Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced
species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To …

Biodiversity is declining globally at unprecedented rates. Ecological niche models (ENMs)
are one of the most widely used toolsets to appraise global change impacts on biodiversity …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools that relate species observations to
environmental conditions to retrieve ecological niches and predict species' potential …

Although the importance of edaphic factors and habitat structure for plant growth and
survival is known, both are often neglected in favor of climatic drivers when investigating the …

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) …

Outside controlled experimental plots, the impact of community attributes on primary
productivity has rarely been compared to that of individual species. Here, we identified plant …

Spatial soil information in forests is crucial to assess ecosystem services such as carbon
storage, water purification or biodiversity. However, spatially continuous information on soil …

Selecting the best subset of covariates out of a panel of many candidates is a key and highly
influential stage of the species distribution modelling process. Yet, there is currently no …

Ecologically meaningful predictors are often neglected in plant distribution studies, resulting
in incomplete niche quantification and low predictive power of species distribution models …

Functional traits respond to environmental drivers, hence evaluating trait‐environment
relationships across spatial environmental gradients can help to understand how multiple …