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Michael Stech. Completed the Doktor (PhD) in Natural Sciences in 1999/06/28 by Freie Universität Berlin Fachbereich Biologie Chemie Pharmazie. Is Researcher in Naturalis Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum. Published 117 articles in journals. Has 8 section(s) of books. Supervised 3 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 5. Supervised 10 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 4. Participates and/or participated as Invited Scientist Fellow in 1 project(s), Post-doc in 2 project(s), Principal investigator in 7 project(s), Researcher in 14 project(s) and Supervisor in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Botany. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: biogeography; bryology; DNA barcoding; evolution; phylogenetics; systematics; DNA metabarcoding; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Michael Stech

Citation names

  • Stech, Michael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0813-3D18-0BE8

Email addresses

  • michael.stech@naturalis.nl (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+31) 717519219 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
German (Mother tongue)
English
Dutch
Portuguese
Education
Degree Classification
1999/06/28
Concluded
 Natural Sciences (Doktor (PhD))
Freie Universität Berlin Fachbereich Biologie Chemie Pharmazie, Germany
"Molekulare Systematik haplolepider Laubmoose (Dicrananae, Bryopsida)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Naturalis Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Netherlands
2000 - 2006 Postdoc (Research) Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/02/01 - 2013/01/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland - Universiteit Leiden Branch, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Netherlands Scientific Expedition Edgeøya Spitsbergen (SEES) 2020
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Researcher
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ongoing
2019 - Current Micologia Antártica II: Catálogo de fungos da Antártica para estudos de sistemática, dispersão e conexões com a América do Sul e bioprospecção de substâncias para uso na medicina, indústria e agricultura
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Researcher
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
2020 - 2021 Digitisation of Greenlandic peat moss (Sphagnum) collections from four herbaria
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Principal investigator
European Commission
Ongoing
2017 - 2020 Dispersal in the canopy: accessing the diversity of bryophyte spores and pollen through DNA metabarcoding
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Researcher
Ongoing
2017 - 2019 Hooikoorts: Nie(t)s is te gek!
RAAK.PUB03.045
Researcher
Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA
2016 - 2019 Integrating phylogenomics, biogeographic inference and niche models of plants to disentangle the evolutionary patterns of the Macaronesian natural forests (MacPhylo)
PTDC/AGR-FOR/3427/2014
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016 - 2018 POLSNIF - Pollen sampling using an innovative method for pollen quantification based on DNA technology
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Researcher
Hogeschool Leiden, Netherlands
 Hogeschool Leiden
Concluded
2014 - 2017 Evolução e Dispersão de Espécies Antárticas Bipolares de Briófitas e Líquens
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Researcher
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2013 - 2016 NetBiome-CSA - Strengthening European research cooperation for smart and sustainable management of tropical and subtropical biodiversity in outermost regions and overseas countries and territories
603710
Researcher
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Netherlands Scientific Expedition Edgeøya Spitsbergen (SEES) 2015
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Researcher
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2010 - 2014 Modelação da diversidade florística e genética de criptogâmicas. Um instrumento para a gestão da floresta natural da Madeira (MadCrypto)
PTDC/AGR-CFL/111241/2009
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2013 From DNA back to morphology: Re-analysing morphological species circumscriptions in South American Campylopus species
SE-TAF-2989
Principal investigator
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Sweden
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2013 - 2013 East Greenland bryophytes - Biodiversity and importance as herbivore diet (BRYOGREEN)
C-13-4(12)
Principal investigator
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Ten species in one: the hidden biodiversity of European mosses
EDIT-IRG
Principal investigator
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2009 - 2011 Herbivores, mosses, DNA - Unravelling hidden diversity in Arctic terrestrial food webs
851.30.027
Principal investigator
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Concluded
2010 - 2010 The Bryum enigma - Unravelling the molecular diversity of Bryum on Svalbard for improved identification tools for arctic moss species (Bryophyta)
ARCFAC-026129-2009-123
Principal investigator
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
2008 - 2008 BRYOARCT: Molecular and morphological diversity of arctic mosses (Bryophyta)-Understanding species complexes for improved biodiversity assessments and biomonitoring
ARCFAC-026129-2008-31
Principal investigator
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
2005 - 2008 Epiphytic bryophyte biodiversity in the Madeira`s Laurel Forest. Molecular relationships, biogeography and conservational approach
FCT/3599-PPCDT/82562/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2004 - 2005 Biodiversity and molecular divergence patterns of epiphytic bryophytes on Madeira
D/03/40407
Researcher
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
2003 - 2004 Biodiversity and molecular divergence patterns of epiphytic bryophytes on Madeira
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Post-doc
Freie Universität Berlin

Contract

Designation Funders
2014/11/29 - 2019/03/31 DNA-Barcoding of Brazilian bryophytes - A case study to improve the identification of tropical bryophyte species
314522/2014-0
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2000 - 2002 Molecular systematics and geomolecular divergence of Campylopus Brid. (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida)
STE 1013/1-1
Post-doc
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Other

Designation Funders
2015 - 2016 Filogeografia de duas espécies bipolares das briófitas: Distichium capillaceum e Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Bryophyta)
234546/2014-0
Supervisor
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Criptógamas da Ilha da Trindade, um estudo biogeográfico
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Researcher
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
2010 - 2012 Briófitas da Ilha da Trindade, um estudo taxonômico e biogeográfico
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Researcher
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. de Carvalho, Camila Rodrigues; Santiago, Iara Furtado; da Costa Coelho, Lívia; Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva; Silva, Micheline Carvalho; Stech, Michael; Rosa, Carlos Augusto; Rosa, Luiz Henrique. "Fungi Associated with Plants and Lichens of Antarctica". In Fungi of Antarctica, 165-199. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-18367-7_8
  2. Kruijer, Hans (J.D.); Stech, Michael. "7. De vegetatie". In Met de Zr. Ms. Zeeland op expeditie naar Jan Mayen, edited by Hacquebord, Louwrens; Postma, Eelko; Verheul, Erik, 46-51. Groningen, Netherlands: Barkhuis, 2015.
    Published
  3. Stech, Michael; Kruijer, Hans (J.D.). "6.11 East Greenland bryophytes – biodiversity and importance as herbivore diet (BRYOGREEN)". In Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations 19th Annual Report, edited by Jensen, Lillian Magelund; Christensen, Torben Røjle; Schmidt, Niels Martin, 94-95. Denmark: Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environ-ment and Energy., 2014.
