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dr. rer. nat. W.D. (Daniel) Kissling
Associate Professor of Quantitative Biodiversity
Photographer: Daniel Kissling
Science Park 904
Room number: C4.168
1090 GE Amsterdam
W.D.Kissling@uva.nl
I am an Associate Professor for Quantitative Biodiversity Science and head of the Biogeography & Macroecology (BIOMAC) lab at the University of Amsterdam. With my research I am embedded in the Department Theoretical and Computational Ecology (TCE) at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED). Most of my research is focused on large-scale biodiversity patterns, macroecology, biogeography, biotic interactions (especially frugivory) and global change. With my work, I aim to understand how past, present and future environmental factors, species interactions, human impacts and evolutionary history influence species distributions and the structure and assembly of biological communities.
At IBED, I am the coordinator and teacher of the BSc course 'Biodiversity and Global Change' and the MSc course 'Global Ecology and Biodiversity'. I am further leading several research projects, including the eScience project eEcoLiDAR and the NWO-funded frugivory & palm diversification project. I recently finished the EU project 'GLOBal Infrastructures for Supporting Biodiversity research (GLOBIS-B)' for which I was the scientific coordinator. Moreover, I am also contributing to the efforts of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) by being a co-leader of the Data Task Force and a member of the Implementation Committee. For more details, please see my personal homepage and our BIOMAC lab webpage.
Associate Professor W. Daniel Kissling
refereed (46)
Lucas, C., Bouten, W., Koma, Z., Kissling, W. D., & Seijmonsbergen, A. C. (2019). Identification of Linear Vegetation Elements in a Rural Landscape Using LiDAR Point Clouds. Remote Sensing, 11(3), [292]. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11030292 [details]
Norder, S. J., Proios, K., Whittaker, R. J., Alonso, M. R., Borges, P. A. V., Borregaard, M. K., ... Rijsdijk, K. F. (2019). Beyond the Last Glacial Maximum: Island endemism is best explained by long-lasting archipelago configurations. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(2), 184-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12835 [details]
Antonelli, A., Kissling, W. D., Flantua, S. G. A., Bermúdez, M. A., Mulch, A., Muellner-Riehl, A. N., ... Hoorn, C. (2018). Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity. Nature Geoscience, 11(10), 718–725. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0236-z [details]
Bender, I. M. A., Kissling, W. D., Blendinger, P. G., Böhning-Gaese, K., Hensen, I., Kühn, I., ... Schleuning, M. (2018). Morphological trait matching shapes plant-frugivore networks across the Andes. Ecography, 41(11), 1910–1919. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03396 [details]
Heinen, J. H., van Loon, E. E., Hansen, D. M., & Kissling, W. D. (2018). Extinction-driven changes in frugivore communities on oceanic islands. Ecography, 41(8), 1245–1255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03462 [details]
Kissling, W. D., Ahumada, J. A., Bowser, A., Fernandez, M., Fernández, N., Garcia, E. A., ... Hardisty, A. R. (2018). Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 93(1), 600–625. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12359 [details]
Kissling EtAl 2017 Building global EBVs
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Kissling, W. D., Walls, R., Bowser, A., Jones, M. O., Kattge, J., Agosti, D., ... Guralnick, R. P. (2018). Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(10), 1531–1540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0667-3 [details]
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Norder, S. J., Baumgartner, J. B., Borges, P. A. V., Hengl, T., Kissling, W. D., van Loon, E. E., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2018). A global spatially explicit database of changes in island paleo-area and archipelago configuration during the late Quaternary. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(5), 500–505. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12715 [details]
Onstein, R. E., Baker, W. J., Couvreur, T. L. P., Faurby, S., Herrera-Alsina, L., Svenning, J-C., & Kissling, W. D. (2018). To adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285(1880), [20180882]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0882 [details]
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Pellissier, V., Barnagaud, J-Y., Kissling, W. D., Şekercioğlu, Ç., & Svenning, J-C. (2018). Niche packing and expansion account for species richness-productivity relationships in global bird assemblages. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(5), 604–615. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12723 [details]
Serna Chavez, H. M., Kissling, W. D., Veen, L. E., Swenson, N. G., & van Bodegom, P. M. (2018). Spatial scale-dependence of factors driving climate regulation services in the Americas. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(7), 828–838. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12743 [details]
Serna-Chavez et al-2018-Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Kissling, W. D., Biesmeijer, J. C., WallisDeVries, M. F., Reemer, M., & Carvalheiro, L. G. (2017). Historical changes in the importance of climate and land use as determinants of Dutch pollinator distributions. Journal of Biogeography, 44(3), 696-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12937 [details]
