Institute of Ecology
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Animal Ecology
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation
- Professorship for Ecosystem Functioning and Services
- Professorship for Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Topics
Forschungsschwerpunkte am Institut für Ökologie sind die Auswirkungen von globalen Veränderungen wie Klimawandel und Landnutzungswandel auf Organismen und ihre Lebensgemeinschaften und auf biologisch funktionelle und chemische Prozesse. Dazu zählen auch die Auswirkungen eines vermehrten Anbaus von Energiepflanzen oder auch verschiedenste Verschmutzungen in terrestrischen und aquatischen Ökosystemen. Im Fokus stehen die Ursachen und die Auswirkungen des Rückgangs von Tier- und Pflanzenpopulationen sowie des aktuellen Biodiversitätsverlustes und der damit einhergehenden Veränderung abiotischer und biotischer Ökosystemfunktionen. In Zusammenarbeit mit humanwissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgruppen der Leuphana Universität werden auch sozio-ökonomische Faktoren der Ökosystemforschung gemeinsam betrachtet.
Die experimentelle Forschung findet sowohl in Laboren, im Gewächshaus und auf Freiflächen der Leuphana Universität statt. Weiter finden viele Untersuchungen in Kulturlandschaften und in städtischen Gebieten statt. Die Freilanduntersuchungen werden in den verschiedensten Ländern der gemäßigten und mediterranen Breiten und der Tropen und Sub-Tropen durchgeführt aber auch regional wie z.B. in Lüneburg und der Lüneburger Heide. Forschungskooperationen bestehen hierbei mit vielen verschiedenen nationalen und internationalen Universitäten und außeruniversitären Einrichtungen wie z.B. lokalen Naturschutzorganisationen und Schulen. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Kooperationen mit der Alfred Töpfer Akademie für Naturschutz und die Biosphärenreservatsverwaltung Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.
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Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Fischer, M., Kröber, W., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Michalski, S. G., Palm, W-U., Schmid, B., Welk, E., Zhou, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 7, p. 732-739 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R. L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P. A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W. & Wirth, C., 12.2020, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4, 12, p. 1602-1611 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plutella xylostella (L.) infestations at varying temperatures induce the emission of specific volatile blends by Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh
Truong, D. H., Delory, B. M., Brostaux, Y., Heuskin, S., Delaplace, P., Francis, F. & Lognay, G., 2014, In: Plant Signaling and Behavior. 9, 11, 10 p., e973816.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Poleward range expansion without a southern contraction in the ground beetle Agonum viridicupreum (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Drees, C., Brandmayr, P., Buse, J., Dieker, P., Gürlich, S., Habel, J. C., Harry, I., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Meyer, H., Pizzolotto, R., Quante, M., Schäfer, K., Schuldt, A., Taboada Palomares, A. & Aßmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 333-352 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pollination and Plant Resources Change the Nutritional Quality of Almonds for Human Health
Brittain, C., Kremen, C., Garber, A. K. & Klein, A-M., 27.02.2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 2, 7 p., e90082.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pollination mitigates cucumber yield gaps more than pesticide and fertilizer use in tropical smallholder gardens
Motzke, I., Tscharntke, T., Wanger, T. C. & Klein, A. M., 02.2015, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 52, 1, p. 261-269 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pollination of two oil-producing plant species: Camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) and pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) double-cropping in Germany
Groeneveld, J. H. & Klein, A-M., 05.2014, In: Global Change Biology : Bioenergy. 6, 3, p. 242-251 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in landfill leachates
Busch, J., Ahrens, L., Sturm, R. & Ebinghaus, R., 05.2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 5, p. 1467-1471 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the East Greenland Arctic Ocean
Busch, J., Ahrens, L., Xie, Z., Sturm, R. & Ebinghaus, R., 2010, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 12, 6, p. 1242-1246 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Habel, J. C., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 15.05.2008, In: European Journal of Entomology. 105, 2, p. 361-362 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Population ecology of the rare carabid beetle Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera : Carabidae) in North-west Germany
Matern, A., Drees, C., Aßmann, T. & Meyer, H., 01.12.2008, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 12, 6, p. 591-601 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Positive intercropping effects on biomass production are species-specific and involve rhizosphere enzyme activities: Evidence from a field study
Kumar, A., Blagodaskaya, E., Dippold, M. A. & Temperton, V., 01.12.2022, In: Soil Ecology Letters. 4, 4, p. 444-453 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Post-dispersal seed predation of three grassland species in a plant diversity experiment
