NATHALY GUERRERO RAMIREZ
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4. Suter S, Otto R, Fernández-Palacios J.M, de Nascimento Reyes L, Rodriguez Arvelo F, Sierra Cornejo N, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Ehbrecht M, Kreft H, Zemp D.C. 2025. Characterising the structural complexity across major habitats of Tenerife, Spain, EcoEvoRxiv

3. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Weemstra M, Addo-Danso S, Andersen K, Arnaud M, Cordeiro A, Cusack D, Kotowska M, Lee M, Leroy C, Lugli L, Pierick K, Smith-Martin C, Toro L, Umana N, Valverde-Barrantes O.J, Wong M, Fortunel C. Unique belowground ecological strategies of subtropical and tropical plant species expand the root trait space, bioRxiv


2. Cayetano D.T, Zemp D.C, Buchori D, Fiedler S, Grass I, Hölscher D, Irawan B, Korol Y, Khokthong W, Paterno G.B, Polle P, Potapov A, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Westphal C, Weigelt P, Wiegand K, Kreft H, Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2023. Scale-dependent landscape biodiversity relationships shape multi-taxa diversity in an oil palm monoculture under restoration. bioRxiv

1. Zhou T, Craven D, Kreft H, Zhang J, Wang X, Lian J, Ye W, Jin G, Mi X, Yao Y, Ren H, Yang J, Cao M, Wang C, Qin Y, Zhou G, Fei Y, Xu Y, Qiao X, Jiang M, Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2022. Latitude influences stability via stabilizing mechanisms in naturally-assembled forest ecosystems at different spatial grains. bioRxiv


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40. Zheng L, Ibáñez I, Williams L.J, Zhu K, Serrano-León H, Jensen J, Eisenhauer N, Verheyen K, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schnabel F, Kreft H, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Hölscher D, Paterno G.B, Irawan B, Ponette Q, Messier C, Paquette A, Stefanski A, Mereu S, Bauhus J, Hajek P, Nock C.A, Cavender-Bares J, Parker W.C, Quosh J, Ferlian O, Auge H, Potvin C, Yan E, Yang B, Zhang L, Zhao Z, Sinacore K, Hall J.S, Guillemot J, Robin A, Brancalion P.H.S, Sundawati L, Reich PB. 2025. Neighborhood diversity increases tree growth in experimental forests more in wetter climates but not in wetter years. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 9: 1812–1824

39. Bönisch E, Eisenhauer N, Bassi L, Auge H, Friedlein H, Gerd G, Weller L.F, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Reitz T, Richter R, Schadler M,  Hines J. 2025. Resource inequality limits transfer of nutrients from soils to plants in experimental grassland, Oikos, 2025(10): e11103

38. Borges P, Morgado L, Gabriel R, Elias R, Gauche M, Ah-Peng C, Otto R, de Nascimento L, Strasberg D, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Kreft H, Fernández-Palacios JM. 2025. Integrating plot-based methods for monitoring biodiversity in island habitats under the scope of BIODIVERSA + project BioMonI: Tree monitoring in Terceira, Tenerife and Réunion Islands, Biodiversity Data Journal, 13:e158423


37. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Ah-Peng C, Borges P, Camperio G, de Nascimento L, Elias R, Essl F, Gabriel R, Lenzner B, Mologni F, Morgado L, Patiño J, Suter S, Wildpret Martin W, Zemp C, Kreft H. 2025. Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems (BioMonI), ARPHA Conference Abstracts, e155875

36. Longhi Cordeiro A, Cusack D, Guerrero-Ramírez N, McCormack M.L, Richard N, Toro L, Wong M, Wright S.J, Cabugao K.G.M, Andersen K, Fuchslueger L, Iversen C, Soper F, Ghimire O.P, Lugli L, Miron A.C, Valverde-Barrantes O, Arnaud M, Batterman S, Dietterich L.H, Lee M.Y, Weemstra M, Yaffar D, Addo-Danso S, Pierick K, Bridges R, Easton C, Felsing I, Krudop R, McKinzie M, Perbohner J, Powers J, Pozzoli-Oropeza A.N, Samaniego M, Smilor A, Vargas I, Webb L. 2025. TropiRoot 1.0 – Database of tropical root characteristics across environments,  Ecology, 106(5): e70074; Data from TropiRoot 1.0 database: tropical root characteristics across environments (Dataset) | OSTI.GOV

35. Moura C, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Krashevska V, Polle A, Encinas-Viso F, Ballauff J, Siregar I, Siregar U, Bell K, Nevill P, Gailing O. 2025. Land-use changes impact root-fungal associations in a global biodiversity hotspot, Journal of Ecology, 113(5): 1136-1149

