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[41] Fitzky AC, Kaser L, Peron A, Karl T, Graus M, Tholen D, Halbwirth H, Trimmel H, Pesendorfer MB, Rewald B, Sandén H (2023). Same, same, but different: Drought and salinity affect BVOC emission rate and alter blend composition of urban trees. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 80: 127842. [link]




2022
[40] Hacket-Pain AJ, Foest JJ, Pearse IS, LaMontagne LM,  Koenig WD, Vacchiano G, Bogdziewicz M, Caignard T, Celebias P, van Dormolen J, Fernández-Martínez M, Moris JV, Palaghianu C, Pesendorfer MB, Satake A, Schermer E, Tanentzap AJ, Thomas PA, Vecchio D, Wion A, Wohlgemuth T, Xue T, Abernethy K, Barrera MD, Barton JH, Boutin S, Bush ER, Donoso Calderón S, Carevic FS, Volkmer de Castilho C, Cellini JM, Chapman CA, Chapman H,  Chianucci F, da Costa  P, Croisé L, Cutini A, Dantzer B, DeRose RJ, Thoussaint Dikangadissi J, Dimoto E,  Lopes da Fonseca F, Gallo L, Gratzer G, Greene DF, Hadad MA, Huertas Herrera A, Jeffery KJ, Johnstone JF, Kalbitzer U, Kantorowicz W, Klimas CA, Lageard JGA, Lane J, Lapin K, Ledwon M, Leeper A, Lencinas MV, Lira-Guedes AC, Lordon MC, Marchelli P, Marino S, Schmidt Van Marle H, McAdam AG, Momont LRW, Nicolas M, de Oliveira Wadt LH, Panahi P, Martínez Pastur G, Patterson T, Peri PL, Piechnik Ł, Pourhashemi M, Espinoza Quezada C, Roig FA, Peña Rojas K, Rosas YM, Schüler S, Seget B, Soler R, Steele MA, Toro-Manríquez M, Tutin CEG, Ukizintambara T, White L, Yadok B, Willis JL, Zolles A, Żywiec M, Ascoli D (2022) MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology 
28: 3066-3082.

[39] Gratzer G, Pesendorfer MB, Sachser F, Wachtveitl L, Nopp-Mayr U, Szwagrzyk J, Canham CD (2022) Does fine-scale spatiotemporal variation in seed rain translate into plant population structure? Oikos 2: e08826.
(shared first authorship)

2021
[38] Koenig WD, Pesendorfer MB, Pearse IS, Carmen W, Knops JMH (2021). Budburst timing of valley oaks at Hastings Reservation, Central Coastal California. Madroño 68: 
434-442​

[37] Pesendorfer MB, Ascoli D, Bogdziewicz M, Hacket-Pain A, Pearse IS, Vacchiano G (2021) The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in plants. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200369.

[36] Pesendorfer MB, Bowman R, Gratzer G, Pruett S, Tringali A, Fitzpatrick JW (2021) Fire history and weather interact to determine extent and synchrony of mast-seeding in rhizomatous scrub oaks of Florida. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200381.

[35] Pearse IS, Wion A, Gomez A, Pesendorfer MB (2021) Understanding masting for conservation and land management. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200383.

[34]
Vacchiano G, Pesendorfer MB, Conedera M, Gratzer G, Rossi L, Ascoli D. (2021) Natural disturbances and masting: from mechanisms to fitness consequences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200384.

[33] Fitzky AC, Peron A, Kaser L, Karl T, Graus M, Tholen D, Pesendorfer MB, Mahmoud M, Sandén H, Rewald B. (2021) Diversity and interrelations among the constitutive VOC emission blends of four broad-leaved tree species at seedling stage. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 708711

[32] Sachser F, Pesendorfer MB, Gratzer G, Nopp-Mayr U (2021) Differential spatial responses of rodents to masting on forest sites with differing disturbance history. Ecology and Evolution 11: 11890-11902.

[31] Martínez-Baroja L, Pérez-Camacho L, Villar-Salvador P, Rebollo R, Leverkus AB, Pesendorfer MB, Molina-Morales M, Castro J, Rey Benayas JM (2021) Caching territoriality and site preferences by a scatter-hoarder drive the spatial pattern of seed dispersal. Journal of Ecology 109: 2342-2353.

