A5089399137- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Forest Management and Policy
- Digital Innovation in Industries
- Environmental Conservation and Management
Technical University of Darmstadt
2009-2024
Southeastern Health
2020
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
1994
University of Freiburg
1989-1991
Abstract Impacts of climate change on individual species are increasingly well documented, but we lack understanding how these effects propagate through ecological communities. Here combine distribution models with network analyses to test potential impacts >700 plant and animal in pollination seed-dispersal networks from central Europe. We discover that interact a low diversity have narrow climatic niches most vulnerable change. In contrast, biotic specialization plants is not related...
Abstract Vegetation survey is an important research agenda in vegetation science. It defines types and helps understand differences among them, which essential for both basic ecological applications biodiversity conservation environmental monitoring. In this editorial, we reflect on the historical development current state of worldwide introduce Special Feature ‘Vegetation Survey’, as well new section same name Applied Science . The contains eight studies from North America, New Zealand,...
Abstract: In many successional series, grass species play an important role in mid‐successional stages. Using calcareous sand ecosystems the northern upper Rhine valley (Germany) as a model, we analyzed trajectories and factors that determine their direction. A 5‐ to 7‐year study of 23 permanent plots is presented. Polar ordination revealed succession starts with pioneer communities (dominated by Corynephorus canescens cryptogams) can eventually lead relatively stable Calamagrostis epigejos...
Abstract Question: Is it possible to restore dry calcareous inland sand ecosystems with their characteristic plant community structure within a 4‐yr period by means of combined abiotic–biotic techniques (topsoil replacement, inoculation raked/mown material from target areas)? Location: Upper Rhine valley, Germany. Methods: Two 4‐year experiments were carried out on former arable land, each in the proximity reference area bearing similar complex threatened sandy grasslands (experiment 1:...
The abandonment of former land-use often leads to an increasing grass encroachment and a related decrease in plant species richness. Extensive grazing can be adequate management method, but the effects on vegetation depend livestock species. We investigated two different subtypes Armerio-Festucetum trachyphyllae Hohenester 1960 (Armerion elongatae Poetsch 1962) where typicum is characterised by stronger topsoil acidification denser sward than Festuca duvalii subtype. investigation area dry...
Abstract Questions Does epizoochorous dispersal via sheep lead to the establishment of populations sandy grassland species on newly created, managed restoration sites bare soil? Do epizoochorously‐induced spatial patterns persist during vegetation development? develop, which is rich in epizoochorously‐dispersed target species? Location Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Methods A 6‐yr experiment by was conducted three created deep sand deposition mimicking areas with reduced nutrient availability....