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2. Trade-offs in biodiversity and ecosystem services between edges and interiors in European forests
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Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Meeussen, Camille, Govaert, Sanne, De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Bollmann, Kurt, Brunet, Jörg, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A. O., Diekmann, Martin, Gasperini, Cristina, Graae, Bente J., Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lindmo, Sigrid, Orczewska, Anna, Ponette, Quentin, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Verbeeck, Hans, Zellweger, Florian, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter
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- 2024
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3. Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights
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Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Dhiedt, Els, Blondeel, Haben, Abdala-Roberts, Luis, Auge, Harald, Barsoum, Nadia, Bauhus, Jürgen, Chu, Chengjin, Damtew, Abebe, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fagundes, Marina V., Ganade, Gislene, Gendreau-Berthiaume, Benoit, Godbold, Douglas, Gravel, Dominique, Guillemot, Joannès, Hajek, Peter, Hector, Andrew, Hérault, Bruno, Jactel, Hervé, Koricheva, Julia, Kreft, Holger, Liu, Xiaojuan, Mereu, Simone, Messier, Christian, Muys, Bart, Nock, Charles A., Paquette, Alain, Parker, John D., Parker, William C., Paterno, Gustavo B., Perring, Michael P., Ponette, Quentin, Potvin, Catherine, Reich, Peter B., Rewald, Boris, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schnabel, Florian, Sousa-Silva, Rita, Weih, Martin, Zemp, Delphine Clara, Verheyen, Kris, and Baeten, Lander
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- 2024
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4. Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change
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Sanczuk, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Luoto, Miska, Meeussen, Camille, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Depauw, Leen, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter
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- 2023
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5. Seasonal variations in the mechanisms of understory herb diversity in a temperate forest in Northeast China
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Yin, Jin, Mao, Zikun, Jiang, Pengcheng, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Ye, Ji, Fang, Shuai, Lin, Fei, Lü, Xiaotao, and Wang, Xugao
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- 2024
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6. Light more than warming impacts understory tree seedling growth in a temperate deciduous forest
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Xu, Chao, De Frenne, Pieter, Blondeel, Haben, De Pauw, Karen, Landuyt, Dries, Lorer, Eline, Sanczuk, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, and De Lombaerde, Emiel
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- 2023
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7. Urban forest microclimates across temperate Europe are shaped by deep edge effects and forest structure
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De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Calders, Kim, Caluwaerts, Steven, Cousins, Sara A.O., De Lombaerde, Emiel, Diekmann, Martin, Frey, David, Lenoir, Jonathan, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Plue, Jan, Spicher, Fabien, Zellweger, Florian, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, and De Frenne, Pieter
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- 2023
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8. Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography
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Kemppinen, Julia, primary, Lembrechts, Jonas J., additional, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional, Carnicer, Jofre, additional, Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, additional, Kardol, Paul, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Liu, Daijun, additional, Maclean, Ilya, additional, Pergl, Jan, additional, Saccone, Patrick, additional, Senior, Rebecca A., additional, Shen, Ting, additional, Słowińska, Sandra, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, von Oppen, Jonathan, additional, Aalto, Juha, additional, Ayalew, Biruk, additional, Bates, Olivia, additional, Bertelsmeier, Cleo, additional, Bertrand, Romain, additional, Beugnon, Rémy, additional, Borderieux, Jeremy, additional, Brůna, Josef, additional, Buckley, Lauren, additional, Bujan, Jelena, additional, Casanova‐Katny, Angelica, additional, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, additional, Collart, Flavien, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Di Musciano, Michele, additional, Díaz Borrego, Raquel, additional, Díaz‐Calafat, Joan, additional, Ellis‐Soto, Diego, additional, Esteban, Raquel, additional, de Jong, Geerte Fälthammar, additional, Gallois, Elise, additional, Garcia, Maria Begoña, additional, Gillerot, Loïc, additional, Greiser, Caroline, additional, Gril, Eva, additional, Haesen, Stef, additional, Hampe, Arndt, additional, Hedwall, Per‐Ola, additional, Hes, Gabriel, additional, Hespanhol, Helena, additional, Hoffrén, Raúl, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, additional, Jucker, Tommaso, additional, Klinges, David, additional, Kolstela, Joonas, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Kovács, Bence, additional, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Man, Matěj, additional, Mathiak, Corrie, additional, Meineri, Eric, additional, Naujokaitis‐Lewis, Ilona, additional, Nijs, Ivan, additional, Normand, Signe, additional, Nuñez, Martin, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Peña‐Aguilera, Pablo, additional, Pincebourde, Sylvain, additional, Plichta, Roman, additional, Quick, Susan, additional, Renault, David, additional, Ricci, Lorenzo, additional, Rissanen, Tuuli, additional, Segura‐Hernández, Laura, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Serra‐Diaz, Josep M., additional, Soifer, Lydia, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, additional, Tamian, Anouch, additional, Thomaes, Arno, additional, Thoonen, Marijke, additional, Trew, Brittany, additional, Van de Vondel, Stijn, additional, van den Brink, Liesbeth, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Verdonck, Sanne, additional, Vitkova, Michaela, additional, Vives‐Ingla, Maria, additional, von Schmalensee, Loke, additional, Wang, Runxi, additional, Wild, Jan, additional, Williamson, Joseph, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Zhou, Xiaqu, additional, Zuza, Emmanuel Junior, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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- 2024
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9. Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests
