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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
50. Cieraad E, Farnworth B 2023. Lighting trends reveal state of the dark sky cloak: light at night and its ecological impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 47(1): 3559. doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3559
49. Schrama M, Quist C, De Groot A, Cieraad E, Laros I, Hestbjerg Hansen L, Leff J, Fierer N, Bardgett R. 2023. Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290: 20231345. doi.org: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1345
48. Cieraad E, Strange E, Flink M, Schrama M, Spoelstra K 2023. Artificial light at night affects plant‐herbivore interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 60(3): 400-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14336
47. Zhang X, Song K, Cieraad E 2023. Carbon sink limitation determines the formation of upper limit of an evergreen oak in eastern China. Forests 14(3): 597. doi:10.3390/f14030597
46. Gao Z, Pan Y, Bodegom PM van, Cieraad E, Xing D, Yang Y, Xia T, Luo X, Song K, Da L, Malkinson D 2023. Beta diversity of urban spontaneous plants and its drivers in 9 major cities of Yunnan province, China. Landscape and Urban Planning 234: 104741. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104741
45. Rita A, Saracino A, Cieraad E, Saulino L, Zotti M, Idbella M, De Stefano C, Mogavero M, Allevato E, Bonanomi G 2023. Topoclimate effect on treeline elevation depends on the regional framework: A contrast between Southern Alps (New Zealand) and Apennines (Italy) forests. Ecology and Evolution 13 (1): e9733. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9733
44. Cieraad E, van Grunsven RH, van der Sman F, Zwart N, Musters KJ, Strange E, van Langevelde F, Trimbos KB 2022. Lack of local adaptation of feeding and calling behaviours by Yponomeuta cagnagellus moths in response to artificial light at night. Insect Conservation and Diversity 15(4): 445-452.
doi: 10.1111/icad.12568
43. Pan Y, Cieraad E, Armstrong J, Armstrong J, Clarkson BR, Pedersen O, Visser EJW, Voesenek LACJ, van
Bodegom PM 2022. Leading trait dimensions in flood-tolerant plants. Annals of Botany: mcac031.
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac031
42. Beentjes K, Barmentlo H, Cieraad E, Schilthuizen M, van der Hoorn B, Speksnijder A, Trimbos K 2022. Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals comparable responses to agricultural stressors on different trophic levels of a freshwater community. Molecular Ecology 31(5): 1430-1443.
doi: 10.1111/mec.16326
41. Zhou J, Cieraad E, Van Bodegom PM 2022. Global analysis of trait-trait relationships within and between species. New Phytologist 233(4): 1643-1656. doi: 10.1111/nph.17879
40. Pan K, Moens M, Marshall L, Cieraad E, De Snoo GR, Biesmeijer K 2021. Importance of natural land cover for plant species’ conservation: a nationwide study in The Netherlands. PLoS One 16(11): e0259255.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259255
39. Gao Z, Song K, Pan Y, Malkinson D, Zhang X, Jia B, Xia T, Guo X, Liang H, Huang S, Da L, Van Bodegom PM, Cieraad E 2021. Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 127098. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127098
38. Udo de Haes H, Tamis W, Cieraad E, van der Weijden W 2020. Comparison of breeding bird trends between the Netherlands and Europe. Bird Study 67(4): 459-471. doi: 10.1080/00063657.2021.1939652
37. Trimbos K, Cieraad E, Saarloos A, Musters CJM, Schrama M, Bertola M, van Bodegom PM 2020. Stirring up the relationship between quantified environmental DNA concentrations and macroinvertebrate densities. Environmental DNA 3: 157. doi:10.1002/edn3.157
36. Pan Y, Cieraad E, Armstrong J, Armstrong W, Clarkson BR, Pedersen O, Visser EJW, Voesenek LACJ, van Bodegom PM 2020. Global patterns of the leaf economics spectrum in wetlands. Nature Communications 11:4519. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18354-3
35. Zhang X, Song K, Pan Y, Gao Z, Pu F, Lu J, Shang K, Da L, Cieraad E 2020. Responses of leaf traits to low temperature in an evergreen oak at its upper limit. Ecological Research 35 (5): 900-911. doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12157
34. Bosker T, Cieraad E, Trimbos K. 2020. Biodiversity: what are the impacts of food production on biodiversity? Peer-reviewed Chapter 2 in “Food and Sustainability”. Editors: Behrens P, Bosker T, Ehrhardt D. Oxford University Press
33. Pan Y, Cieraad E, Clarkson BR, Colmer TD, Pedersen O, Visser EJW, Voesenek LACJ, van Bodegom PM 2020. Drivers of plant traits that allow survival in wetlands: A meta-analysis of a global trait-database. Functional Ecology 34(5): 956-967. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13541
32. Wassenaar PNH, Verbruggen EMJ, Cieraad E, Peijnenburg WJGM, Vijver MG. 2020. Variability in fish bioconcentration factors: Influences of study design and consequences for regulation. Chemosphere 239: 124731. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124731
