Felix May

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Prof. Dr. Felix May

  1. 2020
  2. Published

    Woody plant diversity, composition and structure in relation to environmental variables and land-cover types in Lake Wanchi watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

    Angessa, A. T., Lemma, B., Yeshitela, K., Fischer, J., May, F. & Shumi, G., 01.12.2020, In: African Journal of Ecology. 58, 4, p. 627-638 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    A cross-scale assessment of productivity–diversity relationships

    Craven, D., van der Sande, M. T., Meyer, C., Gerstner, K., Bennett, J. M., Giling, D. P., Hines, J., Phillips, H. R. P., May, F., Bannar-Martin, K. H., Chase, J. M. & Keil, P., 01.11.2020, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29, 11, p. 1940-1955 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Ecosystem decay exacerbates biodiversity loss with habitat loss

    Chase, J. M., Blowes, S. A., Knight, T. M., Gerstner, K. & May, F., 13.08.2020, In: Nature. 584, 7820, p. 238-243 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Scale-dependent effects of conspecific negative density dependence and immigration on biodiversity maintenance

    May, F., Wiegand, T., Huth, A. & Chase, J. M., 01.07.2020, In: Oikos. 129, 7, p. 1072-1083 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Mediterranean marine protected areas have higher biodiversity via increased evenness, not abundance

    Blowes, S. A., Chase, J. M., Di Franco, A., Frid, O., Gotelli, N. J., Guidetti, P., Knight, T. M., May, F., McGlinn, D. J., Micheli, F., Sala, E. & Belmaker, J., 01.03.2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 3, p. 578-589 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology

    Shoemaker, L. G., Sullivan, L. L., Donohue, I., Cabral, J. S., Williams, R. J., Mayfield, M. M., Chase, J. M., Chu, C., Harpole, W. S., Huth, A., HilleRisLambers, J., James, A. R. M., Kraft, N. J. B., May, F., Muthukrishnan, R., Satterlee, S., Taubert, F., Wang, X., Wiegand, T., Yang, Q. & Abbott, K. C., 01.02.2020, In: Ecology. 101, 2, 17 p., e02922.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. 2019
  9. Published

    FragSAD: A database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments

    Chase, J. M., Liebergesell, M., Sagouis, A., May, F., Blowes, S. A., Berg, Å., Bernard, E., Brosi, B. J., Cadotte, M. W., Cayuela, L., Chiarello, A. G., Cosson, J-F., Cresswell, W., Dami, F. D., Dauber, J., Dickman, C. R., Didham, R. K., Edwards, D. P., Farneda, F. Z., Gavish, Y., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Guadagnin, D. L., Henry, M., López-Baucells, A., Kappes, H., Mac Nally, R., Manu, S., Martensen, A. C., McCollin, D., Meyer, C. F. J., Neckel-Oliveira, S., Nogueira, A., Pons, J-M., Raheem, D. C., Ramos, F. N., Rocha, R., Sam, K., Slade, E., Stireman III, J. O., Struebig, M. J., Vasconcelos, H. & Ziv, Y., 01.12.2019, In: Ecology. 100, 12, 1 p., e02861.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  10. Published

    A framework for disentangling ecological mechanisms underlying the island species–area relationship

    Chase, J. M., Gooriah, L., May, F., Ryberg, W. A., Schuler, M. S., Craven, D. & Knight, T. M., 30.04.2019, In: Frontiers of Biogeography . 11, 1, 17 p., e40844.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Intraspecific trait variation increases species diversity in a trait-based grassland model

    Crawford, M., Jeltsch, F., May, F., Grimm, V. & Schlägel, U. E., 01.03.2019, In: Oikos. 128, 3, p. 441-455 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The geometry of habitat fragmentation: Effects of species distribution patterns on extinction risk due to habitat conversion

    May, F., Rosenbaum, B., Schurr, F. M. & Chase, J. M., 03.2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 5, p. 2775-2790 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Measurement of Biodiversity (MoB): A method to separate the scale-dependent effects of species abundance distribution, density, and aggregation on diversity change

    McGlinn, D. J., Xiao, X., May, F., Gotelli, N. J., Engel, T., Blowes, S. A., Knight, T. M., Purschke, O., Chase, J. M. & McGill, B. J., 01.02.2019, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 2, p. 258-269 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. 2018
  15. Embracing scale-dependence to achieve a deeper understanding of biodiversity and its change across communities

    Chase, J. M., McGill, B. J., McGlinn, D. J., May, F., Blowes, S. A., Xiao, X., Knight, T. M., Purschke, O. & Gotelli, N. J., 01.11.2018, In: Ecology Letters. 21, 11, p. 1737-1751 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  16. mobsim: An R package for the simulation and measurement of biodiversity across spatial scales

    May, F., Gerstner, K., McGlinn, D. J., Xiao, X. & Chase, J. M., 01.06.2018, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 6, p. 1401-1408 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  17. Species composition and forest structure explain the temperature sensitivity patterns of productivity in temperate forests

    Bohn, F. J., May, F. & Huth, A., 26.03.2018, In: Biogeosciences. 15, 6, p. 1795 - 1813 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Spatial scaling of extinction rates: Theory and data reveal nonlinearity and a major upscaling and downscaling challenge

    Keil, P., Pereira, H. M., Cabral, J. S., Chase, J. M., May, F., Martins, I. S., Winter, M. & Hurlbert, A., 01.01.2018, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27, 1, p. 2-13 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. 2017
  20. Two Mediterranean annuals feature high within-population trait variability and respond differently to a precipitation gradient

    Bergholz, K., May, F., Ristow, M., Giladi, I., Ziv, Y. & Jeltsch, F., 01.12.2017, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 25, p. 48-58 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. What drives the spatial distribution and dynamics of local species richness in tropical forest?

