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BIBS - Bridging in Biodiversity Science

Bridging in Biodiversity Science (BIBS) was built on the existing, long-term research strategies of the BBIB institutions. The overarching goal of BBIB was to bridge disciplines, scales and systems in biodiversity research. The BIBS project has constituted a core study within the BBIB framework, aiming to provide a proof-of-principle for the bridging approach. Focusing on ‘rapid transitions of ecological systems’ and novel stressors like microplastic, BIBS conducted studies at key interfaces commonly neglected in conventional biodiversity research and evaluated the added value and limitations of the bridging concept.

The work packages within BIBS were designed to study the entire chain of causes, mechanisms and consequences of rapid transitions across different ecosystems and spatio-temporal scales. The results are collated in an overall synthesis, with conceptual publications intended for the scientific community, policy makers and the general public. The work packages were focused on bridging research in:

  • Aquatic-terrestrial coupling
  • Rural-urban coupling
  • Aboveground-belowground coupling
  • Transitions from natural to novel communities

Furthermore, BIBS comprised a Citizen Science component which aimed to bridge science, policy makers and citizens by supporting research, engaging and integrating the public. To this end, we established a platform for knowledge exchange with policy and society. BIBS has also established a dedicated experimental research platform (ScapeLabs), which permitted the work proposed in the work packages.

Publications

2021

Bergholz K, Kober K, Jeltsch F, Schmidt K, & Weiss L (2021). Trait means or variance – what determines plant species‘ local and regional occurrence in fragmented dry grasslands? Ecology and Evolution. 11(7): 3357–3365. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7287

Brugger J, Feulner G, Hofmann M & Petri S (2021). A pronounced spike in ocean productivity triggered by the Chicxulub impact. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(12):e2020GL092260. doi: 10.1029/2020GL092260

Buchholz S, Seitz B, Hiller A, von der Lippe M & Kowarik I (2021). Impacts of dogs on urban grassland ecosystems. Landscape and Urban Planning. 215(3-4):104201. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104201

Crawford MS, Schlägel UE, May F, Wurst S, Grimm V, & Jeltsch F (2021). While shoot herbivores reduce, root herbivores increase nutrient enrichment’s impact on diversity in a grassland model. Ecology. 102(5):e03333. doi: 10.1002/ECY.3333

Egerer M, & Buchholz S (2021). Reframing urban “wildlife” to promote inclusive conservation science and practice. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(7): 2255–2266. doi: 10.1007/s10531-021-02182-y

Fonvielle JA, Giling DP, Dittmar T, Berger SA, Nejstgaard JC, Lyche Solheim A, ... & Sinegr G (2021). Exploring the suitability of ecosystem metabolomes to assess imprints of brownification and nutrient enrichment on lakes. Biogeosciences. 126:e2021JG006266. doi: 10.14279/depositonce-12260

Guillerault N, Loot G, Blanchet S, Cucherousset J, Millet, P, Musseau CL, & Santoul F(2021). Efficiency of Northern pike (Esox lucius) stocking in metropolitan France at large spatial and temporal scales. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 28(5): 486-495. doi: 10.1111/fme.12494

Heger T, Aguilar C, Bartram I, Braga RR, Dietl GP, Enders M, ... & Jeschke JM (2021). The hierarchy-of-hypotheses approach: a synthesis method for enhancing theory development in ecology and evolution. Bioscience. 71(4): 337–349. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa130

Ionescu D, Zoccarato L, Zaduryan A, Schorn S, Bižić M, Pinnow S, ... & Grossart HP (2021). Heterozygous, polyploid, giant bacterium, Achromatium, possesses an identical functional inventory worldwide across drastically different ecosystems. Molecular biology and evolution. 38(3):1040–1059. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa273

Jeschke JM, Hilt S, Hussner A, Mösch S, Mrugała A, Musseau CL, ... & Strayer DL (In press). Biological invasions: case studies. In: Tockner K, Mehner T (eds.). Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd edition. Elsevier.

