2025

Santana, J., Porto, M., Morán‐Ordóñez, A., Brotons, L., Junker, J., Kissling, W.D., Lumbierres, M., Moe, S.J., Solheim, A.L., Villero, D. and Breeze, T.D., 2025. Large Biodiversity Monitoring Gaps Remain Across Europe. Conservation Letters, 18(5), p.e13134. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13134

Lumbierres, M., Milanović, M., Beja, P., Bonn, A., Breeze, T.D., Brotons, L., Fernández, N., Junker, J., Liquete, C., Solheim, A.L., Morán-Ordóñez, A, Moreira, F., Santana, J., Shinneman, S., Smets, B., Pereira, H.M., Valdez, J.W., van Grunsven, R.H.A., Kissling, W. D. (2025) Towards implementing workflows for essential biodiversity variables at a European scale. Global Ecology and Conservation: e03699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03699

Casallas, L.M.V., Khelidj, N., Morán-Ordónez, A., Losapio, G. (2025). Global impacts of glacier retreat on ecosystem services provided by soil and vegetation in mountain Regions: A literature review. Ecosystem Services, 73, p.101730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101730

Morán-Ordóñez, A., Bota, G., Brotons, L., Canessa, S., García de la Morena, E.L., Mañosa, S., Miret-Minard, G., Morales, M.B., Traba, J., Villero, D., Hermoso, V. (2025) Identification of critical habitat for threatened species: a spatial planning approach. Conservation Biology, 39, 4: e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70022

Previous mating success motivates homing of male glassfrogs Hyalinobatrachium valerioi
Garrido-Priego, M., Angiolani-Larrea, F.N., Valencia-Aguilar, A., Núñez Escalante, R., Pérez-Acuña, I., Stynoski, J.L., Ringler, M., Ringler, E.
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, to the article

Neff F, Chittaro Y, Korner-Nievergelt F, Litsios G, Martínez-Núñez, Rey E, Knop E (2025) Contrasting 50-Year Trends of Moth Communities Depending on Elevation and Species Traits. - Ecology Letters 28: e70195. doi.org/10.1111/ele.70195

Pascal, L. V., Vollert, S. A., Bimler, M. D., Baker, C. M., Vernet, M., Canessa, S., Drovandi, C., & Adams, M. P. (2025). EEMtoolbox: A user‐friendly R package for flexible ensemble ecosystem modelling.Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(5), 921–929. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70032

Neff F, Chittaro Y, Korner‐Nievergelt F, Litsios F, Rey E, Knop E (2025) Moth Communities Are Shaped by Season, Weather, Elevation, and Landscape Composition. Insect Conservation and Diversity, icad.12835.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12835 

Vogt K, Korner-Nievergelt F, Signer S, Zimmermann F, Marti I, Ryser A, Molinari-Jobin A, Breitenmoser U, Breitenmoser-Würsten Ch (2025) Long-Term Changes in Survival of Eurasian Lynx in Three Reintroduced Populations in Switzerland. Ecology and Evolution 15(4): e71095. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71095 

Niffenegger CA, Hille SM, Schano C, Korner-Nievergelt F (2025) Rising Temperatures Advance Start and End of the Breeding Season of an Alpine Bird. Ecology and Evolution 15(2): e70897. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70897 

2024

Nick, S., Guisan, A., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Ballif, C. (eds.), 2024. Assessment Report 2024 – Accelerating renewable energy development while enhancing biodiversity protection in Switzerland. CLIMACT, EPFL, UNIL. Lausanne, Switzerland, 78 pages. 10.5075/epfl.20.500.14299/241642

Ameztegui, A., Coll, L., De Cáceres, M., Morán Ordóñez, A. (2024) Disturbance impacts on Mediterranean forests across climate and management scenarios. Journal of Environmental Management, 371: 123193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123193

Riva, F., Martin, C.J., Galán Acedo, C., Bellon, E.N., Keil, P., Morán‐Ordóñez, A., Fahrig, L. and Guisan, A. (2024). Incorporating effects of habitat patches into species distribution models. Journal of Ecology, 112: 2162-2182. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14403

Moersberger, H., Valdez, J., Martin, J.G., Junker, J., Georgieva, I., Bauer, S., Beja, P., Breeze, T.D., Fernandez, M., Fernández, N. , Brotons, L., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Kissling, W.D., Langer, C., Liquete, C., Lumbierres, M., Solheim, A.L., Maes, J., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Moreira, F., Pe’er, G., Santana, J., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Smets, B., Capinha, C., McCallum, I., Pereira, H.M., Bonn, A. (2024) Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: User and policy needs.
Conservation Letters:p.e13038. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13038

