Publications

See below for a list of all my publications. Also check out my Google scholar profile.

*corresponding author
+senior author
Selected publications.

Peer-reviewed papers

2025

  1. Gleiser, G., Alcántara, J. M., Bascompte, J., Garrido, J. L., Montesinos‐Navarro, A.,Paterno, G.B., Valiente‐Banuet, A., & Verdú, M. (2025). The Phylogenetic Architecture of Recruitment Networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(1), e13944. [doi]

2024

  1. Alcántara, J. M., Verdú, M., Garrido, J. L., Montesinos‐Navarro, A., Aizen, M. A., Alifriqui, M., Allen, D., Al‐Namazi, A. A., Armas, C., Bastida, J. M., Bellido, T., Paterno, G. B., Briceño, H., Camargo De Oliveira, R. A., Campoy, J. G., Chaieb, G., Chu, C., Constantinou, E., Delalandre, L., …Paterno, G.B.… Zamora, R. (2024). Key concepts and a world‐wide look at plant recruitment networks. Biological Reviews, brv.13177. [doi]
  1. Paterno, G.B.*, Brambach, F., Guerrero-Ramírez, N., Zemp, D. C., Cantillo, A. F., Camarretta, N., Moura, C. C. M., Gailing, O., Ballauff, J., Polle, A., Schlund, M., Erasmi, S., Iddris, N. A., Khokthong, W., Sundawati, L., Irawan, B., Hölscher, D., & Kreft, H. (2024). Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes. Science, 386(6723), 795–802. [doi]
  1. Kikuchi, T., Seidel, D., Ehbrecht, M., Zemp, D. C., Brambach, F., Irawan, B., Sundawati, L., Hölscher, D., Kreft, H., & Paterno, G.B.+ (2024). Combining planting trees and natural regeneration promotes long-term structural complexity in oil palm landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management, 569, 122182. [doi].
  1. Luo, S., Schmid, B., Hector, A., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Beyer, F., Bruelheide, H., Ferlian, O., Godbold, D., Hall, J. S., Hajek, P., Huang, Y., Hölscher, D., Kreft, H., Liu, X., Messier, C., Nock, C., … Paterno, G.B. … Eisenhauer, N. (2024). Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations. New Phytologist, 243(3), 1205–1219. [doi]
  1. Wenzel, A., Westphal, C., Ballauff, J., Berkelmann, D., Brambach, F., Buchori, D., Camarretta, N., Corre, M. D., Daniel, R., Darras, K., Erasmi, S., Formaglio, G., Hölscher, D., Iddris, N. A.-A., Irawan, B., Knohl, A., Kotowska, M. M., Krashevska, V., Kreft, H., … Paterno, G.B. … Grass, I. (2024). Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(17), e2307220121. [doi]
  1. Blondeel, H., Guillemot, J., Martin‐StPaul, N., Druel, A., Bilodeau‐Gauthier, S., Bauhus, J., Grossiord, C., Hector, A., Jactel, H., Jensen, J., Messier, C., Muys, B., Serrano‐León, H., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Birhane, E., Bruelheide, H., Cavender‐Bares, J., Chu, C., … Paterno, G.B. … Baeten, L. (2024). Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought. Journal of Ecology, 1365-2745.14294. [doi]
  1. Zheng, L., Barry, K. E., Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Craven, D., Reich, P. B., Verheyen, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Dolezal, J., Auge, H., Fagundes, M. V., Ferlian, O., Fiedler, S., Forrester, D. I., Ganade, G.,… Paterno, G.B. … Hautier, Y. (2024). Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2078. [doi]
  1. Depauw, L., De Lombaerde, E., Dhiedt, E., Blondeel, H., Abdala-Roberts, L., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Chu, C., Damtew, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fagundes, M. V., Ganade, G., Gendreau-Berthiaume, B., Godbold, D., Gravel, D., Guillemot, J., Hajek, P., Hector, A., … Paterno, G.B. … Baeten, L. (2024). Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights. Current Forestry Reports. [doi]

2023

  1. Zemp, D. C., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Brambach, F., Darras, K., Grass, I., Potapov, A., Röll, A., Arimond, I., Ballauff, J., Behling, H., Berkelmann, D., Biagioni, S., Buchori, D., Craven, D., Daniel, R., Gailing, O., Ellsäßer, F., Fardiansah, R., Hennings, N.,… Paterno, G.B. … Kreft, H. (2023). Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature, 1–6. [doi](highly cited paper)
  1. Verdú, M., Garrido, J. L., Alcántara, J. M., Montesinos-Navarro, A., Aguilar, S., Aizen, M. A., Al-Namazi, A. A., Alifriqui, M., Allen, D., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Armas, C., Bastida, J. M., Bellido, T., Bonanomi, G., Paterno, G.B., Briceño, H., de Oliveira, R. A. C., Campoy, J. G., Chaieb, G., … Zamora, R. (2023). RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology, 104(2), e3923. [doi].

