Publications
2024
Berger, T., Gimpel, H., Stein, A., Troost, C., Asseng, S., Bichler, M., Bieling, C., Birner, R., Grass, I., Kollmann, J., Leonhardt, S.D., Schurr, F.M. & Weisser, W.W. (2024) Hybrid intelligence for reconciling biodiversity and productivity in agriculture. Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00963-6
Cooksley, H., Dreyling, L., Esler, K.J., Griebenow, S., Neumann, G., Valentine, A., Schleuning, M. & Schurr, F.M. (2024) Functional traits shape plant-plant interactions and recruitment in a hotspot of woody plant diversity. New Phytologist, 241, 1100-1114, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19453
Shapira, T., Schurr, F.M., Fischer, S., Jeuken, N., Coll, M. & Mandelik, Y. (2024) The combined effects of resource landscapes and herbivory on pollination services in agro-ecosystems. Ecography, doi: 10.1111/ecog.07103
Razanajatovo, M., Schurr, F.M., Muhthassim, N., Troesch, S. & Knop, E. (2024) Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles. Basic and Applied Ecology
2023
Zhu, J., Lukić, N., Pagel, J. & Schurr, F.M. (2023) Density-dependence of seed dispersal and fecundity profoundly alters the spread dynamics of plant populations. Journal of Ecology, 111, 1735-1748, full text
Cooksley, H., Schleuning, M., Neu, A., Esler, K.J. & Schurr, F.M. (2023) An integrative trait-based framework to infer resource budgets and life-histories of long-lived plants. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.29.538794
Brendel,M.R., Schurr,F.M. & Sheppard,C.S. (2023) Alien plant fitness is limited by functional trade-offs rather than a long-term increase in competitive effects of native communities. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10468, full text
Walter, H., Pagel, J., Cooksley, H., Neu, A., Schleuning, M. & Schurr, F.M. (2023) Effects of biotic interactions on plant fecundity depend on spatial and functional structure of communities and time since disturbance. Journal of Ecology, 111, 110-124, full text
Neu, A., Cooksley, H., Esler, K.J., Pauw, A., Roets, F., Schurr, F.M. & Schleuning, M. (2023) Interactions between Protea plants and their animal mutualists and antagonists are structured more by energetic than morphological trait matching. Functional Ecology, 37, 176-189, full text
Neu, A., Cooksley, H., Esler, K.J., Pauw, A., Roets, F., Schurr, F.M. & Schleuning, M. (2023) Bird and insect pollinators differ in specialization and potential pollination services along disturbance and resource gradients. Austral Ecology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13324, full text
Lukić, N.D., Schurr, F.M., Trifković, T., Kukavica, B. & Walter, J. (2023) Transgenerational stress memory in plants is mediated by upregulation of the antioxidative system. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 205, 105129, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105129
Lukić, N.D., Zhu, J., Schurr,F.M. & Walter, J. (2023) The role of maternal environment and dispersal ability in plants' transgenerational plasticity. Oikos, https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09863, full text
Buchmann, C.M., Dreyling, L., Constantin, M. & Schurr, F.M. (2023) What acceleration data from wildlife collars and animal body mass tell us about seed dispersal. Animal Biotelemetry, 11, 22, full text
2022
Schmoll, T. & Schurr, F.M. (2022) Wind power versus wildlife: root mitigation in evidence. Nature, 601, 191. full text
Maynard, D.S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C.M., Averill, C., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Mo, L., Reuben Smith, G., Aubin, I., Berenguer, E., Boonman, C.C.F., Catford, J., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Dias, A.S., González-Melo, A., Hietz, P., Lusk, C.H., Mori, A.S., Niinemets, Ü., Pillar, V.D., Rosell, J.A., Schurr, F.M., Sheremetev, S.N., da Silva, A.C., Sosinski, E., van Bodegom, P.M., Weiher, E., Bönisch, G., Kattge, J., & Crowther, T.W. (2022) Global relationships in tree functional traits. Nature Communications, 13, 3185. full text
Bagnara, M., Nowak, L., Boehmer, J., Schöll, F., Schurr, F.M. & Seebens, H. (2022) Simulating spread and establishment of alien species along aquatic and terrestrial transportation networks – a multi-pathway and high resolution approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 1769-1780. full text
