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2. Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests

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Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Meeussen, Camille, Govaert, Sanne, De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A. O., Diekmann, Martin, Gasperini, Cristina, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Verbeeck, Hans, Zellweger, Florian, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

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2024
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3. Variation in insect herbivory across an urbanization gradient: The role of abiotic factors and leaf secondary metabolites

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Moreira, Xoaquín, Van den Bossche, Astrid, Moeys, Karlien, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Thomaes, Arno, Vázquez-González, Carla, Abdala-Roberts, Luis, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A.O., Defossez, Emmanuel, De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Glauser, Gaétan, Graae, Bente J., Hagenblad, Jenny, Heavyside, Paige, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Heinken, Thilo, Huang, Siyu, Lago-Núñez, Beatriz, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindgren, Jessica, Lindmo, Sigrid, Mazalla, Leonie, Naaf, Tobias, Orczewska, Anna, Paulssen, Jolina, Plue, Jan, Rasmann, Sergio, Spicher, Fabien, Vanneste, Thomas, Verschuren, Louis, Visakorpi, Kristiina, Wulf, Monika, and De Frenne, Pieter

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2024
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4. Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change

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Sanczuk, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Luoto, Miska, Meeussen, Camille, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

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2023
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6. Context matters: the landscape matrix determines the population genetic structure of temperate forest herbs across Europe

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Naaf, Tobias, Feigs, Jannis Till, Huang, Siyu, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Frenne, Pieter, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Lenoir, Jonathan, Liira, Jaan, Meeussen, Camille, Plue, Jan, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Verheyen, Kris, Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J., and Kramp, Katja

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2022
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7. Forest canopies as nature‐based solutions to mitigate global change effects on people and nature.

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Verheyen, Kris, Gillerot, Loïc, Blondeel, Haben, De Frenne, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Lorer, Eline, Sanczuk, Pieter, Schreel, Jeroen, Vanneste, Thomas, Wei, Liping, and Landuyt, Dries

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FOREST canopies, FOREST ecology, FOREST management, EVIDENCE gaps, BIOLOGICAL invasions
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Via sheltering, decoupling and buffering mechanisms, tree canopies have the capacity to mitigate impacts of multiple global‐change drivers on below‐canopy processes and organisms in forests. As a result, canopies have an important potential as nature‐based solution.The optimal combinations of forest canopy structural attributes to jointly mitigate the impacts of multiple global‐change drivers on below‐canopy organisms and processes have received little attention to date.To help solving this research gap, here we review how forest canopies modulate the effects of four important global‐change drivers—climate warming, drought, air pollution and biological invasions—on below‐canopy conditions. Particular attention is paid to mitigating canopy attributes that can be influenced by forest management, including canopy cover, tree species composition and vertical and horizontal structure.Synthesis. We show that the potential of forest canopies to mitigate global‐change effects is highly context‐dependent and that optimal canopy‐based solutions strongly depend on the environmental context and the targeted subcanopy organisms. Hence, holistic approaches, which maximize synergies and minimize trade‐offs, are needed to optimize the solution potential of forest canopies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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8. Microclimatic edge-to-interior gradients of European deciduous forests

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Meeussen, Camille, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A.O., De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Hylander, Kristoffer, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Verbeeck, Hans, Zellweger, Florian, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

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2021
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10. Sensitivity to habitat fragmentation across European landscapes in three temperate forest herbs

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Naaf, Tobias, Feigs, Jannis Till, Huang, Siyu, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Frenne, Pieter, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Helsen, Kenny, Lenoir, Jonathan, Liira, Jaan, Meeussen, Camille, Plue, Jan, Poli, Pedro, Spicher, Fabien, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Verheyen, Kris, Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J., and Kramp, Katja

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2021
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12. Trait–micro-environment relationships of forest herb communities across Europe

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Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, Vanneste, Thomas, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A. O., De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, De Frenne, Pieter, Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, Vanneste, Thomas, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A. O., De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

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Aim: The microclimate and light conditions on the forest floor are strongly modified by tree canopies. Therefore, we need to better consider the micro-environment when quantifying trait–environment relationships for forest understorey plants. Here, we quantify relationships between micro-environmental conditions and plant functional traits at the community level, including intraspecific trait variation, and their relationship with microclimate air temperature, light and soil properties. Location: Deciduous temperate forests across Europe. Time period: 2018. Major taxa studied: Herbaceous vegetation. Methods: We sampled 225 plots across 15 regions along four complementary gradients capturing both macro- and microclimatic conditions including latitude, elevation, forest management and distance to forest edges. We related the community-weighted mean of five plant functional traits (plant height, specific leaf area [SLA], plant carbon [C], plant nitrogen [N] and plant C:N ratio) across 150 vascular plant species to variation in local microclimate air temperature, light and soil properties. We tested the effect of accounting for intraspecific variation in trait–environment relationships and performed variation partitioning to identify major drivers of trait variation. Results: Microclimate temperature, light availability and soil properties were all important predictors of community-weighted mean functional traits. When light availability and variation in temperature were higher, the herb community often consisted of taller plants with a higher C:N ratio. In more productive environments (e.g. with high soil nitrogen availability), the community was dominated by individuals with resource-acquisitive traits: high SLA and N but low C:N. Including intraspecific trait variation increased the strength of the trait–micro-environment relationship, and increased the importance of light availability. Main conclusions: The trait–environment relationships were much stronger when the

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2024
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13. Taking sides? Aspect has limited influence on soil environment or litter decomposition in pan-European study of roadside verges

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Plymouth University, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Research Foundation - Flanders, Gómez Aparicio, Lorena [0000-0001-5122-3579], Graae, B. J. [0000-0002-5568-4759], Vangansbeke, Pieter [0000-0002-6356-2858], Amstutz, A., Firth, Louise, Spicer, John I., De Frenne, Pieter, Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, Graae, B. J., Kuś, S., Lindmo, S., Orczewska, A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Hanley, Mick E., Plymouth University, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Research Foundation - Flanders, Gómez Aparicio, Lorena [0000-0001-5122-3579], Graae, B. J. [0000-0002-5568-4759], Vangansbeke, Pieter [0000-0002-6356-2858], Amstutz, A., Firth, Louise, Spicer, John I., De Frenne, Pieter, Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, Graae, B. J., Kuś, S., Lindmo, S., Orczewska, A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, and Hanley, Mick E.