    Published
  4. Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta, Anthocerotophyta". In Syllabus of Plant Families. A. Engler´s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien, edited by Frey, Wolfgang, 13-263. Stuttgart, Germany: Schweizerbart, 2009.
    Published
  5. Stech, Michael; Quandt, Dietmar. "Molecular evolution of the chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer in bryophytes". In Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution, edited by Sharma, Arun Kumar; Sharma, Archana, 409-431. Enfield, United States: Science Publishers, 2006.
    Published
  6. Quandt, Dietmar; Müller, Kai; Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang; Hilu, Khidir W.; Borsch, Thomas. "Molecular evolution of the chloroplast trnL-F-region in land plants". In Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes, edited by Goffinet, Bernard; Hollowell, Victoria; Magill, Robert, 13-37. St. Louis, United States: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2004.
    Published
  7. Stech, Michael; Dohrmann, Joana. "Molecular relationships and biogeography of two Gondwanan Campylopus species, C. pilifer and C. introflexus (Dicranaceae)". In Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes, edited by Goffinet, Bernard; Hollowell, Victoria; Magill, Robert, 415-431. St. Louis, United States: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2004.
    Published
  8. Quandt, Dietmar; Stech, Michael. "Molecular systematics of bryophytes in context of land plant phylogeny". In Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution, edited by Sharma, Arun Kumar; Sharma, Archana, 267-295. 2003.
    Published
Journal article
  1. CÂMARA, PAULO E.A.S.; CARVALHO-SILVA, MICHELINE; STECH, MICHAEL. "Antarctic bryophyte research-current state and future directions". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 43 1 (2021): 221-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.43.1.16.
    Open access • Published • 10.11646/bde.43.1.16
  2. STECH, MICHAEL; CÂMARA, PAULO E.A.S.; MEDINA, RAFAEL; MUÑOZ, JESÚS. Corresponding author: STECH, MICHAEL. "Advances and challenges in bryophyte biology after 50 years of International Association of Bryologists". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 43 1 (2021): 6-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.43.1.4.
    Open access • Published • 10.11646/bde.43.1.4
  3. Martins, Soraia; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Stech, Michael. "The Macaronesian endemic moss Andoa berthelotiana (Myuriaceae, Bryophyta): Phylogenetic relationships and cryptic speciation". Nova Hedwigia 112 3-4 (2021): 335-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2021/0629.
    Published • 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2021/0629
  4. FARIA, ALLAN LAID ALKIMIM; SALINO, ALEXANDRE; CARVALHO-SILVA, MICHELINE; STECH, MICHAEL; AMORIM, EDUARDO TOLEDO DE; CÂMARA, PAULO EDUARDO AGUIAR SARAIVA. "Cyathea Sm. (Cyatheaceae) on Trindade Island (Brazil): An integrative approach". Phytotaxa 487 1 (2021): 26-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.2.
    Published • 10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.2
  5. Bonfim Santos, Marina; Fedosov, Vladimir; Hartman, Tobias; Fedorova, Alina; Siebel, Henk; Stech, Michael. "Phylogenetic inferences reveal deep polyphyly of Aongstroemiaceae and Dicranellaceae within the haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae, Bryophyta)". TAXON (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.12439.
    Published • 10.1002/tax.12439
  6. Rosa, Luiz Henrique; da Silva, Thamar Holanda; Ogaki, Mayara Baptistucci; Pinto, Otávio Henrique Bezerra; Stech, Michael; Convey, Peter; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Rosa, Carlos Augusto; Câmara, Paulo E. A. S.. "DNA metabarcoding uncovers fungal diversity in soils of protected and non-protected areas on Deception Island, Antarctica". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78934-7.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-78934-7
  7. Fedosov, Vladimir E; Fedorova, Alina V; Larraín, Juan; Santos, Marina B; Stech, Michael; Kucera, Jan; Brinda, John C; et al. "Unity in diversity: phylogenetics and taxonomy of Rhabdoweisiaceae (Dicranales, Bryophyta)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa087.
    Published • 10.1093/botlinnean/boaa087
  8. Bijlsma, Rienk Jan; Kruijer, J. D.; Stech, Michael. "Ptychostomum touwii, a new bryophyte species distinguished from Ptychostomum rubens by iterative morpho-molecular analysis, and a note on Bryum microerythrocarpum". Gorteria - Dutch Botanical Archives 42 (2020): 56-65.
    Open access • Published
  9. Rodrigues, Ana Sofia Bartolomeu; Martins, Anabela; Garcia, César Augusto; Sérgio, Cecília; Porley, Ron; Fontinha, Susana; González-Mancebo, Juana; et al. "Climate-driven vicariance and long-distance dispersal explain the Rand Flora pattern in the liverwort Exormotheca pustulosa (Marchantiophyta)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130 3 (2020): 480-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa071.
    Published • 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa071
  10. Iskandar, Eka Aditya Putri; Stech, Michael; De Oliveira, Sylvia M.. "The Two Faces of Mt Gede, Java - Species Richness, Composition and Zonation of Epiphytic Bryophytes". Cryptogamie, Bryologie 41 6 (2020): 69-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamiebryologie2020v41a6.
    Published • 10.5252/cryptogamiebryologie2020v41a6
  11. Peralta, Denilson Fernandes; Bordin, Juçara; Valente, Daiane Valente; Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva; Stech, Michael. "First record of the family Gigaspermaceae (Bryophyta) in Brazil". Hoehnea 47 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2236-8906-10/2020.
    Open access • Published • 10.1590/2236-8906-10/2020
  12. BÚCARO, ROSA DELIA; SOLLMAN, PHILIP; STECH, MICHAEL. "Bryoflora Salvadorensis 3. An updated checklist and new records of Pottiaceae for El Salvador". Phytotaxa 424 1 (2019): 33-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.424.1.3.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.424.1.3
  13. Madden, Hannah; Van Andel, Tinde; Miller, Jeremy; Stech, Michael; Verdel, Kevin; Eggermont, Eline. "Vegetation associations and relative abundance of rodents on St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands". Global Ecology and Conservation 20 (2019): e00743. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00743.
    10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00743
  14. Valente Valente, Daiane; Aguiar Saraiva Câmara, Paulo Eduardo; Peralta, Denilson Fernandes; Stech, Michael. "Molecular tools to identify tropical mosses: a case study of the Brazilian species of Schlotheimia Brid. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 17 6 (2019): 609-621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1655110.
