Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Journal Article

  • 2025

    • Pérez-Cárdenas, N., Eppinga, M., Rabett, R., Schuman, M. C., & Santos, M. J. (2025). Early Human Settlement in Bornean Forests Occurred Under Distinct Environmental Conditions Biotropica, 58(1), e70146. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70146
    • Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, P., Carmona, C. P., Schuman, M. C., Benavides, R., Sachsenmaier, L., Li, S., Liu, X., & Haider, S. (2025). Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment Nature Communications, 16(1), 11009 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67265-8
    • Opio, B., Mutyambai, D. M., Cheseto, X., Omuse, E., Jalloh, A., Mumo, N. N., Schuman, M. C., & Chidawanyika, F. (2025). Push-pull cropping system soil legacies enhance glucosinolate production and subsequent defense against Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae in Kale (Brassica oleracea) Discover Plants, 2(1), 346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-025-00420-z
    • Odermatt, D., Chidawanyika, F., Mutyambai, D., Schmid, B., Domeignoz Horta, L. A., Onjura, C. O., Tamiru, A., & Schuman, M. C. (2025). Desmodium volatiles in ‘push-pull’ cropping systems and protection against the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda ELife, 13, 100981.3. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.100981.3
    • Vögtli, Marius; Helfenstein, Isabelle S; Schläpfer, Daniel; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Kneubühler, Mathias; Damm, Alexander (2025). Data processing and acquisition geometry impact the estimation of plant trait-based functional richness from airborne imaging spectroscopy Remote Sensing of Environment, 328:114846.
    • Deng, X., Schmid, B., Bruelheide, H., Chen, C., Li, Y., Li, S., Morsdorf, F., Ray, T., Schuman, M. C., Tang, T., Von Oheimb, G., Ma, K., & Liu, X. (2025). Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(40), e2506750122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506750122
    • Kaplan, G., Mora, A., Csilléry, K., & Schuman, M. C. (2025). Leveraging remote sensing to distinguish closely related beech species in assisted gene flow scenarios Forest Ecology and Management, 586, 122700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122700
    • Sileshi, G. W., Kuyah, S., Schuman, M. C., Chidawanyika, F., Muriithi, B., Midega, C. A. O., Olagoke, A., Otim, M. H., Mafongoya, P. L., & Martin, E. A. (2025). Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa Npj Sustainable Agriculture, 3(1), 30 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00069-x
    • Tang, T., Schmid, B., Schuman, M. C., Bongers, F., Li, S., Liang, Y., van Moorsel, S., Von Oheimb, G., Durka, W., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., & Liu, X. (2025). Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment New Phytologist, 246(6), 2537–2550. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70130
    • Williams, L., Kovach, K., Guzmán Quesada, J. A., Stefanski, A., Bermudez, R., Butler, E. E., Coq‐‐Etchegaray, D., Glenn‐Stone, C., Hajek, P., Klama, J., Medlyn, B. E., Messier, C., Moradi, A., Paquette, A., Park, M. H., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Townsend, P. A., Reich, P. B., Cavender‐Bares, J., & Schuman, M. C. (2025). Tree diversity shapes the spectral signature of light transmittance in developing forests Ecology, 106(3), 70032. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70032
    • Helfenstein, Isabelle S; Sturm, Joan T; Schmid, Bernhard; Damm, Alexander; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Morsdorf, Felix (2025). Satellite observations reveal a positive relationship between trait‐based diversity and drought response in temperate forests Global Change Biology, 31(2):e70059.
    • Li, J., Liu, X., Xiao, W., Huangfu, J., Schuman, M. C., Baldwin, I., & Lou, Y. (2025). Nymphal feeding suppresses oviposition-induced indirect plant defense in rice Nature Communications, 16(1), 508 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55816-y
    • Kurath, Dave; van Moorsel, Sofia J; Klaver, Jolanda; Voortman, Tis; Siegfried, Barbara; Brügger, Yves-Alain; Moradi, Abobakr; Czyż, Ewa A; de La Harpe, Marylaure; Wiesenberg, Guido L B; Schaepman, Michael E; Schuman, Meredith C (2025). Leaf spectroscopy reveals drought response variation in Fagus sylvatica saplings from across the species’ range Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130(2):e2024JG008404.

