Publications

2023

47. Minden V, Verhoeven K, Olde Venterink H (2023) Adaptive plasticity and fitness costs of endangered, non-endangered and invasive plants in response to variation in nitrogen and phosphorus availabilites. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10075. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10075 [link]

46. Xu W-B, Guo W-Y, Serra-Diaz JM, Schrodt F, Eiserhardt WL, Enquist BJ, Maitner BS, Merow C, Violle C, Anand M, Belluau M, Bruun HH, Byun C, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cornelissen JHC, Dang-Le AT, de Frutos A, Dias AS, Giroldo AB, Gutiérrez AG, Hattingh W, He T, Hietz P, Hough-Snee N, Jansen S, Kattge J, Benjamin Komac B, , Kraft NJ, Kramer K, Lavorel S, Lusk CH, Martin AR, Ma K-P, Mencuccini M, Michaletz ST, Minden V, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Onstein RE, Peñuelas J, Pillar VD, Pisek J, Pound MJ, Robroek BJM, Schamp B, Martijn Slot M, Sun M, Sosinski Jr. ÊE, Soudzilovskaia NA, Thiffault N, van Bodegom PM, van der Plas F, Zheng J, Svenning J-C, Ordonez A (2023) Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change. Science Advances 9: eadd8553. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add8553 [link]

2022

45. Diaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright I, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Boenisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich P, Moles A, Dickie J, Zanne A, Chave J, Wright S, Sheremetiev S, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini B, Pierce, Shipley B, Casanoves F, Joswig J, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha M, Gorné L, Amiaud B, Atkin O, Bahn M, Baldocchi D, Beckmann M, Blonder B, Bond B, Bond-Lamberty B, Brown K, Burrascano S, Byun C, Campetella G, Cavender-Bares J, Chapin III F, Choat B, Coomes D, Cornwell W, Craine J, Craven D, Dainese M, de Araujo A, de Vries F, Domingues T, Enquist B, Fagúndez J, Fang J, Fernández-Méndez F, Fernandez-Piedade M, Ford H, Forey W, Freschet G, Gachet S, Gallagher R, Green W, Guerin G, Gutiérrez A, Harrison S, Hattingh W, He T, Hickler T, Higgins SI, Higuchi P, Ilic J, Jackson R, Jalili A, Jansen S, Koike F, König C, Kraft N, Kramer K, Kreft H, Kühn I, Kurokawa H, Lamb EG, Laughlin D, Leishman M, Lewis S, Louault F, Malhado A, Manning P, Meir P, Mencuccini M, Messier J, Miller R, Minden V, Molofsky J, Montgomery R, Montserrat-Martí G, Moretti M, Müller S, Niinemets Ü, Ogaya R, Öllerer K, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Ozinga W, Pausas J, Peco B, Penuelas J, Pillar V, Pladevall C, Römermann C, Sack L, Salinas N, Sandel B, Sardans J, Schamp BS, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze E-D, Schweingruber F, Shiodera S, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia N, Spasojevic M, Swaine E, Swenson N, Tautenhahn S, Thompson K, Totte A, Urrutia R, Valladares F, Bodegom D, Vasseur F, Verheyen K, Vile D, Violle C, von Holle B, Weigelt P, Weiher E, Wiemann M, Williams M, Wright J, Zotz G (2022) The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset. Scientific Data 9: 755. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01774-9 [link]

44. Bass J, Granse D, Hache I, Jensen K, Karius V, Minden V, Stock M, Suchrow S, Kleyer M (2022) Plant traits affect vertical accretion of salt marshes. Esturine, Coastal and Shelf Science 276: 108010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108010 [link]

