Oliver Mitesser

Forest biodiversity benefits from warmer microclimate, but only in colder regions

The study shows that warmer microclimates in forest gaps boost biodiversity in colder regions but not in warmer ones, suggesting climate-specific forest management strategies.

Sample coverage standardization ranks species richness of saproxylic beetles across European tree genera

The paper standardizes sample coverage to compare saproxylic beetle diversity across European tree genera, finding oak supports higher richness while resource availability and tree height are key drivers.

Enhancing structural heterogeneity in managed forest landscapes promotes gamma but not beta diversity in understorey plant communities

This study shows that increasing structural heterogeneity in managed forests boosts gamma diversity in understorey plants but not beta diversity, with light niche variation playing a key role.

Experimental enhancement of structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes promotes multidimensional hoverfly diversity.

This study shows that enhancing structural heterogeneity in forests increases hoverfly diversity, with benefits for taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity.

The Invisible Heterogeneity of a Forest -- Beta Diversity of Volatiles

The paper quantifies how forest structural changes affect volatile organic compound beta-diversity and finds deadwood, not canopy openness, drives this increase.

Old growth attributes by chain saw: how between-patch heterogeneity changes the metacommunities of beetles in temperate forests

The paper experiments with structural heterogeneity in forests to determine its impact on beetle metacommunities, finding increased species diversity and support for mass-effect and species-sorting processes.

Enhanced forest heterogeneity drives stronger functional than taxonomic shifts in soil nematodes

The paper manipulates forest structural complexity to study its effects on soil nematode diversity, finding functional diversity responds more strongly than taxonomic diversity to structural changes.

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape-scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite species turnover

This study shows that increasing forest structural complexity reduces spider diversity through habitat filtering, despite higher abundances and beta-diversity.

Higher bat and bird γ-diversity in structurally complex forests is driven by distinct α- and β-diversity responses

The paper shows that restoring forest structural complexity increases γ-diversity for bats and birds through distinct α- and β-diversity mechanisms.

A continuum of information-based temporal stability measures and their decomposition across hierarchical levels

The paper introduces a continuum of information-based temporal stability measures parameterized by q, applicable to ecological time series data, and demonstrates their use with biomass data from the Jena Experiment.

Inconsistent short-term effects of enhanced structural complexity on soil microbial properties across German forests

This study examines how enhancing structural complexity in German forests affects soil microbial properties, finding site-specific effects influenced by soil moisture and understorey vegetation.

Acoustic indices predict recovery of tropical bird communities for taxonomic and functional composition

The paper shows acoustic indices can predict recovery of tropical bird communities, including taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic composition, using audio recordings and Hill numbers analysis.

A short cut to sample coverage standardization in meta-barcoding data provides new insights into land use effects on insect diversity

This study standardizes sample coverage in metabarcoding data to assess land use effects on insect diversity, finding significant declines in both taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in agricultural areas.