Publications (peer reviewed)

2026 Jorgensen P., Mosthaf K., Krogh P.-H-, Hansen A., Seersholm F., Wagner N.D., Olsen J., Modesti L., Pétursdóttir U., Thalund-Hansen R., Petersen C., Strobel B., Lacoste M., Rolle M., Nielsen I., Aamand J., and J. Qin. Deep Tree Roots at Risk of Accelerating Ground Water Pollution Beneath Clay-Rich Aquitards. Nature Communications NCOMMS-25-32948B (accepted)

2026 Huang, W., Li, DZ., Antonelli, A. …. Natascha D. Wagner, ... Alex D. Twyford, Peter M. Hollingsworth. DNA-based identification of plants and the genomic nature of plant species differences. Commun Biol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09858-7

2026 Marinček, P., Leong, J. V., Pittet, L., Léveillé-Bourret, È., Nyman, T., Tomoshevich, M., Banaev, E., He, L., Hörandl E., Volf, M. & Wagner, N. D. Spatio-temporal evolution of shrub willows (Salix subgenus Vetrix clade) on a global scale. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108480

2025 Karbstein K, Choudhary N, Xie T, Tomasello S, Wagner ND, Barke BH, Paetzold C, Bradican JP, Preick M, Himmelbach A, Stein N, Papantonis A, Irisarri I, de Vries J, Pucker B, Hörandl E. 2025. Assembling genomes of non‐model plants: A case study with evolutionary insights from Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae). The Plant Journal 123, e70390. http://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70390

2025 Pittet L., Kosiński P., Wagner, N.D., E. Hörandl. 2025. Niche expansion of polyploid cytotypes shaped the phylogeographical history of the Salix retusa complex in the European Alpine System. Annals of Botany, mcaf163. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf163

2025 Renoult SA, Leong JV, Mezzomo P, Sebek P, Koutecký P, Kukla J, Nguyen P, Moos M, Pokorny V, Wagner ND, Frouz J, van Dam NM, Volf M. 2025. Effects of hybridization on chemical diversity and plant-insect herbivore interactions in Salix alba × fragilis, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2025;, eraf296, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf296

2025 Ringelmann, V., Wagner, N. D. 2025. Rapid loss of plastid ndh genes in slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1507415

2025 Pittet, L., Marinček, P., Kosiński, P., Wagner, N. D., & Hörandl, E. 2025. Hybrid zones in the European Alps impact the phylogeography of alpine vicariant willow species (Salix L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, 1507275.

2024 Ogutcen, E., de Lima Ferreira, P., Wagner, N.D., Marinček, P., Vir Leong, J., Aubona,G., Cavender-Bares, J., Michálek, J., Schroeder, L., Sedio, B.E., Vašut, R.J., Volf, M. 2024. Phylogenetic insights into the Salicaceae: The evolution of willows and beyond, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108161

2024 Marinček P., Léveillé-Bourret É., Heiduk F., Leong J., Bailleul S.M., Volf M., Wagner N.D. 2024. Challenge accepted: Evolutionary lineages versus taxonomic classification of North American shrub willows (Salix). Am J Bot. e16361. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16361

2024 Karbstein K, Kösters L, Hodač L, Hofmann M, Hörandl E, Tomasello S, Wagner N.D., Emerson BC, Albach DC, Scheu S, Bradler S, de Vries J, Irisarri I, He L, Soltis P, Mäder P, Wäldchen J. 2024 Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.002

2023 Wagner ND, Marinček P, Pittet L, and Hörandl E. 2023. Insights into the taxonomically challenging hexaploid alpine shrub willows of Salix sections Phylicifoliae and Nigricantes. Plants 2023, 12(5), 1144; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051144

2023 He L, Guo F.-Y. , Cai X-J, Chen, H-P, Lian C-L, Wang Y, Shang C, Zhang Y., Wagner N D; Zhang Z-X, Hörandl E, and Wang, X-R. 2023. Evolutionary origin and establishment of a dioecious diploid-tetraploid complex. Mol Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16902

2023 Marinček P, Pittet L, Wagner ND, and Hörandl E. 2023.</fett> Evolution of a hybrid zone of two willow species (Salix L.) in the European Alps analyzed by RAD-seq and morphometrics. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9700. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9700

2023. Michell C, Wagner ND, Mutanen M, Lee KM, Nyman T. Genomic evidence for contrasting patterns of host-associated genetic differentiation across shared host-plant species in leaf- and bud-galling sawflies. Molecular Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.1684

2023. Volf, M., Leong, J. V., de Lima Ferreira, P., Volfová, T., Kozel, P., Matos-Maraví, P., Hörandl E., Wagner N.D., Luntamo N., Salminen J.-P., Segar S.T., Sedio B.E. (2023). Contrasting levels of β-diversity and underlying phylogenetic trends indicate different paths to chemical diversity in highland and lowland willow species. Ecol. Lett. 26, 1559–1571. doi:10.1111/ele.14273.

