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  • Pinos A, Alonso-Alonso P, Correa-Carmona Y, Holzmann KL, Yon F, Brehm G, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK, Weinhold A, Keller K. Host identity, more than elevation, shapes bee microbiomes along a tropical elevation gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • Otieno M, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I. Safeguarding nocturnal pollinators for sub-Saharan Africa’s food security. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
  • Congcong S, Borregaard M, Peters MK, Jing X, Mori A, Xu X, Zhang Z-M, Zhang L, Adams J, Chen B, Sun G-X, Zhang L-M, Ge Y.  Climate and microbial community composition drive shifts in ecosystem functions along three parallel elevational gradients. Ecography.
  • Correa-Carmona Y, B?ttger D, Koch D, Holzmann KL, Alonso-Alonso P, Pinos A, Yon F, Keller A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK, Brehm G. LEPY: A Python-Based Pipeline for Automated Morphological Trait Analysis of Lepidoptera Images. Ecological Informatics.
  • Maihoff F, Bofinger L, Brenzinger K, Keller A, Classen A (2025). Exploring climate-related gut microbiome variation in bumble bees: An experimental and observational perspective. Ecology 106:e70066.
  • Holzmann KL, Alonso-Alonso P, Correa-Carmona Y, Pinos A, Yon F, Lopera A, Brehm G, Keller A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2025) Net primary productivity but not its remote sensing proxies predicts mammal diversity in Andean-Amazonian rainforests. Ecology 106:e70059.
  • Liepa A, Thiel M, Taubenb?ck H, Klein D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK, Sch?nbrodt-Stitt S, Otte I, Landmann T, Ochieng Obondo M, Khan ZR, Chidawanyika F, Martin EA, Ullmann T (2025) Earth observations reveal impacts of climate variability on maize cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. GIScience & Remote Sensing 62:2476248.
  • Holzmann KL, Alonso-Alonso P, Correa-Carmona Y, Pinos A, Yon F, Brehm G, Keller A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2025) Cold waves in the Amazon rainforest and their ecological impact. Biology Letters21:20240591.
  • Dzekashu FF, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I, Macharia JM, Matheka KW, Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Lattorff HMG (2024) Plants and bee visitors in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot of Kenya, East Africa. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 106:1-6.
  • Kortmann M, Chao A, Schaefer M, Blüthgen N, Gelis R, Tremlett CJ, Busse A, Kriegel P, Rabl D, Peters MK, de la Hoz M, Sekercioglu CH, Schleunig M, Feldhaar H, Müller J.  (2025) Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 62:480-491.
  • Kerner JM, K?nig S, Maihoff F, Bofinger L, Sauer N, Ssymank A, V?th P, Classen A (2024) Transect walks and malaise traps differ in temperature sensitivity but reveal consistent drivers of pollinator richness. Insect Conservation and Diversity 17: 743–757.
  • Klaus F, Ayasse M, Classen A, Dauber J, Diek?tter T, Everaars J, Fornoff F, Greil H, Hendriksma HP, Jütte T, Klein AM, Krahner A, Leonhardt SD, Lüken DJ, Paxton RJ, Schmid-Egger C, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thiele J, Tscharntke T, Erler S, Pistorius J (2024) Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation. Basic and Applied Ecology 75: 2–11.
  • K?nig S, Krauss J, Classen A, Hof C, Prietzel M, Wagner C, Steffan‐Dewenter I (2024) Micro‐ and macroclimate interactively shape diversity, niches and traits of Orthoptera communities along elevational gradients. Diversity and Distributions 30: e13810.
  • Vogel C, Schumacher NC, Peters MK, Linsenmair KE, Frank ET (2024) Functional traits mediate distinct ant assemblages between habitat types in a West African savannah-forest mosaic (C?te d’Ivoire). Basic and Applied Ecology81:35-42.
  • Waltert M, Klug J, Motombic FN, Cejpa B, Bobo KS, Soofi M, Peters MK (2024) Ant-following behavior is correlated with plumage traits in African understory birds. The Science of Nature (Naturwissenschaften) 111:41.
  • Dzekashu FF, Yusuf AA, Takimoto K, Peters MK, Lattorff HMG, Steffan-Dewenter I, Pirk CWW (2024) Network resilience of plant-bee interactions in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot. Ecological Indicators 166:112415.
