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View article: Decrease in climatic disequilibrium associated with climate change and species abundance shifts in Mediterranean plant communities
Decrease in climatic disequilibrium associated with climate change and species abundance shifts in Mediterranean plant communities Open
Climate change induces changes in plant communities according to species' climatic requirements. These changes can be assessed by community climatic disequilibrium (CD), which corresponds to the difference between the climate inferred from…
View article: Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes
Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes Open
Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species st…
View article: Table S2 Datasets information.xlsx from Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes
Table S2 Datasets information.xlsx from Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes Open
Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species st…
View article: Table S3 Traits information.xlsx from Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes
Table S3 Traits information.xlsx from Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes Open
Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species st…
View article: Variability and limits of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption during foliar senescence
Variability and limits of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption during foliar senescence Open
Foliar nutrient resorption (NuR) plays a key role in ecosystem functioning and plant nutrient economy. Most of this recycling occurs during the senescence of leaves and is actively addressed by cells. Here, we discuss the importance of cel…
View article: Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide
Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide Open
Summary Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species’ ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie sp…
View article: Publisher Correction: Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought
Publisher Correction: Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought Open
View article: Trait‐mediated responses to aridity and experimental drought by springtail communities across Europe
Trait‐mediated responses to aridity and experimental drought by springtail communities across Europe Open
The capacity to forecast the effects of climate change on biodiversity largely relies on identifying traits capturing mechanistic relationships with the environment through standardized field experiments distributed across relevant spatial…
View article: Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought
Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought Open
Researchers use both experiments and observations to study the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, but results from these contrasting approaches have not been systematically compared for droughts. Using a meta-analysis and accounting …
View article: LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots
LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots Open
Analysing temporal patterns in plant communities is extremely important to quantify the extent and the consequences of ecological changes, especially considering the current biodiversity crisis. Long‐term data collected through the regular…
View article: Delayed and altered post-fire recovery pathways of Mediterranean shrubland under 20-year drought manipulation
Delayed and altered post-fire recovery pathways of Mediterranean shrubland under 20-year drought manipulation Open
Increasing water deficits and severe droughts are expected to alter the dynamics of vegetation post-disturbance recovery by decreasing new recruitment and limiting growth in semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystems in future. However, which vege…
View article: LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots
LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots Open
Analysing temporal patterns in plant communities is extremely important to quantify the extent and the consequences of ecological changes, especially considering the current biodiversity crisis. Long-term data collected through the regular…
View article: Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer
Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer Open
Plant community biomass production is co‐dependent on climatic and edaphic factors that are often covarying and non‐independent. Disentangling how these factors act in isolation is challenging, especially along large climatic gradients tha…
View article: The impact of climate warming on species diversity across scales: Lessons from experimental meta‐ecosystems
The impact of climate warming on species diversity across scales: Lessons from experimental meta‐ecosystems Open
Aim The aim was to evaluate the effects of climate warming on biodiversity across spatial scales (i.e., α‐, β‐ and γ‐diversity) and the effects of patch openness and experimental context on diversity responses. Location Global. Time period…
View article: Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale
Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale Open
Significance The stability of ecological communities under ongoing climate and land-use change is fundamental to the sustainable management of natural resources through its effect on critical ecosystem services. Biodiversity is hypothesize…
View article: Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony
Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony Open
Questions Compensatory dynamics are described as one of the main mechanisms that increase community stability, e.g., where decreases of some species on a year‐to‐year basis are offset by an increase in others. Deviations from perfect synch…
View article: Effects of decadal experimental drought and climate extremes on vegetation growth in Mediterranean forests and shrublands
Effects of decadal experimental drought and climate extremes on vegetation growth in Mediterranean forests and shrublands Open
Increased drought combined with extreme episodes of heatwaves is triggering severe impacts on vegetation growth, particularly for plant communities in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Although there is an abundance of short‐term field drought…
View article: Greenhouse gas emissions from a Mediterranean floodplain forest: the role of tree emissions under a changing flooding regime.
Greenhouse gas emissions from a Mediterranean floodplain forest: the role of tree emissions under a changing flooding regime. Open
<p>The increase of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere is promoting and accelerating climate warming. Among GHG sources, soils are an important natural source of GHG to the atmosphere through aerobic soil respiration t…
View article: Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?
Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand? Open
Changes in rainfall amounts and patterns have been observed and are expected to continue in the near future with potentially significant ecological and societal consequences. Modelling vegetation responses to changes in rainfall is thus cr…
View article: The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)
The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx) Open
Climate change is a world‐wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we urgently need better un…
View article: Understanding ecosystems of the future will require more than realistic climate change experiments – A response to Korell et al.
Understanding ecosystems of the future will require more than realistic climate change experiments – A response to Korell et al. Open
This article is a response to Korell et al., 26, 325–327 ; See also the Commentary on this article by Muller et al., 26, e4–e5 ; See also the response to this Letter to the Editor by Korell et al., 26, 328–329 .
View article: Soil moisture as the key factor of atmospheric CH4 uptake in forest soils under environmental change
Soil moisture as the key factor of atmospheric CH4 uptake in forest soils under environmental change Open
View article: Fast attrition of springtail communities by experimental drought and richness–decomposition relationships across Europe
Fast attrition of springtail communities by experimental drought and richness–decomposition relationships across Europe Open
Soil fauna play a fundamental role on key ecosystem functions like organic matter decomposition, although how local assemblages are responding to climate change and whether these changes may have consequences to ecosystem functioning is le…
View article: Data from "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale"
Data from "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale" Open
Data from "Valencia, E., de Bello, F., Galland, T., et al. Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale PNAS.doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920405117"There are two spreadsheets with data. The spreadsheet …
View article: BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene
BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene Open
Motivation The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broa…
View article: Crowther et al. reply
Crowther et al. reply Open
View article: Isotopic methods for non‐destructive assessment of carbon dynamics in shrublands under long‐term climate change manipulation
Isotopic methods for non‐destructive assessment of carbon dynamics in shrublands under long‐term climate change manipulation Open
Long‐term climate change experiments are extremely valuable for studying ecosystem responses to environmental change. Examination of the vegetation and the soil should be non‐destructive to guarantee long‐term research. In this paper, we r…
View article: Species selection under long‐term experimental warming and drought explained by climatic distributions
Species selection under long‐term experimental warming and drought explained by climatic distributions Open
Summary Global warming and reduced precipitation may trigger large‐scale species losses and vegetation shifts in ecosystems around the world. However, currently lacking are practical ways to quantify the sensitivity of species and communit…
View article: Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services
Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services Open
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures, is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in land use, including the abandonment of extensive cr…
View article: Shift in community structure in an early‐successional Mediterranean shrubland driven by long‐term experimental warming and drought and natural extreme droughts
Shift in community structure in an early‐successional Mediterranean shrubland driven by long‐term experimental warming and drought and natural extreme droughts Open
Global warming and recurring drought are expected to accelerate water limitation for plant communities in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems and produce directional shifts in structure and composition that are not easily detected, and suppo…