Publications
Peer-reviewed journals
2023
Gallou A, Jump AS, Lynn JS, Field R, Irl SDH, Steinbauer MJ, ... & Grytnes JA (2023). Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally. Nature Communications, 14, 7890. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43477-8
Hanz DM, Cutts V, Barajas‐Barbosa MP, Algar A, Beierkuhnlein C, Collart F, ... & Irl SDH (2023). Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands. Diversity and Distributions, 29, 1157-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13750
Cutts V, Hanz DM, Barajas‐Barbosa MP, Schrodt F, Steinbauer MJ, Beierkuhnlein C, ...Irl SDH... & Algar, A. C. (2023). Links to rare climates do not translate into distinct traits for island endemics. Ecology Letters, 26, 504-515. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14169
Kienle DR, Irl SDH, & Beierkuhnlein C (2023). Mass elevation effect and continentality have a stronger impact on global treelines than spatial isolation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 1087-1097. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13689
Walentowitz A, Ferreira‐Arruda T, Irl SDH, Kreft H, & Beierkuhnlein C (2023). Disentangling natural and anthropogenic drivers of native and non‐native plant diversity on North Sea islands. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14753
2022
Eibes PM, Schaffrath F, Oldeland J, Thormählen W, Schmiedel U, Irl SDH (2022) Testing the concept of edaphism for the quartz island flora of the Knersvlakte, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 151, 555-564. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254629922005427
Hanz DM, Cutts V, Barajas‐Barbosa MP, Algar AC, Beierkuhnlein C, Fernández‐Palacios JM, Field R, Kreft H, Steinbauer MJ, Weigelt P, Irl SDH (2022) Climatic and biogeographical drivers of functional diversity in the flora of the Canary Islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31. 1313-1331. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geb.13507
2021
Cervellini M, Di Musciano M, Zannini P, Fattorini S, Jiménez‐Alfaro B, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Angelini P, Beierkuhnlein C, Casella L, Field R, Fischer JC, Genovesi P, Hoffmann S, Irl SDH, Nascimbene J, Rocchini D, Steinbauer MJ, Vetaas OR, Chiarucci A (2021) Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure. Ecology and Evolution 24, 18111-18124. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ece3.8409
Eibes PM, Oldeland J, Irl SDH, Twerski A, Kühne N, Schmiedel U (2021). Partitioned beta diversity patterns of plants across sharp and distinct boundaries of quartz habitat islands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32:e13036, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13036
Eibes PM, Eisenbacher J, Beierkuhnlein C, Chiarucci A, Field R, Jentsch A, Köhler T, Veetas OR, Irl SDH (2021). Co-occurrence frequency in vegetation patches decreases towards the harsh edge along an arid volcanic elevational gradient. Frontiers of Biogeography, 13.3, e49743, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG49743
Cutts V, Hanz DM, Barajas-Barbosa MP, Algar AC, Steinbauer MJ, Irl SDH, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Fernández-Palacios JM, Field R (2021) Scientific floras can be reliable sources for some trait data in a system with poor coverage in global trait databases. Journal of Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12996
Irl SDH, Schweiger AH, Steinbauer MJ, Ah-Peng C, Arévalo JR, Beierkuhnlein C, Chiarucci A, Daehler CC, Fernández-Palacios JM, Flores O, Kueffer C, Madera P, Otto R, Schweiger JMI, Strasberg D, Jentsch A (2021) Human impact, climate and dispersal strategies determine plant invasion on islands. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14119
2020
Lenzner B, Latombe G, Capinha C, Bellard C, Courchamp F, Diagne C, Dullinger S, Golivets M, Irl SDH, Kühn I, Leung B, Liu C, Moser D, Roura-Pascual N, Seebens H, Turbelin A, Weigelt P & Essl F (2020) What will the future bring for biological invasions on islands? An expert-based assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00280
Flantua S, Payne D, Borregaard M, Beierkuhnlein C, Steinbauer MJ, Dullinger S, Essl F, Irl SDH, Kienle D, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Norder S, Rijsdijk K, Rumpf S, Weigelt P, Field R (2020) Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism. Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13155
Irl SDH, Obermeier A, Beierkuhnlein C, Steinbauer MJ (2020) Climate controls plant life form patterns on a high-elevation oceanic island. Journal of Biogeography, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13929
Schweiger AH, Irl SDH, Svenning JC, Higgins SI (2020) Dynamic management needs for long‐lived, sporadically recruiting plant species in human‐dominated landscapes. Plants, People, Planet, 2 , 186-200. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10096
