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I specialize on insect-plant relationships, evolution of plant defensive traits, and chemical ecology. I am involved in projects examining latitudinal gradients of insect biodiversity and insect communities in forest canopies. Further, I am interested in evolutionary trends in Ficus and Salix defences and their impact on herbivore community assembly. I am also involved in projects focused on elevation trends in Ficus defences and speciation.
My primary project at iDiv is to examine the role of induced plant defences in forest canopies. Mainly, I explore the role of the localized defence induction in promoting intra-individual variation in canopies enhancing the variability of insect assemblages, and in turn, overall diversity of canopy insects. I use a novel approach combining manipulative garden and field experiments in canopy trees accessed by a canopy crane. I aim at jointly studying the effects of secondary metabolites, parasitism rates and bird predation on insect herbivores.
This project is funded by a personal Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship to MV.
Volf, M., Salminen J.P., and Segar S.T. (2019) Evolution of defences in large tropical plant genera: perspectives for exploring insect diversity in a tri-trophic context. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 32, 91-97.
Segar S. T., Volf M., Sisol M., Pardikes N. A., & Souto-Vilarós D. (2019). Chemical cues and genetic divergence in insects on plants: conceptual cross pollination between mutualistic and antagonistic systems. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 32, 83-90.
Volf M., Holec M., Holcová D., Jaroš P., Hejda R., Drag L., Blízek J., Šebek P. and Čížek L. (2018) Microhabitat mosaics are key to the survival of an endangered ground beetle (Carabus nitens) in its post-industrial refugia. Journal of Insect Conservation, 22, 321-328.
Volf, M. (2018) Differential Response of Herbivores to Plant Defence. In: Merillon JM., Ramawat K. (eds) Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham.
Redmond C.M., Auga J., Gewa B., Segar S.T., Miller S.E., Molem K., Weiblen G.D., Butterill P.T., Maiyah G., Hood A.S., Volf M., Jorge L.E., Basset Y., Novotny V. (2019) High specialization and limited structural change in plant‐herbivore networks along a successional chronosequence in tropical montane forest. Ecography, In press.
Volf M.*, Segar S. T.*, Miller Scott E., Isua Brus, Sisol Mentap, Aubona Gibson, Šimek P., Moos M., Laitila Juuso, Kim Jorma, Zima J., Rota Jadranka, Weiblen George D., Wossa Stewart, Salminen Juha-Pekka, Basset Y. F., Novotny V. (2017) Community structure of insect herbivores is driven by conservatism, escalation and divergence of defensive traits in Ficus. Ecology Letters, in press.
Volf M., Pyszko P., Abe T., Libra M., Kotásková N., Šigut M., Kumar R., Kaman O., Butterill P. T., Šipoš J., Abe H., Fukushima H., Drozd P., Kamata N., Murakami M., Novotny V. (2017) Phylogenetic composition of host plant communities drives plant-herbivore food web structure. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 556-565.
Volf, M., Kadlec, J., Butterill, P. T., & Novotny, V. (2017). Host phylogeny and nutrient content drive galler diversity and abundance on willows. Ecological Entomology, 42, 685-688.
Biranvand, A., Nedvěd, O., Shakarami, J., Fekrat, L., Hamidi, E., Volf, M., & Hanley, G. A. (2017). The ladybeetle community (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in North East of Iran. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, 17, 49-67.
Segar, S. T.*, Volf, M.*, Zima, J., Isua, B., Sisol, M., Sam, L., Sam K., Souto‐Vilarós, D., & Novotny, V. (2017). Speciation in a keystone plant genus is driven by elevation: a case study in New Guinean Ficus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 512-523.
Segar S. T., Volf M., Isua Brus, Sisol Mentap, Redmond C. M., Rossati Margaret E., Gewa Bradley, Molem Kenneth, Dahl C. N., Holloway Jeremy, Basset Y. F., Miller Scott E., Weiblen George D., Novotný V. (2017) Varyingly Hungry Caterpillars: Phylogenetic Predictions of Host Use for Herbivores in Lowland Rainforest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, in press.
Volf, M.*, Redmond, C.*, Albert, Á.J., Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Y., Biella, P., Götzenberger, L., Hrázský, Z., Janeček, Š., Klimešová, J., Lepš, J., Šebelíková, L., Vlasatá, T., de Bello, F. (2016) Effects of long- and short-term management on the functional structure of meadows through species turnover and intraspecific trait variability. Oecologia, 180, 941-950.
Volf, M., Hrcek, J., Julkunen‐Tiitto, R., & Novotny, V. (2015). To each its own: differential response of specialist and generalist herbivores to plant defence in willows. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 1123–1132.
Volf, M., Julkunen‐Tiitto, R., Hrcek, J., & Novotny, V. (2015). Insect herbivores drive the loss of unique chemical defense in willows. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 156, 88–98.
Forister, M.L., Novotny, V., Panorska, A.K., Baje, L., Basset, Y., Butterill, P.T., Cizek, L., Coley, P.D., Dem, F., Diniz, I.R., Drozd, P., Fox, M., Glassmire, A.E., Hazen, R., Hrcek, J., Jahner, J.P., Kaman, O., Kozubowski, T.J., Kursar, T.A., Lewis, O.T., Lill, J., Marquis, R.J., Miller, J.S., Morais, H.C., Murakami, M., Nickel, H., Pardikes, N.A., Ricklefs, R.E., Singer, M.S., Smilanich, A.M., Stireman, J.O., Villamarín-Cortez, S., Vodka, S., Volf, M., Wagner, D.L., Walla, T., Weiblen, G.D. & Dyer, L.A. (2015). The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores. PNAS, 112, 442-447.

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