Miret-Minard, G., Hermoso, V., Villero, D., Bota, G., Brotons, L., Morán-Ordóñez, A. (2024) Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain. Journal for Nature Conservation, 80: 126633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126633

Pineda-Zapata, S., González-Ávila, S., Armenteras, D., González-Delgado, T.M., Morán-Ordóñez, A. (2024) Mapping the way: identifying priority potential corridors for protected areas connectivity in Colombia. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 22: 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2024.02.003

Gianuca AT, di Cavalcanti VR, Cruz L, Floury M, Crabot J, Valette L, Piffady J, Datry T (2024). River flow intermittence influence biodiversity–stability relationships across spatial scales: Implications for an uncertain future. Global Change Biology, 30, e17457. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17457

Cruz L, Pennino M, Lopes P (2024). Fisheries track the future redistribution of marine species. Nature Climate Change, 14, 1093–1100.
doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02127-7

Alves WdF, de Souza LC, Schweiger O, di Cavalcanti VR, Settele J, Wiemers M, Schmucki R, Kuussaari M, Tzortzakaki O, Pettersson LB, Fontaine B, van Swaay C, Stefanescu C, Maes D, WallisDeVries MF, Gianuca AT (2024). Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33, e13896. doi.org/10.1111/geb.13896

Küblbeck M, Weiß I, Korner-Nievergelt F, Korschefsky T, Liebel H, Goymann W. (2024) Multi-Scale Habitat Selection and Nest Survival of Whinchats and Stonechats: Implications for Grassland Conservation Management. Wildlife Biology: e01238. doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01238 

Vernet, M., Trask, A. E., Andrews, C. E., Ewen, J. G., Medina, S., Moehrenschlager, A., & Canessa, S. (2024). Assessing invasion risks using EICAT-based expert elicitation: application to a conservation translocation. Biological Invasions, 26(8), 2707–2721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03341-2

Zając JA, Neubauer G, Korner-Nievergelt F, Zagalska-Neubauer M (2024) Unravelling intermediate migration patterns in gull hybrids: Insights from ring re-encounters. Scientific Reports 1 (1) 27050. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77476-6 

Lovász L, Korner-Nievergelt F, Amrhein V (2024) Habitat use of rewilded horses and cattle as related to the functional and structural composition of plant communities in a European restored wetland ecosystem, BioRxiv.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.27.605379 

Paterno J, Korner-Nievergelt F, Gubler S, Anderwald P, Amrhein V (2024) Alpine songbirds at higher elevations are only raised with a slight delay and therefore under harsher environmental conditions. Ecology and Evolution 14(7): e70049. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70049 

Lovász L, Korner-Nievergelt F, Amrhein V (2024) Natural grazing by horses and cattle promotes bird diversity in a restored European alluvial grassland. PeerJ 12: e17777. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17777 

2023

Howard, C.*, Marjakangas, E.*, Morán-Ordóñez, A.*, et al. (69 more authors) (2023) Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability Nature Communications, 14: 4304 (* joint first authorship). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39093-1

Sebastián-Gonzalez, E., Graciá, E., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Pérez-Ibarra, I., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Sobral, M. (2023) Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly academia. PLoS Comput Biol 19(8): e1011284. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011284

Hermoso, V., Bota, G., Brotons, L., Morán-Ordóñez, A. (2023) Addressing the challenge of photovoltaic growth: Integrating multiple objectives towards sustainable green energy development. Land Use Policy, 128: 106592.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106592

Triviño, M., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Eyvindson, K., Blattert, C., Burgas, D., Repo, Pohjanmies, T., A., Brotons, L., Snäll, T., Mönkkönen, M. (2023) Future supply of boreal forest ecosystem services is driven by managementrather than by climate change. Global Change Biology, 29(6): 1484-1500. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16566

Paterno J, Korner-Nievergelt F, Anderwald P, Amrhein V (2023) Start of dawn singing as related to physical environmental variables in an Alpine environment. J Ornithol.doi.org/10.1007/s41244-022-00274-y 

Maag N, Korner-Nievergelt F, Szymokowiak J, Halas N, Maziarz M, Neubauer G, Buckley Luepold S, Carlotti S, Schaub M, Flade M, Scherrer D, Grendelmeier A, Riess M, Stelbrink P, Pasinelli G (2023) Wood warbler population dynamics in response to mast seeding regimes in Europe. Ecology.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4227 

Niffenegger C, Dirren S, Schano C, Korner-Nievergelt F (2023) Natural nest cavities in a high elevation habitat provide a more constant thermal environment than human-made nest cavities. Journal of Ornithology. doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02130-3 

