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Sauspeter, G., Clauss, M., Ortmann, S., Abraham, A. J., Biddle, R., Versteege, L. & Przybyło, M. (2025). Feeding Management of African Rhinos (Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis) in European Zoos. Zoo Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70031

Schmitz, O. J., Sylvén, M., Atwood, T. B., Bakker, E. S., Berzaghi, F., Brodie, J. F., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Davies, A. B., Leroux, S. J., Schepers, F. J., Smith, F. A., Stark, S., Svenning, J. C., Tilker, A. & Ylänne, H. (2023). Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions. Nature Climate Change, 13(4), 324–333. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01631-6

Schweiger, A. H. & Svenning, J. C. (2024). Climatic disequilibrium in tree cover is frequent in protected areas worldwide — implications for conservation and restoration. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(4), Article e13298. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13298

Senty, P., Guzinski, R., Grogan, K., Buitenwerf, R., Ardö, J., Eklundh, L., Koukos, A., Tagesson, T. & Munk, M. (2024). Fast Fusion of Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Time Series over Rangelands. Remote Sensing, 16(11), Article 1833. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111833

Serra-Diaz, J. M., Borderieux, J., Maitner, B., Boonman, C. C. F., Park, D., Guo, W. Y., Callebaut, A., Enquist, B. J., Svenning, J. C. & Merow, C. (2024). occTest: An integrated approach for quality control of species occurrence data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(7), Article e13847. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13847

Shen, Z., Gao, X., Ni, M., An, R., Xie, Z. & Tu, Y. (2024). Sustainable Development of Urban Landscape Construction and Tourism in Hefei, China: A SWOT and AHP Analysis. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 15(6), 1722-1732. https://doi.org/10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2024.06.026

Shen, Z. Q., Zhu, X. H., Wang, M. Q., Ni, M., Cheng, W. D., Lin, W., Chu, C. J. & Wang, Y. S. (2025). Effects of neighborhood diversity on herbivory in early-stage forests in southern China. Plant Diversity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2025.09.008

Si-Moussi, S., Hennekens, S., Mücher, S., De Keersmaecker, W., Chytrý, M., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., Dziuba, T., Ecker, K., Güler, B., Jandt, U., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Lenoir, J., Svenning, J. C., Swacha, G. & Thuiller, W. (2025). EUNIS habitat maps: enhancing thematic and spatial resolution for Europe through machine learning. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 1976. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06235-7

Søndergaard, S. A., Fløjgaard, C., Ejrnæs, R. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology. Oikos, 2025(5), Article e11134. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134, https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134

Søndergaard, S. A., Ejrnæs, R., Svenning, J. C. & Fløjgaard, C. (2025). From Grasslands to Forblands: Year-round grazing as a driver of plant diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(5), 1104-1113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70047

Spence, M. A., Martindale, J. A., Alliji, K., Bannister, H. J., Thorpe, R. B., Walker, N. D., Mitchell, P. J., Kerr, M. R. & Dolder, P. J. (2024). Assessing the effect of multispecies interactions on precautionary reference points using an ensemble modelling approach: A North Sea case study. Fisheries Research, 280, Article 107160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107160

Svenning, J. C., McGeoch, M. A., Normand, S., Ordonez, A. & Riede, F. (2024). Navigating ecological novelty towards planetary stewardship: challenges and opportunities in biodiversity dynamics in a transforming biosphere. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1902), Article 20230008. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0008

Svenning, J. C., Buitenwerf, R. & Le Roux, E. (2024). Trophic rewilding as a restoration approach under emerging novel biosphere conditions. Current Biology, 34(9), R435-R451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.044

Svenning, J. C., Kerr, M. R., Mungi, N. A., Ordonez, A. & Riede, F. (2024). Defining the Anthropocene as a geological epoch captures human impacts’ triphasic nature to empower science and action. One Earth, 7(10), 1678-1681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.08.004

Svenning, J. C., Lemoine, R. T., Bergman, J., Buitenwerf, R., Le Roux, E., Lundgren, E., Mungi, N. & Pedersen, R. O. (2024). The late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions: Patterns, causes, ecological consequences and implications for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 2, Article e5. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2024.4

Sykut, M., Svenning, J. C., Ordonez, A. G., Kerr, M. R. & Riede, F. (2025). From open landscapes to forest refugia: Human encroachment and climate change as drivers of red deer (Cervus elaphus) niche shifts over 21,000 years. Quaternary Environments and Humans, 3(3), Article 100083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.2025.100083

Teng, S. N., Svenning, J. C. & Xu, C. (2023). Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene. Biological Reviews, 98(5), 1607-1632. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12968

Thomassen, E. E., Sigsgaard, E. E., Jensen, M. R., Olsen, K., Hansen, M. D. D., Svenning, J.-C. & Thomsen, P. F. (2023). Contrasting seasonal patterns in diet and dung-associated invertebrates of feral cattle and horses in a rewilding area. Molecular Ecology, 32(8), 2071-2091. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16847

