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View article: The Effect of Dominant Land-Cover Transitions in Shaping Trajectories of Global Forest Change
The Effect of Dominant Land-Cover Transitions in Shaping Trajectories of Global Forest Change Open
Land-cover transitions from forest to non-forest land-covers have led to substantial loss and fragmentation of global forests. While average rates of forest change are well studied, less attention has been paid to spatio-temporal trajector…
View article: Impacts of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debts on the safe operating space of social-ecological systems: a theoretical modelling study
Impacts of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debts on the safe operating space of social-ecological systems: a theoretical modelling study Open
The rapid environmental changes of the Anthropocene create legacy effects that may shape future Earth system responses. One significant legacy effect is the species extinction debt caused by past habitat destruction. As biodiversity underp…
View article: Functional and compositional diversity display a maximum at intermediate levels of fire frequency when modeling the plant-fire feedback
Functional and compositional diversity display a maximum at intermediate levels of fire frequency when modeling the plant-fire feedback Open
Fires are generally considered to promote biodiversity, although this relationship can be affected by several factors, including fire regime and ecosystem type. Given the ongoing global change, a better understanding of this connection is …
View article: Application of Microbiome Feedback Theory to Animals: Can Parasites Drive Coexistence in Ungulate Communities?
Application of Microbiome Feedback Theory to Animals: Can Parasites Drive Coexistence in Ungulate Communities? Open
Synopsis Parasites can have large impacts on host populations, but the extent to which parasite dynamics impact or respond to multi-species community structure remains uncertain. Empirical and theoretical studies within the host–microbiome…
View article: The Effect of Dominant Land-Cover Transitions in Shaping Trajectories of Global Forest Change
The Effect of Dominant Land-Cover Transitions in Shaping Trajectories of Global Forest Change Open
Land-cover transitions from forest to non-forest land-covers have led to substantial loss and fragmentation of global forests. While average rates of forest change are well studied, less attention has been paid to spatio-temporal trajector…
View article: Unmute biodiversity risks of free trade? The EFTA–Mercosur Agreement (Swiss) case study
Unmute biodiversity risks of free trade? The EFTA–Mercosur Agreement (Swiss) case study Open
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12302-025-01063-3.
View article: Archaeological Sites In the Tropical Forest of Borneo Reveal Distinct Climate, Soil, and Settlement Patterns
Archaeological Sites In the Tropical Forest of Borneo Reveal Distinct Climate, Soil, and Settlement Patterns Open
View article: Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems
Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems Open
Navigating social‐ecological systems toward sustainable trajectories is an important challenge of the Anthropocene. Models of social‐ecological systems can increase our understanding of how social and ecological subsystems interact, their …
View article: Influence of livelihood assets on biodiversity and household food security in tropical homegardens along urbanisation gradients
Influence of livelihood assets on biodiversity and household food security in tropical homegardens along urbanisation gradients Open
By 2050, 70% of the global population will reside in urban areas, raising concerns about food security and biodiversity loss. Tropical homegardens, a form of agroforestry, may have the potential to align concurrent demands for biodiversity…
View article: Mapping for Sustainable Development: Comparing different mapping techniques for monitoring mangroves to reach SDG 15 and 6
Mapping for Sustainable Development: Comparing different mapping techniques for monitoring mangroves to reach SDG 15 and 6 Open
View article: Causal discovery in biodiversity-mediated social-ecological systems
Causal discovery in biodiversity-mediated social-ecological systems Open
Global biodiversity loss and climate change exacerbate feedbacks within social-ecological systems, i.e., between ecosystems, their services and well-being of human societies. Our ability to mediate these feedbacks is hampered by incomplete…
View article: Consistent ecosystem service bundles emerge across global mountain, island and delta systems
Consistent ecosystem service bundles emerge across global mountain, island and delta systems Open
Ecosystem services are often analysed individually, but are intertwined with one another and the social-ecological systems they occur in. As a response, ecosystem service bundles, i.e. co-occurring sets of ecosystem services, can be used t…
View article: Travelling waves due to negative plant–soil feedbacks in a model including tree life-stages
Travelling waves due to negative plant–soil feedbacks in a model including tree life-stages Open
The emergence and maintenance of tree species diversity in tropical forests is commonly attributed to the Janzen-Connell (JC) hypothesis, which states that growth of seedlings is suppressed in the proximity of conspecific adult trees. As a…
View article: Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures
Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures Open