43. Guo W-Y, Serra-Diaz JM, Schrodt F, Eiserhardt WL, Maitner BS, Merow C, Violle C, Blach-Overgaard A, Zhang J, Anand M, Belluau M, Bruun  HH, Byun C, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cornelissen JHC, Dang-Le AT, de Frutos A, Dias AS, Giroldo AB, Gutiérrez AG, Hattingh W, He T, Hietz P, Hough-Snee N, Jansen S, Kattge J, Klein T, Komac B, Kraft N, Kramer K, Lavorel S, Lusk CH, Martin AR, Mencuccini M, Michaletz ST, Minden V, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Onstein RE, Peñuelas J, Pillar VD, Pisek J, Pound MJ, Robroek BJM, Schamp B, Slot M, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia NA, Thiffault N, van Bodegom P, van der Plas F, Wright IJ, Zheng J, Enquist BJ, Svenning J-C (2022) High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2026733119. doi/10.1073/pnas.2026733119 [link]

42. Butler EE, Wythers KR, Flores-Moreno H, Ricciuto DM, Datta A, Banerjee A, Atkin OK, Kattge J, Thornton PE, Anand M, Burrascano S, Byun C, Cornelissen JHC, Forey E, Jansen S, Kramer K, Minden V, Reich PB (2022) Increasing functional diversity in a global land surface model illustrates uncertainties related to parameter simplification. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006606 [link]

41. Schoutens K, Luys P, Heuner M, Fuchs E, Minden V, Schulte Ostermann T, Bouma TJ, van Belzen J, Temmerman S (2022) Traits of tidal marsh plants determine survival and growth response to hydrodynamic forcing: implications for nature-based shoreline protection. Marine Ecology Progress Series 693: 107-124. doi.org/10.3354/meps14091 [link]

2021

40. Joswig J, Wirth C, Schuman M, Kattge J, Reu B, Wright I, Sippel S, Rüger N, Richter R, Schaepman M, Bodegom P, Cornelissen JHC, Diaz S, Hattingh W, Kramer K, Lens F, Niinemets Ü, Reich P, Reichstein M, Römermann C, Schrodt F, Anand M, Bahn M, Byun C, Campetella G, Cerabolini B, Craine J, Gonzalez- Melo A, Gutiérrez Á, He T, Higuchi P, Jactel H, Kraft N, Minden V, Onipchenko V, Penuelas J, Pillar V, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia N, Weiher E, Mahecha M (2021) Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 36-50. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8 [link]

39. Schulte Ostermann T, Kleyer M, Fuchs E, Temmermann S, Schoutens K, Bouma TJ, Minden V (2021) Hydrodynamics affect plant traits in estuarine ecotones with impact on carbon sequestration potentials. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 259:107464. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107464 [link]

38. Minden V, Schaller J, olde Venterink H (2021) Plants increase silicon content as a response to nitrogen or phosphorus limitation: a case study with Holcus lanatus. Plant and Soil 462: 95-108. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04667-1 [link]

37. Schulte Ostermann T, Heuner M, Fuchs E, Temmermann S, Schoutens K, Bouma T, Minden V (2021) Unraveling plant strategies in tidal marshes by investigating plant traits and environmental conditions. Journal of Vegetation Science 32:1-17. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13038 [link]

36. Cebrián-Piqueras MA, Trinogga J, Trenkamp A, Minden V, Maier M, Mantilla-Contreras J (2021): Digging into the roots: understanding direct and indirect drivers of ecosystem service trade-offs in ocoastal grasslands via plant functional traits. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193, 271. doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08817-x [link]

35. Guerrero-Ramírez, NR, Mommer L, Freschet G, Iversen C, McCormack ML, Kattge J, Poorter H, van der Plas F, Bergmann J, Kuyper TW, York LM, Bruelheide H, Laughlin D, Meier IC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Aubin I, Catford J, Manning P, Martin A, Milla R, Minden V, Pausas J, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia N, Ammer C, Butterfield B, Craine J, Cornelissen J, de Vries FT, Isaac M, Kramer K, König C, Lamb E, Onipchenko V, Penuelas J, Reich P, Rillig M, Sack L, Shipley B, Tedersoo L, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Weigelt P, Wright J, Weigelt A (2021) Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 25-37. doi.org/10.1111/geb.13179 [link]