    10.1080/14772000.2019.1655110
  15. Câmara, Paulo E.A.S.; Soares, Abel E.R.; Henriques, Diego Knop; Peralta, Denilson Fernandes; Bordin, Juçara; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Stech, Michael. "New insights into the species diversity of Bartramia Hedw. (Bryophyta) in Antarctica". Antarctic Science 31 4 (2019): 208-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102019000257.
    10.1017/s0954102019000257
  16. Koopman, Jacob; Kalinowski, Pawel; Stech, Michael; Wieclaw, Helena. "Carex ×kneuckeri, a hybrid new for central Europe and neotypification of this name". Preslia 91 2 (2019): 161-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.161.
    10.23855/preslia.2019.161
  17. Enroth, Johannes; Olsson, Sanna; Huttunen, Sanna; Buchbender, Volker; Tangney, Ray; Stech, Michael; Hedenäs, Lars; Quandt, Dietmar. "Orthostichellaceae fam. nov. and other novelties in pleurocarpous mosses revealed by phylogenetic analyses". The Bryologist 122 2 (2019): 219-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-122.2.219.
    10.1639/0007-2745-122.2.219
  18. Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva; Valente, Daiane Valente; de Amorim, Eduardo Toledo; Henriques, Diego Knop; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Convey, Peter; Stech, Michael. "Integrated analysis of intraspecific diversity in the bipolar moss Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) P.E.A.S. Câmara & M. Carvalho-Silva (Bryophyta) in Antarctica". Polar Biology 42 3 (2018): 485-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2437-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s00300-018-2437-8
  19. Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Jackson, Jennifer A.; Stech, Michael; Griffiths, Howard; Linse, Katrin; Convey, Peter. "Molecular Data Suggest Long-Term in Situ Antarctic Persistence Within Antarctica's Most Speciose Plant Genus, Schistidium". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00077.
    10.3389/fevo.2018.00077
  20. Câmara, Paulo E. A. S.; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Henriques, Diego Knop; Guerra, Juan; Gallego, María Teresa; Poveda, Diana Ríos; Stech, Michael. "Pylaisiaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) revisited". Journal of Bryology 40 3 (2018): 251-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2018.1472850.
    10.1080/03736687.2018.1472850
  21. Aptroot, Andre; Stech, Michael. "An updated checklist of the lichens of St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles". MycoKeys 33 (2018): 69-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.33.23911.
    10.3897/mycokeys.33.23911
  22. Stech, Michael; van Andel, Tinde; Aptroot, André; Bertin, Alice; Stefanaki, Anastasia. "Bryophytes and lichens in 16th-century herbaria". Journal of Bryology 40 2 (2018): 99-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2018.1447304.
    10.1080/03736687.2018.1447304
  23. Mostert, Marijke; de Weger, Letty; Stech, Michael; Speksnijder, Arjen; Kloet, Susan; den Dunnen, Johan; Stroosnijder, Marcella; et al. "Hooikoorts; een stap richting personalized medicine met behulp van een Pollensniffer en identificatie van pollen met Next generation Sequencing". Analyse 73 (2018): 70-72.
    Published
  24. Bonfim Santos, Marina; Stech, Michael. "Testing hypotheses on suprageneric relationships and morphological evolution in the Leucobryaceae (Bryophyta)". Plant Systematics and Evolution 303 10 (2017): 1383-1397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-017-1459-y.
    10.1007/s00606-017-1459-y
  25. Gama, Renato; Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús; Stech, Michael. "Ecological niche comparison and molecular phylogeny segregate the invasive moss species Campylopus introflexus (Leucobryaceae, Bryophyta) from its closest relatives". Ecology and Evolution 7 19 (2017): 8017-8031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3301.
    10.1002/ece3.3301
  26. Lewis, Lily R.; Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M.; Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Convey, Peter; Goffinet, Bernard; Hassel, Kristian; Kruijer, Hans (J.D.); et al. "Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research". Arctic Science 3 3 (2017): 475-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0043.
    10.1139/as-2016-0043
  27. BRISCOE, LAURA R. E.; ZEREGA, NYREE J. C.; LUMBSCH, H. THORSTEN; STECH, MICHAEL; KRAICHAK, EKAPHAN; KONRAT, MATTHEW J. VON; ENGEL, JOHN J.; WICKETT, NORMAN J.. "Molecular, morphological, and biogeographic perspectives on the classification of Acrobolboideae (Acrobolbaceae, Marchantiophyta)". Phytotaxa 319 1 (2017): 56-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.319.1.2.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.319.1.2
  28. Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Stech, Michael; Soares-Silva, Lucia Helena; Buck, William R.; Wickett, Norman J.; Liu, Yang; Câmara, Paulo E.A.S.. "A molecular phylogeny of the Sematophyllaceae s.l. (Hypnales) based on plastid, mitochondrial and nuclear markers, and its taxonomic implications". Taxon 66 4 (2017): 811-831. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/664.2.
    10.12705/664.2
  29. Sim-Sim, Manuela; Afonina, Olga M.; Almeida, Tereza; Désamoré, Aurélie; Laenen, Benjamin; Garcia, César Augusto; González-Mancebo, Juana M.; Stech, Michael. "Integrative taxonomy reveals too extensive lumping and a new species in the moss genus Amphidium (Bryophyta)". Systematics and Biodiversity 15 5 (2017): 451-463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1271059.
    10.1080/14772000.2016.1271059
  30. Santos, Marina Bonfim; Stech, Michael. "Tackling relationships and species circumscriptions of Octoblepharum, an enigmatic genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae, Bryophyta)". Systematics and Biodiversity 15 1 (2016): 16-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1213325.
    10.1080/14772000.2016.1213325
  31. van Andel, Tinde; van der Hoorn, Berry; Stech, Michael; Arostegui, Saskia Bantjes; Miller, Jeremy. "A quantitative assessment of the vegetation types on the island of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean". Global Ecology and Conservation 7 (2016): 59-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.05.003.
    10.1016/j.gecco.2016.05.003
  32. Gama, Renato; Alkimim Faria, Allan Laid; Saraiva Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar; Stech, Michael. "Identity and Origin of the Campylopus (Leucobryaceae, Bryopsida) Species from Trindade Island (Brazil)". Cryptogamie, Bryologie 37 3 (2016): 241-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/cryb/v37.iss3.2016.241.
    10.7872/cryb/v37.iss3.2016.241
  33. Yahaya, Nor Hidayah; Stech, Michael; Zonneveld, Ben J.M.; Hovenkamp, Peter H.. "What is Nephrolepis ‘bostoniensis’?". Scientia Horticulturae 204 (2016): 153-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2016.04.001.
