks across traditional rangeland management categories in a Northern Tanzanian rangeland. Global Ecology and Conservation 46:e02581

Montoya-Sánchez V, Kreft H, Arimond I, Ballauff J, Berkelmann D, Brambach F,  Daniel R, Grass I, Hines J, Hölscher D, Irawan B, Krause A, Polle A, Potapov A, Sachsenmaier L, Scheu S, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Zemp DC, Guerrero-Ramírez NR (2023) Landscape heterogeneity and soil biota are central to multi-taxa diversity for oil palm landscape restoration. Communications Earth & Environment 4:209

Zemp DC, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Brambach F, Darras K, Grass I, Potapov A, Röll A, Arimond I, Ballauff J, Behling H, Berkelmann D, Biagioni S, Buchori D, Craven D, Daniel R, Gailing O, Ellsäßer F, Fardiansah R, Hennings N, Irawan B, Khokthong W, Krashevska V, Krause A, Kückes J, Li K, Lorenz H, Maraun M, Merk MS, Moura CCM, Mulyani Y, Paterno GB, Pebrianti HD, Polle A, Prameswari DA, Sachsenmaier L, Scheu S, Schneider D, Setiajiati F, Setyaningsih CA, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Wollni M, Hölscher D, Kreft H (2023) Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature 618:316-321

Harich-Wloka FKTreydte AC, Ogutu JO, Savini C, Sribuarod K, Savini T (2023) Between conflict and coexistence: Wildlife in rubber-dominated landscapes. Integrative Conservation 2:240-254

Wenzel A, Grass I, Raj V, Nölke N, Subramanya S, Tscharntke T (2023) High losses of farmland birds and potential biocontrol along an urbanization gradient in a tropical megacity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 354:108571

Bouarakia O, Linden VMG, Joubert E, Weier SM, Grass I, Tscharntke T, Foord SH, Taylor PJ (2023) Bats and birds control tortricid pest moths in South African macadamia orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 352:108527

Bouarakia O, Anders M, Linden VMG, Grass I, Westphal C, Taylor PJ, Foord SH (2023) Reduced macadamia nut quality is linked to wetter growing season but mitigated at higher elevations. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 12:100569

Blesh J, Mehrabi Z, Wittman H, Kerr RB, James D, Madsen S, Smith OM, Snapp S, Stratton AE, Bakarr M, Bicksler AJ, Galt R, Garibaldi LA, Gemmill-Herren B, Grass I, Isaac ME, John I, Jones SK, Kennedy CM, Klassen S, Levers C, Rasmussen LV, Kremen C (2023) Against the odds: network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification. One Earth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.004

Mero SA, Ngondya IB, Treydte AC (2023) Environmental factors and non-chemical methods to suppress growth of the invasive plant Gutenbergia cordifolia. Acta Oecologica 119:103913

Iddris NA, Formaglio G, Paul C, von Groß V, Chen G, Angulo-Rubiano A, Berkelmann D, Brambach F, Darras K, Krashevska V, Potapov A, Wenzel A, Irawan B, Damris M, Daniel R, Grass I, Kreft H, Scheu S, Tscharntke T, Tjoa A, Veldkamp E, Corre MD (2023) Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01076-x

Anders MGrass I, Linden V, Taylor P, Westphal C (2023) Smart orchard design improves crop pollination. Journal of Applied Ecology 60:624-637

2022

Marcacci GGrass I, Rao VS, Kumar SS, Tharini KB, Belavadi VV, Nölke N, Tscharntke T, Westphal C (2022) Functional diversity of farmland bees across rural-urban landscapes in a tropical megacity. Ecological Applications 32:e2699

Li W, Zhu C, Grass I, Vázquez DP, Wang D, Zhao Y, Zeng D, Kang Y, Ding P, Si X (2022) Plant-frugivore network simplification under habitat fragmentation leaves a small core of interacting generalists. Communications Biology 5:1214

Belz RG, Duke SO (2022) Stepping beyond hormesis modeling and sub-NOAEL predictions in plant biology. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 28:100366

