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A million and more trees for science

scientific article published in 2018

A model-based approach to studying changes in compositional heterogeneity

article

A model-based scenario analysis of the impact of forest management and environmental change on the understorey of temperate forests in Europe

scientific article published in 2022

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

article

A social-ecological framework and toolbox to help strengthening functional agrobiodiversity-supported ecosystem services at the landscape scale

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

A spatially explicit empirical model on actual and potential ancient forest plant diversity in a fragmented landscape

article

Above‐ and below‐ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests

scientific article published on 10 May 2021

Acidification of forested podzols in North Belgium during the period 1950-2000.

scientific article

Adaptation of forest management to climate change as perceived by forest owners and managers in Belgium

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Afrotropical secondary forests exhibit fast diversity and functional recovery, but slow compositional and carbon recovery after shifting cultivation

scientific article published on 11 August 2021

An experimental assessment of seed adhesivity on animal furs

An integrated analysis of the effects of past land use on forest herb colonization at the landscape scale

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An intraspecific application of the leaf-height-seed ecology strategy scheme to forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient

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Application of the Ancient Forest Concept to Potential Natural Vegetation Mapping in Flanders, A Strongly Altered Landscape in Northern Belgium

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Are historical land‐use patterns and chemical soil characteristics complementary for assessing the restoration potential of <i>Nardus</i> grassland?

scientific article published in July 2022

Assessment of the functional role of tree diversity: the multi-site FORBIO experiment

article published in 2013

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition on petals enhances seed quality of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Bat and bird diversity along independent gradients of latitude and tree composition in European forests

scientific article

Beyond plant-soil feedbacks: mechanisms driving plant community shifts due to land-use legacies in post-agricultural forests

article

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

scientific article

Biodiversity as insurance for sapling survival in experimental tree plantations

scientific article published in 2016

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Milium effusum

scientific article published in 2017

Biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation within plant populations of three herbaceous plant species along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments

preprint

Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

scientific article

Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Body size and tree species composition determine variation in prey consumption in a forest‐inhabiting generalist predator

scientific article

Can complementarity in water use help to explain diversity-productivity relationships in experimental grassland plots?

scientific article published on May 2008

Can soil acidity and light help to explain tree species effects on forest herb layer performance in post-agricultural forests?

article by Arno Thomaes et al published 9 June 2013 in Plant and Soil

Canopy openness, proportion of deciduous trees and topsoil C/N ratio drive the yield, but their effect on the polyphenol content of medicinal plants is species-specific

scientific article published on 13 August 2024

Characteristics of temperate food forestry: a case study in Flanders, Belgium

scientific article published on 31 August 2024

Clear-felling effects on colonization rates of shade-tolerant forest herbs into a post-agricultural forest adjacent to ancient forest

Climate affects neighbour‐induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Climate warming and atmospheric deposition affect seed viability of common juniper (Juniperus communis) via their impact on the nutrient status of the plant

article

Climatic conditions, not above- and belowground resource availability and uptake capacity, mediate tree diversity effects on productivity and stability

scientific article published on 22 December 2021

Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published in 2013

Combining community resurvey data to advance global change research

scientific article published on 01 December 2016

Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests

scientific article published on 9 December 2023

Comment on "In defense of plants as biomonitors of soil quality".

scientific article published on 20 March 2006

Comparison of forest edge effects on throughfall deposition in different forest types

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

Competition mediates understorey species range shifts under climate change

scientific article published in 2022

Complementary distribution patterns of arthropod detritivores (woodlice and millipedes) along forest edge-to-interior gradients

Consistency of landscape compositional effects on microclimate, arthropods and plant performance across different years and regions

scientific article published on 29 July 2024

Context matters: the landscape matrix determines the population genetic structure of temperate forest herbs across Europe

scientific article published in 2021

Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality

scientific article

Contributing factors in foliar uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen at leaf level.

