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Kerr, M. R., Ordonez, A., Riede, F. & Svenning, J. C. (2024). A biogeographic–macroecological perspective on the rising novelty of the biosphere in the Anthropocene. Journal of Biogeography, 51(4), 575-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14762

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

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

Saavedra, D., Fernández, N. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). Addressing challenges for large-scale trophic rewilding. Journal for Nature Conservation, 73, Article 126382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126382

Brom, P., Engemann, K., Breed, C., Pasgaard, M., Onaolapo, T. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). A Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure Planning in the Face of Rapid Urbanization. Land, 12(2), Article 415. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020415

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

Maitner, B., Gallagher, R., Svenning, J. C., Tietje, M., Wenk, E. H. & Eiserhardt, W. L. (2023). A global assessment of the Raunkiaeran shortfall in plants: geographic biases in our knowledge of plant traits. New Phytologist, 240(4), 1345-1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18999

Colding-Jørgensen, C. T., Ejrnæs, R., Svenning, J. C. & Bruun, H. H. (2025). A graduated nativeness definition for overcoming dilemmas and difficulties of vascular plant species. Oikos, Article e11635. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11635

Kalusová, V., Čeplová, N., Danihelka, J., Večeřa, M., Pyšek, P., Albert, A., Anastasiu, P., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Cottaz, C., Essl, F., Kuzemko, A., Maslo, S., Mifsud, S., Protopopova, V. V., Shevera, M., Sîrbu, C., Svenning, J. C., Welk, E. & Axmanová, I. (2024). Alien plants of Europe: an overview of national and regional inventories. Preslia, 96(2), 149-182. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2024.149

McGeoch, M. A., Clarke, D. A., Mungi, N. A. & Ordonez, A. (2024). A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1902), Article 20230014. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0014

Aticho, A., Beyene, A., Aynalem Zelelew, S., Puok, C., Mekonnen Gutema, T., Christian Svenning, J. & Chala, D. (2024). A neglected wetland in human-dominated landscape shields avifauna from seasonal harsh conditions in Gambella, western Ethiopia. Journal for Nature Conservation, 81, Article 126694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126694

Zymaroieva, A., Andreieva, O., Kunakh, O., Zymaroiev, O. & Zhukov, O. (2026). Anthropogenic impacts, more than climate and area, shape the functional diversity of bird communities in steppe agricultural landscapes of Ukraine. Biodiversity and Conservation, 35(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03207-6

Abraham, A. J., Duvall, E. S., le Roux, E., Ganswindt, A., Clauss, M., Doughty, C. E. & Webster, A. B. (2023). Anthropogenic supply of nutrients in a wildlife reserve may compromise conservation success. Biological Conservation, 284, Article 110149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110149

Cortell-Nicolau, A., Carrignon, S., Rodíguez-Palomo, I., Hromada, D., Kahlenberg, R., Mes, A., Priss, D., Yaworsky, P., Zhang, X., Brainerd, L., Lewis, J., Redhouse, D., Simmons, C., Coto-Sarmiento, M., Daems, D., Deb, A., Lawrence, D., O'Brien, M., Riede, F. ... Crema, E. (2025). Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets: The Archaeoriddle challenge. Concept, project and motivations. Journal of Archaeological Science, 177, Article 106179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106179

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

Khalid, N., Aqeel, M., Lee, S. Y., Ejaz, U., Noman, A., Maqsood, M. F., Irshad, M. K. & El-Sheikh, M. A. (2025). Association of microplastics with lead and cadmium in soil: Land-use and temporal trends. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(4), Article 117067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.117067

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

Mogensen, N., Packer, C., Svenning, J. C., Amoke, I. & Buitenwerf, R. (2025). Balancing benefits and burdens: Tourist camps and lion conservation in the Maasai Mara. Conservation Science and Practice, Article e70210. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70210

Plazas-Gómez, R. A., Bejarano, S., Magneville, C. & Fujitani, M. (2025). Beyond taxonomy: A functional approach reveals patterns of reef fish response to wastewater pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 216, Article 118024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118024

Marjakangas, E. L., Johnston, A., Santangeli, A. & Lehikoinen, A. (2024). Bird species' tolerance to human pressures and associations with population change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(5), Article e13816. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13816

Abraham, A. J., Clauss, M., Bailey, M. A. & Duvall, E. S. (2025). Body Mass Scaling of Sodium Regulation in Mammals. Acta Physiologica, 241(9), Article e70090. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.70090

Kerr, M. R. & Alroy, J. (2023). Body size and abundance are decoupled from species richness in Australian marine bivalves. Frontiers of Biogeography, 15(4), Article e58651. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG58651

Mungi, N. A., Rastogi, R., Jhala, Y. V., Qureshi, Q. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Brave New Wild: Restoring Biodiversity and Values Amid Invaded Landscapes of India. In Ecological Restoration in India: Perspective and Practices (pp. 153-175). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8943-9_8

Sánchez-Dávila, J., Lenoir, J., Stefańska-Krzaczek, E., Biurrun, I., Wohlgemuth, T., Campos, J. A., Svenning, J. C., Bonari, G. & Padullés Cubino, J. (2025). Canopy Composition Outperforms Macroenvironment in Explaining European Forest Understory Composition. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(7), Article e70079. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70079