    10.1016/j.scienta.2016.04.001
  34. Dirkse, Gerard M.; Losada-Lima, Ana; Stech, Michael. "Riccia boumanii Dirkse, Losada & M.Stech sp. nov. (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta) in the Canary Islands, the first species of Riccia subgenus Riccia section Pilifer Volk outside South Africa". Journal of Bryology 38 2 (2016): 94-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2016.1145523.
    10.1080/03736687.2016.1145523
  35. Búcaro, Rosa Delia; Bruggeman-Nannenga, Maria Alida; Stech, Michael. "Bryoflora Salvadorensis. 2. Fissidens (Fissidentaceae, Bryophyta), new additions". Lindbergia 4 (2016): 24-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.25227/linbg.01075.
    10.25227/linbg.01075
  36. Lang, Annick S.; Bocksberger, Gaëlle; Stech, Michael. "Phylogeny and species delimitations in European Dicranum (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92 (2015): 217-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.019.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.019
  37. Merckx, Vincent S. F. T.; Hendriks, Kasper P.; Beentjes, Kevin K.; Mennes, Constantijn B.; Becking, Leontine E.; Peijnenburg, Katja T. C. A.; Afendy, Aqilah; et al. "Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain". Nature 524 7565 (2015): 347-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14949.
    10.1038/nature14949
  38. Sim-Sim, Manuela; Lopes, Tina; Ruas, Sara; Stech, Michael. "Does altitude shape molecular diversity and richness of bryophytes in Madeira’s natural forest? A case study with four bryophyte species at two altitudinal levels". Plant Ecology and Evolution 148 2 (2015): 171-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2015.1041.
    10.5091/plecevo.2015.1041
  39. Gama, Renato; Stech, Michael; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Peralta, Denilson F.. "A morpho-molecular revision of Leucoloma (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta) in Brazil". Nova Hedwigia 100 3 (2015): 319-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0238.
    10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0238
  40. Lopes, Tina; Stech, Michael; Fontinha, Susana; Sim-Sim, Manuela. "Molecular circumscription and intraspecific variation in Porella canariensis (F.Weber) Underw. (Porellaceae, Marchantiophyta)". Journal of Bryology 37 3 (2015): 241-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743282014y.0000000136.
    10.1179/1743282014y.0000000136
  41. Draper, Isabel; Hedenäs, Lars; Stech, Michael; Patiño, Jairo; Werner, Olaf; González-Mancebo, Juana María; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Lopes, Tina; Ros, Rosa María. "How many species of Isothecium (Lembophyllaceae, Bryophyta) are there in Macaronesia? A survey using integrative taxonomy". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177 3 (2015): 418-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12250.
    10.1111/boj.12250
  42. Búcaro, Rosa Delia; Touw, Andries; Stech, Michael. "Epiphytic mosses from the understory of a forest in El Zancudo (“Los Bolsones”), La Paz, Honduras". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 36 1 (2014): 45-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.36.1.4.
    10.11646/bde.36.1.4
  43. Lang, Annick S.; Tubanova, Dolgor; Stech, Michael. "Species delimitations in the Dicranum acutifolium complex (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta) using molecular markers". Journal of Bryology 36 4 (2014): 279-290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743282014y.0000000119.
    10.1179/1743282014y.0000000119
  44. Stech, M.; Quandt, D.. "20,000 species and five key markers: The status of molecular bryophyte phylogenetics". Phytotaxa 9 1 (2014): 196-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.9.1.11.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.9.1.11
  45. Câmara, Paulo E.A.S.; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Stech, Michael. "A catalogue of Sematophyllaceae (Bryophyta) types deposited in Dutch herbaria". Nova Hedwigia 99 1 (2014): 145-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0192.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0192
  46. Lang, Annick; Stech, Michael. "What's in a Name? Disentangling the Dicranum scoparium Species Complex (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta)". Systematic Botany 39 2 (2014): 369-379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364414x680735.
    10.1600/036364414x680735
  47. Lang, Annick S.; Kruijer, J. D.; Stech, Michael. "DNA barcoding of Arctic bryophytes: an example from the moss genus Dicranum (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta)". Polar Biology 37 8 (2014): 1157-1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1509-7.
    10.1007/s00300-014-1509-7
  48. Hedenäs, Lars; Désamoré, Aurélie; Laenen, Benjamin; Papp, Beata; Quandt, Dietmar; González-Mancebo, Juana Maria; Patiño, Jairo; Vanderpoorten, Alain; Stech, Michael. "Three species for the price of one within the moss Homalothecium sericeum s.l.". Taxon 63 2 (2014): 249-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/632.16.
    10.12705/632.16
  49. Larraín, Juan; Quandt, Dietmar; Stech, Michael; Muñoz, Jesús. "Lumping or splitting? The case of Racomitrium (Bryophytina: Grimmiaceae)". Taxon 62 6 (2013): 1117-1132. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/626.45.
    10.12705/626.45
  50. Heinrichs, Jochen; Dong, Shanshan; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Pócs, Tamás; Feldberg, Kathrin; Czumaj, Aleksandra; Schmidt, Alexander R.; et al. "Molecular Phylogeny of the Leafy Liverwort Lejeunea (Porellales): Evidence for a Neotropical Origin, Uneven Distribution of Sexual Systems and Insufficient Taxonomy". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): e82547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082547.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0082547
  51. Stech, Michael; Veldman, Sarina; Larraín, Juan; Muñoz, Jesús; Quandt, Dietmar; Hassel, Kristian; Kruijer, Hans. "Molecular Species Delimitation in the Racomitrium canescens Complex (Grimmiaceae) and Implications for DNA Barcoding of Species Complexes in Mosses". PLoS ONE 8 1 (2013): e53134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053134.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0053134
  52. Huttunen, Sanna; Bell, Neil; Stech, Michael; Quandt, Dietmar. "Bryophyte Tree of Life: the current state of phylogenetic reconstruction in mosses". Journal of Bryology 34 3 (2012): 157-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743282012y.0000000017.
    10.1179/1743282012y.0000000017
  53. Huttunen, Sanna; Bell, Neil; Bobrova, Vera K; Buchbender, Volker; Buck, William R; Cox, Cymon J; Goffinet, Bernard; et al. "Disentangling knots of rapid evolution: origin and diversification of the moss order Hypnales". Journal of Bryology 34 3 (2012): 187-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743282012y.0000000013.
