Clara Wild

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• Forest Heterogeneity by Chain Saw: How Between‐Patch Variation in Old Growth Attributes Changes the Metacommunities of Beetles. Mitesser, Oliver; Cadotte, Marc W.; Mori, Akira S.; van der Plas, Fons; Chao, Anne; Rothacher, Julia; Bässler, Claus; Bevanda, Mirjana; Biedermann, Peter H. W.; Bradler, Pia; Castañeda‐Gómez, Antonio; Decker, Orsi; Delory, Benjamin M.; Dittrich, Sebastian; Feldhaar, Heike; Fichtner, Andreas; Kreis, Alexander; Köstler‐Albert, Lisa; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; von Oheimb, Goddert; Pflumm, Luisa; Pierick, Kerstin; Schwalb‐Willmann, Jakob; Thorn, Simon; Vogelfänger, Leah; Weisser, Wolfgang; Wegmann, Martin; Wild, Clara; Müller, Jörg. In Ecology Letters, 29(3). Wiley, 2026.
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• The invisible heterogeneity of forests---$beta$-diversity of volatiles. Carlson, Lena; Müller, Jörg; Ammer, Christian; Bässler, Claus; Bevanda, Mirjana; Biedermann, Peter H. W.; Bradler, Pia M.; Casta~neda-Gómez, Antonio J.; Delory, Benjamin M.; Dittrich, Sebastian; Dyson, Bronwyn Lira; Fichtner, Andreas; Mitesser, Oliver; von Oheimb, Goddert; Pflumm, Luisa; Pierick, Kerstin; Rothacher, Julia; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Schwalb-Willmann, Jakob; Wegmann, Martin; Wild, Clara; Schmitt, Thomas. In Landscape Ecology, 41(4), p. 62. 2026.
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• Elevation reverses the effects of forest structure on folivory and leaf asymmetry. Mallick, Soumen; Wild, Clara; Kieffer, Adèle; Torres Pineda, Jorge Salvador; Pierick, Kerstin; Rothacher, Julia; Decker, Orsi; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Mitesser, Oliver; Eisenhauer, Nico; Mori, Akira S.; Ammer, Christian; Schuldt, Bernhard; Müller, Jörg. In Functional Ecology, 40(4), pp. 1061–1073. Wiley, 2026.
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• Dung beetles do not profit from enhanced spatial heterogeneity in temperate production forests: A forest manipulation experiment. Asch, Johanna; Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael; Pierick, Kerstin; Wild, Clara; Rothacher, Julia; Müller, Jörg; Decker, Orsi; Cesarz, Simone; Daume, Nico; Buse, Jörn; Peters, Marcell K. In Journal of Applied Ecology, 63(2). Wiley, 2026.
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• Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape‐scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite increasing species turnover. Stör, Jean‐Léonard; Rothacher, Julia; Cadotte, Marc W.; Chao, Anne; Huszarik, Maike; Junginger, Michael; Köstler‐Albert, Lisa; Mitesser, Oliver; Mori, Akira S.; Wild, Clara; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Animal Ecology, 95(9), pp. 1793–1806. Wiley, 2026.
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• Restoring structural complexity in temperate forests increases bat and bird diversity. Wild, Clara; Chao, Anne; Chuang, Po-Yen; Cadotte, Marc; Daume, Nico; Decker, Orsi; Hausmann, Ronja; Hochrein, Sophia; Junginger, Michael; Kortmann, Mareike; Kümmet, Sonja; Mallick, Soumen; Mitesser, Oliver; Pickert, Ruth; Rothacher, Julia; Sattler, Kai; Schlüter, Jens; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg. In Current Biology, 36(11), pp. 2840–2852.e4. Elsevier BV, 2026.
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• Spatial microclimatic heterogeneity is associated with forest structure and biodiversity. Pierick, Kerstin; Seidel, Dominik; Bradler, Pia; Cesarz, Simone; Decker, Orsi; Delory, Benjamin M.; Dittrich, Sebastian; Ehbrecht, Martin; Eisenhauer, Nico; Fichtner, Andreas; Junginger, Michael; Köhler, Michael; Lettenmaier, Ludwig; Link, Roman M.; Mallick, Soumen; Müller, Jörg; Rothacher, Julia; Rugen, Lena; Scholz, Guido F.; Stör, Jean-Léonard; Weißing, Kim K.; Wild, Clara; von Oheimb, Goddert; Ammer, Christian; Schuldt, Bernhard. In Ecological Indicators, 187, p. 114874. Elsevier BV, 2026.
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• Nest mass in forest tits increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success. Wild, Clara; Brandl, Roland; Decker, Orsi; Hochrein, Sophia; Ingrosso, Andrea; Mallick, Soumen; Mitesser, Oliver; Rothacher, Julia; Thorn, Simon; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(4). Wiley, 2025.
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• The impact of tree mortality and post‐disturbance management on insect diversity in temperate forests: Insights from a replicated experiment. Rothacher, Julia; Seidl, Rupert; Thom, Dominik; Kortmann, Mareike; Chao, Anne; Chiu, Chun‐Ho; Heibl, Christoph; Hothorn, Torsten; Mitesser, Oliver; Mori, Akira S.; Morinière, Jérôme; Pierick, Kerstin; Wild, Clara; Wild, Nina; Müller, Jörg. In Journal of Applied Ecology. Wiley, 2025.
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• Reply to: Weather anomalies cannot explain insect decline. Müller, Jörg; Hothorn, Torsten; Yuan, Ye; Seibold, Sebastian; Mitesser, Oliver; Rothacher, Julia; Freund, Julia; Wild, Clara; Wolz, Marina; Menzel, Annette. In Nature, 639(8054), pp. E12-E13. 2025.
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• Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years. Müller, Jörg; Hothorn, Torsten; Yuan, Ye; Seibold, Sebastian; Mitesser, Oliver; Rothacher, Julia; Freund, Julia; Wild, Clara; Wolz, Marina; Menzel, Annette. In Nature, 628(8007), pp. 349–354. 2024.
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