• Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats 

      Biurrun, Idoia; Pielech, Remigiusz; Dembicz, Iwona; Gillet, François; Kozub, Łukasz; Marcenó, Corrado; Reitalu, Triin; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Guarino, Riccardo; Chytrý, Milan; Pakeman, Robin J; Preislerová, Zdenka; Axmanová, Irena; Burrascano, Sabina; Bartha, Sándor; Boch, Steffen; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Conradi, Timo; De Frenne, Pieter; Essl, Franz; Filibeck, Goffredo; Hájek, Michal; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Kuzemko, Anna; Molnár, Zsolt; Pärtel, Meelis; Pätsch, Ricarda; Prentice, Honor C.; Roleček, Jan; Sutcliffe, Laura M. E.; Terzi, Massimo; Winkler, Manuela; Wu, Jianshuang; Acíc, Svetlana; Acosta, Alicia T.R.; Afif, Elias; Akasaka, Munemitsu; Alatalo, Juha M.; Aleffi, Michele; Aleksanyan, Alla; Ali, Arshad; Apostolova, Iva; Ashouri, Parvaneh; Bátori, Zoltán; Baumann, Esther; Becker, Thomas; Belonovskaya, Elena; Benito Alonso, José Luis; Berastegi, Asun; Bergamini, Ariel; Bhatta, Kuber Prasad; Bonini, Ilaria; Büchler, Marc-Olivier; Budzhak, Vasyl; Bueno, Alvaro; Buldrini, Fabrizio; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cancellieri, Laura; Carboni, Marta; Ceulemans, Tobias; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Chocarro, Cristina; Conti, Luisa; Csergő, Anna Mária; Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata; Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta; Czarnocka-Cieciura, Marta; Czortek, Patryk; Danihelka, Jiří; de Bello, Francesco; Deák, Balázs; Demeter, László; Deng, Lei; Diekmann, Martin; Doležal, Jiří; Dolnik, Christian; Dřevojan, Pavel; Duprè, Cecilia; Ecker, Klaus; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Erschbamer, Brigitta; Etayo, Javier; Etzold, Jonathan; Farkas, Tünde; Farzam, Mohammad; Fayvush, George; Calzado, Maria Rosa Fernández; Finckh, Manfred; Fjellstad, Wendy Jane; Fotiadis, Georgios; García-Magro, Daniel; García-Mijangos, Itziar; Gavilán, Rosario G.; Germany, Markus; Ghafari, Sahar; Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro; Grytnes, John Arvid; Güler, Behlul; Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba; Helm, Aveliina; Herrera, Mercedes; Hüllbusch, Elisabeth M.; Ingerpuu, Nele; Jagerbrand, Annika; Jandt, Ute; Janišová, Monika; Jeanneret, Philippe; Jeltsch, Florian; Jensen, Kai; Jentsch, Anke; Kącki, Zygmunt; Kakinuma, Kaoru; Kapfer, Jutta; Kargar, Mansoureh; Kelemen, András; Kiehl, Kathrin; Kirschner, Philipp; Koyama, Asuka; Langer, Nancy; Lazzaro, Lorenzo; Lepš, Jan; Li, Ching-Feng; Yonghong Li, Frank; Liendo, Diego; Lindborg, Regina; Löbel, Swantje; Lomba, Angela; Lososová, Zdeňka; Lustyk, Pavel; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Ma, Wenhong; Maccherini, Simona; Magnes, Martin; Malicki, Marek; Manthey, Michael; Mardari, Constantin; May, Felix; Mayrhofer, Helmut; Meier, Eliane S.; Memariani, Farshid; Merunková, Kristina; Michelsen, Ottar; Mesa, Joaquín Molero; Moradi, Halime; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Mugnai, Michele; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Natcheva, Rayna; Ninot, Josep M.; Nobis, Marcin; Noroozi, Jalil; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Palpurina, Salza; Pauli, Harald; Pedashenko, Hristo; Pedersen, Christian; Peet, Robert K.; Pérez-Haase, Aaron; Peters, Jan; Pipenbaher, Nataša; Pirini, Chrisoula; Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia; Plesková, Zuzana; Potenza, Giovanna; Rahmanian, Soroor; Rodríguez-Rojo, Maria Pilar; Ronkin, Vladimir; Rosati, Leonardo; Ruprecht, Eszter; Rusina, Solvita; Sabovljević, Marko; Sanaei, Anvar; Sánchez, Ana M.; Santi, Francesco; Savchenko, Galina; Sebastia, Maria Teresa; Shyriaieva, Dariia; Silva, Vasco; Skornik, Sonja; Šmerdová, Eva; Sonkoly, Judit; Sperandii, Marta Gaia; Staniaszek-Kik, Monika; Stevens, Carly; Stifter, Simon; Suchrow, Sigrid; Swacha, Grzegorz; Świerszcz, Sebastian; Talebi, Amir; Teleki, Balázs; Tichý, Lubomír; Tölgyesi, Csaba; Torca, Marta; Török, Péter; Tsarevskaya, Nadezda; Tsiripidis, Ioannis; Turisová, Ingrid; Ushimaru, Atushi; Valkó, Orsolya; Van Mechelen, Carmen; Vanneste, Thomas; Vasheniak, Iuliia; Vassilev, Kiril; Viciani, Daniele; Villar, Luis; Virtanen, Risto; Vitasović-Kosić, Ivana; Vojtkó, András; Vynokurov, Denys; Waldén, Emelie; Wang, Yun; Weiser, Frank; Wen, Lu; Wesche, Karsten; White, Hannah; Widmer, Stefan; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Wróbel, Anna; Yuan, Zuoqiang; Zelený, David; Zhao, Liqing; Dengler, Jürgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain ...
    • The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications 