  • Steffan-Dewenter I, Bezmer Kerr R, Peters MK (2024) Insect diversity for agroecosystem resilience in a changing climate. One Earth 7: 541-644.
  • R?der J, Appelhans T, Peters MK, Nauss T, Brandl R. Disturbance can slow down decomposition, depending on severity of disturbance and season: an example from Mount Kilimanjaro. Web Ecology 24:11-33.
  • Chao A, Chiu CH, Hu KH, van der Plas F, Cadotte MW, Mitesser O, Mori AS, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Eisenhauer N, B?ssler C, Delory BM, Feldhaar H, Fichtner A, Hothorn T, Peters MK, Pierick K, von Oheimb G, Müller J (2024) Hill-Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma-multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters 27: e14336.
  • Kerner JM, Krauss J, Maihoff F, Bofinger L, Classen A (2023) Alpine butterflies want to fly high: Species and communities shift upwards faster than their host plants. Ecology 104: _e3848.
  • Cabral JS, Mendoza‐Ponce A, da Silva AP, Oberpriller J, Mimet A, Kieslinger J, Berger T, Blechschmidt J, Br?nner M, Classen A, Fallert S, Hartig F, Hof C, Hoffmann M, Knoke T, Krause A, Lewerentz A, Pohle P, Raeder U, Rammig A, Redlich S, Rubanschi S, Stetter C, Weisser W, Vedder D, Verburg PH, Zurell D (2023) The road to integrate climate change projections with regional land‐use–biodiversity models. People and Nature 6: 1716–1741.
  • Müller J, Mitesser O, Cadotte MW, van der Plas F, Mori AS, Ammer C, Chao A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Baldrian P, B?ssler C, Biedermann P, Cesarz S, Classen A, Delory BM, Feldhaar H, Fichtner A, Hothorn T, Kuenzer C, Peters MK, Pierick K, Schmitt T, Schuldt B, Seidel D, Six D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thorn S, von Oheimb G, Wegmann M, Weisser WW, Eisenhauer N (2023) Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches—A concept and real-world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales. Global Change Biology 29: 1437-1450.
  • Maihoff F, Sahler S, Schoger S, Brenzinger K, Kallnik K, Sauer N, Bofinger L, Schmitt T, Nooten SS, Classen A (2023) Cuticular hydrocarbons of alpine bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Bombus) are species-specific, but show little evidence of elevation-related climate adaptation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1082559.
  • Dzekashu FF, Pirk CWW, Yusuf AA, Classen A, Kiatoko N, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK, Lattorff HMG (2023) Seasonal and elevational changes of plant-pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10060.
  • Maihoff F, Friess N, Hoiss B, Schmid-Egger C, Kerner J, Neumayer J, Hopfenmüller S, B?ssler C, Müller J, Classen A (2023) Smaller, more diverse and on the way to the top: Rapid community shifts of montane wild bees within an extraordinary hot decade. Diversity and Distributions 29: 272-288.
  • Hikel K, Peters MK, Linden J, Linden B (2023) The role of bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) as seed dispersers in indigenous forests in South Africa. Animal Biology 74: 37-58.
  • Wepnje GB, Peters MK, Green AE, Nkuizin TE, Kenko DBN, Dzekashu FF, Kimbi HK, Anchang-Kimbi JK (2023) Seasonal and environmental dynamics of intra-urban freshwater habitats and their influence on the abundance of Bulinus snail host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Tiko endemic focus, Mount Cameroon Region. PLoS One: 18:e0292943.
  • Moses J, Peters MK, Tiede Y, Mottl O, Donoso DA, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Novotny V, Sanders NJ, Klimes P (2023) Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: a cross-continental comparison. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:2212-2229.
  • Sagwe RN, Peters MK, Dubois T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Lattorff MG (2023) Insect pollination and pollinator supplementation enhances fruit weight, quality, and marketability of avocado (Persea americana). Arthropod-Plant Interactions. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 17:753-763.
  • Lasway JV, Njovu H, Kinabo N; Eustace A, Mathisen K, Skarpe C, Peters MK (2023) Species richness, vegetation structure, and floristic composition of woody plants along the elevation gradient of Mt. Meru, Tanzania. Biotropica 55:828-838.
  • Otieno M, Karpati Z, Peters MK, Duque L, Schmitt T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2023) Elevated ozone and carbon dioxide affects the composition of volatile organic compounds emitted by Vicia faba (L.) and visitation by European orchard bee (Osmiacornuta). PLoS One 18:e0283480.
