Ecosystems are under increasing pressure from human activities, with land use and land‐
use change at the forefront of the drivers that provoke global and regional biodiversity loss …

A vegetation classification approach is needed that can describe the diversity of terrestrial
ecosystems and their transformations over large time frames, span the full range of spatial …

Purpose As a consequence of the multi-functionality of land, the impact assessment of land
use in Life Cycle Impact Assessment requires the modelling of several impact pathways …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Purpose Land use is a main driver of global biodiversity loss and its environmental
relevance is widely recognized in research on life cycle assessment (LCA). The inherent …

Abstract John Wesley Powell, in the nineteenth century, introduced the notion that the 100th
meridian divides the North American continent into arid western regions and humid eastern …

A concise methodological and conceptual overview of the present state of phytosociology,
100 years after its foundation, is presented. The fullness of phytosociology as a …

Climate change and the resulting natural vegetation succession can alter vegetation
productivity. However, the mechanisms underlying future productivity changes under the two …

Purpose Guidance is needed on best-suited indicators to quantify and monitor the man-
made impacts on human health, biodiversity and resources. Therefore, the UNEP-SETAC …

The modeling of land use impacts on biodiversity is considered a priority in life cycle
assessment (LCA). Many diverging approaches have been proposed in an expanding …