Cutts V, Katal N, Löwer C, Algar AC, Steinbauer MJ, Irl SDH, Beierkuhnlein C, Field R (2020) The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands. Frontiers of Biogeography, 11, e43737. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG43737
2019
Hoffmann S, Irl SDH, Beierkuhnlein C (2019) Predicted climate shifts within terrestrial protected areas worldwide. Nature Communications, 10, 4787. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12603-w
Walentowitz A, Irl SDH, Acevedo Rodríguez AJ, Palomares-Martínez Á, Vetter V, Zennaro B, MEdina FM, Beierkuhnlein C (2019) Graminoid Invasion in an Insular Endemism Hotspot and its Protected Areas. Diversity, 11, 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11100192
Irl SDH, Schweiger AH, Hoffmann S, Beierkuhnlein C, Hartmann H, Pickel T, Jentsch A (2019). Spatiotemporal dynamics of plant diversity and endemism during primary succession on an oceanic‐volcanic island. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 587-598, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12765
Bernd Josef Berauer, Peter A. Wilfahrt, Mohammed A. S. Arfin-Khan, Pia M. Eibes, Andreas Von Heßberg, Johannes Ingrisch, Michael Schloter, Max A. Schuchardt & Anke Jentsch(2019). Low resistance of montane and alpine grasslands to abrupt changes in temperature and precipitation regimes. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research,51:1,215-231,DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2019.1618116
Cubas, J.*, Irl, S.D.H.*, Villafuerte, R., Bello-Rodríguez, V., Rodríguez-Luengo, J.L., del Arco, M., Martín-Esquivel, J.L., & González-Mancebo, J.M. (2019). Endemic plant species are more palatable to introduced herbivores than non-endemics. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B, 286, 20190136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0136
* Equal contribution
2018
Weigel, R., Irl, S.D.H., Treydte, K., Beierkuhnlein, C., Berels, J., Field, R., Miranda, J., Steinbauer, A., Steinbauer, M.J., Jentsch, A. (2018). A novel dendroecological method finds a non-linear relationship between elevational and seasonal growth continuity on an island with trade wind-induced water availability. AoB PLANTS, 10, ply070; doi: 10.1093/aobpla/ply070
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Irl, SDH; Jentsch, A; Walther, GR (2013): Papaver croceum LEDEB. - a rare example of an alien species in alpine environments of the Upper Engadine, Switzerland, Alpine Botany, 123(1), 21-30: doi:10.1007/s00035-013-0111-x
Steinbauer, M; Irl, SDH; Beierkuhnlein, C (2013): Elevation-driven ecological isolation promotes diversification on Mediterranean islands, Acta Oecologica, 47, 52-56: doi:10.1016/j.actao.2012.11.004
2012
Irl, SDH; Steinbauer, M; Babel, W; Beierkuhnlein, C; Blume-Werry, G; Messinger, J; Palomares-Martínez, A; Strohmeier, S; Jentsch, A (2012): An 11-yr exclosure experiment in a high-elevation island ecosystem: Introduced herbivore impact on shrub species richness, seedling recruitment and population dynamics, Journal of Vegetation Science, 23(6), 1114-1125: doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01425.x
Leutner, B; Steinbauer, M; Müller, CM; Früh, AJ; Irl, SDH; Jentsch, A; Beierkuhnlein, C (2012): Mosses Like It Rough - Growth Form Specific Responses of Mosses, Herbaceous and Woody Plants to Micro-Relief Heterogeneity, Diversity, 4, 59-73: doi:10.3390/d4010059
Non peer-reviewed journals and series
Beierkuhnlein, C; Irl, SDH (2017): Schatzinseln in Gefahr? Klimawandel und Naturschutz auf ozeanischen Inseln, Spektrum - Universität Bayreuth, 13, 46-49 - pdf link
Irl, SDH; Beierkuhnlein, C (2011): Distribution of endemic plant species on an oceanic island – a geospatial analysis of La Palma (Canary Islands), Procedia Environmental Sciences(7), 170-175
Books and book chapters
Irl SDH & Schweiger AH (2020) Hochgebirge: Hotspots der Biodiversität. In: Lozán J. L., S.-W. Breckle, H. Grassl et al. (Hrsg.). Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel. S. 62-69. Online: www.warnsignal-klima.de. doi:10.2312/warnsignal.klima.hochgebirge-im-wandel.09.
Geller-Grimm, F., Lerp, H., Hanz, D.M., Manz, C., Fickert, B., Kaiser, U., Lotz-Winter, H., Piepenbring, M. (2017): Pilze: Nahrung, Gift und Mythen / Fungi: Food, Poison and Mythology, Museum Wiesbaden. - pdf link
Steinbauer, M; Schweiger, A; Irl, SDH (2016): Patterns in Biogeography, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. vol. 1, Oxford: Academic Press, 221–230:
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00110-4
Irl, SDH (2014): Patterns and Disturbance-Induced Drivers of Plant Diversity and Endemism on High Elevation Islands, Dissertation - pdf link