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Landuyt, Dries, Perring, Michael P., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Depauw, Leen, Lorer, Eline, Maes, Sybryn L., Baeten, Lander, Bergès, Laurent, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Chudomelová, Markéta, Czerepko, Janusz, Decocq, Guillaume, den Ouden, Jan, De Frenne, Pieter, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Fichtner, Andreas, Gawryś, Radosław, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinrichs, Steffi, Heinken, Thilo, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kirby, Keith, Kopecký, Martin, Máliš, František, Macek, Martin, Mitchell, Fraser J.G., Naaf, Tobias, Petřík, Petr, Reczyńska, Kamila, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Swierkosz, Krzysztof, Smart, Simon M., Van Calster, Hans, Vild, Ondřej, Waller, Donald M., Wulf, Monika, Verheyen, Kris, Landuyt, Dries, Perring, Michael P., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Depauw, Leen, Lorer, Eline, Maes, Sybryn L., Baeten, Lander, Bergès, Laurent, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Chudomelová, Markéta, Czerepko, Janusz, Decocq, Guillaume, den Ouden, Jan, De Frenne, Pieter, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Fichtner, Andreas, Gawryś, Radosław, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinrichs, Steffi, Heinken, Thilo, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kirby, Keith, Kopecký, Martin, Máliš, František, Macek, Martin, Mitchell, Fraser J.G., Naaf, Tobias, Petřík, Petr, Reczyńska, Kamila, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Swierkosz, Krzysztof, Smart, Simon M., Van Calster, Hans, Vild, Ondřej, Waller, Donald M., Wulf, Monika, and Verheyen, Kris
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Plant communities are being exposed to changing environmental conditions all around the globe, leading to alterations in plant diversity, community composition, and ecosystem functioning. For herbaceous understorey communities in temperate forests, responses to global change are postulated to be complex, due to the presence of a tree layer that modulates understorey responses to external pressures such as climate change and changes in atmospheric nitrogen deposition rates. Multiple investigative approaches have been put forward as tools to detect, quantify and predict understorey responses to these global-change drivers, including, among others, distributed resurvey studies and manipulative experiments. These investigative approaches are generally designed and reported upon in isolation, while integration across investigative approaches is rarely considered. In this study, we integrate three investigative approaches (two complementary resurvey approaches and one experimental approach) to investigate how climate warming and changes in nitrogen deposition affect the functional composition of the understorey and how functional responses in the understorey are modulated by canopy disturbance, that is, changes in overstorey canopy openness over time. Our resurvey data reveal that most changes in understorey functional characteristics represent responses to changes in canopy openness with shifts in macroclimate temperature and aerial nitrogen deposition playing secondary roles. Contrary to expectations, we found little evidence that these drivers interact. In addition, experimental findings deviated from the observational findings, suggesting that the forces driving understorey change at the regional scale differ from those driving change at the forest floor (i.e., the experimental treatments). Our study demonstrates that different approaches need to be integrated to acquire a full picture of how understorey communities respond to global change.
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- 2024
10. Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography
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Kemppinen, Julia, Lembrechts, Jonas J., Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Carnicer, Jofre, Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, Kardol, Paul, Lenoir, Jonathan, Liu, Daijun, Maclean, Ilya, Pergl, Jan, Saccone, Patrick, Senior, Rebecca A., Shen, Ting, Słowińska, Sandra, Vandvik, Vigdis, von Oppen, Jonathan, Aalto, Juha, Ayalew, Biruk, Bates, Olivia, Bertelsmeier, Cleo, Bertrand, Romain, Beugnon, Rémy, Borderieux, Jeremy, Brůna, Josef, Buckley, Lauren, Bujan, Jelena, Casanova-Katny, Angelica, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, Collart, Flavien, De Lombaerde, Emiel, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Di Musciano, Michele, Díaz Borrego, Raquel, Díaz-Calafat, Joan, Ellis-Soto, Diego, Esteban, Raquel, de Jong, Geerte Fälthammar, Gallois, Elise, Garcia, Maria Begoña, Gillerot, Loïc, Greiser, Caroline, Gril, Eva, Haesen, Stef, Hampe, Arndt, Hedwall, Per Ola, Hes, Gabriel, Hespanhol, Helena, Hoffrén, Raúl, Hylander, Kristoffer, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Jucker, Tommaso, Klinges, David, Kolstela, Joonas, Kopecký, Martin, Kovács, Bence, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Máliš, František, Man, Matěj, Mathiak, Corrie, Meineri, Eric, Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Nijs, Ivan, Normand, Signe, Nuñez, Martin, Orczewska, Anna, Peña-Aguilera, Pablo, Pincebourde, Sylvain, Plichta, Roman, Quick, Susan, Renault, David, Ricci, Lorenzo, Rissanen, Tuuli, Segura-Hernández, Laura, Selvi, Federico, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Soifer, Lydia, Spicher, Fabien, Svenning, Jens Christian, Tamian, Anouch, Thomaes, Arno, Thoonen, Marijke, Trew, Brittany, Van de Vondel, Stijn, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verdonck, Sanne, Vitkova, Michaela, Vives-Ingla, Maria, von Schmalensee, Loke, Wang, Runxi, Wild, Jan, Williamson, Joseph, Zellweger, Florian, Zhou, Xiaqu, Zuza, Emmanuel Junior, De Frenne, Pieter, Kemppinen, Julia, Lembrechts, Jonas J., Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Carnicer, Jofre, Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, Kardol, Paul, Lenoir, Jonathan, Liu, Daijun, Maclean, Ilya, Pergl, Jan, Saccone, Patrick, Senior, Rebecca A., Shen, Ting, Słowińska, Sandra, Vandvik, Vigdis, von Oppen, Jonathan, Aalto, Juha, Ayalew, Biruk, Bates, Olivia, Bertelsmeier, Cleo, Bertrand, Romain, Beugnon, Rémy, Borderieux, Jeremy, Brůna, Josef, Buckley, Lauren, Bujan, Jelena, Casanova-Katny, Angelica, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, Collart, Flavien, De Lombaerde, Emiel, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Di Musciano, Michele, Díaz Borrego, Raquel, Díaz-Calafat, Joan, Ellis-Soto, Diego, Esteban, Raquel, de Jong, Geerte Fälthammar, Gallois, Elise, Garcia, Maria Begoña, Gillerot, Loïc, Greiser, Caroline, Gril, Eva, Haesen, Stef, Hampe, Arndt, Hedwall, Per Ola, Hes, Gabriel, Hespanhol, Helena, Hoffrén, Raúl, Hylander, Kristoffer, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Jucker, Tommaso, Klinges, David, Kolstela, Joonas, Kopecký, Martin, Kovács, Bence, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Máliš, František, Man, Matěj, Mathiak, Corrie, Meineri, Eric, Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Nijs, Ivan, Normand, Signe, Nuñez, Martin, Orczewska, Anna, Peña-Aguilera, Pablo, Pincebourde, Sylvain, Plichta, Roman, Quick, Susan, Renault, David, Ricci, Lorenzo, Rissanen, Tuuli, Segura-Hernández, Laura, Selvi, Federico, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Soifer, Lydia, Spicher, Fabien, Svenning, Jens Christian, Tamian, Anouch, Thomaes, Arno, Thoonen, Marijke, Trew, Brittany, Van de Vondel, Stijn, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verdonck, Sanne, Vitkova, Michaela, Vives-Ingla, Maria, von Schmalensee, Loke, Wang, Runxi, Wild, Jan, Williamson, Joseph, Zellweger, Florian, Zhou, Xiaqu, Zuza, Emmanuel Junior, and De Frenne, Pieter
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Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why are they important?: Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography in terrestrial ecosystems, and where this field is heading next. Microclimate investigations in ecology and biogeography: We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimates and organisms, including how microclimates influence individuals, and through them populations, communities and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimates from the tropics to the poles. Microclimate applications in ecosystem management: Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. Methods for microclimate science: We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state-of-the-art of the field. What's next?: We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate investigations, applications and methods. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management.
