Biodiversity response to forest management intensity, carbon stocks and net primary production in temperate montane forests

T Asbeck, F Sabatini, ALD Augustynczik, M Basile… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Managed forests are a key component of strategies aimed at tackling the climate and
biodiversity crises. Tap** this potential requires a better understanding of the complex …

Supporting biodiversity by prescribed burning in grasslands—A multi-taxa approach

O Valkó, B Deák, T Magura, P Török, A Kelemen… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
There are contrasting opinions on the use of prescribed burning management in European
grasslands. On the one hand, prescribed burning can be effectively used for the …

Arthropod assemblages and functional responses along an urbanization gradient: A trait-based multi-taxa approach

DD Nagy, T Magura, R Horváth, Z Debnár… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urbanization causes considerable alteration across a wide range of ecosystem functions at
regional and global scales. These changes could be key drivers of habitat stability and …

Could hair-lichens of high-elevation forests help detect the impact of global change in the Alps?

J Nascimbene, R Benesperi, P Giordani, M Grube… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate change and the anthropic emission of pollutants are likely to have an accelerated
impact in high-elevation mountain areas. This phenomenon could have negative …

Contrasting patterns of tree features, lichen, and plant diversity in managed and abandoned old-growth chestnut orchards of the northern Apennines (Italy)

G Pezzi, S Gambini, F Buldrini, F Ferretti… - Forest ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In mountain regions of southern Europe, old-growth chestnut orchards maintained by
traditional management were a key component of the economic, cultural, and ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Opposite effects of host tree species on the realised niche of Dicranum viride–A model species belonging to the group of endangered epiphytes

A Wysocki, P Czortek, K Konowalik, J Proćków… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Functional diversity is widely recognised as the key to understanding the role of ecological
mechanisms in sha** the patterns of species co-existence across different environmental …

Natural forest remnants as refugia for bryophyte diversity in a transformed mountain river valley landscape

S Wierzcholska, MK Dyderski, R Pielech… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Riparian forests are among the most threatened ecosystem types worldwide. Their
exploitation and replacement by coniferous plantations affects species pools and contributes …

Patterns of bryophyte life-forms are predictable across land cover types

D Spitale, P Mair, J Nascimbene - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Bryophytes are promising indicators for detecting the impact of rapid global change.
However, despite their great potential, they are still largely neglected, and their patterns …

Long‐term changes in Italian mountain forests detected by resurvey of historical vegetation data

C Lelli, J Nascimbene, D Alberti… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In the last decades most European mountain forests have been abandoned after
centuries of human management, paving the way for a landscape planning oriented to the …

Impact of an invasive herbivore and human trampling on lichen-rich dry grasslands: soil-dependent response of multiple taxa

G Gheza, S Assini, L Marini, J Nascimbene - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dry grasslands are listed among the habitats of conservation concern in Europe. Here,
based on a multitaxon approach including vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, we …