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A comparative test of phylogenetic diversity indices

scientific article

A suite of multiplexed microsatellite loci for the ground beetle Abax parallelepipedus (Piller and Mitterpacher, 1783) (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

scholarly article published in 2013

Are local plants the best for ecosystem restoration? It depends on how you analyze the data.

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Assessment of provenance delineation by genetic differentiation patterns and estimates of gene flow in the common grassland plant Geranium pratense

article published in 2012

Bioclimatic regions influence genetic structure of four Jordanian Stipa species.

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

Biological Flora of Central Europe: Euphorbia palustris L

scientific article published in 2011

Biological flora of Central Europe: Ceratocapnos claviculata (L.) Lidén

scientific article published in 2012

Biological flora of Central Europe: Muscari tenuiflorum Tausch

scientific article published in 2006

Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

scientific article published on 4 October 2019

Climate change will disproportionally affect the most genetically diverse lineages of a widespread African tree species

scientific article published on 29 April 2022

Clonality increases with snow depth in the arctic dwarf shrub Empetrum hermaphroditum

scientific article

Combining spatial and phylogenetic eigenvector filtering in trait analysis

article

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

article

Contrasting changes in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity during a long-term succession: insights into assembly processes

article

Contrasting effects of tree species and genetic diversity on the leaf-miner communities associated with silver birch

scientific article published on 24 February 2019

Corrigendum

Coupled modelling of hydrological processes and grassland production in two contrasting climates

scientific article published in 2022

Cuticular hydrocarbons and aggression in the termite Macrotermes subhyalinus

scientific article published in February 2004

Daphne: a dated phylogeny of a large European flora for phylogenetically informed ecological analyses

scientific article published on 25 October 2012

Darwin’s legacy in Platanthera: are there more than two species in the Platanthera bifolia/chlorantha group?

scientific article published in 2017

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

article

Development and characterization of simple sequence repeat markers for the invasive tetraploid waterweed (Hydrocharitaceae) ⬇️

article

Differences in the trait compositions of non-indigenous and native plants across Germany

article

Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest

scientific article published in 2022

Differential role of a persistent seed bank for genetic variation in early vs. late successional stages

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Differential threshold effects of habitat fragmentation on gene flow in two widespread species of bush crickets

scientific article published on 22 October 2010

Differentiation between populations of a termite in eastern Africa: implications for biogeography

article

Differentiation of reproductive and competitive ability in the invaded range of Senecio inaequidens: the role of genetic Allee effects, adaptive and nonadaptive evolution

scientific article

Does land-use intensification decrease plant phylogenetic diversity in local grasslands?

scientific article

Ecological plant epigenetics: Evidence from model and non-model species, and the way forward

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Effects of Inbreeding, Outbreeding, and Supplemental Pollen on the Reproduction of a Hummingbird-pollinated Clonal Amazonian Herb

Effects of forest decline on uptake and leaching of deposited nitrate determined from 15N and 18O measurements

scientific article published in Nature

Effects of landscape structure on genetic diversity of Geum urbanum L. populations in agricultural landscapes

scientific article published in 2009

Ephemeral pools as stressful and isolated habitats for the endemic aquatic resurrection plant Chamaegigas intrepidus

article

Epigenetic variation reflects dynamic habitat conditions in a rare floodplain herb

scientific article published in July 2014

Establishment rate of regional provenances mirrors relative share and germination rate in a climate change experiment

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Evidence for genetic differentiation and divergent selection in an autotetraploid forage grass (Arrhenatherum elatius).

scientific article

Evolution during seed production for ecological restoration? A molecular analysis of 19 species finds only minor genomic changes

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

Evolution of plant drought strategies and herbivore tolerance after two decades of climate change

scientific article published on 31 March 2022

Ex situ conservation of Pinus koraiensis can preserve genetic diversity but homogenizes population structure

scientific article published in 2020

Extreme genetic depauperation and differentiation of both populations and species in Eurasian feather grasses (Stipa)

article

Fish conservation in the land of steppe and sky: Evolutionarily significant units of threatened salmonid species in Mongolia mirror major river basins

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Forest fragmentation and edge effects on the genetic structure of Clusia sphaerocarpa and C. lechleri (Clusiaceae) in tropical montane forests

scientific article published in 2013

Frequency of plant species in remnants of calcareous grassland and their dispersal and persistence characteristics

scientific article published on 18 August 2005

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest

scientific article

Fungi from the roots of the common terrestrial orchid Gymnadenia conopsea.

scientific article

GENETIC VARIATION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE EURASIAN BEAVER CASTOR FIBER IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ASIA

article

Gene flow and genetic diversity in cultivated and wild cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Bolivia

scientific article

Genetic Population Structure and Reproductive Fitness in the Plant Sanguisorba officinalis in Populations Supporting Colonies of an Endangered Maculinea Butterfly

article

Genetic differentiation and regional adaptation among seed origins used for grassland restoration: lessons from a multispecies transplant experiment

scientific article published in 2016

Genetic differentiation within multiple common grassland plants supports seed transfer zones for ecological restoration

article

Genetic diversity and differentiation follow secondary succession in a multi-species study on woody plants from subtropical China

scientific article

Genetic diversity and distribution of Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton under climate change scenarios in West Africa