  • Dzekashu FF, Pirk CWW, Yusuf AA, Classen A, Kiatoko N, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK, Lattorff HMG (2023) Seasonal and elevational changes of plant-pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains. Ecology and Evolution13: e10060.
  • Lasway JV, Steffan-Dewenter I, Mremi R, Kinabo NR, Sanya JJ, Nyakunga OC, Martin EH, Eardley C, Pauly A, Peters MK, Njovu HK (2023) A dataset of occurrence of wild bees and their interaction with foraging plants along a livestock grazing gradient of northern Tanzania. Data in Brief: 109181.
  • Nevo O, Cazetta E, Classen A, Kuppler J (2022) Editorial: Anthropogenic stressors and animal-plant interactions: Implications for pollination and seed dispersal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1048331.
  • Müller J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Ammer C, Eisenhauer N, Seidel D, Schuldt B, Biedermann P, Schmitt T, Künzer C, Wegmann M, Cesarz S, Peters M, Feldhaar H, Steffan-Dewenter I, Classen A, B?ssler C, von Oheimb G, Fichtner A, Thorn S, Weisser W (2022) BETA-FOR: Erh?hung der strukturellen Diversit?t zwischen Waldbest?nden zur Erh?hung der Multidiversit?t und Multifunktionalit?t in Produktionsw?ldern. Antragstext für die DFG Forschungsgruppe FOR 5375. In.
  • Moreaux C, Meireles DA, Sonne J, Badano EI, Classen A, González-Chaves A, Hipólito J, Klein A-M, Maruyama PK, Metzger JP, Philpott SM, Rahbek C, Saturni FT, Sritongchuay T, Tscharntke T, Uno S, Vergara CH, Viana BF, Strange N, Dalsgaard B (2022) The value of biotic pollination and dense forest for fruit set of {Arabica} coffee: {A} global assessment. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 323: 107680.
  • Ziegler A, Meyer H, Otte I, Peters MK, Appelhans T, Behler C, B?hning-Gaese K, Classen A, Detsch F, Deckert J, Eardley CD, Ferger SW, Fischer M, Gebert F, Haas M, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp A, Hemp C, Kakengi V, Mayr AV, Ngereza C, Reudenbach C, R?der J, Rutten G, Costa DS, Schleuning M, Ssymank A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tardanico J, Tschapka M, Vollst?dt MGR, W?llauer S, Zhang J, Brandl R, Nauss T (2022) Potential of Airborne LiDAR Derived Vegetation Structure for the Prediction of Animal Species Richness at Mount Kilimanjaro. Remote Sensing 14: 786.
  • Sponsler D, Kallnik K, Requier F, Classen A, Maihoff AF, Sieger J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2022) Floral preferences of mountain bumble bees are constrained by functional traits but flexible through elevation and season. Oikos: e08902.
  • Sponsler DB, Requier F, Kallnik K, Classen A, Maihoff F, Sieger J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2022) Contrasting patterns of richness, abundance, and turnover in mountain bumble bees and their floral hosts. Ecology: e3712.
  • Welti EAR, Zajicek P, Frenzel M, Ayasse M, Bornholdt T, Buse J, Classen A, Dziock F, Engelmann RA, Englmeier J, Fellendorf M, F?rschler MI, Fricke U, Ganuza C, Hippke M, Hoenselaar G, Kaus‐Thiel A, Kerner J, Kilian D, Mandery K, Marten A, Monaghan MT, Morkel C, Müller J, Puffpaff S, Redlich S, Richter R, Rojas‐Botero S, Scharnweber T, Scheiffarth G, Yá?ez PS, Schumann R, Seibold S, Steffan‐Dewenter I, Stoll S, Tobisch C, Twietmeyer S, Uhler J, Vogt J, Weis D, Weisser WW, Wilmking M, Haase P (2022) Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network. Insect Conservation and Diversity 15: 168-180.
  • Brenzinger K, Maihoff F, Peters MK, Schimmer L, Bischler T, Classen A (2022) Temperature and livestock grazing trigger transcriptome responses in bumblebees along an elevational gradient. iScience 25: 105175.
  • Allen-Perkins A, Magrach A, Dainese M, Garibaldi LA, Kleijn D, Rader R, Reilly JR, (. ) (2022) CropPol: A Dynamic, Open and Global Database on Crop Pollination. Ecology 103: e3614.