scientific article published on 8 November 2014

Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

scientific article

Coppice management effects on experimentally established populations of three herbaceous layer woodland species

article

Correction to Multilayered Modeling of Particulate Matter Removal by a Growing Forest over Time, From Plant Surface Deposition to Washoff via Rainfall

scientific article

Correction: Schelfhout, S.; et al. Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities. Forests 2017, 8, 85

Cumulative nitrogen input drives species loss in terrestrial ecosystems

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Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change

scientific article published on 6 March 2024

Desiccation resistance determines distribution of woodlice along forest edge-to-interior gradients

Different effects of warming treatments in forests <i>versus</i> hedgerows on the understorey plant <i>Geum urbanum</i>

scientific article published on 24 March 2022

Differential environmental response of plant functional types in hedgerow habitats

article

Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats

scientific article

Disentangling dispersal from phylogeny in the colonization capacity of forest understorey plants

article

Disentangling relationships between habitat conditions, disturbance history, plant diversity, and American black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) invasion in a European temperate forest

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Disentangling the effects of phosphorus, nitrogen and species identity on the vegetation reflectance spectrum

scientific article published in October 2022

Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production

scientific article published in 2022

Disentangling tree species identity and richness effects on the herb layer: first results from a German tree diversity experiment

article

Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests

article

Distinguishing between turnover and nestedness in the quantification of biotic homogenization

Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests

Diverging effects of overstorey conversion scenarios on the understorey vegetation in a former coppice-with-standards forest

scientific article published in 2008

Diversifying forest communities may change Lyme disease risk: extra dimension to the dilution effect in Europe

scientific article

Does Prunus serotina act as an aggressive invader in areas with a low propagule pressure?

Does neighbourhood tree diversity affect the crown arthropod community in saplings?

Dominance of individual plant species is more important than diversity in explaining plant biomass in the forest understorey

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Drivers of above‐ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Drivers of carbon stocks in forest edges across Europe

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests

scholarly article by Hans De Wandeler et al published August 2016 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests

article

Earlier onset of flowering and increased reproductive allocation of an annual invasive plant in the north of its novel range

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Early Trajectories of Spontaneous Vegetation Recovery after Intensive Agricultural Land Use

article published in 2010

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

scientific article published in July 2018

Ecological niche shifts of understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient of temperate forests in north-western Europe

article

Ecological restoration efforts in tropical rural landscapes: Challenges and policy implications in a highly degraded region

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

scholarly article published 29 January 2016

Ecosystem services of mixed species forest stands and monocultures: comparing practitioners' and scientists' perceptions with formal scientific knowledge

article

Edge effects in temperate forests subjected to high nitrogen deposition.

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Edge effects on N2O, NO and CH4 fluxes in two temperate forests

scientific article published on October 2016

Effects of Mineral Soil and Forest Floor on the Regeneration of Pedunculate Oak, Beech and Red Oak

article by Stefanie De Groote et al published 27 January 2018 in Forests

Effects of charcoal hearth soil on forest regeneration: Evidence from a two-year experiment on tree seedlings

scientific article published in 2018

Effects of climate change and horticultural use on the spread of naturalized alien garden plants in Europe

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Effects of drought legacy and tree species admixing on bacterial growth and respiration in a young forest soil upon drying and rewetting

scholarly article by Md Masudur Rahman et al published December 2018 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Effects of enhanced nitrogen inputs and climate warming on a forest understorey plant assessed by transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

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Effects of landscape structure on the invasive spread of black cherry Prunus serotina in an agricultural landscape in Flanders, Belgium

article

Effects of two contrasting hemiparasitic plant species on biomass production and nitrogen availability ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2013

Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect

scientific article published in 2022

Environmental drivers interactively affect individual tree growth across temperate European forests

Environmental drivers interactively affect individual tree growth across temperate European forests