2020

34. Gorné  L, Diaz S, Minden V, Onoda Y, Kramer K, Muir C, Michaletz S, Lavorel S, Sharpe J, Jansen S, Slot M, Chacon E, Boenisch G (2020) The acquisitive-conservative axis of leaf trait variation emerges even in homogeneous environments Annals of Botany. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa198 [link]

33. Schoutens K, Heuner M, Fuchs E, Minden V, Schulte-Ostermann T, Belliard J-P, Bouma T, Temmerman S (2020) Nature-based shoreline protection by tidal marsh plants depends on species-specific trade-offs between avoidance and attenuation of hydrodynamic forces. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 236: 106645. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106645 [link]

32. Kuppler J, Albert CH, Ames GM, Armbruster WS, Boenisch G, Boucher FC, Campbell DR, Carneiro LT, Chacón-Madrigal E, Enquist BJ, Fonseca CR, Gómez JM, Guisan A, Higuchi P, Karger DN, Kattge J, Kleyer M, Kraft NJB, Larue-Kontić A-AC, Lázaro A, Lechleitner M,  Loughnan D, Minden V, Niinemets Ü, Overbeck GE, Parachnowitsch AL, Perfectti F, Pillar VD, Schellenberger Costa D, Sletvold N, Stang M, Alves-dos-Santos I, Streit H, Wright J, Zych M, Junker RR (2020) Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29: 992–1007. doi/org/10.111/geb.13077 [link]

31. Shiklomanov A, Cowdery E, Bahn M, Byun C, Craine J, Gonzalez-Melo A, Jansen, S, Kraft N, Kramer K, Minden V, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Sosinski Enio, Soudzilovskaia N, Dietze M (2020) Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within plant functional types? A Bayesian multivariate trait meta-analysis. Ecological Applications. doi/org/10.1002/eap.2064[link]

30. Kattge J, BonischG, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, … Minden V, … Wirth C (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119-188. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904 [link]

2019

29. Flores-Moreno H, Fazayeli F, Banerjee A, Datta A, Kattge J, Butler E, Atkin O, Wythers K, Chen M, Anand M, Bahn M, Burrascano S, Byun C, Cornelissen J, Craine J, Gonzalez-Melo A, Hattingh W, Jansen S, Kraft N, Kramer K, Laughlin D, Minden V, Niinemets Ü, Onipchenko V, Peñuelas J, Soudzilovskaia N, Reich P (2019) Robustness of trait connections between multiple plant organs across environmental gradients and growth forms. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 1806-1826. doi.org/10.1111/geb.12996 [link]

28. Minden V, olde Venterink H (2019) Plant traits and species interactions along gradients of N, P and K availabilities. Functional Ecology 33: 1611-1626. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13387 [link]

27. Ladouceur E, Bonomi C, Bruelheide H, Klimešová J, Burrascano S, Poschlod P, Tudela-Isanta M, Iannetta P, Mondoni A, Amiaud B, Cerabolini B, Cornelissen JHC, Craine J, Louault F, Minden V, Öllerer K, Onipchenko V, Soudzilovskaia N, Jiménez-Alfaro B (2019) The functional trait spectrum of European temperate grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 777-788. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12784 [link]

26. Schoutens K, Heuner M, Minden V, Schulte Ostermann T, Silinski A, Belliard J-P, Temmermann S (2019) How effective are tidal marshes as nature-based shoreline protection throughout seasons? Limnology and Oceanography 64: 1750-1762. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11149 [link]

25. Bruelheide H, Dengler J, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Purschke O,… Minden V,…Wiser S, Wohlgemuth T, Yamalov S, Zizka G, Zverev A (2019) sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 161-168. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12710 [link]

24. Pufal G, Memmert J, Leonhardt SD, Minden V (2019) Negative bottom-up effects of sulfadiazine, but not penicillin and tetracycline, in soil substitute on plants and higher trophic levels. Environmental Pollution 245: 531-544. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.11.008 [link]