  • 2024

    • Schmid, Marc W; Moradi, Aboubakr; Leigh, Deborah M; Schuman, Meredith Christine; van Moorsel, Sofia J (2024). Covering the bases: Population genomic structure of Lemna minor and the cryptic species L. japonica in Switzerland. Ecology and Evolution, 14(6):11599.
    • Lang, Jakob; Ramos, Sergio E; Smohunova, Marharyta; Bigler, Laurent; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2024). Screening of leaf extraction and storage conditions for eco‐metabolomics studies Plant Direct, 8(4):e578.
    • Vögtli, Marius; Schläpfer, Daniel; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Schaepman, Michael E; Kneubühler, Mathias; Damm, Alexander (2024). Effects of atmospheric, topographic, and BRDF correction on imaging spectroscopy-derived data products IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 17:109-126.

  • 2023

    • Geckeler, Christian; Ramos, Sergio E; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Mintchev, Stefano (2023). Robotic volatile sampling for early detection of plant stress IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 30(4):41-51.
    • Li, Cheng; Czyz, Ewa A; Halitschke, Rayko; Baldwin, Ian T; Schaepman, Michael E; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2023). Evaluating potential of leaf reflectance spectra to monitor plant genetic variation Plant Methods, 19(1):108.
    • Walker, Tom W N; Schrodt, Franziska; Allard, Pierre-Marie; Defossez, Emmanuel; Jassey, Vincent E J; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Alexander, Jake M; Baines, Oliver; Baldy, Virginie; Bardgett, Richard D; Capdevila, Pol; Coley, Phyllis D; van Dam, Nicole M; David, Bruno; Descombes, Patrice; Endara, María-José; Fernandez, Catherine; Forrister, Dale; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert; Glauser, Gaëtan; Marr, Sue; Neumann, Steffen; Pellissier, Loïc; Peters, Kristian; Rasmann, Sergio; Roessner, Ute; Salguero-Gómez, Roberto; Sardans, Jordi; Weckwerth, Wolfram; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Peñuelas, Josep (2023). Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function Science Advances, 9(35):eadi4029.
    • Ray, Rishav; Halitschke, Rayko; Gase, Klaus; Leddy, Sabrina M; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Rodde, Nathalie; Baldwin, Ian T (2023). A persistent major mutation in canonical jasmonate signaling is embedded in an herbivory-elicited gene network Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(35):e2308500120.
    • D'Odorico, Petra; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Kurz, Mirjam; Csilléry, Katalin (2023). Discerning Oriental from European beech by leaf spectroscopy: Operational and physiological implications Forest Ecology and Management, 541:121056.
    • Joswig, Julia S; Kattge, Jens; Kraemer, Guido; Mahecha, Miguel D; Rüger, Nadja; Schaepman, Michael E; Schrodt, Franziska; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2023). Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap‐filling Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(8):1395-1408.
    • Domeignoz‐Horta, Luiz Alberto; Schuman, Meredith C (2023). Back to the ‘roots’ of research: a hypothesis‐driven approach provides predictive understanding of plant–herbivore–microbe interactions New Phytologist, 239(4):1160-1163.
    • Schuman, Meredith Christine (2023). Where, when, and why do plant volatiles mediate ecological signaling? The answer is blowing in the wind Annual Review of Plant Biology, 74(1):609-633.
    • Zheng, Zhaoju; Schmid, Bernhard; Zeng, Yuan; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Zhao, Dan; Schaepman, Michael E; Morsdorf, Felix (2023). Remotely sensed functional diversity and its association with productivity in a subtropical forest Remote Sensing of Environment, 290:113530.
    • Zu, Pengjuan; García‐García, Reinaldo; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Saavedra, Serguei; Melián, Carlos J (2023). Plant‐insect chemical communication in ecological communities: an information theory perspective Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61(3):445-453.
    • Stefanini, Camilla; Csilléry, Katalin; Ulaszewski, Bartosz; Burczyk, Jarosław; Schaepman, Michael E; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2023). A novel synthesis of two decades of microsatellite studies on European beech reveals decreasing genetic diversity from glacial refugia Tree Genetics & Genomes, 19(1):3.
    • Czyz, Ewa A; Schmid, Bernhard; Hueni, Andreas; Eppinga, Maarten B; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Schneider, Fabian D; Guillén-Escribà, Carla; Schaepman, Michael E (2023). Genetic constraints on temporal variation of airborne reflectance spectra and their uncertainties over a temperate forest Remote Sensing of Environment, 284:113338.