2020

​[30] Bogdziewicz M, Pesendorfer MB, Crone EE, Pérez‐Izquierdo C, Bonal R (2020) Flowering synchrony drives reproductive success in a wind-pollinated tree. Ecology Letters 23: 1820-1826. (cover article)

[29] Bogdziewicz M, Szymkowiak J, Bonal R, Hacket-Pain A, Espelta JM, Pesendorfer MB, Grewling L, Kasprzyk I, Belmonte J, DeLinares C, Penuelas J, Fernandez-Martinez M (2020) What drives phenological synchrony? Warm springs advance and desynchronize flowering in oaks. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 294: 108140.

[28] Moreira X, Abdala-Roberts L, Galmán A, Bartlow A, Berny-Mier y Terán J, Carrari E, Covelo F, de la Fuente M, Ferrenberg S, Fyllas N, Hoshika Y, Lee S, Marquis R, Nakamura M, Nell C, Pesendorfer MB, Steele M, Vázquez-González C, Zhang S, Rasmann S (2020) Ontogenetic consistency in oak defence syndromes. Journal of Ecology 108: 1822-1834.

[27] Pesendorfer MB, Bogdziewicz M, Szymkowiak J, Borowski Z, Kantorowicz W, Espelta J, Fernandez-Martinez M (2020) Investigating the relationship between climate, stand age, and temporal trends in masting behavior of European forest trees. Global Change Biology​ 26: 1654-1667.

[26] Suh YH, Pesendorfer MB, Tringali A, Bowman R, Fitzpatrick JW (2020) Social and environmental predictors of natal dispersal age and distance in a cooperatively breeding bird. Behavioral Ecology 31: 692-701.
 
​[25] Bogdziewicz M, Ascoli D, Hacket-Pain A, Koenig WD, Pearse I, Pesendorfer MB, Satake A, Thomas P, Vacchiano G, Wohlgemuth T, Tanentzap A (2020) From theory to experiment in mast seeding: an agenda for experimental ecology. Ecology Letters 23: 210 - 220.

2019
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[24] Beckman E, Pesendorfer MB, Meyer A, Westwood M (2019). Quercus pacifica Nixon & C.H.Müll. In Beckman, E., Meyer, A., Man, G., Pivorunas, D., Denvir, A., Gill, D., Shaw, K., & Westwood, M. Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks (pp. 158-165). Lisle, IL: The Morton Arboretum (https://www.mortonarb.org/files/species-profile-quercus-pacifica.pdf)
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[23] Pesendorfer MB, Bogdziewicz M, Koenig WD, Ledwon M, Zywiec M (2019) Declining seed production before death in a widely distributed tree species, Sorbus aucuparia L. Annals of Forest Science 76: 11.

[22] Moreira X, Abdala-Roberts L, Pérez-Ramos IM, Knops JMH, Pesendorfer MB, Mooney KA, Koenig WD (2019) Climatic cues associated with masting dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks. American Journal of Botany 106: 51-60.

2018

[21] Pesendorfer MB, Dickerson S, Dragoo J (2018) Observation of tool use in striped skunks: how community science and social media help document rare natural phenomena. Ecosphere 9: e02484. [pdf]
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[20] Schubert SC, Pesendorfer MB, Koenig WD (2018) Context-dependent post-dispersal predation of acorns in a California oak community. Acta Oecologica 92: 52-58.

[19]
Pesendorfer MB, Koenig WD (2018) Does aggression avoidance drive oak tree attendance by corvid scatter-hoarders? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 85.

[18] 
Borges S, Oliveira F, Guerra R, Oliveira T, Pesendorfer MB, Bezerra B, Souto A, Schiel N (2018) Stay gathered rather than scattered: strategies of common marmosets during agonistic interactions with birds in the Atlantic rain forest. Folia Primatologica 89: 357 - 364.

[17] Koenig WD, Knops JMH, Carmen WJ, Pesendorfer MB, Dickinson JL (2018) Effects of mistletoe (Phoradendron villosum) on California oaks. Biology Letters 14: 20180240.