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In addition to well-known effects on species ecophysiology, phenology, and distributions, climate change is widely predicted to impact essential ecosystem services such as decomposition and nutrient cycling. While temperature and soil moisture are thought to influence litter decomposition, elucidating consistent soil process responses to observed or predicted shifts in climate have proven difficult to evidence. Here we investigated how aspect (i.e., north-south orientation), a natural model for variation in soil temperature, influenced soil physico-chemical conditions and decomposition of two standardised litter types (Green tea and Rooibos teabags) in Pole-facing (PF) and Equator-facing (EF) roadside verges spanning a 3000 km and 27° latitudinal gradient across Europe. Despite average daily temperatures being 1.5 - 3.0 °C warmer on EF than PF slopes, there were only minor region-specific differences in initial soil physico-chemical conditions and short-term variation in litter decomposition (i.e., litter mass loss was higher in EF-verges for the first month of deployment only) associated with aspect. We conclude that previously observed differences in soil environments and the decomposition process associated with slope orientation, is largely litter or environment specific, although medium-term soil-decomposition in semi-natural grassland ecosystems may also be insensitive to the magnitude of temperature variation within the range predicted by the IPCC SSP1–2.6 emissions scenario. Nonetheless, consistent average and extreme temperature differences between adjacent PF- and EF-aspects along roadside verges provides a model system to explore exactly how resilient the soil environment and the micro-organisms responsible for decomposition, are to temperature variation.

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2024

15. Two decades of increasing functional and phylogenetic richness in a mountaintop flora in central Norway.

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Vanneste, Thomas, Graae, Bente J., Kyrkjeeide, Magni O., Lindmo, Sigrid, Michelsen, Ottar, Naranjo‐Orrico, Domenica J., Ray, Courtenay A., Vandersteene, Matthias, Verheyen, Kris, and De Frenne, Pieter

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*PLANT diversity, *SPECIES diversity, *ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis, *TIMBERLINE, *PLANT communities
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Questions: Analysing how multiple facets of biodiversity vary across space and time can help to predict the vulnerability of mountaintop floras to future environmental changes. Here we addressed the following questions: (a) Are elevational patterns of mountaintop plant diversity consistent across taxonomy, function and phylogeny? (b) How have the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic dimensions of mountaintop plant communities changed over the past two decades? (c) Is the magnitude of these temporal trends dependent on elevation? Location: Dovrefjell, central Norway. Methods: The floristic composition of four mountaintops, spread across an elevational gradient from the tree line to the uppermost margins of vascular plant life, was surveyed every 7 years between 2001 and 2022. Six metrics of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic richness and differentiation were calculated for each mountaintop and survey. Using these data, we assessed how richness and differentiation metrics varied over space (across the elevational gradient) and over time (between surveys). Results: All diversity metrics decreased towards higher elevations, except phylogenetic differentiation which increased significantly by 7% per 100 m elevational gain. Taxonomic richness remained virtually stable between 2001 and 2022, whereas phylogenetic richness increased by 7.5% per decade. Functional richness also increased, but mainly on the lowest mountaintop, by 17% per decade. No significant temporal trends in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic differentiation were detected. Conclusions: Our findings underpin rearrangements in the functional and phylogenetic structure of mountain plant communities over the past two decades that cannot be predicted from trends in taxonomic richness alone. This highlights the necessity to look beyond species richness and consider multiple facets of biodiversity when studying environmental change impacts on mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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17. Limited effects of population age on the genetic structure of spatially isolated forest herb populations in temperate Europe

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Huang, Siyu, primary, Feigs, Jannis Till, additional, Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J., additional, Kramp, Katja, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Liira, Jaan, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, and Naaf, Tobias, additional

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2024
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18. Trait–micro‐environment relationships of forest herb communities across Europe

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Govaert, Sanne, primary, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Bollmann, Kurt, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Calders, Kim, additional, Cousins, Sara A. O., additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Graae, Bente J., additional, Hedwall, Per‐Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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2023
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19. Trait variation in juvenile plants from the soil seed bank of temperate forests in relation to macro‐ and microclimate

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Gasperini, Cristina, primary, Carrari, Elisa, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, and Selvi, Federico, additional

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2023
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21. Trade-offs of biodiversity and ecosystem services in European forest edges vs interiors

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Vanneste, Thomas, primary, Depauw, Leen, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Bollmann, Kurt, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Calders, Kim, additional, Cousins, Sara, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Gasperin, Cristina, additional, Graae, Bente, additional, Hedwall, Per-Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Verbeeck, Hans, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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2023
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22. Taking Sides? The Influence of Aspect on Teabag Litter Decomposition in European Roadside Verges

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Hanley, Mick, primary, Amstutz, Axelle, additional, Firth, Louise, additional, Spicer, John, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena, additional, Graae, Bente J., additional, Kuś, Szymon, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and Vanneste, Thomas, additional

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2023
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23. Aspect Has Limited Influence on Soil Environment, Biota or Litter Decomposition: A Pan-European Study of Roadside Verges

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Hanley, Mick, primary, Amstutz, Axelle, additional, Firth, Louise, additional, Spicer, John, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena, additional, Graae, Bente J., additional, Kuś, Szymon, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and Vanneste, Thomas, additional

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2023
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25. GrassPlot - a Database of Multi-Scale Plant Diversity in Palaearctic Grasslands

