The conservation or restoration of seminatural vegetation often involves measures that
influence the availability of nutrients and consequently the plant species composition. The …

This paper presents a survey of vegetation studies on permanent plots, with an emphasis on
the long‐term character of these studies. It makes remarks on the external and internal …

This paper reviews the literature on the biology of clonal plants with emphasis on the
ecological consequences of clonality at the community level. The hierarchical (genet-ramet) …

In many species‐rich hay meadows in Central Europe, the traditional extensive (low input,
low output) management is no longer economical and meadows are either fertilized or …

Question: How does fire influence species richness and diversity in subtropical grassland in
southern Brazil? Location: Recurrently burned grassland in Porto Alegre, Brazil (30° 03′ S …

A distinctive feature of Australian vegetational history is the abruptness of change since
European settlement, involving the influx of exotic species and the imposition of exogenous …

Biological traits that are advantageous under specific ecological conditions should be
present in a large proportion of the species within an ecosystem, where those specific …

For the regeneration niche to contribute to the maintenance of species diversity interspecific
differences in sensitivity of seedling recruitment to environmental conditions is assumed. We …

The vegetation and soil seed bank in a limestone grassland in southern Sweden were
studied in permanent 1‐m2 subplots which had been either grazed or not grazed for 17 yr …

Soil-borne fungal diseases are a major problem in agriculture. A century ago, the Dutch
plant pathologist Johanna Westerdijk recognized the importance of linking fungal biology …