A5058323445- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Urban Planning and Landscape Design
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
Europa-Universität Flensburg
2006-2024
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2000-2003
Today East Asia harbors many "relict" plant species whose ranges were much larger during the Paleogene-Neogene and earlier. The ecological climatic conditions suitable for these relict have not been identified. Here, we map abundance distribution patterns of species, showing high in humid subtropical/warm-temperate forest regions. We further use Ecological Niche Modeling to show that align with maps climate refugia, predict species' chances persistence given future changes expected Asia. By...
Endemics–Area Relationships (EARs) are fundamental in theoretical and applied biogeography for understanding distribution patterns promoting biodiversity conservation. However, calculating EARs vascular plant species from existing data is problematic because of biased knowledge endemic distributions differences between taxonomies. We aimed to overcome these challenges by developing a new standardized global dataset based on expert produce set EARs. developed nested circle design, with grain...
Abstract Aim The number of naturalized (i.e. established) alien species has increased rapidly over recent centuries. Given the differences in environmental tolerances among species, little is known about what factors determine extent to which observed size range a and hence richness region approach their full potential. Here, we asked region‐ species‐specific characteristics explain between expected naturalizations. Location Global. Time period Present. Major taxa studied Vascular plants....
Abstract Aims The rapid increase in the number of species that have naturalized beyond their native range is among most apparent features Anthropocene. How alien will respond to other processes future global changes an emerging concern and remains poorly misunderstood. We therefore ask whether climate land use change differently than those not yet anywhere world. Location Global. Methods investigated potential vascular plant endemic Europe are either ( n = 272) or (1,213) outside Europe....
Abstract Most plant communities consist of different structural and ecological subsets, ranging from cryptogams to tree layers. The completeness approach with which these subsets are sampled have implications for vegetation classification. Non‐vascular plants often omitted or sometimes treated separately, referring their assemblages as “synusiae” (e.g. epiphytes on bark, saxicolous species rocks). distinction complete (phytocoenoses holocoenoses) parts (synusiae merocoenoses) is crucial...
Knowledge about ecological conditions and processes in centers of endemism (CoEs) is still limited with respect to various systematic groups organisms, ecosystem types, conditions, services. We review the characterization, identification, meaning CoEs. Endemics play an increasing prominent role nature conservation monitoring management organization zoos, aquaria, botanical gardens. examine importance different organisms indicators for characterization endemic-rich regions, e.g., regard...
Abstract The recent inclusion of communities planktonic algae and microbial crusts into the system European vegetation types is critically discussed. It argued that formal classification should be limited to plant taxa represented by macroscopic individuals within a plot, including all vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, charophyta macrophytic chlorophyta, rhodophyta or phaeophyta. In interest comparability methodological stringency, microscopic prokaryotes, cyanobacteria, habitats...