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- 2024
11. Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change.
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De Schuyter, Wim, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Depauw, Leen, De Smedt, Pallieter, Stachurska‐Swakoń, Alina, Orczewska, Anna, Teleki, Balázs, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Closset, Déborah, Máliš, František, Mitchell, Fraser, Schei, Fride Høistad, Peterken, George, Decocq, Guillaume, Van Calster, Hans, Šebesta, Jan, Lenoir, Jonathan, Brunet, Jörg, Reczyńska, Kamila, and Świerkosz, Krzysztof
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TEMPERATE forests , *NECTAR , *FOREST plants , *POLLINATORS , *GROUND cover plants , *HERBS , *HONEY plants - Abstract
Wild pollinators are crucial for ecosystem functioning and human food production and often rely on floral resources provided by different (semi‐) natural ecosystems for survival. Yet, the role of European forests, and especially the European forest herb layer, as a potential provider of floral resources for pollinators has scarcely been quantified.In this study, we measured the potential nectar production (PNP) of the forest herb layer using resurvey data across 3326 plots in temperate forests in Europe, with an average time interval of 41 years between both surveys in order to assess (i) the importance of the forest herb layer in providing nectar for wild pollinators, (ii) the intra‐annual variation of PNP, (iii) the overall change in PNP between survey periods and (iv) the change in intra‐annual variation of PNP between survey periods. The PNP estimates nectar availability based on the relative cover of different plant species in the forest herb layer. Although PNP overestimates actual nectar production, relative differences amongst plots provide a valid and informative way to analyse differences across time and space.Our results show that the forest herb layer has a large potential for providing nectar for wild pollinator communities, which is greatest in spring, with an average PNP of almost 16 g sugar/m2/year. However, this potential has drastically declined (mean plot‐level decline >24%).Change in light availability, associated with shifts in canopy structure and canopy composition, is the key driver of temporal PNP changes.Synthesis. Our study shows that if management activities are carefully planned to sustain nectar‐producing plant species for wild pollinators, European forest herb layers and European forests as a whole can play key roles in sustaining wild pollinator populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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12. Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests
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Landuyt, Dries, primary, Perring, Michael P., additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Lorer, Eline, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Bergès, Laurent, additional, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, additional, Brūmelis, Guntis, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Chudomelová, Markéta, additional, Czerepko, Janusz, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, den Ouden, Jan, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Dirnböck, Thomas, additional, Durak, Tomasz, additional, Fichtner, Andreas, additional, Gawryś, Radosław, additional, Härdtle, Werner, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinrichs, Steffi, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kirby, Keith, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Mitchell, Fraser J. G., additional, Naaf, Tobias, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Reczyńska, Kamila, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Standovár, Tibor, additional, Swierkosz, Krzysztof, additional, Smart, Simon M., additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, Vild, Ondřej, additional, Waller, Donald M., additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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- 2023
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13. Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe.
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De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Calders, Kim, Cousins, Sara A. O., Decocq, Guillaume, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Diekmann, Martin, Frey, David, Lenoir, Jonathan, Meeussen, Camille, Orczewska, Anna, Plue, Jan, Spicher, Fabien, Zellweger, Florian, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, and De Frenne, Pieter
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EDGE effects (Ecology) ,URBAN heat islands ,URBAN biodiversity ,URBAN plants ,UNDERSTORY plants ,FERNS ,PLANT communities ,PLANT species - Abstract
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 (UHI) effect. We here aim to quantify edge effects on herbaceous understorey vegetation in urban forests, and test whether these effects interact with forest structural complexity. Location: We set up a pan‐European study at the continental scale including six urban forests in Zurich, Paris, Katowice, Brussels, Bremen, and Stockholm. Methods: We recorded understorey plant communities from the edge towards the interior of urban forests. Within each urban forest, we studied edge‐to‐interior gradients in paired stands with differing forest structural complexity. Community composition was analysed based on species specialism, life form, light, nutrient, acidity and disturbance indicator values and species' thermal niches. Results: We found that herbaceous communities at urban forest edges supported more generalists and forbs but fewer ferns than in forests' interiors. A buffered summer microclimate proved crucial for the presence of fern species. The edge communities contained more thermophilous, disturbance‐tolerant, nutrient‐demanding and basiphilous plant species, a pattern strongly confirmed by corresponding edge‐to‐interior gradients in microclimate, soil and light conditions in the understorey. Additionally, plots with a lower canopy cover and higher light availability supported higher numbers of both generalists and forest specialists. Even though no significant interactions were found between the edge distance and forest structural complexity, opposing additive effects indicated that a dense canopy can be used to buffer negative edge effects. Conclusion: The urban environment poses a multifaceted filter on understorey plant communities which contributes to significant differences in community composition between urban forest edges and interiors. For urban biodiversity conservation and the buffering of edge effects, it will be key to maintain dense canopies near urban forest edges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research
