Mission Statement
Our goal is to understand the processes that drive biodiversity patterns and their spatio-temporal dynamics across scales, the assembly of ecological communities, the factors that determine the value of landscapes for ecosystem service provision
By observing and predicting the long-term effects of global change and of socio-economic activities (including climate and landuse change, landscape fragmentation and habitat loss, biological invasions) on biodiversity patterns, we want to provide the knowledge basis for sound conservation management and ecological restoration.
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Aycart-Lazo, P., Ivañez-Ballesteros, B., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Wessely, J., Dullinger, S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Thomas, E., Tscharntke, T., & Maas, B. (2025).
Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 385, 109545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109545
Kachali RN, Loos J (2026)
Navigating equity in protected and conserved areas: a literature map of conceptualizations and practical applications.
Local Environment. doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2026.2615020.
Zechmeister, H.G.; Kropik, M. 2025.
Bryophytes of the Loess Cliffs in the Pannonian Area of Austria.
Plants 2025, 14, 3128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14203128
Kropik, M., Nummer, T., Häusler, A., Zechmeister, H.G. 2025
Trampling thresholds in dry grasslands: cross-taxon early-warning indicators.
Ecological Indicators 180 (2025) 114361. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.ecolind.2025.114361
Sheila Izquieta-Rojano, Yasser Morera-Gómez, David Elustondo, Esther Lasheras, Carolina Santamaría, Julen Torrens-Baile, Renate Alber, Lambe Barandovski, Mahmut Coşkun, Munevver Coskun, Helena Danielsson, Ludwig De Temmerman, Harry Harmens, Zvonka Jeran, Sébastien Leblond, Javier Martínez-Abaigar, Encarnación Núñez-Olivera, Winfried Schröder, Gunilla Pihl karlsson, Juha Piispanen, Harald Zechmeister, Zdravko Spiric, Trajče Stafilov, Lotti Thöni, Jesús Miguel Santamaría.
Spatial distribution and isotopic signatures of N and C in mosses across Europe.
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 958, 1 January 2025, Pages 178043. - Following: Corrigendum to “Spatial distribution and isotopic signatures of N and C in mosses across Europe” [Sci. Total Environ. 958 (2025) 178043]
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