This article introduces a Special Issue on biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands and
provides a synthesis of the current knowledge on this topic. Four major categories of …

Despite the fundamental significance of water to plants and the persisting question of how
competing species coexist, this is the first review of hydrological niches. We define …

The impact of local biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning is well established, but the
role of larger-scale biodiversity dynamics in the delivery of ecosystem services remains …

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how
different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple …

Biodiversity is not homogenously distributed over the globe, and ecosystems differ strongly
in the number of species they provide. With this special issue we highlight the ecology and …

In the face of climate change, populations have two survival options− they can remain in situ
and tolerate the new climatic conditions (“stay”), or they can move to track their climatic …

Although we have an intuitive understanding of the behavior and functions of groundwater in
the Earth's critical zone at the scales of a column (atmosphere‐plant‐soil‐bedrock), along a …

At landscape and regional scales topography is recognized as one of the most important
determinants of vascular plant diversity, primarily due to the influence of mountains. As …

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

Vegetation composition and/or plant species co-existence is influenced by the
environmental variations in any region. The ecological knowledge and order of importance …