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2026
Journal Article
Pérez-Cárdenas, N., Eppinga, M., Rabett, R., Schuman, M. C., & Santos, M. J. (2025).
Early Human Settlement in Bornean Forests Occurred Under Distinct Environmental Conditions
Biotropica, 58(1), e70146. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70146
2025
Journal Article
Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, P., Carmona, C. P., Schuman, M. C., Benavides, R., Sachsenmaier, L., Li, S., Liu, X., & Haider, S. (2025).
Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment
Nature Communications, 16, 11009 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67265-8
Opio, B., Mutyambai, D. M., Cheseto, X., Omuse, E., Jalloh, A., Mumo, N. N., Schuman, M. C., & Chidawanyika, F. (2025).
Push-pull cropping system soil legacies enhance glucosinolate production and subsequent defense against Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae in Kale (Brassica oleracea)
Discover Plants, 2(1), 346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-025-00420-z
Odermatt, D., Chidawanyika, F., Mutyambai, D., Schmid, B., Domeignoz Horta, L. A., Onjura, C. O., Tamiru, A., & Schuman, M. C. (2025).
Desmodium volatiles in ‘push-pull’ cropping systems and protection against the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
ELife, 13, 100981.3. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.100981.3
Vögtli, M., Helfenstein, I. S., Schläpfer, D., Schuman, M. C., Kneubühler, M., & Damm, A. (2025).
Data processing and acquisition geometry impact the estimation of plant trait-based functional richness from airborne imaging spectroscopy
Remote Sensing of Environment, 328, 114846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114846
Deng, X., Schmid, B., Bruelheide, H., Chen, C., Li, Y., Li, S., Morsdorf, F., Ray, T., Schuman, M. C., Tang, T., Von Oheimb, G., Ma, K., & Liu, X. (2025).
Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, e2506750122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506750122
Cavender-Bares, J., Meireles, J. E., Pinto Ledezma, J. N., Reich, P. B., Schuman, M. C., Townsend, P., & Trowbridge, A. (2025).
Spectral biology across scales in changing environments
Ecology, 106, 70078. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70078
Sileshi, G. W., Kuyah, S., Schuman, M. C., Chidawanyika, F., Muriithi, B., Midega, C. A. O., Olagoke, A., Otim, M. H., Mafongoya, P. L., & Martin, E. A. (2025).
Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa
Npj Sustainable Agriculture, 3, 30 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00069-x
Tang, T., Schmid, B., Schuman, M. C., Bongers, F., Li, S., Liang, Y., van Moorsel, S., Von Oheimb, G., Durka, W., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., & Liu, X. (2025).
Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment
New Phytologist, 246, 2537–2550. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70130
Williams, L., Kovach, K., Guzmán Quesada, J. A., Stefanski, A., Bermudez, R., Butler, E. E., Coq‐‐Etchegaray, D., Glenn‐Stone, C., Hajek, P., Klama, J., Medlyn, B. E., Messier, C., Moradi, A., Paquette, A., Park, M. H., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Townsend, P. A., Reich, P. B., Cavender‐Bares, J., & Schuman, M. C. (2025).
Tree diversity shapes the spectral signature of light transmittance in developing forests
Ecology, 106(3), 70032. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70032
Helfenstein, I. S., Sturm, J. T., Schmid, B., Damm, A., Schuman, M. C., & Morsdorf, F. (2025).
Satellite observations reveal a positive relationship between trait‐based diversity and drought response in temperate forests
Global Change Biology, 31, e70059. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70059
Li, J., Liu, X., Xiao, W., Huangfu, J., Schuman, M. C., Baldwin, I., & Lou, Y. (2025).
Nymphal feeding suppresses oviposition-induced indirect plant defense in rice
Nature Communications, 16, 508 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55816-y
Kurath, D., van Moorsel, S. J., Klaver, J., Voortman, T., Siegfried, B., Brügger, Y.-A., Moradi, A., Czyż, E. A., de La Harpe, M., Wiesenberg, G. L. B., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (2025).
Leaf spectroscopy reveals drought response variation in Fagus sylvatica saplings from across the species’ range
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130, e2024JG008404. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008404
2024
Journal Article
Lang, J., Ramos, S. E., Reichert, L., Amboka, G. M., Apel, C., Chidawanyika, F., Detebo, A., Librán-Embid, F., Meinhof, D., Bigler, L., & Schuman, M. C. (2024).
Push–Pull Intercropping Increases the Antiherbivore Benzoxazinoid Glycoside Content in Maize Leaf Tissue
ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 4, 1074–1082. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00386
Schmid, M. W., Moradi, A., Leigh, D. M., Schuman, M. C., & van Moorsel, S. J. (2024).
Covering the bases: Population genomic structure of Lemna minor and the cryptic species L. japonica in Switzerland
Ecology and Evolution, 14, 11599. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11599
Lang, J., Ramos, S. E., Smohunova, M., Bigler, L., & Schuman, M. C. (2024).
Screening of leaf extraction and storage conditions for eco‐metabolomics studies
Plant Direct, 8, e578. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.578
Vögtli, M., Schläpfer, D., Schuman, M. C., Schaepman, M. E., Kneubühler, M., & Damm, A. (2024).
Effects of atmospheric, topographic, and BRDF correction on imaging spectroscopy-derived data products
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 17, 109–126. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2023.3325926
2023
Journal Article
Li, C., Czyz, E. A., Halitschke, R., Baldwin, I. T., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (2023).
Evaluating potential of leaf reflectance spectra to monitor plant genetic variation
Plant Methods, 19, 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01089-9
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