Levi M, Lee DE, Bond ML, Treydte AC (2022) Forage selection by Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) at multiple spatial scales, Journal of Mammalogy 103:737-744

Felix N, Kissui BM, Munishi L, Treydte AC (2022) Retaliatory killing negatively affects African lion (Panthera leo) male coalitions in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, Tanzania. PLOS ONE 17:e0272272

Tscharntke T, Grass I, Wanger TC, Westphal C, Batáry P (2022) Spatiotemporal land-use diversification for biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:734-735

Li KGrass I, Fung TY, Fardiansah R, Rohlfs M, Buchori D, Tscharntke T (2022) Adjacent forest moderates insect pollination of oil palm. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 338:108108

Leweri CM, Bartzke GS, Msuha MJ, Treydte AC (2022) Spatial and seasonal group size variation of wild mammalian herbivores in multiple use landscapes of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. PLOS ONE 17:e0267082

Wurz A, Tscharntke T, Martin DA, Osen K, Rakotomalala AANA, Raveloaritiana E, Andrianisaina F, Dröge S, Fulgence TR, Soazafy MR, Andriafanomezantsoa R, Andrianarimisa A, Babarezoto FS, Barkmann J, Hänke H, Hölscher D, Kreft H, Rakouth B, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Ranarijaona HLT, Randriamanantena R, Ratsoavina FM, Raveloson LH, Grass I (2022) Win-win opportunities combining high yields with high multi-taxa biodiversity in tropical agroforestry. Nature Communications 13:4127

Mehrabi Z, Derzeit R, Ignaciuk A, Levers C, Braich G, Bajaj K, Amo-Aidoo A, Anderson W, Balgah RA, Benton TG, Chari MM, Ellis EE, Gahi NZ, Gaupp F, Garibaldi LA, Gerber JS, Godde CM, Grass I, Heimann T, Hirons M, Hoogenboom G, Jain M, James D, Makowski D, Mashamha B, Meng S, Monprapussorn S, Müller D, Nelson A, Newlands NK, Noack F, Oronje ML, Raymond C, Reichstein M, Rieseberg LH, Rodriguez-Llanes JM, Rosenstock T, Powhani P, Sarhadi A, Seppelt R, Sidhu BS, Snapp S, Soma T, Sparks AH, Teh L, Tigchelaar M, Vogel MM, West PC, Wittman H, You L (2022) Research priorities for global food security under extreme events. One Earth 5:756-766

Lihepanyama DL, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2022) Spatio-temporal water quality determines algal bloom occurrence and possibly Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) presence in Momella Lakes, Tanzania. Water 14:3532

Michler LM, Kaczensky P, Ploechl JF, Batsukh D, Baumgartner SA, Battogtokh B, Treydte AC (2022) Moving toward the greener side: environmental aspects guiding pastoral mobility and impacting vegetation in the Dzungarian Gobi, Mongolia. Rangeland Ecology & Management 83:149-160

Alarcón-Segura V, Grass I, Breustedt G, Rohlfs M, Tscharntke T (2022) Strip-intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:1513-1523

Wenzel AGrass I, Nölke N, Pannure A, Tscharntke T (2022) Wild bees benefit from low urbanization levels and suffer from pesticides in a tropical megacity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 336:108019

Greenwood SN, Belz RG, Weiser BP (2022), Detection of multi-protein complexes containing PCNA using fluorescence anisotropy and hormetic modeling. The FASEB Journal 36: doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.0R254

Moura CCM, Setyaningsih CA, Li K, Merk M, Schröck S, Raffiudin R, Grass I, Behling H, Tscharntke T, Westphal C, Gailing O (2022) Biomonitoring via DNA metabarcoding and light microscopy of bee pollen in rainforest transformation landscapes of Sumatra. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22:51

Wurz AGrass I, Lees DC, Rakotomalala AANA, Sáfián S, Martin DA, Osen K, Loos J, Benasoavina E, Alexis T, Tscharntke T (2022) Land-use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open-land butterflies in Madagascar. Insect Conservation and Diversity 15:606-620

