Zaplata, M.K. (2023): Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society. People and Nature 5: 1457–1463. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10522

Ulrich, W., Zaplata, M.K. (2023): Trait driven or neutral: understanding the change in functional trait diversity during early plant succession using Price partitions. Plant Ecology 224, 1885–894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01344-y

Zaplata, M.K., Dullau, S. (2022): Applying ecological succession theory to birds in solar parks: An approach to address protection and planning. Land 11: 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050718

Ulrich, W., Zaplata, M.K., Gotelli, N.J. (2022): Reconsidering the Price equation: a new partitioning based on species abundances and trait expression. Oikos 2022: e08871. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08871

Zaplata, M.K., Banze, D.A., Floegel, A., Nhabanga, A., Burkart, M. (2021): Rapid loss of biomass and viability of air-exposed food reserve tubers from a dynamic wetland system in Mozambique. Environmental Challenges 4: 100179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100179

Zaplata, M.K., Nhabanga, A., Stalmans, M., Volpers, T., Burkart, M., Sperfeld, E. (2021): Grasses cope with high-contrast ecosystem conditions in the large outflow of the Banhine wetlands, Mozambique. African Journal of Ecology 59: 190-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12820

Zaplata, M.K. (2020): Polistes paper wasps use a transient floating vegetation mat in the Banhine wetlands outflow, Mozambique. African Journal of Ecology 58: 849–851. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12772

Ulrich, W., Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Fischer, A. (2019): Directional changes of species spatial dispersion and realized environmental niches drive plant community assembly during early plant succession. Journal of Plant Ecology 12: 409–418. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rty038

Winter, S., Zaplata, M.K., Rzanny, M., Schaaf, W., Fischer, A., Ulrich, W. (2019): Increasing ecological multifunctionality during early plant succession. Plant Ecology 220: 499–509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-019-00930-3

Schaaf, W., Hinz, C., Gerwin, W., Zaplata, M.K., Hüttl, R.F. (2018): Ecosystem development in the constructed catchment ´Chicken Creek´. In: Liu J-F & W-Z Gu (Hrsg.). Hydrology of artificial and controlled experiments. InTech, 75–93. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70546

Zaplata, M.K., Hecker, L.P. (2018): Convergence in tourism and divergence in agriculture as a perspective to foster sustainability all round. Advances in Applied Sociology 8: 464–469. https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2018.85027

Ulrich, W., Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Fischer, A. (2017): Spatial distribution of functional traits indicates small scale habitat filtering during early plant succession. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 28: 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2017.08.002

Ulrich, W., Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Schaaf, W., Fischer, A., Soliveres, S., Gotelli, N.J. (2016): Species interactions and random dispersal rather than habitat filtering drive community assembly during early plant succession. Oikos 125: 698–707. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02658

Ulrich, W., Piwczyński, M., Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Schaaf, W., Fischer, A. (2014): Small-scale spatial variability in phylogenetic community structure during early plant succession depends on soil properties. Oecologia 175: 985–995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2954-2

Ulrich, W., Piwczyński, M., Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Schaaf, W., Fischer, A. (2014): Soil conditions and phylogenetic relatedness influence total community trait space during early plant succession. Journal of Plant Ecology 7: 321–329. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtt048

Biber, P., Seifert, S., Zaplata, M.K., Schaaf, W., Pretzsch, H., Fischer, A. (2013): Relationships between substrate, surface characteristics, and vegetation in an initial ecosystem. Biogeosciences 10: 8283–8303. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-8283-2013

Elmer, M., Gerwin, W., Schaaf, W., Zaplata, M.K., Hohberg, K., Nenov, R., Bens, O., Hüttl, R.F. (2013): Dynamics of initial ecosystem development at the artificial catchment Chicken Creek, Lusatia, Germany. Environmental Earth Sciences 69: 491–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2330-2

Schaaf, W., Elmer, M., Fischer, A., Gerwin, W., Nenov, R., Pretzsch, H., Seifert, S., Winter, S., Zaplata, M.K. (2013): Monitoring the formation of structures and patterns during initial development of an artificial catchment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185: 5965–5986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2998-x

Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Fischer, A., Kollmann, J., Ulrich, W. (2013): Species-driven phases and increasing structure in early-successional plant communities. The American Naturalist 181: E17–E27. https://doi.org/10.1086/668571

Zaplata, M.K., Winter, S., Biemelt, D., Fischer, A. (2011): Immediate shift towards source dynamics: The pioneer species Conyza canadensis in an initial ecosystem. Flora 206: 928–934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2011.07.001