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List of works by Robert Tropek

A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)

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Additional disturbances as a beneficial tool for restoration of post-mining sites: a multi-taxa approach.

scientific article

Amerila (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) of Cameroon with morphological remarks on male and female genitalia

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Are Reproductive Traits Related to Pollen Limitation in Plants? A Case Study from a Central European Meadow

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Bioaccumulation of chemical elements at post-industrial freshwater sites varies predictably between habitats, elements and taxa: A power law approach

scientific article published in 2023

Butterfly and moth communities differ in their response to habitat structure in rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2020

Changes in pollinator community of Scadoxus cinnabarinus (Amaryllidaceae) along its elevational range on Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2020

Cheaters among pollinators: Nectar robbing and thieving vary spatiotemporally with floral traits in Afrotropical forests

scientific article published in 2023

Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

scientific article published in 2022

Comment on "High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change".

scientific article published on May 2014

Communities of flower visitors of Uvariopsis dioica (Annonaceae) in lowland forests of Mt. Cameroon, with notes on its potential pollinators

scholarly article by Jan E. J. Mertens et al published 12 June 2017 in African Journal of Ecology

Conservation value of post-mining headwaters: drainage channels at a lignite spoil heap harbour threatened stream dragonflies

Differences in Nectar Traits between Ornithophilous and Entomophilous Plants on Mount Cameroon

scientific article published on 09 June 2021

Does closure of traditionally managed open woodlands threaten epigeic invertebrates? Effects of coppicing and high deer densities

Dragonflies of freshwater pools in lignite spoil heaps: Restoration management, habitat structure and conservation value

scientific article published in 2013

Drivers of sunbird‐plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: Between neutrality and niche‐based processes

scientific article published in 2023

Effect of different restoration approaches on two species of newts (Amphibia: Caudata) in Central European lignite spoil heaps

scientific article published in 2017

Effects of disturbances by forest elephants on diversity of trees and insects in tropical rainforests on Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2020

Elevational and seasonal patterns of butterflies and hawkmoths in plant-pollinator networks in tropical rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2021

Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Evidence‐based restoration of freshwater biodiversity after mining: Experience from Central European spoil heaps

scientific article published in 2021

First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges

scientific article published on 05 March 2020

Flying between raindrops: Strong seasonal turnover of several Lepidoptera groups in lowland rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Forest eternal? Endemic butterflies of the Bamenda highlands, Cameroon, avoid close-canopy forest

scholarly article by Robert Tropek & Martin Konvicka published 17 September 2009 in African Journal of Ecology

Generalization versus specialization in pollination systems: visitors, thieves, and pollinators of Hypoestes aristata (Acanthaceae)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Habitat Use of Hipparchia semele (Lepidoptera) in Its Artificial Stronghold: Necessity of the Resource-Based Habitat View in Restoration of Disturbed Sites

scholarly article by Robert Tropek et al published September 2017 in Polish journal of ecology

Hovering sunbirds in the Old World: occasional behaviour or evolutionary trend?

scientific article published in 2010

In search for a compromise between biodiversity conservation and human health protection in restoration of fly ash deposits: effect of anti-dust treatments on five groups of arthropods.

scientific article

Influence of surface flattening on biodiversity of terrestrial arthropods during early stages of brown coal spoil heap restoration

scientific article published on 09 May 2018

Interference competition between sunbirds and carpenter bees for the nectar of Hypoestes aristata

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2013

Into the great wide open: do alien plants spread from rivers to dry savanna in the Kruger National Park?

scientific article

Is coal combustion the last chance for vanishing insects of inland drift sand dunes in Europe?

Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite markers for Mylothris jacksoni knutsoni (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), an endemic butterfly of the Gulf of Guinea Highlands

scholarly article by Jan Zima et al published 20 April 2014 in Conservation Genetics Resources

Local and landscape factors affecting communities of plants and diurnal Lepidoptera in black coal spoil heaps: Implications for restoration management

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Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon

scientific article published in 2024

Moth Diversity Increases along a Continent-Wide Gradient of Environmental Productivity in South African Savannahs

scientific article published in 2022

New records of six moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lasiocampidae) species in south African countries, with comments on their distribution

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Open-grown trees as key habitats for arthropods in temperate woodlands: The diversity, composition, and conservation value of associated communities

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Persistence ofStomatepia mongo, an Endemic Cichlid Fish of the Barombi Mbo Crater Lake, Southwestern Cameroon, with Notes on Its Life History and Behavior

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Predictions of marbled crayfish establishment in conurbations fulfilled: Evidences from the Czech Republic

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Quantitative assessment of plant-arthropod interactions in forest canopies: A plot-based approach

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Restoration management of fly ash deposits crucially influence their conservation potential for terrestrial arthropods

article by Robert Tropek et al published December 2014 in Ecological Engineering

Seasonal shifts of biodiversity patterns and species’ elevation ranges of butterflies and moths along a complete rainforest elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2019

Sex-specific spatial patterns in the threatened damselfly Coenagrion ornatum: implications for the species’ conservation and monitoring

Should restoration damage rare biotopes?

Something is missing at the bottom: Importance of coastal rainforests for conservation of trees, birds and butterflies in the Mount Cameroon area

scholarly article by Michal Ferenc et al published 16 February 2018 in African Journal of Ecology

Spatial covariance of herbivorous and predatory guilds of forest canopy arthropods along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Spatiotemporal variation in the role of floral traits in shaping tropical plant‐pollinator interactions

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

Specialization of pollination systems of two co-flowering phenotypically generalized Hypericum species (Hypericaceae) in Cameroon

scholarly article by Michael Bartoš et al published 1 May 2015 in Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants

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Technical reclamations are wasting the conservation potential of post-mining sites. A case study of black coal spoil dumps

scientific article published in 2012

The endangered damselfly Coenagrion ornatum in post-mining streams: population size, habitat requirements and restoration

The role of ultraviolet reflectance and pattern in the pollination system of Hypoxis camerooniana (Hypoxidaceae)

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Thirteen moth species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Noctuidae) newly recorded in South Africa, with comments on their distribution

scientific article published in 2022

Timed surveys and transect walks as comparable methods for monitoring butterflies in small plots

article by Tomáš Kadlec et al published 16 June 2011 in Journal of Insect Conservation

Towards unravelling Wolbachia global exchange: a contribution from the Bicyclus and Mylothris butterflies in the Afrotropics

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Two new butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Mount Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, Cameroon

scientific article (publication date: 11 August 2016)

Two new species in the genus Andronymus Holland, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Valuable Secondary Habitats or Hazardous Ecological Traps? Environmental Risk Assessment of Minor and Trace Elements in Fly Ash Deposits across the Czech Republic

scientific article published in 2021

Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

World travellers: phylogeny and biogeography of the butterfly genus Leptotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

scientific article published on 3 June 2019