31. Musters CJM, Ieromina O, Barmentlo S, Hunting E, Schrama M, Cieraad E, Vijver MG, van Bodegom P. 2019. Partitioning the impact of environmental drivers and species interactions in dynamic aquatic communities. Ecosphere 10: e02910. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2910
30. Musters CJM, Hunting E, Schrama M, Cieraad E, Barmentlo S, Ieromina O, Vijver MG, van Bodegom P. 2019. Spatial and temporal homogenization of freshwater macrofaunal communities in ditches. Freshwater Biology. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13415
29. Pan Y, Cieraad E, van Bodegom P 2019. Are ecophysiological adaptive traits decoupled from leaf economics traits in wetlands? Functional Ecology 33(7): 1202-1210. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13329
28. Liu R, Li Y, Wang Y, Ma J, Cieraad E. 2019. Variation of water use efficiency across seasons and years: different role of herbaceous plants in desert ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 647: 827-835. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.035
27. Eshete G, Sillero-Zubiri C, Cieraad E, Musters CJM, De Snoo GR, De Iongh HH, Marino J. 2018. Does livestock predation reflect in negative local perceptions of Ethiopian wolves in South Wollo? Tropical Ecology 59(1): 11–19.
26. McGlone M, Heenan P, Millar T, Cieraad E. 2018 Vascular plant diversity and traits of the New Zealand montane-alpine zone and their origin. Peer-reviewed Chapter 25 in “Mountains, climate and biodiversity”. Editors: Hoorn C & Antonelli A. Wiley Publishing
25. Mayor JR, Sanders NJ, Classen AT, Bardgett RD, Clement JC, Fajardo A, Lavorel S, Sundqvist MK, Bahn M, Chisholm C, Cieraad E, Gedalof Z, Grigulis K, Kudo G, Oberski D, Wardle DA 2017. Elevation associated treeline temperatures influence ecosystem properties globally. Nature 542: 91–95. doi: 10.1038/nature21027
24. Moinet G, Cieraad E, Hunt J, Turnbull M, Whitehead D 2017. Effects of irrigation and addition of nitrogen fertiliser on net ecosystem carbon balance for a grassland. Science of the Total Environment 579: 1715–1725. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.199
23. Moinet G, Cieraad E, Hunt J, Turnbull M, Whitehead D 2016. Phytomass index improves estimates of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in intensively grazed grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 233: 298-307. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.09.027
22. Moinet G, Cieraad E, Fraser A, Turnbull M, Whitehead D 2016. Soil heterotrophic respiration is insensitive to changes in soil water content but related to microbial access to organic matter. Geoderma 274: 68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.03.027
21. Liu R, Cieraad E, Li Y, Ma J 2016. Precipitation pattern determines the inter-annual variation of herbaceous layer and carbon fluxes in a shrub-dominated desert ecosystem. Ecosystems 19: 601-614. doi: 10.1007/s10021-015-9954-x
20. Moinet G, Cieraad E, Rogers GND, Hunt J, Millard P, Turnbull M, Whitehead D 2016. Addition of nitrogen fertiliser increases net ecosystem carbon dioxide uptake and causes the loss of soil organic carbon in grassland growing in mesocosms. Geoderma 266: 75-83. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.12.004
19. White RL, Sutton AE, Salguero-Gómez R, Bray T, Campbell H, Cieraad E, Geekiyanage N, Gherardi L, Hughes AC, Jørgensen PS, Poisot T, DeSoto L, Zimmerman N 2015. The next generation of action ecology: Novel approaches towards global ecological research. Ecosphere 6:art134. doi: 10.1890/ES14-00485.1
18. Latham ADM, Latham MC, Cieraad E, Tompkins DM, Warburton B 2015. Climate change turns up the heat on vertebrate pest control. Biological Invasions 17(10): 2821-2829. doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-0931-2
17. Jørgensen PS, Barraquand F, Bonhomme V, Curran TJ, Cieraad E, Ezard TG, Gheradi LA, Hayes RA, Poisot T, Salguero-Gómez R, DeSoto L, Swartz B, Talbot JM, Wee B, Zimmerman N 2015. Connecting people and ideas from around the world: Global innovation platforms for next-generation ecology and beyond. Ecosphere 6:art68. doi:10.1890/ES14-00198.1
16. Cieraad E, Walker S, Price R, Barringer J 2015. An updated assessment of indigenous cover remaining and legal protection in New Zealand’s land environments. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(2): 309-315. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3235
15. Homes AM, Cieraad E, Lee DE, Lindqvist JK, Raine JI, Kennedy EM, Conran JG 2015. A diverse fern flora including macrofossils with in situ spores from the Late Eocene of southern New Zealand. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 220: 16-28. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.007
14. Cieraad E, Burrows L, Monks A, Walker S 2015. Woody native and exotic species respond differently to New Zealand dryland soil nutrient and moisture gradients. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(2): 198-207. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3217
