Renske Onstein

Evolution and Adaptation

The Evolution and Adaptation lab investigates the interactions between (macro)ecology and evolution. The objective is to gain a better understanding of the global distribution of genetic, taxonomic and functional diversity. To this end, we investigate microevolutionary processes in order to understand how these play out over macroevolutionary (i.e. million-year) time-scales. Furthermore, we compare genomic, phylogenetic, fossil and functional characteristics of (mainly) flowering plants (angiosperms) – from tropical rainforests (e.g. in the palm and Annonaceae families) to Mediterranean-type ecosystems (e.g. in the Rhamnaceae and Proteaceae families). For more details on our research, see Research Projects.

Our research approach includes fieldwork, molecular lab work and ecological work (e.g. functional trait measurements from the field, herbaria, floras, literature, monographs, books) and a wide range of analytical methods / tools (e.g. bioinformatics, species distribution modelling, phylogenetic comparative methods, structural equation modelling and other linear statistics).

Contact and Team

Former Head of Research Group

Dr Renske Onstein

Personal website

Postal address

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Affiliation

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Leipzig University

Research Projects

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Landscape on Tenerife

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Rafflesia flower (Borneo)

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Tropical rainforest biome (Borneo)

Microevolution and Macroevolution

Malagasy frugivory. We aim to understand the micro-evolutionary / genomic consequences of dispersal limitation of plants (palms in particular) on Madagascar. Giant lemurs and elephants birds went extinct ca. 2000 years ago. These animals were probably important seed dispersers, especially for plants with very large, fleshy fruits. Nowadays, only lemurs and a couple of bird species comprise the furgivory communities on Madagascar. Dispersal limitation may lead to low genetic diversity, low connectivity between populations and (historical) genetic bottlenecks. We study these processes using population-level Rad-seq data, in combination with functional trait, species-interaction and (historical) environmental data.

Historical habitat connectivity and evolution of chimpanzees. Using paleoclimate, genomic data and species distribution modelling, we investigate the environmental and evolutionary processes affecting chimpanzee diversification. In turn this helps us understand their complex genetic and cultural diversity, simultaneously providing essential conservation data for our closest living relative.

Evolutionary radiations. Our group uses a wide range of phylogenetic comparative methods to investigate the evolution of lineages and clades through time. Central questions include: when did lineages evolve? When did they colonise (new) continents or regions? Have there been shifts in diversification rates? Can changes in diversification rates be explained by traits, (extrinsic) ecological opportunities, or a combination of these? When did certain traits or trait syndromes evolve? Typical clades to address these questions in, include angiosperms in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (e.g. Rhamnaceae, Proteaceae), tropical rainforests (e.g. Arecaceae, Annonaceae), or islands (e.g. angiosperms that evolved secondary woodiness) but we are also interested in other taxonomic groups, such as birds, primates (e.g. lemurs – Lemuriformes) and frogs.