Keinath S, Hölker F, Müller J, & Rödel M-O (2021). Impact of light pollution on moth morphology – a 137-year study in Germany. Basic and Applied Ecology. 56: 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2021.05.004

Lemke A, Buchholz S, Kowarik I, Starfinger U & von der Lippe M (2021). Interaction of traffic intensity and habitat features shape invasion dynamics of an invasive alien species (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in a regional road network. NeoBiota. 64:155–175. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.64.58775

Lozano YM, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Onandia G, Maaß S, Zhao T & Rillig MC (2021). Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(5): 988–996. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13839

Lozano YM, Lehnert T, Linck LT, Lehmann A & Rillig MC (2021). Microplastic shape, polymer type, and concentration affect soil properties and plant biomass. Frontiers in plant science. 12:169. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.616645

Mazza V & Günther A (2021). City mice and country mice: innovative problem solving in rural and urban non commensal rodents. Animal Behaviour. 172:197–210. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.12.007

Onandia G, Maassen S, Musseau CL, Berger SA, Olmo C, Jeschke JM & Lischeid G (2021). Key drivers structuring rotifer communities in ponds: insights into an agricultural landscape. Journal of plankton research. 43(3): 396–412. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbab033

Planillo A, Fiechter L, Sturm U, Voigt-Heucke S & Kramer-Schadt S (2021). Citizen science data for urban planning: Comparing different sampling schemes for modelling urban bird distribution. Landscape and Urban Planning. 211: 104098. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104098

Planillo A, Kramer-Schadt S, Buchholz S, Gras P, von der Lippe M & Radchuk V (2021). Arthropod abundance modulates bird community responses to urbanization. Diversity and Distributions. 27(1): 34–49. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13169

Straka TM, von der Lippe M, Voigt CC, Gandy M, Kowarik I & Buchholz S (2021). Light pollution impairs urban nocturnal pollinators but less so in areas with high tree cover. Science of the Total Environment. 778:146244. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146244

2020

Barthel LM, Wehner D, Schmidt A, Berger A, Hofer H & Fickel J (2020). Unexpected gene-flow in urban environments: The example of the European hedgehog. Animals. 10(12):2315. doi: 10.3390/ani10122315

Berger A, Barthel LM, Rast W, Hofer H, & Gras P (2020). Urban hedgehog behavioural responses to temporary habitat disturbance versus permanent fragmentation. Animals. 10(11):2109. doi: 10.3390/ani10112109

Berger A, Lozano B, Barthel LM, & Schubert N (2020). Moving in the Dark—Evidence for an Influence of Artificial Light at Night on the Movement Behaviour of European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Animals. 10(8):1306. doi: 10.3390/ani10081306

Birk S, Chapman D, Carvalho L, Spears BM, Andersen HE, Argillier C, … & Willby N (2020). Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(8):1060–1068. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1216-4

Bižić* M, Klintzsch* T, Ionescu* D, Hindiyeh MY, Günthel M, Muro-Pastor AM, … & Grossart H-P (2020). Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane. Science Advances. 6(3): eaax5343. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5343 *Authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

Buchholz S & Egerer M H (2020). Functional ecology of wild bees in cities: Towards a better understanding of trait-urbanization relationships. Biodiversity & Conservation. 29(9-10): 2779–2801. doi: 10.1007/s10531-020-02003-8

Buchholz S, Gathof AK, Grossmann AJ, Kowarik I & Fischer LK (2020). Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits. Landscape and Urban Planning. 196:103731. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103731

Dammhahn* M, Mazza* V, Schirmer A, Göttsche C& Eccard JA (2020). Of city and village mice: Behavioural adjustments of striped-field mice to urban environments. Scientific Reports. 10:13056. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69998-6  *Authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

De Souza Machado AA, Horton AA, Davis T & Maaß S (2020). Microplastics and their effects on soil function as a life-supporting system. In: He D & Luo Y (eds). Microplastics in terrestrial environments. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer. 95:199–222. doi: 10.1007/698_2020_450

Egerer M & Kowarik I (2020). Confronting the modern Gordian knot of urban beekeeping. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(11):956–959. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.012

