Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2026

  • Journal Article

    • 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

• 2025

  • Journal Article

    • 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, 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, M., Helfenstein, I. S., Schläpfer, D., Schuman, M. C., Kneubühler, M., & Damm, A. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114846
    • 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, 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, 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, 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, I. S., Sturm, J. T., Schmid, B., Damm, A., Schuman, M. C., & Morsdorf, F. (2025). Satellite observations reveal a positive relationship between trait‐based diversity and drought response in temperate forests Global Change Biology, 31, e70059. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70059
    • 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, 508 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55816-y
    • Kurath, D., van Moorsel, S. J., Klaver, J., Voortman, T., Siegfried, B., Brügger, Y.-A., Moradi, A., Czyż, E. A., de La Harpe, M., Wiesenberg, G. L. B., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (2025). Leaf spectroscopy reveals drought response variation in Fagus sylvatica saplings from across the species’ range Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130, e2024JG008404. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008404

  • Dissertation

    • Meyer Oliveira, A. (2025). Hydrology of Seasonally Flooded Forests in Brazil (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-278127

• 2024

  • Journal Article

    • Schmid, M. W., Moradi, A., Leigh, D. M., Schuman, M. C., & van Moorsel, S. J. (2024). Covering the bases: Population genomic structure of Lemna minor and the cryptic species L. japonica in Switzerland Ecology and Evolution, 14, 11599. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11599
    • Lang, J., Ramos, S. E., Smohunova, M., Bigler, L., & Schuman, M. C. (2024). Screening of leaf extraction and storage conditions for eco‐metabolomics studies Plant Direct, 8, e578. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.578
    • Vögtli, M., Schläpfer, D., Schuman, M. C., Schaepman, M. E., Kneubühler, M., & Damm, A. (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. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2023.3325926

  • Dissertation

    • Lang, J. (2024). Investigating Molecular Features of the Push-Pull System – An A-maize-ing Application of Mass Spectrometry (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-263123
    • Vögtli, M. (2024). Data Processing Considerations for Biodiversity Products Retrieval from Imaging Spectroscopy (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-262051
    • Li, C. (2024). Linking Leaf Spectra to Genetic Variation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-257890

  • Master's Thesis

    • Huggel, J. (2024). Assessing machine learning methods to detect bois noir in vineyards - Towards a systematic monitoring approach with spectroradiometry and RPAS data to reduce farmers’ manual detection time (Master’s thesis, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279554
    • Kurath, D. (2024). Hyperspectral leaf spectroscopy reveals the drought response of Fagus sylvatica seedlings from across the species’ range. (Master’s thesis, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-259144

• 2023

  • Journal Article

    • Geckeler, C., Ramos, S. E., Schuman, M. C., & Mintchev, S. (2023). Robotic volatile sampling for early detection of plant stress IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 30, 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2023.3315932
    • Li, C., Czyz, E. A., Halitschke, R., Baldwin, I. T., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (2023). Evaluating potential of leaf reflectance spectra to monitor plant genetic variation Plant Methods, 19, 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01089-9
    • Walker, T. W. N., Schrodt, F., Allard, P.-M., Defossez, E., Jassey, V. E. J., Schuman, M. C., Alexander, J. M., Baines, O., Baldy, V., Bardgett, R. D., Capdevila, P., Coley, P. D., van Dam, N. M., David, B., Descombes, P., Endara, M.-J., Fernandez, C., Forrister, D., Gargallo-Garriga, A., … Peñuelas, J. (2023). Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function Science Advances, 9, eadi4029. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi4029
    • Ray, R., Halitschke, R., Gase, K., Leddy, S. M., Schuman, M. C., Rodde, N., & Baldwin, I. 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, e2308500120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2308500120
    • D’Odorico, P., Schuman, M. C., Kurz, M., & Csilléry, K. (2023). Discerning Oriental from European beech by leaf spectroscopy: Operational and physiological implications Forest Ecology and Management, 541, 121056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121056
    • Domeignoz‐Horta, L. A., & Schuman, M. C. (2023). Back to the ‘roots’ of research: a hypothesis‐driven approach provides predictive understanding of plant–herbivore–microbe interactions New Phytologist, 239, 1160–1163. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19066
    • Joswig, J. S., Kattge, J., Kraemer, G., Mahecha, M. D., Rüger, N., Schaepman, M. E., Schrodt, F., & Schuman, M. C. (2023). Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap‐filling Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 1395–1408. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13695
    • Schuman, M. C. (2023). Where, when, and why do plant volatiles mediate ecological signaling? The answer is blowing in the wind Annual Review of Plant Biology, 74, 609–633. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-040121-114908
    • Zu, P., García‐García, R., Schuman, M. C., Saavedra, S., & Melián, C. J. (2023). Plant‐insect chemical communication in ecological communities: an information theory perspective Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61, 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12841
    • Zheng, Z., Schmid, B., Zeng, Y., Schuman, M. C., Zhao, D., Schaepman, M. E., & Morsdorf, F. (2023). Remotely sensed functional diversity and its association with productivity in a subtropical forest Remote Sensing of Environment, 290, 113530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113530
    • Stefanini, C., Csilléry, K., Ulaszewski, B., Burczyk, J., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (2023). A novel synthesis of two decades of microsatellite studies on European beech reveals decreasing genetic diversity from glacial refugia Tree Genetics, 19, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-022-01577-4
    • Czyz, E. A., Schmid, B., Hueni, A., Eppinga, M. B., Schuman, M. C., Schneider, F. D., Guillén-Escribà, C., & Schaepman, M. E. (2023). Genetic constraints on temporal variation of airborne reflectance spectra and their uncertainties over a temperate forest Remote Sensing of Environment, 284, 113338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113338

