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Walter Durka
Researcher at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Publications - 187
Citations - 11395
Walter Durka is an academic researcher from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Genetic diversity. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 177 publications receiving 9350 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter Durka include German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research & University of Bayreuth.
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Land-use effects on genetic structure of a common grassland herb: A matter of scale
TL;DR: It is shown that land use influences genetic structure mainly at the small scale within populations, despite high gene flow, suggesting that gene flow within plots was more restricted on meadows than on mown and unmown pastures.
Phylogenie der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands
TL;DR: A comprehensive phylogeny for the fern and flowering plant flora of Germany is presented representing the relationships among species and as a data basis for comparative analyses using phylogenetic independent contrasts.
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Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment
Ming-Qiang Wang,Ming-Qiang Wang,Yi Li,Douglas Chesters,Perttu Anttonen,Helge Bruelheide,Jing-Ting Chen,Walter Durka,Peng-Fei Guo,Peng-Fei Guo,Werner Härdtle,Keping Ma,Stefan G. Michalski,Bernhard Schmid,Bernhard Schmid,Goddert von Oheimb,Chunsheng Wu,Naili Zhang,Qing-Song Zhou,Andreas Schuldt,Chao-Dong Zhu +20 more
TL;DR: The study shows that evolutionary dependencies determine the response of herbivore communities to changes in host plant diversity, and the need to address the consequences of current declines in insect abundances for ecosystem structure and functioning is underlined.
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Gene flow and genetic diversity in cultivated and wild cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Bolivia
TL;DR: Evidence of self-pollination in both wild and cultivated cacao is found, and the relatively high pollen exchange from cultivated to wild cacao compromises genetic identity of wild populations, calling for the protection of extensive natural forest tracts to protect wild cacaos in Bolivia.
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Tree species, tree genotypes and tree genotypic diversity levels affect microbe-mediated soil ecosystem functions in a subtropical forest
Witoon Purahong,Walter Durka,Markus Fischer,Sven Dommert,Ricardo Schöps,François Buscot,Tesfaye Wubet +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that tree species identity, tree genotype and genotypic diversity level have significant influences on overall and specific soil enzyme activity patterns, and the responses of soil ecosystem functions to tree genotypes and genotypes are complex, being dependent on tree species Identity and controlled by multiple factors.