Why is the world green: testing top-down control of plant-herbivore food webs by experiments with birds, bats and ants

Project Information

BABE

Grant agreement ID: 805189

DOI 10.3030/805189

Project closed

EC signature date 14 November 2018

Start date 1 December 2018

End date 31 July 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 455 031,75

EU contribution € 1 455 031,75

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (27)

Estimating predation pressure in ecological studies: controlling bias imposed by using sentinel plasticine prey

Author(s): Thilina S. Nimalrathna, Inda Dwi Solina, Aye Mya Mon, Nirunrut Pomoim, Sreetama Bhadra, Elena L. Zvereva, Katerina Sam, Akihiro Nakamura
Published in: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Issue 171, 2023, Page(s) 56-67, ISSN 0013-8703
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/eea.13249

Species richness and community structure of bats along a forest elevational transect in Papua New Guinea

Author(s): Elise Sivault, Pita K. Amick, Kyle N. Armstrong, Vojtech Novotny, Katerina Sam
Published in: Biotropica, Issue 55:81–94, 2023, Page(s) 81-94, ISSN 1744-7429
Publisher: Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.17.480839

“The tale of the three little tits”: Different nest building solutions under the same environmental pressures

Author(s): Iván Alambiaga, Elena Álvarez, David Diez-Méndez, José Verdejo, Emilio Barba
Published in: Avian Biology Research, Issue 13, 2020, Page(s) 49-56, ISSN 1758-1559
Publisher: Science Reviews Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/1758155920943116

Great Tit (Parus major) Uropygial Gland Microbiomes and Their Potential Defensive Roles

Author(s): Kasun H. Bodawatta, Signe K. Schierbech, Nanna R. Petersen, Katerina Sam, Nick Bos, Knud A. Jønsson, Michael Poulsen
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 11, 2020, Page(s) 1735, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01735

Trophic cascades in tropical rainforests: Effects of vertebrate predator exclusion on arthropods and plants in Papua New Guinea

Author(s): Marketa Houska Tahadlova, Ondrej Mottl, Leonardo R. Jorge, Bonny Koane, Vojtech Novotny, Katerina Sam
Published in: Biotropica, Issue 55, 2023, Page(s) 70-80, ISSN 0006-3606
Publisher: Association for Tropical Biology, Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13160

Open-cup nesters in the Kalahari: Incubation and egg-shading behaviour in passerines cannot be detected with temperature dataloggers during hot periods

Author(s): David Diez-Méndez, Susan J. Cunningham
Published in: Journal of Arid Environments, Issue 222, 2024, Page(s) 105159, ISSN 0140-1963
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105159

Patterns of tropical forest understory temperatures

Author(s): Ali Ismaeel, Amos P. K. Tai, Erone Ghizoni Santos, Heveakore Maraia, Iris Aalto, Jan Altman, Jiří Doležal, Jonas J. Lembrechts, José Luís Camargo, Juha Aalto, Kateřina Sam, Lair Cristina Avelino do Nascimento, Martin Kopecký, Martin Svátek, Matheus Henrique Nunes, Radim Matula, Roman Plichta, Temesgen Abera, Eduardo Eiji Maeda
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) Nat Commun 15, 549 (2024), ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44734-0

Exogenous Application of Methyl Jasmonate Increases Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds in Pyrenean Oak Trees, Quercus pyrenaica

Author(s): Luisa Amo, Anna Mrazova, Irene Saavedra, Katerina Sam
Published in: Biology, Issue 11, 2024, Page(s) 84, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MDPI, Biology
DOI: 10.3390/biology11010084

Insectivorous birds and bats outperform ants in the top-down regulation of arthropods across strata of a Japanese temperate forest

Author(s): Elise Sivault, Jan Kollross, Leonardo Re Jorge, Sam Finnie, David Diez-Méndez, Sara Fernandez Garzon, Heveakore Maraia, Jan Lenc, Martin Libra, Masashi Murakami, Tatsuro Nakaji, Masahiro Nakamura, Rachakonda Sreekar, Legi Sam, Tomokazu Abe, Matthias Weiss, Katerina Sam
Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology, Issue Accepted in June 2024, not pages yet, 2023, ISSN 0021-8790
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.565745

Nonlethal Effects of Predation: The Presence of Insectivorous Birds (Parus major) Affects The Behavior and Level of Stress in Locusts (Schistocerca gregaria)

Author(s): Jan Kollross, Jitka Jancuchova-Laskova, Irena Kleckova, Inga Freiberga, Dalibor Kodrik, Katerina Sam
Published in: Journal of Insect Behavior, Issue 36, 2023, Page(s) 68-80, ISSN 0892-7553
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-023-09820-z

Bird preferences for fruit size, but not color, vary in accordance with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient

Author(s): Richard J. Hazell, Katerina Sam, Rachakonda Sreekar, Samson Yama, Wulan Koagouw, Alan J. A. Stewart, Mika R. Peck
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 2023;13:e9835, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9835

The formation of avian montane diversity across barriers and along elevational gradients

Author(s): José Martín Pujolar, Mozes P. K. Blom, Andrew Hart Reeve, Jonathan D. Kennedy, Petter Zahl Marki, Thorfinn S. Korneliussen, Benjamin G. Freeman, Katerina Sam, Ethan Linck, Tri Haryoko, Bulisa Iova, Bonny Koane, Gibson Maiah, Luda Paul, Martin Irestedt, Knud Andreas Jønsson
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 13, 2022, Page(s) 13(1), 268, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27858-5

Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes

Author(s): Rachakonda Sreekar, Xingfeng Si, Katerina Sam, Jiajia Liu, Salindra Dayananda, Uromi Goodale, Sarath Kotagama, Eben Goodale
Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology, Issue early view, 2021, ISSN 0021-8901
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13927

Following the track: accuracy and reproducibility of predation assessment on artificial caterpillars

Author(s): Elena Valdés‐Correcher, Elina Mäntylä, Luc Barbaro, Thomas Damestoy, Katerina Sam, Bastien Castagneyrol
Published in: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Issue 170, 2023, Page(s) 914-921, ISSN 0013-8703
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/eea.13210

Indirect maternal effects via nest microbiome composition drive gut colonization in altricial chicks

Author(s): David Diez‐Méndez, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Inga Freiberga, Irena Klečková, Knud A. Jønsson, Michael Poulsen, Katerina Sam
Published in: Molecular Ecology, Issue 32, 2023, Page(s) 3657-3671, ISSN 0962-1083
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16959

Thermoregulatory ability and mechanism do not differ consistently between neotropical and temperate butterflies

Author(s): Benita C. Laird‐Hopkins, Esme Ashe‐Jepson, Yves Basset, Stephany Arizala Cobo, Lucy Eberhardt, Inga Freiberga, Josh Hellon, Gwen E. Hitchcock, Irena Kleckova, Daniel Linke, Greg P. A. Lamarre, Alex McFarlane, Amanda F. Savage, Edgar C. Turner, Ana Cecilia Zamora, Katerina Sam, Andrew J. Bladon
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 29, 2024, Page(s) 4180-4192, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16797

The specificity of induced chemical defence of two oak species affects differently arthropod herbivores and arthropod and bird predation

Author(s): Anna Mrazova, Markéta Houska Tahadlová, Veronika Řehová, Katerina Sam
Published in: Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Issue 17, 2023, Page(s) 141-155, ISSN 1872-8855
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-023-09951-2

Birds and bats reduce herbivory damage in Papua New Guinean highland forests

Author(s): Elise Sivault, Bonny Koane, Lucia Chmurova, Katerina Sam
Published in: Ecology, 2024, Page(s) Not assigned yet, ISSN 1939-9170
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4421

Compound Specific Trends of Chemical Defences in Ficus Along an Elevational Gradient Reflect a Complex Selective Landscape

Author(s): Martin Volf, Juuso E. Laitila, Jorma Kim, Legi Sam, Katerina Sam, Brus Isua, Mentap Sisol, Carl W. Wardhaugh, Frantisek Vejmelka, Scott E. Miller, George D. Weiblen, Juha-Pekka Salminen, Vojtech Novotny, Simon T. Segar
Published in: Journal of Chemical Ecology, Issue 46/4, 2020, Page(s) 442-454, ISSN 0098-0331
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01173-7

Tracing the early steps of competition-driven eco-morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines

Author(s): Camille Sottas, Jiří Reif, Jakub Kreisinger, Lucie Schmiedová, Katerina Sam, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Radka Reifová
Published in: Evolutionary Ecology, Issue 34/4, 2020, Page(s) 501-524, ISSN 0269-7653
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-020-10050-4

Vertebrates, but not ants, protect rainforest from herbivorous insects across elevations in Papua New Guinea

Author(s): Katerina Sam, Leonardo Re Jorge, Bonny Koane, Pita K. Amick, Elise Sivault
Published in: Journal of Biogeography, 2023, Page(s) 1803-1816, ISSN 0305-0270
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14686

Reorganization of bird communities along a rainforest elevation gradient during a strong El Niño event in Papua New Guinea

Author(s): Katerina Sam, Leonardo Ré Jorge, Bonny Koane, Richard Hazell, Phil Shearman, Vojtech Novotny
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, Issue 14, e1095, 2022, Page(s) 14, e1095, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.26.501620

Decomposing drivers in avian insectivory: large-scale effects of climate, habitat and bird diversity

Author(s): Laura Schillé, Elena Valdés-Correcher, Frédéric Archaux, Flavius Bălăcenoiu, Mona Chor Bjørn, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Manuela Branco, Thomas Damestoy, Maarten de Groot, Jovan Dobrosavljević, Mihai-Leonard Duduman, Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent, Samantha Green, Jan Grünwald, Csaba Béla Eötvös, Maria Faticov, Pilar Fernandez-Conradi, Elisabeth Flury, David Funosas, Andrea Galmán, M
Published in: Journal of Biogeography, 2024, ISSN 0305-0270
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.19.524212

Using environmental <scp>DNA</scp> to investigate avian interactions with flowering plants

Author(s): Knud Andreas Jønsson, Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Bulisa Iova, Katerina Sam, Philip Francis Thomsen
Published in: Environmental DNA, Issue 5, 2023, Page(s) 462-475, ISSN 2637-4943
Publisher: Environmental DNA
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.393

Great tits ( Parus major ) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species

Author(s): Katerina Sam, Eliska Kovarova, Inga Freiberga, Henriette Uthe, Alexander Weinhold, Leonardo R. Jorge, Rachakonda Sreekar
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, Issue early view, 2021, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7869

Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications

Author(s): Kasun H. Bodawatta, Bonny Koane, Gibson Maiah, Katerina Sam, Michael Poulsen, Knud A. Jønsson
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 288/1949, 2021, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0446

Specific gut bacterial responses to natural diets of tropical birds

Author(s): Kasun H. Bodawatta, Irena Klečková, Jan Klečka, Kateřina Pužejová, Bonny Koane, Michael Poulsen, Knud A. Jønsson, Katerina Sam
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04808-9