    Wiegand, T., May, F., Kazmierczak, M. & Huth, A., 27.09.2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 284, 1863, 1 p., 2017.1503.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Environmental heterogeneity drives fine-scale species assembly and functional diversity of annual plants in a semi-arid environment

    Bergholz, K., May, F., Giladi, I., Ristow, M., Ziv, Y. & Jeltsch, F., 01.02.2017, In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 24, p. 138-146 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  23. 2016
  24. Do abundance distributions and species aggregation correctly predict macroecological biodiversity patterns in tropical forests?

    May, F., Wiegand, T., Lehmann, S., Huth, A. & Fortin, MJ., 01.05.2016, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25, 5, p. 575-585 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Monodominance in tropical forests: modelling reveals emerging clusters and phase transitions

    Kazmierczak, M., Backmann, P., Fedriani, J. M., Fischer, R., Hartmann, A. K., Huth, A., May, F., Müller, M. S., Taubert, F., Grimm, V. & Groeneveld, J., 01.04.2016, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 13, 117, 9 p., 2016.0123.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. 2015
  27. Linking trait similarity to interspecific spatial associations in a moist tropical forest

    Velázquez, E., Paine, C. E. T., May, F. & Wiegand, T., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 26, 6, p. 1068-1079 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Moving beyond abundance distributions: neutral theory and spatial patterns in a tropical forest

    May, F., Huth, A. & Wiegand, T., 07.03.2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 282, 1802, 8 p., 2014.1657.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. 2014
  30. Scale-dependent species–area and species–isolation relationships: a review and a test study from a fragmented semi-arid agro-ecosystem

    Giladi, I., May, F., Ristow, M., Jeltsch, F. & Ziv, Y., 06.2014, In: Journal of Biogeography. 41, 6, p. 1055-1069 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Grazing response patterns indicate isolation of semi-natural European grasslands

    Weiss, L., Pfestorf, H., May, F., Körner, K., Boch, S., Fischer, M., Müller, J., Prati, D., Socher, S. A. & Jeltsch, F., 05.2014, In: Oikos. 123, 5, p. 599-612 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Modelling the effect of belowground herbivory on grassland diversity

    Körner, K., Pfestorf, H., May, F. & Jeltsch, F., 10.02.2014, In: Ecological Modelling. 273, p. 79-85 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. 2013
  34. Plant functional traits and community assembly along interacting gradients of productivity and fragmentation

    May, F., Giladi, I., Ristow, M., Ziv, Y. & Jeltsch, F., 20.12.2013, In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 15, 6, p. 304-318 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Metacommunity, mainland-island system or island communities? Assessing the regional dynamics of plant communities in a fragmented landscape

    May, F., Giladi, I., Ristow, M., Ziv, Y. & Jeltsch, F., 07.2013, In: Ecography. 36, 7, p. 842-853 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. How can we bring together empiricists and modellers in functional biodiversity research?

    Jeltsch, F., Blaum, N., Brose, U., Chipperfield, J. D., Clough, Y., Farwig, N., Geissler, K., Graham, C. H., Grimm, V., Hickler, T., Huth, A., May, F., Meyer, K. M., Pagel, J., Reineking, B., Rillig, M. C., Shea, K., Schurr, F. M., Schröder, B., Tielbörger, K., Weiss, L., Wiegand, K., Wiegand, T., Wirth, C. & Zurell, D., 01.03.2013, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 14, 2, p. 93-101 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. 2012
  38. Strong genetic differentiation on a fragmentation gradient among populations of the heterocarpic annual Catananche lutea L. (Asteraceae)

    Gemeinholzer, B., May, F., Ristow, M., Batsch, C. & Lauterbach, D., 01.10.2012, In: Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298, 8, p. 1585-1596 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Dispersal and diversity–unifying scale-dependent relationships within the neutral theory

    May, F., Giladi, I., Ziv, Y. & Jeltsch, F., 06.2012, In: Oikos. 121, 6, p. 942-951 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. 2011
  41. Scale-dependent determinants of plant species richness in a semi-arid fragmented agro-ecosystem

    Giladi, I., Ziv, Y., May, F. & Jeltsch, F., 12.2011, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 22, 6, p. 983-996 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. 2009
  43. Reversed effects of grazing on plant diversity: the role of below‐ground competition and size symmetry

    May, F., Grimm, V. & Jeltsch, F., 12.2009, In: Oikos. 118, 12, p. 1830-1843 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review