  • Lasway JV, Peters MK, Njovu HK, Eardley C, Pauly A, Steffan-Dewenter I (2022) Agricultural intensification with seasonal fallow land promotes high bee diversity in Afrotropical drylands. Journal of Applied Ecology59:3014-3026.
  • Sagwe RN, Peters MK, Dubois T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Lattorff MG (2022) Pollinator efficiency of avocado (Persea americana) flower insect visitors.Ecological Solutions and Evidence3:e12178.
  • Gebert F, Steffan-Dewenter I, Kronbach P, Moretto P, Peters MK (2022) The role of diversity, body size and climate in dung removal: A correlative and experimental approach. Journal of Animal Ecology 91:2181-2191.
  • Otieno M, Peters MK, Duque L, Steffan-Dewenter (2022) Interactive effects of ozone and carbon dioxide on plant-pollinator interactions and yields in a legume crop. Environmental Advances9:100285.
  • Ganuza C, Redlich S, Uhler J, Tobisch C, Rojas Botero S, Peters MK, Zhang J, Benjamin CS, Englmeier J, Ewald J, Fricke U, Haensel M, Kollmann J, Riebl R, Uphus L, Müller J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2022) Interactive effects of climate and land use on pollinator diversity differ among taxa and scales.Science Advances8:eabm9359.
  • Lasway JV, Steffan-Dewenter I, Kinabo NR, Eardley C, Pauly A, Njovu HK, Peters MK (2022) Positive effects of low grazing intensity on East African bee assemblages mediated by increases in floral resources. Biological Conservation 267:109490.
  • Dzekashu FF, Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Steffan-Dewenter I, Lattorff HMG, Peters MK (2022) Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient. Ecosphere13:e3964.
  • Ditzel P, Musembi P, K?nig S, Peters MK (2022) Correlation between the coral reef condition and the diversity and abundance of fishes and sea urchins on an East African coral reef. Oceans3:1-14.
  • Albrecht J, Peters MK, Becker JN, Behler C, Classen A, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Gebert F, Gerschlauer F, Helbig-Bonitz M, Kindeketa WJ, Kühnel A, Mayr AV, Njovu HK, Pabst H, Pommer U, R?der J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Sierra-Cornejo N, Vogeler A, Vollst?dt MGR, Dulle HI, Eardley CD, Howell KM, Keller A, Peters RS, Kakengi V, Hemp C, Zhang J, Manning P, Mueller T, Bogner C, B?hning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Hertel D, Huwe B, Kiese R, Kleyer M, Leuschner C, Kuzyakov Y, Nauss T, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Hemp A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Schleuning M (2021) Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5: 1582–1593.
  • Njovu HK, Gebert F, Schellenberger Costa D, Kleyer M, Wagner T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2021) Plant traits mediate the effects of climate on phytophagous beetle diversity on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ecology 102:e03521.
  • Albrecht J*, Peters MK*, Becker JN, Behler C, Classen A, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Gebert F, Gerschlauer F, Helbig-Bonitz M, Kindeketa WJ, Kühnel A, Mayr AV, Njovu HN, Pabst H, Pommer U, R?der J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Sierra-Cornejo N, Vogeler A, Vollst?dt MGR, Dulle HI, Eardley CD, Howell KM, Keller A, Peters RS, Kakengi V, Hemp C, Zhang J, Manning P, Mueller T, Bogner C, B?hning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Hertel D, Huwe B, Kiese R, Kleyer M, Leuschner C, Kuzyakov Y, Nauss T, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Hemp A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Schleuning M (2021) Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient.Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1582–1593.*equal contribution.
  • Lasway JV, Kinabo NR, Mremi RF, Martin EH, Nyakunga OC, Sanya J, Rwegasira GM, Lesio N, Gideon H, Pauly A, Eardley C, Peters MK, Peterson AT, Steffan-Dewenter I, Njovu HK (2021) A synopsis of the Bee occurrence data of Northern Tanzania. Biodiversity Data Journal 9:e68190.
  • Mayr AV, Requier F, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021) Seasonal variation in the ecology of tropical cavity-nesting Hymenoptera on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Frontiers in Biogeography 13:doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG49389.
  • Mayr AV, Keller A, Peters MK, Grimmer G, Krischke B, Geyer M, Schmitt T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2021) Cryptic species and hidden ecological interactions of halictine bees along an elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution 11:7700-7712.