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Dengler, Jurgen, Wagner, Victoria, Dembicz, Iwona, Garcfa-Mijangos, ltziar, Naqinezhad, Alireza, Boch, Steffen, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Conradi, Timo, Filibeck, Goffredo, Guarino, Riccardo, Janisova, Monika, Steinbauer, Manuel J, Acic, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T. R, Akasaka, Munemitsu, Allers, Marc-Andre, Apostolova, Iva, Axmanova, Irena, Bakan, Branko, Baranova, Alina, Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred, Bartha, Sandor, Baumann, Esther, Becker, Thomas, Becker, Ute, Belonovskaya, Elena, Bengtsson, Karin, Alonso, Jose Luis Benito, Berastegi, Asun, Bergamini, Ariel, Bonini, Ilaria, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Budzhak, Vasyl, Bueno, Alvaro, Campos, Juan Antonio, Cancellieri, Laura, Carboni, Marta, Chocarro, Cristina, Conti, Luisa, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Frenne, Pieter De, Deak, Balazs, Didukh, Yakiv P, Diekmann, Martin, Dolnik, Christian, Dupre, Cecilia, Ecker, Klaus, Ermakov, Nikolai, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Escudero, Adrian, Etayo, Javier, Fajmonova, Zuzana, Felde, Vivian A, Calzado, Maria Rosa Fernandez, Finckh, Manfred, Fotiadis, Georgios, Fracchiolla, Mariano, Ganeva, Anna, Garcfa-Magro, Daniel, Gavilan, Rosario G, Germany, Markus, Giladi, ltamar, Gillet, Francois, Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso del, Gonzalez, Jose M, Grytnes, John-Arvid, Hajek, Michal, Hajkova, Petra, Helm, Aveliina, Herrera, Mercedes, Hettenbergerova, Eva, Hobohm, Carsten, Hullbusch, Elisabeth M, lngerpuu, Nele, Jandt, Ute, Jeltsch, Florian, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jeschke, Michael, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kakinuma, Kaoru, Kapfer, Jutta, Kavgaci, Ali, Kelemen, Andras, Kiehl, Kathrin, Koyama, Asuka, Koyanagi, Tamayo F, Kozub, Lukasz, Kuzemko, Anna, Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen, Landi, Sara, Langer, Nancy, Lastrucci, Lorenzo, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lelli, Chiara, Leps, Jan, Lobel, Swantje, Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L, Maccherini, Simona, Magnes, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Marceno, Corrado, Mardari, Constantin, Mauchamp, Leslie, May, Felix, Michelsen, Ottar, Mesa, Joaquin Melero, Molnar, Zsolt, Moysiyenko, Ivan Y, Nakaga, Yuko K, Natcheva, Rayna, Noroozi, Jalil, Pakeman, Robin J, Palpurina, Salza, Partel, Meelis, Patsch, Ricarda, Pauli, Harald, Pedashenko, Hristo, Peet, Robert K, Pielech, Remigiusz, Pipenbaher, Natasa, Pirini, Chrisoula, Pleskova, Zuzana, Polyakova, Mariya A, Prentice, Honor C, Reinecke, Jennifer, Reitalu, Triin, Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria Pilar, Rolecek, Jan, Rankin, Vladimir, Rosati, Leonardo, Rosen, Ejvind, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Sabovljevic, Marko, Sanchez, Ana Marfa, Savchenko, Galina, Schuhmacher, Oliver, Skornik, Sonja, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Staniaszek-Kik, Monika, Stevanovic-Dajic, Zora, Stock, Marin, Suchrow, Sigrid, Sutcliffe, Laura M.E, Swacha, Grzegorz, Sykes, Martin, Szabo, Anna, Talebi, Amir, Tanase, Catalin, Terzi, Massimo, Tolgyesi, Csaba, Torca, Marta, Torok, Peter, Tothmeresz, Bela, Tsarevskaya, Nadezda, Tsiripidis, loannis, Tzonev, Rossen, Ushimaru, Atushi, Valko, Orsolya, Maarel, Eddy van der, Vanneste, Thomas, Vashenyak, luliia, Vassilev, Kiril, Viciani, Daniele, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Kasie, Ivana Vitasovic, Wang, Yun, Weiser, Frank, Went, Julia, Wesche, Karsten, White, Hannah, Winkler, Manuela, Zaniewski, Piotr T, Zhang, Hui, Ziv, Varon, Znamenskiy, Sergey, and Biurrun, ldoia

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Geosciences (General), Documentation And Information Science
Abstract

GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (releves) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001; ... 1,000 m_) and on nested-plot series withat least four different grain sizes. The usage of GrassPlot is regulated through Bylaws that intend to balance the interests of data contributors and data users. The current version (v. 1.00) contains data for approximately 170,000 plots of different sizes and 2,800 nested-plot series. The key components are richness data and metadata.However, most included datasets also encompass compositional data. About 14,000 plots have near-complete records of terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants. At present, GrassPlot contains data from 36 countries throughout the Palaearctic, spread across elevational gradients and major grassland types. GrassPlot with its multi-scale and multi-taxon focus complements the larger international vegetation plot databases, such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and the global database "sPlot". Its main aim is to facilitate studies on the scale- and taxon-dependency of biodiversity patterns and drivers along macroecological gradients. GrassPlot is a dynamic database and will expand through new data collection coordinated by the elected Governing Board. We invite researchers with suitable data to join GrassPlot. Researchers with project ideas addressable with GrassPlot data are welcome to submit proposals to the Governing Board.

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2018
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26. Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular‐plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities

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Hagenberg, Liyenne Wu Chen, primary, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Opedal, Øystein H., additional, Petlund, Hanne Torsdatter, additional, Björkman, Mats P., additional, Björk, Robert G., additional, Holien, Håkon, additional, Limpens, Juul, additional, Molau, Ulf, additional, Graae, Bente Jessen, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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2022
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27. Historical Forest Microclimates

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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, De Pauw, Karen, additional, De Smedt, Pallieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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2022
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28. Soil seed bank responses to edge effects in temperate European forests

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Gasperini, Cristina, primary, Bollmann, Kurt, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Cousins, Sara A. O., additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Graae, Bente J., additional, Hedwall, Per‐Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, and Frenne, Pieter De, additional

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2022
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29. Hedgerows as a habitat for forest plant species in the agricultural landscape of Europe

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Litza, Kathrin, Alignier, Audrey, Closset-Kopp, Déborah, Ernoult, Aude, Mony, Cendrine, Staley, Joanna, Osthaus, Magdalena, Van Den Berge, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Diekmann, Martin, Litza, Kathrin, Alignier, Audrey, Closset-Kopp, Déborah, Ernoult, Aude, Mony, Cendrine, Staley, Joanna, Osthaus, Magdalena, Van Den Berge, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, and Diekmann, Martin

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Hedgerows are semi-natural wooded habitats and an important element in agricultural landscapes across Western and North-Western Europe. They reduce erosion, function as carbon sinks and thus provide essential ecosystem services. Moreover, they form a structurally diverse ecosystem for numerous taxa and connect otherwise fragmented forest habitats. This study compiled data from the hedgerow-rich oceanic regions of Europe, covering a gradient from Southern Sweden to Northern France, to analyse the influence of management, landscape context and climate variables on the number of herbaceous forest specialists in hedgerows. The species frequencies in hedgerows were related to their functional traits to identify plant characteristics that are beneficial for species dispersal and persistence in hedgerows. Our results show that numerous forest plant species, but not all, can thrive in hedgerows. Those are likely thermophilic, tolerant against regular disturbance and able to disperse efficiently. Hedgerows in regions that are warm or that are impacted by heat and drought events contain fewer forest species. Intensive adjacent land-use had a negative impact on forest species richness, while the surrounding forest cover was not significantly important. In congruence with previous regional studies, wider hedgerows contain more forest species, which is most likely caused by a more effective buffering of the microclimate. Thus, hedgerow width gains in importance in times of climate change and increasing extreme weather events. It is a key factor for habitat quality also on a European scale that needs to be considered for future management strategies.