Enders M, Havemann F, Ruland F, Bernard-Verdier M, Catford JA, Gómez-Aparicio L, ... & Jeschke JM (2020). A conceptual map of invasion biology: integrating hypotheses into a consensus network. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29: 978–991. doi: 10.1111/geb.13082

Fasching C, Akotoye C, Bižić M, Fonvielle J, Ionescu D, Mathavarajah S, … & Xenopoulos MA (2020). Linking stream microbial community function to dissolved organic matter and inorganic. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(1):71–87. doi: 10.1002/lno.11356

Grossart HP, Massana R, McMahon KD, & Walsh DA (2020). Linking metagenomics to aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(S1):S2–S20. doi: 10.1002/lno.11382

Günthel M, Klawonn I, Woodhouse J, Bižić M, Ionescu D, Ganzert L, … & Tang KW (2020). Photosynthesis-driven methane production in oxic lake water as an important contributor to methane emission. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(12): 2853–2865. doi: 10.1002/lno.11557

Heger T, Bernard-Verdier M, Gessler A, Greenwood A, Grossart H-P, Hilker M, … & Jeschke JM (2020). Clear language for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene: A reply to Bridgewater and Hemming. BioScience. 70(5):374–376. doi: 10.1093/BIOSCI/BIAA024

Herrmann J, & Buchholz S (2020). Beitrag zur Schwebfliegenfauna (Diptera: Syrphidae) ausgewählter Trockenrasen in Berlin und angrenzendem Brandenburg. Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Potsdam. 6:127–142.

Karnatak R & Wollrab S (2020). A probabilistic approach to dispersal in spatially explicit meta-populations. Scientific Reports. 10:22234. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79162-9

Keinath S, Frisch J, Müller J, Mayer F & Rödel M-O (2020). Spatio-temporal color differences between urban and rural populations of a ground beetle during the last 100 years. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7:525. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00525

Kimmig SE, Flemming D, Kimmerle J, Cress U & Brandt M (2020). Elucidating the socio-demographics of wildlife tolerance using the example of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Germany. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(7):e212. doi: 10.1111/csp2.212

Kimmig S E, Beninde J, Brandt M, Schleimer A, Kramer-Schadt S, Hofer H, ... & Frantz A (2020). Beyond the landscape: Resistance modelling infers physical and behavioural gene flow barriers to a mobile carnivore across a metropolitan area. Molecular Ecology. 29(3):466–484. doi: 10.1111/mec.15345

Lehmann J, Bossio DA, Kögel-Knabner I & Rillig MC (2020). The concept and future prospects of soil health. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1:544–553. doi: 10.1038/s43017-020-0080-8

Linzmaier SM, Musseau CL, Matern S & Jeschke JM (2020). Trophic ecology of invasive marbled and spiny-cheek crayfish populations. Biological Invasions. 22:3339–3356. doi: 10.1007/s10530-020-02328-z

Lozano YM, Aguilar‐Trigueros CA, Flaig IC, & Rillig MC (2020). Root trait responses to drought are more heterogeneous than leaf trait responses. Functional Ecology. 34(11):2224–2235. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13656

Lozano YM & Rillig MC (2020). Effects of microplastic fibers and drought on plant communities. Environmental Science and Technology. 54(10): 6166–6173. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01051

Mazza V*, Dammhahn M*, Lösche E & Eccard JA (2020). Small mammals in the big city: Behavioural adjustments of non-commensal rodents to urban environments. Global Change Biology. 26(11):6326–6337. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15304 *Authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

Musseau CL, Vincenzi S, Santoul F, Boulêtreau S, Jesenšek D & Crivelli AJ (2020). Within-individual trophic variability drives short-term intraspecific trait variation in natural populations. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(3):921–932. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13149

Niemeier S, Müller J, Struck U & Rödel M-O (2020). Superfrogs in the city: 150 year impact of urbanization and agriculture on the European common frog. Global Change Biology. 26(12):6729–6741. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15337

