Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Willner, Privatdoz.
Wolfgang Willner
T: +43-1-4277-54372
Winter term 2024
300252 VU Vegetationsökologische Datenanalyse - (Bereich Datenanalyse und -modellierung)
Winter term 2023
300252 VU Vegetationsökologische Datenanalyse - (Bereich Datenanalyse und -modellierung)
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ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe. / Knollová, Ilona; Chytrý, Milan; Bruelheide, Helge et al.
In: Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 35, No. 2, e13235, 01.03.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Evolutionary dynamics of Euphorbia carniolica suggest a complex Plio–Pleistocene history of understorey species of deciduous forest in southeastern Europe. / Kirschner, Philipp; Záveská, Eliška; Hülber, Karl et al.
In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 32, No. 19, 10.2023, p. 5350-5368.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed



Classification of European oak–hornbeam forests and related vegetation types. / Novák, Pavel; Willner, Wolfgang; Biurrun, Idoia et al.
In: Applied Vegetation Science, Vol. 26, No. 1, e12712, 01.01.2023.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Proposal (31) to conserve the name Brachypodietalia pinnati Korneck 1974 as a nomen conservandum with a conserved type. / Dengler, Jürgen; Willner, Wolfgang.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 4, 2023, p. 63-68.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Vegetation Classification and Survey in the third year. / Dengler, Jürgen; Biurrun, Idoia; Jansen, Florian et al.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 4, 2023, p. 1-6.

Publications: Contribution to journalEditorial


Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys. / Bergauer, Miro; Dembicz, Iwona; Boch, Steffen et al.
In: Alpine Botany, Vol. 132, No. 2, 10.2022, p. 195-209.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Central European forest–steppe: An ecosystem shaped by climate, topography and disturbances. / Chytrý, Kryštof; Willner, Wolfgang; Chytrý, Milan et al.
In: Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 49, No. 6, 06.2022, p. 1006-1020.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Rote Liste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Österreichs. / Ehrendorfer, Luise Elisabeth; Niklfeld, Harald; Schröck, Christian et al.
Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum der Oberösterr. Landesmuseen, 2022. 362 p. (Stapfia, Vol. 114).

Publications: Book


Explanation of beta diversity in European alpine grasslands changes with scale. / Malanson, George P.; Pansing, Elizabeth R.; Testolin, Riccardo et al.
In: Ecosphere, Vol. 13, No. 5, e4066, 05.2022.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Assessment of Drought-Tolerant Provenances of Austria’s Indigenous Tree Species. / Karrer, Gerhard; Bassler-Binder, Gabriele; Willner, Wolfgang.
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 14, No. 5, 2861, 01.03.2022.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Vegetation Classification and Survey: development and diversification. / Dengler, Jürgen; Biurrun, Idoia; Jansen, Florian et al.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 3, 26.01.2022, p. 1-5.

Publications: Contribution to journalEditorial


Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe. / Preislerová, Zdenka; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Mucina, Ladislav et al.
In: Applied Vegetation Science, Vol. 25, No. 1, e12642, 01.01.2022.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Syntaxonomic revision of the Pannonian grasslands of Austria – Part III: Danube and March-Thaya floodplain (including the Slovak side of the river March/Morava). / Willner, Wolfgang; Kadlec, Gerhard; Staudinger, Markus et al.
In: Tuexenia, Vol. 42, 2022, p. 95-128.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Aus dem Vereinsleben: Berichtszeitraum März 2020 bis Februar 2021. / Christa, Staudinger; Pachschwöll, Clemens; Fischer, Manfred A. et al.
In: Neilreichia, Vol. 12, 31.12.2021, p. 427-432.