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2022

30. Soil seed bank responses to edge effects in temperate European forests

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Gasperini, Cristina, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Spicher, Fabien, Vanneste, Thomas, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Selvi, Federico, De Frenne, Pieter, Gasperini, Cristina, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Spicher, Fabien, Vanneste, Thomas, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Selvi, Federico, and De Frenne, Pieter

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Aim: The amount of forest edges is increasing globally due to forest fragmentation and land-use changes. However, edge effects on the soil seed bank of temperate forests are still poorly understood. Here, we assessed edge effects at contrasting spatial scales across Europe and quantified the extent to which edges can preserve the seeds of forest specialist plants. Location: Temperate European deciduous forests along a 2,300-km latitudinal gradient. Time period: 2018-2021. Major taxa studied: Vascular plants. Methods: Through a greenhouse germination experiment, we studied how edge effects alter the density, diversity, composition and functionality of forest soil seed banks in 90 plots along different latitudes, elevations and forest management types. We also assessed which environmental conditions drive the seed bank responses at the forest edge versus interior and looked at the relationship between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness. Results: Overall, 10,108 seedlings of 250 species emerged from the soil seed bank. Seed density and species richness of generalists (species not only associated with forests) were higher at edges compared to interiors, with a negative influence of C : N ratio and litter quality. Conversely, forest specialist species richness did not decline from the interior to the edge. Also, edges were compositionally, but not functionally, different from interiors. The correlation between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness was positive and affected by microclimate. Main conclusions: Our results underpin how edge effects shape species diversity and composition of soil seed banks in ancient forests, especially increasing the proportion of generalist species and thus potentially favouring a shift in community composition. However, the presence of many forest specialists suggests that soil seed banks still play a key role in understorey species persistence and could support the resilience of our fragmented forests.

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2022
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31. Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change

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De Lombaerde, Emiel, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Lembrechts, Jonas, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Luoto, Miska, Scheffers, Brett, Haesen, Stef, Aalto, Juha, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Hampe, Arndt, Hylander, Kristoffer, Klinges, David, Koelemeijer, Irena, Meeussen, Camille, Ogée, Jerome, Sanczuk, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Zellweger, Florian, Baeten, Lander, De Frenne, Pieter, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Lembrechts, Jonas, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Luoto, Miska, Scheffers, Brett, Haesen, Stef, Aalto, Juha, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Hampe, Arndt, Hylander, Kristoffer, Klinges, David, Koelemeijer, Irena, Meeussen, Camille, Ogée, Jerome, Sanczuk, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Zellweger, Florian, Baeten, Lander, and De Frenne, Pieter

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Forest canopies buffer macroclimatic temperature fluctuations. However, we do not know if and how the capacity of canopies to buffer understorey temperature will change with accelerating climate change. Here we map the difference (offset) between temperatures inside and outside forests in the recent past and project these into the future in boreal, temperate and tropical forests. Using linear mixed-effect models, we combined a global database of 714 paired time series of temperatures (mean, minimum and maximum) measured inside forests vs. in nearby open habitats with maps of macroclimate, topography and forest cover to hindcast past (1970–2000) and to project future (2060–2080) temperature differences between free-air temperatures and sub-canopy microclimates. For all tested future climate scenarios, we project that the difference between maximum temperatures inside and outside forests across the globe will increase (i.e. result in stronger cooling in forests), on average during 2060–2080, by 0.27 ± 0.16 °C (RCP2.6) and 0.60 ± 0.14 °C (RCP8.5) due to macroclimate changes. This suggests that extremely hot temperatures under forest canopies will, on average, warm less than outside forests as macroclimate warms. This knowledge is of utmost importance as it suggests that forest microclimates will warm at a slower rate than non-forested areas, assuming that forest cover is maintained. Species adapted to colder growing conditions may thus find shelter and survive longer than anticipated at a given forest site. This highlights the potential role of forests as a whole as microrefugia for biodiversity under future climate change.

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2022
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32. Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats

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Staude, Ingmar R., Pereira, Henrique M., Daskalova, Gergana N., Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Diekmann, Martin, Pauli, Harald, Van Calster, Hans, Vellend, Mark, Björkman, Anne D., Brunet, Jörg, De Frenne, Pieter, Hédl, Radim, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Verheyen, Kris, Wipf, Sonja, Wulf, Monika, Andrews, Christopher, Barančok, Peter, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, Bennie, Jonathan, Berki, Imre, Blüml, Volker, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dick, Jan, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Eriksson, Ove, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Graae, Bente Jessen, Heinken, Thilo, Høistad Schei, Fride, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Máliš, František, Michelsen, Ottar, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A., Newton, Adrian C., Nicklas, Lena, Oddi, Ludovica, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Palaj, Andrej, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Porro, Francesco, Puşcaş, Mihai, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rixen, Christian, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Steinbauer, Klaus, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balázs, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Vanneste, Thomas, Vergeer, Philippine, Vild, Ondřej, Villar, Luis, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, Baeten, Lander, Staude, Ingmar R., Pereira, Henrique M., Daskalova, Gergana N., Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Diekmann, Martin, Pauli, Harald, Van Calster, Hans, Vellend, Mark, Björkman, Anne D., Brunet, Jörg, De Frenne, Pieter, Hédl, Radim, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Verheyen, Kris, Wipf, Sonja, Wulf, Monika, Andrews, Christopher, Barančok, Peter, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, Bennie, Jonathan, Berki, Imre, Blüml, Volker, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dick, Jan, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Eriksson, Ove, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Graae, Bente Jessen, Heinken, Thilo, Høistad Schei, Fride, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Máliš, František, Michelsen, Ottar, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A., Newton, Adrian C., Nicklas, Lena, Oddi, Ludovica, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Palaj, Andrej, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Porro, Francesco, Puşcaş, Mihai, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rixen, Christian, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Steinbauer, Klaus, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balázs, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Vanneste, Thomas, Vergeer, Philippine, Vild, Ondřej, Villar, Luis, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, and Baeten, Lander

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Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.

