Lisa Köstler-Albert

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.

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.

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.