2022   Volf, M., Volfová, T., Hörandl, E., Wagner, N. D., Luntamo, N., Salminen, J.-P., & Sedio, B. E. (2022). Abiotic stress rather than biotic interactions drives contrasting trends in chemical richness and variation in alpine willows. Functional Ecology, 36, 2701– 2712. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14169

2022 Karbstein K, Tomasello S, Hodač L, Wagner ND, Marinček P, Barke BH, Pätzold C, Hörandl E (2022) Untying Gordian knots: Unraveling reticulate polyploid plant evolution by genomic data using the large Ranunculus auricomus species complex. New Phytologist; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18284

2022    Marinček P, Wagner ND, Tomasello S. aDNA extraction methods for herbarium specimens – When is it worth the effort? Applications in Plant Sciences: 11477 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11477

2022 Jørgensen PR, Krogh PH, Qin J, Modesti L, Broman Nielsen I, Seersholm F, Wagner ND, et al (17 authors), Barrett G. 2022. Ancient root macropores and fractures in glacial till and their contribution to pesticide vulnerability of groundwater in low and high‐ground agricultural landscapes ‐ PESTPORE2. Pesticide Research N 207; ISBN: 978-87-7038-376-9. Publ. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29449.52326

2021 Wagner, ND, Volf, M, Hörandl, E. 2021. Highly diverse shrub willows (Salix L.) share highly similar plastomes. Frontiers in Plant Sciences https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.662715

2021 Hörandl E., Oberprieler C., Marhold K., Wagner ND (2021) Editorial: Evolution and Biodiversity of Polyploid Plants. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 12: 723439.   https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.723439

2021 Wagner ND, He L, Hörandl E. (2021) The evolutionary history, diversity, and ecology of willows (Salix L.) in the European Alps. Diversity. 2021; 13(4):146. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13040146

2021   Wagner, N.D., Clements, M.A., Simpson, L, Nargar, K (2021) Conservation in the face of hybridisation: genome-wide study to evaluate taxonomic delimitation and conservation status of a threatened orchid species. Conservation Genetics, 22(1), 151-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01325-y (pdf).

2021 He, L., Jia, K.‐H., Zhang, R.‐G., Wang, Y., Shi, T.‐L., Li, Z.‐C., Zeng, S.‐W., Cai, X.‐J., Wagner, N.D., Hörandl, E., Muyle, A., Yang, K., Charlesworth, D. and Mao, J.‐F. 2021. Chromosome‐scale assembly of the genome of Salix dunnii reveals a male‐heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 7. Mol Ecol Resour. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13362 (pdf).

2020 Wagner ND, He L, Hörandl E (2020) Relationships and genome evolution of polyploid Salix species revealed by RAD sequencing data. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11:1077 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01077

2020   Wagner ND, Clements MA, Simpson L, Nargar K (2020) Conservation genomics of Australian orchid complex with implications on the taxonomic and conservation status of Corybas dowlingii. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.22.916080

2020 He L, Wagner ND, Hörandl E (2020) RAD sequencing data reveal a radiation of willow species (Salix L., Salicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent areas. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12593

2018         Gramlich S, Wagner ND, Hörandl E. (2018). RAD-seq reveals genetic structure of the F2-generation of natural willow hybrids (Salix L.) and a great potential for interspecific introgression. BMC Plant Biology 18:317 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1552-6

2018 Wagner, ND (2018) Mit kleinen Schnipseln zum großen Stammbaum - Die Verwandtschaft der europäischen Strauchweiden. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 5(48): 324-331. doi:10.1002/ biuz.201810656

2018         Nargar K., Molina S., Wagner, N.D., Nauheimer, L., Micheneau C., and M. A. Clements (2018) Australasian orchid diversification in time and space: Molecular phylogenetic insights from the beard orchids (Calochilus, Diurideae). Australian Systematic Botany (accepted)

