Peatlands have been drained for land use for a long time and on a large scale, turning them
from carbon and nutrient sinks into respective sources, diminishing water regulation …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea supports high levels of biodiversity and complexity but is
facing increasing human pressures, so that strategies to protect and recover its ecosystems …

Long-term analyses of biodiversity data highlight a 'biodiversity conservation paradox':
biological communities show substantial species turnover over the past century,, but …

The invasive herb Lupinus polyphyllus has been focus of a number of fact sheets worldwide
but a comprehensive summary of the species' taxonomy and morphology, distribution …

Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for
understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems …

Understanding drivers of success for alien species can inform on potential future invasions.
Recent conceptual advances highlight that species may achieve invasiveness via …

Motivation Although dispersal ability is one of the key features determining the spatial
dynamics of plant populations and the structure of plant communities, it is also one of the …

Aim The first comprehensive checklist of European phytosociological alliances, orders and
classes (EuroVegChecklist) was published by Mucina et al.(2016, Applied Vegetation …

Ecological theory predicts close relationships between macroclimate and functional traits.
Yet, global climatic gradients correlate only weakly with the trait composition of local plant …

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 …