A vegetation classification approach is needed that can describe the diversity of terrestrial
ecosystems and their transformations over large time frames, span the full range of spatial …

Long-term analyses of biodiversity data highlight a 'biodiversity conservation paradox':
biological communities show substantial species turnover over the past century,, but …

Abstract The Transylvanian Plateau in Romania is well known to host large areas of a
variety of dry grassland types, still traditionally managed by low-intensity mowing or grazing …

Numerical Ecology with R provides a long-awaited bridge between a textbook in Numerical
Ecology and the implementation of this discipline in the R language. After short theoretical …

Ecologists often face the task of studying the association between single species and one or
several groups of sites representing habitat types, community types, or other categories …

An understanding of risks to biodiversity is needed for planning action to slow current rates
of decline and secure ecosystem services for future human use. Although the IUCN Red List …

Indicator species are species that are used as ecological indicators of community or habitat
types, environmental conditions, or environmental changes. In order to determine indicator …

The program JUICE was designed as a Microsoft® WINDOWS® application for editing,
classification and analysis of large phytosociological tables and databases. This software …

Abstract Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for
European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that …

Aim: Concentration of species occurrences in groups of classified sites can be quantified
with statistical measures of fidelity, which can be used for the determination of diagnostic …