No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years [0.03%]
北阿尔卑斯草原25年的物种变化：没有灭绝但周转率高
Helena Schwaiger,Bernd Lenzer,Franz Essl
Helena Schwaiger
The abandonment of marginally productive habitats and the intensification of land use on productive sites have caused transformative changes in vegetation composition in Central Europe. In this study, after 25 years we resurveyed a total of...
Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia Arctic Transect [0.03%]
沿1700公里海洋欧亚北极带上的湿润沙壤与壤土植被分布状况
Donald A Walker,Howard E Epstein,Jozef Šibík et al.
Donald A Walker et al.
Questions: How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Ve...
Jutta Kapfer,Radim Hédl,Gerald Jurasinski et al.
Jutta Kapfer et al.
Background: Resurveying historical vegetation plots has become more and more popular in recent years as it provides a unique opportunity to estimate vegetation and environmental changes over the past decades. Most histori...
The paradox of long-term ungulate impact: increase of plant species richness in a temperate forest [0.03%]
长期大型哺乳动物影响的悖论：温带森林植物物种丰富度增加
Ondřej Vild,Radim Hédl,Martin Kopecký et al.
Ondřej Vild et al.
Questions: Did high densities of wild ungulates cause a decline in plant species richness in a temperate oakwood? How did species composition change after nearly five decades? Did ungulates facilitate the spread of rudera...
Effects of simulated historical tree litter raking on the understorey vegetation in a central European forest [0.03%]
模拟历史落叶清理对中欧林下植被的影响
Ondřej Vild,Jesse M Kalwij,Radim Hédl
Ondřej Vild
Question: What is the impact of simulated historical tree litter removal on understorey plants and soil properties in a temperate deciduous forest? What is the role of seasonal timing of tree litter removal on understorey...
A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe) [0.03%]
中欧和东欧潘诺尼亚和西部Pontic草原的高级分类
Wolfgang Willner,Anna Kuzemko,Jürgen Dengler et al.
Wolfgang Willner et al.
Questions: What are the main floristic patterns in the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands? What are the diagnostic species of the major subdivisions of the class Festuco-Brometea (temperate Euro-Siberian dry a...
Fernando T Maestre,David J Eldridge,Santiago Soliveres
Fernando T Maestre
Shrub encroachment, a global phenomenon with management implications, is examined in two papers in the current issue of Applied Vegetation Science. Barbosa da Silva et al. show that encroachment simplifies herbaceous community, and Pittarel...