Chaparro, L., Schmieder, K. & Schurr, F.M. (2022) The value of remotely-sensed vs. field-surveyed habitat structure for predicting bird abundance: a case study in traditional orchards. Journal of Ornithology, 163, 723–733. full text
Zhu, J., Buchmann, C.M. & Schurr, F.M. (2022) Improving measurements of the falling trajectory and terminal velocity of wind-dispersed seeds. Ecology and Evolution, e9183 full text
Zhu, J., Buchmann, C. & Schurr, F.M. (2022) Effects of seed morphology and orientation on secondary seed dispersal by wind. Journal of Plant Ecology, rtac023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac023, full text
2021
Zhu, J., Lukić, N., Rajtschan, V., Walter, J. & Schurr, F.M. (2021) Seed dispersal by wind decreases when plants are water-stressed, potentially counteracting species coexistence and niche evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 16239-16249. full text
Zimmermann, B. and 58 co-authors including Schurr,F.M. (2021) Mineral-ecological cropping systems – A new approach to improve ecosystem services by farming without chemical synthetic plant protection. Agronomy, 11, 1710. full text
Lamonica,D., Pagel,J. & Schurr,F.M. (2021) Predicting the dynamics of establishing tree populations: a framework for statistical inference and lessons for data collection. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13656. full text
Treurnicht,M., Schurr,F.M., Slingsby,J., Esler,K.J. & Pagel,J. (2021) Range-wide population viability analyses reveal high sensitivity to wildflower harvesting in extreme environments. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58, 1399-1410. full text
Brendel,M., Schurr,F.M. & Sheppard,C. (2021) Inter- and intraspecific selection in alien plants: How population growth, functional traits and climate responses change with residence time. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 429-442. full text
2020
Pagel,J., Treurnicht,M., Bond,W.J., Kraaij,T., Nottebrock,H., Schutte-Vlok,A., Tonnabel,J., Esler,K.J. & Schurr,F.M. (2020) Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species, PNAS, 117, 3663-3669. pdf
Treurnicht,M., Pagel,J., Tonnabel,J., Esler,K.J., Slingsby,J. & Schurr,F.M. (2020) Functional traits explain the Hutchinsonian niches of plant species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 534-545 pdf
Kattge,J. and 728 co-authors including Schurr,F.M. (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26, 119-188. pdf
Wright,S.J., Heurich,M., Buchmann,C.M., Böcker,R. & Schurr, F.M. (2020) The importance of individual movement and feeding behaviour for long-distance seed dispersal by red deer: a data-driven model. Movement Ecology, 8:44. full text
Walter,J., Buchmann,C. & Schurr,F.M. (2020) Shifts in plant functional community composition under hydrological stress strongly decelerate litter decomposition. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 5712-5724. pdf
Lamonica,D., Pagel,J., Valdes-Correcher,E., Bert,D., Hampe,A. & Schurr,F.M. (2020) Tree potential growth varies more than competition among spontaneously established forest stands of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur). Annals of Forest Science, 77:80. full text
2019
Sheppard,C. & Schurr,F.M. (2019) Biotic resistance or introduction bias? Immigrant plant performance decreases with residence time over millennia. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 222-237.
Zhu,J., Liu,M., Xin,Z., Liu,Z. & Schurr,F.M. (2019) A trade-off between primary and secondary seed dispersal by wind. Plant Ecology, 220, 541-552. pdf
Radchuk,V., De Laender,F., Cabral,J.S., Boulangeat,I., Crawford,M., Bohn,F., De Raedt,J., Scherer,C., Svenning,J.-C., Thonicke,K., Schurr,F.M., Grimm,V. & Kramer-Schadt,S. (2019) The dimensionality of stability depends on disturbance type. Ecology Letters, 22, 674-684. pdf
May,F., Rosenbaum,B., Schurr,F.M. & Chase,J. (2019) The geometry of habitat fragmentation: effects of species distribution patterns on extinction risk due to habitat conversion. Ecology and Evolution, 9, 2775-2790. pdf
2018
Lachmuth,S., Henrichmann,C., Horn,J., Pagel,J. & Schurr,F.M. (2018) Neighbourhood effects on plant reproduction: an experimental-analytical framework and its application to the invasive Senecio inaequidens. Journal of Ecology, 106, 761-773.
