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Papers

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2022

(28) Jeanne Portier, Florian Zellweger, Jürgen Zell, Iciar Alberdi Asensio, Michal Bosela, Johannes Breidenbach, Vladimír Šebeň, Rafael O Wüest and Brigitte Rohner (2022). Plot size matters: Toward comparable species richness estimates across plot-based inventories. Ecology and Evolution 12(6):e8965
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8965

2021

(27) König, Christian, Rafael O Wüest, Catherine H Graham, Dirk N Karger, Thomas Sattler, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Damaris Zurell (accepted). Scale dependency of joint species distribution models challenges interpretation of biotic interactions. Journal of Biogeography 48(7):1541-1551
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14106

2020

(26) Dauphin Benjamin, Rafael O Wüest, Sabine Brodbeck, Stefan Zoller, Martin C Fischer, Rolf Holderegger, Felix Gugerli, Christian Rellstab (2020). Disentangling the effects of geographic peripherality and habitat suitability on neutral and adaptive genetic variation in Swiss stone pine. Molecular Ecology 29:1972-1989
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15467
(25) Traub Berthold, Rafael O Wüest (2020). Analysing the quality of Swiss NationalForest Inventory measurements of woodyspecies richness. Forest Ecosystems 7:37
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-020-00252-1
(24) Karger Dirk N, Rafael O Wüest , Christian König, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Patrick Weigelt, Niklaus E Zimmermann, H Peter Linder (2020). Disentangling the drivers of local species richness using probabilistic species pools. Journal of Biogeography 47(4):879-889
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13763
(23) Wüest Rafael O, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Damaris Zurell, Jake M Alexander, Susanne Fritz, Christian Hof, Holger Kreft, Signe Normand, Juliano S Cabral, Eniko Szekely, Wilfried Thuiller, Martin Wikelski, Dirk N Karger (2020). Macroecology in the age of big data – where to go from here?. Journal of Biogeography 47(1):1-12
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13633
(22) Zurell Damaris, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Helge Gross, Andri Baltensweiler, Thomas Sattler, Rafael O Wüest (2020). Testing species assemblage predictions from stacked and joint species distribution models. Journal of Biogeography 47(1):101-113
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13608
(21) Brun Philipp, Wilfried Thuiller, Yohann Chauvier, Loïc Pellissier, Rafael O Wüest, Zhiheng Wang, Niklaus E Zimmermann (2020). Model complexity affects species distribution projections under climate change. Journal of Biogeography 47(1):130-142
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13734
(20) Wüest Rafael O, Ariel Bergamini, Kurt Bollmann, Andri Baltensweiler (2020). LiDAR data as a proxy for light availability improve distribution modelling of woody species. Forest Ecology and Management 456:117644
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117644

2019

(19) Wüest Rafael O, Florian C Boucher, Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi, Dirk N Karger, H Peter Linder (2019). Dissecting biodiversity in a global hotspot: uneven dynamics of immigration and diversification within the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 88(4):485-504
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13625

2018

(18) Dormann Carsten F, Justin M Calabrese, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Eleni Matechou, Volker Bahn, Kamil Barton, Colin M Beale, Simone Ciuti, Jane Elith, Katharina Gerstner, Jérôme Guelat, Petr Keil, José J Lahoz-Monfort, Laura J Pollock, Björn Reineking, David R Roberts, Boris Schröder, Wilfried Thuiller, David I Warton, Brendan A Wintle, Simon N Wood, Rafael O Wüest and Florian Hartig (2018). Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic and tactical approaches. Ecological Monographs 88(4):485-504
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1309
(17) Wüest Rafael O, Tamara Münkemüller, Laura J Pollock, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller (2018). Integrating correlation between traits improves spatial predictions of plant functional composition. OIKOS 127:472–481
Associated data on DRYAD: https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.v475g
DOI: 10.1111/oik.04420

2017

(16) Mazel Florent, Rafael O Wüest, Jean-Philippe Lessard, Julien Renaud, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller (2017). Global patterns of β-diversity along the phylogenetic timescale: the role of climate and plate tectonics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16:1211-1221
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12632
(15) Mazel Florent, Rafael O Wüest, Maya Gueguen, Julien Renaud, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller (2017). The Geography of Ecological Niche Evolution in Mammals. Current Biology 27(9):1369-1374
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.046
(14) Saladin Bianca, Andrew B Leslie, Rafael O Wüest, Glenn Litsios, Elena Conti, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann (2017). Fossils matter: improved estimates of divergence times in Pinus reveal older diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:95
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0941-z

2016

(13) Wüest Rafael O, Glenn Litsios, Felix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Peter B Pearman (2016). Resprouter fraction in Cape Restionaceae assemblages varies with climate and soil type. Functional Ecology 30(9):1583–1592
Associated data on DRYAD: https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.62s71
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12629

2015

(12) Wüest Rafael O, Alexandre Antonelli, Niklaus E Zimmermann and H Peter Linder (2015). Available climate regimes drive niche diversification during range expansion. The American Naturalist 185(5):640-652
Associated data on DRYAD: https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.1dc8q
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12629

