EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

M Chytrý, L Tichý, SM Hennekens… - Applied Vegetation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science: A horizon scan by early career researchers

FA Yannelli, M Bazzichetto, T Conradi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the aim to identify future challenges and opportunities in vegetation science, we
brought together a group of 22 early career vegetation scientists from diverse backgrounds …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the origin of Oriental beech stands across Western Europe and reporting hybridization with European beech–Implications for assisted gene flow

M Kurz, A Kölz, J Gorges, BP Carmona, P Brang… - Forest ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The benefits and risks of human-aided translocation of individuals within the species range,
assisted gene flow (AGF), depend on the genetic divergence, on the rate and direction of …

History and environment shape species pools and community diversity in European beech forests

B Jiménez-Alfaro, M Girardello, M Chytrý… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
A central hypothesis of ecology states that regional diversity influences local diversity
through species-pool effects. Species pools are supposedly shaped by large-scale factors …

Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe

W Willner, J Rolecek, A Korolyuk, J Dengler, M Chytry… - Preslia, 2019 - aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs
European semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich vegetation types in the
northern hemisphere and form an important part of the habitat mosaics in the forest-steppe …

Classification of the European marsh vegetation (Phragmito‐Magnocaricetea) to the association level

F Landucci, K Šumberová, L Tichý… - Applied Vegetation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To create a comprehensive, consistent and unequivocal phytosociological
classification of European marsh vegetation of the class Phragmito‐Magnocaricetea …

Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation

G Bonari, F Fernández‐González… - Applied Vegetation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Vegetation types of Mediterranean thermophilous pine forests dominated by
Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis, Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea were studied in various …

Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation

C Marcenò, R Guarino, J Loidi… - Applied Vegetation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Although many phytosociological studies have provided detailed local and regional
descriptions of coastal dune vegetation, a unified classification of this vegetation in Europe …

Post‐glacial range formation of temperate forest understorey herbs–Insights from a spatio‐temporally explicit modelling approach

W Willner, J Wessely, A Gattringer… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Our knowledge of Pleistocene refugia and post‐glacial recolonization routes of
forest understorey plants is still very limited. The geographical ranges of these species are …

Competition for soil resources forces a trade-off between enhancing tree productivity and understorey species richness in managed beech forests

R Hrivnák, M Bošeľa, M Slezák, M Lukac… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditionally focussed on maximising productivity, forest management increasingly has to
consider other functions performed by the forest stands, such as biodiversity conservation …