Macroecology and Functional Convergence

Publications

Publications 2024

Publications 2023

Wölke, Friederike J. R., Cabral, Andressa, Lim, Jun Ying, Kissling, W. Daniel, Onstein, Renske E. (2023): Africa as an evolutionary arena for large fruits. New Phytologist
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Keggin, T., Waldock, C., Skeels, A., Hagen, O., Albouy, C., Manel, S., Pellissier, L. (2023): Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish. Bmc Biology
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Ramsay, Malcolm S., Sgarlata, Gabriele M., Barratt, Christopher D., Salmona, Jordi, Andriatsitohaina, Bertrand, Kiene, Frederik, Manzi, Sophie, Ramilison, Miarisoa L., Rakotondravony, Romule, Chikhi, Lounès, Lehman, Shawn M., Radespiel, Ute (2023): Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Connectivity and Genetic Diversity in an Endemic and an Invasive Rodent in Northwestern Madagascar. Genes
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Xu, Wu-Bing, Guo, Wen-Yong, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Schrodt, Franziska, Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Enquist, Brian J., Maitner, Brian S., Merow, Cory, Violle, Cyrille, Anand, Madhur, Belluau, Michaël, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Byun, Chaeho, Catford, Jane A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Ciccarelli, Daniela, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Dang-Le, Anh Tuan, de Frutos, Angel, Dias, Arildo S., Giroldo, Aelton B., Gutiérrez, Alvaro G., Hattingh, Wesley, He, Tianhua, Hietz, Peter, Hough-Snee, Nate, Jansen, Steven, Kattge, Jens, Komac, Benjamin, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Kramer, Koen, Lavorel, Sandra, Lusk, Christopher H., Martin, Adam R., Ma, Ke-Ping, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Michaletz, Sean T., Minden, Vanessa, Mori, Akira S., Niinemets, Ülo, Onoda, Yusuke, Onstein, Renske E., Peñuelas, Josep, Pillar, Valério D., Pisek, Jan, Pound, Matthew J., Robroek, Bjorn J. M., Schamp, Brandon, Slot, Martijn, Sun, Miao, Sosinski, Ênio E., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Thiffault, Nelson, van Bodegom, Peter M., van der Plas, Fons, Zheng, Jingming, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Ordonez, Alejandro (2023): Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change. Science Advances
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Velásquez-Puentes, Francisco J., Torke, Benjamin M., Barratt, Christopher D., Dexter, Kyle G., Pennington, Toby, Pezzini, Flávia Fonseca, Zizka, Alexander, Onstein, Renske E. (2023): Pre-adaptation and adaptation shape trait-environment matching in the Neotropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Kahnt, Belinda, Theodorou, Panagiotis, Grimm-Seyfarth, Annegret, Onstein, Renske E. (2023): When lizards shift to a more plant-based lifestyle: The macroevolution of mutualistic lizard-plant-interactions (Squamata: Sauria/Lacertilia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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Antonelli, Alexandre, Govaerts, Rafaël, Nic Lughadha, Eimear, Onstein, Renske E., Smith, Rhian J., Zizka, Alexander (2023): Why plant diversity and distribution matter. New Phytologist
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Publications 2022