Environmental drivers of Ixodes ricinus abundance in forest fragments of rural European landscapes

scientific article

Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Environmental impact assessment and monetary ecosystem service valuation of an ecosystem under different future environmental change and management scenarios; a case study of a Scots pine forest

scientific article

Environmental limitation contributes to the differential colonization capacity of two forest herbs

Epizoochory by large herbivores: merging data with models

scientific article published in 2008

Erratum to: Adaptation of forest management to climate change as perceived by forest owners and managers in Belgium

article

EuMIXFOR empirical forest mensuration and ring width data from pure and mixed stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) through Europe

article by Michael Heym et al published 28 August 2017 in Annals of Forest Science

European Mixed Forests: definition and research perspectives

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Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition

scientific article published in 2023

Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests

scientific article published on 18 October 2020

Evaluating the robustness of three ring-width measurement methods for growth release reconstruction

Experimental assessment of ecological restoration options for compacted forest soils

scientific article published in 2011

Experimental assessment of plant seed retention times in fur of cattle and horse

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Experimental assessment of the survival and performance of forest herbs transplanted beyond their range limit

scientific article published in 2012

Exploring the faecal microbiome of the Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

scientific article

Extinction debt of forest plants persists for more than a century following habitat fragmentation

scientific article published in March 2006

Factors affecting radial growth of the invasive Prunus serotina in pine plantations in Flanders

For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

scientific article

Forest canopies as nature‐based solutions to mitigate global change effects on people and nature

scientific article published on 24 May 2024

Forest edges reduce slug (but not snail) activity-density across Western Europe

scientific article published in July 2019

Forest floor environment overrules global change treatment effects on understorey communities in a mesocosm experiment

scientific article published in July 2024

Forest floor leachate fluxes under six different tree species on a metal contaminated site

scientific article published in February 2013

Forest fragmentation modulates effects of tree species richness and composition on ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Forest herbs show species-specific responses to variation in light regime on sites with contrasting soil acidity: An experiment mimicking forest conversion scenarios

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Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Forest structure and composition alleviate human thermal stress

scientific article published on 19 September 2022

Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming

scientific article

Forest understorey flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and illumination

scientific article published on 29 November 2023

Forest understorey plant responses to long‐term experimental warming, light and nitrogen addition

scientific article published on 13 September 2021

Former charcoal kiln platforms as microhabitats affecting understorey vegetation in Mediterranean forests

article published in 2016

Former land use affects the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and biomass of forest herbs

scientific article published in 2010

Four decades of post-agricultural forest development have caused major redistributions of soil phosphorus fractions

scientific article published on 26 November 2011

Functional Composition of Tree Communities Changed Topsoil Properties in an Old Experimental Tropical Plantation

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Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe

article

Garden plants get a head start on climate change

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Genetic structure and seed-mediated dispersal rates of an endangered shrub in a fragmented landscape: a case study for Juniperus communis in northwestern Europe ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2011)

Germination ecology of the holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum

Germination requirements and seed mass of slow- and fast- colonizing temperate forest herbs along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published in 2009

Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Global environmental change effects on ecosystems: the importance of land-use legacies

scientific article

Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies.

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

scientific article

Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

article by Hans Pretzsch et al published 23 July 2015 in European Journal of Forest Research

Habitat preferences of European NightjarsCaprimulgus europaeusin forests on sandy soils

article published in 2011

Habitat properties are key drivers of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) prevalence in Ixodes ricinus populations of deciduous forest fragments

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Hedging against biodiversity loss: Forest herbs’ performance in hedgerows across temperate Europe

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

Hemiparasitic litter additions alter gross nitrogen turnover in temperate semi-natural grassland soils

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Herb layer changes (1954-2000) related to the conversion of coppice-with-standards forest and soil acidification

Herbaceous plant community structure of ancient and recent forests in two contrasting forest types

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Hidden in the host – Unexpected vegetative hibernation of the holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. and its implications for population persistence

scientific article published in 2009

High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

High-resolution continuous soil classification using morphological soil profile descriptions

scholarly article

Hints for alternative stable states from long-term vegetation dynamics in an unmanaged heathland

article

How are biodiversity and dispersal of species affected by the management of roadsides? A systematic map

How are biodiversity and dispersal of species affected by the management of roadsides? A systematic map protocol

How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies?