2018         Wagner N. D., Gramlich S., Hörandl E. (2018) RAD sequencing resolved phylogenetic relationships in European shrub willows (Salix L. subg. Chamaetia and subg. Vetrix) and revealed multiple evolution of dwarf shrubs. Ecol Evol. 2018;00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4360

2017        Juraj Paule, Natascha Wagner, Kurt Weising, Georg Zizka (2017) Ecological range shift in the polyploid members of the South American genus Fosterella (Bromeliaceae). Annals of Botany

2016 Schütz, N., Wagner, N., Krapp, F. und K. Weising (2016): “Phylogeny of Pitcairnioideae s.str. (Bromeliaceae): evidence from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 181 (3): 323–342

2016 Mendes de Lima Silva, H, Varão Vasconcelos, E., Benko-Iseppon, A. M., Wagner, N., Weising, K. und A. C. Brasileiro-Vidal (2016): “Chromosomal features of Fosterella L. (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae) species” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (3): 532–541

2016 Wöhrmann, T, Huettel, B., Wagner N. und K. Weising (2016): “Microsatellites from Fosterella christophii (Bromeliaceae) by de novo transcriptome sequencing on the Pacific Biosciences RS” Applied Plant Sciences 4(1): apps.1500084

2015 Wagner, N. und K. Weising (2015): “A large living collection of Fosterella L.B.Sm. in the centre of Germany” Die Bromelie

2015 Wagner, N., Wöhrmann, T., Öder, V., Burmeister, A. und K. Weising (2015): Reproduction biology and chloroplast inheritance in Bromeliaceae: a case study in Fosterella (Pitcairnioideae), Plant Systematics and Evolution (online first) doi: 10.1007/s00606-015-1226-x

2015 Brandt, R., Lomonosova, M., Weising, K., Wagner N. und H. Freitag: “Phylogeny and biogeography of Suaeda subg. Brezia (Chenopodiaceae / Amaranthaceae) in the Americas”. Plant Systematics and Evolution

2014 Kloeber, S. und N. Wagner (2014): Potenzielle Ausbreitung invasiver Pflanzenarten durch Vogelfutter, Vogelwarte 52: 204-206

2013 Wagner, N., Silvestro, D., Brie, D., Ibisch, P. L., Zizka, G., Weising, K. und K. Schulte (2013): "Spatiotemporal evolution of Fosterella (Bromeliaceae) in the Central Andean biodiversity hotspot", Journal of Biogeography (2013) 40, 869–880

2012 Wöhrmann, T., Wagner, N., Krapp, F. Huettel, B., Weising, K. (2012): "Development of microsatellite Markers in Fosterella rusbyi (Bromeliaceae) using 454 pyrosequencing". American Journal of Botany (2012) 99 (4) e160-e163

Thesis

2013 N. Wagner: „Phylogeographie und Populationsgenetik der Arten der Gattung Fosterella (Bromeliaceae) in den südamerikanischen Anden“, Dissertation (PhD thesis)

2007 N. Wagner: „Etablierung von Chloroplasten-DNA-Markern für molekulare Verwandtschaftsanalysen in der Gattung Deuterocohnia (Bromeliaceae), Diplom

Selected oral presentations

2024 Wagner et al. "It is challenging - but it´s worth it. Unravelling phylogenetic relationships in shrub willows", München, Germany

2024 Wagner, roundtable meeting towards a priority program “Reticulate Evolution”, Regensburg, Germany

2024 Marincek, Wagner. GfBS conference and annual TaxonOMICS meeting, Bonn, Germany

2024 Marincek, Wagner et al. XXI IBC, Madrid, Spain Molecular evidence for sectional classification and spatio-temporal evolution of shrub willows (Salix L. subg. Chamaetia/Vetrix)

2023 Wagner, Natascha D.; Pia Marincek, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Martin Volf, et al. "Bringing light into the darkness – resolving the complex evolutionary history of North American shrub willows (Salix L.)." BOTANY (anual meeting of the Botanical Society of North America BSA), Boise, Idaho, USA