Cazalis, V., Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., González-Suárez, M., Meyer, C., Clausnitzer, V., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Cardoso, P., Schipper, A. M., Bachman, S. P., Young, B. E., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Lucas, P. M., Pettorelli, N., Patoine, G., Pacifici, M., Jörger-Hickfang, T., Brooks, T. M., Rondinini, C., Hill, S. L. L., Visconti, P. and Santini, L. (2022): Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
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Manurung, J., Rojas Andrés, B. M., Barratt, C. D., Schnitzler, J., Jönsson, B. F., Susanti, R., Durka, W., Muellner-Riehl, A. N. (2022): Deep phylogeographic splits and limited mixing by sea surface currents govern genetic population structure in the mangrove genus Lumnitzera (Combretaceae) across the Indonesian Archipelago. Journal of Systematics and Evolution
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Colli-Silva, M., Pirani, J. R., Zizka, A. (2022): Ecological niche models and point distribution data reveal a differential coverage of the cacao relatives (Malvaceae) in South American protected areas. Ecological Informatics
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Zizka, A., Joerger-Hickfang, T., Imhof, S., Méndez, L. (2022): LiDAR sensors in smartphones can enrich herbarium specimens with 3D models of habitat at high precision and little cost. TAXON
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Ralimanana, H., Perrigo, A. L., Smith, R. J., Borrell, J. S., Faurby, S., Rajaonah, M. T., Randriamboavonjy, T., Vorontsova, M. S., Cooke, R. S. C., Phelps, L. N., Sayol, F., Andela, N., Andermann, T., Andriamanohera, A. M., Andriambololonera, S., Bachman, S. P., Bacon, C. D., Baker, W. J., Belluardo, F., Birkinshaw, C., Cable, S., Canales, N. A., Carrillo, J. D., Clegg, R., Clubbe, C., Crottini, A., Damasco, G., Dhanda, S., Edler, D., Farooq, H., de Lima Ferreira, P., Fisher, B. L., Forest, F., Gardiner, L. M., Goodman, S. M., Grace, O. M., Guedes, T. B., Hackel, J., Henniges, M. C., Hill, R., Lehmann, C. E. R., Lowry, P. P., Marline, L., Matos-Maraví, P., Moat, J., Neves, B., Nogueira, M. G. C., Onstein, R. E., Papadopulos, A. S. T., Perez-Escobar, O. A., Phillipson, P. B., Pironon, S., Przelomska, N. A. S., Rabarimanarivo, M., Rabehevitra, D., Raharimampionona, J., Rajaonary, F., Rajaovelona, L. R., Rakotoarinivo, M., Rakotoarisoa, A. A., Rakotoarisoa, S. E., Rakotomalala, H. N., Rakotonasolo, F., Ralaiveloarisoa, B. A., Ramirez-Herranz, M., Randriamamonjy, J. E. N., Randrianasolo, V., Rasolohery, A., Ratsifandrihamanana, A. N., Ravololomanana, N., Razafiniary, V., Razanajatovo, H., Razanatsoa, E., Rivers, M., Silvestro, D., Testo, W., Torres Jiménez, M. F., Walker, K., Walker, B. E., Wilkin, P., Williams, J., Ziegler, T., Zizka, A., Antonelli, A. (2022): Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science
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Méndez, L., Viana, D. S., Alzate, A., Kissling, W. D., Eiserhardt, W. L., Rozzi, R., Rakotoarinivo, M. and Onstein, R. E. (2022): Megafrugivores as fading shadows of the past: extant frugivores and the abiotic environment as the most important determinants of the distribution of palms in Madagascar. Ecography
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Cano, Á., Stauffer, F. W., Andermann, T., Liberal, I. M., Zizka, A., Bacon, C. D., Lorenzi, H., Christe, C., Töpel, M., Perret, M. and Antonelli, A. (2022): Recent and local diversification of Central American understorey palms. Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Keller, A., Ankenbrand, M. J., Bruelheide, H., Dekeyzer, S., Enquist, B. J., Erfanian, M. B., Falster, D. S., Gallagher, R. V., Hammock, J., Kattge, J., Leonhardt, S. D., Madin, J. S., Maitner, B., Neyret, M., Onstein, R. E., Pearse, W. D., Poelen, J. H., Salguero-Gomez, R., Schneider, F. D., Tóth, A. B., Penone, C. (2022): Ten (mostly) simple rules to future-proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Zizka, A., Bermúdez, M. A., Meseguer, A. S., Condamine, F. L., Hoorn, C., Hooghiemstra, H., Pu, Y., Bogarín, D., Boschman, L. M., Pennington, R. T., Antonelli, A. and Chomicki, G. (2022): The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras. Trends in Plant Science
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Bisschop, K., Alzate, A., Bonte, D. and Etienne, R. S. (2022): The Demographic Consequences of Adaptation: Evidence from Experimental Evolution. American Naturalist
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Klimeš, A., Šímová, I., Zizka, A., Antonelli, A. and Herben, T. (2022): The ecological drivers of growth form evolution in flowering plants. Journal of Ecology
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Zizka, A., Onstein, R. E., Rozzi, R., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., Steinbauer, M. J., Bruelheide, H., Lens, F. (2022): The evolution of insular woodiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Alzate, Adriana, Onstein, Renske E. (2022): Understanding the relationship between dispersal and range size. Ecology Letters
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Publications 2021