34. Camperio G, Wildpret W, Zemp C, Borges PAV, de Nascimento L, Gabriel R,  Lenzner B, Mologni F, Patiño J, Suter S, Kreft H, Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2025. Which ongoing and past biodiversity monitoring schemes exist on islands worldwide?: a Systematic Map Protocol, PROCEED, 25-00332

33. Schnabel F, Guillemot J, Barry K.E, Brunn M, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Gebauer T, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Handa T.I, Madsen C, Mancilla L, Monteza J, Moore T, Oelmann Y, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schwendenmann L, Wagner A, Wirth C, Potvin C. 2025. Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above- but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment, Global Change Biology, 31(2): e70089 


32. Paterno G.B, Brambach F, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Zemp D.C, Cantillo A.F, Camarretta N, Moura C, Gailing O, Ballauff J, Polle A, Schlund M, Erasmi S, Iddris N.A, Khokthong W, Sundawati L, Irawan B, Hölscher D, Kreft H. Diversity and larger tree islands promote native diversity in oil palm landscapes. Science, 386(6723): 795-802

31. Topanotti L.R, Fuchs J.M, Albert M, Schick J, Penanhoat A, Lu J-Z, Rivera Pérez C.A, Foltran E, Appleby S, Wildermuth B, Stuckenberg T, Likulunga L-E, Glatthorn J, Schuldt A, Polle A, Balkenhol N, Scheu S, Ammer C, Paul C, Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2024. Enhancing economic multifunctionality without compromising multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality via forest enrichment. Science Advances, 10(43):eadp6566

30. Montoya-Sanchez V, Camarretta N, Ehbrecht M, Schlund M, Paterno G, Seidel D, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Brambach F, Hölscher D, Kreft H, Irawan B, Sundawati L, Zemp D. Comparative analysis between metrics of vegetation structural complexity calculated from airborne/terrestrial LiDAR and ground-based inventory data in oil palm agroforestry systems. Ecological Indicators, 166:112306

29. Penanhoat A, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Aubry-Kientz M, Diekmann L, Paligi S, Audisio M, Mrak K, Seidel D. 2024. Effect of competition intensity and neighbour identity on architectural traits of Fagus sylvatica. Trees, 1-11

28. Zheng L, Barry K, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Craven D, Reich P.B, Verheyen K, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Eisenhauer N, Auge H, Barsoum N, et al. 2024 Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications, 15: 2078

27. Cusack D. F, Christoffersen B, Smith-Martin C. M, Andersen K. M, Cordeiro A. L, Fleischer K, Wright S. J, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Lugli L. F, McCulloch L. A, et al. 2024. Toward a coordinated understanding of tropical forest hydro-biogeochemical root functions for application to vegetation models. New Phytologist, 242(2): 351-371

26. Tolmos M.L, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Ameztegui A, Barajas Barbosa M.P, Craven D, Kreft H. 2024. Biogeographic context mediates multifaceted diversity-productivity relationships in island and mainland forests. Journal of Ecology, 112(4): 800-816

25. Weigelt A, Mommer L, Andraczek K, Iversen C.M, Bergmann J, Bruelheide H, Freschet G.T, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Kattge J, Kuyper T.W, Laughlin D.C, Meier I.C, van der Plas F, Poorter H, Roumet C, van Ruijven J, Sabatini F.M, Semchenko M, Sweeney C.J, Valverde-Barrantes O.J, York L.M, McCormack M.L. 2023. The importance of trait selection in ecology. Nature, 618: E29–E30

24. Montoya-Sánchez V, Kreft H, Arimond I, Ballauff J, Berkelmann D, Brambach F, Daniel R, Grass I, Hines J, Hölscher D, Irawan B, Krause A, Polle A, Potapov A, Sachsenmaier L, Scheu S, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Zemp D.C, Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2023. Landscape heterogeneity and soil biota are central to multi-taxa diversity for landscape restoration. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1):209


23. Zemp D.C, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Brambach F, Darras K, Grass I, Potapov A, Röll A, Arimond I, Ballauff J, Behling H, Berkelmann D, Biagioni S, Buchori D, Craven D, Daniel R, Gailing O, Ellsäßer F, Fardiansah R, Hennings N, Irawan B, Khokthong W, Krashevska V, Krause A, Kückes J, Li K, Lorenz H, Maraun M, Merk M.S, Moura C.C.M, Mulyani Y.A, Paterno G, Pebrianti H.D, Polle A, Prameswari D.A, Sachsenmaier L, Scheu S, Schneider D, Setiajiati F, Setyaningsih C.A, Sundawati L, Tscharntke T, Wollni M, Hölscher D, Kreft. H. 2023. Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature, 618: 316-321