  • Sagwe RN, Peters MK, Dubois T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Lattorff MG (2021) Pollinator supplementation mitigates pollination deficits in smallholder avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production systems in Kenya.Basic and Applied Ecology 56:392-400.
  • Tommasi  N, Biella P, Guzzetti L, Lasway JV, Njovu H, Tapparo A, Agostinetto G, Peters MK, Steffan-Dewenter I, Labra M, Galimberti A (2021) Impact of land use intensification and local features on plants and pollinators in Sub-Saharan smallholding farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 319:107560.
  • Peters MK, Classen A, Müller J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2020) Increasing the phylogenetic coverage for understanding broad-scale diversity gradients. Oecologia 192: 629-639.
  • Classen A, Eardley CD, Hemp A, Peters MK, Peters RS, Ssymank A, Steffan‐Dewenter I (2020) Specialization of plant–pollinator interactions increases with temperature at Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ecology and Evolution 10: 2182-2195.
  • Mayr AV, Peters MK, Eardley CD, Renner ME, R?der J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2020) Climate and food resources shape species richness and trophic interactions of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera. Journal of Biogeography 47: 854-865.
  • Gebert F, Steffan-Dewenter I, Moretto P, Peters MK (2020) Climate rather than dung resources predict dung beetle abundance and diversity along elevational and land use gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Biogeography 47:371-381.
  • B?ll S, Mahsberg D, Albrecht R, Peters MK (2020) Artenreiche Stra?enbaumalleen mit Grünstreifen f?rdern die urbane Artenvielfalt. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege 2020. Haymarket Media GmbH, Braunschweig. pp 264-274.
  • Peters MK, Hemp A, Appelhans T, Becker JN, Behler C, Classen A, Detsch F, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Frederiksen SB, Gebert F, Gerschlauer F, Gütlein A, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp C, Kindeketa WJ, Kühnel A, Mayr AV, Mwangomo E, Ngereza C, Njovu HK, Otte I, Pabst H, Renner M, R?der J, Rutten G, Costa DS, Sierra-Cornejo N, Vollst?dt MGR, Dulle HI, Eardley CD, Howell KM, Keller A, Peters RS, Ssymank A, Kakengi V, Zhang J, Bogner C, B?hning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Hertel D, Huwe B, Kiese R, Kleyer M, Kuzyakov Y, Nauss T, Schleuning M, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2019) Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Nature 568: 88-92.
  • Maas B, Heath S, Grass I, Cassano C, Classen A, Faria D, Gras P, Williams-Guillén K, Johnson M, Karp DS, Linden V, Martínez-Salinas A, Schmack JM, Kross S (2019) Experimental field exclosure of birds and bats in agricultural systems — Methodological insights, potential improvements, and cost-benefit trade-offs. Basic and Applied Ecology 35: 1-12.
  • Dainese M, Martin EA, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Bartomeus I, Bommarco R, Carvalheiro LG, Chaplin-Kramer R, Gagic V, Garibaldi LA, Ghazoul J, Grab H, Jonsson M, Karp DS, Kennedy CM, Kleijn D, Kremen C, Landis DA, Letourneau DK, Marini L, Poveda K, Rader R, Smith HG, Tscharntke T, Andersson GKS, Badenhausser I, Baensch S, Bezerra ADM, Bianchi FJJA, Boreux V, Bretagnolle V, Caballero-Lopez B, Cavigliasso P, ?etkovi? A, Chacoff NP, Classen A, Cusser S, da Silva e Silva FD, de Groot GA, Dudenh?ffer JH, Ekroos J, Fijen T, Franck P, Freitas BM, Garratt MPD, Gratton C, Hipólito J, Holzschuh A, Hunt L, Iverson AL, Jha S, Keasar T, Kim TN, Kishinevsky M, Klatt BK, Klein A-M, Krewenka KM, Krishnan S, Larsen AE, Lavigne C, Liere H, Maas B, Mallinger RE, Pachon EM, Mart\’?nez-Salinas A, Meehan TD, Mitchell MGE, Molina GAR, Nesper M, Nilsson L, O\textquotesingleRourke ME, Peters MK, Ple?as M, Potts SG, de L. Ramos D, Rosenheim JA, Rundl?f M, Rusch A, Sáez A, Scheper J, Schleuning M, Schmack JM, Sciligo AR, Seymour C, Stanley DA, Stewart R, Stout JC, Sutter L, Takada MB, Taki H, Tamburini G, Tschumi M, Viana BF, Westphal C, Willcox BK, Wratten SD, Yoshioka A, Zaragoza-Trello C, Zhang W, et al. (2019) A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Science advances5: eaax0121.