Tonnabel,J., Schurr,F.M., Boucher,F., Olivieri,I., Thuiller,W., Renaud,J., Douzery,E.J.P. & Ronce,O. (2018) Life-history traits evolved jointly with climatic niche and disturbance regime in the genus Leucadendron (Proteaceae). American Naturalist, 191, 220-234.
2017
Nottebrock,H., Schmid,B., Treurnicht, M., Pagel,J., Esler,K.J.E., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schleuning,M., & Schurr,F.M. (2017) Coexistence of plant species in a biodiversity hotspot is stabilized by competition but not by seed predation. Oikos, 126, doi: 10.1111/oik.03438
Nottebrock,H., Schmid,B., Mayer, K., Devaux, C., Esler,K.J.E., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schleuning,M., Pagel,J. & Schurr,F.M. (2017) Sugar landscapes and pollinator-mediated interactions in plant communities. Ecography, 40, 1129-1138
2016
Treurnicht,M., Pagel,J., Esler,K.J., Schutte-Vlok,A., Nottebrock,H., Kraaij,T., Rebelo,A.G. & Schurr,F.M. (2016) Environmental drivers of demographic variation across the global geographical range of 26 plant species. Journal of Ecology, 104, 331-342. pdf
Schmid,B., Nottebrock,H., Esler,K.J.E., Pagel,J., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr,F.M., Mueller, T. & Schleuning,M. (2016) A bird pollinator shows positive frequency-dependence and constancy of species choice in natural plant communities. Ecology, 97, 3110-3118
McCormack,C.G., Born,W., Irvine,P.J., Achterberg,E.P., Amano,T., Ardron,J., Foster,P.N., Gattuso,J.-P., Hawkins,S.J., Hendy,E., Kissling,W.D., Lluch-Cota,S.E., Murphy,E.J., Ostle,N., Owens,N.J.P., Perry,R.I., Pörtner,H.O., Scholes,R.J., Schurr,F.M., Schweiger,O., Settele,J., Smith,R.K., Smith,S., Thompson,J., Tittensor,D.P., van Kleunen,M., Vivian,C., Vohland,K., Warren,R., Watkinson,A., Widdicombe,S., Williamson,P., Woods,E., Blackstock,J.J. & Sutherland,W.J. (2016) Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, doi: 10.1080/1943815X.2016.1159578
2015
Schmid,B., Nottebrock,H., Esler,K.J.E., Pagel,J., Pauw,A., Böhning-Gaese K., Schurr,F.M. & Schleuning,M. (2015) Responses of nectar-feeding birds to floral resources at multiple spatial scales. Ecography, doi: 10.1111/ecog.01621
Mouquet,N., Lagadeuc,Y., Devictor,V., Doyen,L., Duputié,A., Eveillard,D., Faure,D., Garnier,E., Gimenez,O., Huneman,P., Jabot,F., Jarne,P., Joly,D., Julliard,R., Kéfi,S., Kergoat,G.J., Lavorel,S., Le Gall,L., Meslin,L., Morand,S., Morin,X., Morlon,H., Pinay,G., Pradel,R., Schurr,F.M., Thuiller,W. & Loreau,M. (2015) Predictive ecology in a changing world. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 1293-1310.
Schmid,B., Nottebrock,H., Esler,K.J.E., Pagel,J., Pauw,A., Böhning-Gaese K., Schurr,F.M. & Schleuning,M. (2015) Reward quality predicts effects of bird-pollinators on the reproduction of African Protea shrubs. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 17, 209-217.
2014
Pagel,J., Anderson,B.J., O’Hara,R.B., Cramer,W., Fox,R., Jeltsch,F., Roy,D.B., Thomas,C.D. & Schurr,F.M. (2014) Quantifying range-wide variation in population trends from local abundance surveys and widespread opportunistic occurrence records. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 751-760.
Gimenez,O., Buckland,S.T., Morgan,B.J.T., Bez,N., Bertrand,S., Choquet,R., Dray,S., Etienne,M.-P., Fewster,R., Gosselin,F., Mérigot,B., Monestiez,B., Morales,J.M., Mortier,F., Munoz,F., Ovaskainen,O., Pavoine,P., Pradel,R., Schurr,F.M., Thomas,L., Thuiller,W., Trenkel,V., de Valpine,P. & Rexstad,E. (2014) Statistical ecology comes of age. Biology Letters, 10, 20140698.