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

How does neighbourhood tree species composition affect growth characteristics of oak saplings?

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How does roadside vegetation management affect the diversity of vascular plants and invertebrates? A systematic review

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How does roadside vegetation management affect the diversity of vascular plants and invertebrates? A systematic review protocol

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How tree species identity and diversity affect light transmittance to the understory in mature temperate forests

scientific article published on 11 November 2017

Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

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Identity rather than richness drives local neighbourhood species composition effects on oak sapling growth in a young forest

article

Impact of an invasive alien plant on litter decomposition along a latitudinal gradient

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Impact of avian frugivores on dispersal and recruitment of the invasive Prunus serotina in an agricultural landscape

Impact of hemiparasitic Rhinanthus angustifolius and R. minor on nitrogen availability in grasslands

Importance of forest fragments as pollinator habitat varies with season and guild

scientific article published in 2018

Importance of overstorey attributes for understorey litter production and nutrient cycling in European forests

scientific article published on 12 July 2020

Indirect effects of land-use legacies determine tree colonization patterns in abandoned heathland

Individualistic responses of forest herb traits to environmental change

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Influence of canopy budget model approaches on atmospheric deposition estimates to forests

article

Intensive management fails to promote recruitment in the last large population of Juniperus communis (L.) in Flanders (Belgium)

article

Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of post-agricultural forests

scientific article published in 2010

Ixodes ricinus nymphs prefer blood with Borrelia infection and low corticosteroid concentration

scientific article published on 3 October 2024

Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

scientific article

Knowledge gaps about mixed forests: What do European forest managers want to know and what answers can science provide?

scientific article published in 2018

Landscape factors and regional differences in recovery rates of herb layer richness in Flanders (Belgium)

article

Land‐use legacies predispose the response of trees to drought in restored forests

scientific article published on 18 November 2021

Large herbivores as mobile links between isolated nature reserves through adhesive seed dispersal

article by Martine Couvreur et al published November 2004 in Applied Vegetation Science

Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

article

Latitudinal variation of life-history traits of an exotic and a native impatiens species in Europe

scientific article published in 2017

Leaf isotopes reveal tree diversity effects on the functional responses to the pan‐European 2018 summer drought

scientific article published on 27 June 2024

Leaf trait variation in grassland plant species in response to soil phosphorus

scientific article published in March 2024

Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity

article

Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity

Lianas rapidly colonize early stages of tropical forests, presumably through leaf trait diversification

scientific article published in November 2022

Life-history traits are correlated with geographical distribution patterns of western European forest herb species

article

Light accelerates plant responses to warming

scientific article published on 17 August 2015

Light and warming drive forest understorey community development in different environments

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Limited by the host: Host age hampers establishment of holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum

scientific article published in 2009

Limited effects of population age on the genetic structure of spatially isolated forest herb populations in temperate Europe

scientific article published in 2024

Linking macrodetritivore distribution to desiccation resistance in small forest fragments embedded in agricultural landscapes in Europe

scientific article published in 2018

Litter quality, land-use history, and nitrogen deposition effects on topsoil conditions across European temperate deciduous forests

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Local and regional factors affecting the distribution of the endangered holoparasite Cuscuta epithymum in heathlands

Local habitat and landscape affect Ixodes ricinus tick abundances in forests on poor, sandy soils

article

Local neighbourhood effects on sapling growth in a young experimental forest

scientific article published in 2017

Long-term dynamics in a planted conifer forest with spontaneous ingrowth of broad-leaved trees

article

Long-term dynamics of the hemiparasiteRhinanthus angustifoliusand its relationship with vegetation structure

