The substantial loss of insects we are experiencing today has been highlighted all over the
world. There is a growing concern about the global decline of pollinators and its impact on …

Understanding the dynamics and system of interrelationships between habitats and plant
communities is key to making reliable predictions about sustainable land use, biodiversity …

The class Montio-Cardaminetea includes vegetation of springs with constant water flow.
These habitats, which function as islands for highly specialized and sensitive biota, are …

Climate change is commonly assumed to induce species' range shifts toward the poles. Yet,
other environmental changes may affect the geographical distribution of species in …

Transitioning to low‐input agricultural systems such as organic farming has been
acknowledged as a way to mitigate negative effects of agriculture on biodiversity. However …

Aim There is increasing interest in open‐ended restoration with the focus on restoring
natural processes rather than static compositional goals. Here, we investigated vegetation …

Understanding the ecological processes and the mechanisms of community assembly
during secondary succession of vegetation has been a central topic of ecological research …

Questions The long‐term response of understorey vegetation to increasing tree mortality has
rarely been addressed in resurvey studies. For two Quercus‐dominated forest types, we …

Questions Forests are highly fragmented across the globe. For urban forests in particular,
fragmentation increases the exposure to local warming caused by the urban heat island …

The spread of neophytes (non-native plant species) challenges the conservation status and
ecological integrity of forests, especially in lowland areas. Long-term resurvey studies are …