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Genetic relationships among three native North-American Mahonia species, invasive Mahonia populations from Europe, and commercial cultivars

article

Genetic relationships within colonies suggest genetic monogamy in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

article published in 2015

Genetic richness affects trait variation but not community productivity in a tree diversity experiment

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Genetic structure and dispersal in a small South African rodent. Is dispersal female-biased?

article

Geographic variability of ecological niches of plant species: are competition and stress relevant?

article

Heritability of early growth traits and their plasticity in 14 woody species of Chinese subtropical forest

scientific article published on 03 February 2017

High selfing and high inbreeding depression in peripheral populations of Juncus atratus

scientific article published on 8 October 2007

Historical comparisons show evolutionary changes in drought responses in European plant species after two decades of climate change

scientific article published on 21 November 2021

Holocene re-colonisation, central-marginal distribution and habitat specialisation shape population genetic patterns within an Atlantic European grass species

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

How to characterize and predict alien species? A response to Pyseket al.(2004)

article

Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in the rush Juncus effusus (Juncaceae)1 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2012

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published in Science

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

scientific article

Increased genetic differentiation but no reduced genetic diversity in peripheral vs. central populations of a steppe grass

scientific article published on 23 June 2011

Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan-European study

scientific article published in 2007

Interactive effects of landscape history and current management on dispersal trait diversity in grassland plant communities

scientific article

Intra- and interspecific tree diversity promotes multitrophic plant–Hemiptera–ant interactions in a forest diversity experiment

article

Intraspecific variability in frost hardiness of Fagus sylvatica L

Invasion success in polyploids: the role of inbreeding in the contrasting colonization abilities of diploid versus tetraploid populations ofCentaurea stoebes.l

article by Christoph Rosche et al published 25 October 2016 in Journal of Ecology

Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Loci in the Rush Juncus atratus (Juncaceae) ⬇️

scientific article

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for Euphorbia palustris (Euphorbiaceae).

scientific article published in December 2009

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the invasive Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)

article published in 2004

Isolation by elevation: genetic structure at neutral and putatively non-neutral loci in a dominant tree of subtropical forests, Castanopsis eyrei.

scientific article

Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter‐annual climate variability in a large field experiment

scientific article published in 2024

Land-use effects on genetic structure of a common grassland herb: A matter of scale

article published in 2011

Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?

scientific article

Long-term survival of a urodele amphibian despite depleted major histocompatibility complex variation

scientific article

Low genetic variability and strong differentiation among isolated populations of the rare steppe grass Stipa capillata L. in Central Europe

scientific article published in May 2010

Low land-use intensity buffers grasslands against future climate and inter-annual climate variability in a large field experiment

scientific article published on 21 December 2023

Matrix quality and habitat configuration interactively determine functional connectivity in a widespread bush cricket at a small spatial scale

scientific article published in 2011

Minority cytotypes in European populations of the Gymnadenia conopsea complex (Orchidaceae) greatly increase intraspecific and intrapopulation diversity

scientific article (publication date: October 2012)

Mitochondrial genomes reveal slow rates of molecular evolution and the timing of speciation in beavers (Castor), one of the largest rodent species

scientific article

Mitochondrial phylogeography of the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber L.

scientific article

Mix and match: regional admixture provenancing strikes a balance among different seed-sourcing strategies for ecological restoration

Molecular evidence for multiple introductions of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaceae) to North America

scientific article published in May 2005

Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

article

Nine polymorphic microsatellite loci for the parasitic wasp Neotypus melanocephalus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

scholarly article by CHRISTIAN ANTON et al published June 2006 in Molecular Ecology Notes

No genetic adaptation of the Mediterranean keystone shrub Cistus ladanifer in response to experimental fire and extreme drought.

scientific article

Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) - implications for future reintroductions

scientific article

Opposing intraspecific vs. interspecific diversity effects on herbivory and growth in subtropical experimental tree assemblages

scientific article published in 2017

Outcrossing breeding system does not compromise invasiveness in Buddleja davidii

scientific article published in 2012

Performance and response to defoliation of Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae) seedlings from mown and successional habitats

scientific article published in 2010

Phylogenetic relationships and plant life stage but not biogeographic history mediate priority effects of European grassland plants

scientific article published on 21 July 2024

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

scientific article

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

scholarly article published 12 July 2017

Phylogenetically balanced evidence for structural and carbon isotope responses in plants along elevational gradients

scientific article

Phylogeography of a widespread Asian subtropical tree: genetic east-west differentiation and climate envelope modelling suggest multiple glacial refugia