      Heinken, Thilo; Diekmann, Martin; Liira, Jaan; Orczewska, Anna; Schmidt, Marcus; Brunet, Jörg; Chytrý, Milan; Chabrerie, Olivier; Decocq, Guillaume; De Frenne, Pieter; Dřevojan, Pavel; Dzwonko, Zbigniew; Ewald, Jörg; Feilberg, Jon; Graae, Bente Jessen; Grytnes, John Arvid; Hermy, Martin; Kriebitzsch, Wolf-Ulrich; Laiviņš, Māris; Lenoir, Jonathan; Lindmo, Sigrid; Marage, Damien; Marozas, Vitas; Niemeyer, Thomas; Paal, Jaanus; Pyšek, Petr; Roosaluste, Elle; Sádlo, Jiří; Schaminée, Joop H.J.; Tyler, Torbjörn; Verheyen, Kris; Wulf, Monika; Vanneste, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Question When evaluating forests in terms of their biodiversity, distinctiveness and naturalness, the affinity of the constituent species to forests is a crucial parameter. Here we ask to what extent are vascular plant ...
    • Fine-grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation 

      Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Matthews, Thomas J.; Bartha, Sándor; Burrascano, Sabina; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Filibeck, Goffredo; Gillet, François; Janišová, Monika; Palpurina, Salza; Storch, David; Ulrich, Werner; Aćić, Svetlana; Boch, Steffen; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cancellieri, Laura; Carboni, Marta; Ciaschetti, Giampiero; Conradi, Timo; De Frenne, Pieter; Dolezal, Jiri; Dolnik, Christian; Essl, Franz; Fantinato, Edy; García-Mijangos, Itziar; del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso; Grytnes, John Arvid; Guarino, Riccardo; Güler, Behlul; Kapfer, Jutta; Klichowska, Ewelina; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuzemko, Anna; Löbel, Swantje; Manthey, Michael; Marcenó, Corrado; Mimet, Anne; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Noroozi, Jalil; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Pauli, Harald; Peet, Robert K.; Pellissier, Vincent; Pielech, Remigiusz; Terzi, Massimo; Uğurlu, Emin; Valko, Orsolya; Vasheniak, Iuliia; Vassilev, Kiril; Vynokurov, Denys; White, Hannah J.; Willner, Wolfgang; Winkler, Manuela; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Zhang, Jinghui; Biurrun, Idoia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Questions: Which environmental factors influence fine-grain beta diversity of vegetation and do they vary among taxonomic groups? Location: Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods: We extracted 4,654 nested-plot ...
    • Global maps of soil temperature 

      Lembrechts, Jonas J.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B.; De Frenne, Pieter; Kemppinen, Julia; Kopecký, Martin; Luoto, Miska; Maclean, Ilya M. D.; Crowther, Thomas W.; Bailey, Joseph J.; Haesen, Stef; Klinges, David H.; Niittynen, Pekka; Scheffers, Brett R.; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Aartsma, Peter; Abdalaze, Otar; Abedi, Mehdi; Aerts, Rien; Ahmadian, Negar; Ahrends, Antje; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Jake M.; Altman, Jan; Allonsius, Camille Nina; Ammann, Christof; Andres, Christian; Andrews, Christopher; Ardö, Jonas; Arriga, Nicola; Arzac, Alberto; Aschero, Valeria; Leandro de Assis, Rafael; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Graae, Bente Jessen; Rechsteiner, Aud Helen Halbritter; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; Lang, Simone; Lynn, Joshua Scott; Moriana Armendariz, Mikel; Petit Bon, Matteo; Smith, Stuart; Sørensen, Mia Vedel; Speed, James David Mervyn; Vandvik, Vigdis; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene; Nijs, Ivan; Lenoir, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation ...
    • More warm-adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layer plant communities across Europe 

      Auffret, Alistair G.; Vangansbeke, Pieter; De Frenne, Pieter; Auestad, Inger; Basto, Sofia; Grandin, Ulf; Jacquemyn, Hans; Jakobsson, Anna; Kalamees, Rein; Koch, Marcus A.; Marrs, Rob; Marteinsdottir, Bryndis; Wagner, Markus; Bekker, Renee M.; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Decocq, Guillaume; Hermy, Martin; Jankowska-Błaszczuk, Małgorzata; Milberg, Per; Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Pakeman, Robin J.; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Thompson, Ken; Van Calster, Hans; Vandvik, Vigdis; Plue, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Responses to climate change have often been found to lag behind the rate of warming that has occurred. In addition to dispersal limitation potentially restricting spread at leading range margins, the persistence of species ...
    • Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands 

      Dengler, Jürgen; Matthews, Thomas J.; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Boch, Steffen; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Conradi, Timo; Dembicz, Iwona; Marcenó, Corrado; García-Mijangos, Itziar; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Storch, David; Ulrich, Werner; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cancellieri, Laura; Carboni, Marta; Ciaschetti, Giampiero; De Frenne, Pieter; Doležal, Jiří; Dolnik, Christian; Essl, Franz; Fantinato, Edy; Filibeck, Goffredo; Grytnes, John-Arvid; Guarino, Riccardo; Güler, Behlül; Janišová, Monika; Klichowska, Ewelina; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuzemko, Anna; Manthey, Michael; Mimet, Anne; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Pedersen, Christian; Peet, Robert K.; Pellissier, Vincent; Pielech, Remigiusz; Potenza, Giovanna; Rosati, Leonardo; Terzi, Massimo; Valkó, Orsolya; Vynokurov, Denys; White, Hannah; Winkler, Manuela; Biurrun, Idoia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-19)
      Aim: Species–area relationships (SARs) are fundamental scaling laws in ecology although their shape is still disputed. At larger areas, power laws best represent SARs. Yet, it remains unclear whether SARs follow other ...