Markus S. Germany
A5056854649- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Forest ecology and management
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Plant and animal studies
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2017-2021
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
2017-2021
Kiel University
2017-2021
Ecological Society of America
2019
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2019
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2016
Abstract Aims Understanding fine‐grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of richness values Palaearctic open habitats vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens complete vegetation (i.e., sum former three groups). Location biogeographic realm. Methods We used 126,524 plots eight standard grain sizes from database: 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 1,000 m...
Abstract Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning ( BEF ) research has extended its scope from communities that are short‐lived or reshape their structure annually to structurally complex forest ecosystems. The establishment of tree diversity experiments poses specific methodological challenges for assessing the multiple functions provided by In particular, inconsistencies and nonstandardized protocols impede analysis multifunctionality within, comparability across increasing number experiments....
This report describes the Romanian Grassland Database (RGD), registered under EU-RO-008 in Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD).This collaborative initiative aims to collect all available vegetation-plot data (relevés) grasslands and other open habitats from territory Romania provide them for science, nationally internationally, e.g.via European Vegetation Archive (EVA) global database "sPlot".The mainly contains vegetation-plots not only wet, mesic, dry, saline, alpine rocky...
Abstract The Janzen‐Connell (JC) hypothesis is a major ecological explanation for high species richness, in particular tropical forest ecosystems. Central components of the JC are noncompetitive effects distance and density dependence, two drivers that contribute independently to coexistence, but ultimately linked field. However, although numerous studies provide evidence either distance‐ or density‐dependent based on observational data, experimental testing simultaneous interactive has...
Abstract Aims Positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships have been widely reported, predominately from grassland ecosystems. However, this does not necessarily to apply accordingly in more complex situations such as forests across different vertical strata. For instance, overstorey tree species richness has shown be associated with a lower understorey productivity. Whether or effects add productivity by increasing (i.e. due habitat heterogeneity) reducing resource availability...