Barnagaud, J-Y., Kissling, W. D., Tsirogiannis, C., Fisikopoulos, V., Villéger, S., Sekercioglu, C. H., & Svenning, J-C. (2017). Biogeographic, environmental and anthropogenic determinants of global patterns in taxonomic and trait turnover in birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(10), 1190–1200. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12629 [details]
Barratt, C. D., Bwong, B. A., Onstein, R. E., Rosauer, D. F., Menegon, M., Doggart, N., ... Loader, S. P. (2017). Environmental correlates of phylogenetic endemism in amphibians and the conservation of refugia in the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa. Diversity and distributions, 23(8), 875–887. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12582 [details]
Bender, I. M. A., Kissling, W. D., Böhning-Gaese, K., Hensen, I., Kühn, I., Wiegand, T., ... Schleuning, M. (2017). Functionally specialised birds respond flexibly to seasonal changes in fruit availability. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86(4), 800–811. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12683 [details]
Cámara-Leret, R., Faurby, S., Macía, M. J., Balslev, H., Göldel, B., Svenning, J-C., ... Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. H. (2017). Fundamental species traits explain provisioning services by tropical American palms. Nature Plants, 3(2), [16220]. https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.220 [details]
Ilsøe, S. K., Kissling, W. D., Fjeldså, J., Sandel, B., & Svenning, J-C. (2017). Global variation in woodpecker species richness shaped by tree availability. Journal of Biogeography, 44(8), 1824–1835. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13009 [details]
Irvine, P. J., Kravitz, B., Lawrence, M. G., Gerten, D., Caminade, C., Gosling, S. N., ... Smith, S. J. (2017). Towards a comprehensive climate impacts assessment of solar geoengineering. Earth's Future, 5(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000389 [details]
Irvine et al-2017-Earth's Future
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Kissling, W. D. (2017). Has frugivory influenced the macroecology and diversification of a tropical keystone plant family? Research Ideas and Outcomes, 3, [e14944]. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e14944 [details]
Kissling, W. D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Foppen, R. P. B., & Bouten, W. (2017). eEcoLiDAR, eScience infrastructure for ecological applications of LiDAR point clouds: reconstructing the 3D ecosystem structure for animals at regional to continental scales. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 3, [e14939]. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e14939 [details]
Onstein, R. E., Baker, W. J., Couvreur, T. L. P., Faurby, S., Svenning, J. C., & Kissling, W. D. (2017). Frugivory-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1(12), 1903-1911. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0348-7 [details]
Schmeller, D. S., Mihoub, J-B., Bowser, A., Arvanitidis, C., Costello, M. J., Fernandez, M., ... Isaac, N. J. B. (2017). Towards an operational definition of Essential Biodiversity Variables. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(12), 2967–2972. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1386-9 [details]
Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Kissling, W. D., Carvalheiro, L. G., WallisDeVries, M. F., Franzén, M., & Biesmeijer, J. C. (2016). Functional traits help to explain half-century long shifts in pollinator distributions. Scientific Reports, 6, [24451]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep24451 [details]
Functional traits
Functional traits suppl
Burin, G., Kissling, W. D., Guimarães, P. R., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., & Quental, T. B. (2016). Omnivory in birds is a macroevolutionary sink. Nature Communications, 7, [11250]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11250 [details]
Omnivory in birds is a macroevolutionary sink
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Göldel, B., Araujo, A. C., Kissling, W. D., & Svenning, J-C. (2016). Impacts of large herbivores on the spinescence and abundance of palms in the Brazilian Pantanal. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(2), 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12420 [details]
Kissling, W. D., Blach-Overgaard, A., Zwaan, R. E., & Wagner, P. (2016). Historical colonization and dispersal limitation supplement climate and topography in shaping species richness of African lizards (Reptilia: Agaminae). Scientific Reports, 6, [34014]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34014 [details]
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McCormack, C. G., Born, W., Irvine, P. J., Achterberg, E. P., Amano, T., Ardron, J., ... Sutherland, W. J. (2016). Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 13(2-4), 103–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2016.1159578 [details]
Sanín, M. J., Kissling, W. D., Bacon, C. D., Borchsenius, F., Galeano, G., Svenning, J-C., ... Pintaud, J-C. (2016). The Neogene rise of the tropical Andes facilitated diversification of wax palms (Ceroxylon: Arecaceae) through geographic colonization and climatic niche separation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(2), 303-317. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12419 [details]
