The scientific publications I (co-)authored are listed below. For my most recent publication list and citations, please refer to my Google Scholar profile.
Publications
2020
Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Tautenhahn S, Werner GDA et al. 2020 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26(1): 119-188 PDF link Article link
2019
Bell-Roberts, L., Douglas, A.E.D., Werner, G. D. A. 2019. Match and mismatch between dietary switches and microbial partners in plant sap-feeding insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0065 PDF link Article link
Whiteside MD, Werner GDA, Caldas VEA, van’t Padje A, Dupin SE, Elbers B et al. 2019. Mycorrhizal Fungi Respond to Resource Inequality by Moving Phosphorus from Rich to Poor Patches across Networks. Current Biology 29: 2043-2050.e8 PDF link Article Link This work also featured in The Economist.
Steidinger, B.S., Crowther, T.W., Liang, J., Van Nuland, M.E., Werner, G. D. A. et al. 2019. Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest tree symbioses. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1128-0 PDF link Article link
2018
Werner, G. D. A., J. H. C. Cornelissen, W. K. Cornwell, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, J. Kattge, S. A. West, and E. T. Kiers. 2018. Symbiont switching and alternative resource acquisition strategies drive mutualism breakdown. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1721629115 PDF link Article link
Paterno, G.B., Penone, C, Werner, G.D.A. (2018) sensiPhy: An r‐package for sensitivity analysis in phylogenetic comparative methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12990 PDF link Article link
2017
Werner, G.D.A., Zhou, Y., Pieterse, C.M.J., Kiers E.T. (2017) Tracking plant preference for higher-quality mycorrhizal symbionts under varying CO2-conditions over multiple generations. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3635 PDF link Article link
2016
Kiers, E.T., West, S.A., Wyatt, G.A.K., Gardner, A., Bücking, H., Werner, G.D.A. (2016). Misconceptions on the application of biological market theory to the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature Plants. 16063 PDF link Article link
Knegt, B., Jansa, J., Franken, O., Engelmoer D.J.P., Werner, G.D.A., Bücking, H., Kiers, E.T. (2016). Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Fungal Ecology. 20: 233-240 PDF link Article link
2015
Werner, G.D.A., Cornwell, W.K., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Kiers, E.T. (2015). Evolutionary signals of symbiotic persistence in the legume–rhizobia mutualism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 112: 10262-10269 PDF link Article link
Werner, G.D.A., Kiers, E.T. (2015). Order of arrival structures arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation of plants. New Phytologist. 205: 1515-1524 PDF link Article link
Werner, G.D.A., Kiers, E.T. (2015). Partner selection in the mycorrhizal mutualism. New Phytologist. 205: 1437–1442 PDF link Article link
Werner, G.D.A. (2015). Q&A: Microbe cheerleader. [Interview]. Nature. 526: S58–S59 PDF link Article link
2014
Werner, G.D.A., Cornwell, W.K., Sprent, J.I., Kattge, J. Kiers, E.T. (2014). A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms. Nature Communications. 5: 4087 PDF link Article link
Werner, G.D.A., Strassmann , J.E., Ivens, A.B.F., Engelmoer, D.J.P., Verbruggen, E., Queller, D.C., Noë, R., Johnson, N.C., Hammerstein, P., Kiers, E.T. (2014). Evolution of Microbial Markets. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111(4): 1237–1244 PDF link Article link
2013
Werner, G.D.A., Gemmell, P., Grosser, S., Hamer, S. and Shimeld, S. (2013). Analysis of a deep transcriptome from the mantle tissue of Patella vulgata Linnaeus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Patellidae) reveals candidate biomineralising genes. Marine Biotechnology, 15(2): 230-243 PDF link Article Link
2012
Werner, G.D.A., Kiers, E.T. (2012). Friends in Fungi. [Letter to the Editor]. Science, 337: 1452 PDF link Article Link