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VERHEYEN, KRIS, DE FRENNE, PIETER, BAETEN, LANDER, WALLER, DONALD M., HÉDL, RADIM, PERRING, MICHAEL P., BLONDEEL, HABEN, BRUNET, JÖRG, CHUDOMELOVÁ, MARKÉTA, DECOCQ, GUILLAUME, DE LOMBAERDE, EMIEL, DEPAUW, LEEN, DIRNBÖCK, THOMAS, DURAK, TOMASZ, ERIKSSON, OVE, GILLIAM, FRANK S., HEINKEN, THILO, HEINRICHS, STEFFI, HERMY, MARTIN, JAROSZEWICZ, BOGDAN, JENKINS, MICHAEL A., JOHNSON, SARAH E., KIRBY, KEITH J., KOPECKÝ, MARTIN, LANDUYT, DRIES, LENOIR, JONATHAN, LI, DAIJIANG, MACEK, MARTIN, MAES, SYBRYN L., MÁLIŠ, FRANTIŠEK, MITCHELL, FRASER J. G., NAAF, TOBIAS, PETERKEN, GEORGE, PETŘÍK, PETR, RECZYŃSKA, KAMILA, ROGERS, DAVID A., SCHEI, FRIDE HØISTAD, SCHMIDT, WOLFGANG, STANDOVÁR, TIBOR, ŚWIERKOSZ, KRZYSZTOF, UJHÁZY, KAROL, VAN CALSTER, HANS, VELLEND, MARK, VILD, ONDŘEJ, WOODS, KERRY, WULF, MONIKA, and BERNHARDT-RÖMERMANN, MARKUS
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- 2017
15. Trade-offs of biodiversity and ecosystem services in European forest edges vs interiors
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Vanneste, Thomas, primary, Depauw, Leen, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Bollmann, Kurt, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Calders, Kim, additional, Cousins, Sara, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Gasperin, Cristina, additional, Graae, Bente, additional, Hedwall, Per-Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lindmo, Sigrid, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Verbeeck, Hans, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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- 2023
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16. ForestClim—Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests
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Haesen, Stef, primary, Lembrechts, Jonas J., additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Aalto, Juha, additional, Ashcroft, Michael B., additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Luoto, Miska, additional, Maclean, Ilya, additional, Nijs, Ivan, additional, Niittynen, Pekka, additional, van den Hoogen, Johan, additional, Arriga, Nicola, additional, Brůna, Josef, additional, Buchmann, Nina, additional, Čiliak, Marek, additional, Collalti, Alessio, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Descombes, Patrice, additional, Gharun, Mana, additional, Goded, Ignacio, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Greiser, Caroline, additional, Grelle, Achim, additional, Gruening, Carsten, additional, Hederová, Lucia, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Kreyling, Jürgen, additional, Kruijt, Bart, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Man, Matěj, additional, Manca, Giovanni, additional, Matula, Radim, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Merinero, Sonia, additional, Minerbi, Stefano, additional, Montagnani, Leonardo, additional, Muffler, Lena, additional, Ogaya, Romà, additional, Penuelas, Josep, additional, Plichta, Roman, additional, Portillo‐Estrada, Miguel, additional, Schmeddes, Jonas, additional, Shekhar, Ankit, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Ujházyová, Mariana, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Weigel, Robert, additional, Wild, Jan, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, and Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional
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- 2023
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17. TreeDivNet: a global network for experimental research on mixed-species planted forests
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, Depauw, Leen, Blondeel, Haben, Dhiedt, Els, Verheyen, Kris, Baeten, Lander, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Depauw, Leen, Blondeel, Haben, Dhiedt, Els, Verheyen, Kris, and Baeten, Lander
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• TreeDivNet is a global network for investigating the benefits and drawbacks of mixed-species planted forests. • After 23 years, TreeDivNet is yielding evidence in favour of mixing tree species in stands to increase tree performance. • More research is needed, especially in the global South, to identify optimal species mixes and to translate scientific knowledge into operational guidelines.
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- 2023
18. ForestClim : Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests
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Haesen, Stef, Lembrechts, Jonas J., De Frenne, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Aalto, Juha, Ashcroft, Michael B., Kopecky, Martin, Luoto, Miska, Maclean, Ilya, Nijs, Ivan, Niittynen, Pekka, van den Hoogen, Johan, Arriga, Nicola, Bruna, Josef, Buchmann, Nina, Ciliak, Marek, Collalti, Alessio, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Descombes, Patrice, Gharun, Mana, Goded, Ignacio, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Grelle, Achim, Gruening, Carsten, Hederova, Lucia, Hylander, Kristoffer, Kreyling, Juergen, Kruijt, Bart, Macek, Martin, Malis, Frantisek, Man, Matej, Manca, Giovanni, Matula, Radim, Meeussen, Camille, Merinero, Sonia, Minerbi, Stefano, Montagnani, Leonardo, Muffler, Lena, Ogaya, Roma, Penuelas, Josep, Plichta, Roman, Portillo-Estrada, Miguel, Schmeddes, Jonas, Shekhar, Ankit, Spicher, Fabien, Ujhazyova, Mariana, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Weigel, Robert, Wild, Jan, Zellweger, Florian, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Haesen, Stef, Lembrechts, Jonas J., De Frenne, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Aalto, Juha, Ashcroft, Michael B., Kopecky, Martin, Luoto, Miska, Maclean, Ilya, Nijs, Ivan, Niittynen, Pekka, van den Hoogen, Johan, Arriga, Nicola, Bruna, Josef, Buchmann, Nina, Ciliak, Marek, Collalti, Alessio, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Descombes, Patrice, Gharun, Mana, Goded, Ignacio, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Grelle, Achim, Gruening, Carsten, Hederova, Lucia, Hylander, Kristoffer, Kreyling, Juergen, Kruijt, Bart, Macek, Martin, Malis, Frantisek, Man, Matej, Manca, Giovanni, Matula, Radim, Meeussen, Camille, Merinero, Sonia, Minerbi, Stefano, Montagnani, Leonardo, Muffler, Lena, Ogaya, Roma, Penuelas, Josep, Plichta, Roman, Portillo-Estrada, Miguel, Schmeddes, Jonas, Shekhar, Ankit, Spicher, Fabien, Ujhazyova, Mariana, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Weigel, Robert, Wild, Jan, Zellweger, Florian, and Van Meerbeek, Koenraad
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Microclimate research gained renewed interest over the last decade and its importance for many ecological processes is increasingly being recognized. Consequently, the call for high-resolution microclimatic temperature grids across broad spatial extents is becoming more pressing to improve ecological models. Here, we provide a new set of open-access bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests at 25 x 25 m2 resolution.
