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New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Ecology Dep., Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences

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ResearcherID: G-9434-2014
Scopus Author ID: 7103053763

Keywords

tropical ecology, rainforest, food webs, Papua New Guinea, indigenous communities, elevation gradients, plant-herbivore interactions, biodiversity

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Czech Republic, Papua New Guinea

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Employment (2)

Biology Centre: České Budějovice, CZ

2022-07-01 to present | Director (Institute of Entomology)
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Vojtech Novotny

University of South Bohemia : České Budějovice, CZ

2005-01-01 to present | Professor of Ecology (Zoology)
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Vojtech Novotny

Education and qualifications (1)

Czech Academy of Sciences: Ceske Budejovice, CZ

1993-01-01 to present | PhD (Entomology)
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Professional activities (6)

Academia Europaea: London, London, GB

2018-01-01 to present | Elected Member
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Ecology Letters: Montpellier, FR

2007-01-01 to present | Editor
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European Research Council: Brussels, BE

2022-01-01 to 2026-12-31 | Panel Member (Synergy Grant Programme)
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Journal of Tropical Ecology: Cambridge, GB

2021 to 2024 | Editor in Chief
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Society for Tropical Ecology: Frankfurt am Main, DE

2018 to 2020 | Vice-President
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Royal Entomological Society: Saint Albans, GB

2018-01-01 | The Marsh Award for Insect Conservation
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Funding (1)

Ecological determinants of tropical-temperate trends in insect diversity

2015-10-01 to 2020-09-30 | Grant
European Research Council (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4456654
GRANT_NUMBER: 669609
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Works (50 of 166)

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Scolytine beetle diversity along an altitudinal gradient in Papua New Guinea

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2025-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12824
Contributors: Yiyi Dong; Sierra Shepherd; Nigel E. Stork; Andrew J. Johnson; Sarah M. Smith; Carl Wardhaugh; Maurice Leponce; Martin Mogia; Vojtech Novotny; Jiri Hulcr
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Reorganization of bird communities along a rainforest elevation gradient during a strong El Niño event in Papua New Guinea

Ecology and Evolution
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10955
Contributors: Katerina Sam; Leonardo Ré Jorge; Bonny Koane; Richard J. Hazell; Philip L. Shearman; Vojtech Novotny
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High intraspecific variability and previous experience affect polyphenol metabolism in polyphagous Lymantria mathura caterpillars

Ecology and Evolution
2024-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10973
Contributors: Martin Volf; Alyssa M. Fontanilla; Suvi Vanhakylä; Tomokazu Abe; Martin Libra; Ryosuke Kogo; Roll Lilip; Naoto Kamata; Masashi Murakami; Vojtech Novotny et al.
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Differences in bird community structure between riparian and upland zones in a New Guinean rainforest

Australian Field Ornithology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.20938/afo40179195
Contributors: Kryštof Korejs; Jan Riegert; Michael Kigl; Vojtěch Novotný
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Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross‐continental comparison

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13757
Contributors: Jimmy Moses; Marcell K. Peters; Yvonne Tiede; Ondrej Mottl; David A. Donoso; Nina Farwig; Tom M. Fayle; Vojtech Novotny; Nathan J. Sanders; Petr Klimes
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The importance of Indigenous and local people for cataloging biodiversity

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.08.017
Contributors: Juan C. Copete; Alfred Kik; Vojtech Novotny; Rodrigo Cámara-Leret
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Ecological trends in moth communities (Geometridae, Lepidoptera) along a complete rainforest elevation gradient in Papua New Guinea

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12663
Contributors: Pagi S. Toko; Bonny Koane; Kenneth Molem; Scott E. Miller; Vojtech Novotny
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What Goes in Must Come Out? The Metabolic Profile of Plants and Caterpillars, Frass, And Adults of Asota (Erebidae: Aganainae) Feeding on Ficus (Moraceae) in New Guinea

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-022-01379-x
Contributors: Alyssa M. Fontanilla; Gibson Aubona; Mentap Sisol; Ilari Kuukkanen; Juha-Pekka Salminen; Scott E. Miller; Jeremy D. Holloway; Vojtech Novotny; Martin Volf; Simon T. Segar
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Ficus trees with upregulated or downregulated defence did not impact predation on their neighbours in a tropical rainforest

Arthropod-Plant Interactions
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-022-09892-2
Contributors: Elina Mäntylä; Leonardo Ré Jorge; Bonny Koane; Katerina Sam; Simon T. Segar; Martin Volf; Alexander Weinhold; Vojtech Novotny
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Reorganization of bird communities along a rainforest elevation gradient during a strong El Niño event in Papua New Guinea