Belz RG, Carbonari CA, Duke SO (2022) The potential influence of hormesis on evolution of resistance to herbicides. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 27:100360

Haelewaters D, Hiller T, Ceryngier P, Eschen R, Gorczak M, Houston M, Kisło K, Knapp M, Landeka N, Pfliegler WP, Zach P, Aime MC, Nedvěd O (2022) Do Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influence the Prevalence of a Common Parasite of the Invasive Alien Ladybird Harmonia axyridis? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.773423

Cvecko P, Brändel SD, Hiller T, Rose A, Bechler JP, Page RA and Tschapka M (2022) New architecture of leaf-tents in American oil palms (Elaeis oleifera) used by Pacific tent-making bat (Uroderma convexum) in Panama. Mammalia DOI:10.1515/mammalia-2021-0058

Tscharntke T, Grass I, Wanger TC, Westphal C, Batáry P (2022) Prioritise the most effective measures for biodiversity-friendly agriculture. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:397-398

Martin DA, Andrianisaina F, Fulgence TR, Osen K, Rakotomalala AA, Raveloaritiana E, Soazafy MR, Wurz A, Andriafanomezantsoa R, Andriamaniraka H, Andrianarimisa A, Barkmann J, Dröge S, Grass I, Guerrero-Ramirez N, Hänke H, Hölscher D, Rakouth B, Ranarijaona HLT, Randriamanantena R, Ratsoavina FM, Ravaomanarivo LHR, Schwab D, Tscharntke T, Zemp DC, Kreft H (2022) Land-use trajectories for sustainable land system transformations: identifying leverage points in a global biodiversity hotspot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119:e2107747119

Tscharntke T, Grass I, Wanger TC, Westphal C, Batáry P (2022) Restoring biodiversity needs more than reducing pesticides. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:115-116

Belz RG & Duke SO (2022) Modelling biphasic hormetic dose responses to predict sub-NOAEL effects using plant biology as an example. Current Opinion in Toxicology 29:36-42

Musika NV, Wakibara JV, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2022) Using trophy hunting to save wildlife foraging resources: a case study from Moyowosi-Kigosi Game Reserves, Tanzania. Sustainability 14, 1288

Galiana N, Lurgi M, Bastazini VAG, Bosch J, Cagnolo L, Cazelles K, Claramunt-López B, Emer C, Fortin MJ, Grass I, Hernández-Castellano C, Jauker F, Leroux SJ, McCann K, McLeod AM, Montoya D, Mulder C, Osorio-Canadas S, Reverté S, Rodrigo A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Traveset A, Valverde S, Vázquez DP, Wood SA, Gravel D, Roslin T, Thuiller W, Montoya JM (2022) Ecological network complexity scales with area. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6:307-314

Ntukey LT, Munishi LK, Kohi E, Treydte AC (2022) Land use/cover change reduces elephant habitat suitability in the Wami Mbeki-Saadani Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania. Land 11, 307

Ntukey LT, Munishi LK, Treydte AC (2022) Land use land/cover change reduces woody plant diversity and carbon stocks in a lowland coastal forest ecosystem, Tanzania. Sustainability 14:8551

Greenwood SN, Belz RG, Weiser BP (2022) A conserved mechanism for hormesis in molecular systems. Dose-Response 20(3)

Shayo PF, Mbega ER, Treydte AC (2022) Growth performance of the neglected crop Telfairia pedata across elevation and climate gradients in Northern Tanzania. Trees, Forests and People 7, 100216

2021

Rakotomalala AANA, Wurz AGrass I, Martin DA, Osen K, Schwab D, Soazafy MR, Tscharntke T, Ravaomanarivo LHR (2021) Tropical land use drives endemic versus exotic ant communities in a global biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 30:4417-4434

Mohammed EMI, Hammed AME, Minnick TJ, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2021) Livestock browsing threatens the survival of Balanites aegyptiaca seedlings and saplings in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan. Journal of Sustainable Forestry doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2021.1935279