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19. Microclimate, an inseparable part of ecology and biogeography
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Kemppinen, Julia, Lembrechts, Jonas J, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Carnicer, Jofre, Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, Kardol, Paul, Lenoir, Jonathan, Liu, Daijun, Maclean, Ilya, Pergl, Jan, Saccone, Patrick, Senior, Rebecca A., Shen, Ting, Słowińska, Sandra, Vandvik, Vigdis, von Oppen, Jonathan, Aalto, Juha, Ayalew, Biruk, Bates, Olivia, Bertelsmeier, Cleo, Bertrand, Romain, Beugnon, Rémy, Borderieux, Jeremy, Brůna, Josef, Buckley, Lauren, Bujan, Jelena, Casanova-Katny, Angelica, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, Collart, Flavien, De Lombaerde, Emiel, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Di Musciano, Michele, Díaz Borrego, Raquel, Díaz-Calafat, Joan, Ellis-Soto, Diego, Esteban, Raquel, Fälthammar de Jong, Geerte, Gallois, Elise, Garcia, Maria Begoña, Gillerot, Loïc, Greiser, Caroline, Gril, Eva, Haesen, Stef, Hampe, Arndt, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Hes, Gabriel, Hespanhol, Helena, Hoffrén, Raúl, Hylander, Kristoffer, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Jucker, Tommaso, Klinges, David, Kolstela, Joonas, Kopecký, Martin, Kovács, Bence, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Máliš, František, Man, Matěj, Mathiak, Corrie, Meineri, Eric, Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona, Nijs, Ivan, Normand, Signe, Nuñez, Martin, Orczewska, Anna, Peña-Aguilera, Pablo, Pincebourde, Sylvain, Plichta, Roman, Quick, Susan, Renault, David, Ricci, Lorenzo, Rissanen, Tuuli, Segura-Hernández, Laura, Selvi, Federico, Serra-Diaz, Josep M, Soifer, Lydia, Spicher, Fabien, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tamian, Anouch, Thomaes, Arno, Thoonen, Marijke, Trew, Brittany, Van de Vondel, Stijn, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verdonck, Sanne, Vitkova, Michaela, Vives-Ingla, Maria, von Schmalensee, Loke, Wang, Runxi, Wild, Jan, Williamson, Joseph, Zellweger, Florian, Zhou, Xiaqu, Zuza, Emmanuel Junior, and De Frenne, Pieter
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Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography, and where this field is heading next. We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping, and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling, and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state-of-the-art of the field. We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimate and organisms, including how microclimate influences individuals, and through them populations, communities, and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimate from the tropics to the poles. Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry, and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate methods, investigations, and applications. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management. Biosketch The authors are participants of the Microclimate Ecology and Biogeography conference held in Antwerp, Belgium in 2022. Together they collaboratively wrote this perspective paper that brings together 97 experts and their views on the recent advancements and knowledge gaps in terrestrial microclimate. The paper was coordinated by Julia Kemppinen, Jonas Lembrechts, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, and Pieter De Frenne, and writing different sections was led by Jofre Carnicer, Nathalie Chardon, Paul Kardol, Jonathan Lenoir, Daijun Liu, Ilya Maclean, Jan Pergl, Patrick Saccone, Rebecca Senior, Ting Shen, Sandra Słowińska, Vigdis Vandvik, and Jonathan von Oppen. For more details on authors statistics and how the work was organised, please see Supplementary information Figures S1-3.
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20. The effects of light, conspecific density and soil fungi on seedling growth of temperate tree species
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Yin, Jin, primary, Lin, Fei, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Mao, Zikun, additional, Liu, Shufang, additional, Ye, Ji, additional, Fang, Shuai, additional, and Wang, Xugao, additional
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21. Even Small Forest Patches Can Help Fight Climate Change!
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Depauw, Leen, primary, Meeussen, Camille, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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22. Historical Forest Microclimates
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, De Pauw, Karen, additional, De Smedt, Pallieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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23. The combined effects of climate and canopy cover changes on understorey plants of the Hyrcanian forest biodiversity hotspot in northern Iran
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Naqinezhad, Alireza, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Gholizadeh, Hamid, Wasof, Safaa, Perring, Michael P., Meeussen, Camille, De Frenne, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, Naqinezhad, Alireza, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Gholizadeh, Hamid, Wasof, Safaa, Perring, Michael P., Meeussen, Camille, De Frenne, Pieter, and Verheyen, Kris
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Understanding forest understorey community response to environmental change, including management actions, is vital given the understorey's importance for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem functioning. The Natural World Heritage Hyrcanian temperate forests (Iran) provide an ideal template for furnishing an appreciation of how management actions can mitigate undesired climate change effects, due to the forests’ broad environmental gradients, isolation from colonization sources and varied light environments. We used records of 95 understorey plant species from 512 plots to model their probability of occurrence as a function of contemporary climate and soil variables, and canopy cover. For 65 species with good predictive accuracy, we then projected two climate scenarios in the context of either increasing or decreasing canopy cover, to assess whether overstorey management could mitigate or aggravate climate change effects. Climate variables were the most important predictors for the distribution of all species. Soil and canopy cover varied in importance depending on understorey growth form. Climate change was projected to negatively affect future probabilities of occurrence. However, management, here represented by canopy cover change, is predicted to modify this trajectory for some species groups. Models predict increases in light-adapted and generalist forbs with reduced canopy cover, while graminoids and ferns still decline. Increased canopy cover is projected to buffer an otherwise significant decreasing response of cold-adapted species to climate change. However, increasing canopy cover is not projected to buffer the predicted negative impact of climate change on shade-adapted forest specialists. Inconsistent responses of different species and/or growth forms to climate change and canopy cover reflect their complicated life histories and habitat preferences. Canopy cover management may help prevent the climate change induced loss of some important groups for
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24. Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Lembrechts, Jonas, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Luoto, Miska, Scheffers, Brett, Haesen, Stef, Aalto, Juha, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Hampe, Arndt, Hylander, Kristoffer, Klinges, David, Koelemeijer, Irena, Meeussen, Camille, Ogée, Jerome, Sanczuk, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Zellweger, Florian, Baeten, Lander, De Frenne, Pieter, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Lembrechts, Jonas, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Luoto, Miska, Scheffers, Brett, Haesen, Stef, Aalto, Juha, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Govaert, Sanne, Greiser, Caroline, Hampe, Arndt, Hylander, Kristoffer, Klinges, David, Koelemeijer, Irena, Meeussen, Camille, Ogée, Jerome, Sanczuk, Pieter, Vanneste, Thomas, Zellweger, Florian, Baeten, Lander, and De Frenne, Pieter
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Forest canopies buffer macroclimatic temperature fluctuations. However, we do not know if and how the capacity of canopies to buffer understorey temperature will change with accelerating climate change. Here we map the difference (offset) between temperatures inside and outside forests in the recent past and project these into the future in boreal, temperate and tropical forests. Using linear mixed-effect models, we combined a global database of 714 paired time series of temperatures (mean, minimum and maximum) measured inside forests vs. in nearby open habitats with maps of macroclimate, topography and forest cover to hindcast past (1970–2000) and to project future (2060–2080) temperature differences between free-air temperatures and sub-canopy microclimates. For all tested future climate scenarios, we project that the difference between maximum temperatures inside and outside forests across the globe will increase (i.e. result in stronger cooling in forests), on average during 2060–2080, by 0.27 ± 0.16 °C (RCP2.6) and 0.60 ± 0.14 °C (RCP8.5) due to macroclimate changes. This suggests that extremely hot temperatures under forest canopies will, on average, warm less than outside forests as macroclimate warms. This knowledge is of utmost importance as it suggests that forest microclimates will warm at a slower rate than non-forested areas, assuming that forest cover is maintained. Species adapted to colder growing conditions may thus find shelter and survive longer than anticipated at a given forest site. This highlights the potential role of forests as a whole as microrefugia for biodiversity under future climate change.