2018

23. Milla R, Bastida JM, Turcotte MM, Jones G, Violle C, Osborne CO, Chacón-Labella J, Sosinski Jr. EE, Kattge J, Laughlin DC, Forey E, Minden V, Cornelissen JHC, Aimaud B, Kramer K, Boenisch G, He T, Pillar VD, Byun C (2018) Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1808-1817.  [link]

22. Kleyer M, Trinogga J, Cebrián-Piqueras M, Trenkamp A, Fløjgaard C, Ejrnæs R, Bouma TC, Minden V, Maier M, Mantilla-Contreras J, Albach DC, Blasius B (2018) Trait correlation network analysis identifies biomass allocation traits and stem specific length as hub traits in herbaceous perennial plants. Journal of Ecology 107: 829-842. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13066[link]

21. Craven D, Eisenhauer N, Pearse WD, Hautier Y, Roscher C, Isbell F, Connolly J, Ebeling A, Griffin J, Hines J, Jentsch A, Lemoine N, Meyer ST, van Ruijven J, Smith M, Beierkuhnlein C, Boenisch G, Hector A, Kattge J, Kreyling J, Lanta V, de Luca E, Polley HW, Reich PB, Tilman D, Weigelt A, Wilsey B, Catford JA, Craine J, Schamp B, Bahn M, Byun C, Minden V, Cornelissen JHC, Manning P (2018) Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1579-1587. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0647-7 [link]

20. Moreno-Martínez À, Camps-Valls G, Kattge J, Robinson N, Reichstein M, van Bodegom P, Kramer K, Cornelissen JHC, Reich P, Bahn P, Niinemets Ü, Peñuelas J, Craine JM, Cerabolini BEL, Minden V, Laughlin DC, Sack L, Allred B, Baraloto C, Byun C, Soudzilovskaia NA, Running SW (2018) A methodology to derive global maps of leaf traits using remote sensing and climate data. Remote Sensing of Environment 218: 69-88. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.09.006 [link]

19. Kaluza BF, Wallace HM, Heard TA, Minden V, Klein AM, Leonhardt SD (2018) Social bees are fitter in more biodiverse environments. Scientific Reports 8: 12353. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30126-0 [link]

18. Minden V, Schnetger B, Pufal G, Leonhardt SD (2018) Antibiotic-induced effects on scaling relationships and on plant element contents in herbs and grasses. Ecology and Evolution 8: 6699-6713. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4168 [link]

17. Zeeman BJ, Minden V, Morgan JW (2018) Non-native plant cover and functional trait composition of urban temperate grasslands in relation to local- and landscape-scale road density. Biological Invasions 20: 3025-2036. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1756-6 [link]

2017

16. Butler EE, Datta A, Flores-Moreno H, Chen M, Wythers KR, Fazayeli F, Banerjee A, Atkin OK, Kattge J, Amiaud B, Blonder B, Boenisch G, Bond-Lamberty B, Brown KA, Byun C, Campetella G, Cerabolini BEL, Cornelissen JHC, Craine JM, Craven D, de Vries FT, Diaz S, Domingues TF, Forey E, Gonzalez A, Gross N, Han W, Hattingh WN, Hickler T, Jansen S, Kramer K, Kraft NJB, Kurokawa H, Laughlin DC, Meir P, Minden V, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Penuelas J, Read Q, Valladares F, Sack L, Schamp B, Soudzilovskaia NA, Spasojevic MJ, Sosinski EE, Thornton PE, van Bodegom PM, Williams M, Wirth C, Reich PB (2017) Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: E10937-E10946. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708984114 [link]

15. Balke T, Lõhmus K, Hillebrand H, Zielinski O, Haynert K, Meier D, Hodapp D, Minden V, Kleyer M (2017) Experimental salt marsh islands: a model system for novel metacommunity experiments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 198: 288-298. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.09.021 [link]