13. Burrows L, Cieraad E, Head N 2015. Scotch broom facilitates indigenous tree and shrub germination and establishment in dryland New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(1): 61-70. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3214
12. Zakharova A, Beare MH, Cieraad E, Curtin D, Turnbull MH, Millard P 2015. Factors controlling labile soil organic matter vulnerability to loss following disturbance as assessed by measurement of soil-respired δ13CO2. European Journal of Soil Science. doi: 10.1111/ejss.12209
11. Cieraad E, McGlone MS, Huntley B 2014. Southern hemisphere temperate treelines are not climatically depressed. Journal of Biogeography 41(8): 1456-1466. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12308
10. Cieraad E, McGlone MS 2014. Thermal environment of New Zealand’s gradual and abrupt treeline ecotones. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38(1):12-25. https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3120
9. Barthel M, Cieraad E, Zakharova A, Hunt JE 2014. Sudden cold temperature delays plant carbon transport and shifts allocation from growth to respiratory demand. Biogeosciences 11(5): 1425–1433. doi:10.5194/bg-11-1425-2014
8. Curran TJ, Cieraad E, Monks J 2013. Fostering the next generation of reviewers in New Zealand ecology. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37(2): 161. https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3086
7. Liu R, Cieraad E, Li Y 2013. Summer rain pulses may stimulate a CO2 release rather than absorption in desert halophyte communities. Plant and Soil 373(1-2): 799-811. doi:10.1007/s11104-013-1839-1
6. Cieraad E, Barbour MM, McGlone MS, Huntley B 2012. Seasonal frost tolerance of trees in the New Zealand treeline ecotone. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44(3): 332-342. doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.3.332
5. Liu R, Pan L-P, Jenerette GD, Wang Q-X, Cieraad E, Li Y 2012. High efficiency in water use and carbon gain in a wet year for a desert halophyte community. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 162–163: 127-135. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.04.015
4. Monks A, Cieraad E, Burrows LE, Walker S 2012. Higher relative performance at low soil nitrogen and moisture predicts field distribution of nitrogen-fixing plants. Plant and Soil 359: 363-374. doi: 10.1007/s11104-012-1170-2
3. Walker S, Cieraad E, Monks A, Burrows LE, Wood J, Price R, Rogers GM, Lee WG 2009. Long-term dynamics and rehabilitation of woody ecosystems in dryland South Island, New Zealand. Peer-reviewed Chapter In: Hobbs RJ, Suding KN ed. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration. Washington, USA, Island Press. Pp. 99-111.
2. Walker S, Cieraad E, Price R, Overton J, Monks A, Smale M, King N, Williams S, Burrows LE 2009. Secondary woody vegetation patterns in New Zealand’s South Island dryland zone. New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 367-393. doi: 10.1080/0028825x.2009.9672713
1. Cieraad E, Lee DE 2006. The New Zealand fossil record of ferns for the past 85 million years. New Zealand Journal of Botany 44: 143-170. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2006.9513015
SUBMITTED & PRE-PRINT MANUSCRIPTS
Zhou J, Cieraad E, van Bodegom PM. Unpublished pre-print. Genetic adaptation rates differ by trait and plant type-a comprehensive meta-analysis. bioRxiv 2022.12.29.522194. doi: 10.1101/2022.12.29.522194
Zhou J, Cieraad E, van Bodegom PM. Unpublished pre-print. Drivers of plant intraspecific variation are trait-specific. bioRxiv, 2022.12.29.521136. doi: 10.1101/2022.12.29.521136
MEDIA AND POPULAR PRESS APPEARANCES
2023/11-12 – New Zealand Geographic Nov-Dec edition: Land of the bright white cloud
2023/11/14 – Radio New Zealand – live on Nights: LED streetlights, the unintended consequences
2023/10/30 – The Post – Wellington Newspaper. Bats give scientists clues about impacts of artificial light at night
2023/02/24 – Radio New Zealand – podcast The Detail goes out after dark to find out more about the problems “light trespass” is causing for some of our precious flora and fauna. 24 February 2023. rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018879127/protecting-the-night-sky
BOOK CHAPTERS
4. Bosker T, Cieraad E, Trimbos K. 2020. Biodiversity: what are the impacts of food production on biodiversity? Peer-reviewed Chapter 2 in “Food and Sustainability”. Editors: Behrens P, Bosker T, Ehrhardt D. Oxford University Press
3. McGlone M, Heenan P, Millar T, Cieraad E. 2018 Vascular plant diversity and traits of the New Zealand montane-alpine zone and their origin. Peer-reviewed Chapter 25 in “Mountains, climate and biodiversity”. Editors: Hoorn C & Antonelli A. Wiley Publishing
2. Walker S, Cieraad E, Monks A, Burrows LE, Wood J, Price R, Rogers GM, Lee WG 2009. Long-term dynamics and rehabilitation of woody ecosystems in dryland South Island, New Zealand. Peer-reviewed Chapter In: Hobbs RJ, Suding KN ed. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration. Washington, USA, Island Press. Pp. 99-111.