Grass I, Albrecht J, Farwig N, Jauker F (2021) Plant traits and landscape simplification drive intraspecific trait diversity of Bombus terrestris in wildflower plantings. Basic and Applied Ecology 57:91-101

Librán-Embid FGrass I, Emer C, Ganuza C, Tscharntke T (2021) A plant-pollinator metanetwork along a habitat fragmentation gradient. Ecology Letters 24:2700-2712

Mbundi MM, Ngondya IB, Ghaui M, Treydte AC (2021) Comparison of the effects of a broad-spectrum herbicide and a bio-herbicide on insect flower visitation in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. Journal for Nature Conservation 64:126084

Tscharntke T, Grass I, Wanger TC, Westphal C, Batáry P (2021) Beyond organic farming – harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36:919-930

Marcacci G, Westphal C, Wenzel A, Raj V, Nölke N, Tscharntke T, Grass I (2021) Taxonomic and functional homogenization of farmland birds along an urbanization gradient in a tropical megacity. Global Change Biology 27:4980-4994

Wurz AGrass I, Tscharntke T (2021) Hand pollination of global crops – a systematic review. Basic and Applied Ecology 56:299-321

Mpondo FT, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2021) Balancing bees and livestock: pastoralist knowledge, perceptions and implications for pollinator conservation in rangelands, northern Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 14

Mpondo FT, Ndakidemi PA, Pauly A, Treydte AC (2021) Traditional rangeland management can conserve insect pollinators in a semi-arid rangeland, northern Tanzania. Acta Oecologica 113:103790

Kimaro HS, Treydte AC (2021) Rainfall, fire and large-mammal-induced drivers of Vachellia drepanolobium establishment: Implications for woody plant encroachment in Maswa, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 59:934-943

Weier SM, Linden VGM, Hammer A, Grass I, Tscharntke T, Taylor PJ (2021) Bat guilds respond differently to habitat loss and fragmentation at different scales in macadamia orchards in South Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 320:107588

Leweri CM, Msuha MJ, Treydte AC (2021) Rainfall variability and socio‑economic constraints on livestock production in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. SN Applied Sciences 3:123

Hiller T, Vollstädt MGR, Brändel SD, Page RA, Tschapka M (2021) Bat–bat fly interactions in Central Panama: host traits relate to modularity in a highly specialised network. Insect Conservation and Diversity 14:686-699

Rötter R, Scheiter S, Hoffmann M, Pfeiffer M, Nelson W, Ayisi K, Taylor P, Feil JH, Bakhsh, SY, Isselstein J, Linstaedter A, Behn K, Westphal C, Grass I, Odhiambo JJO, Twine W, Paolo M, Bracho-Mujica G, Bringhenti T, Lamega S, Abdulai I, Lam Q, Anders M, Linden V, Weier S, Foord S, Erasmus B (2021) Modelling the multi-functionality of African savanna landscapes under global change. Land Degradation & Development 32:2077-2081

Földesi R, Howlett BG, Grass I, Batáry P (2021) Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species - a meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:699-707

Belz R, Sinkkonen A (2021) Low glyphosate doses change reproduction and produce tolerant offspring in dense populations of Hordeum vulgare. Pest Management Science 77:4770-4784

Raveloaritiana EJM, Wurz A, Grass I, Osen K, Soazafy MR, Martin DA, Faliniaina L, Rakotomalala NH, Vorontsova MS, Tscharntke T, Rakouth B (2021) Land-use intensification increases richness of native and exotic herbaceous plants, but not endemics, in Malagasy vanilla landscapes. Diversity and Distributions 27:784-798

Klaus F, Tscharntke T, Bischoff G, Grass I (2021) Floral resource diversification promotes solitary bee reproduction and may offset insecticide effects - evidence from a semi-field experiment. Ecology Letters 24:668-675

Klaus F, Tscharntke T, Uhler J, Grass I (2021) Calcareous grassland fragments as sources of bee pollinators for the surrounding agricultural landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation 26:e01474

Mohammed EMI, Hammed AME, Minnick TJ, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2021) Livestock browsing threatens the survival of Balanites aegyptiaca seedlings and saplings in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan. Journal of Sustainable Forestry doi:10.1080/10549811.2021.1935279