2022

  1. Guzmán‐Jacob, V., Guerrero‐Ramírez, N. R., Craven, D.,Paterno, G.B., Taylor, A., Krömer, T., Wanek, W., Zotz, G., & Kreft, H. (2022). Broad‐ and small‐scale environmental gradients drive variation in chemical, but not morphological, leaf traits of vascular epiphytes. Functional Ecology, April, 1–15. [doi].
  1. Fonseca, Carlos; Gossner, Martin; Kollmann, Johannes; Brändle, Martin; Paterno, G.B.*, Insect herbivores modulate flower sex evolution. Ecology Letters 25 (10). [ doi] / data / osf]. (* corresponding author)
  1. Wolff, J. O., Wierucka, K., Paterno, G.B., Coddington, J. A., Hormiga, G., Kelly, M. B. J., Herberstein, M. E., & Ramírez, M. J. (2022). Stabilized morphological evolution of spiders despite mosaic changes in foraging ecology. Systematic Biology. [doi].
  1. Ladouceur, E., Shackelford, N., Bouazza, K., Brudvig, L., Bucharova, A., Conradi, T., Erickson, T. E., Garbowski, M., Garvy, K., Harpole, W. S., Jones, H. P., Knight, T., Nsikani, M. M., Paterno, G.B., Suding, K., Temperton, V. M., Török, P., Winkler, D. E., & Chase, J. M. (2022). Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3, e12117. [ doi / pdf / data]. (highly cited paper)

2021

  1. Franco, J. R. A.,Paterno, G.B., & Ganade, G. (2022). The influence of herbaceous vegetation on the colonization of native and invasive trees: Consequences for semiarid forest restoration. Restoration Ecology, 30(5), e13595. [doi]
  1. Shackelford, N., Paterno, G.B., Winkler, D. E., Erickson, T. E., Leger, E. A., Svejcar, L. N., Breed, M. F., Faist, A. M., Harrison, P. A., Curran, M. F., Guo, Q., Kirmer, A., Law, D. J., Mganga, K. Z., Munson, S. M., Porensky, L. M., Quiroga, R. E., Török, P., Wainwright, C. E., … Suding, K. L. (2021). Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. [ doi/ code/ data] (shared first authorship)
  1. Fonseca, C. R., Paterno, G.B., Guadagnin, D. L., Venticinque, E. M., Overbeck, G. E., Ganade, G., Metzger, J. P., Kollmann, J., Sauer, J., Cardoso, M. Z., Lopes, P. F. M., Oliveira, R. S., Pillar, V. D., & Weisser, W. W. (2021). Conservation biology: Four decades of problem- and solution-based research. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 19(2), 121–130. [ doi]

2020

  1. Cássia-Silva, C., Freitas, C. G., Lemes, L. P., Paterno, G.B., Dias, P. A., Bacon, C. D., & Collevatti, R. G. (2020). Higher evolutionary rates in life-history traits in insular than in mainland palms. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–10. [ doi]
  1. Paterno, G.B.* , Silveira, C. L., Kollmann, J., Westoby, M., & Fonseca, C. R.* (2020). The maleness of larger angiosperm flowers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201910631. [ doi/ data/ code/ osf].
  1. Röhr, D. L., Camurugi, F., Paterno, G.B., Gehara, M., Juncá, F. A., Álvares, G., Brandão, R. A., & Garda, A. A. (2020). Variability in anuran advertisement call: A multi-level study with 15 species of monkey tree frogs (Anura: Phyllomedusidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 504(April), 495–504. [ doi/ data & code/ osf].

2019

  1. Wolff, J. O., Paterno, G.B., Liprandi, D., Ramírez, M. J., Bosia, F., Meijden, A., Michalik, P., Smith, H. M., Jones, B. R., Ravelo, A. M., Pugno, N., & Herberstein, M. E. (2019). Evolution of aerial spider webs coincided with repeated structural optimization of silk anchorages. Evolution, 73(10), 2122–2134. (cover article) [ doi/ data & code].

2018

  1. Paterno, G.B.*, Penone, C., & Werner, G. D. A. (2018). sensiPhy: An r-package for sensitivity analysis in phylogenetic comparative methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 1461–1467. [ doi/ data & code].

2016

  1. Paterno, G.B., Siqueira Filho, J. A. J. A., & Ganade, G. (2016). Species-specific facilitation, ontogenetic shifts and consequences for plant community succession. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27(3), 606–615. [doi].
  1. Kollmann, J., S. T. Meyer, R. Bateman, T. Conradi, M. M. Gossner, M. de Souza Mendonça, G. W. Fernandes, J.-M. Hermann, C. Koch, S. C. Müller, Y. Oki, G. E. Overbeck, Paterno, G.B., M. F. Rosenfield, T. S. P. Toma, and W. W. Weisser. 2016. Integrating ecosystem functions into restoration ecology-recent advances and future directions*. Restoration Ecology 24:722–730. [ doi].
  1. Röhr, D. L., Paterno, G.B., Camurugi, F., Juncá, F. A., & Garda, A. A. (2016). Background noise as a selective pressure: Stream-breeding anurans call at higher frequencies. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 16(1), 269–273.[ doi / data & code].

2015

  1. Garla, R. C., Freitas, R. H. A., Calado, J. F., Paterno, G.B., & Carvalho, A. R. (2015). Public awareness of the economic potential and threats to sharks of a tropical oceanic archipelago in the western South Atlantic. Marine Policy, 60, 128–133. [doi].

2010

  1. Loiola, M. I. B., Paterno, G.B., & Apolinar, J. (2010). Leguminosae and Its Potencial of Use in the Rural Communities of São Miguel Do Gostoso – Rn. Revista Caatinga, 23(3), 59–70. [doi].

Books

  • Da Silva, F.R., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Paterno, G.B., Provete, D.B., & Vancine, M. H. (2022). Análises Ecológicas no R. [ link]

Pre-prints

  • Cayetano, D. T., Zemp, D. C., Buchori, D., Fiedler, S., Grass, I., Hölscher, D., Irawan, B., Korol, Y., Khokthong, W., Paterno, G.B., Polle, A., Potapov, A., Sundawati, L., Tscharntke, T., Westphal, C., Weigelt, P., Wiegand, K., Kreft, H., & Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R. (2023). Scale-dependent landscape-biodiversity relationships shape multi-taxa diversity in an oil palm monoculture under restoration [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.08.556058