22. Isbell F, Balvanera P, Mori A.S, He J-S, Bullock J.M, Regmi G.M, Seabloom E.W, Ferrier S, Sala O.E, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Tavella J, Larkin D.J, Schmid B, Outhwaite C.L, Pramual P, Borer E.T, Loreau M, Omotoriogun T.C, Obura D.O, Anderson M, Portales-Reyes C, Kirkman K, Vergara P.M, Clark A.T, Komatsu K.J, Petchey O.L, Weiskopf S.R, Williams L.J, Collins S.L, Eisenhauer N, Trisos C.H, Renard D, Wright A.J, Tripathi P, Cowles J, Byrnes J.E.K, Reich P.B, Purvis A, Sharip Z, O'Connor M.I, Kazanski C.E, Haddad N.M, Soto E.H, Dee L.E, Díaz S, Zirbel C.R, Avolio M.L, Wang S, Ma Z, Liang J, Farah H.C, Johnson J.A, Miller B.W, Hautier Y, Smith M.D, Knops J.M.C, Myers B.J.E, Harmáčková Z.V, Cortés J, Harfoot M.B.J, Gonzalez A, Newbold T, Oehri J, Mazón M, Dobbs C, Palmer M.S. 2023. Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21(2): 94-103

21. Wurz A, Tscharntke T, Martin D.A, Osen K, Raveloaritiana E, Andriafanomezantsoa R, Andrianisaina F, Fulgence T.R, Dröge S, Rakotomalala A.A.N.A, Randriamanantena R, Soazafy M.R, Andrianarimisa A, Babarezoto F.S, Barkmann J, Hänke H, Hölscher D, Kreft H, Rakouth B, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Ranarijaona H.L.T, Ratsoavina F.M, Raveloson L.H, Grass I. 2022. Win-win opportunities combining high yields with high multi-taxa biodiversity in tropical agroforestry. Nature Communications, 13:4127

20. Guzmán-Jacob V, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Craven D, Paterno G.B, Taylor A, Krömer T, Wanek W, Zotz G, Kreft H. 2022. Broad- and small-scale environmental gradients drive variation in chemical, but not morphological, leaf traits of vascular epiphytes. Functional Ecology, 36(8): 1858-1872

19. Ferreira-Arruda T, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Denelle P, Weigelt P, Kleyer M, Kreft H. 2022. Island area and historical geomorphological dynamics shapes multifaceted diversity of barrier island floras. Ecography, e06238

18. Martin D.A, Andrianisaina F, Fulgence T.R, Osen K, Rakotomalala A.A.N.A, Raveloaritiana E, Soazafy M.R, Wurz A, Andriafanomezantsoa R, Andriamaniraka H, Andrianarimisa A, Barkmann J, Dröge S, Grass I, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Hänke H, Hölscher D, Rakouth B, Ranarijaona H.L.T, Randriamanantena R, Ratsoavina F.M, Ravaomanarivo L.H.R, Schwab D, Tscharntke T, Zemp D.C, Kreft H. 2022. Land use trajectories for sustainable land system transformations: identifying leverage points in a global biodiversity hotspot. PNAS, 119(7): e2107747119


17. Cusack D.F, Addo-Danso S.D, Agee E.A, Andersen K.M, Arnaud M, Batterman S.A, Brearley F.Q, Ciochina M.I, Cordeiro A.L, Dallstream C, Diaz-Toribio M.H, Dietterich L.H, Fisher J.B, Fleischer K, Fortunel C, Fuchslueger L, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Kotowska M.M, Lugli L.F, Marín C, McCulloch L.A, Maeght J.L, Metcalf D, Norby R.J, Oliveira R.S, Powers J.S, Reichert T, Smith S.W, Smith-Martin C.M, Soper F.M, Toro L, Umaña M.N, Valverde-Barrantes O, Weemstra M, Werden L.K, Wong M, Wright S.J, Yaffar D. 2021. Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: Field and modeling advances. Frontiers in Forest and Global Change, 4: 704469

16. Guerrero-Ramírez N. 2021. Functional forests restoration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 1572-1573

15. Weigelt A, Mommer L, Andraczek K, Iversen C.M, Bergmann J, Bruelheide H, Freschet G.T, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Kattge J, Kuyper T.W, Laughlin D.C, Meier I.C, van der Plas F, Poorter H, Fan Y, Roumet C, van Ruijven J, Sabatini F.M, Semchenko M, Sweeney C.J, Valverde-Barrantes O.J, York L.M, McCormack M.L. 2021. An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective. New Phytologist, 232(1): 42-29


14. Monge-González M.L, Weigelt P, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Craven D, Castillo-Campos G, Krömer T, Kreft H. 2021. BIOVERA-Tree: tree diversity, community composition, forest structure and functional traits along gradients of forest-use intensity and elevation in Veracruz, Mexico. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9: e69560