article

Plant ecotype affects interacting organisms across multiple trophic levels

article

Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests

scientific article

Plant traits moderate pollen limitation of introduced and native plants: a phylogenetic meta-analysis of global scale

scientific article published on 29 June 2019

Plants adapted to warmer climate do not outperform regional plants during a natural heat wave

scientific article

Ploidy in the alpine sedgeKobresia pygmaea(Cyperaceae) and related species: combined application of chromosome counts, new microsatellite markers and flow cytometry

article

Pollen and ovule production in wind-pollinated species with special reference to Juncus

article

Pollen limitation and inbreeding depression in an 'old rare' bumblebee-pollinated grassland herb

scientific article published in March 2011

Pollination mode and life form strongly affect the relation between mating system and pollen to ovule ratios

scientific article published in January 2009

Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the invasive shrub Buddleja davidii (Scrophulariaceae).

scientific article published on 21 January 2011

Population structure of a large blue butterfly and its specialist parasitoid in a fragmented landscape.

scientific article published on September 2007

Populations restored using regional seed are genetically diverse and similar to natural populations in the region

scientific article

Prediction uncertainty of environmental change effects on temperate European biodiversity.

scientific article

Range expansion of a selfing polyploid plant despite widespread genetic uniformity

scientific article

Re-focusing sampling, design and experimental methods to assess rapid evolution by non-native plant species

scientific article published on 12 February 2024

Recent evolution of flowering time across multiple European plant species correlates with changes in aridity

scientific article published in 2023

Recovery in the melting pot: complex origins and restored genetic diversity in newly established Eurasian beaver (Rodentia: Castoridae) populations

scientific article published on 25 January 2022

Reduced genetic variation mainly affects early rather than late life-cycle stages

article

Relating geographical variation in pollination types to environmental and spatial factors using novel statistical methods

scientific article published in January 2006

Reproductive fitness, population size and genetic variation in Muscari tenuiflorum (Hyacinthaceae): The role of temporal variation

scientific article published in 2012

Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem services across three different time horizons and decision contexts

scholarly article published 14 February 2019

River dynamics shape clonal diversity and genetic structure of an Amazonian understorey herb

scientific article published in 2011

Scoring and analysis of methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphisms for epigenetic population studies

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

Separation in flowering time contributes to the maintenance of sympatric cryptic plant lineages

scientific article

Sequence diversity of the MHC DRB gene in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber).

scientific article

Short-term fitness and long-term population trends in the orchid Anacamptis morio

scientific article published in 2012

Snow cover consistently affects growth and reproduction of Empetrum hermaphroditum across latitudinal and local climatic gradients

Spatial genetic structure in a metapopulation of the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Helicidae)

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Species diversity and population density affect genetic structure and gene dispersal in a subtropical understory shrub

article

Species-specific effects of genetic diversity and species diversity of experimental communities on early tree performance

scientific article published in 2017

Strong genetic differentiation between Gymnadenia conopsea and G. densiflora despite morphological similarity

scientific article published in 2011

Strong positive biodiversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment

Structure, stability and ecological significance of natural epigenetic variation: a large-scale survey in Plantago lanceolata

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Synchronous flowering despite differences in snowmelt timing among habitats of Empetrum hermaphroditum

scientific article published in 2015

Synchronous pulsed flowering: analysis of the flowering phenology in Juncus (Juncaceae).

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

The assembly of local communities: plants and birds in non-reclaimed mining sites

scientific article published in 2003

The making of a rapid plant invader: genetic diversity and differentiation in the native and invaded range of Senecio inaequidens

scientific article

The neglected importance of floral traits in trait‐based plant community assembly

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

The population genetics of the fundamental cytotype-shift in invasive Centaurea stoebe s.l.: genetic diversity, genetic differentiation and small-scale genetic structure differ between cytotypes but not between ranges

article

The potential of multispectral imaging flow cytometry for environmental monitoring

The relationship between global and regional distribution diminishes among phylogenetically basal species

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Traces of Genetic but Not Epigenetic Adaptation in the Invasive Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Despite the Absence of Population Structure

scientific article published in 2022

Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages

scientific article

Tree phylogenetic diversity promotes host-parasitoid interactions

scientific article published in July 2016

Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Tree species, tree genotypes and tree genotypic diversity levels affect microbe-mediated soil ecosystem functions in a subtropical forest

scientific article

Two common, often coexisting grassland plant species differ in their evolutionary potential in response to experimental drought

scientific article published in 2023

Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity Revealed by a Two-Scale Analysis of Species Functional Uniqueness vs. Redundancy

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Vegetation databases as a tool to analyse factors affecting the range expansion of the forest understory herb Ceratocapnos claviculata

Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines

scientific article published on 13 October 2021

Wolbachia infections mimic cryptic speciation in two parasitic butterfly species, Phengaris teleius and P. nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

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