Long-term scenarios of the invasive black cherry in pine-oak forest: Impact of regeneration success

scientific article published in 2011

Long-term seed bank dynamics in a temperate forest under conversion from coppice-with-standards to high forest management

article

Low probability of a dilution effect for Lyme borreliosis in Belgian forests

article

Low recruitment across life stages partly accounts for the slow colonization of forest herbs

scientific article published in 2009

METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS IN CHANGING LANDSCAPES: A NEW SPATIALLY REALISTIC MODEL FOR FOREST PLANTS

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Management driven changes (1967–2005) in soil acidity and the understorey plant community following conversion of a coppice-with-standards forest

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Maternal temperature during seed maturation affects seed germination and timing of bud set in seedlings of European black poplar

scientific article published in 2018

Melting pot of tick-borne zoonoses: the European hedgehog contributes to the maintenance of various tick-borne diseases in natural cycles urban and suburban areas

scientific article published on 07 March 2017

Meta-analysis of standing crop reduction byRhinanthus spp. and its effect on vegetation structure

article

Metal and nutrient dynamics in decomposing tree litter on a metal contaminated site

scientific article published on 14 March 2014

Metapopulation viability of an endangered holoparasitic plant in a dynamic landscape

article

Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

scientific article

Microclimatic edge-to-interior gradients of European deciduous forests

scientific article

Mitigating the impact of microbial pressure on great (Parus major) and blue (Cyanistes caeruleus) tit hatching success through maternal immune investment

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Mixing effects on litter decomposition rates in a young tree diversity experiment

scientific article published in 2016

Mixing of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) enhances structural heterogeneity, and the effect increases with water availability

article by Hans Pretzsch et al published August 2016 in Forest Ecology and Management

Mixing of tree species is especially beneficial for biodiversity in fragmented landscapes, without compromising forest functioning

scientific article published on 03 September 2021

Modelling understorey dynamics in temperate forests under global change-Challenges and perspectives

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Monitoring the Impact of Hedgerows and Grass Strips on the Performance of Multiple Ecosystem Service Indicators

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Multilayered modeling of particulate matter removal by a growing forest over time, from plant surface deposition to washoff via rainfall

scientific article published on 25 August 2014

Multiscale drivers of carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in small European woodlands

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations

scientific article published on 10 June 2024

NITROGEN FLUXES IN THROUGHFALL AND LITTERFALL IN TWO NOTHOFAGUS FORESTS IN SOUTHERN CHILE

scientific article published in 2005

Nitrogen saturation and net ecosystem production

scientific article published in February 2008

No genetic erosion after five generations for Impatiens glandulifera populations across the invaded range in Europe ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

Nutrient input from hemiparasitic litter favors plant species with a fast-growth strategy

article

Observer and relocation errors matter in resurveys of historical vegetation plots

On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

article by Bente J. Graae et al published 24 October 2011 in Oikos

Overstorey composition shapes across‐trophic level community relationships in deciduous forest regardless of fragmentation context

scientific article

P-removal for restoration of Nardus grasslands on former agricultural land: cutting traditions

scientific article published in 2017

Participation changed my mindset. Transformative learning about agrobiodiversity in citizen science projects

scientific article published on 5 September 2023

Patterns of phenotypic trait variation in two temperate forest herbs along a broad climatic gradient

scientific article published in 2015

Permeability of ancient forest edges for weedy plant species invasion

article

Persistent changes in forest vegetation and seed bank 1,600 years after human occupation

scientific article (publication date: 21 May 2008)

Persistent land-use legacies increase small-scale diversity and strengthen vegetation–soil relationships on an unmanaged heathland

scientific article published in 2018

Phosphorus mining efficiency declines with decreasing soil P concentration and varies across crop species

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Phytoextraction of metals from soils: how far from practice?

scientific article published on 2 July 2007

Plant and soil microbe responses to light, warming and nitrogen addition in a temperate forest

article

Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe

scientific article published in 2020

Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Plant movements and climate warming: intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils

scientific article

Plant species identity and soil characteristics determine rhizosphere soil bacteria community composition in European temperate forests

