Dr. Anke Stein
I am interested in spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity and their various determinants. I recently joined the Ecology Lab at Konstanz University to study the distribution of naturalized alien plant species worldwide. In particular, I will focus on whether plant invasion and naturalization lead to a taxonomic and phylogenetic homogenization of the global flora.
Before coming to Konstanz, I worked in the Macroecology Group at Goettingen University, mainly studying the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and species richness of terrestrial plants and animals.
Publications
Cai LR, Kreft H, Taylor A, Denelle P, Schrader J, Essl F, van Kleunen M, pergl J, Pyšek P, Stein A, Winter M, Barcelona JF, Fuentes N, Inderjit I, Karger D, Kartesz J, Kuprijanov A, Nishino M, Nickrent D, Nowak A, Patzelt A, Pelser P, Singh P, Wieringa J & Weigelt P (2022) Global models and predictions of plant diversity based on advanced machine learning techniques. New Phytologist 237:1432-1445 (DOI:10.1111/nph.18533)
Yang Q, Weigelt P, Fristoe TS, Zhang ZJ, Kreft H, Stein A, Seebens H, Dawson W, Essl F, König C, Lenzner B , Pergl J, Pouteau R, Pyšek P, Winter M, Ebel AL, Fuentes N, Giehl E.L.H., Kartesz J, Krestov P, Kukk T, Nishino M, Kupriyanov A, Villaseñor JL, Wieringa JJ, Zeddam A, Zykova E, van Kleunen M (2021)The global loss of floristic uniqueness. Nature Communications 12 7290. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27603-y)
Delavaux CS, Weigelt P, Dawson W, Essl F, van Kleunen M, König C, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Stein A, Winter M, Taylor A, Schultz PA, Whittaker RJ, Kreft H, & Bever JD (2021) Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants. Communicatations Biology (DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02649-2)
Essl F, Dawson W, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Weigelt P, Manga T, Dullinger S, Lenzner B, Moser D, Maurel N, Seebens H, Stein A, Weber E, Chatelain C, Inderjit, Genovesi P, Kartesz J, Morozova O, Nishino M, Nowak PM, Pagad S, Shus W & Winter M (2019) Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant species on Earth. AoB Plants 11:plz051. (DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz051)
Delavaux CS, Weigelt P, Dawson W, Duchicela J, Essl F, van Kleunen M, König C, Pergl J, Pysek P, Stein A, Winter M, Schultz P, Kreft H & Bever JD (2019) Mycorrhizal fungi influence global plant biogeography. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3:424-429. (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0823-4)
van Kleunen M, Pyšek P, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Weigelt P, Stein A, Dullinger S, König C, Lenzner B, Maurel N, Moser D, Seebens H, Kartesz J, Nishino M, Aleksanyan A, Ansong M, Antonova LA, Barcelona JF, Breckle SW, Brundu G, Cabezas FJ, Cárdenas D, Cárdenas-Toro J, Castano N, Chacón E, Chatelain C, Conn B, de Sá Dechoum M, Dufour-Dror JM, Ebel AL, Figueiredo E, Fragman-Sapir O, Fuentes N, Groom QJ, Henderson L, Inderjit, Jogan N, Krestov P, Kupriyanov A, Masciadri S, Meerman J, Morozova O, Nickrent D, Nowak A, Patzelt A, Pelser PB, Shu WS, Thomas J, Uludag A, Velayos M, Verkhosina A, Villasenor JL, Weber E, Wieringa JJ, Yazlik A, Zeddam A, Zykova E & Winter M (2019) The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database. Ecology 100:e02542. (DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2542)
Guo WY, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Weigelt P, Stein A, Pierce S, Pergl J Moser D, Maurel N, Lenzner B, Kreft H, Essl F, Dawson W & Pyšek P (2018) The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization. Ecology Letters 21:1380-1389. (DOI: 10.1111/ele.13104)
Stein, A (2015) Environmental heterogeneity - species richness relationships from a global perspective. Frontiers of Biogeography 7:168-173
Stein A, Beck J, Meyer C, Waldmann E, Weigelt P & Kreft H (2015) Differential effects of environmental heterogeneity on global mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24:1072–1083
Stein A & Kreft H (2015) Terminology and quantification of environmental heterogeneity in species-richness research. Biological Reviews 90:815–836
Barthlott W, Burstedde K, Geffert JL, Ibisch PI, Korotkova N, Miebach A, Rafiqpoor MD, Stein A & Mutke J (2015) Biogeography and biodiversity of cacti. Schumannia 7:208 pages.
Stein A (2014) Environmental heterogeneity - species richness relationships from a global perspective. Dissertation, University of Göttingen. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. H. Kreft, Prof. Dr. U. Brose. Persistent Address: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0023-995B-1
Stein A, Gerstner K & Kreft H (2014) Environmental heterogeneity as a universal driver of species richness across taxa, biomes and spatial scales. Ecology Letters 17:866-880.
Gerstner K, Dormann CF, Stein A, Manceur AM & Seppelt R (2014) Effects of land use on plant diversity - a global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:1690-1700.
Scholz A, Stein A, Choat B & Jansen S (2014) How drought and deciduousness shape xylem plasticity in three Costa Rican woody plant species. IAWA Journal 35(4):337-355.
Scholz A, Rabaey D, Stein A, Cochard H, Smets E & Jansen S (2013) The evolution and function of vessel and pit characters with respect to cavitation resistance across 10 Prunus species. Tree Physiology 33:684-694.
Jansen S, Gortan E, Lens F, Lo Gullo MA, Salleo S, Scholz A, Stein A, Trifilò P & Nardini A (2011) Do quantitative vessel and pit characters account for ion-mediated changes in the hydraulic conductance of angiosperm xylem? New Phytologist 189:218-228.
Stein A (2009) Spatial Diversity Patterns of Cactaceae - Towards an Atlas of Distribution.
Diplom Thesis, University of Bonn. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. W. Barthlott, Prof. Dr. P. Ibisch.