The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world

D Landuyt, E De Lombaerde, MP Perring… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate forests cover 16% of the global forest area. Within these forests, the understorey
is an important biodiversity reservoir that can influence ecosystem processes and functions …

[HTML][HTML] Genesis, goals and achievements of long-term ecological research at the global scale: a critical review of ILTER and future directions

M Mirtl, ET Borer, I Djukic, M Forsius, H Haubold… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since its founding in 1993 the International Long-term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
has gone through pronounced development phases. The current network comprises 44 …

Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

S van der Linde, LM Suz, CDL Orme, F Cox, H Andreae… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Explaining the large-scale diversity of soil organisms that drive biogeochemical processes—
and their responses to environmental change—is critical. However, identifying consistent …

Conditional vulnerability of plant diversity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the United States

SM Simkin, EB Allen, WD Bowman… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has been shown to decrease plant species richness
along regional deposition gradients in Europe and in experimental manipulations. However …

Accounting for forest condition in Europe based on an international statistical standard

J Maes, AG Bruzón, JI Barredo, S Vallecillo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Covering 35% of Europe's land area, forest ecosystems play a crucial role in safeguarding
biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Yet, forest degradation continues to undermine …

Responses of forest ecosystems in Europe to decreasing nitrogen deposition

A Schmitz, TGM Sanders, A Bolte, F Bussotti… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Average nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe has declined since the 1990s. This resulted
in decreased N inputs to forest ecosystems especially in Central and Western Europe where …

Impacts and effects indicators of atmospheric deposition of major pollutants to various ecosystems-A review

LP Wright, L Zhang, I Cheng, J Aherne… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2018 - aaqr.org
In this paper, we review the current understanding on ecosystem and human health impacts
from the atmospheric deposition of acidifying pollutants, eutrophying nitrogen (N), polycyclic …

Replacements of small-by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome

IR Staude, DM Waller… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Biodiversity time series reveal global losses and accelerated redistributions of species, but
no net loss in local species richness. To better understand how these patterns are linked, we …

Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests

LM Suz, N Barsoum, S Benham, HP Dietrich… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are major ecological players in temperate forests, but they are rarely
used in measures of forest condition because large‐scale, high‐resolution, standardized …

Forest ecosystems of temperate climatic regions: from ancient use to climate change

FS Gilliam - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have long utilized resources from all forest biomes, but the most indelible
anthropogenic signature has been the expanse of human populations in temperate forests …