The use of functional traits (FTs) can provide quantitative information to explain macrophyte
ecology more effectively than traditional taxonomic-based methods. This research aims to …

The existing plant trait databases' applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and
vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across …

As we enter the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, there is an increasing
need for finding nature-based solutions for the restoration of grasslands across the globe …

While near-natural forest stands are dramatically diminishing, monoculture tree plantations
are rapidly spreading globally, including the eastern part of Central Europe. Tree plantations …

The maintenance of biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem processes such as plant biomass
production, as higher species richness is associated with increased biomass production in …

A central issue of community ecology is finding rules that explain the composition and
abundance of coexisting species. Nowadays two main processes, environmental filtering …

During the dry season four billion African and European granivorous birds in the Sahel
consume, by grand average, 15 g seeds/ha/day, equivalent to an average annual …

Transgenerational environmental effects can trigger strong phenotypic variation. However, it
is unclear how cues from different preceding generations interact. Also, little is known about …

Floral deception is widespread in orchids, with more than one‐third of the species being
pollinated this way. The evolutionary success of deceptive orchids is puzzling, as species …

In the Anthropocene, humans are among the most abundant long-distance seed dispersal
vectors globally, due to our increasing mobility and the growing global population. However …