Thomassen, E. S., Olsen, K., Hansen, M. D. D., Svenning, J.-C. & Thomsen, P. F. (2025). Impacts of proactive health management on cattle and horse diets and dung biodiversity in Danish rewilding areas. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(8), 1856-1877. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70082

Tian, Z., Chen, W., Maimaiti, M., Akberjan, E., Ni, M., Su, Z., Liu, B. & Lv, H. (2024). Climate and soil nutrients generate distinct diversity patterns across four elevational gradients within the same region. Acta Oecologica, 124, Article 104018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2024.104018

Töpper, J. P., Hoeks, S., Hartig, F., Kolstad, A., Tucker, M. A., Bartlett, J., Bærum, K. M., Chipperfield, J., Harfoot, M., Huijbregts, M. A. J. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Advancing general ecosystem models (GEMs): Towards a mechanistic understanding of the biosphere in the light of the Anthropocene. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(2), Article e70053. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70053

Trepel, J., le Roux, E., Abraham, A. J., Buitenwerf, R., Kamp, J., Kristensen, J. A., Tietje, M., Lundgren, E. J. & Svenning, J. C. (2024). Meta-analysis shows that wild large herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(4), 705-716. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02327-6

Trepel, J., Abraham, A. J., Lundgren, E. J., Ferraro, K. M., Fløjgaard, C., Haugaard, L., Sunde, P., Tietje, M., Kamp, J. & le Roux, E. (2024). Zoogeochemistry of a protected area: Driven by anthropogenic impacts and animal behavior. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(5), Article e13107. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13107

Trepel, J., Abraham, A. J., Di Nicola, W., Gélin, U., Gahbauer, M., Heurich, M. & le Roux, E. (2025). Intensive feeding modifies nutrient patterns in a strictly protected area. Journal of Environmental Management, 391, Article 126572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126572

Trepel, J., Atkinson, J., le Roux, E., Abraham, A. J., Aucamp, M., Greve, M., Greyling, M., Kalwij, J. M., Khosa, S., Lindenthal, L., Makofane, C., Mokoena, L., Oosthuizen, A., Rech, B. J., Lundgren, E., Svenning, J. C. & Buitenwerf, R. (2025). Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales. Journal of Animal Ecology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70181

Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A. H., Macias-Fauria, M., Maitner, B. S., Michaletz, S. T., Telford, R. J., Bison, N., Chacon-Labella, J., Cotner, S., Egelkraut, D., Garen, J., Gaudard, J., Geange, S. R., Rosati, M. A., Andersen, E. A. S., Ahler, S. J., Atkinson, J., Baumane, M., Bradler, P. M. ... Enquist, B. J. (2025). Plant traits and associated ecological data from global change experiments and climate gradients in Norway. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 1477. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05509-4

Vogel, S. M., Vasudev, D., Ogutu, J. O., Taek, P., Berti, E., Goswami, V. R., Kaelo, M., Buitenwerf, R., Munk, M., Li, W., Wall, J., Chala, D., Amoke, I., Odingo, A. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). Identifying sustainable coexistence potential by integrating willingness-to-coexist with habitat suitability assessments. Biological Conservation, 279, Article 109935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109935

Wang, L., Wei, F. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). Accelerated cropland expansion into high integrity forests and protected areas globally in the 21st century. iScience, 26(4), Article 106450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106450

Wang, L., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Buitenwerf, R., Lundgren, E. J., Li, W., Bakker, E. S. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). Tree cover and its heterogeneity in natural ecosystems is linked to large herbivore biomass globally. One Earth, 6(12), 1759-1770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.007

Wang, X., Miao, L., Huang, X., Mao, L., Cai, T., Svenning, J. C. & Feng, G. (2024). Diversification in birds is promoted by plant diversity, topographic heterogeneity and stable paleoclimate. Journal of Biogeography, 51(11), 2084-2093. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14974

Wang, L., Boonman, C. C. F., Vogel, S. M., Fang, Z. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Tree cover homogenization in semi-open ecosystems worldwide and implications for ecosystem stability and conservation. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(5), Article 100343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100343

Wang, L., Wei, F., Tagesson, T., Fang, Z. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Transforming forest management through rewilding: Enhancing biodiversity, resilience, and biosphere sustainability under global change. One Earth, 8(3), Article 101195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101195

Webster, A. B., Bennett, N. C., Clauss, M., Ganswindt, A. & Abraham, A. J. (2026). Soil ingestion: An important contamination pathway for toxic element exposure in wild herbivores. Science of the Total Environment, 1012, Article 181193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181193

Wen, L., Zhao, K., Sun, H., Feng, G., Sun, Q., Liang, C., Li, Z., Wang, L. & Svenning, J. C. (2024). Drivers of desert plant beta diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), Article e10993. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10993