Normand,S., Zimmermann,N.E., Schurr,F.M. & Lischke,H. (2014) Demography as the basis for understanding and predicting range dynamics. Ecography, 37, 1149-1154.
Thuiller,W., Münkemüller,T., Schiffers,K.H., Georges,D., Dullinger,S., Eckhart,V.M., Edwards, Jr.,T.C., Gravel,D., Kunstler,G., Merow,C., Moore,K., Piedallu,C., Vissault,S., Zimmermann,N.E., Zurell,D. & Schurr,F.M. (2014) Does probability of occurrence relate to population dynamics? Ecography,37, 1155-1166.
Svenning,J.-C., Gravel,D., Holt,R.D., Schurr,F.M., Thuiller,W., Münkemüller,T., Schiffers,K.H., Dullinger,S., Edwards,T.C. Jr., Hickler,T., Higgins,S.I., Nabel, J.E.M.S., Pagel,J. & Normand,S. (2014) The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates. Ecography, 37, 1198-1209. pdf
Schiffers,K., Schurr,F.M., Travis,J.M.J., Duputié,A., Eckhart,V.M., Lavergne,S., McInerny,G., Moore,K.A., Pearman,P.B., Thuiller,W., Wüest,R.O. & Holt,R.D. (2014) Landscape structure and genetic architecture jointly impact rates of niche evolution. Ecography,37, 1218-1229.
Tonnabel,J., Mignot,A., Douzery,E.J.P., Rebelo,A.G., Schurr,F.M., Midgley,J., Illing,N., Justy,F., Orcel,D. & Olivieri,I. (2014) Convergent and correlated evolution of major life-history traits in the angiosperm genus Leucadendron (Proteaceae). Evolution, 68, 2775-2792.
2013
Nottebrock,H., Esler,K.J. & Schurr,F.M. (2013) Effects of intraspecific and community density on the lifetime fecundity of long-lived shrubs. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 15, 150-161. pdf
Cabral,J.S., Jeltsch,F., Thuiller,W., Higgins,S.I., Midgley,G.F., Rebelo,A.G., Rouget,M. & Schurr,F.M. (2013) Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African Proteaceae. Diversity and Distributions, 19, 363–376. pdf
Jeltsch,F., Blaum,N., Brose,U., Chipperfield,J.D., Clough,Y., Farwig,N., Geissler,K., Graham,C.H., Grimm,V., Hickler,T., Huth,A., May,F., Meyer,K.M., Pagel,J., Reineking,B., Rillig,M.C., Shea,K., Schurr,F.M., Schröder,B., Tielbörger,K., Weiss,L., Wiegand,K., Wiegand,T., Wirth,C. & Zurell,D. (2013) How can we bring together empiricists and modellers in functional biodiversity research? Basic and Applied Ecology, 14, 93-101. pdf
Buchmann,C.M., Schurr,F.M., Nathan,R. & Jeltsch,F. (2013) Habitat loss and fragmentation affecting mammal and bird communities – the role of interspecific competition and individual space use. Ecological Informatics, 14, 90-98.
2012
Schurr,F.M., Pagel,J., Cabral,J.S., Groeneveld,J., Bykova,O., O' Hara,R.B., Hartig,F., Kissling,W.D., Linder,H.P., Midgley,G.F., Schröder,B., Singer,A. & Zimmermann,N.E. (2012) How to understand species' niches and range dynamics: a demographic research agenda for biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 2146–2162. pdf
Kissling,W.D., Dormann,C.F., Groeneveld,J., Hickler,T., Kühn,I., McInerny,G.J., Montoya,J.M., Römermann,C., Schiffers,K., Schurr,F.M., Singer,A., Svenning,J.-C., Zimmermann,N.E. & O’Hara,R.B. (2012) Towards novel approaches to modelling biotic interactions in multispecies assemblages at large spatial extents. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 2163–2178. pdf
Schurr,F.M., Esler,K.J., Slingsby,J.A. & Allsopp,N. (2012) Fynbos Proteaceae as model organisms for biodiversity research and conservation. South African Journal of Science, 108, Art. #1446, doi: 10.4102/sajs.v108i11/12.1446 pdf
Schurr,F.M. (2012) How random is dispersal? From stochasticity to process in the description of seed movement. In: Dispersal Ecology and Evolution (eds. Clobert,J., Baguette,M., Benton,T., Bullock,J.M.), 240-246, Oxford University Press.
