Responses of forest ecosystems in Europe to decreasing nitrogen deposition

A Schmitz, TGM Sanders, A Bolte, F Bussotti… - … Nitrogen Deposition to …, 2024 - Elsevier
Average nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe has declined since the 1990s. This resulted
in decreased N inputs to forest ecosystems especially in Central and Western Europe where …

Trends and geographic variation in adverse impacts of nitrogen use in Europe on human health, climate, and ecosystems: A review

W de Vries, M Posch, D Simpson, FAAM de Leeuw… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the trends and geographic variation of impacts of reactive
nitrogen (N) inputs on in Europe through impacts on air, soil and water quality. It illustrates …

Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming

F Zellweger, P De Frenne, J Lenoir, P Vangansbeke… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Climate warming is causing a shift in biological communities in favor of warm-affinity species
(ie, thermophilization). Species responses often lag behind climate warming, but the …

Impacts of nitrogen addition on plant species richness and abundance: A global meta‐analysis

G Midolo, R Alkemade, AM Schipper… - Global ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Experimental nitrogen (N) addition (fertilization) studies are commonly used to quantify
the impacts of increased N inputs on plant biodiversity. However, given that plant community …

sPlot–A new tool for global vegetation analyses

H Bruelheide, J Dengler… - Journal of vegetation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance
of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across …

sPlotOpen–An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots

FM Sabatini, J Lenoir, T Hattab, EA Arnst… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for
understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems …

Evidence of non‐stationary relationships between climate and forest responses: Increased sensitivity to climate change in Iberian forests

J Astigarraga, E Andivia, MA Zavala… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate and forest structure are considered major drivers of forest demography and
productivity. However, recent evidence suggests that the relationships between climate and …

Long‐term shift towards shady and nutrient‐rich habitats in Central European temperate forests

O Vild, M Chudomelová, M Macek, M Kopecký… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity world‐wide has been under increasing anthropogenic pressure in the past
century. The long‐term response of biotic communities has been tackled primarily by …

Nitrogen and water addition alters species diversity and interspecific relationship in a desert grassland

Z Du, X Zhang, S Liu, H An - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Water and nitrogen (N) often affect plant species diversity and interspecific relationship
among plant populations in global terrestrial ecosystems. However, the effects of water and …

Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities

L Depauw, MP Perring, D Landuyt, SL Maes… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A central challenge of today's ecological research is predicting how ecosystems will develop
under future global change. Accurate predictions are complicated by (a) simultaneous …