@article{AlbrechtClassenVollstaedtetal.2018,
  author    = {Albrecht, J{\"o}rg and Classen, Alice and Vollst{\"a}dt, Maximilian G.R. and Mayr, Antonia and Mollel, Neduvoto P. and Schellenberger Costa, David and Dulle, Hamadi I. and Fischer, Markus and Hemp, Andreas and Howell, Kim M. and Kleyer, Michael and Nauss, Thomas and Peters, Marcell K. and Tschapka, Marco and Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf and B{\"o}hning-Gaese, Katrin and Schleuning, Matthias},
  title     = {Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41467-018-05610-w},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221056},
  pages     = {1-10},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Species' functional traits set the blueprint for pair-wise interactions in ecological networks. Yet, it is unknown to what extent the functional diversity of plant and animal communities controls network assembly along environmental gradients in real-world ecosystems. Here we address this question with a unique dataset of mutualistic bird-fruit, bird-flower and insect-flower interaction networks and associated functional traits of 200 plant and 282 animal species sampled along broad climate and land-use gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro. We show that plant functional diversity is mainly limited by precipitation, while animal functional diversity is primarily limited by temperature. Furthermore, shifts in plant and animal functional diversity along the elevational gradient control the niche breadth and partitioning of the respective other trophic level. These findings reveal that climatic constraints on the functional diversity of either plants or animals determine the relative importance of bottom-up and top-down control in plant-animal interaction networks.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Beck2005,
  author    = {Beck, Jan},
  title     = {The macroecology of Southeast-Asian hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-13001},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {This study investigates the abundance and geographic distribution of the hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Southeast-Asia and analyses the resulting patterns of biodiversity, biogeography and macroecology. Data on the distribution of species were retrieved from published and unpublished faunal lists and museum collections (in close cooperation with the Natural History Museum, London). Over 34,500 records of the global distribution of the 380 species that occur in Southeast-Asia (including New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) were used for a GIS-supported estimate of distributional ranges, which can be accessed at http://www.sphingidae-sea.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, an Internet site that also provides pictures of the species and checklists for 114 islands of the Malesian region. The abundance of species in local assemblages was assessed from nightly collections at artificial light sources. Using a compilation of own samples as well as published and unpublished data from other sources, local abundance data on 93 sites were used for analysis, covering 159 species or 17,676 specimens.},
  language  = {en}
}