[16] Pesendorfer MB#, Baker CM#, Stringer M, McEachern AK, Bode M, McDonald-Madden E, Morrison SA, Sillett TS (2018) Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 1185 - 1194. [pdf]
​# contributed equally
​--> shortlisted by the Journal of Applied Ecology for the 2018 Southwood Prize for Early Career Researchers


​2017

[15] Koenig WD, Knops JMH, Pesendorfer MB, Zaya DN, Ashley MV (2017) Drivers of spatial synchrony of acorn production in the valley oak (Quercus lobata) at two geographic scales. Ecology 98: 3056 - 3062.

​[14] Bogdziewicz M, Szymkowiak J, Kasprzyk I, Grewling L, Borowski Z, Borycka K, Kantorowicz W, Myszkowska D, Piotrowicz K, Ziemianin M, Pesendorfer MB (2017) Masting in wind-pollinated trees: the role of weather and pollination dynamics in driving seed production. Ecology  98: 2615 - 2625.

[13] Koenig WD, Pesendorfer MB, Knops JMH (2017) Evolutionary drivers, proximate mechanisms, and spatial synchrony of acorn production in oaks. International Oaks 28: 29-40.

[12] Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS, Morrison SA (2017) Spatially biased dispersal by a scatter-hoarding corvid may accelerate passive habitat restoration on California's largest island. Current Zoology 63: 363-367.
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--> Cover Article

[11] Koenig WD, Knops JMH, Carmen W, Pesendorfer MB (2017) Testing the terminal investment hypothesis in California oaks. The American Naturalist 189: 564-569. [pdf]

[10] Pesendorfer MB, Koenig WD (2017) Competing for seed dispersal: evidence for the role of avian seed hoarders in mediating apparent predation among oaks. Functional Ecology  31:  622–631. [pdf]

2016

[9] Koenig WD, Alejano R, Carbonero MD, Fernández-Rebollo P, Knops JMH, Marañón T, Padilla-Díaz CM, Pearse IS, Pérez-Ramos IM, Pesendorfer MB (2016) Is the relationship between mast-seeding and weather in oaks related to their life-history or phylogeny? Ecology 97: 2603-2615.

[8] Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS, Morrison SA, Kamil AC (2016). Context-dependent seed dispersal by a scatter-hoarding corvid. Journal of Animal Ecology 85: 798-805. [pdf]

[7] Pesendorfer MB, Koenig WD, Knops JMH, Funk KA, Pearse IS (2016) Individual resource-limitation combined with population-wide pollen availability drives masting in the valley oak (Quercus lobata). Journal of Ecology 103: 637-645. ​

[6] Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS, Koenig WD, Morrison SA (2016). Scatter-hoarding corvids as seed dispersers for oaks and pines: a review of a widely distributed mutualism and its utility to habitat restoration. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118: 215-237. [pdf] 
​(
see NEWS for press coverage)
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[5] Pesendorfer MB, Koenig, WD (2016) The effect of within-year variation in acorn crop size on seed predation and dispersal by avian hoarders. Oecologia 181: 97-106. [pdf]


​2015 & older

[4] Pearse IS, Koenig WD, Funk KA, Pesendorfer MB (2015) Pollen limitation and flower abortion in a wind-pollinated, masting tree. Ecology 96: 587-593. [pdf]

[3] Pesendorfer MB (2015) The effect of seed size variation in Quercus pacifica on seedling establishment and growth. In Standiford, Richard B.; Purcell, Kathryn L., (tech. cords.) Proceedings of the seventh California oak symposium: managing oak woodlands in a dynamic world. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-251. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. ​407-412. [pdf]

[2] Pesendorfer MB, Langin KM, Cohen B, Principe Z, Morrison SA, Sillett TS (2014). Stand structure and acorn production of island scrub oaks (Quercus pacifica). Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 7: 246-259. [pdf]

[1] Pesendorfer MB, Gunhold T, Schiel N, Souto A, Huber L, Range F (2009) The maintenance of traditions in free-living marmosets: individual habit or social conformity? A field experiment. PLoS ONE 4: e4472. [link] 