  • Gebert F, Njovu HK, Treydte AC, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2019) Primary productivity and habitat protection predict elevational species richness and community biomass of large mammals on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:1860-1872.
  • B?ll S, Mahsberg D, Albrecht R, Peters MK (2019) Urbane Artenvielfalt f?rdern: Arthropodenvielfalt auf heimischen und gebietsfremden Stadtb?umen. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 51:576-583.
  • Njovu HK, Peters MK, Schellenberger Costa D, Brandl R, Kleyer M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2019) Leaf traits mediate changes in insect herbivory along broad environmental gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Journal of Animal Ecology88: 1777-1788.
  • Nojima S, Classen A, Groot AT, Schal C (2018) Qualitative and quantitative analysis of chemicals emitted from the pheromone gland of individual Heliothis subflexa females. PLOS ONE 13: 1-13.
  • Groot AT, Nojima S, Heath JJ, Ammagarahalli B, van Wijk M, Classen A, Santangelo RG, Lopez J, Schal C (2018) Alcohol Contributes to Attraction of Heliothis (= Chloridea) virescens Males to Females. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44: 621-630.
  • Albrecht J, Classen A, Vollst?dt MGR, Mayr A, Mollel NP, Schellenberger Costa D, Dulle HI, Fischer M, Hemp A, Howell KM, Kleyer M, Nauss T, Peters MK, Tschapka M, Steffan-Dewenter I, B?hning-Gaese K, Schleuning M (2018) Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient. Nature Communications 9: 3177.
  • Ross SRP-J, Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Peters MK (2018) Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 50: 768-778.
  • Albrecht J, Classen A, Mayr A, Mollel NP, Schellenberger Costa D, Vollst?dt MGR, Dulle HI, Fischer M, Hemp A, Howell KM, Kleyer M, Nauss T, Peters MK, Tschapka M, Steffan-Dewenter I, B?hning-Gaese K, Schleuning M (2018). Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient. Nature Communications 9:3177.
  • Thormann B, Ahrens D, Espinosa CI, Armijos DM, Wagner T, W?gele JW, Peters MK (2018) Small-scale topography modulates elevational α-, β- and γ-diversity of Andean leaf beetles. Oecologia 187: 181-189.
  • Butler IA, Peters MK, Kronauer DJC (2018) Low levels of hybridization in two species of African driver ants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31: 556–571
  • Schellenberger Costa D, Classen A, Ferger S, Helbig-Bonitz M, Peters MK, B?hning-Gaese K, Steffan-Dewenter I, Kleyer M (2017) Relationships between abiotic environment, plant functional traits, and animal body size at Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. PloS one 12: e0174157.
  • Classen A, Steffan‐Dewenter I, Kindeketa WJ, Peters MK (2017) Integrating intraspecific variation in community ecology unifies theories on body size shifts along climatic gradients. Functional Ecology 31: 768-777.
  • Peters MK, Hemp A, Appelhans T, Behler C, Classen A, Detsch F, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Frederiksen SB, Gebert F, Haas M, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp C, Kindeketa WJ, Mwangomo E, Ngereza C, Otte I, R?der J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Tardanico J, Zancolli G, Deckert J, Eardley CD, Peters RS, R?del M-O, Schleuning M, Ssymank A, Kakengi V, Zhang J, B?hning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Kalko EKV, Kleyer M, Nauss T, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2016). Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level. Nature Communications 7: 13736. 
  • Classen A, Peters MK, Kindeketa WJ, Appelhans T, Eardley C, Gikungu MW, Hemp A, Nauss T, and Steffan-Dewenter I (2015) Temperature versus resource constraints: which factors determine bee diversity on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania? Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 642-652. 
  • Classen A, Peters MK, Ferger SW, Helbig-Bonitz M, Schmack JM, Maassen G, Schleuning M, Kalko EKV, B?hning-Gaese K, and Steffan-Dewenter I (2014). Complementary ecosystem services provided by pest predators and pollinators increase quanitity and quality of coffee yields. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133148.