Zizka, A., Rydén, O., Edler, D., Klein, J., Perrigo, A., Silvestro, D., Jagers, S. C., Lindberg, S. I., Antonelli, A. (2021): Bio-Dem, a tool to explore the relationship between biodiversity data availability and socio-political conditions in time and space. Journal of Biogeography
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A. Perino, H. M. Pereira, M. Felipe-Lucia, H. Kim, H. S. Kühl, M. R. Marselle, J. N. Meya, C. Meyer, L. M. Navarro, R. van Klink, G. Albert, C. D. Barratt, H. Bruelheide, Y. Cao, A. Chamoin, M. Darbi, M. Dornelas, N. Eisenhauer, F. Essl, N. Farwig, J. Förster, J. Freyhof, J. Geschke, F. Gottschall, C. Guerra, P. Haase, T. Hickler, U. Jacob, T. Kastner, L. Korell, I. Kühn, G. U. C. Lehmann, B. Lenzner, A. Marques, E. Motivans Švara, L. C. Quintero, A. Pacheco, A. Popp, J. Rouet-Leduc, F. Schnabel, J. Siebert, I. R. Staude, S. Trogisch, V. Švara, J.-C. Svenning, G. Pe’er, K. Raab, D. Rakosy, M. Vandewalle, A. S. Werner, C. Wirth, H. Xu, D. Yu, Y. Zinngrebe and A. Bonn (2021): Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation Letters
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Hagen, O., Skeels, A., Onstein, R. E., Jetz, W., Pellissier, L. (2021): Earth history events shaped the evolution of uneven biodiversity across tropical moist forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Rouet-Leduc, J., Pe’er, G., Moreira, F., Bonn, A., Helmer, W., Shahsavan Zadeh, S. A. A., Zizka, A. and van der Plas, F. (2021): Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation. Journal of Applied Ecology
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Zizka, A., Barratt, C. D., Ritter, C. D., Joerger-Hickfang, T., Zizka, V. M. A. (2021): Existing approaches and future directions to link macroecology, macroevolution and conservation prioritization. Ecography
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Pu, Y., Naikatini, A., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Silber, M., Renner, S. S., Chomicki, G. (2021): Genome-wide transcriptome signatures of ant-farmed Squamellaria epiphytes reveal key functions in a unique symbiosis. Ecology and Evolution
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Zizka, A., Andermann, T., Silvestro, D. (2021): IUCNN – Deep learning approaches to approximate species’ extinction risk. Diversity and Distributions
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Jimenez, M. F. T., Prata, E. M. B., Zizka, A., Cohn-Haft, M., de Oliveira, A. V. G., Emilio, T., Chazot, N., Couvreur, T. L. P., Kamga, S. M., Sonke, B., Cano, A., Collevatti, R. G., Kuhnhauser, B. G., Baker, W. J., Antonelli, A. and Bacon, C. D. (2021): Phylogenomics of the Palm Tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and Description of a New Species of Mauritiella. Systematic Botany