Wooldridge, B., Svenning, J. C. & Pagh, S. (2024). Habitat selection and movement patterns of the Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Denmark using GPS telemetry data. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70(4), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01803-5

Wooster, EI. F., Lundgren, EJ., Balisi, M., Lemoine, RT., Sandom, CJ., Svenning, J. C., Rowan, J., Jolly, CJ., Linley, GD., Cowan, M. A., Wright, N., Westaway, D., Nimmo, D., Nichols, H. & Middleton, OS. (2024). Functional Traits of the World's Late Quaternary Terrestrial Mammalian Predators. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(12), Article e13909. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13909

Wooster, E. I. F., Middleton, O. S., Wallach, A. D., Ramp, D., Sanisidro, O., Harris, V. K., Rowan, J., Schowanek, S. D., Gordon, C. E., Svenning, J. C., Davis, M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Nimmo, D. G., Lundgren, E. J. & Sandom, C. J. (2024). Australia's recently established predators restore complexity to food webs simplified by extinction. Current Biology, 34(22), 5164-5172.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.049

Wren, C. D., Romanowska, I. & Riede, F. (2025). Bad year econometrics: Agent-based modeling of risk management strategies under varying regimes of environmental change. Science Advances, 11(3), Article eadr0314. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr0314

Wu, W., Guo, F., Elze, S., Knopp, J. & Banzhaf, E. (2024). Deciphering the effects of 2D/3D urban morphology on diurnal cooling efficiency of urban green space. Building and Environment, 266, Article 112047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112047

Xiao, X., Jorge, L. R. É., Volf, M., Moos, M., Gélin, U., Finnie, S., Freiberga, I., Jancuchova-Laskova, J., Weiss, M., Novotny, V. & Sam, K. (2024). The effect of drought-induced leaf traits on Ficus leaf palatability is species specific. Ecosphere, 15(5), Article e4831. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4831

Xu, W. B., Guo, W. Y., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Schrodt, F., Eiserhardt, W. L., Enquist, B. J., Maitner, B. S., Merow, C., Violle, C., Anand, M., Belluau, M., Bruun, H. H., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dang-Le, A. T. ... Ordonez, A. (2023). Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change. Science Advances, 9(14), eadd8553. Article eadd8553. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add8553

Yang, Y., Liu, X., Wu, J., Svenning, J. C., Liu, J. & Shrestha, N. (2025). A comprehensive county-level distribution database of alien and invasive plants in China. Ecology, 106(5), Article e70084. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70084

Yang, Y., Shrestha, N., Song, X., Ni, M., Liu, X., Wu, J., Liu, J. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Integrating specimen and citizen science data reveals climatic niche expansion and shifts of naturalized plants in China. New Phytologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70680

Yaworsky, P. M., Nielsen, E. S. & Nielsen, T. K. (2024). The Neanderthal niche space of Western Eurasia 145 ka to 30 ka ago. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 7788. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57490-4

Yaworsky, P. M., Vernon, K. B., McCool, W. C., Hart, I. A., Spangler, J. & Codding, B. F. (2024). The Goldilocks Zone for maize agriculture and the settlement and abandonment of the West Tavaputs Plateau. Quaternary International, 689-690, 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.12.003

Yaworsky, P. M., Hussain, S. T. & Riede, F. (2024). The effects of climate and population on human land use patterns in Europe from 22ka to 9ka ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 344, Article 108956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108956

Zhang, L., Wang, H., Gessner, J., Congiu, L., Haxton, T. J., Jeppesen, E., Svenning, J. C. & Xie, P. (2023). To save sturgeons, we need river channels around hydropower dams. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 120(13), Article e2217386120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217386120

Zhou, S. Q., Yu, Z. W., Wu, W. B., Yang, W. J., Zhang, Y. J., Hao, Y. Y., Yuan, Q., Xu, D. F., Hu, J. Y. & Zhao, B. (2025). Quantifying cumulative cooling threshold of greenspaces using a newly developed 3D model across global cities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 328, Article 114867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114867

Zhu, P., Wang, Y., Sheng, W., Yu, M., Wei, W., Sun, W., Gao, J., Xu, Z., Cao, M., Wang, Y., Liu, L. & Guo, W. (2025). Salinity Effect on Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity and Assembly in Phragmites australis Salt Marshes in the Qaidam Basin, China. Microorganisms, 13(6), Article 1253. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061253

Zou, Y., Zohner, C. M., Ma, H., Merder, J., Berdugo, M., Bialic-Murphy, L., Mo, L., Zimmermann, N. E., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G. J., Reich, P. B., Niinements, U., Dahlgren, J., Kändler, G., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., de Zavala, M. A., Crowther, T. W. & GFBI consortium (2024). Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 4658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

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Gustav Emil Wester

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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere

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