Pagel,J. & Schurr,F.M. (2012) Forecasting species ranges by statistical estimation of ecological niches and spatial population dynamics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 293-304. pdf
Buchmann,C.M., Schurr,F.M., Nathan,R. & Jeltsch,F. (2012) Movement upscaled – the importance of individual foraging movements for community response to habitat loss. Ecography, 35,436-445.
2011
Schurr,F.M. & Pagel,J. (2011) Climate-Change Biodiversity Assessments: More Statistics, Less Correlation. Science, E-Letter (10 May 2011), sciencemag.org/content/332/6025/53/reply
Lachmuth,S., Durka,W. & Schurr.F.M. (2011) Differentiation of reproductive and competitive ability in the invaded range of Senecio inaequidens: the role of genetic Allee-effects, adaptive and non-adaptive evolution. New Phytologist, 192, 529–541. pdf
Nathan,R., Horvitz,N., He,Y., Kuparinen,A., Schurr,F.M. & Katul,G. (2011) Spread of North American wind-dispersed trees in future environments. Ecology Letters, 14, 211-219. pdf
Cabral,J.S., Bond,W.J., Midgley,G.F., Rebelo,A.G., Thuiller,W. & Schurr,F.M. (2011) Effects of harvesting flowers from shrubs on the persistence and abundance of wild shrub populations at multiple spatial extents. Conservation Biology, 25, 73-84. pdf
Buchmann,C.M., Schurr,F.M., Nathan,R. & Jeltsch,F. (2011) An allometric model of home range formation explains the structuring of animal communities exploiting heterogeneous resources. Oikos, 120, 106-118. pdf
Albert,C.H., Grassein,F., Schurr,F.M., Vielliedent,G. & Violle,C. (2011) When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology? Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 13, 217– 225. pdf
Schleicher,J., Meyer,K.M., Wiegand,K., Schurr,F.M. & Ward,D. (2011) Disentangling facilitation and seed dispersal from environmental heterogeneity as mechanisms generating associations between savanna plants. Journal of Vegetation Science,22, 1038–1048.
2010
Lachmuth,S., Durka,W. & Schurr,F.M. (2010) The making of a rapid plant invader: genetic diversity and differentiation in the native and invaded range of Senecio inaequidens. Molecular Ecology, 19, 3952-3967. pdf
Cabral, J.S. & Schurr, F.M. (2010) Estimating demographic models for the range dynamics of plant species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, 85-97. pdf
Burkart, M., Alsleben, K., Lachmuth, S., Schumacher, J., Hofmann, R., Jeltsch, F. & Schurr, F.M. (2010) Recruitment requirements of the rare and threatened Juncus atratus. Flora, 205, 583-589. pdf
Kuparinen, A., Savolainen, O. & Schurr, F.M. (2010) Increased mortality can promote evolutionary adaptation of forest trees to climate change. Forest Ecology and Management, 259, 1003-1008.
Yates, C., Elith, J., Latimer, A., le Maitre, D., Midgley, G.F., Schurr, F.M. & West, A. (2010) Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions – opportunities and challenges. Austral Ecology, 35, 374-391. pdf
2009
Schurr, F.M., Spiegel, O., Steinitz, O., Trakhtenbrot, A., Tsoar, A. & Nathan, R. (2009) Long-distance seed dispersal. Annual Plant Reviews, 38, 204-237.