Udy K, Fritsch M, Meyer KM, Grass I, Hanß S, Hartig F, Kneib T, Kreft H, Kukunda CB, Pe´er G, Reininghaus H, Tietjen B, Tscharntke T, van Waveren CS, Wiegand K (2021) Environmental heterogeneity predicts global species richness better than area. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:842-851

Grass I, Batáry P, Tscharntke T (2021) Combining land-sparing and land-sharing in European landscapes. Advances in Ecological Research 64:251-303

Mohammed EMI, Elhag AMH, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2021) Anthropogenic pressure on tree species diversity, composition, and growth of Balanites aegyptiaca in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan. Plants 10:483

Schwab D, Wurz A, Grass I, Rakotomalala A, Osen K, Soazafy MR, Martin DA, Tscharntke T (2021) Decreasing predation rates and shifting predator compositions along a land-use gradient in Madagascar's vanilla landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:360-371

Mohammed EMI, Hamed AME, Ndakidemi PA, Treydte AC (2021) Illegal harvesting threatens fruit production and seedling recruitment of Balanites aegyptiaca in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan. Global Ecology and Conservation 29:e01732

2020

de Groot MD, Dumolein I, Hiller T, Sándor AD, Szentiványi T, Schilthuizen M, Aime MC, Verbeken A, Haelewaters D (2020) On the Fly: Tritrophic Associations of Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi. Journal of Fungi doi:10.3390/jof6040361

Martin DA, Wurz A, Osen K, Grass I, Hölscher D, Rabemanantsoa T, Tscharntke T, Kreft H (2020) Shade-tree rehabilitation in vanilla agroforests is yield neutral and may translate into landscape-scale canopy cover gains. Ecosystems doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00586-5

Martin DA, Osen K, Grass I, Hölscher D, Tscharntke T, Wurz A, Kreft H (2020) Land-use history determines ecosystem services and conservation value in tropical agroforestry. Conservation Letters e12740

Bátary P, Báldi A, Ekroos J, Gallé J, Grass I, Tscharntke T (2020) Biologia Futura: landscape perspectives on farmland biodiversity conservation. Biologia Futura doi.org/10.1007/s42977-020-00015-7

Librán-Embid F, Klaus F, Tscharntke T, Grass I (2020) Unmanned aerial vehicles for biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes – a systematic review. Science of the Total Environment 732:139204

Qaim M, Sibhatu KT, Siregar H, Grass I (2020) Environmental, economic and social consequences of the oil palm boom. Annual Review of Resource Economics 12:321-344

Astudillo PX, Grass I, Siddons DC, Schabo D, Farwig N (2020) Centrality in species-habitat networks reveals the importance of habitat quality for high-Andean birds in Polylepis woodlands. Ardeola 67:307-324

Dror S, Harich F, Duangphakdee O, Savini T, Pogány A, Roberts J, Geheran J, Treydte AC (2020) Are Asian elephants afraid of honeybees? Experimental studies in northern Thailand. Mammalian Biology 100:355-363

Maijo SP, Piel AK, Treydte AC (2020) Anthropogenic disturbance and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) habitat use in the Masito-Ugalla Ecosystem, Tanzania, Journal of Mammalogy 101:1660-1669

Escobar-Ramírez S, Tscharntke T, Armbrecht I, Torres W, Grass I (2020) Decrease in β-diversity, but not in α-diversity, of ants in intensively managed coffee plantations. Insect Conservation and Diversity 13:445-455

Grass I, Kubitza C, Krishna VV, Corre MD, Mußhoff O, Pütz P, Drescher J, Rembold K, Ariyanti ES, Barnes, AD, Brinkmann N, Brose U, Brümmer B, Buchori D, Daniel R, Darras KFA, Faust H, Fehrmann L, Hein J, Hennings N, Hidayat P, Hölscher D, Jochum M, Knohl A, Kotowska MM, Krashevska V, Kreft H, Leuschner C, Lobite NJS, Panjaitan R, Polle A, Potapov AM, Purnama E, Qaim M, Röll A, Scheu S, Schneider D, Tjoa A, Tscharntke T, Veldkamp E, Wollni M (2020) Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes. Nature Communications 11:1186