​IN PROGRESS
(manuscripts available upon request)
  • Hagemeyer NDGH#, Pesendorfer MB#, Koenig WD, Walters EL (in review) A population increase despite a reduction in preferred habitat: paradox or parallel mechanisms? # contributed equally
  • Pesendorfer MB, Bogdziewicz M, Oberklammer I, Nopp-Mayr U, Szwagrzyk J, Gratzer G (in review) Contributions of economies of scale in pollination efficiency and predispersal predation to seed viability effects of masting. (Preprint)

​OTHER PUBLICATIONS

THESES
  • Pesendorfer MB (2007) Individual and Observational Learning of Object Affordances in Keas
    (Nestor notabilis).
    Diploma Thesis, University of Vienna [pdf]


  • Pesendorfer MB (2014) Scatter-hoarding of acorns by island scrub-jays. Doctoral Dissertation,
    ​University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

TECHNICAL REPORTS
  • Pesendorfer MB, Vogl W (2007) Beaver abundance estimates for the lower March River. Via Donau – Austrian Waterway Authority
  • Pesendorfer MB, Langin KM, Sillett TS (2009) Non-breeding ecology of island scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis). 2009 Field season findings. The Nature Conservancy
  • Langin KM, Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS (2010) Non-breeding ecology of island scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis) and seed production in island scrub-oaks (Quercus pacifica). 2010 Field season findings. The Nature Conservancy
  • Pesendorfer MB, Langin KM, Sillett TS (2011) Non-breeding ecology of island scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis) and seed production in island scrub-oaks (Quercus pacifica). 2011 Field season findings. The Nature Conservancy
  • Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS (2011) Stand density and seed production of Quercus pacifica on Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and Catalina Islands. National Park Service, Ventura Office. 

SELECTED TALKS
  • Pesendorfer MB. Utilizing Ecosystem Services by Scatter-Hoarding Corvids to Restore Oak Habitat. 7th California Oak Symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Changing World. November 3-6, 2014, Visalia, CA.
  • Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS, Kamil AC. Masting Enhances Seed Dispersal by a Scatter-Hoarding Corvid. ISBE - International Society for Behavioral Ecology. July 30 - August 5, 2014, New York, NY.  
  • Pesendorfer MB, Ort AJ, Bond AB, Kamil AC. Cognitive and Ecological Constraints on Scatter-Hoarding. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL, March 2013
  • Pesendorfer MB, Sillett TS, Bond AB, Kamil AC. Scatter-hoarding of Acorns by Island Scrub-Jays, Aphelocoma insularis, on Santa Cruz Island. Joint Conference of American Field Ornithologists, Wilson and Cooper Ornithological Societies, Kearney, NE, March 2011 and BEHAVIOR. Joint Conference of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological Conference, Bloomington, IN, June 2011.
  • Pesendorfer MB. Investigating the maintenance of traditions in free-living marmosets. Madingley Lecture Series, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Cambridge University, February 2008 (invited talk).

SELECTED POSTERS
  • Pesendorfer MB, Bond AB, Kamil AC, Sillett TS. Ecological Determinants of Scatter-Hoarding in Island Scrub-Jays. International Society of Behavioral Ecologists Meeting, Lund, Sweden, August 2012
  • Pesendorfer MB,Gunhold T, Schiel N, Souto A, Huber L, Range F. The Maintenance of Traditions in Free-Living Marmosets: Individual Habit or Social Conformity? Conference for Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL 2009.
  • Pesendorfer MB, Gajdon GK, Huber L Observational Learning in Keas (Nestor notabilis), Ethologische Gesellschaft Special Meeting, Grünau. June 2007.
  • Pesendorfer MB, Bugnyar T, Gattermayr M, Kotrschal K Which Cache Do I Raid First? Effect of Delay on Pilfering Behaviour in Common Ravens (Corvus corax), European Conference for Behavioural Biology, Belfast, May 2006.
  • Pesendorfer MB, Gajdon, GK, Huber L. Object Permanence in Keas (Nestor notabilis), International Ethological Conference, Budapest, August 2005.​ 
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