Given the rate of projected environmental change for the 21st century, urgent adaptation and
mitigation measures are required to slow down the on-going erosion of biodiversity. Even …

Fragmentation of grasslands and forests is considered a major threat to biodiversity. In the
case of plants, the effect of fragmentation or landscape context is still unclear and published …

We examined the response of vascular plant species richness to long‐term habitat loss and
fragmentation of Estonian calcareous grasslands (alvars). The current number of habitat …

to quantify ('soft'traits; Hodgson et al. 1999),(iii) using measurements that can be
standardized across a wide range of species and growing conditions (Cornelissen et al …

Functional diversity, ie, the kind, range, and relative abundance of functional traits present in
a given community, is one of the major factors influencing ecosystem functioning (Chapin et …

Small marginal habitats in the rural landscape may play an important role for plant species
richness as refugias. Little is known how the surrounding landscape and landscape history …

Little is known about the impacts of increased frequencies of extreme climatic events (ECEs)
on agricultural landscapes, though such events may be much more detrimental than those of …

Evidence is accumulating that the continued provision of essential ecosystem services is
vulnerable to land‐use change. Yet, we lack a strong scientific basis for this vulnerability as …

Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial
ecosystems including: key processes of the earth system such as the CO2 fertilization effect …

Habitat loss and fragmentation of natural and semi-natural habitats are considered as major
threats to plant species richness. Recently several studies have pinpointed the need to …