2022-07-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.26.501620
Contributors: Katerina Sam; Leonardo Ré Jorge; Bonny Koane; Richard Hazell; Phil Shearman; Vojtech Novotny
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Toward global integration of biodiversity big data: a harmonized metabarcode data generation module for terrestrial arthropods

GigaScience
2022-07-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac065
Contributors: Paula Arribas; Carmelo Andújar; Kristine Bohmann; Jeremy R deWaard; Evan P Economo; Vasco Elbrecht; Stefan Geisen; Marta Goberna; Henrik Krehenwinkel; Vojtech Novotny et al.
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Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment

Global Change Biology
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16150
Contributors: Gustavo Q. Romero; Thiago Gonçalves‐Souza; Tomas Roslin; Robert J. Marquis; Nicholas A.C. Marino; Vojtech Novotny; Tatiana Cornelissen; Jerome Orivel; Shen Sui; Gustavo Aires et al.
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Weak effects of birds, bats, and ants on their arthropod prey on pioneering tropical forest gap vegetation

Ecology
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3690
Contributors: Piotr Szefer; Kenneth Molem; Austin Sau; Vojtech Novotny
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Species richness and community structure of bats along a forest elevational transect in Papua New Guinea

2022-02-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.17.480839
Contributors: Elise Sivault; Pita K. Amick; Kyle N. Armstrong; Vojtech Novotny; Katerina Sam
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Seasonality affects specialisation of a temperate forest herbivore community

Oikos
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08265
Contributors: Carlo L. Seifert; Leonardo R. Jorge; Martin Volf; David L. Wagner; Greg P. A. Lamarre; Scott E. Miller; Erika Gonzalez‐Akre; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Vojtěch Novotný
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Biological research in Papua New Guinea: a publication activity analysis

2021-08-27 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.25.457669
Contributors: Vojtech Novotny; Pagi Toko
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Common spatial patterns of trees in various tropical forests: Small trees are associated with increased diversity at small spatial scales

Ecology and Evolution
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7640
Contributors: Pavel Fibich; Vojtěch Novotný; Sisira Ediriweera; Savitri Gunatilleke; Nimal Gunatilleke; Kenneth Molem; George D. Weiblen; Jan Lepš
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Elevation and leaf litter interact in determining the structure of ant communities on a tropical mountain

Biotropica
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12914
Contributors: Jimmy Moses; Tom M. Fayle; Vojtech Novotny; Petr Klimes
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Foreword

Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea - volume 2.
2020 | Book chapter
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Rationale, experience and ethical considerations underpinning integrated actions to further global goals for health and land biodiversity in Papua New Guinea

Sustainability Science
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00805-x
Part of ISSN: 1862-4065
Part of ISSN: 1862-4057
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Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2020-11-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12456
Part of ISSN: 1752-458X
Part of ISSN: 1752-4598
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Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases

BMJ Open
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041784
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
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On the Perils of Ignoring Evolution in Networks

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.016
Part of ISSN: 0169-5347
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Spatial covariance of herbivorous and predatory guilds of forest canopy arthropods along a latitudinal gradient

Ecology Letters
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13579
Part of ISSN: 1461-023X
Part of ISSN: 1461-0248
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Impact of pathogenic fungi, herbivores and predators on secondary succession of tropical rainforest vegetation

Journal of Ecology
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13374
Part of ISSN: 0022-0477
Part of ISSN: 1365-2745
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An inventory of plants for the land of the unexpected

Nature
2020-08-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02225-4
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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Compound Specific Trends of Chemical Defences in Ficus Along an Elevational Gradient Reflect a Complex Selective Landscape

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01173-7
Part of ISSN: 0098-0331
Part of ISSN: 1573-1561
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Contrasting patterns of fig wasp communities along Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

Biotropica
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12763
Part of ISSN: 0006-3606
Part of ISSN: 1744-7429
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Insect herbivory and herbivores of Ficus species along a rain forest elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12741
Contributors: Katerina Sam; Bonny Koane; Legi Sam; Anna Mrazova; Simon Segar; Martin Volf; Martin Moos; Petr Simek; Mentap Sisol; Vojtech Novotny
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Vertical stratification of a temperate forest caterpillar community in eastern North America

Oecologia
2020-02-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04584-w
Contributors: Carlo L. Seifert; Greg P. A. Lamarre; Martin Volf; Leonardo R. Jorge; Scott E. Miller; David L. Wagner; Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira; Vojtěch Novotný
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Elevational contrast in predation and parasitism risk to caterpillars in a tropical rainforest