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Barratt, C. D., Lester, J. D., Gratton, P., Onstein, R. E., Kalan, A. K., McCarthy, M. S., Bocksberger, G., White, L. C., Vigilant, L., Dieguez, P., Abdulai, B., Aebischer, T., Agbor, A., Assumang, A. K., Bailey, E., Bessone, M., Buys, B., Carvalho, J. S., Chancellor, R., Cohen, H., Danquah, E., Deschner, T., Dongmo, Z. N., Doumbé, O. A., Dupain, J., Duvall, C. S., Eno-Nku, M., Etoga, G., Galat-Luong, A., Garriga, R., Gatti, S., Ghiurghi, A., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A.-C., Hakizimana, D., Head, J., Hedwig, D., Herbinger, I., Hermans, V., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kadam, P., Kambi, M., Kienast, I., Kouakou, C. Y., N′Goran, K. P., Langergraber, K. E., Lapuente, J., Laudisoit, A., Lee, K. C., Maisels, F., Mirghani, N., Moore, D., Morgan, B., Morgan, D., Neil, E., Nicholl, S., Nkembi, L., Ntongho, A., Orbell, C., Ormsby, L. J., Pacheco, L., Piel, A. K., Pintea, L., Plumptre, A. J., Rundus, A., Sanz, C., Sommer, V., Sop, T., Stewart, F. A., Sunderland-Groves, J., Tagg, N., Todd, A., Ton, E., van Schijndel, J., VanLeeuwe, H., Vendras, E., Welsh, A., Wenceslau, J. F. C., Wessling, E. G., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M., Yoshihiro, N., Yuh, Y. G., Yurkiw, K., Boesch, C., Arandjelovic, M. and Kühl, H. (2021): Quantitative estimates of glacial refugia for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) since the Last Interglacial (120,000 BP). American Journal of Primatology
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Hooft van Huysduynen, A., Janssens, S., Merckx, V., Vos, R., Valente, L., Zizka, A., Larter, M., Karabayir, B., Maaskant, D., Witmer, Y., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., de Nascimento, L., Jaén-Molina, R., Caujapé Castells, J., Marrero-Rodríguez, Á, del Arco, M., Lens, F. (2021): Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands. Ecology and Evolution
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J. D. Lester, L. Vigilant, P. Gratton, M. S. McCarthy, C. D. Barratt, P. Dieguez, A. Agbor, P. Álvarez-Varona, S. Angedakin, E. A. Ayimisin, E. Bailey, M. Bessone, G. Brazzola, R. Chancellor, H. Cohen, E. Danquah, T. Deschner, V. E. Egbe, M. Eno-Nku, A. Goedmakers, A.-C. Granjon, J. Head, D. Hedwig, R. A. Hernandez-Aguilar, K. J. Jeffery, S. Jones, J. Junker, P. Kadam, M. Kaiser, A. K. Kalan, L. Kehoe, I. Kienast, K. E. Langergraber, J. Lapuente, A. Laudisoit, K. Lee, S. Marrocoli, V. Mihindou, D. Morgan, G. Muhanguzi, E. Neil, S. Nicholl, C. Orbell, L. J. Ormsby, L. Pacheco, A. Piel, M. M. Robbins, A. Rundus, C. Sanz, L. Sciaky, A. M. Siaka, V. Städele, F. Stewart, N. Tagg, E. Ton, J. van Schijndel, M. K. Vyalengerera, E. G. Wessling, J. Willie, R. M. Wittig, Y. G. Yuh, K. Yurkiw, K. Zuberbuehler, C. Boesch, H. S. Kühl, M. Arandjelovi (2021): Recent genetic connectivity and clinal variation in chimpanzees. Communications Biology
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J. M. Ngwava, C. D. Barratt, E. Boakes, B. A. Bwong, A. Channing, O. Couchman, S. Lötters, P. K. Malonza, V. Muchai, J. K. Nguku, J. Nyamache, N. Owen, V. Wasonga, S. P. Loader (2021): Species-specific or assemblage-wide decline? The case of Arthroleptides dutoiti Loveridge, 1935 and the amphibian assemblage of Mount Elgon, Kenya. African Journal of Herpetology
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R. E. Onstein, D. N. Vink, J. Veen, C. D. Barratt, S. G. A. Flantua, S. A. Wich, W. D. Kissling (2021): Understanding the relationship between fruit colour and primate vision requires multiple lines of evidence. A reply to Heymann & Fuzessy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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Publications 2020