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Plant species loss in an urban area (Turnhout, Belgium) from 1880 to 1999 and its environmental determinants

article

Plant-soil feedbacks of forest understorey plants transplanted in nonlocal soils along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Plasticity in response to phosphorus and light availability in four forest herbs

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Pollination deficits and their relation with insect pollinator visitation are cultivar-dependent in an entomophilous crop

scientific article published in August 2024

Population structure and adult plant performance of forest herbs in three contrasting habitats

article

Possible effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on the range of forest plant species

article

Potential of Short Rotation Coppice plantations to reinforce functional biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Productivity, stand dynamics and the selection effect in a mixed willow clone short rotation coppice plantation

article

Promoting biodiversity values of small forest patches in agricultural landscapes: Ecological drivers and social demand

scientific article

Prunus serotina unleashed: invader dominance after 70 years of forest development

article

Quantifying establishment limitations during the ecological restoration of species-rich Nardus grassland

scientific article

Quantifying the environmental impact of an integrated human/industrial-natural system using life cycle assessment; a case study on a forest and wood processing chain

scientific article

RHINANTHUS: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN REDUCING BIOMASS OF ROAD VERGES? AN EXPERIMENT ALONG TWO MOTORWAYS

scientific article

Rapid thermophilization of understorey plant communities in a 9 year‐long temperate forest experiment

scientific article published on 23 March 2021

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Recruitment and growth of herb-layer species with different colonizing capacities in ancient and recent forests

article

Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Response of forest plant species to land-use change: a life-history trait-based approach

article

Response to Comment on "Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming"

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Response to Comment on "Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming"

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Responses of competitive understorey species to spatial environmental gradients inaccurately explain temporal changes

article

Restoring tropical forest composition is more difficult, but recovering tree-cover is faster, when neighbouring forests are young

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Role of mustelids in the life-cycle of ixodid ticks and transmission cycles of four tick-borne pathogens

article

Salamander loss alters litter decomposition dynamics

scientific article

Seasonal drivers of understorey temperature buffering in temperate deciduous forests across Europe

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Seed banking in ancient forest species: why total sampled area really matters

article

Seed banks of temperate deciduous forests during secondary succession

Sensitivity to habitat fragmentation across European landscapes in three temperate forest herbs

scientific article

Shrub clearing adversely affects the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Skin mucosome activity as an indicator of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans susceptibility in salamanders

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Small forest patches as pollinator habitat: oases in an agricultural desert?

scientific article published in 2019

Small scale environmental variation modulates plant defence syndromes of understorey plants in deciduous forests of Europe

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Small-scale seed-bank patterns in a forest soil

Soil Legacies of Tree Species Composition in Mature Forest Affect Tree Seedlings’ Performance

scientific article published on 5 August 2024

Soil legacies of tree species richness in a young plantation do not modulate tree seedling response to watering regime

scientific article published on 2 December 2023

Soil physical characteristics predict sapling performance in recent afforestation projects in Flanders (northern Belgium) subjected to drought

scientific article published in November 2024

Soil properties and neighbouring forest cover affect above-ground biomass and functional composition during tropical forest restoration

article

Spatial variability and temporal stability of throughfall deposition under beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in relationship to canopy structure

scientific article

Spatio-temporal colonization patterns of forest plant species in a mixed deciduous forest

article

Species distribution models and a 60‐year‐old transplant experiment reveal inhibited forest plant range shifts under climate change

scientific article published in 2022

Stronger diversity effects with increased environmental stress: A study of multitrophic interactions between oak, powdery mildew and ladybirds

scientific article

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTEFACTS OF ANCIENT LAND USE ON PLANT COMMUNITIES IN MEERDAAL FOREST, BELGIUM

scientific article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of understorey plants respond differently to environmental conditions in European forest edges

