Motivation and aim Mapping the spatial distribution of biodiversity is critical for
understanding its fundamental drivers (eg speciation, environmental filtering) as well as for …

Aim Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (ie, β‐
diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β‐diversity …

Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the
main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) …

Aims Understanding fine‐grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental
for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database …

Grasslands are spontaneously occurring herbaceous vegetation types that are mostly
dominated by grasses or other graminoids and have usually> 10% herb-layer cover, while …

Whether current hypotheses for geographic patterns of species richness (SR) have a strong
explanatory power for the Tibetan Plateau (TP) with extreme climatic conditions remains …

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts
of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, including biodiversity research. To …

This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to
emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest …

European grasslands are among the most species-rich ecosystems on small spatial scales.
However, human-induced activities like land use and climate change pose significant …

Abstract 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 …