Moloney, K.A., Holzapfel, C., Tielbörger, K., Jeltsch, F. & Schurr, F.M. (2009) Rethinking the common garden in invasion research. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 11, 311-320. pdf
Kuparinen, A., Katul, G., Nathan, R. & Schurr, F.M. (2009) Increases in air temperature can promote wind-driven dispersal and spread of plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 3081-3087. pdf
Nathan, R, Bullock, J.M, Ronce, O., & Schurr, F.M. (2009) Seed Dispersal. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021225
Schmoll, T., Schurr, F.M., Winkel, W., Epplen, J.T. & Lubjuhn, T. (2009) Lifespan, lifetime reproductive performance and paternity loss of within-pair and extra-pair offspring in the coal tit Periparus ater. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276,337-345. pdf
2008
Nathan, R., Schurr, F.M., Spiegel, O., Steinitz, O., Trakhtenbrot, A. & Tsoar, A. (2008) Mechanisms of Long-Distance Seed Dispersal. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23, 638-647. pdf
Schiffers, K., Schurr, F.M., Tielbörger, K., Urbach, C., Moloney, K., Jeltsch, F. (2008) Dealing with virtual aggregation - a new index for analysing heterogeneous point patterns. Ecography, 31, 545-555. pdf
Schurr, F.M., Steinitz, O., Nathan, R. (2008) Plant fecundity and seed dispersal in spatially heterogeneous environments: models, mechanisms and estimation. Journal of Ecology, 96, 628-641. pdf
Higgins, S.I., Flores, O., Schurr, F.M. (2008) Costs of persistence and the spread of competing seeders and sprouters. Journal of Ecology, 96, 679-686. pdf
Esther, A., Groeneveld, J., Enright, N.J., Miller, B.P., Lamont, B.B., Perry, G.L.W., Schurr, F.M., Jeltsch, F. (2008) Assessing the importance of seed immigration on coexistence of plant functional types in a species-rich ecosystem. Ecological Modelling, 213, 402-416.
Kuparinen, A., Schurr, F.M. (2008). Assessing the risk of gene flow from genetically modified trees carrying mitigation transgenes. Biological Invasions, 10, 281-290. pdf
Jeltsch, F., Moloney, K.A., Schurr, F.M., Köchy, M., Schwager, M. (2008) The state of plant population modelling in light of environmental change. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9, 171–189. pdf
Thuiller, W., Albert, C., Araujo, M.B., Berry, P.M., Cabeza, M., Guisan, A., Hickler, T., Midgley, G.F., Paterson, J., Schurr, F.M., Sykes, M.T., Zimmermann, N.E. (2008) Predicting global change impacts on plant species’ distributions: Future challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9, 137–152. pdf
2007 and before
Dormann, C.F., McPherson, J.M., Araújo, M.B., Bivand, R., Bolliger, J., Carl, G., Davies, R.G., Hirzel, A., Jetz, W., Kissling, W.D., Kühn, I., Ohlemüller, R., Peres-Neto, P.R., Reineking, B., Schröder, B., Schurr, F.M. & Wilson, R. (2007) Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review. Ecography, 30, 609-628. pdf
Schurr,F.M., Midgley,G.F., Rebelo,A.G., Reeves,G., Poschlod,P. & Higgins,S.I. (2007) Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16, 449-459. pdf
Schmoll,T., Schurr,F.M., Winkel,W., Epplen,J.T. & Lubjuhn,T. (2007) Polyandry in coal tits Parus ater: fitness consequences of putting eggs into multiple genetic baskets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1115-1125. pdf
Kuparinen,A., Schurr,F., Tackenberg,O. & O'Hara,R.B. (2007) Air-mediated pollen flow from genetically modified to conventional crops. Ecological Applications, 17, 431-440.
Kuparinen,A. & Schurr,F.M. (2007) A flexible modelling framework linking the spatio-temporal dynamics of plant genotypes and populations: Application to gene flow from transgenic forests. Ecological Modelling, 202, 476-486.
Schurr,F.M., Bond,W.J., Midgley,G.F. & Higgins,S.I. (2005) A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation. Journal of Ecology, 93, 1017-1028. pdf
Schmoll,T., Dietrich,V., Winkel,W., Epplen,J.T., Schurr,F. & Lubjuhn,T. (2005) Paternal genetic effects on offspring fitness are context dependent within the extrapair mating system of a socially monogamous passerine. Evolution, 59, 645-657.
Tews,J., Schurr,F. & Jeltsch,F. (2004) Seed dispersal by cattle may cause shrub encroachment of Grewia flava on southern Kalahari rangelands. Applied Vegetation Science, 7, 89-102. pdf
Schurr,F.M., Bossdorf,O., Milton,S.J. & Schumacher,J. (2004) Spatial pattern formation in semi-arid shrubland: a priori predicted versus observed pattern characteristics. Plant Ecology, 173, 271-282. pdf
Higgins,S.I., Clark,J.S., Nathan,R., Hovestadt,T., Schurr,F., Fragoso,J.M.V., Aguiar,M.R., Ribbens,E. & Lavorel,S. (2003) Forecasting plant migration rates: managing uncertainty for risk assessment. Journal of Ecology, 91, 341-347. pdf
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