  • 2022

    • Lang, Jakob; Chidawanyika, Frank; Khan, Zeyaur R; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2022). Ecological chemistry of pest control in push-pull intercropping systems: What we know, and where to go? Chimia, 76(11):906.
    • Zheng, Zhaoju; Zeng, Yuan; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Jiang, Hailan; Schmid, Bernhard; Schaepman, Michael E; Morsdorf, Felix (2022). Individual tree-based vs pixel-based approaches to mapping forest functional traits and diversity by remote sensing International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 114:103074.
    • Walker, Tom W N; Alexander, Jake M; Allard, Pierre‐Marie; Baines, Oliver; Baldy, Virginie; Bardgett, Richard D; Capdevila, Pol; Coley, Phyllis D; David, Bruno; Defossez, Emmanuel; Endara, María‐José; Ernst, Madeleine; Fernandez, Catherine; Forrister, Dale; Gargallo‐Garriga, Albert; Jassey, Vincent E J; Marr, Sue; Neumann, Steffen; Pellissier, Loïc; Peñuelas, Josep; Peters, Kristian; Rasmann, Sergio; Roessner, Ute; Sardans, Jordi; Schrodt, Franziska; Schuman, Meredith Christine; et al (2022). Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology Journal of Ecology, 110(1):4-20.
    • Joswig, Julia S; Wirth, Christian; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Kattge, Jens; Reu, Björn; Wright, Ian J; Sippel, Sebastian D; Rüger, Nadja; Richter, Ronny; Schaepman, Michael E; van Bodegom, Peter M; Cornelissen, J H C; Díaz, Sandra; Hattingh, Wesley N; Kramer, Koen; Lens, Frederic; Niinemets, Ülo; Reich, Peter B; Reichstein, Markus; Römermann, Christine; Schrodt, Franziska; Anand, Madhur; Bahn, Michael; Byun, Chaeho; Campetella, Giandiego; Cerabolini, Bruno E L; Craine, Joseph M; Gonzalez-Melo, Andres; Gutiérrez, Alvaro G; He, Tianhua; et al (2022). Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(1):36-50.

  • 2021

    • He, Jun; Halitschke, Rayko; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Baldwin, Ian T (2021). Light dominates the diurnal emissions of herbivore-induced volatiles in wild tobacco BMC Plant Biology, 21(1):401.
    • Petibon, Fanny; Czyz, Ewa A; Ghielmetti, Giulia; Hueni, Andreas; Kneubühler, Mathias; Schaepman, Michael E; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2021). Uncertainties in measurements of leaf optical properties are small compared to the biological variation within and between individuals of European beech Remote Sensing of Environment, 264:112601.
    • He, Jun; Halitschke, Rayko; Baldwin, Ian T; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2021). Natural variation in linalool metabolites: One genetic locus, many functions? Journal of integrative plant biology, 63(8):1416-1421.
    • Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Reich, Peter; Townsend, Philip; Banerjee, Arindam; Butler, Ethan; Desai, Ankur; Gevens, Amanda; Hobbie, Sarah; Isbell, Forest; Laliberté, Etienne; Meireles, José Eduardo; Menninger, Holly; Pavlick, Ryan; Pinto-Ledezma, Jesús; Potter, Caitlin; Schuman, Meredith; Springer, Nathan; Stefanski, Artur; Trivedi, Pankaj; Trowbridge, Amy; Williams, Laura; Willis, Charles; Yang, Ya (2021). BII-Implementation: The causes and consequences of plant biodiversity across scales in a rapidly changing world Research Ideas and Outcomes: The Open Science Journal, 7:e63850.

