Aycart-Lazo P, Ivañez-Ballesteros B, Ocampo-Ariza C, Wessely J, Dullinger S, Steffan-Dewenter I et al. Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2025 Jun 15;385:109545. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2025.109545

Ocampo-Ariza C, Müller S, Yovera F, Thomas E, Vansynghel J, Maas B et al. Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2025 Mar;62(3). Epub 2025 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14851

Maas B, Cardelus C, Carrasco-Rueda F, Chirango Y, Gowda V, Montaño-Centellas F et al. Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey. Biotropica. 2024 Oct 7;57(1):e13378. doi: 10.1111/btp.13378

Peer M, Kratschmer S, Bürgler M, Hussain RI, Rabl D, Walcher R et al. Development of insects in newly established grassland over six years: Increased conservation benefits through diverse plant communities. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2024 Oct 1;373:109113. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109113

Ocampo-Ariza C, Hanf-Dressler T, Maas B, Novoa-Cova J, Thomas E, Vansynghel J et al. Regional differences of functional and taxonomic bird diversity in tropical agroforests of Peru. Conservation Science and Practice. 2024 Jun;6(6):e13123. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13123

Bürgler M, Hussain RI, Maas B, Walcher R, Rabl D, Krautzer B et al. New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2024 Apr;18(2):327-338. doi: 10.1007/s11829-023-10034-5

Boetzl FA, Sponsler D, Albrecht M, Batáry P, Birkhofer K, Knapp M et al. Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat: A synthesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2024 Jan 10;291(2014):20232383. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2383

Vansynghel J, Thomas E, Ocampo-Ariza C, Maas B, Ulloque-Samatelo C, Zhang D et al. Cross-pollination with native genotypes improves fruit set and yield quality of Peruvian cacao. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2023 Nov 1;357:108671. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108671

Nori J, Maas B, Brum F, Villalobos F. Addressing Knowledge Shortfalls in Conservation Science: A long way to go, as quickly as possible. Biological Conservation. 2023 Nov;287:110314. Epub 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110314

Ocampo-Ariza C, Vansynghel J, Bertleff D, Maas B, Schumacher N, Ulloque-Samatelo C et al. Birds and bats enhance cacao yield despite suppressing arthropod mesopredation. Ecological Applications. 2023 Jul;33(5):e2886. doi: 10.1002/eap.2886

Daykin GM, Aizen MA, Barrett LG, Bartlett LJ, Batáry P, Garibaldi LA et al. AgroEcoList 1.0: A checklist to improve reporting standards in ecological research in agriculture. PLoS ONE. 2023 Jun;18(6):e0285478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285478

Ferreira DF, Jarrett C, Wandji AC, Atagana PJ, Rebelo H, Maas B et al. Birds and bats enhance yields in Afrotropical cacao agroforests only under high tree-level shade cover. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2023 Apr 1;345:108325. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108325

Zaccari C, De Vivo R, Pawera L, Termote C, Hunter D, Borelli T et al. Lessons learned from the Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress: Adopting agricultural biodiversity as a catalyst for transformative global food systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 2023 Feb;31:100411. doi: 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100411

Ocampo-Ariza C, Toledo-Hernández M, Librán-Embid F, Armenteras D, Vansynghel J, Raveloaritiana E et al. Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2023 Jan 1;21(1):17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.pecon.2023.01.002

Tscharntke T, Ocampo-Ariza C, Vansynghel J, Ivanez-Ballesteros B, Aycart Lazo P, Rodriguez L et al. Socio-ecological benefits of fine-flavor cacao in its center of origin. Conservation Letters. 2023 Jan 1;16(1):e12936. Epub 2022 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/conl.12936

Mahdjoub H, Maas B, Nuñez MA, Khelifa R. Recommendations for making editorial boards diverse and inclusive. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2022 Dec;37(12):1021-1024. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.011

Hussain RI, Brandl M, Maas B, Krautzer B, Frank T, Moser D. Establishing new grasslands on crop fields: short-term development of plant and arthropod communities. Restoration Ecology . 2022 Nov;30(8):e13641. Epub 2022 Feb 3. doi: 10.1111/rec.13641

Vansynghel J, Ocampo-Ariza C, Maas B, Martin EA, Thomas E, Hanf-Dressler T et al. Quantifying services and disservices provided by insects and vertebrates in cacao agroforestry landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2022 Sept 14;289(1982):20221309. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1309

Brandl M, Hussain RI, Maas B, Rabl D, Pachinger B, Holzinger W et al. Improving insect conservation values of agri-environment schemes through diversified seed mixtures. Biological Conservation. 2022 May;269:109530. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109530