  • Dissertation

    • Czyz, E. A. (2023). Remotely sensing ecological genomics (Vol. 91). (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-237213

• 2022

  • Journal Article

    • Lang, J., Chidawanyika, F., Khan, Z. R., & Schuman, M. C. (2022). Ecological chemistry of pest control in push-pull intercropping systems: What we know, and where to go? Chimia, 76, 906. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.906
    • Zheng, Z., Zeng, Y., Schuman, M. C., Jiang, H., Schmid, B., Schaepman, M. E., & Morsdorf, F. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103074
    • Joswig, J. S., Wirth, C., Schuman, M. C., Kattge, J., Reu, B., Wright, I. J., Sippel, S. D., Rüger, N., Richter, R., Schaepman, M. E., van Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Díaz, S., Hattingh, W. N., Kramer, K., Lens, F., Niinemets, Ü., Reich, P. B., Reichstein, M., … et al. (2022). Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, 36–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8
    • Walker, T. W. N., Alexander, J. M., Allard, P., Baines, O., Baldy, V., Bardgett, R. D., Capdevila, P., Coley, P. D., David, B., Defossez, E., Endara, M., Ernst, M., Fernandez, C., Forrister, D., Gargallo‐Garriga, A., Jassey, V. E. J., Marr, S., Neumann, S., Pellissier, L., … et al. (2022). Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology Journal of Ecology, 110, 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13826

  • Dissertation

    • Rossi, C. (2022). Remote sensing of grassland biodiversity (Vol. 87). (Dissertation, University of Zurich)
    • Zheng, Z. (2022). Remotely sensed functional diversity in a subtropical forest (Vol. 89). (Dissertation, University of Zurich)
    • Joswig, J. S. (2022). Global signals in plant traits (Vol. 88). (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

  • Master's Thesis

    • Gretler, C. (2022). Mapping change of functional forest traits and diversity using airborne laser scanning in the canton Aargau 2014-2019 (Master’s thesis, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-235280

• 2021

  • Journal Article

    • He, J., Halitschke, R., Schuman, M. C., & Baldwin, I. T. (2021). Light dominates the diurnal emissions of herbivore-induced volatiles in wild tobacco BMC Plant Biology, 21, 401. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03179-z
    • Petibon, F., Czyz, E. A., Ghielmetti, G., Hueni, A., Kneubühler, M., Schaepman, M. E., & Schuman, M. C. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112601
    • He, J., Halitschke, R., Baldwin, I. T., & Schuman, M. C. (2021). Natural variation in linalool metabolites: One genetic locus, many functions? Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 63, 1416–1421. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13104
    • Cavender-Bares, J., Reich, P., Townsend, P., Banerjee, A., Butler, E., Desai, A., Gevens, A., Hobbie, S., Isbell, F., Laliberté, E., Meireles, J. E., Menninger, H., Pavlick, R., Pinto-Ledezma, J., Potter, C., Schuman, M., Springer, N., Stefanski, A., Trivedi, P., … Yang, Y. (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. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.7.e63850