Eiserhardt, W. L., Borchsenius, F., Sandel, B., Kissling, W. D., & Svenning, J-C. (2015). Late Cenozoic climate and the phylogenetic structure of regional conifer floras worldwide. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(10), 1136-1148. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12350 [details]
Eskildsen, A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Kissling, W. D., Biesmeijer, J. C., Schweiger, O., & Høye, T. T. (2015). Ecological specialization matters: long-term trends in butterfly species richness and assemblage composition depend on multiple functional traits. Diversity and distributions, 21(7), 792-802. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12340 [details]
Göldel, B., Kissling, W. D., & Svenning, J-C. (2015). Geographic variation and environmental correlates of functional trait distributions in palms (Arecaceae) across the New World. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(4), 602-617. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12349 [details]
Kissling, W. D. (2015). Animal telemetry: follow the insects. Science, 349(6248), 597. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.349.6248.597 [details]
Kissling, W. D. (2015). Ecology of climate change: the importance of biotic interactions by Eric Post. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 90(2), 213-214. https://doi.org/10.1086/681462 [details]
Kissling, W. D., & Schleuning, M. (2015). Multispecies interactions across trophic levels at macroscales: retrospective and future directions. Ecography, 38(4), 346-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00819 [details]
Kissling, W. D., Hardisty, A., García, E. A., Santamaria, M., De Leo, F., Pesole, G., ... Los, W. (2015). Towards global interoperability for supporting biodiversity research on Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs). Biodiversity, 16(2-3), 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2015.1068709 [details]
Ribeiro Mello, M. A., Rodrigues, F. A., da Fontoura Costa, L., Kissling, W. D., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Darcie Marquitti, F. M., & Kalko, E. K. V. (2015). Keystone species in seed dispersal networks are mainly determined by dietary specialization. Oikos, 124(8), 1031-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01613 [details]
Tjørnløv, R. S., Kissling, W. D., Barnagaud, J-Y., Bøcher, P. K., & Høye, T. T. (2015). Oviposition site selection of an endangered butterfly at local spatial scales. Journal of Insect conservation, 19(2), 377-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9747-0 [details]
Weigelt, P., Kissling, W. D., Kisel, Y., Fritz, S. A., Karger, D. N., Kessler, A., ... Kreft, H. (2015). Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure in island floras. Scientific Reports, 5, [12213]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12213 [details]
Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure
Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure suppl. 1
Barnagaud, J-Y., Kissling, W. D., Sandel, B., Eiserhardt, W. L., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Enquist, B. J., ... Svenning, J-C. (2014). Ecological traits influence the phylogenetic structure of bird species co-occurrences worldwide. Ecology Letters, 17(7), 811-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12285 [details]
Cabral, J. S., Weigelt, P., Kissling, W. D., & Kreft, H. (2014). Biogeographic, climatic and spatial drivers differentially affect α, β and γ diversities on oceanic archipelagos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281(1784), 3246. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3246 [details]
Couvreur, T. L. P., Kissling, W. D., Condamine, F. L., Svenning, J-C., Rowe, N. P., & Baker, W. J. (2014). Global diversification of a tropical plant growth form: environmental correlates and historical contingencies in climbing palms. Frontiers in Genetics, 5, 452. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00452 [details]
Dupont, Y. L., Trøjelsgaard, K., Hagen, M., Henriksen, M. V., Olesen, J. M., Pedersen, N. M. E., & Kissling, W. D. (2014). Spatial structure of an individual-based plant-pollinator network. Oikos, 123(11), 1301-1310. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01426 [details]
Høye, T. T., Eskildsen, A., Hansen, R. R., Bowden, J. J., Schmidt, N. M., & Kissling, W. D. (2014). Phenology of high-arctic butterflies and their floral resources: species-specific responses to climate change. Current Zoology, 60(2), 243-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/60.2.243 [details]
Kissling, W. D., Dalby, L., Fløjgaard, C., Lenoir, J., Sandel, B., Sandom, C., ... Svenning, J-C. (2014). Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalisation, extrapolation and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide. Ecology and Evolution, 4(14), 2913-2930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1136 [details]
Establishing macroecological trait datasets
Establishing macroecological trait datasets suppl
Kissling, W. D., Pattemore, D. E., & Hagen, M. (2014). Challenges and prospects in the telemetry of insects. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 89(3), 511-530. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12065 [details]
Blach-Overgaard, A., Kissling, W. D., Dransfield, J., Balslev, H., & Svenning, J-C. (2013). Multimillion-year climatic effects on palm species diversity in Africa. Ecology, 94(11), 2426-2435. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1577.1 [details]
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