Wenzel A, Grass I, Belavadi VV, Tscharntke T (2020) How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination - a systematic review. Biological Conservation 241:108321

2019

Darras K, Corre MD, Formaglio G, Tjoa A, Potapov A, Brambach F, Sibhatu KT, Grass I, Tscharntke T, Rubiano AA, Buchori D, Drescher D, Fardiansah R, Hölscher D, Irawan B, Kneib T, Krashevska V, Krause A, Kreft H, Li K, Maraun M, Polle A, Ryadin AR, Rembold K, Scheu S, Tarigan S, Valdés-Uribe A, Yadi S, Veldkamp E (2019) Reducing fertilizer and avoiding herbicides in oil palm plantations - ecological and economic valuations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2:65

Manning P, Loos J, Barnes AD, Batáry P, Bianchi FJJA, Buchmann N, De Deyn GB, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Fischer M, Fründ J, Grass I, Isselstein J, Jochum M, Klein AM, Klingenberg EOF, Landis DA, Leps J, Lindborg R, Meyer ST, Temperton V, Westphal C, Tscharntke T (2019) Transferring biodiversity-ecosystem function research to the management of ‘real-world’ ecosystems. Advances in Ecological Research 61:323-356

Belz RG (2019) Low herbicide doses can change the responses of weeds to subsequent treatments in the next generation: metamitron exposed PSII-target-site resistant Chenopodium album as a case study. Pest Management Science 76:3056-3065

Escobar-Ramírez S, Grass I, Armbrecht I, Tscharntke T (2019) Biological control of the coffee berry borer: main natural enemies, control success, and landscape influence. Biological Control 136:103992

Darras K, Batáry P, Furnas BJ, Grass I, Mulyani YA, Tscharntke T (2019) Autonomous sound recording outperforms human observation for sampling birds: a systematic map and user guide. Ecological Applications 29:e01954

Weier SM, Linden VMG, Grass I, Tscharntke T, Taylor PJ (2019) The use of bat houses as day roosts in macadamia orchards, South Africa. PeerJ 7:e6954

Belz RG, Sinkkonen A (2019) Low toxin doses change plant size distribution in dense populations – Glyphosate exposed Hordeum vulgare as a greenhouse case study. Environment International 132:105072

Agathokleous E, Belz RG, Kitao M, Koike T, Calabrese EJ (2019) Does the root to shoot ratio show a hormetic response to stress? Journal of Forestry Research 30:1569-1580

Linden VMG, Grass I, Joubert E, Tscharntke T, Weier SM, Taylor PJ (2019) Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity. Journal of Applied Ecology 56:2069–2078

Krishna VV, Darras K, Grass I, Mulyani YA, Prawiradilaga DM, Tscharntke T, Qaim M (2019) Wildlife trade and consumer preferences for species rarity: an examination of caged-bird markets in Sumatra. Environment and Development Economics 24:339-360

Li K, Tscharntke T, Saintes B, Buchori D, Grass I (2019) Critical factors limiting pollination success in oil palm: a systematic review. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 280:152–160

Kühnert K, Grass I, Waltert M (2019) Sacred groves hold distinct bird assemblages within an Afrotropical savannah. Global Ecology and Conservation 18:e00656

Grass I, Loos J, Baensch S, Bátary P, Librán-Embid F, Ficiciyan A, Klaus F, Riechers M, Rosa J, Tiede J, Udy K, Westphal C, Wurz A, Tscharntke T (2019) Land-sharing/-sparing connectivity landscapes for ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. People and Nature 1:262–272

Patama M, Belz RG, Sinkkonen A (2019): Realistic low-doses of two emerging contaminants change size distribution of an annual flowering plant population. Ecotoxicology 28:732-743