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12851
Contributors: Martin Libra; Salape Tulai; Vojtech Novotny; Jan Hrcek
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Insect trypanosomatids in Papua New Guinea: high endemism and diversity

International Journal for Parasitology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.09.004
Part of ISSN: 0020-7519
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Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America

Journal of Ecology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13199
Part of ISSN: 0022-0477
Part of ISSN: 1365-2745
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Nest microhabitats and tree size mediate shifts in ant community structure across elevation in tropical rainforest canopies

Ecography
2019-11-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04730
Part of ISSN: 0906-7590
Part of ISSN: 1600-0587
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Quantitative assessment of plant-arthropod interactions in forest canopies: A plot-based approach

PLOS ONE
2019-10-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222119
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Faster speciation of fig‐wasps than their host figs leads to decoupled speciation dynamics: Snapshots across the speciation continuum

Molecular Ecology
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15190
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
Part of ISSN: 1365-294X
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Secondary succession has surprisingly low impact on arboreal ant communities in tropical montane rainforest

Ecosphere
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2848
Part of ISSN: 2150-8925
Part of ISSN: 2150-8925
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Experiments with artificial nests provide evidence for ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a tropical forest

Biotropica
2019-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12684
Part of ISSN: 0006-3606
Part of ISSN: 1744-7429
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Determinants of Piper (Piperaceae) climber composition in a lowland tropical rainforest in New Guinea

Folia Geobotanica
2019-03-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-018-9334-3
Part of ISSN: 1211-9520
Part of ISSN: 1874-9348
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Species richness of birds along a complete rain forest elevational gradient in the tropics: Habitat complexity and food resources matter

Journal of Biogeography
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13482
Part of ISSN: 0305-0270
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High specialization and limited structural change in plant‐herbivore networks along a successional chronosequence in tropical montane forest

Ecography
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03849
Part of ISSN: 0906-7590
Part of ISSN: 1600-0587
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The insect-focused classification of fruit syndromes in tropical rain forests: An inter-continental comparison

Biotropica
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12622
Part of ISSN: 0006-3606
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The effect of traditional slash-and-burn agriculture on soil organic matter, nutrient content, and microbiota in tropical ecosystems of Papua New Guinea

Land Degradation & Development
2019-01-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3203
Part of ISSN: 1085-3278
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A cross-continental comparison of assemblages of seed- and fruit-feeding insects in tropical rain forests: Faunal composition and rates of attack

Journal of Biogeography
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13211
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WOS:000435275300018
Contributors: Basset, Y.; Dahl, C.; Ctvrtecka, R.; Gripenberg, S.; Lewis, O. T.; Segar, S. T.; Klimes, P.; Barrios, H.; Brown, J. W.; Bunyavejchewin, S. et al.
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Global importance of large-diameter trees

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12747
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WOS:000439785700008
Contributors: Lutz, J. A.; Furniss, T. J.; Johnson, D. J.; Davies, S. J.; Allen, D.; Alonso, A.; Anderson-Teixeira, K. J.; Andrade, A.; Baltzer, J.; Becker, K. M. L. et al.
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Predation on artificial and natural nests in the lowland rainforest of Papua New Guinea

Bird Study
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2017.1420751
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WOS:000429208100013
Contributors: Chmel, K.; Riegert, J.; Paul, L.; Mulau, M.; Sam, K.; Novotny, V.
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Research and Conservation on an Artificial Island in a Shipping Lane and Elsewhere in the Tropics

Conservation Biology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13052
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WOS:000433570000029
Contributors: Novotny, V.; Sam, K.
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Resource use and food preferences in understory ant communities along a complete elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12539
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WOS:000437264200012
Contributors: Orivel, J.; Klimes, P.; Novotny, V.; Leponce, M.
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Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"

Science
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824
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WOS:000433039800002
Contributors: LaManna, J. A.; Mangan, S. A.; Alonso, A.; Bourg, N. A.; Brockelman, W. Y.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Chang, L. W.; Chiang, J. M.; Chuyong, G. B.; Clay, K. et al.
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Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"

Science
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245
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WOS:000433039800004
Contributors: LaManna, J. A.; Mangan, S. A.; Alonso, A.; Bourg, N. A.; Brockelman, W. Y.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Chang, L. W.; Chiang, J. M.; Chuyong, G. B.; Clay, K. et al.
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Peer review (13 reviews for 10 publications/grants)

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