2023 Marincek, et al, Wagner. DBG Sektionstagung, Gießen, Deutschland

2023 Wagner, progress report, SPP 1991-2 TaxonOMICS, Hamburg, Germany

2023 Wagner, Laudatio Rensch Price for Kevin Karbstein, annual GfBS meeting (online)

2022 Wagner, progress report, SPP 1991-2 TaxonOMICS, Bochum, Germany

2022 Wagner "Phylogenetic relationships of shrub willows (Salix L.)" Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

2022 Wagner, "Phylogenetic relationships in shrub willows", F4 Symposium (future PhD for future forests), invited speaker

2021 Pittet, Wagner, Marinček & Hörandl: DBG Sektion Biodiversity and Evolution - Meeting of the section (online) "Morphological and genetic inconsistency in the hybrid zones of alpine willow species pairs"
2021 Wagner, N. Volf M, Pittet L, Marinček P & Hörandl E DBG Sektion Biodiversity and Evolution - Meeting of the section (online) "Highly diverse willows share highly similar plastomes"

2021 Wagner, N. Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada. Weeping willows - weeping scientists. Disentangling the complex evolution of shrub willows (Salix L.)

2021 Wagner N. Taxon-Omics (SPP 1991-2) Annual meeting (kick-off 2nd round) (online) Towards a sectional classification of shrub willows (Chamaetia/Vetrix clade, Salix, Salicaceae)

2019    Wagner, N, Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Flora Deutschlands (GEFD) 2019, Potsdam, Germany. Verflochten wie ein Weidenkorb - neue molekulare Erkenntnisse zur Evolution der Gattung Salix
2019    Wagner, N, Hörandl, E. Botany 2019, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Tetra, hexa, octo – dealing with polyploid species in genus Salix L. subg. Chamaetia/Vetrix in times of big data.
2019    Wagner, N, Systematic Seminar, Prof. Renner, LMU München, Germany. Like a wicker basket - disentangling the evolution of Eurasian shrub willows
2019 Wagner, N., Hörandl, E. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS), Munich: Dealing with reticulate evolution and polyploidy in times of big data – evolution of Eurasian shrub willows (Salix, subg. Chamaetia/Vetrix)

2018       Weising, K., Wagner N. et al. Monocots VI - 6. International Conference on Comparative Biology of Monocotyledones (Brazil): Recent advances in the Pitcairnioideae systematics.
2018      Nargar, K., Wagner, N., et al. Monocots VI - 6. International Conference on Comparative Biology of Monocotyledones (Brazil): Australasian orchid diversification in space and time: phylogenomic insights from the beard orchids (Calochilus, Diurideae)

2017       Wagner, N. et al. DBG Kiel (Germany): Evolution like a wicker basket – insights into phylogenetics, reticulate evolution and polyploidy of European Willows (Salix L.) using RAD sequencing
2017       Wagner, N. et al. IX International Botanical Congress (IBC), Shenzhen, China (oral presentation): Insights into Reticulate Evolution and Hybridization in the Phylogeny of Willows (Salix L.) using RAD Sequencing

2015 Wagner, N. et al., First Congress on Bromeliad Evolution - BromEvo1 Redife, Brazil (oral presentation, invited speaker): Breaking down all barriers – reproduction biology and speciation in Fosterella (Pitcairnioideae s.str.)
2015 Wagner, N., Schütz, N., et al. First Congress on Bromeliad Evolution - BromEvo1 Redife, Brazil (oral presentation) Chloroplast haplotypes indicate ancient and recent hybridization in the genus Deuterocohnia (Bromeliaceae)

2014 Wagner, N. et al., BioDivEvol, Dresden (Vortrag): Species boundaries in the Fosterella micrantha group (Bromeliaceae)

2013 Wagner, N. et al., Monocots V, New York (oral presentation): Contrasting patterns of nuclear and plastid data in subfamily Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae)

2012 Wagner, N. et al., DBG, Mainz (Poster): Tracing speciation processes in the Latin American genus Fosterella

2011         Wagner, N. et al., IBC, Melbourne (e-Poster): Evolution in the central Andes: Phylogeny and phylogeography of Fosterella (Pitcairnioideae, Bromeliaceae)
2011         Wagner, N. et al., DBG, Berlin (Poster): Phylogeny and phylogeography of South American Fosterella (Pitcairnioideae, Bromeliaceae)
2010         Wagner, N. et al., Sect. Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology der DBG-Tagung, Wien (oral presentation): A journey through space and time - biogeographical analysis of Fosterella (Bromeliaceae)