  • 2020

    • Valim, Henrique; Dalton, Heidi; Joo, Youngsung; McGale, Erica; Halitschke, Rayko; Gaquerel, Emmanuel; Baldwin, Ian T; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2020). TOC1 in Nicotiana attenuata regulates efficient allocation of nitrogen to defense metabolites under herbivory stress New Phytologist, 228(4):1227-1242.
    • Xu, Shuqing; Kreitzer, Christoph; McGale, Erica; Lackus, Nathalie D; Guo, Han; Köllner, Tobias G; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Baldwin, Ian T; Zhou, Wenwu (2020). Allelic differences of clustered terpene synthases contribute to correlated intraspecific variation of floral and herbivory‐induced volatiles in a wild tobacco New Phytologist, 228(3):1083-1096.
    • Joo, Youngsung; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2020). Pest Control: Hiding in plain smell eLife, 9:e60912.
    • Czyz, Ewa A; Guillén Escribà, Carla; Wulf, Hendrik; Tedder, Andrew; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Schneider, Fabian D; Schaepman, Michael E (2020). Intraspecific genetic variation of a Fagus sylvatica population in a temperate forest derived from airborne imaging spectroscopy time series Ecology and Evolution, 10(14):7419-7430.
    • Zu, Pengjuan; Boege, Karina; del-Val, Ek; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Stevenson, Philip C; Zaldivar-Riverón, Alejandro; Saavedra, Serguei (2020). Information arms race explains plant-herbivore chemical communication in ecological communities Science, 368(6497):1377-1381.
    • McGale, Erica; Valim, Henrique; Mittal, Deepika; Morales Jimenez, Jesús; Halitschke, Rayko; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Baldwin, Ian T (2020). Determining the scale at which variation in a single gene changes population yields eLife, 9:e53517.

  • 2019

    • Valim, Henrique F; McGale, Erica; Yon, Felipe; Halitschke, Rayko; Fragoso, Variluska; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Baldwin, Ian T (2019). The clock gene TOC1 in shoots, not roots, determines fitness of Nicotiana attenuata under drought Plant Physiology, 181(1):305-318.
    • Joo, Youngsung; Goldberg, Jay K; Chrétien, Lucille T S; Kim, Sang‐Gyu; Baldwin, Ian T; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2019). The circadian clock contributes to diurnal patterns of plant indirect defense in nature Journal of integrative plant biology, 61(8):924-928.
    • He, Jun; Fandino, Richard A; Halitschke, Rayko; Luck, Katrin; Köllner, Tobias G; Murdock, Mark H; Ray, Rishav; Gase, Klaus; Knaden, Markus; Baldwin, Ian T; Schuman, Meredith Christine (2019). An unbiased approach elucidates variation in (S)-(+)-linalool, a context-specific mediator of a tri-trophic interaction in wild tobacco Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(29):14651-14660.
    • Vadassery, Jyothilakshmi; Ballhorn, Daniel J; Fleming, Steven R; Mazars, Christian; Pandey, Shree P; Schmidt, Axel; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Yeh, Kai-Wun; Yilamujiang, Ayufu; Mithöfer, Axel (2019). Neomycin: an effective inhibitor of jasmonate-induced reactions in plants Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 38(2):713-722.
    • Li, Jiancai; Liu, Xiaoli; Wang, Qi; Huangfu, Jiayi; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Lou, Yonggen (2019). A group D MAPK protects plants from autotoxicity by suppressing herbivore-induced defense signaling Plant Physiology, 179(4):1386-1401.
    • Joo, Youngsung; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Goldberg, Jay K; Wissgott, Antje; Kim, Sang-Gyu; Baldwin, Ian T (2019). Herbivory elicits changes in green leaf volatile production via jasmonate signaling and the circadian clock Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(3):972-982.

  • 2018

    • Li, Jiancai; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Halitschke, Rayko; Li, Xiang; Guo, Han; Grabe, Veit; Hammer, Austin; Baldwin, Ian T (2018). The decoration of specialized metabolites influences stylar development eLife, 7:e38611.
    • Yamasaki, Eri; Altermatt, Florian; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Schuman, Meredith Christine; Zuppinger-Dingley, Debra; Garonna, Irene; Schneider, Fabian D; Guillén-Escribà, Carla; van Moorsel, Sofia J; Hahl, Terhi; Schmid, Bernhard; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Schaepman, Michael E; Shimizu, Kentaro K (2018). Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies: monitoring and predicting phenology, evolution and biodiversity Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29:177-186.

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