2014

(11) Merow Cory, Mathew J Smith, Thomas C Edwards, Jr., Antoine Guisan, Sean M McMahon, Signe Normand, Wilfried Thuiller, Rafael O Wüest, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Jane Elith (2014). What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models? Ecography 37(12):1267–1281
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00845
(10) Schiffers Katja, Frank Schurr, Justin Travis, Anne Duputie, Vincent Eckhart, Sébastien Lavergne, Greg McInerny, Kara Moore, Peter B Pearman, Wilfried Thuiller, Rafael O Wüest, Robert Holt (2014). Landscape structure and genetic architecture jointly impact rates of niche evolution. Ecography 37(12):1218–1229
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00768
(9) Lexer Christian, Rafael O Wüest, Sofia Mangili, Myriam Heuertz, Kai Stolting, Peter B Pearman, Félix Forest, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Eligio Bossolini (2014). Genomics of the divergence continuum in an African plant biodiversity hotspot, I: Drivers of population divergence in Restio capensis (Restionaceae). Molecular Ecology 23(17):4373-4386
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12870
(8) Linder H Peter, Daniel L Rabosky, Alexandre Antonelli, Rafael O Wüest, Ralf Ohlemüller (2014). Disentangling the Influence of Climatic and Geologic Changes in Species Radiations. Journal of Biogeography 47(7):1313–1325
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12312
(7) deVos Jurriaan M, Rafael O Wüest and Elena Conti (2014).Small and ugly? Phylogenetic analyses of the “selfing syndrome” reveal complex evolutionary fates of monomorphic primrose flowers. Evolution 68(4):1042–1057
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12331
(6) Litsios Glenn, Rafael O Wüest, Anna Kostikova, Félix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Peter B. Pearman, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Nicolas Salamin (2014). Effects of a fire response trait on diversification in replicated radiations. Evolution 68(2):453-465
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12273
(5) Pearman Peter B, Sébastien Lavergne, Cristina Roquet, Rafael O Wüest, Niklaus E Zimmemann and Wilfried Thuiller (2014). Phylogenetic patterns of climatic, habitat and trophic niches in a European avian assemblage. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23(4):414-424
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12127

2013

(4) Koch Bärbel, Peter J Edwards, Wolf U Blanckenhorn, Serge Buholzer, Thomas Walter, Rafael O Wüest and Gabriela Hofer (2013). Vascular plants as surrogates of butterfly and grasshopper diversity on two Swiss subalpine summer pastures. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:1451-1465
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0485-5
(3) Linder H Peter, Alexander Antonelli, Aelys M Humphreys, Micheal D Pirie and Rafael O Wüest (2013). What determines biogeographical ranges? Historical wanderings and ecological constraints in the danthonioid grasses. Journal of Biogeography 40(5):821–834
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12070

2012

(2) Litsios Glenn, Carrie A Sims, Rafael O Wüest, Peter B Pearman, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Nicolas Salamin (2012). Mutalism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:212
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-212

2010

(1) Salamin Nicolas, Rafael O Wüest, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller and Peter B Pearman (2010). Assessing rapid evolution in a changing environment. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(12):692-698
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2010.09.009

 

Conference and invited Talks

Wüest, Rafael O, Ariel Bergamini, Kurt Bollmann, Andri Baltensweilter. MoGLI - Modeling the potential distribution of woody species in Swiss forests. Biodiversity Seminar, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland, April 2019

Wüest Rafael O, Laura J Pollock, Sébastien Lavergne, Tamara Münkemüller and Wilfried Thuiller. Integrating correlation between traits improves spatial predictions of plant functional composition. Antonelli-Lab Seminar, Gothernburg, Sweden, June 2017

Wüest, Rafael O, Laura J Pollock, Sébastien Lavergne, Tamara Münkemüller and Wilfried Thuiller. Accounting for trait correlation helps predict the functional composition of vegetation. IBS Special Meeting, Beijing, China, May 2016.

Wüest, Rafael O, Laura J Pollock, Sébastien Lavergne, Tamara Münkemüller and Wilfried Thuiller. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Functional Traits in the French Alps. Journées du GDR Ecologie Statistique (EcoStat), Lyon, France, March 2015.

Pearman, Peter B, Sébastien Lavergne, Cristina Roquet, Rafael O Wüest, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Wilfried Thuiller. Phylogenetic patterns of climatic, habitat, and trophic niches in a European avian assemblage. Forty-third Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Gfö), Potsdam, Germany, September 2013.

deVos Jurriaan M, Rafael O Wüest and Elena Conti. Phylogenetic analyses of the “selfing syndrome” and the evolutionary fates of self-compatible primrose flowers. Evolution 2013, Snowbird (Utah), USA, June 2013

Wüest Rafael O, Glenn Litsios, Felix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Peter B Pearman. Assemblage Structure of Restionaceae along Environmental Gradients in the Cape. Evolutionary Biology Graduate School Retreat, Riederalp, Switzerland, July 2012.

Wüest Rafael O, Glenn Litsios, Felix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Peter B Pearman. Regional species pools in a biodiversity hotspot - the case of Restionaceae in the Cape Floristic Region. 6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group for Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Frankruft, Germany, February 2012.

Wüest Rafael O, Glenn Litsios, Felix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Peter B Pearman Available niches canalize climatic diversification in the grass subfamily Danthonioideae. Advances in Biogeography - Early Career Conference of the International Biogeographic Society, Oxford, UK, September 2011.

Wüest Rafael O, Glenn Litsios, Felix Forest, Christian Lexer, H Peter Linder, Nicolas Salamin, Niklaus E Zimmermann and Peter B Pearman. Niche evolution at different scales - The globally districuted grass subfamily Danthonioideae, and regional species pools of Restionaceae in the Cape. Monday Lunchtime Seminar Series, Imperial College, London, UK, September 2011.