  • Groot AT, Sch?fl G, Inglis O,Donnerhacke S, Classen A, Schmalz A, Santangelo RG, Emerson J, Gould F, Schal C, and Heckel DG (2014). Within-population variability in a moth sex phermone blend: genetic basis and behavioural consequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133054.
  • Groot AT,  Classen A, Inglis O, Blanco CA,  Lopez J Jr, Vargas AT, Schal C, Heckel DG and Schoefl G (2011). Genetic differentiation across North America in the generalist moth Heliothis virescens and the specialist H. subflexa. Molecular Ecology 20: 2676-2692.
  • Groot AT, Classen A, Staudacher H, Schal C, and Heckel DG (2010). Phenotypic plasticity in sexual communication signal of a noctuid moth. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 2731-2738.
  • Groot AT, Blanco CA, Classen A, Inglis O, Santangelo RG, Lopez J Jr, Heckel DG and Schal C (2010). Variation in Sexual Communication of the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens. Southwestern Entomologist 35: 367-372.
  • Herbst C, Arnold-Schwandner S, Meiners T, Peters MK, Rothenw?hrer C, Steckel J, W?schke N, Westphal C, Obermaier E (2017) Direct and indirect effects of agricultural intensification on a host-parasitoid system on the ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) in a landscape context. Landscape Ecology 32:2015-2028.
  • Ferger SW, Peters MK, Appelhans T, Detsch F, Nauss T, Otte I, B?hning-Gaese K., Schleuning M (2017) Synergistic effects of climate and habitat change on avian beta diversity. Diversity and Distributions 23:1246-1255.
  • Hudsen LN, …., Peters MK, et al. (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity in Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7:145-188.
  • Peters MK, Hemp A, Appelhans T, Behler C, Classen A, Detsch F, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Frederiksen SB, Gebert F, Haas M, Helbig-Bonitz M, Hemp C, Kindeketa WJ, Mwangomo E, Ngereza C, Otte I, R?der J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Tardanico J, Zancolli G, Deckert J, Eardley CD, Peters RS, R?del M-O, Schleuning M, Ssymank A, Kakengi V, Zhang J, B?hning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Kalko EKV, Kleyer M, Nauss T, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2016) Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level. Nature Communications 7:13736.
  • R?der J, Detsch F, Appelhans T, Nauss T, Otte I, Peters MK, Brandl R (2016) Heterogeneous patterns of abundance of epigeic arthropod lineages along a major elevation gradient. Biotropica 49:217-228.
  • Peters MK, Peisker J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Hoiss B (2016) Morphological traits are linked to the cold performance and distribution of bees along elevational gradients. Journal of Biogeography 43:2040-2049.
  • Thormann B, Ahrens D, Armijos DSM, Peters MK, Wagner T, W?gele JW (2016) Exploring the leaf beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of an Ecuadorian mountain forest with DNA barcoding. PLoS One11: e0148268.
  • Classen A, Peters MK, Kindeketa WJ, Appelhans A, Eardley CD, Gikungu MW, Hemp A, Nauss T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2015) Temperature versus resource constraints: which factors determine bee diversity on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania? Global Ecology and Biogeography 24:642-652.
  • Kuppler J, Fricke J, Hemp C, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK (2015) Conversion of savannah habitats to agriculture and its effects on grasshopper communities at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Journal of Insect Conservation 19:509–518.
  • Classen A, Peters MK, Ferger SW, Helbig-Bonitz M, Schmack J, Maassen G, Schleuning M, Kalko EKV, B?hning-Gaese K, Steffan-Dewenter I (2014) Complementary ecosystem services of pest predators and pollinators increase quantity and quality of coffee yields. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 281: 20133148.
  • Peters MK, Mayr T, R?der J, Sanders N, Steffan-Dewenter I (2014) Variation in nutrient use by ant assemblages along an extensive environmental gradient on Mt Kilimanjaro. Journal of Biogeography 41:2245–2255.
  • Steckel J, Westphal C, Peters MK , Bellach M, Rothenwoehrer C, Erasmi S , Scherber C, Tscharntke T, Steffan-Dewenter I (2014) Landscape composition and configuration differently affect trap?nesting bees, wasps and their antagonists. Biological Conservation 172:56-64.
  • Peters MK, Fischer G, Hita Garcia F, Lung T, W?gele JW (2013). Spatial variation in army ant swarm raiding and its potential effect on biodiversity. Biotropica 45:54-62.