Productivity benefits from diversity can arise when compatible pathogen hosts are buffered by unrelated neighbors, diluting pathogen impacts. However, the generality of pathogen dilution has been controversial and rarely tested within biod…
View article: When patches grow themselves: from analogy to autocatalytic processes, the relevance of ecological nucleation for restoration practices
When patches grow themselves: from analogy to autocatalytic processes, the relevance of ecological nucleation for restoration practices Open
Choosing restoration strategies may depend on ecosystem's stability properties. When degraded ecosystems do not self‐perpetuate, natural regeneration can lead to system recovery, and restoration interventions are often designed to accelera…
View article: Modelling how negative plant–soil feedbacks across life stages affect the spatial patterning of trees
Modelling how negative plant–soil feedbacks across life stages affect the spatial patterning of trees Open
View article: Introducing desirable patches to initiate ecosystem transitions and accelerate ecosystem restoration
Introducing desirable patches to initiate ecosystem transitions and accelerate ecosystem restoration Open
Meeting restoration targets may require active strategies to accelerate natural regeneration rates or overcome the resilience associated with degraded ecosystem states. Introducing desired ecosystem patches in degraded landscapes constitut…
View article: Associations of genetic and spectral diversity in European beech
Associations of genetic and spectral diversity in European beech Open
Biodiversity loss presents a growing threat to the global environment, and systematic and spatially contiguous monitoring is needed to inform mitigation strategies. Monitoring of genetic diversity within species, a key factor when assessin…
View article: Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands
Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands Open
Corrigendum to New Phytologist 225 (2020), 1500–1515, doi: 10.1111/nph.16252. Since its publication, the authors of Baudena et al. (2020) have identified an error for the set of parameter values representing flammability in Table 2. In thi…
View article: Travelling waves due to negative plant-soil feedbacks in a model including tree life-stages
Travelling waves due to negative plant-soil feedbacks in a model including tree life-stages Open
The emergence and maintenance of tree species diversity in tropical forests is commonly attributed to the Janzen-Connell (JC) hypothesis, which states that growth of seedlings is suppressed in the proximity of conspecific adult trees. As a…
View article: How does negative plant-soil feedback across life stages affect the spatial patterning of trees?
How does negative plant-soil feedback across life stages affect the spatial patterning of trees? Open
In this work, we theoretically explore how litter decomposition processes and soil-borne pathogens contribute to negativeplant-soil feedbacks, in particular in transient and stable spatial organisation of tropical forest trees and seedling…
View article: Environmental change and ecosystem functioning drive transitions in social-ecological systems: A stylized modelling approach
Environmental change and ecosystem functioning drive transitions in social-ecological systems: A stylized modelling approach Open
Sustainable management of social-ecological systems requires an understanding of how anthropogenic climate- and land use change may disrupt interactions between human societies and the ecosystem processes they depend on. In this study, we …
View article: Evolutionary history and intraspecific competition mediate ballistic seed dispersal
Evolutionary history and intraspecific competition mediate ballistic seed dispersal Open
Dispersal plays an important role in the survival and spread of plant populations. However, when grown under stress, a plants' architecture and fecundity may be modified, which can compromise seed dispersal. While populations within a spec…
View article: <b>Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures</b>
<b>Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures</b> Open
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View article: Travelling Waves Due to Negative Plant-Soil Feedbacks in a Model Including Tree Life-Stages
Travelling Waves Due to Negative Plant-Soil Feedbacks in a Model Including Tree Life-Stages Open
View article: Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures
Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures Open
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View article: Inferring Genetic Structure of European Beech from Observations of Spectral Phenotypes
Inferring Genetic Structure of European Beech from Observations of Spectral Phenotypes Open
View article: Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures
Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures Open
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View article: Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures
Dilution of specialist pathogens drives feedback and yield advantage in plant mixtures Open
It includes all the data required to reproduce the results.
View article: Biodiversity mediates relationships between anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem services across global mountain, island and delta systems
Biodiversity mediates relationships between anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem services across global mountain, island and delta systems Open
Global change increasingly threatens nature, endangering the ecosystem services human wellbeing depends upon. Biodiversity potentially mediates these impacts by providing resilience to ecosystems. While biodiversity has been linked to resi…