Pergl J, Pyšek P, Essl F, Jeschke JM, Courchamp F, Geist J, ... & Strayer D (2020). Need for routine tracking of biological invasions. Conservation Biology. 34: 1311–1314. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13445

Pinek L, Mansour I, Lakovic M, Ryo M & Rillig MC (2020). Rate of environmental change across scales in ecology. Biological Reviews. 95(6):1798–1811. doi: 10.1111/brv.12639

Planchuelo G, Kowarik I & von der Lippe M (2020). Endangered plants in novel urban ecosystems are filtered by strategy type and dispersal syndrome, not by spatial dependence on natural remnants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:18. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00018

Rast W, Kimmig SE, Giese L & Berger A (2020). Machine learning goes wild: Using data from captive individuals to infer wildlife behaviours. PloS ONE. 15(5):e0227317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227317

Rillig MC, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Anderson I, Antonovics J, Ballhausen MB, Bergmann J, … & Zhang H (2020). Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi: significance, opportunities, applications and challenges. New Phytologist. 227(6):1610–1614. doi: 10.1111/nph.16527

Rillig MC & Lehmann A (2020). Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems. Science. 368:1430–1431. doi: 10.1126/science.abb5979

Ryo M, Jeschke JM, Rillig MC & Heger T (2020). Machine learning with the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach discovers novel pattern in studies on biological invasions. Research Synthesis Methods. 11(1):66–73. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1363

Schittko C, Bernard-Verdier M, Heger T, Buchholz S, Kowarik I, von der Lippe M, … & Jeschke JM (2020). A multidimensional framework for measuring biotic novelty: How novel is a community? Global Change Biology. 26(8):4401–4417. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15140

Scholz C, Firozpoor J, Kramer‐Schadt S, Gras P, Schulze C, Kimmig SE, … & Ortmann S (2020). Individual dietary specialization in a generalistic predator: A stable isotope analysis of urban and rural red foxes. Ecology and Evolution. 10:8855–8870. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6584

Voigt CC, Scholl JM, Bauer J, Teige T, Yovel Y, Kramer-Schadt S & Gras P (2020). Movement responses of common noctule bats to the illuminated urban landscape. Landscape Ecology. 35(3):189–201. doi: 10.1007/s10980-019-00942-4

Von der Lippe M, Buchholz S, Hiller A, Seitz B & Kowarik I (2020). CityScapeLab Berlin: A research platform for untangling urbanization effects on biodiversity. Sustainability. 12(6):2565. doi: 10.3390/su12062565

2019

Aguilar-Trigueros C, Hempel S, Powell J, Cornwell W & Rillig M (2019). Bridging reproductive and microbial ecology: a case study in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. ISME Journal. 13(4): 873–884. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0314-7

Barthel L, Hofer H & Berger A (2019). An easy, flexible solution to attach devices to hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) enables long-term high-resolution studies. Ecology and Evolution. 9(1):672–679. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4794

Bernard-Verdier M & Hulme P (2019). Alien plants can be associated with a decrease in local and regional native richness even when at low abundance. Journal of Ecology. 107(3):1343–1354. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13124

Bielčik M, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Lakovic M, Jeltsch F & Rillig MC (2019). The role of active movement in fungal ecology and community assembly. Movement Ecology. 7(1):1–12. doi: 10.1186/s40462-019-0180-6

Brugger J, Hofmann M, Petri S & Feulner G (2019). On the sensitivity of the Devonian climate to continental configuration, vegetation cover, orbital configuration, CO2 concentration and insolation. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 24(8): 1375–1398. doi: 10.1029/2019PA003562

Buchholz S & Feldmann B (2019). Kurzflügelkäfer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) auf Sandtrockenrasen Berlins und Brandenburgs. Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Potsdam. 5:13–34.

Buchholz S & Kowarik I (2019). Urbanisation modulates plant-pollinator interactions in invasive vs. native plant species. Scientific Reports. 9: 6375. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42884-6

Curto M, Winter S, Seiter A, Schmid L, Scheicher K, Barthel LMF, Plass J, Meimberg H (2019). Application of a SSR_GBS marker system on investigation of European Hedgehog species and their zone dynamics. Ecology and Evolution. 9(5):2814-2832. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4960.