scientific article published on 17 April 2021

Temporal changes in forest plant communities at different site types

article

Temporal variation and high-resolution spatial heterogeneity in soil CO2 efflux in a short-rotation tree plantation

scientific article published on June 2007

The analysis of spatio-temporal forest changes (1775–2000) in Flanders (northern Belgium) indicates habitat-specific levels of fragmentation and area loss

article

The combined effects of climate and canopy cover changes on understorey plants of the Hyrcanian forest biodiversity hotspot in northern Iran

scientific article published on 22 October 2021

The contribution of patch-scale conditions is greater than that of macroclimate in explaining local plant diversity in fragmented forests across Europe

article

The effect of air pollution and other environmental stressors on leaf fluctuating asymmetry and specific leaf area of Salix alba L

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

The effect of forest structural complexity on tick-borne pathogens in questing ticks and small mammals

scientific article published in June 2024

The effect of forest type on throughfall deposition and seepage flux: a review

scientific article published on 13 July 2007

The effects of hemiparasitic plant removal on community structure and seedling establishment in semi-natural grasslands

article

The effects of local neighbourhood diversity on pest and disease damage of trees in a young experimental forest

scientific article published in 2014

The effects of sampling method and vegetation type on the estimated abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in forests

scientific article

The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

The legacy of mixed planting and precipitation reduction treatments on soil microbial activity, biomass and community composition in a young tree plantation

article

The phosphorus legacy of former agricultural land use can affect the production of germinable seeds in forest herbs

article

The potential of biomonitoring of air quality using leaf characteristics of white willow (Salix alba L.)

The relative importance of dispersal limitation of vascular plants in secondary forest succession in Muizen Forest, Belgium

article

The response of forest plant regeneration to temperature variation along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

The response of the foliar antioxidant system and stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) of white willow to low-level air pollution ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2013

The seedling bank stabilizes the erratic early regeneration stages of the invasive Prunus serotina

article published in 2009

The use of open-top chambers in forests for evaluating warming effects on herbaceous understorey plants

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The use of photos to investigate ecological change

scientific article published on 19 March 2022

Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees

scientific article

Throughfall deposition and canopy exchange processes along a vertical gradient within the canopy of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst).

scientific article published on 9 February 2012

Transgenerational effects in asexually reproduced offspring of Populus

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities

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Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments

scientific article published on 21 February 2022

Tree diversity mitigates defoliation after a drought-induced tipping point

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought

scientific article published on 8 April 2024

Tree neighbourhood-scale variation in topsoil chemistry depends on species identity effects related to litter quality

scientific article published in 2022

Tree species effect on the redistribution of soil metals

scientific article

Tree species mixing can amplify microclimate offsets in young forest plantations

scientific article published in 2022

Tree species traits cause divergence in soil acidification during four decades of postagricultural forest development

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Trends in atmospheric nitrogen and sulphur deposition in northern Belgium

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Two decades of increasing functional and phylogenetic richness in a mountaintop flora in central Norway

scientific article published in July 2024

Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition

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Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: A meta‐analysis

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Understorey vegetation shifts following the conversion of temperate deciduous forest to spruce plantation

scientific article published in 2013

Unexpected understorey community development after 30 years in ancient and post-agricultural forests

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Unpunctual in diversity: The effect of stand species richness on spring phenology of deciduous tree stands varies among species and years

scientific article published on 27 March 2024

Use and abuse of trace metal concentrations in plant tissue for biomonitoring and phytoextraction

scientific article published in November 2005

Using archived television video footage to quantify phenology responses to climate change

article

Weather stations lack forest data

scientific article

Where does the community start, and where does it end? Including the seed bank to reassess forest herb layer responses to the environment

article

Win some, lose some: Mesocosm communities maintain community productivity despite lower phosphorus availability because of increased species diversity

scientific article published in 2021

Year-to-year variation in the density of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of the rodent-associated human pathogens Borrelia afzelii and B. miyamotoi in different forest types.

scientific article published on 26 August 2017

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