Pufal, G. & Klein, A-M., 12.2013, In: The Journal of Ecology. 6, 6, p. 468-479 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Post Hoc Assessment of Stand Structure Across European Wood-Pastures: Implications for Land Use Policy
Roellig, M., Costa, A., Garbarino, M., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Jakobsson, S., Lindborg, R., Mayr, S., Plieninger, T., Sammul, M., Varga, A. & Fischer, J., 09.2018, In: Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71, 5, p. 526-535 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Precrop functional group identity affects yield of winter barley but less so high carbon amendments in a mesocosm experiment
van Duijnen, R., Roy, J., Härdtle, W. & Temperton, V. M., 03.07.2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, 12 p., 912.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predation risk indirectly enhances survival of seaweed recruits but not intraspecific competition in an intermediate herbivore species
Molis, M., Preuss, I., Firmenich, A. & Ellrich, J., 05.2011, In: Journal of Ecology. 99, 3, p. 807-817 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predator assemblage structure and temporal variability of species richness and abundance in forests of high tree diversity
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 11.2012, In: Biotropica. 44, 6, p. 793-800 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity
Schuldt, A., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Schmid, B., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 28.07.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 7, 8 p., e22905.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predicting suitable habitats of the African cherry (Prunus africana) under climate change in Tanzania
Giliba, R. A. & Yengoh, G. T., 15.09.2020, In: Atmosphere. 11, 9, 17 p., 988.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predictive mapping of species richness and plant species' distributions of a peruvian fog oasis along an altitudinal gradient
Muenchow, J., Bräuning, A., Rodríguez, E. F. & von Wehrden, H., 09.2013, In: Biotropica. 45, 5, p. 557-566 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Preserving Colias myrmidone in European cultural landscapes: requirements for the successful development from egg to higher larval stages at a Natura 2000 site in Romania
Nippen, P., Dolek, M. & Loos, J., 08.2021, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 25, 4, p. 643-655 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Prioritize grassland restoration to bend the curve of biodiversity loss
Staude, I. R., Segar, J., Temperton, V. M., Andrade, B. O., de Sá Dechoum, M., Weidlich, E. W. A. & Overbeck, G. E., 07.2023, In: Restoration Ecology. 31, 5, 7 p., e13931.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Priority effects caused by plant order of arrival affect below-ground productivity
Weidlich, E. W. A., Von Gillhaussen, P., Max, J., Delory, B., Jablonowski, N. D., Rascher, U. & Temperton, V. M., 01.03.2018, In: Journal of Ecology. 106, 2, p. 774-780 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Privatizing the commons: New approaches need broader evaluative criteria for sustainability
Partelow, S., Abson, D. J., Schlueter, A., Fernandez-Gimenez, M., von Wehrden, H. & Collier, N., 03.05.2019, In: International Journal of the Commons. 13, 1, p. 747-776 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Protected habitats of Natura 2000 do not coincide with important diversity hotspots of arthropods in mountain grasslands
Harry, I., Höfer, H., Schielzeth, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 4, p. 329-338 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Provenance- and life-history stage-specific responses of the dwarf shrub Calluna vulgaris to elevated vapour pressure deficit
Ibe, K., Walmsley, D., Fichtner, A., Coners, H., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 01.12.2020, In: Plant Ecology. 221, 12, p. 1219-1232 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Quantifying ecosystem services of rewetted peatlands − the MoorFutures methodologies
Tanneberger, F., Berghöfer, A., Brust, K., Hammerich, J., Holsten, B., Joosten, H., Michaelis, D., Moritz, F., Reichelt, F., Schäfer, A., Scheid, A., Trepel, M., Wahren, A. & Couwenberg, J., 01.06.2024, In: Ecological Indicators. 163, 10 p., 112048.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rainfall and temperature variation does not explain arid species diversity in outback Australia
Traill, L., Brook, B. W., Wanger, T. C. & de Little, S. C., 08.07.2013, In: Research and Reports in Biodiversity Studies. 3, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history
von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A. F., Klotz, S. & Seppelt, R., 07.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 6, p. 941-948 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und fachliche Anforderungen an die Waldbehandlung in Naturschutzgebieten
Wernicke, P., Czybulka, D., Flade, M., Fuß, A., Grünwald, M., Härdtle, W., Kerth, G., Knapp, H. D., Jeschke, L., Lenschow, U., Linke, C., Polzin, W-P., Ringel, H., Scheller, W., Spieß, H-J., Wachlin, V. & Winter, S., 2019, In: Natur und Naturschutz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 47, p. 172-204 33 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas of the Global South