    10.1179/1743282012y.0000000013
  54. Stech, Michael; McDaniel, Stuart F; Hernández-Maqueda, Rafael; Ros, Rosa M; Werner, Olaf; Muñoz, Jesús; Quandt, Dietmar. "Phylogeny of haplolepideous mosses — challenges and perspectives". Journal of Bryology 34 3 (2012): 173-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743282012y.0000000014.
    10.1179/1743282012y.0000000014
  55. Désamoré, Aurélie; Laenen, Benjamin; Stech, Michael; Papp, Beata; Hedenäs, Lars; Mateo, Ruben G.; Vanderpoorten, Alain. "How do temperate bryophytes face the challenge of a changing environment? Lessons from the past and predictions for the future". Global Change Biology 18 9 (2012): 2915-2924. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02752.x.
    10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02752.x
  56. Touw, Andries; Stech, Michael. "Bryoflora Salvadorensis. I. Introduction and contributions to the moss flora of El Salvador". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 34 1 (2012): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.34.1.1.
    10.11646/bde.34.1.1
  57. Hesse, Cris; Jalink, Leo M.; Stech, Michael; Kruijer, Hans (J.D.). "Contributions to the moss flora of Edgeøya and Barentsøya, Svalbard (Norway)". Polish Botanical Journal 57 (2012): 167-179.
    Published
  58. Sukkharak, Phiangphak; Gradstein, S. Robbert; Stech, Michael. "Phylogeny, taxon circumscriptions, and character evolution in the core Ptychanthoideae (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta)". TAXON 60 6 (2011): 1607-1622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.606006.
    10.1002/tax.606006
  59. Sim-Sim, Manuela; Bergamini, Ariel; Luís, Leena; Fontinha, Susana; Martins, Soraia; Lobo, Carlos; Stech, Michael. "Epiphytic bryophyte diversity on Madeira Island: Effects of tree species on bryophyte species richness and composition". The Bryologist 114 1 (2011): 142-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-114.1.142.
    10.1639/0007-2745-114.1.142
  60. Lobo, Carlos; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Luís, Leena; Stech, Michael. "Chorological data and threat status evaluation of Fissidens species (Fissidentaceae, Bryophyta) on Madeira Archipelago". Nova Hedwigia 92 1 (2011): 121-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0092-0121.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0092-0121
  61. Stech, Michael; Werner, Olaf; González-Mancebo, Juana María; Patiño, Jairo; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Fontinha, Susana; Hildebrandt, Ina; Ros, Rosa M.. "Phylogenetic inference in Leucodon Schwägr. subg. Leucodon (Leucodontaceae, Bryophyta) in the North Atlantic region". TAXON 60 1 (2011): 79-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.601007.
    10.1002/tax.601007
  62. Stech, Michael; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Kruijer, Hans J.D.. "Campylopus Brid. (Leucobryaceae) in Macaronesia revisited". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 31 1 (2010): 154-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.31.1.25.
    10.11646/bde.31.1.25
  63. Tangney, Ray; Huttunen, Sanna; Stech, Michael; Quandt, Dietmar. "A review of the systematic position of the pleurocarpous moss genus Acrocladium Mitten". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 31 1 (2010): 164-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.31.1.26.
    10.11646/bde.31.1.26
  64. STECH, M.; KOLVOORT, E.; LOONEN, M. J. J. E.; VRIELING, K.; KRUIJER, J. D.. "Bryophyte DNA sequences from faeces of an arctic herbivore, barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)". Molecular Ecology Resources 11 2 (2010): 404-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02938.x.
    10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02938.x
  65. Frey, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Stech, Michael. "Geomolecular divergence patterns of Gondwanan and Palaeoaustral bryophytes – An overview. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 34". Nova Hedwigia 91 3 (2010): 317-348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2010/0091-0317.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2010/0091-0317
  66. Kruijer, Hans (J.D.); Raes, Niels; Stech, Michael. "Modelling the distribution of the moss species Hypopterygium tamarisci (Hypopterygiaceae, Bryophyta) in Central and South America". Nova Hedwigia 91 3 (2010): 399-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2010/0091-0399.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2010/0091-0399
  67. Stech, Michael; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Esquível, M. Glória; luís, Leena; Fontinha, Susana; Lobo, Carlos; Garcia, César; et al. "Molecular, phytochemical and morphological characterization of the liverwort genus Radula in Portugal (mainland, Madeira, Azores)". Systematics and Biodiversity 8 2 (2010): 257-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772001003723579.
    10.1080/14772001003723579
  68. Sim-Sim, Maria; Fontinha, Susana; Luís, Leena; Lobo, Carlos; Stech, Michael. "The Selvagens Islands bryoflora and its relation with islands of the Madeira and Canary Islands Archipelagos". Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 138 (2010): 185-197.
    Published
  69. Figueiredo, A. Cristina; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Barroso, José G.; Pedro, Luis G.; Esquível, M. Glória; Fontinha, Susana; Luís, Leena; et al. "Liverwort Radula species from Portugal: chemotaxonomical evaluation of volatiles composition". Flavour and Fragrance Journal 24 6 (2009): 316-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1943.
    10.1002/ffj.1943
  70. Quandt, Dietmar; Huttunen, Sanna; Tangney, Ray; Stech, Michael. "Back to the Future? Molecules Take Us Back to the 1925 Classification of the Lembophyllaceae (Bryopsida)". Systematic Botany 34 3 (2009): 443-454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364409789271128.
    10.1600/036364409789271128
  71. STECH, M; SIMSIM, M; ESQUIVEL, M; FONTINHA, S; TANGNEY, R; LOBO, C; GABRIEL, R; QUANDT, D. "Explaining the ‘anomalous’ distribution of Echinodium (Bryopsida: Echinodiaceae): Independent evolution in Macaronesia and Australasia". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8 4 (2008): 282-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.02.001.
    10.1016/j.ode.2008.02.001
  72. Sim-Sim, Manuela; Luís, Leena; Garcia, César; Fontinha, Susana; Lobo, Carlos; Martins, Soraia; Stech, Michael. "New data on the status of threatened bryophytes of Madeira Island". Journal of Bryology 30 3 (2008): 226-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174328208x322260.
