Dr Julia Heinen

Research Interests

Islands, animal extinctions, human arrival on islands, ancient DNA, plant-animal interactions, community ecology, biogeography.

Project: IslandExtinctions: The link between humans and animal extinctions on islands worldwide

Publications

Heinen, J. H., & Borregaard, M. K. (2024). The Consequences of Species Extinctions and Introductions for Plant-Frugivore Interactions on Islands. In Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands (pp. 31-54). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Heinen, J. H., Florens, F. V., Baider, C., Hume, J. P., Kissling, W. D., Whittaker, R. J., ... & Borregaard, M. K. (2023). Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers. Nature Communications, 14(1), 1019.

Heinen, J. H., Rahbek, C., & Borregaard, M. K. (2020). Conservation of species interactions to achieve self‐sustaining ecosystems. Ecography, 43(11), 1603-1611.

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.