  • Lung T, Peters MK, Farwig N, B?hning-Gaese K, Schaab G (2012) Combining long-term land-cover time series and field observations for spatially explicit predictions on changes in tropical forest biodiversity. International Journal for Remote Sensing 33:13-40.
  • Fischer G, Hita Garcia F, Peters MK (2012) Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: description of eight new species in a new Pheidole pulchella species complex.Zootaxa 3232:1-43.
  •  Kronauer DJC*, Peters MK*, Sch?ning C, Boomsma JJ (2011) Hybridization in East African swarm-raiding army ants (Dorylus subgenus Anomma). Frontiers in Zoology 8:20. *equal contribution.
  • Peters MK, Lung T, Schaab G, W?gele JW (2011) Deforestation and the population decline of the army ant Dorylus wilverthi in western Kenya over the last century. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:697-705.
  • Schleuning M, Farwig N, Peters MK, Bergsdorf B, Bleher B, Brandl R, Dalitz H, Fischer G, Freund W, Gikungu MW, Hagen M, Hita Garcia F, Kagezi GH, Kaib M, Kraemer M, Lung T, Naumann CM, Schaab G, Templin M, Uster D, W?gele JW, B?hning-Gaese K (2011) Differential responses of multiple animal-mediated ecosystem processes to fragmentation and logging of a tropical rainforest. PLoS One6:e27785.
  • Thormann B, Raupach MJ, Wagner T, W?gele JW, Peters MK (2011) Testing a short nuclear marker for inferring staphylinid beetle diversity in an African tropical rain forest. PLoS One 6:e18101.
  • Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Kück P, Thormann B, Peters MK (2010) Tetramorium boehmei sp. n. - a new rainforest species from the T. camerunense species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57:359-366.
  • Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Peters MK (2010)Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region - revision, synopsis, and key to Afrotropical species. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. (Monograph)
  • Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Peters MK (2010) Tetramorium snellingi sp. n. - a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a Western Kenyan rainforest. Myrmecological News 13:141-146.
  • Peters G, Peters MK (2010) The evolution of spectral characters of long-distance calls in the cat family (Mammalia: Felidae) – effects of body weight, habitat, and phylogeny. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101:487-500.
  • Peters MK (2010) Ant-following and the prevalence of blood parasites in birds of African rainforests. Journal of Avian Biology 41:105-110.
  • Peters MK, Lung T (2010) Army ants and ant-following birds. Extrapolating field findings based on long-term forest cover time series. In: Schaab G, Khayota B, Eilu G, W?gele JW (eds) The Biota East Africa Atlas: Rainforest Change over Time. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe. pp. 71-73.
  • Raupach MJ, Astrin J,Hannig K, Peters MK, Stoeckle MY, W?gele J-W (2010) Molecular species identification of Central European ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using nuclear rDNA expansion segments and DNA barcodes. Frontiers in Zoology 7:26.
  • Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Snelling RR, Peters MK, W?gele JW (2009) A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Kakamega Forest and the surrounding area in Western Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 98:147-165.
  • Peters G, Baum L, Peters MK, Tonkin-Leyhausen B (2009) Spectral characteristics of long-distance calls in cat species of the genus Felis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) living in different habitat types. Journal of Ethology 27:221-237.
  • Peters MK, Fischer G, Schaab G, Kraemer M (2009) Species compensation maintains abundance and raid rates of African swarm-raiding army ants in rainforest fragments. Biological Conservation 142:668-675.
  • Peters MK, Okalo B (2009) Severe declines of ant-following birds in African rainforest fragments are facilitated by a subtle change in army ant communities. Biological Conservation 142:2050-2058.
  • Mammides C, Cords M, Peters MK (2008) Effects of habitat disturbance and food supply on population densities of three primate species in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 47:87-96.
  • Peters MK (2008) Ameisenfolgende V?gel in einem guineo-kongolischen Regenwald Kenias und ihre Gef?hrdung durch Regenwaldfragmentierung. Koenigiana2:3-8.
  • Peters MK, Likare S, Kraemer M (2008) Effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on flocks of African ant-following birds. Ecological Applications 18:847-858.
  • Sch?ning C, Peters MK (2008) Dorylus army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Kühne L (ed.): Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Selbstverlag, Potsdam-Babelsberg.
  • Peters M, Oberrath R, B?hning-Gaese K (2003) Seed dispersal by ants: are seed preferences influenced by foraging strategies or historical constraints? Flora 198:413-420.
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