Functional traits in lichen ecology: A review of challenge and opportunity

CJ Ellis, J Asplund, R Benesperi, C Branquinho… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Community ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in
taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through …

Shifts in plant functional groups along an aridity gradient in a tropical dry forest

ACP de Oliveira, A Nunes, MA Oliveira… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing aridity associated with climate change may lead to the crossing of critical
ecosystem thresholds in drylands, compromising ecosystem services for millions of people …

Bibliometric analysis of studies on threat assessment and prioritization of species for conservation

ZA Wani, S Pant, JA Bhat, M Tariq… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The present study investigated the evolution and current situation of research on threat
assessment and prioritization of species for conservation at a global level by analyzing …

Forest management can mitigate negative impacts of climate and land-use change on plant biodiversity: Insights from the Republic of Korea

Y Choi, CH Lim, HI Chung, Y Kim, HJ Cho… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past century, the decline in biodiversity due to climate change and habitat loss has
become unprecedentedly serious. Multiple drivers, including climate change, land-use/cover …

The response of plant functional traits to aridity in a tropical dry forest

ACP de Oliveira, A Nunes, RG Rodrigues… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drylands are experiencing an overall increase in aridity that is predicted to intensify in the
future due to climate change. This may cause changes in the structure and functioning of …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and survival of medicinal and aromatic plants is threatened by the anticipated climate change

ZA Wani, S Pant, JA Bhat, G Shukla - Trees, Forests and People, 2024 - Elsevier
Changing climatic scenarios has been recognized as a prominent threat to biodiversity
globally. Given the decline in biodiversity, there are more and more local, national, and …

Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration–challenges, strategies, and practice

PA Salgueiro, K Prach, C Branquinho… - Restoration …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although covering less than 1% of the land surface, extraction activities have long‐lasting
impacts on local ecosystems, inevitably damaging biological diversity and depleting …

How do taxonomic and functional diversity metrics change along an aridity gradient in a tropical dry forest?

ACP Oliveira, A Nunes, MA Oliveira… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ecological indicators based on biodiversity metrics are valuable and cost-effective tools to
quantify, track and understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Studying …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the response of urban lichens to broad-scale changes in air pollution and climate

B Rocha, P Matos, P Giordani, L Piret… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
To create more resilient cities, it is important that we understand the effects of the global
change drivers in cities. Biodiversity-based ecological indicators (EIs) can be used for this …

Status of biodiversity in a protected area of Kashmir Himalaya: Gulmarg wildlife sanctuary

ZA Wani, S Pant - Nordic Journal of Botany, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present study attempts to comprehensively study the floristic elements of Gulmarg
Wildlife Sanctuary (GWLS), Kashmir Himalaya. During the present study 364 species of …