Publications

2026

Zamora-Ballesteros C, Diez JJ, Pinto G, Alves A, Heer K, Martín-García J (2026) Dual RNA-seq analysis reveals differences in defensive lncRNA expression in Pinus spp. with varying susceptibility to Fusarium circinatum. BMC Plant Biology
Olsson S, Feichter J, Avanzi C, Mestre Runge C, Cabanillas A, Sekely J, Alonso M, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Piotti A, Alía R, Grivet D, Heinze B, Notivol E. (2026) Clonality in European black poplar conservation units using genomics. Forest Systems.

2025

Huth F, Tischer A, Nikolova P, Feldhaar H, Wehnert A, Hülsmann L, Bauhus J, Heer K, Vogt J, Ammer C, Berger U et al. (2025) Ecological assessment of forest management approaches to develop resilient forests in the face of global change in Central Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology 86, 66-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.05.001
Soliani C, Sekely J, Zamora Ballesteros C, Heer K, Lepais O, Mondino V, Opgenoorth L, Pastorino M, Marchelli P (2025) Restricted dispersal in the late-successional species Nothofagus pumilio: consequences under global change. Ecology and Evolution, 15 (5) e71002. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71002
Losch N, Heer K, Dudschuss B, Semizer-Cuming D, Michiels HG & Neophytou C (2025) Variation in seed traits, leaf phenology and growth performance among sessile oak provenances from Baden-Wurttemberg and Alsace. Silvae Genetica, 74(1), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2025-0005
Gottstein M, Thiel S, Vornhagen JL, Mengel C, Tschapka M, Heymann EW, Heer K (2025). Gene flow and vertical stratification of pollination in the bat‐pollinated liana Marcgravia longifolia. Ecology and Evolution, 15(8):e72050. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72050

2024

Gottstein M, Morelos-Juárez C, Schaffner CM, Aureli F (2024) Same-sex sexual behavior in brown-headed spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps) during grappling between two subadult males. Primates 65, 379–382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-024-01147-3
Zhou Q, Karunarathne P, Andersson-Li L, Chen C, Opgenoorth L, Heer K, Vendramin GG, Piotti A, Nakvasina E, Lascoux M, Milesi P (2024) Recurrent hybridization and gene flow shaped Norway and Siberian spruce evolutionary history over multiple glacial cycles. Molecular Ecology 33, e17495. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17495
Pena-Ponton C, Diez-Rodriguez B, Perez-Bello P, Becker B, McIntyre LM, van der Putten WH, De Paoli E, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Verhoeven KJF (2024) High-resolution methylome analysis uncovers stress-responsive genomic hotspots and drought-sensitive TE superfamilies in the clonal Lombardy poplar. Journal of Experimental Botany. erae262. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae262
Thiel S, Gottstein M, Heymann EW, Kroszewski J, Lieker N, Shahuano Tello N, Tschapka M, Junker RR, Heer K (2024) Vertically stratified interactions of nectarivores and nectar-inhabiting bacteria in a liana flowering across forest strata. American Journal of Botany 111 (3): e16303. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16303
Sekely J, Marchelli P, Arana V, Dauphin B, Mattera MG, Pastorino M, Scotti I, Soliani C, Heer K, Opgenoorth L (2024). Genomic responses to climate: Understanding local adaptation in the Andean tree species Nothofagus pumilio and implications for a changing world. Plants People Planet 6, 902-920. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10504

2023

Gottstein M, Morris AL, Heer K, Heymann EW (2023) Feeding ecology of monk sakis (Pithecia monachus) in a seasonally flooded forest in western Amazonia. Primates 64, 527–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01074-9
Thiel S, Willems F, Farwig N, Schabo D, Schleuning M, Shahuano Tello N, Töpfer T, Tschapka M, Heymann EW, Heer K (2023). Vertically stratified frugivore community composition and interaction frequency in a liana fruiting across forest strata. Biotropica 55 (3) 650-664. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13216