Fischer M, Di Stefano J, Gras P, Kramer-Schadt S, Sutherland DR, Coulson G, Stillfried M (2019). Circadian rhythms enable efficient resource selection in a human modified landscape. Ecology and Evolution. 9(13): 7509-7527. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5283

Forero L, Grenzer J, Heinze J, Schittko C & Kulmatiski A (2019). Greenhouse- and Field-Measured Plant-Soil Feedbacks Are Not Correlated. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7:184. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00184

Günthel M, Donis D, Kirillin G, Ionescu D, Bižić M, McGinnis DF, ... & Tang KW (2019). Contribution of oxic methane production to surface methane emission in lakes and its global importance. Nature Communications. 10(1): 5497. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13320-0

Heger T, Bernard-Verdier M, Gessler A, Greenwood AD, Grossart HP, Hilker M, ... & Müller J (2019). Towards an integrative, eco-evolutionary understanding of ecological novelty: Studying and communicating interlinked effects of global change. BioScience. 69(11):888–899. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz095

Kowarik I, Hiller A, Planchuelo G, Seitz B, Von der Lippe M & Buchholz S (2019). Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure. Sustainability. 11(22):6318. doi: 10.3390/su11226318

Maas B, Heath S, Grass I, Cassano C, Classen A, Faria D, ... & Linden V (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. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.12.002

Maaß S, Hückelheim R & Rillig M (2019). Collembola laterally move biochar particles. PLoS ONE.14(11):e0224179. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224179

Minguez L, Sperfeld E, Berger SA, Nejstgaard JC & Gessner MO (2019). Changes in food characteristics reveal indirect effects of lake browning on zooplankton performance. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(5): 1028-1040. doi: 10.1002/lno.11367

Möller M, Blick T & Buchholz S (2019). Spinnen der Trockenrasen in und um Berlin–Vielfalt, Verbreitung und Gefährdung. Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters. 58(1):52–61. doi: 10.30963/aramit5810

Niemeier S, Müller J & Rödel M (2019). Fluctuating asymmetry – Appearances are deceptive. Comparison of methods for assessing developmental instability in European common frogs (Rana temporaria). Salamandra. 55(1):14–26.

Onandia G, Schittko C, Ryo M, Bernard-Verdier M, Heger T, Joshi J ... & Gessler A (2019). Ecosystem functioning in urban grasslands: The role of biodiversity, plant invasions and urbanization. PLoS ONE. 14(11):e0225438. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225438

Planchuelo G, von Der Lippe M & Kowarik I (2019). Untangling the role of urban ecosystems as habitats for endangered plant species. Landscape and Urban Planning. 189:320–334. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.007

Rast W, Barthel L & Berger A (2019). Music Festival Makes Hedgehogs Move: How Individuals Cope Behaviorally in Response to Human-Induced Stressors. Animals. 9(7): 455. doi: 10.3390/ani9070455

Rillig MC, Aguilar‐Trigueros CA, Camenzind T, Cavagnaro TR, Degrune F, Hohmann P, ... & Yang G (2019). Why farmers should manage the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist. 222(3):1171-1175. doi: 10.1111/nph.15602

Rillig MC, Ryo M, Lehmann A, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Buchert S, Wulf A, ... & Yang G (2019). The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity. Science. 366(6467):886–890. doi: 10.1126/science.aay2832.

Ryo M, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Pinek L, Muller LA, & Rillig MC (2019). Basic principles of temporal dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.34(8): 723–733. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.03.007.

Straka TM, Wolf M, Gras P, Buchholz S & Voigt CC (2019). Tree cover mediates the effect of artificial light on urban bats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7:91. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00091

Weiss L, Schalow L, Jeltsch F & Geissler K (2019). Experimental evidence for root competition effects on community evenness in one of two phytometer species. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(2):281–291. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rty021