Alzate, A., Onstein, R. E., Etienne, R. S., Bonte, D. (2020): The role of preadaptation, propagule pressure and competition in the colonization of new habitats. Oikos
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Brink, H. t., Onstein, R. E., de Roos, A. M. (2020): Habitat deterioration promotes the evolution of direct development in metamorphosing species. Evolution
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Bwong, B. A., Barratt, C. D., Loader, S. P., Nyamache, J. O., Menegon, M., Malonza, P. K., Nagel, P., Lawson, L. P. (2020): Systematics of Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 and Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus Schiøtz, 1975 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) and assignment of populations from northern Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology
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Carrillo, J. D., S. Faurby, D. Silvestro, A. Zizka, C. Jaramillo, C. D. Bacon, A. Antonelli (2020): Disproportionate extinction of South American mammals drove the asymmetry of the Great American Biotic Interchange. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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do Nascimento, L. F., Guimarães Jr, P. R., Onstein, R. E., Kissling, W. D., Pires, M. M. (2020): Associated evolution of fruit size, fruit color and spines in Neotropical palms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Helmstetter, A. J., Kamga, S. M., Bethune, K., Lautenschlager, T., Zizka, A., Bacon, C. D., Wieringa, J. J., Stauffer, F., Antonelli, A., Sonke, B., Couvreur, T. L. P. (2020): Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus Raphia (Calamoideae, Arecaceae). Plants-Basel
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Kalan, A. K., L. Kulik, M. Arandjelovic, C. Boesch, F. Haas, P. Dieguez, C. D. Barratt, E. E. Abwe, A. Agbor, S. Angedakin, F. Aubert, E. A. Ayimisin, E. Bailey, M. Bessone, G. Brazzola, V. E. Buh, R. Chancellor, H. Cohen, C. Coupland, B. Curran, E. Danquah, T. Deschner, D. Dowd, M. Eno-Nku, J. Michael Fay, A. Goedmakers, A.-C. Granjon, J. Head, D. Hedwig, V. Hermans, K. J. Jeffery, S. Jones, J. Junker, P. Kadam, M. Kambi, I. Kienast, D. Kujirakwinja, K. E. Langergraber, J. Lapuente, B. Larson, K. C. Lee, V. Leinert, M. Llana, S. Marrocoli, A. C. Meier, B. Morgan, D. Morgan, E. Neil, S. Nicholl, E. Normand, L. J. Ormsby, L. Pacheco, A. Piel, J. Preece, M. M. Robbins, A. Rundus, C. Sanz, V. Sommer, F. Stewart, N. Tagg, C. Tennie, V. Vergnes, A. Welsh, E. G. Wessling, J. Willie, R. M. Wittig, Y. G. Yuh, K. Zuberbühler, H. S. Kühl (2020): Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity. Nature Communications
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Lester, J. D., Vigilant, L., Gratton, P., McCarthy, M. S., Barratt, C. D., Boesch, C., Kuehl, H., Dieguez, P., …, Arandjelovic, M. (2020): Chimpanzee Biogeography Inferred from Genetic Diversity and Effective Migration. Folia Primatologica
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Nurk, N. M., Linder, H. P., Onstein, R. E., Larcombe, M. J., Hughes, C. E., Fernandez, L. P., Schluter, P. M., Valente, L., …, Pirie, M. D. (2020): Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis. Ecology and Evolution
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Onstein, R. E., Vink, D. N., Veen, J., Barratt, C. D., Flantua, S. G. A., Wich, S. A., Kissling, W. D. (2020): Palm fruit colours are linked to the broad-scale distribution and diversification of primate colour vision systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
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Pimiento, C., Bacon, C. D., Silvestro, D., Hendy, A., Jaramillo, C., Zizka, A., Meyer, X., Antonelli, A. (2020): Selective extinction against redundant species buffers functional diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
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Zizka, A., Carvalho-Sobrinho, J. G., Pennington, R. T., Queiroz, L. P., Alcantara, S., Baum, D. A., Bacon, C. D., Antonelli, A. (2020): Transitions between biomes are common and directional in Bombacoideae (Malvaceae). Journal of Biogeography
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Zizka, A., F. Antunes Carvalho, A. Calvente, M. Rocio Baez-Lizarazo, A. Cabral, J. F. R. Coelho, M. Colli-Silva, M. R. Fantinati, M. F. Fernandes, T. Ferreira-Araújo, F. Gondim Lambert Moreira, N. M. C. Santos, T. A. B. Santos, R. C. dos Santos-Costa, F. C. Serrano, A. P. Alves da Silva, A. de Souza Soares, P. G. Cavalcante de Souza, E. Calisto Tomaz, V. F. Vale, T. L. Vieira, A. Antonelli (2020): No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF. PeerJ
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Zizka, A., Silvestro, D., Vitt, P., Knight, T. M. (2020): Automated conservation assessment of the orchid family with deep learning. Conservation Biology
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Publications 2019