2022

Heymann EW, Thiel S, Paciência F, Rimachi Taricuarima MN, Zárate Gómez R, Shahuano Tello N, Heer K, Sennhenn-Reulen H, Mundry R. 2022. Non-random host tree infestation by the Neotropical liana Marcgravia longifolia. PeerJ 10:e14535 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14535
Zacharias M, Pampuch, Dauphin B, Opgenoorth L, Roland C, Schnittler M, Wilmking M, Bog M, Heer K (2022) Genetic basis of growth reaction to drought stress differs in contrasting high-latitude treeline ecotones of a widespread conifer. Molecular Ecology 31 (20): 5165-5181. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16648
Mishra B, Ulaszewski B, Meger J, Aury JM, Bodénès C, Lesur-Kupin I, Pfenninger M, Da Silva C, Gupta DK, Guichoux E, Heer K, Lalanne C, Labadie K, Opgenoorth L, Ploch S, Le Provost G, Salse J, Scotti I, Wötzel S, Plomion C, Burczyk J, Thines (2022) A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Reveals Anomalies for Organelle DNA Integration, Repeat Content and Distribution of SNPs. Frontiers in Genetics 12, 691058, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.691058
Neophytou C, Heer K, Milesi P, Peter M, Pyhäjärvi T, Westergren M, Rellstab C, Gugerli F (2022). Genomics and adaptation in forest ecosystems. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 18(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-022-01542-1

2021

Zacharias M, Pampuch T, Heer K, Avanzi C, Würth DG, Trouillier M, Bog M, Wilmking M, Schnittler M (2021) Population structure and the influence of microenvironment and genetic similarity on individual growth at Alaskan white spruce treelines. STOTEN, 798, 149267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149267
Ramirez-Valiente J, Solé-Medina A, Pyhäjärvi T, Savolainen O, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Danusevicius D, Robledo-Arnuncio JJ (2022) Adaptive responses to temperature and precipitation variation at the early-life stages of Pinus sylvestris. New Phytologist 232 (4), 1632-1647. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17678
Major E, Höhn M, Avanzi C, Fady B, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Piotti A, Popescu F, Postolache D, Vendramin GG, Csilléry K (2021) Spatial genetic structure at local and global scales across the species range in silver fir (Abies alba Mill.). Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16107
Estravis-Barcala M, Heer K, Marchelli P, Ziegenhagen B, Arana MV, Bellora N. (2021) Deciphering the transcriptomic regulation of heat stress responses in Nothofagus pumilio. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0246615. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246615
Can SN, Nunn A, Galanti D, Langenberger D, Becker C, Volmer K, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Fernandez-Pozo N, Rensing S (2021) The EpiDiverse plant Epigenome-Wide Association Studies (EWAS) pipeline. Epigenomes 5(2), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes5020012
Opgenoorth L, Dauphin B, Benavides R, Heer K, Alizoti P, Martínez-Sancho E, [108 authors in alphabetical order], Fady B, Myking T, Valladares F, Aravanopoulos F, Cavers S. (2021) The GenTree-Platform: linking phenotypes, tree-level environmental data, and genotypes in twelve major European forest tree species. GigaScience 10(3). giab010. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab010
Benavides R, Carvalho B, Bastias CC, López-Quiroga D, Mas A, Cavers S [93 authors in alphabethical order, including Heer K, Kappner JP, Lambertz J, Meischner H], Fady B, Valladares F (2021) The GenTree Leaf Collection: inter- and intraspecific leaf variation in seven forest tree species in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(3) 590-597. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13239
Thiel S, Tschapka M, Heymann EW*, Heer K* (2021) Vertical stratification of seed-dispersing vertebrate communities and their interactions with plants in tropical forests. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12664
Ramirez-Valiente J, Solé-Medina A, Pyhäjärvi T, Savolainen O, Cervantes S, Kesalahti R, Kujala S, Kumpula T, Heer K, Opgenoorth L, Siebertz J, Danusevicius D, Notivol E, Benavides R, Robledo-Arnuncio JJ (2021) Adaptive responses to climate variation at the early stages in Pinus sylvestris. New Phytologist 229(5), 3009-3025. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17029

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