    10.1179/174328208x322260
  73. Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "New suprageneric taxa of liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia 87 1 (2008): 261-267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0087-0261.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0087-0261
  74. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang. "A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia 86 1 (2008): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001
  75. Stech, Michael; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang. "Phylogenetic relationships within Dendroligotrichum and Polytrichadelphus (Polytrichaceae, Polytrichopsida) in the Palaeoaustral region. Studies in austral temperate rainforest bryophytes 32". Australian Systematic Botany 21 1 (2008): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb07005.
    10.1071/sb07005
  76. Kürschner, Harald; Stech, Michael; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Fontinha, Susana; Frey, Wolfgang. "Life form and life strategy analyses of the epiphytic bryophyte communities of Madeira's laurel and ericaceous forests". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 127 2 (2007): 151-164. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0006-8152/2007/0127-0151.
    10.1127/0006-8152/2007/0127-0151
  77. Kürschner, Harald; Stech, Michael; Fontinha, Susana; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Frey, Wolfgang. "Epiphytic bryophyte communities of the Madeiran laurel and ericaceous forests - a phytosociological analysis". Nova Hedwigia 84 3 (2007): 333-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0084-0333.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0084-0333
  78. Quandt, Dietmar; Bell, Neil; Stech, Michael. "Unravelling the knot: Pulchrinodaceae, fam. nov. (Bryales)". Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 131 (2007): 21-39.
    Published
  79. Stech, Michael; Sim-Sim, Maria; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "Campylopus (Leucobryaceae, Bryopsida) on Madeira Island – Molecular relationships and biogeographic affinities". Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 131 (2007): 91-100.
    Published
  80. Qiu, Y.-L.; Li, L.; Wang, B.; Chen, Z.; Knoop, V.; Groth-Malonek, M.; Dombrovska, O.; et al. "The deepest divergences in land plants inferred from phylogenomic evidence". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 42 (2006): 15511-15516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603335103.
    10.1073/pnas.0603335103
  81. Stech, Michael; Osman, Salah; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular systematics and biogeography of the liverwort genus Tylimanthus (Acrobolbaceae) Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 33". Nova Hedwigia 83 1 (2006): 17-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0083-0017.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0083-0017
  82. Stech, M.; Pfeiffer, T.. "Molecular identity of Hypopterygium populations (Hypopterygiaceae: Bryopsida) from three European botanical gardens". Journal of Bryology 28 2 (2006): 83-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174328206x105344.
    10.1179/174328206x105344
  83. Stech, Michael; Sim-Sim, Manuela. "Molecular variation in Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T. J. Kop. and the status of P. undulatum var. madeirense T. J. Kop. & Sérgio". Journal of Bryology 28 1 (2006): 63-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174328206x104561.
    10.1179/174328206x104561
  84. Pfeiffer, Tanja; Fritz, Sebastian; Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang. "Vegetative reproduction and clonal diversity in Rhytidium rugosum (Rhytidiaceae, Bryopsida) inferred by morpho-anatomical and molecular analyses". Journal of Plant Research 119 2 (2006): 125-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-005-0255-x.
    10.1007/s10265-005-0255-x
  85. Frahm, Jan-Peter; Stech, Michael. "The taxonomic status of intermediate forms of Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid. and C. pilifer Brid. (Bryopsida, Dicranaceae) newly discovered in Europe". Cryptogamie Bryologie 27 (2006): 213-223.
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  86. Stech, Michael; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular relationships and divergence of palaeoaustral Dicranoloma species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 31". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 100 (2006): 451-464.
    Published
  87. Sim-Sim, Manuela; Esquível, Maria da Glória; Fontinha, Susana; Stech, Michael. "The genus Plagiochila (Dumort.) Dumort. (Plagiochilaceae, Hepaticophytina) in Madeira Archipelago - Molecular relationships, ecology, and biogeographic affinities". Nova Hedwigia 81 3 (2005): 449-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0449.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0449
  88. PFEIFFER, TANJA; ZIPPEL, ELKE; FRITZ, SEBASTIAN; STECH, MICHAEL. "Application of the nonradioactive biotin-streptavidin system to visualize AFLP fragments". Molecular Ecology Notes 5 3 (2005): 673-675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00988.x.
    10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00988.x
  89. Quandt, Dietmar; Stech, Michael. "Molecular evolution of the trnLUAA intron in bryophytes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 3 (2005): 429-443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.014.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.014
  90. Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "A morpho-molecular classification of the liverworts (Hepaticophytina, Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia 81 1 (2005): 55-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0055.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0055
  91. Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "A morpho-molecular classification of the Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)". Nova Hedwigia 80 3 (2005): 541-546. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0080-0541.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0080-0541
  92. Wagner, Dorothea; Stech, Michael; Kürschner, Harald. "The taxonomic status of the neotropical Platyhypnidium aquaticum (A. Jaeger) M. Fleisch. (Brachytheciaceae, Bryopsida) based on ITS sequence data". Nova Hedwigia 80 3 (2005): 519-526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0080-0519.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0080-0519
  93. Stech, Michael; Wagner, Dorothea. "Molecular relationships, biogeography, and evolution of Gondwanan Campylopus species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida)". TAXON 54 2 (2005): 377-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25065366.
    10.2307/25065366
  94. Schaumann, F.; Frey, W.; Pfeiffer, T.; Stech, M.. "Molecular circumscription, intrafamilial relationships and biogeography of the Gondwanan liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae (Hepaticophytina, Bryophyta) Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 27". Plant Systematics and Evolution 252 1-2 (2005): 27-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-004-0279-z.
    10.1007/s00606-004-0279-z
  95. Stech, M.. "Supraspecific Circumscription and Classification of Campylopus (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida) Based on Inferences from Sequence Data". Systematic Botany 29 4 (2004): 817-824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/0363644042450946.
    10.1600/0363644042450946
  96. Quandt, D.; Stech, M.. "Molecular Evolution of the trnTUGU-trnFGAA Region in Bryophytes". Plant Biology 6 5 (2004): 545-554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2004-821144.
    10.1055/s-2004-821144
  97. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular circumscription and relationships of selected Gondwanan species of Haplomitrium (Calobryales, Haplomitriopsida, Hepaticophytina)". Nova Hedwigia 78 1 (2004): 57-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0078-0057.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0078-0057
  98. Stech, Michael; Quandt, Dietmar; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular circumscription of the hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) based on the chloroplast DNA trnL-trnF region". Journal of Plant Research 116 5 (2003): 389-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-003-0118-2.
