Assessing the response of biological communities to contrasting environmental conditions is
crucial to predict the effects of global change drivers. The influence of multiple …

Assessing the ecological impacts of environmental change on biological communities
requires knowledge of the factors driving the spatial patterns of the three diversity facets …

Traditional approaches in trait‐based community ecology typically expect that trait filtering
across broad environmental gradients is largely due to replacement of species, rather than …

Several studies have evaluated lichen responses in terms of shifts in species climate
suitability, species richness and community composition. In contrast, patterns of co …

Major environmental gradients co‐vary with elevation and have been a longstanding natural
tool allowing ecologists to study global diversity patterns at smaller scales, and to make …

Question In order to identify the factors and assembly rules which potentially shape natural
lichen communities we asked whether these communities are phylogenetically and …

Adopting an integrative approach that explicitly includes the different facets of biodiversity is
crucial to assess the response of biological communities to changing environments. The …

Aim Lichen epiphytes are important for biodiversity conservation and are also widely applied
as environmental indicators. However, biogeographical and ecological knowledge …

There has been growing recent interest in the relative importance of within‐species trait
variation vs. across‐species trait variation in vascular plants in determining total community …

Research highlights: shifts in the composition and functional diversity of lichen biota reflect
changes in the environment caused by climate warming and eutrophication. Background …