Flantua, S. G. A., O’Dea, A., Onstein, R. E., Giraldo, C., Hooghiemstra, H. (2019): The flickering connectivity system of the north Andean páramos. Journal of Biogeography
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Alzate, A., Etienne, R. S., Bonte, D. (2019): Experimental island biogeography demonstrates the importance of island size and dispersal for the adaptation to novel habitats. Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Alzate, A., T. Janzen, D. Bonte, J. Rosindell, R. S. Etienne (2019): itle”> A simple spatially explicit neutral model explains the range size distribution of reef fishes. Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Alzate, A., van der Plas, F., Zapata, F. A., Bonte, D., Etienne, R. S. (2019): Incomplete datasets obscure associations between traits affecting dispersal ability and geographic range size of reef fishes in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Ecology and Evolution
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Hagen, O., Vaterlaus, L., Albouy, C., Brown, A., Leugger, F., Onstein, R. E., de Santana, C. N., Scotese, C. R., Pellissier, L. (2019): Mountain building, climate cooling and the richness of cold‐adapted plants in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Biogeography
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Han, T.-S., Zheng, Q.-J., Onstein, R. E., Rojas-Andrés, B. M., Hauenschild, F., Muellner-Riehl, A. N., Xing, Y.-W. (2019): Polyploidy promotes species diversification of Allium through ecological shifts. New Phytologist
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Kissling, W. D., Balslev, H., Baker, W. J., Dransfield, J., Göldel, B., Lim, J. Y., Onstein, R. E., Svenning, J.-C. (2019): PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database of palms worldwide. Scientific Data
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Méndez, L., A. Perdices, A. Machordom (2019): Genetic structure and diversity of the Iberian populations of the freshwater blenny Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) and its conservation implications. Conservation Genetics
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Nyman, T., R. E. Onstein, D. Silvestro, S. Wutke, A. Taeger, N. Wahlberg, S. M. Blank, T. Malm (2019): The early wasp plucks the flower: disparate extant diversity of sawfly superfamilies (Hymenoptera: ‘Symphyta’) may reflect asynchronous switching to angiosperm hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Onstein, R. E. (2019): Darwin’s second ‘abominable mystery’: trait flexibility as the innovation leading to angiosperm diversity. New Phytologist
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Onstein, R. E., Kissling, W. D., Chatrou, L. W., Couvreur, T. L. P., Morlon, H., Sauquet, H. (2019): Which frugivory-related traits facilitated historical long-distance dispersal in the custard apple family (Annonaceae)?. Journal of Biogeography
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Ritter, C. D., Faurby, S., Bennett, D. J., Naka, L. N., ter Steege, H., Zizka, A., Haenel, Q., Nilsson, R. H., Antonelli, A. (2019): The pitfalls of biodiversity proxies: Differences in richness patterns of birds, trees and understudied diversity across Amazonia. Scientific Reports
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Rydén, O., A. Zizka, S. C. Jagers, S. I. Lindberg, A. Antonelli (2019): Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps. Ambio
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Zhang, Q., Onstein, R. E., Little, S. A., Sauquet, H. (2019): Estimating divergence times and ancestral breeding systems in Ficus and Moraceae. Annals of Botany
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Zizka, A., Azevedo, J., Leme, E., Neves, B., da Costa, A. F., Caceres, D., Zizka, G. (2019): Biogeography and conservation status of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae). Diversity and Distributions
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Zizka, A., Silvestro, D., Andermann, T., Azevedo, J., Duarte Ritter, C., Edler, D., Farooq, H., Herdean, A., Ariza, M., Scharn, R., et al. (2019): CoordinateCleaner: Standardized cleaning of occurrence records from biological collection databases. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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