Loos, J., 01.08.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 54, p. 108-118 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Senbeta, F., Hylander, K. & Dorresteijn, I., 09.2020, In: Ecology and Society. 25, 3, p. 1-16 16 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reconnecting with nature for sustainability
Ives, C. D., Abson, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Dorninger, C., Klaniecki, K. & Fischer, J., 01.09.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 5, p. 1389-1397 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Red List of marine macroalgae of the Wadden Sea
Nielsen, R., Schories, D., Hardtle, W., Reise, K. H. & Wolff, W. J., 01.10.1996, In: Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 50, Suppl. 1, p. 39-42 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Red mason bees cannot compete with honey bees for floral resources in a cage experiment
Hudewenz, A. & Klein, A. M., 11.2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 21, p. 5049-5056 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reduced nitrate leaching from an Irish cropland soil under non-inversion tillage with cover cropping greatly outweighs increased dissolved organic nitrogen leaching
Walmsley, D. C., Siemens, J., Kindler, R., Kaiser, K., Saunders, M., Fichtner, A., Kaupenjohann, M. & Osborne, B. A., 01.10.2018, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 265, p. 340-349 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate recognition cues in the carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)
Leonhardt, S., Brandstaetter, A. S. & Kleineidam, C. J., 09.2007, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A – Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 193, 9, p. 993-1000 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Regional differences in soil pH niche among dry grassland plants in Eurasia
Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Zelený, D., von Wehrden, H., Brinkert, A., Danihelka, J., Hölzel, N., Jansen, F., Kamp, J., Lustyk, P., Merunková, K., Palpurina, S., Preislerová, Z. & Wesche, K., 05.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 5, p. 660-670 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Relationship between pH-values and nutrient availability in forest soils - the consequences for the use of ecograms in forest ecology
Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Westphal, C. & Hartmut, M., 01.01.2004, In: Flora. 199, 2, p. 134-142 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Relationships between the vegetation and soil conditions in beech and beech-oak forests of northern Germany
Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 01.03.2005, In: Plant Ecology. 177, 1, p. 113-124 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Repeated sampling detects gene flow in a flightless ground beetle in a fragmented landscape
Drees, C., Hüfner, S., Matern, A., Nève, G. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Hereditas. 148, 1, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Representation of dissolved organic carbon in the JULES land surface model (vn4.4-JULES-DOCM)
Nakhavali, M., Friedlingstein, P., Lauerwald, R., Tang, J., Chadburn, S., Camino-Serrano, M., Guenet, B., Harper, A., Walmsley, D., Peichl, M. & Gielen, B., 12.02.2018, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 2, p. 593-609 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reprint of: Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: the role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing
Hildebrand, M., Perles-Garcia, M. D., Kunz, M., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A., 01.09.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 55, p. 53-63 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Research on the social perception of invasive species: a systematic literature review
Kapitza, K., Zimmermann, H., Martín-López, B. & Wehrden, H. V., 14.03.2019, In: NeoBiota. 43, p. 47-68 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resolving potential conflicts between different heathland ecosystem services through adaptive management
Alonso, I. & Härdtle, W., 14.07.2015, In: Ecological Questions. 21, p. 101-103 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resource availability determines the importance of niche-based versus stochastic community assembly in grasslands
Conradi, T., Temperton, V. M. & Kollmann, J., 08.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 8, p. 1134-1141 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resources or landmarks: which factors drive homing success in Tetragonula carbonaria foraging in natural and disturbed landscapes?
Leonhardt, S. D., Kaluza, B. F., Wallace, H. & Heard, T. A., 01.10.2016, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 202, 9-10, p. 701-708 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Response of saproxylic beetles to small-scale habitat connectivity depends on trophic levels
Buse, J., Entling, M. H., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T., 01.06.2016, In: Landscape Ecology. 31, 5, p. 939-949 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Restoration ecology meets carabidology: effects of floodplain restitution on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Günther, J. & Assmann, T., 01.06.2005, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 14, 7, p. 1583-1606 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
ReSurveyEurope, Knollová, I., Chytrý, M., Bruelheide, H., Dullinger, S., Haider, S. & Härdtle, W., 01.03.2024, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 35, 2, 18 p., e13235.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review