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25. Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming
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De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Meeussen, Camille, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, De Frenne, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, Sanczuk, Pieter, Meeussen, Camille, Depauw, Leen, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Govaert, Sanne, Vanneste, Thomas, Brunet, Jörg, Cousins, Sara A. O., Gasperini, Cristina, Hedwall, Per-Ola, Iacopetti, Giovanni, Lenoir, Jonathan, Plue, Jan, Selvi, Federico, Spicher, Fabien, Uria-Diez, Jaime, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter
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Forests harbour large spatiotemporal heterogeneity in canopy structure. This variation drives the microclimate and light availability at the forest floor. So far, we do not know how light availability and sub-canopy temperature interactively mediate the impact of macroclimate warming on understorey communities. We therefore assessed the functional response of understorey plant communities to warming and light addition in a full factorial experiment installed in temperate deciduous forests across Europe along natural microclimate, light and macroclimate gradients. Furthermore, we related these functional responses to the species’ life-history syndromes and thermal niches. We found no significant community responses to the warming treatment. The light treatment, however, had a stronger impact on communities, mainly due to responses by fast-colonizing generalists and not by slow-colonizing forest specialists. The forest structure strongly mediated the response to light addition and also had a clear impact on functional traits and total plant cover. The effects of short-term experimental warming were small and suggest a time-lag in the response of understorey species to climate change. Canopy disturbance, for instance due to drought, pests or logging, has a strong and immediate impact and particularly favours generalists in the understorey in structurally complex forests.
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26. Competition mediates understorey species range shifts under climate change
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Sanczuk, Pieter, primary, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Haesen, Stef, additional, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional, Luoto, Miska, additional, Van der Veken, Bas, additional, Van Beek, Eric, additional, Hermy, Martin, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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27. The use of photos to investigate ecological change
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Depauw, Leen, primary, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Lorer, Eline, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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28. Author response for 'Competition mediates understorey species range shifts under climate change'
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null Sanczuk, Pieter, null De Lombaerde, Emiel, null Haesen, Stef, null Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, null Luoto, Miska, null Van der Veken, Bas, null Van Beek, Eric, null Hermy, Martin, null Verheyen, Kris, null Vangansbeke, Pieter, and null De Frenne, Pieter
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29. Species distribution models and a 60-year-old transplant experiment reveal inhibited forest plant range shifts under climate change
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Sanczuk, Pieter, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Haesen, Stef, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Van der Veken, Bas, Hermy, Martin, Verheyen, Kris, Vangansbeke, Pieter, and De Frenne, Pieter
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DYNAMICS ,COMPLEXITY ,Ecology ,species distribution model ,MIGRATION ,range shift ,bluebell ,dispersal limitation ,over the range edge ,climate change ,DISPERSAL ,Earth and Environmental Sciences ,transplant experiment ,Hyacinthoides non-scripta ,ANCIENT ,microclimate ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,RESPONSES - Abstract
Aim Climate change causes species to shift their distributions. Individual species, however, greatly vary in their capacity to track the macroclimatic temperature increase due to differences in demography and dispersal. To better predict range shifts to climate change we need a complementary integration of long-term empirical data and predictive modelling. Location Belgium and North-West Europe. Taxon Hyacinthoides non-scripta, forest understorey plants. Methods Complementing species distribution models with demographic data from an exceptional 60-year-old over-the-range-edge transplant experiment measured not less than 45 and 60 years after installation, we evaluated the long-term consequences of climate change on one of the most emblematic but also among the slowest colonizing plant species of European forests, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Results We found bluebell able to establish viable populations beyond its natural range. These results were confirmed by the SDM, showing that bluebell's potential range is considerably larger than its current range. Colonization rates of only 2 m century(-1) were observed in the transplanted populations. Beyond bluebell's current range, we observed decreasing trends in population growth rates over the past 15 years. By the end of the 21st century, substantial decreases in the southern parts of bluebell's range were predicted. Main conclusions Based on empirical and modelling results, we expect serious population declines in large parts of its current natural distribution of bluebell. Although the species is able to establish viable populations beyond the natural range edge, slow demography and local colonization rates four orders of magnitude lower than the velocity of climate change make fast enough range shifts virtually impossible in this species.