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2022
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33. Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming

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De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Meeussen, Camille, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, De Frenne, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Meeussen, Camille, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

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Forests harbour large spatiotemporal heterogeneity in canopy structure. This variation drives the microclimate and light availability at the forest floor. So far, we do not know how light availability and sub-canopy temperature interactively mediate the impact of macroclimate warming on understorey communities. We therefore assessed the functional response of understorey plant communities to warming and light addition in a full factorial experiment installed in temperate deciduous forests across Europe along natural microclimate, light and macroclimate gradients. Furthermore, we related these functional responses to the species’ life-history syndromes and thermal niches. We found no significant community responses to the warming treatment. The light treatment, however, had a stronger impact on communities, mainly due to responses by fast-colonizing generalists and not by slow-colonizing forest specialists. The forest structure strongly mediated the response to light addition and also had a clear impact on functional traits and total plant cover. The effects of short-term experimental warming were small and suggest a time-lag in the response of understorey species to climate change. Canopy disturbance, for instance due to drought, pests or logging, has a strong and immediate impact and particularly favours generalists in the understorey in structurally complex forests.

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2022
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34. Soil seed bank responses to edge effects in temperate European forests

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UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Gasperini, Cristina, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per‐Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Spicher, Fabien, Vanneste, Thomas, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Selvi, Federico, Frenne, Pieter De, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Gasperini, Cristina, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Pauw, Karen, Diekmann, Martin, Govaert, Sanne, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per‐Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Sanczuk, Pieter, Spicher, Fabien, Vanneste, Thomas, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Selvi, Federico, and Frenne, Pieter De

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Aim: The amount of forest edges is increasing globally due to forest fragmentation and land-use changes. However, edge effects on the soil seed bank of temperate forests are still poorly understood. Here, we assessed edge effects at contrasting spatial scales across Europe and quantified the extent to which edges can preserve the seeds of forest specialist plants. Location: Temperate European deciduous forests along a 2,300-km latitudinal gradient. Time period: 2018–2021. Major taxa studied: Vascular plants. Methods: Through a greenhouse germination experiment, we studied how edge effects alter the density, diversity, composition and functionality of forest soil seed banks in 90 plots along different latitudes, elevations and forest management types. We also assessed which environmental conditions drive the seed bank responses at the forest edge versus interior and looked at the relationship between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness. Results: Overall, 10,108 seedlings of 250 species emerged from the soil seed bank. Seed density and species richness of generalists (species not only associated with forests) were higher at edges compared to interiors, with a negative influence of C : N ratio and litter quality. Conversely, forest specialist species richness did not decline from the interior to the edge. Also, edges were compositionally, but not functionally, different from interiors. The correlation between the seed bank and the herb layer species richness was positive and affected by microclimate. Main conclusions: Our results underpin how edge effects shape species diversity and composition of soil seed banks in ancient forests, especially increasing the proportion of generalist species and thus potentially favouring a shift in community composition. However, the presence of many forest specialists suggests that soil seed banks still play a key role in understorey species persistence and could support the resilience of our fragmented forests.

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2022

35. The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications

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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, 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, and Vanneste, Thomas

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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 species associated with forests, and does species’ affinity to forests vary between European regions?. Location: Temperate and boreal forest biome of Northwestern and Central Europe. Methods: We compiled EuForPlant, a new extensive list of forest vascular plant species in 24 regions spread across 13 European countries using vegetation databases and expert knowledge. Species were region-specifically classified into four categories reflecting the degree of their affinity to forest habitats: 1.1, species of forest interiors; 1.2, species of forest edges and forest openings; 2.1, species that can be found in forest as well as open vegetation; and 2.2, species that can be found partly in forest, but mainly in open vegetation. An additional “O” category was distinguished, covering species typical for non-forest vegetation. Results: EuForPlant comprises 1,726 species, including 1,437 herb-layer species, 159 shrubs, 107 trees, 19 lianas and 4 epiphytic parasites. Across regions, generalist forest species (with 450 and 777 species classified as 2.1 and 2.2, respectively) significantly outnumbered specialist forest species (with 250 and 137 species classified as 1.1 and 1.2, respectively). Even though the degree of shifting between the categories of forest affinity among regions was relatively low (on average, 17.5%), about one-third of the forest species (especially 1.2 and 2.2) swapped categories in at least one of the study regions. Conclusions: The proposed list can be used widely in vegetation science and global change ecology related to forest biodiversity and community dynamics. Shifting of forest affinity among regions emphasizes the importance of a continental-scale forest plant species list with regional specificity.

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2022

36. Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden : Stable vascular-plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities

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Wu Chen Hagenberg, Liyenne, Vanneste, Thomas, Opedal, Øystein H., Petlund, Hanne Torsdatter, Björkman, Mats P., Björk, Robert G., Holien, Håkon, Limpens, Juul, Molau, Ulf, Graae, Bente Jessen, De Frenne, Pieter, Wu Chen Hagenberg, Liyenne, Vanneste, Thomas, Opedal, Øystein H., Petlund, Hanne Torsdatter, Björkman, Mats P., Björk, Robert G., Holien, Håkon, Limpens, Juul, Molau, Ulf, Graae, Bente Jessen, and De Frenne, Pieter

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Alpine ecosystems harbor remarkably diverse and distinct plant communities that are characteristically limited to harsh, and cold climatic conditions. As a result of thermal limitation to species occurrence, mountainous ecosystems are considered to be particularly sensitive to climate change. Our understanding of the impact of climate change is mainly based on vascular plants however, whereas cryptogams (i.e., lichens and bryophytes) are generally neglected or simply considered as one functional group. Here we aimed to improve our understanding of the drivers underlying temporal changes in vegetation of alpine ecosystems. To this end, we repeatedly surveyed the vegetation on four mountain summits along an elevational gradient in northern Sweden spanning a 19-year period. Our results show that the vascular plant communities remained relatively stable throughout the study period, despite fluctuations in terms of ground cover and species richness of shrubs and graminoids. In contrast, both lichens and bryophytes substantially decreased in cover and diversity, leading to alterations in community composition that were unrelated to vascular plant cover. Thermophilization of the vascular plant community was found only on the two intermediate summits. Our findings are only partially consistent with (long-term) climate-change impacts, and we argue that local non-climatic drivers such as herbivory might offset vegetation responses to warming. Hence, we underline the importance of considering local non-climatic drivers when evaluating temporal vegetation change in biologically complex systems.

