Becker L, Blüthgen N, Drossel B (2022) Stochasticity leads to coexistence of generalists and specialists in assembling mutualistic communities. American Naturalist 200: 303-315
Bock S, Arroba-Lopéz TE, Velez-Giler HL, Moreira V, Wiedebusch MLM, Neira-Salamea K, Wilkinson M, Fuchs N, Schönleitner M, Rödel MO, Ron SR (2024): Two new species of Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Ecuadorian humid Chocó. Salamandra 60: 209-236
Booher DB, Hoenle PO (2021) A new species group of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Ecuador, with a description of its mandible morphology. ZooKeys 1036: 1-19
Castillo WJ, Burkle LA, Dormann CF (2024) Dynamics of a plant–pollinator network: extending the Bianconi–Barabási model. Applied Network Science 9: 26
Falconí-López A, Grella N, Donoso DA, Feldhaar H, Tremlett CJ, Müller J (2024) Patterns of deadwood amount and deadwood diversity along a natural forest recovery gradient from agriculture to old-growth lowland tropical forests. European Journal of Forest Research 143: 1321–1332
Falconí-López A, Mitesser O, Schaefer HM, Blüthgen N, Busse A, Feldhaar H, Freile J, Gelis R, Grella N, Heibl C, Kortmann M, Newell FL, Rabl D, Schleuning M, Seibold S, Şekercioğlu CH, Tinoco BA, Tremlett CJ, Müller J, Donoso DA (2024) Habitat niches of bird species along a recovery gradient in the Chocó tropical forest. Ecological Indicators 166: 112260
Grella N, Pedersen KM, Blüthgen N, Busse A, Donoso DA, Falconí-López A, Fiderer C, Heurich M, de la Hoz M, Kriegel P, Newell FL, Püls M, Rabl D, Schäfer HM, Seibold S, Tremlett CL, Feldhaar H, Müller J (2025) Vertebrate diversity and biomass along a recovery gradient in a lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 57: e13417
Griesbaum F, Lindner T, Bock S, Ernst M, Neira-Salamea K, Moreira V, Erazo S, Penner J, Rödel MO (2023) Nine predation events by snakes from the Chocó rainforest of Ecuador. Herpetology Notes 16: 749-756
Hoenle PO, Donoso DA, Argoti A, Staab M, von Beeren C, Blüthgen N (2022) Rapid ant community reassembly in a Neotropical forest: Recovery dynamics and land-use legacy. Ecological Applications 32: e2559
Hoenle PO, Staab M, Donoso DA, Argoti A, Blüthgen N (2023) Stratification and recovery time jointly shape ant functional reassembly in a Neotropical forest. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 1372-1387
Hoenle PO, Lattke J, Donoso D, von Beeren C, Heethoff M, Schmelzle S, Argoti A, Camacho L, Ströbel B, Blüthgen N (2020) Odontomachus davidsoni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new conspicuous trap-jaw ant from Ecuador. ZooKeys 948: 75-105
Hoenle PO, Merkel C, Donoso D, Argoti A, Blüthgen N, von Beeren C (2024) Hunting habits die hard: Conserved prey preferences inarmy ants across two distant neotropical rainforests. Ecosphere 15: e4812
Marín-Armijos D, Chamba-Carrillo A, Pedersen KM (2023) Morphometric changes on dung beetle Dichotomius problematicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) related to conversion of forest into grassland: A case of study in the Ecuadorian Amazonia. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9831
Metz T, Blüthgen N, Drossel B (2023) Shifts from non-obligate generalists to obligate specialists in simulations of mutualistic network assembly. Oikos 2023: e09697
Müller J, Mitesser O, Schaefer HM, Seibold S, Busse A, Kriegel P, Rabl D, Gelis R, Arteaga A, Freile J, Leite GA, Nascimento de Melo T, LeBien JG, Campos-Cerqueira M, Blüthgen N, Tremlett CJ, Böttger D, Feldhaar H, Grella N, Falconí-López A, Donoso DA, Moriniere J, Buřivalová Z (2023) Soundscapes and artificial intelligence provide powerful tools to track biodiversity recovery in tropical forests. Nature Communications 14: 6191
Nußer R, Bianco G, Kraus D, Larrieu L, Feldhaar H, Schleuning M, Müller J (2024) An adapted typology of tree-related microhabitats including tropical forests. Ecological Indicators 167: 112690
Pedersen KM, Blüthgen N (2022) Seed size and pubescence facilitate secondary dispersal by dung beetles. Biotropica 54: 215-225
Pedersen KM, von Beeren C, Oggioni A, Blüthgen N (2024) Mammal-dung beetle trophic networks: an improved method based on gut content DNA. PeerJ 12: e16627
Rödel M-O, Loaiza-Lange A, Penner J, Neira-Salamea KD, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2023) A mouth full of blood – autohaemorrhaging in three Ecuadorian snakes (Squamata: Colubridae & Tropidophiidae). Herpetology Notes 16: 25-30
Rödel MO, Bock S, Ernst M, Griesbaum F, Lindner T, Tartara A, Penner J, Neira-Salamea K (2024) Reproduction, development and morphological plasticity in the direct-developing frog Pristimantis rosadoi. Salamandra 60: 42–50
Thomas O, Preston S, Cole T, McDonald RV, Castellano I, Neira-Salamea K (2023) Records of seven species utilizing the upper canopy in Northwestern Ecuador. Reptiles & Amphibians 30: e19692
Villagomez G, Keller A, Rasmussen C, Lozano P, Donoso D, Blüthgen N, Leonhardt S (2024) Nutrients or resin? The relationship between resin and food foraging in stingless bees. Ecology and Evolution 14: e10879