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30. Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional, Lembrechts, Jonas, additional, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, additional, Luoto, Miska, additional, Scheffers, Brett, additional, Haesen, Stef, additional, Aalto, Juha, additional, Christiansen, Ditte Marie, additional, De Pauw, Karen, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Greiser, Caroline, additional, Hampe, Arndt, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Klinges, David, additional, Koelemeijer, Irena, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Ogée, Jerome, additional, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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31. The combined effects of climate and canopy cover changes on understorey plants of the Hyrcanian forest biodiversity hotspot in northern Iran
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Naqinezhad, Alireza, primary, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Gholizadeh, Hamid, additional, Wasof, Safaa, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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32. Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming
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De Pauw, Karen, primary, Sanczuk, Pieter, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Vanneste, Thomas, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Cousins, Sara A. O., additional, Gasperini, Cristina, additional, Hedwall, Per‐Ola, additional, Iacopetti, Giovanni, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Plue, Jan, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Uria‐Diez, Jaime, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, and De Frenne, Pieter, additional
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33. ForestTemp – Sub‐canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests
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Haesen, Stef, primary, Lembrechts, Jonas J., additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Aalto, Juha, additional, Ashcroft, Michael B., additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Luoto, Miska, additional, Maclean, Ilya, additional, Nijs, Ivan, additional, Niittynen, Pekka, additional, Hoogen, Johan, additional, Arriga, Nicola, additional, Brůna, Josef, additional, Buchmann, Nina, additional, Čiliak, Marek, additional, Collalti, Alessio, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Descombes, Patrice, additional, Gharun, Mana, additional, Goded, Ignacio, additional, Govaert, Sanne, additional, Greiser, Caroline, additional, Grelle, Achim, additional, Gruening, Carsten, additional, Hederová, Lucia, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Kreyling, Jürgen, additional, Kruijt, Bart, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Man, Matěj, additional, Manca, Giovanni, additional, Matula, Radim, additional, Meeussen, Camille, additional, Merinero, Sonia, additional, Minerbi, Stefano, additional, Montagnani, Leonardo, additional, Muffler, Lena, additional, Ogaya, Romà, additional, Penuelas, Josep, additional, Plichta, Roman, additional, Portillo‐Estrada, Miguel, additional, Schmeddes, Jonas, additional, Shekhar, Ankit, additional, Spicher, Fabien, additional, Ujházyová, Mariana, additional, Vangansbeke, Pieter, additional, Weigel, Robert, additional, Wild, Jan, additional, Zellweger, Florian, additional, and Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional
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34. Tree recruitment is determined by stand structure and shade tolerance with uncertain role of climate and water relations
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Käber, Yannek, primary, Meyer, Peter, additional, Stillhard, Jonas, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Zell, Jürgen, additional, Stadelmann, Golo, additional, Bugmann, Harald, additional, and Bigler, Christof, additional
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35. Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: a meta‐analysis
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, Baeten, Lander, Verheyen, Kris, Perring, Michael P., Ma, Shiyu, Landuyt, Dries, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Baeten, Lander, Verheyen, Kris, Perring, Michael P., Ma, Shiyu, and Landuyt, Dries
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1. The unwanted development of dense understorey vegetation composed of resource‐acquisitive, tall plant species competing strongly with tree regeneration can pose formidable problems for managers attempting to regenerate temperate forests. Despite many studies on the effects of understorey removal, no comprehensive review has summarised and quantified its effects on subsequent life stages of tree regeneration in temperate forests. 2. We synthesised data from 32 experimental studies from temperate forest regions. We used meta‐analytic techniques to find general patterns in terms of the characteristics of the understorey, overstorey and characteristics of the regenerating tree species, which are most responsible for possible positive understorey removal effects on early life stages of tree regeneration, i.e. emergence, survival and growth. 3. Both seedling survival and growth increased in response to understorey removal; emergence did not show a clear pattern. Seedlings growing free from competition mainly increased their biomass growth (total and above‐ground), whereas diameter and height growth responded less. These positive effects were largest when removing denser understorey vegetation and under more open overstorey conditions. Multiple management options influenced the regeneration responses to understorey removal. For instance, growth of older, planted seedlings responded less to removal, whereas protection against large browsers increased growth responses. 4. Tree species with differing strategies responded differently to understorey removal. Growth and survival responses of early‐successional species responded more strongly to understorey removal than mid‐ or late‐successional tree species. 5. Synthesis and applications. Our study showed that understorey removal can have strong positive effects on tree regeneration across temperate forest contexts. The magnitude of these effects depended on overstorey and understorey conditions, but also on the type of tree
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36. Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests
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Depauw, Leen, Perring, Michael P., Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, Decocq, Guillaume, Den Ouden, Jan, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Liepiņa, Ilze, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Smart, Simon M., Ujházy, Karol, Wulf, Monika, Verheyen, Kris, Depauw, Leen, Perring, Michael P., Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, Decocq, Guillaume, Den Ouden, Jan, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Liepiņa, Ilze, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Smart, Simon M., Ujházy, Karol, Wulf, Monika, and Verheyen, Kris
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Questions: Light availability at the forest floor affects many forest ecosystem processes, and is often quantified indirectly through easy‐to‐measure stand characteristics. We investigated how three such characteristics, basal area, canopy cover and canopy closure, were related to each other in structurally complex mixed forests. We also asked how well they can predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey (estimated as the mean Ellenberg indicator value for light [“EIVLIGHT”] and the proportion of “forest specialists” [“%FS”] within the plots). Furthermore, we asked whether accounting for the shade‐casting ability of individual canopy species could improve predictions of EIVLIGHT and %FS. Location: A total of 192 study plots from nineteen temperate forest regions across Europe. Methods: In each plot, we measured stand basal area (all stems >7.5 cm diameter), canopy closure (with a densiometer) and visually estimated the percentage cover of all plant species in the herb (<1 m), shrub (1–7 m) and tree layer (>7 m). We used linear mixed‐effect models to assess the relationships between basal area, canopy cover and canopy closure. We performed model comparisons, based on R2 and the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), to assess which stand characteristics can predict EIVLIGHT and %FS best, and to assess whether canopy shade‐casting ability can significantly improve model fit. Results: Canopy closure and cover were weakly related to each other, but showed no relation with basal area. For both EIVLIGHT and %FS, canopy cover was the best predictor. Including the share of high‐shade‐casting species in both the basal‐area and cover models improved the model fit for EIVLIGHT, but not for %FS. Conclusions: The typically expected relationships between basal area, canopy cover and canopy closure were weak or even absent in structurally complex mixed forests. In these forests, easy‐to‐measure structural canopy characteristics were poor predictors of the understorey
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37. Managing overstorey and understorey vegetation for natural regeneration across environmental contexts
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, Verheyen, Kris, Baeten, Lander, and Landuyt, Dries
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38. Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities
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Depauw, Leen, Perring, Michael P., Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, Czerepko, Janusz, Decocq, Guillaume, den Ouden, Jan, Gawryś, Radosław, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Liepiņa, Ilze, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Smart, Simon M., Ujházy, Karol, Wulf, Monika, Verheyen, Kris, Depauw, Leen, Perring, Michael P., Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, Czerepko, Janusz, Decocq, Guillaume, den Ouden, Jan, Gawryś, Radosław, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Liepiņa, Ilze, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Smart, Simon M., Ujházy, Karol, Wulf, Monika, and Verheyen, Kris