Kehoe L, Reis T, Virah-Sawmy M, Balmford A, Kuemmerle T, and 604 signatories incl. Grass I (2019) Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364:341

Weier SM, Moodley Y, Fraser MF, Linden VMG, Grass I, Tscharntke T, Taylor PJ (2019) Insect pest consumption by bats in macadamia orchards established by molecular diet analyses. Global Ecology and Conservation 18:e00626

Maas B, Heath S, Grass I, Cassano C, Classen A, Faria D, Gras P, Williams-Guillén K, Johnson M, Karp DS, Linden V, Martínez-Salinas A, Schmack JM, Kross S (2019) Experimental field exclosure of birds and bats in agricultural systems – methodological insights, potential improvements, and cost-benefit trade-offs. Basic and Applied Ecology 35:1–12

Agathokleous E, Araminiene A, Belz RG, Calatayud V, De Marco A, Domingos M, Feng ZZ, Hoshika Y, Kitao M, Koike T, Paoletti E, Saitanis CJ, Sicard P, Calabrese EJ (2019). A quantitative assessment of hormetic responses of plants to ozone. Environmental Research 176:108527

Dugger PJ, Blendinger PG, Böhning-Gaese K, Chama L, Correira M, Dehling DM, Emer C, Farwig N, Fricke EC, Galetti M, García D, Grass I, Heleno R, Jacomassa FAF, Moraes S, Moran C, Muñoz MC, Neuschulz EL, Nowak L, Piratelli A, Piza MA, Quitián M, Rogers HS, Ruggera RA, Saavedra F, Sánchez MS, Sánchez R, Santillán V, Schabo DG, da Silva FR, Timóteo S, Traveset A, Vollstädt MGR, Schleuning M (2019) Seed-dispersal networks are more specialized in the Neotropics than in the Afrotropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28:248–261

Castle D, Grass I, Westphal C (2019) Fruit quantity and quality of strawberries benefit from enhanced pollinator abundance at hedgerows in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 275:14–22

Book chapters

Weier SM, Bringhenti T, Anders M, Abdulai I, Foord S, Grass I, Lam QD, Linden VMG, Rötter RR, Westphal C, Taylor PJ (2024) Management Options for Macadamia Orchards with Special Focus on Water Management and Ecosystem Services. In: Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change (Eds.: von Maltitz GP, Midgley GF,  Brümmer C, Rötter RP, Viehberg FA, Veste M). Ecological Studies, vol 248. Springer, Cham

Grass I, Wenzel A, Raj V, Subramanya S, Westphal C, Tscharntke T (2021) Biodiversity of Birds Along the Rural-Urban Interface of the Indian Megacity Bengaluru. In: The Rural-Urban Interface: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach to Urbanisation Processes Around the Indian Megacity Bengaluru (Eds.: Hoffmann E, Buerkert A, von Cramon-Taubadel S, Umesh KB, Shivaraj PP, Vazhacharickal PJ). Springer, Cham

Loos J, Batáry P, Grass I, Westphal C, Baensch S, Bosem Baillod A, Hass A, Rosa J, Tscharntke T (2019) Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services in Farmland Depends on Landscape Management. In: Atlas of Ecosystem Services: Drivers, Risks and Societal Responses (Eds.: Schröter M, Bonn A, Klotz S, Seppelt R, Baessler C). Springer, Cham

Non peer-reviewed journal publications

Daum T, Baudron F, Birner R, Qaim M, Grass I (2023) Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming. Current Conservation 17:12-17

Daum T, Baudron F, Birner R, Qaim M, Grass I (2023) Biodiversity-smart agriculture - the role of labour requirements. Rural 21 57:36-38

Grass I, Tscharntke T, Hövemeyer K (2023) Recalling twenty-three years of Basic and Applied Ecology. Basic and Applied Ecology 66:76-77

Belz RG (2020) Generationsübergreifende Auswirkungen von Herbizid-Hormesis bei PSII-Target Site resistentem Chenopodium album L. Julius-Kühn-Archiv 464:498-504

Grass I, Tscharntke T (2020) Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz - Segregation oder Integration? Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 11:21-26