13. Monge-González M.L, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Krömer T, Kreft H, Craven D. 2021. Functional diversity and redundancy of tropical forests shift with elevation and forest-use intensity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(9): 1827-1837

12. Laughlin D.C, Mommer L, Sabatini F.M, Bruelheide H, Kuyper T.W, McCormack M.L, Bergmann J, Freschet G.T, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Iversen C.M, Kattge J, Meier I.C, Poorter H, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney C.J, Valverde-Barrantes O.J, van der Plas F, van Ruijven J, York L.M, Aubin I, Burge O.R, Byun C, Ćušterevska R, Dengler J, Forey E, Guerin G.R, Herault B, Jackson R.B, Karger D.N, Lenoir J, Lysenko T, Meir P, Niinemets U, Ozinga W.A, Penuelas J, Reich P.B, Schmidt M, Schrodt F, Velazquez E, Weigelt A. 2021. Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 1123 - 1134

11. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Pizarro V, Turner B.L. Soil and microbial nutrient status are heterogeneous within an elevational belt on a neotropical mountain. Pedobiologia,
83: 150689

10. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Mommer L, Freschet GT, Iversen CM, McCormack M.L, Kattge J, Poorter H, van der Plas F, Bergmann J, Kuyper TW, York LM, Bruelheide H, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Aubin I, Catford JA, Manning P, Martin A, Milla R, Minden V, Pausas JG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Ammer C, Butterfield B, Craine J, Cornelissen JHC, de Vries FT, Isaac ME, Kramer K, König C, Lamb EG, Onipchenko VG, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Rillig MC, Sack L, Shipley B, Tedersoo L, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Weigelt P, Wright JP, Weigelt A. 2020. Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1): 25-37

9. Guerra C.A, Heintz-Buschart A, Sikorski J, Chatzinotas A, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Cesarz S, Beaumelle L, Rillig M.C, Maestre F.T, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Buscot F, Overmann J, Patoine G, Phillips H.R.P, Winter M, Wubet T, Küsel K, Bardgett R.D, Cameron E.K, Cowan D, Grebenc T, Marín C, Orgiazzi A, Singh B.K, Wall D.H, Eisenhauer N. 2020. Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research. Nature Communications, 1(11): 3870

8. Bergmann J, Weigelt A, van der Plas F, Laughlin D.C, Kuyper T.W, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Valverde-Barrantes O.J, Bruelheide H, Freschet G.T, Iversen C.M, Kattge J, McCormack M.L, Meier I.C, Rillig M.C, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney C.J, van Ruijven J, York L.M, Mommer L. 2020. The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances, 6(27): eaba3756

7. Monge-González M.L, Craven D, Krömer T, Castillo-Campos G, Hernández-Sánchez A, Guzmán-Jacob V, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Kreft H. 2020. Response of tree diversity and community composition to forest-use intensity along a tropical elevational gradient. Applied Vegetation Science, 23(1): 69 - 79

6. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Reich P.B, Ciobanu M, Wagg C, Eisenhauer N. 2019. Diversity-dependent plant soil feedbacks underlying long-term plant diversity effects on primary productivity. Ecosphere, 4(10): e02704

5. Siebert J, Sünnemann M, Auge H, Berger S, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Guerrero-Ramirez N, Eisenhauer N. 2019. The effects of drought and nutrient addition on soil organisms vary across taxonomic groups, but are constant across seasons. Scientific Reports, 9: 639

4. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Craven D, Reich P.B, Ewel J.J, Isbell F, Koricheva J, Parrotta J.A, Auge H, Erickson, H. E, Forrester D.I, Hector A, Joshi J, Montagnini F, Palmborg C, Piotto D, Potvin C, Roscher C, van Ruijven J, Tilman D, Wilsey B, Eisenhauer N. 2017. Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1: 1639 – 1642

3. Guerrero-Ramírez N, Eisenhauer N. 2017. Trophic and non-trophic interactions influence the mechanisms underlying biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships under different abiotic conditions. Oikos, 126(12): 1748-1759

2. Guerrero-Ramírez, N, Craven D, Messier C, Potvin C, Turner B.L, and Handa I.T. 2016. Root quality, but not tree species richness, drives decomposition in tropical forests. Plant & Soil, 404(1): 125 - 139

1. Thakur MP, Milcu A, Manning P, Niklaus PA, Roscher C, Power S, Reich PB, Scheu S, Tilman D, Ai F, Guo H, Ji R, Pierce S, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Richter AN, Steinauer K, Strecker T, Vogel A, Eisenhauer N. 2015. Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors. Global Change Biology, 21(11): 4076-4085
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