@article{RablAlonsoRodriguezBrehmetal.2020,
  author    = {Rabl, Dominik and Alonso-Rodr{\´i}guez, Aura M. and Brehm, Gunnar and Fiedler, Konrad},
  title     = {Trait variation in moths mirrors small-scaled ecological gradients in a tropical forest landscape},
  series = {Insects},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Insects},
  number    = {9},
  issn      = {2075-4450},
  doi       = {10.3390/insects11090612},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-213016},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Along environmental gradients, communities are expected to be filtered from the regional species pool by physical constraints, resource availability, and biotic interactions. This should be reflected in species trait composition. Using data on species-rich moth assemblages sampled by light traps in a lowland rainforest landscape in Costa Rica, we show that moths in two unrelated clades (Erebidae-Arctiinae; Geometridae) are much smaller-sized in oil palm plantations than in nearby old-growth forest, with intermediate values at disturbed forest sites. In old-growth forest, Arctiinae predominantly show aposematic coloration as a means of anti-predator defense, whereas this trait is much reduced in the prevalence in plantations. Similarly, participation in M{\"u}llerian mimicry rings with Hymenoptera and Lycidae beetles, respectively, is rare in plantations. Across three topographic types of old-growth forests, community-weighted means of moth traits showed little variation, but in creek forest, both types of mimicry were surprisingly rare. Our results emphasize that despite their mobility, moth assemblages are strongly shaped by local environmental conditions through the interplay of bottom-up and top-down processes. Assemblages in oil palm plantations are highly degraded not only in their biodiversity, but also in terms of trait expression.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MuellerMitesserSchaeferetal.2023,
  author    = {M{\"u}ller, J{\"o}rg and Mitesser, Oliver and Schaefer, H. Martin and Seibold, Sebastian and Busse, Annika and Kriegel, Peter and Rabl, Dominik and Gelis, Rudy and Arteaga, Alejandro and Freile, Juan and Leite, Gabriel Augusto and de Melo, Tomaz Nascimento and LeBien, Jack and Campos-Cerqueira, Marconi and Bl{\"u}thgen, Nico and Tremlett, Constance J. and B{\"o}ttger, Dennis and Feldhaar, Heike and Grella, Nina and Falcon{\´i}-L{\´o}pez, Ana and Donoso, David A. and Moriniere, Jerome and Buřivalov{\´a}, Zuzana},
  title     = {Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41467-023-41693-w},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-358130},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Tropical forest recovery is fundamental to addressing the intertwined climate and biodiversity loss crises. While regenerating trees sequester carbon relatively quickly, the pace of biodiversity recovery remains contentious. Here, we use bioacoustics and metabarcoding to measure forest recovery post-agriculture in a global biodiversity hotspot in Ecuador. We show that the community composition, and not species richness, of vocalizing vertebrates identified by experts reflects the restoration gradient. Two automated measures - an acoustic index model and a bird community composition derived from an independently developed Convolutional Neural Network - correlated well with restoration (adj-R² = 0.62 and 0.69, respectively). Importantly, both measures reflected composition of non-vocalizing nocturnal insects identified via metabarcoding. We show that such automated monitoring tools, based on new technologies, can effectively monitor the success of forest recovery, using robust and reproducible data.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MaasBrandlHussainetal.2021,
  author    = {Maas, Bea and Brandl, Manuela and Hussain, Raja Imran and Frank, Thomas and Zulka, Klaus Peter and Rabl, Dominik and Walcher, Ronnie and Moser, Dietmar},
  title     = {Functional traits driving pollinator and predator responses to newly established grassland strips in agricultural landscapes},
  series = {Journal of Applied Ecology},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Journal of Applied Ecology},
  doi       = {10.1111/1365-2664.13892},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-369992},
  pages     = {1728-1737},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Agricultural biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions are declining at alarming rates due to widespread land use intensification. They can only be maintained through targeted landscape management that supports species with different habitat preferences, dispersal capacities and other functional traits that determine their survival. However, we need better understanding whether short-term measures can already improve functional diversity in European agroecosystems. We investigated spatio-temporal responses of bees (solitary bees, bumblebees and honey bees), hoverflies, carabid beetles and spiders to newly established grassland strips in Lower Austria over 3 years, and along a distance gradient to old grasslands. Specifically, we asked if new grasslands, compared to old grasslands and cereal fields, serve as temporal dispersal habitat or corridor, and how species-specific traits affect dispersal patterns. Using a trait-based functional diversity approach, we investigated year and distance effects for nine selected key traits per taxon (e.g. body size, feeding guild and habitat preferences). Our results show that the functional diversity of predators and pollinators (i.e. functional richness and evenness), as well as community-weighted means of selected key traits in new grasslands significantly differed from adjacent cereal fields, but only slowly adjusted to adjacent old grasslands. These effects significantly decreased with increasing distance to old grasslands for carabids and spiders, but not for mobile bees and hoverflies. Synthesis and applications. Over 3 years, newly established grassland strips supported larger sized and actively foraging/hunting species in the agricultural landscape. Adjacent crops likely benefit from such measures through enhanced functional diversity and related ecosystem services. However, our results also suggest that 3-year period is too short to enhance the occurrence of pollinators and epigeic predators in new grasslands. Agri-environment measures need to be complemented by the conservation of permanent habitats to effectively maintain species and functional diversity. Our findings should be acknowledged by European policy and agricultural decision makers for the design of more effective agri-environment schemes, taking into account trait-dependent species responses to land use change.},
  language  = {en}
}