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1. 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 effects of different drivers, such as climate change, nitrogen deposition and management changes; and (b) legacy effects from previous land use. 2. We tested whether herb layer biodiversity (i.e. richness, Shannon diversity and evenness) and functional (i.e. herb cover, specific leaf area [SLA] and plant height) responses to environmental change drivers depended on land‐use history. We used resurvey data from 192 plots across nineteen European temperate forest regions, with large spatial variability in environmental change factors. We tested for interactions between land‐use history, distinguishing ancient and recent (i.e. post‐agricultural) forests and four drivers: temperature, nitrogen deposition, and aridity at the regional scale and light dynamics at the plot‐scale. 3. Land‐use history significantly modulated global change effects on the functional signature of the herb layer (i.e. cover, SLA and plant height). Light availability was the main environmental driver of change interacting with land‐use history. We found greater herb cover and plant height decreases and SLA increases with decreasing light availability in ancient than in recent forests. Furthermore, we found greater decreases in herb cover with increased nitrogen deposition in ancient forests, whereas warming had the strongest decreasing effect on the herb cover in recent forests. Interactive effects between land‐use history and global change on biodiversity were not found, but species evenness increased more in ancient than in recent forests. 4. Synthesis. Our results demonstrate that land‐use history should not be overlooked when predicting forest herb layer responses to global change. Moreover, we found that herb layer composition in semi‐natural deciduous forests is mainly controlled by local canopy characteristics, re
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39. Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: A meta‐analysis
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Baeten, Lander, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Ma, Shiyu, additional, and Landuyt, Dries, additional
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40. Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests
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Depauw, Leen, primary, Perring, Michael P., additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Brūmelis, Guntis, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Den Ouden, Jan, additional, Härdtle, Werner, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Heinrichs, Steffi, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Liepiņa, Ilze, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Smart, Simon M., additional, Ujházy, Karol, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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41. Light, temperature and understorey cover predominantly affect early life stages of tree seedlings in a multifactorial mesocosm experiment
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Wang, Bin, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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42. Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities
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Depauw, Leen, primary, Perring, Michael P., additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Brūmelis, Guntis, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, additional, Czerepko, Janusz, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, den Ouden, Jan, additional, Gawryś, Radosław, additional, Härdtle, Werner, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Heinrichs, Steffi, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Liepiņa, Ilze, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Smart, Simon M., additional, Ujházy, Karol, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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43. Light and warming drive forest understorey community development in different environments
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Blondeel, Haben, primary, Perring, Michael P., additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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44. Direct and understorey-mediated indirect effects of human-induced environmental changes on litter decomposition in temperate forest
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Wang, Bin, primary, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Djukic, Ika, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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- 2019
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45. Tree regeneration responds more to shade casting by the overstorey and competition in the understorey than to abundance per se
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, and Baeten, Lander, additional
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46. Embracing plant–plant interactions—Rethinking predictions of species range shifts.
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Sanczuk, Pieter, Landuyt, Dries, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lorer, Eline, Luoto, Miska, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Zellweger, Florian, and De Frenne, Pieter
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Interactions among plants are changing across the globe resulting from a multitude of changes in the environment. Obtaining accurate predictions of plant species' range dynamics requires us to account for plant–plant interactions, but this remains challenging using the existing species distribution modelling (SDM) techniques. Advanced SDM techniques facilitate the integration of plant species interactions based on species‐to‐species associations. However, for uncharted environmental conditions in which the formerly derived species' correlations potentially no longer hold, a more process‐based alternative is expected to become increasingly relevant. We first review the most common SDM techniques that integrate plant–plant interactions and then present the concept for a novel map product: a spatial plant–plant interaction index (PII) depicting the link between a focal species’ performance and the trait signature of the interacting vegetation. The latest developments in remote sensing and the increasing availability of vegetation plot data facilitate PII mapping based on vegetation trait–environment relationships. Synthesis: PII mapping holds the potential to advance next‐generation biogeographical analyses as it can serve as a pivotal missing covariate layer necessary for the integration of plant–plant interactions into SDM applications. This data product adds flexibility to the ecologists’ toolbox to analyse species range shifts and the formation of novel communities as a response to multiple environmental changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world
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Landuyt, Dries, primary, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Hertzog, Lionel R., additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Ma, Shiyu, additional, Proesmans, Willem, additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Sercu, Bram K., additional, Wang, Bin, additional, Wasof, Safaa, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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48. Interactive effects of past land use and recent forest management on the understorey community in temperate oak forests in South Sweden
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Depauw, Leen, primary, Perring, Michael P., additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, De Groote, Robbe, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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49. Responses of competitive understorey species to spatial environmental gradients inaccurately explain temporal changes
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De Lombaerde, Emiel, primary, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Chudomelová, Markéta, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Durak, Tomasz, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Hommel, Patrick, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Macek, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Mitchell, Fraser J.G., additional, Naaf, Tobias, additional, Newman, Miles, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Reczyńska, Kamila, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, additional, Vild, Ondřej, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Baeten, Lander, additional
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50. Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies
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Perring, Michael P., primary, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Midolo, Gabriele, additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Landuyt, Dries, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Carón, Maria Mercedes, additional, Vellend, Mark, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Chudomelová, Markéta, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Dirnböck, Thomas, additional, Dörfler, Inken, additional, Durak, Tomasz, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Gilliam, Frank S., additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Hommel, Patrick, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kirby, Keith J., additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Li, Daijiang, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Mitchell, Fraser J.G., additional, Naaf, Tobias, additional, Newman, Miles, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Reczyńska, Kamila, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Standovár, Tibor, additional, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, Vild, Ondřej, additional, Wagner, Eva Rosa, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional
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