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2022

37. Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats

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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Gobierno de Aragón, Junta de Castilla y León, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), European Commission, Austrian Science Fund, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Research and Innovation (Romania), Dutch Research Council, European Research Council, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland), Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science, Swiss National Park, Swiss Academy of Sciences, Projekt DEAL, Benito Alonso, José Luis [0000-0003-1086-8834], Staude, Ingmar R., Pereira, Henrique M., Daskalova, Gergana N., Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Diekmann, Martin, Pauli, Harald, Calster, Hans Van, Vellend, Mark, Bjorkman, Anne D., Brunet, Jörg, De Frenne, Pieter, Hédl, Radim, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Verheyen, Kris, Wipf, Sonja, Wulf, Monika, Andrews, Christopher, Barančok, Peter, Barni, Elena, Benito Alonso, José Luis, Bennie, Jonathan, Berki, Imre, Blüml, Volker, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dick, Jan, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Eriksson, Ove, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Graae, Bente Jessen, Heinken, Thilo, Schei, Fride Høistad, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Máliš, František, Michelsen, Ottar, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A., Newton, Adrian C., Nicklas, Lena, Oddi, Ludovica, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Palaj, Andrej, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Porro, Francesco, Puşcaş, Mihai, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rixen, Christian, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Steinbauer, Klaus, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balázs, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Vanneste, Thomas, Vergeer, Philippine, Vild, Ondřej, Villar, Luis, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, Baeten, Lander, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Gobierno de Aragón, Junta de Castilla y León, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), European Commission, Austrian Science Fund, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Research and Innovation (Romania), Dutch Research Council, European Research Council, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland), Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science, Swiss National Park, Swiss Academy of Sciences, Projekt DEAL, Benito Alonso, José Luis [0000-0003-1086-8834], Staude, Ingmar R., Pereira, Henrique M., Daskalova, Gergana N., Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Diekmann, Martin, Pauli, Harald, Calster, Hans Van, Vellend, Mark, Bjorkman, Anne D., Brunet, Jörg, De Frenne, Pieter, Hédl, Radim, Jandt, Ute, Lenoir, Jonathan, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Verheyen, Kris, Wipf, Sonja, Wulf, Monika, Andrews, Christopher, Barančok, Peter, Barni, Elena, Benito Alonso, José Luis, Bennie, Jonathan, Berki, Imre, Blüml, Volker, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dick, Jan, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Eriksson, Ove, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Graae, Bente Jessen, Heinken, Thilo, Schei, Fride Høistad, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Máliš, František, Michelsen, Ottar, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A., Newton, Adrian C., Nicklas, Lena, Oddi, Ludovica, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Palaj, Andrej, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Porro, Francesco, Puşcaş, Mihai, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rixen, Christian, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Steinbauer, Klaus, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balázs, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Vanneste, Thomas, Vergeer, Philippine, Vild, Ondřej, Villar, Luis, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, and Baeten, Lander

Abstract

Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.

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2022

38. The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications

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Heinken, Thilo, primary, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Liira, Jaan, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Schmidt, Marcus, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Chytrý, Milan, additional, Chabrerie, Olivier, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Dřevojan, Pavel, additional, Dzwonko, Zbigniew, additional, Ewald, Jörg, additional, Feilberg, Jon, additional, Graae, Bente Jessen, additional, Grytnes, John‐Arvid, additional, Hermy, Martin, additional, Kriebitzsch, Wolf‐Ulrich, additional, Laiviņš, Māris, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Marage, Damien, additional, Marozas, Vitas, additional, Niemeyer, Thomas, additional, Paal, Jaanus, additional, Pyšek, Petr, additional, Roosaluste, Elle, additional, Sádlo, Jiří, additional, Schaminée, Joop H.J., additional, Tyler, Torbjörn, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Vanneste, Thomas, additional

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39. The use of photos to investigate ecological change

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Depauw, Leen, primary, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Lorer, Eline, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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40. Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change

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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional, Lembrechts, Jonas, additional, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, additional, Luoto, Miska, additional, Scheffers, Brett, additional, Haesen, Stef, additional, Aalto, Juha, additional, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Greiser, Caroline, additional, Hampe, Arndt, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Klinges, David, additional, Koelemeijer, Irena, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Ogée, Jerome, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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42. Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

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Staude, Ingmar R., primary, Pereira, Henrique M., additional, Daskalova, Gergana N., additional, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Pauli, Harald, additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, Vellend, Mark, additional, Bjorkman, Anne D., additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Jandt, Ute, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Myers‐Smith, Isla H., additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Wipf, Sonja, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, Andrews, Christopher, additional, Barančok, Peter, additional, Barni, Elena, additional, Benito‐Alonso, José‐Luis, additional, Bennie, Jonathan, additional, Berki, Imre, additional, Blüml, Volker, additional, Chudomelová, Markéta, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Dick, Jan, additional, Dirnböck, Thomas, additional, Durak, Tomasz, additional, Eriksson, Ove, additional, Erschbamer, Brigitta, additional, Graae, Bente Jessen, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Schei, Fride Høistad, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Kudernatsch, Thomas, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Malicki, Marek, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Michelsen, Ottar, additional, Naaf, Tobias, additional, Nagel, Thomas A., additional, Newton, Adrian C., additional, Nicklas, Lena, additional, Oddi, Ludovica, additional, Ortmann‐Ajkai, Adrienne, additional, Palaj, Andrej, additional, Petraglia, Alessandro, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Pielech, Remigiusz, additional, Porro, Francesco, additional, Puşcaş, Mihai, additional, Reczyńska, Kamila, additional, Rixen, Christian, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Standovár, Tibor, additional, Steinbauer, Klaus, additional, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, additional, Teleki, Balázs, additional, Theurillat, Jean‐Paul, additional, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, additional, Ursu, Tudor‐Mihai, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Vergeer, Philippine, additional, Vild, Ondřej, additional, Villar, Luis, additional, Vittoz, Pascal, additional, Winkler, Manuela, additional, and Baeten, Lander, additional