    10.1007/s10265-003-0118-2
  99. Stech, M.; Quandt, D.; Lindlar, A.; Frahm, J.-P.. "The systematic position of Pulchrinodus inflatus (Pterobryaceae, Bryopsida) based on molecular data. Studies in austral temperate rainforest bryophytes 21". Australian Systematic Botany 16 5 (2003): 561-568. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb02022.
    10.1071/sb02022
  100. Stech, Michael; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang. "Chloroplast DNA relationship in palaeoaustral Polytrichadelphus magellanicus (Hedw.) Mitt. (Polytrichaceae, Bryopsida) - Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 12". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 124 2 (2002): 217-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0006-8152/2002/0124-0217.
    10.1127/0006-8152/2002/0124-0217
  101. Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "A new species of Treubia (Treubiaceae, Hepaticophytina) from New Zealand based on molecular evidence. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 20". Nova Hedwigia 75 1 (2002): 241-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0241.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0241
  102. Stech, Michael; Konstantinova, Nadezhda A.; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular divergence between Treubia Goebel and Apotreubia S. Hatt. & Mizut., the two genera of the archaic liverwort class Treubiopsida (Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 19". Nova Hedwigia 75 1 (2002): 91-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0091.
    10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0091
  103. Stech, Michael; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular generic classification of the Hypopterygiaceae (Bryopsida), with the description of a new genus, Arbusculohypopterygium gen. nov. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 10". New Zealand Journal of Botany 40 2 (2002): 207-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2002.9512784.
    10.1080/0028825x.2002.9512784
  104. Stech, Michael; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "The Systematic Position of Ochyraea tatrensis (Hypnobartlettiaceae, Bryopsida) Based on Molecular Data". The Bryologist 104 2 (2001): 199-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0199:tspoot]2.0.co;2.
    10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0199:tspoot]2.0.co;2
  105. Stech, Michael; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "Palustriella pluristratosa spec. nov., a new aquatic moss species with pluristratose lamina from Switzerland". Botanica Helvetica 111 (2001): 139-150.
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  106. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang. "CpDNA-relationship and classification of the liverworts (Hepaticophytina, Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia 72 (2001): 45-58.
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  107. Stech, Michael; Ros, Rosa M.; Werner, Olaf. "The taxonomic status of Thamnobryum maderense (Kindb.) Hedenäs (Bryopsida) as inferred from molecular data". Nova Hedwigia 72 (2001): 251-257.
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  108. Stech, Michael; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "The systematic position of Gradsteinia andicola Ochyra (Donrichardsiaceae, Bryopsida) : evidence from nrDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 18 1 (2000): 75-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.18.1.10.
    10.11646/bde.18.1.10
  109. Frahm, Jan-Peter; Müller, Kai; Stech, Michael. "The taxonomic status of Eurhynchium crassinervium from river banks based on ITS sequence data". Journal of Bryology 22 4 (2000): 291-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.2000.22.4.291.
    10.1179/jbr.2000.22.4.291
  110. Stech, Michael; Frahm, Jan-Peter; Hilger, Hartmut H.; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular relationship of Treubia Goebel (Treubiaceae, Treubiopsida) and high taxonomic level classification of the Hepaticophytina. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 6". Nova Hedwigia 71 (2000): 195-208.
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  111. Pfeiffer, Tanja; Kruijer, Hans (J.D.); Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael. "Systematics of the Hypopterygium tamarisci complex (Hypopterygiaceae, Bryopsida): implications of molecular and morphological data. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 9". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 89 (2000): 55-70.
    Published
  112. Stech, Michael; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "The status of Platyhypnidium mutatum Ochyra & Vanderpoorten and the systematic value of the Donrichardsiaceae based on molecular data". Journal of Bryology 21 3 (1999): 191-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1999.21.3.191.
    10.1179/jbr.1999.21.3.191
  113. Frey, Wolfgang; Stech, Michael; Meissner, Kathrin. "Chloroplast DNA-relationship in palaeoaustral Lopidium concinnum (Hypopterygiaceae, Musci). An example of stenoevolution in mosses. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 2". Plant Systematics and Evolution 218 1-2 (1999): 67-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01087035.
    10.1007/bf01087035
  114. Stech, Michael. "A molecular systematic contribution to the position of Amphidium Schimp. (Rhabdoweisiaceae, Bryopsida)". Nova Hedwigia 68 (1999): 291-300.
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  115. Stech, Michael. "Dichodontium palustre (Dicks.) Stech, a new name for Dicranella palustris (Dicks.) Crundw. ex Warb.". Nova Hedwigia 69 (1999): 237-240.
    Published
  116. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang; Frahm, Jan-Peter. "The status and systematic position of Hypnobartlettia fontana Ochyra and the Hypnobartlettiaceae based on molecular data. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 4". Lindbergia 24 (1999): 97-102.
    Published
  117. Stech, Michael; Pfeiffer, Tanja; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular systematic relationship of temperate austral Hypopterygiaceae (Bryopsida): implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 3". Haussknechtia Beihefte 9 (1999): 359-367.
    Published
  118. Stech, Michael. "A reclassification of Dicranaceae (Bryopsida) based on non-coding cpDNA sequence data". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 86 (1999): 137-159.
    Published
  119. Meissner, Kathrin; Frahm, Jan-Peter; Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang. "Molecular divergence patterns and infrageneric relationship of Monoclea (Monocleales, Hepaticae). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 1". Nova Hedwigia 67 (1998): 289-302.
    Published
  120. Capesius, Ingrid; Stech, Michael. "Molecular relationships within mosses based on 18S rRNA gene sequences". Nova Hedwigia 64 (1997): 525-533.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Stech, Michael; Von Konrat, Matt; Câmara, Paulo E.A.S.; MEDINA, RAFAEL; MUÑOZ, JESÚS; Quandt, Dietmar. "50th anniversary of IAB". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 43 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.43.1.
