Madalin Parepa

I am a plant ecologist, and I study the ecological and evolutionary processes that are the causes and the consequences of biological invasions. I like to use experiments to explore plant-plant interactions and interactions between plants and other trophic levels to better understand ecological communities. Currently, I am interested in how novel climate conditions, especially increased variability, can influence such interactions and whether this dimension of change is an important driver of biological invasions.

• Evolution of plant defenses during a plant invasion (DFG-NSFC)
• Genomics and epigenomics of plant invasion (DAAD/BMBF)
• Exotic plant invasion under increased environmental variability (DFG)
• Effects of microbiome, host and pathogen genotype, and environment on the interaction between Pseudomonas isolates and plants (DFG SPP 2125)
• Ecology of the core microbiome in natural Lotus corniculatus populations (DFG SPP 2125)
• How do endophytic fungi affect growth, environmental tolerance and competitive strength of invasive knotweeds? (DFG)
• Invasion ecology of exotic knotweeds
• WhoIsNext – Climate change and escaping ornamentals (BiodivERsA)
• Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey (GGMFS)

Guo Y, Parepa M, Wang H, Wang M, Wu J, Li B, Ju RT, Bossdorf O (2024) Global heterogeneity of latitudinal patterns in herbivory between native and exotic plants. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.24.576872

Irimia RE, Zhao W, Cao P, Parepa M, Liao Z, Wang S, Mounger JM, Richardson C, Elkott F, Zhuang X, Bi J, Zhao Y, Kugler E, Rafalski J, Schloter E, Wu J, Ju RT, Yang J, Li B, Bossdorf O, Richards CL (2024) Cross-continental shifts of ecological strategy in a global plant invader. Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3793794/v1

Bi J, Bossdorf O, Liao Z, Richards CL, Parepa M, Zhao W, Berninger F, Zhao YJ, Liu Z, Feng X, Ju RT, Li B, Wu J (2024) Divergent geographic variation in above- versus belowground secondary metabolites of Reynoutria japonica. Journal of Ecology 112: 514-527

Cao P, Wang S, Zhang L, Parepa M, Lin T, Bi J, Zhao Y, Endriss SB, Guo Y, Bossdorf O, Richards CL, Wu J, Ju RT, Liao Z, Li B (2023) Divergence in herbivore resistance during the invasion of a global plant invader. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.13.571471

Latzel V, Fischer M, Groot M, Gutzat R, Lampei C, Ouborg J, Parepa M, Schmid KJ, Vergeer P, Zhang YY, Bossdorf O (2023) Parental environmental effects are common and strong, but unpredictable, in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 237: 1014-1023

Garnica S, Liao ZY, Hamard S, Waller F, Parepa M, Bossdorf O (2022) Environmental stress determines the colonization and impact of an endophytic fungus on invasive knotweed. Biological Invasions 24: 1785-1795

Mounger J, Ainouche M, Bossdorf O, Cave-Radet A, Li B, Parepa M, Salmon A, Yang J, Richards C (2021) Epigenetics and the success of invasive plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200117

Gáspár B, Bossdorf O, Parepa M (2020) Intraspecific variation in land use-related functional traits in Plantago lanceolata. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.28.967521

Parepa M, Kahmen A, Werner RA, Fischer M, Bossdorf O (2019) Invasive knotweed has greater nitrogen-use efficiency than native plants: evidence from a 15N pulse-chasing experiment. Oecologia 191: 389-396

Klonner G, Wessely J, Gattringer A, Moser D, Dullinger I, Hülber K, Rumpf S, Block S, Bossdorf O, Carboni M, Conti L, Dawson W, Haeuser E, Hermy M, Munkemuller T, Parepa M, Thuiller W, Van der Veken S, Verheyen K, van Kleunen M, Essl F, Dullinger S (2019) Effects of climate change and horticultural use on the spread of naturalized alien garden plants in Europe. Ecography 42: 1548-1557

Conti L, Block S, Parepa M, Münkemüller T, Thuiller W, Acosta A, van Kleunen M, Dullinger S, Essl F, Dullinger I, Moser D, Klonner G, Bossdorf O, Carboni M (2018) Functional trait differences and trait plasticity mediate biotic resistance to potential plant invaders. Journal of Ecology 106: 1607-1620

Haeuser E, Dawson W, Thuiller W, Dullinger S, Block S, Bossdorf O, Carboni M, Conti L, Dullinger I, Essl F, Klonner G, Moser D, Münkemüller T, Parepa M, Talluto MV, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Winter M, Hermy M, Van der Veken S, Roquet C, van Kleunen M (2018) European ornamental garden flora as an invasion debt under climate change. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 2386-2395

van Kleunen M, Essl F, Pergl J, Brundu G, Carboni M, Dullinger S, Early R, Gonzalez-Moreno P, Groom QJ, Hulme PE, Kueffer C, Kühn I, Máguas C, Maurel N, Novoa A, Parepa M, Pyšek P, Seebens H,Tanner R, Touza J, Verbrugge L, Weber E, Dawson W, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Winter M, Klonner G, Talluto MV and Dehnen-Schmutz K (2018) The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions. Biological Reviews 93: 1421-1437

Zhang YY, Parepa M, Fischer M, Bossdorf O (2017) Epigenetics of colonizing species? A study on Japanese knotweed in Central Europe. In: Barrett SCH, Colautti RI, Dlugosch KM, Rieseberg LH (eds.) Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy, pp. 328-340. Wiley, Chichester

Parepa M, Bossdorf O (2016) Testing for allelopathy in invasive plants: it all depends on the substrate! Biological Invasions 18: 2975-2982

Bucharova A, Frenzel M, Mody K, Parepa M, Durka W, Bossdorf O (2016): Plant ecotype affects interacting organisms across multiple trophic levels. Basic and Applied Ecology 17: 688-695

Parepa M, Fischer M, Krebs C, Bossdorf O (2014) Hybridisation increases invasive knotweed success, Evolutionary Applications 7: 413-420

Parepa M, Fischer M, Bossdorf O (2013) Environmental variability promotes plant invasion. Nature Communications 4:1604

Parepa M, Schaffner U, Bossdorf O (2013) Help from under ground: soil biota facilitate knotweed invasion. Ecosphere 4: 31

Parepa M, Schaffner U, Bossdorf O (2012) Sources and modes of action of invasive knotweed allelopathy: the effects of leaf litter and trained soil on the germination and growth of native plants. Neobiota 13: 15-30

Murrell C, Gerber E, Krebs C, Parepa M, Schaffner U, Bossdorf O (2011) Invasive knotweed affects native plants through allelopathy. American Journal of Botany 98: 38-43

Bossdorf O, Parepa M, Fischer M (2010) Climate-neutral ecology conferences: just do it! Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25: 61