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43. Edge effects on the realised soil seed bank along microclimatic gradients in temperate European forests

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Gasperini, Cristina, primary, Carrari, Elisa, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Jacopetti, Giovanni, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, and Selvi, Federico, additional

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44. Context matters: the landscape matrix determines the population genetic structure of temperate forest herbs across Europe

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Naaf, Tobias, primary, Feigs, Jannis Till, additional, Huang, Siyu, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Cousins, Sara A. O., additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Hedwall, Per-Ola, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Liira, Jaan, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Holzhauer, Stephanie I. J., additional, and Kramp, Katja, additional

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45. Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming

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De Pauw, Karen, primary, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Cousins, Sara A. O., additional, Gasperini, Cristina, additional, Hedwall, Per‐Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Uria‐Diez, Jaime, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional

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47. Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

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

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48. Consistent replacement of small- by large-ranged plant species across habitats

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Schmidt, Wolfgang, Michelsen, Ottar, Pauli, Harald, De Frenne, Pieter, Wulf, Monika, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Daskalova, Gergana, Palaj, Andrej, Macek, Martin, Nagel, Thomas, Oddi, Ludovica, Naaf, Tobias, Bennie, Jonathan, Turtureanu, Pavel, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Vanneste, Thomas, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Blüml, Volker, Durak, Tomasz, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Vergeer, Philippine, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Graae, Bente, Pielech, Remigiusz, Bjorkman, Anne, Schei, Fride, Malicki, Marek, Standovár, Tibor, Andrews, Christopher, Porro, Francesco, Petřík, Petr, Pereira, Henrique, Jandt, Ute, Rixen, Christian, Wipf, Sonja, Myers-Smith, Isla, Lenoir, Jonathan, Hédl, Radim, Staude, Ingmar, Vellend, Mark, Chudomelová, Markéta, Barančok, Peter, Reczyńska, Kamila, Dick, Jan, Teleki, Balázs, Heinken, Thilo, Pușcaș, Mihai, Berki, Imre, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, Vild, Ondřej, Máliš, František, Dirnböck, Thomas, Vittoz, Pascal, Winkler, Manuela, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Verheyen, Kris, Brunet, Jörg, Decocq, Guillaume, Diekmann, Martin, Baeten, Lander, Barni, Elena, Eriksson, Ove, Newton, Adrian, Van Calster, Hans, Nicklas, Lena, Villar, Luis, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Petraglia, Alessandro, Kopecký, Martin, and Steinbauer, Klaus

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bepress|Life Sciences, bepress|Life Sciences|Biodiversity
Abstract

The direction and magnitude of long-term changes in local plant species richness are highly variable among studies, while species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it is unknown whether the nature of species turnover is idiosyncratic or whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. To address this question, we analyzed the trajectories of 1,827 vascular plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites in three habitats in Europe – mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands. Consistent across all habitats, we found that plant species with small geographic ranges tended to be replaced by species with large ranges, despite habitat-specific trends in species richness. Our results point to a predictable component of species turnover, likely explained by aspects of species’ niches correlated with geographic range size. Species with larger ranges tend to be associated with nutrient-rich sites and we found community composition shifts towards more nutrient-demanding species in all three habitats. Global changes involving increased resource availability are thus likely to favor large-ranged, nutrient-demanding species, which are typically strong competitors. Declines of small-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. Our study highlights the need to consider the traits of species such as the geographic range size when predicting how ecological communities will respond to global change.

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49. Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

