List of works - Konstans Wells

A Landscape Approach to Invasive Species Management ⬇️

scientific article

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

scientific article published in 2012

An efficient protocol for the global sensitivity analysis of stochastic ecological models

scientific article published in March 2016

BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation.

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Bartonella and Rickettsia in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia

scientific article

COVID-19 containment policies through time may cost more lives at metapopulation level

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites

scientific article published on 13 January 2019

Climate, host phylogeny and the connectivity of host communities govern regional parasite assembly

scholarly article by Nicholas J. Clark et al published 4 October 2017 in Diversity and Distributions

Co-infections and environmental conditions drive the distributions of blood parasites in wild birds

scientific article

Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

scientific article published on 24 June 2021

Disentangling synergistic disease dynamics: Implications for the viral biocontrol of rabbits

scientific article published in September 2018

Distinct spread of DNA and RNA viruses among mammals amid prominent role of domestic species

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Distinct spread of DNA and RNA viruses among mammals amid prominent role of domestic species

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus).

scientific article

Ectoparasite infestation patterns of domestic dogs in suburban and rural areas in Borneo

scientific article

Ectoparasite infestations of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are associated with small-scale landscape structures in an urban-suburban environment

scientific article

Effects of rain forest logging on species richness and assemblage composition of small mammals in Southeast Asia

article

Environmental effects and individual body condition drive seasonal fecundity of rabbits: identifying acute and lagged processes

scientific article

Environmental factors affect Acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils

scientific article

Euarchontan Opsin Variation Brings New Focus to Primate Origins

scientific article

Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

scientific article published in 2021

Global spread of helminth parasites at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa

article

High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

article

Host Specificity in Variable Environments

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Host specificity and niche partitioning in flea-small mammal networks in Bornean rainforests

scientific article

Impact of rain-forest logging on helminth assemblages in small mammals (Muridae, Tupaiidae) from Borneo

scholarly article by Konstans Wells et al published January 2007 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

scientific article published in 2010

Individual and temporal variation in pathogen load predicts long-term impacts of an emerging infectious disease

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Infection of the fittest: devil facial tumour disease has greatest effect on individuals with highest reproductive output.

scientific article

Inferring host specificity and network formation through agent-based models: tick-mammal interactions in Borneo

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions

article

Interglacial refugia on tropical mountains: Novel insights from the summit rat (Rattus baluensis ), a Borneo mountain endemic

scientific article published in 2018

Joint effects of species traits and environmental preferences on range edge shifts of British birds

scientific article published in 2023

Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes

article

Models of spatiotemporal variation in rabbit abundance reveal management hot spots for an invasive species

scientific article published on 25 January 2020

Molecular phylogeny of South-East Asian arboreal murine rodents

article

Monophyletic clades ofMacaranga-pollinating thrips show high specificity to taxonomic sections of host plants

article

Movement and ranging patterns of a tropical rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) in logged and unlogged rain forests

scholarly article by Konstans Wells et al published June 2008 in Journal of Mammalogy

Movement and ranging patterns of the Common Chaffinch in heterogeneous forest landscapes

scientific article

Movement trajectories and habitat partitioning of small mammals in logged and unlogged rain forests on Borneo

scientific article published on September 2006

Opsin genes of select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia.

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Optimizing non-invasive sampling of an infectious bat virus

Parasite spread at the domestic animal - wildlife interface: anthropogenic habitat use, phylogeny and body mass drive risk of cat and dog flea (Ctenocephalides spp.) infestation in wild mammals

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour

scholarly article by Konstans Wells et al published 31 May 2011 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Population fluctuations affect inference in ecological networks of multi-species interactions

article

Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo

scientific article published in 2009

Shifts from native to invasive small mammals across gradients from tropical forest to urban habitat in Borneo

article

Spatio-temporal dynamics in waterbirds during the non-breeding season: Effects of local movements, migration and weather are monthly, not yearly

article

Species interactions: estimating per-individual interaction strength and covariates before simplifying data into per-species ecological networks

article

Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn

scientific article published in 2009

Synchronous shedding of multiple bat paramyxoviruses coincides with peak periods of Hendra virus spillover

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Targeting season and age for optimizing control of invasive rabbits

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

The Australian National Rabbit Database: 50 yr of population monitoring of an invasive species

article

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

scientific article

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

scientific article

The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods

scientific article published in 2024

The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales

scientific article published in 2022

Tick exposure and extreme climate events impact survival and threaten the persistence of a long-lived lizard

scientific article

Timing and severity of immunizing diseases in rabbits is controlled by seasonal matching of host and pathogen dynamics ⬇️

scientific article published in February 2015

Top-down control of herbivory by birds and bats in the canopy of temperate broad-leaved oaks (Quercus robur).

