Topography is an important determinant of soil moisture (SM) distribution and thus drives the
functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including vegetation composition and structure. To …

Aim Climate change is known to be a driver of changes in forest plant communities and to
modify disturbance regimes. We investigated whether forest gaps favoured vegetation …

The proper choice of the tree species to be grown in a specific forest site requires a good
knowledge of the tree species autecology and a comprehensive description of the local …

One of the frequently used bioindication methods is Ellenberg indicator values (EIVs), which
are commonly applied in Central Europe as bioindicators of ecological characteristics …

Bioindication of ecological variables such as humidity, temperature or pH by ecological
indicator values of plants is a powerful tool for research in plant ecology, eg to detect early …

Abstract Simulated acid rains (AR),(pH 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5) were applied to green
leaves of 13 deciduous trees (DT) and 10 species of dicotyledonous plants (DP). All were …

Aim Ellenberg indicator values (EIV) are frequently used in regions outside their Central
European origin as proxies for environmental conditions, a practice further boosted by the …

Abstract Question Ecological indicator values (EIVs) reflect species 'optimal conditions on an
environmental gradient, such as temperature. Averaged over a community, they are used to …

Aims Assigning vegetation plots to vegetation units is a key step in biodiversity management
projects. Nevertheless, the process of plot assignment to types is usually non‐standardized …

Forest biomass is a source of renewable energy that can contribute to meeting international
targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, removing forest harvesting …