14. Minden V, Deloy A, Volkert AM, Leonhardt SD, Pufal G (2017) Antibiotics impact plant traits, even at small concentrations. Annals of Botany Plants 9:1-19. doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plx010 [link]

13. Cebrián Piqueras MA, Trinogga J, Grande C, Minden V, Maier M, Kleyer M (2017) Interactions between ecosystem properties and land use resolve trade-offs between agricultural production and species conservation in coastal lowlands. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 13: 53-66. doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1289245 [link]

2016

12. Minden V, Scherber C, Cebrián Piqueras MA, Trinogga J, Trenkamp A, Mantilla-Contreras J, Kleyer M (2016) Consistent drivers of plant biodiversity across managed ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150284. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0284 [link]

11. Lewandowska A, Biermann A, Borer ET, Cebrían-Piqueras M, Declerck SAJ, De Meester L, Van Donk E, Gamfeldt L, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Harpole WS, Kirkman KP, Klausmeier CA, Kleyer M, Knops JMH, Lemmens P, Lind EM, Litchman E, Mantilla-Contreras J, Martens K, Meier S, Minden V, Moore JL, Olde Venterink H, Seabloom EW, Sommer U, Striebel M, Trenkamp A, Trinogga J, Urabe J, Vyverman W, Van de Waal DB, Wissicombe CE, Hillebrand H (2016) The importance of stoichiometry for biodiversity-functioning relationship – a synthesis across ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150283. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0283 [link]

10. Minden V, Gorschlüter J (2016) Comparison of native and non-native Impatiens species across experimental light and nutrient gradients. Plant Ecology and Evolution 149: 59-72. doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2016.1118 [link]

2015

9. Minden V, Kleyer M (2015) Ecosystem multifunctionality of coastal salt marshes is determined by key plant traits. Journal of Vegetation Science 26: 651-662. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12276 [link]

8. Kleyer M, Minden V (2015) Why functional ecology should consider all plant organs: an allocation-based perspective. Basic and Applied Ecology 16:1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.11.002 [link]

2014

7. Kleyer M, Balke T, Minden V, Peppler-Lisbach C, Schoenmakers S, Spalke J, Timmermann H (2014) Mellum: A highly dynamic landscape, though not for plants. In: Hellwig, U., Stock, M. (Eds.) Dynamic Islands in the Wadden Sea. Wadden Sea Ecosystem 33, pp. 29-44

6. Minden V, Kleyer M (2014) Internal and external regulation of plant organ stoichiometry. Plant Biology 16:897-907. doi.org/10.1111/plb.12155 [link]

2012

5. Minden V, Andratschke S, Spalke J, Timmermann H, Kleyer M (2012) Plant-trait environment relationships in salt marshes: deviations from predictions by ecological concepts. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14:183-192. doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2012.01.002 [link]

2011

4. Minden V, Kleyer M (2011) Testing the effect-response framework: key response and effect traits determining aboveground biomass of salt marshes. Journal of Vegetation Science 22:387-401. doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01272.x [link]

2010

3. Minden V, Hennenberg K, Porembski S, Boehmer HJ (2010) Invasion and management of alien Hedychium gardnerianum (kahili ginger, Zingiberaceae) alter plant species composition of a montane rainforest on the island of Hawai’i. Plant Ecology 206:321-333. doi.org/10.1007/s11258-009-9645-9 [link]

2. Minden V, Jacobi JD, Porembski S, Boehmer HJ (2010) Effects of invasive alien kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) on native plant species regeneration in a Hawaiian rainforest. Applied Vegetation Science 13:5-14. doi.org/10.1017/S0266467404002160 [link]

2007

1. Hennenberg KJ, Goetze D, Minden V, Traore D, Porembski S (2005) Size-class distribution of Anogeissus leiocarpus (Combretaceae) along forest-savanna ecotones in northern Ivory Coast. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21: 273-281. doi.org/10.1017/S0266467404002160 [link]