1. Lee DE, Lindqvist JK, Cieraad E, Bannister JM, Raine JI, Kennedy EM, Conran JG 2009. Late Eocene climate of southern New Zealand: insights from the in situ Pikopiko fossil forest. In: Strong SP, Crouch EM, Hollis C ed. Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene, GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 16. GNS, Wellington, NZ. P. 112.
REPORTS
9. Cieraad E, van ‘t Zelfde M, Biesmeijer JC 2019. Biodiversiteitsonderzoek in het kader van de omgevingsvisie in Hart van Holland. CML Report 196 for the City Council of Leiden, Hart van Holland.
8. Bellingham PJ, Cieraad E, Gormley AM, Richardson SJ 2015. Department of Conservation biodiversity indicators: 2015 assessment. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2343 for the Department of Conservation.
7. Walker S, Cieraad E, Barringer J 2015. User guide for the Threatened Environment Classification. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2184.
6. Cieraad E, Easdale T, Richardson SJ 2015. Effects of deer on kamahi regeneration in Kaimanawa Forest Park 2008–2013. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2183 for the Department of Conservation.
6. Richardson SJ, Cieraad E, Wiser SK 2014. Vegetation heterogeneity within mapped ecosystem types across the Department of Conservation’s Biodiversity Management Units (BMUs). Landcare Research Contract Report for the Department of Conservation.
5. Cieraad E, Walker S, Barringer J, Price R 2014. Indigenous cover remaining and biodiversity protection in New Zealand’s land environments: a status update using LCDB3.3 and recent information on protected areas. Landcare Research Contract Report LC1741 for the Department of Conservation.
4. Wiser SK, Easdale T, Cieraad E 2013. Review of the tawa timber resource. Landcare Research Contract Report LC1675 for the Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust.
3. Belliss SE, Shepherd JD, Cieraad E, Bunting P 2013. Direct detection of gorse and broom transition from non-forest to forest: the contributions of remote sensing. Landcare Research Contract Report LC1486 for Ministry of Primary Industries.
2. Cieraad E 2012. More Crop per Drop: Developing methods for rapid assessment of water use efficiency of barley – Final Report. Landcare Research Contract Report LC1108 for the Foundation for Arable Research.
1. Cieraad E 2008. How much indigenous biodiversity remains on land under indigenous vegetation? Final report on a pilot study based on existing data. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0708/145 for the Cross-Departmental Research Pool.
MISCELLANEOUS
4. Lee DE, Lindqvist J, Cieraad E, Bannister J, Raine J, Kennedy E, Conran J 2009. Late Eocene climate of southern New Zealand: insights from the in situ Pikopiko fossil forest. Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene, GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 16: 112.
3. Walker S, Cieraad E, Grove P, Lloyd K, Myers S, Park T, Porteous T 2007. Guide for users of the Threatened Environment Classification. [Lincoln, Canterbury], Landcare Research New Zealand. 35 p.
2. Cieraad E 2005. The role of species interactions in a grassland-woodland transition – a literature review.
1. Lee DE, Lindqvist J, Douglas B, Bannister J, Cieraad E 2003. Paleobotany and sedimentology of Late Cretaceous-Miocene nonmarine sequences in Otago and Southland. Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 116: 1-48.
THESES
2012 PhD Biological Sciences (Ecology) – Durham University (United Kingdom)
Temperate oceanic treelines – low temperature effects on photosynthesis and growth
2006 M.Sc. Biological Sciences (Ecology) – University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
M.Sc. thesis awarded with distinction & 2nd place at the University of Amsterdam thesis prize:
Fossil ferns in New Zealand: History and ecological significance
Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Ellen Cieraad's Research 