• 2020

  • Journal Article

    • Xu, S., Kreitzer, C., McGale, E., Lackus, N. D., Guo, H., Köllner, T. G., Schuman, M. C., Baldwin, I. T., & Zhou, W. (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, 1083–1096. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16739
    • Valim, H., Dalton, H., Joo, Y., McGale, E., Halitschke, R., Gaquerel, E., Baldwin, I. T., & Schuman, M. C. (2020). TOC1 in Nicotiana attenuata regulates efficient allocation of nitrogen to defense metabolites under herbivory stress New Phytologist, 228, 1227–1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16784
    • Joo, Y., & Schuman, M. C. (2020). Pest Control: Hiding in plain smell ELife, 9, e60912. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.60912
    • Czyz, E. A., Guillén Escribà, C., Wulf, H., Tedder, A., Schuman, M. C., Schneider, F. D., & Schaepman, M. 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, 7419–7430. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6469
    • Zu, P., Boege, K., del-Val, E., Schuman, M. C., Stevenson, P. C., Zaldivar-Riverón, A., & Saavedra, S. (2020). Information arms race explains plant-herbivore chemical communication in ecological communities Science, 368, 1377–1381. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba2965
    • McGale, E., Valim, H., Mittal, D., Morales Jimenez, J., Halitschke, R., Schuman, M. C., & Baldwin, I. T. (2020). Determining the scale at which variation in a single gene changes population yields ELife, 9, e53517. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.53517

• 2019

  • Journal Article

    • Valim, H. F., McGale, E., Yon, F., Halitschke, R., Fragoso, V., Schuman, M. C., & Baldwin, I. T. (2019). The clock gene TOC1 in shoots, not roots, determines fitness of Nicotiana attenuata under drought Plant Physiology, 181, 305–318. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00286
    • Joo, Y., Goldberg, J. K., Chrétien, L. T. S., Kim, S., Baldwin, I. T., & Schuman, M. C. (2019). The circadian clock contributes to diurnal patterns of plant indirect defense in nature Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61, 924–928. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12725
    • He, J., Fandino, R. A., Halitschke, R., Luck, K., Köllner, T. G., Murdock, M. H., Ray, R., Gase, K., Knaden, M., Baldwin, I. T., & Schuman, M. C. (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, 14651–14660. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818585116
    • Vadassery, J., Ballhorn, D. J., Fleming, S. R., Mazars, C., Pandey, S. P., Schmidt, A., Schuman, M. C., Yeh, K.-W., Yilamujiang, A., & Mithöfer, A. (2019). Neomycin: an effective inhibitor of jasmonate-induced reactions in plants Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 38, 713–722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-018-9884-x
    • Li, J., Liu, X., Wang, Q., Huangfu, J., Schuman, M. C., & Lou, Y. (2019). A group D MAPK protects plants from autotoxicity by suppressing herbivore-induced defense signaling Plant Physiology, 179, 1386–1401. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01411
    • Joo, Y., Schuman, M. C., Goldberg, J. K., Wissgott, A., Kim, S.-G., & Baldwin, I. T. (2019). Herbivory elicits changes in green leaf volatile production via jasmonate signaling and the circadian clock Plant, Cell & Environment, 42, 972–982. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13474

• 2018

  • Journal Article

    • Li, J., Schuman, M. C., Halitschke, R., Li, X., Guo, H., Grabe, V., Hammer, A., & Baldwin, I. T. (2018). The decoration of specialized metabolites influences stylar development ELife, 7, e38611. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.38611
    • Yamasaki, E., Altermatt, F., Cavender-Bares, J., Schuman, M. C., Zuppinger-Dingley, D., Garonna, I., Schneider, F. D., Guillén-Escribà, C., van Moorsel, S. J., Hahl, T., Schmid, B., Schaepman-Strub, G., Schaepman, M. E., & Shimizu, K. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.005