Publications: Contribution to journalEditorial


Report 2 of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN). / Willner, Wolfgang; Čarni, Andraž; Fernández-González, Federico et al.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 2, 30.12.2021, p. 305-309.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Braun-Blanquet meets EcoVeg: a formation and division level classification of European phytosociological units. / Willner, Wolfgang; Faber-Langendoen, Don.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 2, 13.12.2021, p. 275-291.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Long-term continuity of steppe grasslands in eastern Central Europe: Evidence from species distribution patterns and chloroplast haplotypes. / Willner, Wolfgang; Moser, Dietmar; Plenk, Kristina et al.
In: Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 48, No. 12, 12.2021, p. 3104-3117.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Xeric grasslands of the inner-alpine dry valleys of Austria – new insights into syntaxonomy, diversity and ecology. / Magnes, Martin; Willner, Wolfgang; Janišová, Monika et al.
In: Vegetation Classification and Survey, Vol. 2, 01.10.2021, p. 133-157.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. / sPlot consortium.
In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 30, No. 9, 09.2021, p. 1740-1764.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


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Classification and biogeography of European forests: a complicated relationship

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

23 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Formationen, funktionale Ökosystemtypen und die Zukunft des Braun-Blanquet-Systems

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

21 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A tale of two rivers: phytosociological revision of the grasslands in the Danube and March-Thaya floodplain

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

7 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Historical biogeography of the steppe grasslands in eastern Central Europe

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

27 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Beyond the floristic horizon: a formation level classification of European phytosociological classes

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

11 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Pflanzensoziologie – ein Überblick

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

23 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


What is an alliance?

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

6 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Semi-dry grasslands of Central and Eastern Europe – syntaxonomic and biogeographical aspects

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

1 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Formal definition of associations using diagnostic species: A case study of European meadow steppes

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

27 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Syntaxonomic revision of the semi-dry grasslands of Central and Eastern Europe

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

24 May 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The biogeography of geographical parthenogenesis: effects of climatic niches and reproductive modes on Holocene range expansion of an alpine plant

Stefan Dullinger (Speaker), Bernhard Kirchheimer (Contributor), Johannes Wessely (Contributor), Andreas Gattringer (Contributor), Christoph C. F. Schinkel (Contributor), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Marc S. Appelhans (Contributor), Simon Klatt (Contributor), Marco Caccianiga (Contributor), Agnes Dellinger (Contributor), Antoine Guisan (Contributor), Michael Kuttner (Contributor), Jonathan Lenoir (Contributor), Luigi Maiorano (Contributor), Diego Nieto-Lugilde (Contributor), Christoph Plutzar (Contributor), Jens-Christian Svenning (Speaker), Wolfgang Willner (Contributor) & Elvira Hörandl (Contributor)

20 Mar 201824 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The higher the slower: Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation.

Sabine Bettina Rumpf (Speaker), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Günther Klonner (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Martin Schütz (Contributor), Johannes Wessely (Contributor), Wolfgang Willner (Contributor), Niklaus E. Zimmermann (Contributor) & Stefan Dullinger (Contributor)

20 Mar 201824 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Species range dynamics decrease with elevation in the European Alps

Sabine Bettina Rumpf (Speaker), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Günther Klonner (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Martin Schütz (Contributor), Johannes Wessely (Contributor), Wolfgang Willner (Contributor), Niklaus E. Zimmermann (Contributor) & Stefan Dullinger (Contributor)

3 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Broad-scale syntaxonomic revisions using large plot datasets: experiences, lessons and recommendations

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

15 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


How to classify forests? Bridging the gap between floristic and physiognomic units

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

21 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Climate-driven range dynamics and potential current disequilibrium in Alpine vegetation

Sabine Bettina Rumpf (Speaker), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Niklaus E. Zimmermann (Contributor), Wolfgang Willner (Contributor) & Stefan Dullinger (Contributor)

23 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Species range dynamics decrease with elevation in the European Alps

Sabine Bettina Rumpf (Speaker), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Günther Klonner (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Martin Schütz (Contributor), Johannes Wessely (Contributor), Wolfgang Willner (Contributor), Niklaus E. Zimmermann (Contributor) & Stefan Dullinger (Contributor)

19 Apr 201721 Apr 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Überlegungen zu einem evolutionären System der Angiospermen

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

22 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Interpretating the Interpretation Manual of EU Habitats - a story of confusion

Wolfgang Willner (Speaker)

8 Apr 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Analysis of dispersal limitation in the Austrian Alps using phytosociological data

Wolfgang Willner (Contributor)

1 May 2008

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Biogeographie der pannonischen

Willner, W.

11/05/1511/05/18

Project: Research funding


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T: +43-1-4277-54372

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