What drives ecosystem buildup, diversity, and stability? We assess species arrival and
ecosystem changes across 16 millennia by combining regional-scale plant sedimentary …

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 …

Flood hazard mitigation in urban areas crossed by vegetated flows can be achieved through
two distinct approaches, based on structural and eco-friendly solutions, referred to as grey …

The recovery of wetland function and biodiversity conservation aroused considerable
interest in the past decades. Although many advances have been achieved in revealing …

Protecting global biodiversity is one of the most urgent tasks for the coming decades. Area-
based conservation is a pillar for preserving ecosystems and species. Strictly protected …

Biodiversity analyses across continental extents are important in providing comprehensive
information on patterns and likely drivers of diversity. For vascular plants in Australia …

The relationship between phylogenetic diversity (PD) and functional diversity (FD) is
important for understanding the mechanisms of community assembly. The traditional view …

Abstract Aims The Raunkiær's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the
position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the …

Phylogenetic and functional diversity are theorised to increase invasion resistance.
Experimentally testing whether plant communities higher in these components of diversity …

This Long Database Report describes the historical background and current contents of the
Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD)(GIVD-code EU-00-002). NBGVD is …