Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: a meta‐analysis

Z Zhang, Y Liu, L Yuan, E Weber… - Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Allelopathy (ie chemical interactions between plants) is known to affect individual
performance, community structure and plant invasions. Yet, a quantitative synthesis is …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of methods and models for biodiversity impact assessment and their applicability in the LCA context

M Damiani, T Sinkko, C Caldeira, D Tosches… - Environmental Impact …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Global biodiversity is in rapid decline and halting biodiversity loss is one of the most
important challenges humanity must tackle now and in the immediate future. The five main …

Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity

A Eskelinen, WS Harpole, MT Jessen, R Virtanen… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Enrichment of nutrients and loss of herbivores are assumed to cause a loss of plant diversity
in grassland ecosystems because they increase plant cover, which leads to a decrease of …

Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

JS Joswig, C Wirth, MC Schuman, J Kattge… - Nature ecology & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions

MK Peters, A Hemp, T Appelhans, JN Becker, C Behler… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Agriculture and the exploitation of natural resources have transformed tropical mountain
ecosystems across the world, and the consequences of these transformations for …

TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Climate change fingerprints in recent European plant phenology

A Menzel, Y Yuan, M Matiu, T Sparks… - Global Change …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
A paper published in Global Change Biology in 2006 revealed that phenological responses
in 1971–2000 matched the warming pattern in Europe, but a lack of chilling and adaptation …

The global spectrum of plant form and function

S Díaz, J Kattge, JHC Cornelissen, IJ Wright, S Lavorel… - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

Pladias database of the Czech flora and vegetation

M Chytrý, J Danihelka, Z Kaplan, J Wild, D Holubová… - Preslia, 2021‏ - air.unimi.it
Abstract The Pladias (Plant Diversity Analysis and Synthesis) Database of the Czech Flora
and Vegetation was developed by the Pladias project team in 2014–2018 and has been …