Mata, J. C., Svenning, J. C., Chequín, R. N., Davalos, M., Salas, R., Vucko, A. & Buitenwerf, R. (2025). Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Generate Grazing Lawns and Maintain Plant Diversity in Neotropical Savanna. Applied Vegetation Science, 28(1), Article e70013. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.70013

Lundgren, E. J., Svenning, J. C., Schlaepfer, M. A., Wallach, A., Andersson, A., Pereyra, P. J. & Ramp, D. (2025). Categories, impacts, and the politics of naming in conservation: Reply to Schwartz and Simberloff. Conservation Biology, 39(5), Article e70112. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70112

Davison, C. W., Rahbek, C. & Morueta-Holme, N. (2024). Changes in Danish bird communities over four decades of climate and land-use change. Oikos, 2024(12), Article e10697. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10697

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

Guo, W. Y., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Eiserhardt, W. L., Maitner, B. S., Merow, C., Violle, C., Pound, M. J., Sun, M., Slik, F., Blach-Overgaard, A., Enquist, B. J. & Svenning, J. C. (2023). Climate change and land use threaten global hotspots of phylogenetic endemism for trees. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 6950. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42671-y

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

Raina, P., Mungi, N. A., Kumar, U., Rathi, A. D., Khan, N. H., Patel, D. A., Bhasin, A., Bisht, S., Hiby, L., Pandav, B., Sultan, M. S., Takpa, J. J. & Jhala, Y. V. (2025). Comprehensive assessment of snow leopard distribution and population in the Indian Trans-Himalaya, Ladakh: Standardizing methods for evidence-based conservation. PLoS One, 20(5), Article e0322136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322136

Pang, S. E. H., Slik, J. W. F., Chisholm, R. A. & Webb, E. L. (2024). Conserving Southeast Asian trees requires mitigating both climate and land-use change. Nature Sustainability, 7(10), 1313-1323. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01417-4

Andres, S. E., Atkinson, J., Coleman, D., Brazill-Boast, J., Wright, I. J., Allen, S. & Gallagher, R. V. (2024). Constraints of commercially available seed diversity in restoration: Implications for plant functional diversity. Plants People Planet, 6(6), 1341-1357. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10523

Cao, W., Jia, G., Yang, Q., Sun, H., Wang, L., Svenning, J. C. & Wen, L. (2024). Construction of ecological network and its temporal and spatial evolution characteristics: A case study of Ulanqab. Ecological Indicators, 166, Article 112344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112344

Abraham, A. J., Louw, M. L. H., van Dijk, L. M. & Webster, A. B. (2024). Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low-nutrient environment. African Journal of Ecology, 62(3), Article e13308. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13308

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

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

Ma, F., Zhang, R., Svenning, J. C., Zhang, F., He, Y., Wang, J., Tian, D., Zhou, Q. & Niu, S. (2024). Decoupled responses of the stability of above- and belowground productivity to drought and clipping in an alpine meadow. Journal of Ecology, 112(11), 2585-2597. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14389

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

Pagh, S., de Jonge, N., Østergaard, S. K., Pertoldi, C., Wooldridge, B., Laustsen, A. M., Svenning, J. C., Pedersen, M. F., Larsen, H. L., Nielsen, J. L. & Toft, S. (2025). Diet of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Danish wetlands with focus on ground-nesting birds and amphibians. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 71(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01886-0

Fahimi, H., Soofi, M., Ahmadi, N., Qashqaei, A. T., Heidari, H., Bungum, H., Rech, B., Trepel, J. & Waltert, M. (2024). Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes. Basic and Applied Ecology, 80, 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.07.003

Hu, Z., Svenning, J. C., Tang, J., Cheng, Y., Ma, F., Wu, W., Ni, M., Yang, Y., Zhang, X. & Niu, B. (2025). Distributions and drivers of soil organic carbon on the Tibetan Plateau: divergent controls across ecosystems. Plant and Soil, 516(2), 1993-2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07845-1

Gao, X., Liu, Z., Corlett, RT., Jiang, Z., Hughes, A., Ma, K., Svenning, J. C. & Feng, G. (2025). Divergent Importance and Geographic Patterns in Threats to Birds and Mammals in China. Diversity and Distributions, 31(2), Article e13925. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13925

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

Midolo, G., Axmanová, I., Divíšek, J., Dřevojan, P., Lososová, Z., Večeřa, M., Karger, D. N., Thuiller, W., Bruelheide, H., Aćić, S., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T. ... Chytrý, M. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(1), Article e13229. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229

Duque-Correa, M. J., Clauss, M., Meloro, C. & Abraham, A. J. (2025). Does intestine length explain digesta retention times in birds and mammals? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Comparative Physiology, 300, Article 111789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111789

Hordijk, I., Bialic-Murphy, L., Lauber, T., Routh, D., Poorter, L., Rivers, M. C., ter Steege, H., Liang, J., Reich, P. B., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G. J., Gamarra, J. G. P., Chen, H. Y. H., Zhou, M., Wiser, S. K., Pretzsch, H., Paquette, A., Picard, N., Hérault, B. ... Crowther, T. W. (2024). Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(10), Article e13889. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13889

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

Pearce, E. A., Davison, C. W., Mazier, F., Normand, S., Fyfe, R., Serge, M. A., Scussolini, P. & Svenning, J. C. (2025). Drivers of Vegetation Structure Differ Between Proposed Natural Reference Conditions for Temperate Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(3), Article e70020. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70020

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Gustav Emil Wester

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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere

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