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Biurrun, Idoia, Biurrun, Idoia, Pielech, Remigiusz, Dembicz, Iwona, Gillet, François, Kozub, Lukasz, Marcenò, 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, Aćić, 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, Prasad Bhatta, Kuber, Bonini, Ilaria, Büchler, Marc-Olivier, Budzhak, Vasyl, Bueno, Álvaro, Buldrini, Fabrizio, Campos, Juan Antonio, Cancellieri, Laura, Carboni, Marta, Ceulemans, Tobias, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Chocarro, Cristina, Conti, Luisa, Csergo, Anna Maria, Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Czarnocka-Cieciura, Marta, Czortek, Patryk, Danihelka, Jiri, de Bello, Francesco, Deák, Balázs, Demeter, László, Deng, Lei, Diekmann, Martin, Dolezal, Jiri, Dolnik, Christian, Drevojan, Pavel, Dupré, Cecilia, Ecker, Klaus, Ejtehadi, Hamid, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Etayo, Javier, Etzold, Jonathan, Farkas, Tünde, Farzam, Mohammad, Fayvush, George, Fernández Calzado, Maria Rosa, Finckh, Manfred, Fjellstad, Wendy, Fotiadis, Georgios, Garcia-Margo, Daniel, Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germany, Markus, Ghafari, Sahar, Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro, Grytnes, John- Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez- Girón, Alba, Helm, Aveliina, Herrera, Mercedes, Hüllbusch, Elisabeth M., Ingerpuu, Nele, Jagerbrand, Annika K., Jandt, Ute, Janišová, Monika, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jeltsch, Florian, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kakinuma, Kaoru, Kapfer, Jutta, Kargar, Mansoureh, Kelemen, Andras, Kiehl, Kathrin, Kirschner, Philipp, Koyama, Asuka, Langer, Nancy, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lepš, Jan, Li, Ching- Feng, Li, Frank Yonghong, Liendo, Diego, Lindborg, Regina, Löbel, Swantje, Lomba, Angela, Lososova, Zdenka, Lustyk, Pavel, Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Ma, Wenhong, Maccherini, Simona, Magnes, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Manthey, Michael, Mardari, Constantin, May, Felix, Mayrhofer, Helmut, Seraina Meier, Eliane, Memariani, Farshid, Merunkova, Kristina, Michelsen, Ottar, Molero Mesa, Joaquin, 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, Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria-Pilar, Ronkin, Vladimir, Rosati, Leonardo, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Sabovljević, Marko, Sanaei, Anvar, Sánchez, Ana M., Santi, Francesco, Savchenko, Galina, Sebastià, Maria Teresa, Shyriaieva, Dariia, Silva, Vasco, Škornik, Sonja, Šmerdová, Eva, Sonkoly, Judit, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Staniaszek-Kik, Monika, Stevens, Carly, Stifter, Simon, Suchrow, Sigrid, Swacha, Grzegorz, Swierszcz, Sebastian, Talebi, Amir, Teleki, Balázs, Tichy, Lubomir, 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, Biurrun, Idoia, Biurrun, Idoia, Pielech, Remigiusz, Dembicz, Iwona, Gillet, François, Kozub, Lukasz, Marcenò, 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, Aćić, 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, Prasad Bhatta, Kuber, Bonini, Ilaria, Büchler, Marc-Olivier, Budzhak, Vasyl, Bueno, Álvaro, Buldrini, Fabrizio, Campos, Juan Antonio, Cancellieri, Laura, Carboni, Marta, Ceulemans, Tobias, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Chocarro, Cristina, Conti, Luisa, Csergo, Anna Maria, Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Czarnocka-Cieciura, Marta, Czortek, Patryk, Danihelka, Jiri, de Bello, Francesco, Deák, Balázs, Demeter, László, Deng, Lei, Diekmann, Martin, Dolezal, Jiri, Dolnik, Christian, Drevojan, Pavel, Dupré, Cecilia, Ecker, Klaus, Ejtehadi, Hamid, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Etayo, Javier, Etzold, Jonathan, Farkas, Tünde, Farzam, Mohammad, Fayvush, George, Fernández Calzado, Maria Rosa, Finckh, Manfred, Fjellstad, Wendy, Fotiadis, Georgios, Garcia-Margo, Daniel, Garcia-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germany, Markus, Ghafari, Sahar, Giusso del Galdo, Gian Pietro, Grytnes, John- Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez- Girón, Alba, Helm, Aveliina, Herrera, Mercedes, Hüllbusch, Elisabeth M., Ingerpuu, Nele, Jagerbrand, Annika K., Jandt, Ute, Janišová, Monika, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jeltsch, Florian, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kakinuma, Kaoru, Kapfer, Jutta, Kargar, Mansoureh, Kelemen, Andras, Kiehl, Kathrin, Kirschner, Philipp, Koyama, Asuka, Langer, Nancy, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lepš, Jan, Li, Ching- Feng, Li, Frank Yonghong, Liendo, Diego, Lindborg, Regina, Löbel, Swantje, Lomba, Angela, Lososova, Zdenka, Lustyk, Pavel, Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L., Ma, Wenhong, Maccherini, Simona, Magnes, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Manthey, Michael, Mardari, Constantin, May, Felix, Mayrhofer, Helmut, Seraina Meier, Eliane, Memariani, Farshid, Merunkova, Kristina, Michelsen, Ottar, Molero Mesa, Joaquin, 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, Rodriguez-Rojo, Maria-Pilar, Ronkin, Vladimir, Rosati, Leonardo, Ruprecht, Eszter, Rusina, Solvita, Sabovljević, Marko, Sanaei, Anvar, Sánchez, Ana M., Santi, Francesco, Savchenko, Galina, Sebastià, Maria Teresa, Shyriaieva, Dariia, Silva, Vasco, Škornik, Sonja, Šmerdová, Eva, Sonkoly, Judit, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Staniaszek-Kik, Monika, Stevens, Carly, Stifter, Simon, Suchrow, Sigrid, Swacha, Grzegorz, Swierszcz, Sebastian, Talebi, Amir, Teleki, Balázs, Tichy, Lubomir, 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, and Dengler, Jürgen

Abstract

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 richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the former three groups). Location: Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods: We used 126,524 plots of eight standard grain sizes from the GrassPlot database: 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 m2 and calculated the mean richness and standard deviations, as well as maximum, minimum, median, and first and third quartiles for each combination of grain size, taxonomic group, biome, region, vegetation type and phytosociological class. Results: Patterns of plant diversity in vegetation types and biomes differ across grain sizes and taxonomic groups. Overall, secondary (mostly semi-natural) grasslands and natural grasslands are the richest vegetation type. The open-access file ”GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks” and the web tool “GrassPlot Diversity Explorer” are now available online (https://edgg.org/databases/GrasslandDiversityExplorer) and provide more insights into species richness patterns in the Palaearctic open habitats. Conclusions: The GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks provide high-quality data on species richness in open habitat types across the Palaearctic. These benchmark data can be used in vegetation ecology, macroecology, biodiversity conservation and data quality checking. While the amount of data in the underlying GrassPlot database and their spatial coverage are smaller than in other extensive vegetation-plot databases, species recordings in GrassPlot are on average more complete, making it a valuable complementary data source in macroecology.

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2021

50. Small scale environmental variation modulates plant defence syndromes of understorey plants in deciduous forests of Europe

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Sanczuk, Pieter, Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, De Pauw, Karen, Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, Moreira, Xoaquín, Schoelynck, Jonas, De Boevre, Marthe, De Saeger, Sarah, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Plue, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Vermeir, Pieter, Calders, Kim, Verbeeck, Hans, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, De Frenne, Pieter, Sanczuk, Pieter, Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, De Pauw, Karen, Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, Moreira, Xoaquín, Schoelynck, Jonas, De Boevre, Marthe, De Saeger, Sarah, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Plue, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Vermeir, Pieter, Calders, Kim, Verbeeck, Hans, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter

Abstract

Aim: Variation in plant defence traits has been frequently assessed along large-scale macroclimatic clines. In contrast, local-scale changes in the environment have recently been proposed to also modulate plant defence traits. Yet, the relative importance of drivers at both scales has never been tested. We aimed to quantify the relative importance of environmental drivers inherent to large and small spatial scales on the physical and chemical defence and tolerance to herbivory in understorey plant species of deciduous forests of Europe. Location: Deciduous forests in Europe. Time period: Present. Major taxa studied: Forest understorey plants. Methods: We sampled four typical ancient forest herbs (Anemone nemorosa, Oxalis acetosella, Deschampsia cespitosa, Milium effusum) along small and large spatial scale gradients (those driven by latitude, elevation, forest management and distance to the forest edge), and analysed a suite of nine constitutively expressed traits associated with overall resistance to herbivory, and their multivariate response to environmental clines. Results: Although our study included a large gradient in macroclimate, we found variation in the local environment at small spatial scales (i.e. soil nutrient concentration and forest structural complexity) to be more important in predicting plant resistance to herbivory. Main conclusions: In addition to macroclimatic conditions, subtle differences in forest microclimate and soil characteristics also played a major role in modulating plant defence phenotypes. These findings highlight the importance of the local habitat structure and environmental conditions in modulating plant resistance to herbivory.

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2021
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