Schirmer S, Korner-Nievergelt F, von Rönn JAC, Liebscher V (2023) Estimating survival in continuous space from mark-dead-recovery data-Towards a continuous version of the multinomial dead recovery model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 574, 111625. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111625 

Knop E, Grimm ML, Korner-Nievergelt F, Schmid B, Liechti F (2023) Patterns of High-Flying Insect Abundance Are Shaped by Landscape Type and Abiotic Conditions. Scientific Reports 13, 1-8. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42212-z 

Fluri J, Anderwald P, Korner-Nievergelt F, Wipf S, Amrhein V (2023) The Influence of Wild Ungulates on Forest Regeneration in an Alpine National Park. Forests, 14, 1272. doi.org/10.3390/f14061272 

Santon M, Korner-Nievergelt F, Michiels NK, Anthes N (2023) A versatile workflow for linear modelling in R. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1065273 

Niffenegger CA, Schano C, Arlettaz R, Korner-Nievergelt F (2023) Nest orientation and proximity to snow patches are important for nest site selection of a cavity breeder at high elevation. Journal of Avian Biology, e03046. doi.org/10.1111/jav.03046 

2022

Korner-Nievergelt F (2022) Möglichkeiten und Risiken der Probabilistik im Individuen- und Artenschutz. Hrsg. KNE gGmbH, 14 S.https://www.naturschutz-energiewende.de/fachwissen/probabilistik-in-der-signifikanz-bewertung/ 

Neff F, Korner-Nievergelt F, Rey E, Albrecht M, Bollmann K, Cahenzli F, Chittaro Y, Gossner MM, Martínez-Núñez C, Meier ES, Monnerat C, Moretti M, Roth T, Herzog F. (2022) Different roles of concurring climate and regional land-use changes in past 40 years' insect trends. Nature Communications 13:6711, 11-13. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35223-3 

Brambilla M, Bettega C, Delgado MM, Gabriel-Hernando M De, Päckert M, Arlettaz R, Dirren S, Fontanilles P, Gil JA, Herrmann M, Hille S, Korner-Nievergelt F, Pedrini P, Resano-Mayor J, Schano C, Scridel D (2022) Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species-climate relationships in mountain birds. Journal of Avian Biology 1-5. doi.org/10.1111/jav.03015 

Korner-Nievergelt F, Strebel N, Buckland ST, Freeman R, Gregory RD, Guélat J, Isaac N, McRae L, Roth T, Schirmer S, Soldaat LL, Voríšek P, Sattler T (2022) Multi-species population indices for sets of species including rare, disappearing or newly occurring species. Ecological Indicators 140: 109005. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109005 

Schirmer S, Korner-Nievergelt F, von Rönn JAC, Liebscher V (2022) Estimation in the multinomial reencounter model - Where do migrating animals go and how do they survive in their destination area? Journal of Theoretical Biology 543, 111108. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111108 

Zbinden N, Korner-Nievergelt F, Tettamanti, F, Keller V (2022) Long-term trends of reproductive success of black grouse Lyrurus tetrix in the southern Swiss Alps in relation to changes in climate and habitat. Wildlife Biol. 135, 265. doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01022 

2021

Schano C, Niffenegger C, Jonas T, Korner-Nievergelt F (2021) Hatching phenology is lagging behind an advancing snowmelt pattern in a high-alpine bird. Sci Rep 11 (1), 20130016. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01497-8 

Dirren S, Borel S, Wolfrum N, Korner-Nievergelt F (2021) Trichomonas gallinae infections in the naïve host Montifringilla nivalis subsp. nivalis. J Ornithol 41, 249. doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01938-1 

Grüebler MU, von Hirschheydt J, Korner-Nievergelt F (2021) High turn-over rates at the upper range limit and elevational source-sink dynamics in a widespread songbird. Sci Rep 11 (1), 1-10. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98100-x 

Del Mar Delgado M, Arlettaz R, Bettega C, Brambilla M, de Gabriel Hernando M, España A, Fernández-González Á, Fernández-Martín Á, Gil JA, Hernández-Gómez S, Laiolo P, Resano-Mayor, J, Obeso JR, Pedrini P, Roa-Álvarez I, Schano C, Scridel D, Strinella E, Toranzo I, Korner-Nievergelt F (2021) Spatio-temporal variation in the wintering associations of an alpine bird. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 288(1951), 20210690. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0690 

Homberger B, Korner-Nievergelt F, Jenni-Eiermann S, Duplain J, Lanz M, Jenni L (2021) Integrating behaviour, physiology and survival to explore the outcome of reintroductions. A case study of grey partridge. Animal Behaviour 176 (1): 145-156. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.04.005