scientific article

Trait-dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine-scale observations in a hierarchical multi-species framework

Unravelling changing interspecific interactions across environmental gradients using Markov random fields.

scientific article

Use of arboreal and terrestrial space by a small mammal community in a tropical rain forest in Borneo, Malaysia

scholarly article by Konstans Wells et al published 22 March 2004 in Journal of Biogeography

Variable strength of forest stand attributes and weather conditions on the questing activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks over years in managed forests

scientific article

List of works by Konstans Wells

A Landscape Approach to Invasive Species Management ⬇️

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

An efficient protocol for the global sensitivity analysis of stochastic ecological models

BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation.

Bartonella and Rickettsia in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia

COVID-19 containment policies through time may cost more lives at metapopulation level

Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites

Climate, host phylogeny and the connectivity of host communities govern regional parasite assembly

Co-infections and environmental conditions drive the distributions of blood parasites in wild birds

Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

Disentangling synergistic disease dynamics: Implications for the viral biocontrol of rabbits

Distinct spread of DNA and RNA viruses among mammals amid prominent role of domestic species

Distinct spread of DNA and RNA viruses among mammals amid prominent role of domestic species

Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus).

Ectoparasite infestation patterns of domestic dogs in suburban and rural areas in Borneo

Ectoparasite infestations of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are associated with small-scale landscape structures in an urban-suburban environment

Effects of rain forest logging on species richness and assemblage composition of small mammals in Southeast Asia

Environmental effects and individual body condition drive seasonal fecundity of rabbits: identifying acute and lagged processes

Environmental factors affect Acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils

Euarchontan Opsin Variation Brings New Focus to Primate Origins

Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

Global spread of helminth parasites at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface

Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa

High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

Host Specificity in Variable Environments

Host specificity and niche partitioning in flea-small mammal networks in Bornean rainforests

Impact of rain-forest logging on helminth assemblages in small mammals (Muridae, Tupaiidae) from Borneo

Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

Individual and temporal variation in pathogen load predicts long-term impacts of an emerging infectious disease

Individual and temporal variation in pathogen load predicts long-term impacts of an emerging infectious disease

Infection of the fittest: devil facial tumour disease has greatest effect on individuals with highest reproductive output.

Inferring host specificity and network formation through agent-based models: tick-mammal interactions in Borneo

Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions

Interglacial refugia on tropical mountains: Novel insights from the summit rat (Rattus baluensis ), a Borneo mountain endemic

Joint effects of species traits and environmental preferences on range edge shifts of British birds

Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes

Models of spatiotemporal variation in rabbit abundance reveal management hot spots for an invasive species

Molecular phylogeny of South-East Asian arboreal murine rodents

Monophyletic clades ofMacaranga-pollinating thrips show high specificity to taxonomic sections of host plants

Movement and ranging patterns of a tropical rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) in logged and unlogged rain forests

Movement and ranging patterns of the Common Chaffinch in heterogeneous forest landscapes

Movement trajectories and habitat partitioning of small mammals in logged and unlogged rain forests on Borneo

Opsin genes of select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia.

Optimizing non-invasive sampling of an infectious bat virus

Parasite spread at the domestic animal - wildlife interface: anthropogenic habitat use, phylogeny and body mass drive risk of cat and dog flea (Ctenocephalides spp.) infestation in wild mammals

Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour

Population fluctuations affect inference in ecological networks of multi-species interactions

Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo

Shifts from native to invasive small mammals across gradients from tropical forest to urban habitat in Borneo

Spatio-temporal dynamics in waterbirds during the non-breeding season: Effects of local movements, migration and weather are monthly, not yearly

Species interactions: estimating per-individual interaction strength and covariates before simplifying data into per-species ecological networks

Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn

Synchronous shedding of multiple bat paramyxoviruses coincides with peak periods of Hendra virus spillover

Targeting season and age for optimizing control of invasive rabbits

The Australian National Rabbit Database: 50 yr of population monitoring of an invasive species

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods

The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales

Tick exposure and extreme climate events impact survival and threaten the persistence of a long-lived lizard

Timing and severity of immunizing diseases in rabbits is controlled by seasonal matching of host and pathogen dynamics ⬇️

Top-down control of herbivory by birds and bats in the canopy of temperate broad-leaved oaks (Quercus robur).

Trait-dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine-scale observations in a hierarchical multi-species framework

Unravelling changing interspecific interactions across environmental gradients using Markov random fields.

Use of arboreal and terrestrial space by a small mammal community in a tropical rain forest in Borneo, Malaysia

Variable strength of forest stand attributes and weather conditions on the questing activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks over years in managed forests