    Published • 10.11646/bde.43.1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019 More, new, and better understood bryophyte taxa in the Netherlands based on integrative taxonomy Bryology 2019 - The Conference of IAB, iMOSS and SEB
(Madrid, Spain)
2019 Island biodiversity - insights from multi-taxon cyberdiversity inventories cE3c Conferences
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018 DNA barcoding and molecular evolution of the genus Campylopus in Brazil 69° Congresso Nacional de Botânica
(Cuiabá, Brazil)
2017 Herbivores, mosses, DNA - Unravelling hidden diversity in Arctic terrestrial food webs Future Arctic - A global initiative on bryophyte and lichen Arctic research: from species to ecosystems
(Quebéc, Canada)
2017 Polar bryophytes - Biodiversity and ecological significance Botanisches Kolloquium
Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany)
2016 An integrative approach to understand Bryum species 67° Congresso Nacional de Botânica
(Vitória, Brazil)
2016 Tropical bryophyte diversity in the context of multi-taxon biodiversity analysis 67° Congresso Nacional de Botânica
(Vitória, Brazil)
2015 DNA barcoding and biodiversity assessment of arctic and temperate Bryum species International Association of Bryologists (IAB) Conference 2015
(Puerto Williams, Chile)
2015 DNA barcoding improves the identification of Dutch bryophytes DNA Barcoding Symposium
(Utrecht, Netherlands)
2014 Mosses in the polar regions - Biodiversity and ecological significance III. APECS-Brazil Symposium
(Arraial do Cabo, Brazil)
2014 DNA barcoding for identification and biodiversity conservation of bryophytes Seminar Encontros Scientia
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 The moss genus Campylopus - A morpho-molecular nightmare Seminar
Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stockholm, Sweden)
2012 Species circumscriptions and phylogeography of Macaronesian pleurocarpous mosses FloraMac 2012
(Funchal, Portugal)
2012 Biogeographic relationships of bryophytes across the North Atlantic 63° Congresso Nacional de Botânica
(Joinville, Brazil)
2012 Molecular phylogeny and evolution of mosses 63° Congresso Nacional de Botânica
(Joinville, Brazil)
2011 Phylogeny of haplolepideous mosses – challenges and perspectives XVIII. International botanical congress IBC2011
(Melbourne, Australia)
2010 Species, areas, clades – Unravelling the molecular diversity of bryophytes Seminar
Museum of Natural History and Archeology, NTNU (Trondheim, Norway)
2009 Bryogeography of the North Atlantic XVII Simpósio de Botânica Criptogâmica
(Tomar, Portugal)
2009 Understanding arctic moss diversity NyS-Talk Science Seminar
(Ny-Ålesund, Norway)
2008 Molecular characterisation of Macaronesian pleurocarpous mosses Systematics 2008
(Göttingen, Germany)
2006 The genus Echinodium (Echinodiaceae, Bryopsida): Morphological similarity but molecular polyphyly 17th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the German Botanical Society
(Bonn, Germany)
2004 Molecular relationships, biogeography and evolution of Gondwanan Campylopus species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida) 2nd International Symposium on Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes
(Göttingen, Germany)
2003 Molecular biogeography of Gondwanan/subantarctic species of the moss genus Campylopus 16th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the German Botanical Society
(Frankfurt, Germany)
2003 Interrelationships and biogeography of two Gondwanan/ subantarctic Campylopus species, C. pilifer and C. introflexus International Symposium Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes: Progress, Problems and Perspectives
(St. Louis, United States)
2001 Molecular systematic relationship and geo-molecular divergence patterns in the moss genus Campylopus 15th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the German Botanical Society
(Bochum, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Origin and diversity of bryophytes from the Dutch Caribbean
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2021 - Current Hidden diversity and nannandry in the moss genus Dicranum
Supervisor
Lunds Universitet, Sweden

Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2016 - Current Patterns of epiphytic bryophyte diversity in Gede-Pangrango National Park, Java, Indonesia
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2013 - Current Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution in haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae)
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2009 - Current Origin and adaptative radiation of the Echinodiaceae: A Molecular phylogenetic and biogeographic approach on the Macaronesian species.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Species delimitation in the moss genus Campylopus - A morpho-molecular approach
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2016 - 2020 DNA Barcode dos Gêneros Schlotheimia Brid. e Macromitrium Brid. para o Brasil.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2016 - 2019 DNA - Barcode de briófitas do Brasil: um estudo de caso para facilitar a identificação dos gêneros Metzgeria Raddi e Sematophyllum Mitt.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2017 - 2017 Species diversity, biogeographic connections and dispersal of Splachnaceae across the Greenland Sea
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2017 - 2017 The role of asexual reproduction in habitat specialization of Lejeuneaceae in the Amazon
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2015 - 2016 Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of morphological traits in haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae, Bryophyta) based on a dated phylogeny
Supervisor
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 - 2016 Campylopus Brid. (Bryophyta) e Cyathea Sm. (Monilophyta) da Ilha da Trindade: um estudo filogenético e biogeografico
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2015 - 2015 Phylogeny and character evolution of lycophytes based on a combined morphological and DNA analysis
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2014 - 2015 Traits associated with canopy microhabitat conditions in the Amazonian Lejeuneaceae
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2014 - 2014 Molecular and morphological diversity in Bryum across the Greenland Sea
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2013 - 2014 Molecular identification of arctic Bryum specimens, and effects of grazing on a Svalbard (Norway) bryophyte community
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2009 - 2014 Phylogenetics and species delimitation within the moss genus Dicranum Hedw.
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2013 - 2013 Towards an evaluation of morphological and genetic species circumscriptions of Bryum species from temperate Europe. 1. Genotypic variation and morphology within selected Dutch Bryum species
Co-supervisor
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
2011 - 2013 Gender frequencies in populations of Dicranum scoparium
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2011 - 2013 Impact on tundra vegetation of foraging behaviour and seasonal changes in diet of the Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) in the Arctic
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2011 - 2012 In search of morphological characters defining Calliergon clades
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2011 - 2011 Species circumscriptions and intraspecific variability of Ulota and Zygodon in the Netherlands
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2008 - 2011 Taxonomy and phylogeny of the liverwort genus Thysananthus (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae)
Co-supervisor
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
2010 - 2010 Systematic relationships, species circumscription and infraspecific variation in Calliergon
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 The Dicranidae Working Group: challenges and tasks. Workshop at virtual conference Bryophytes, lichens, and northern ecosystems in a changing world (BL2021) (2021/07/07 - 2021/07/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2021 - 2021 State of the art in Dicranidae systematics. Symposium at virtual conference Bryophytes, lichens, and northern ecosystems in a changing world (BL2021) (2021/07/06 - 2021/07/06)
Symposium (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2017/06/21 The Evolutionary History of the Antarctic Flora
(Thesis) Arguer
 Biersma, Elisabeth M. (PhD)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2010/12/21 Phylogenetic, taxonomic and biogeographical studies in the Pithophoraceae (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Boedeker, Christian (PhD)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Council member, International Association of Bryologists (IAB)
Member
2015/01 - 2019/07 Council member, International Association of Bryologists (IAB)
Member

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2011 - Current Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution (2381-9685) Magnolia Press