List of works - Jaan Liira

A Scale-Independent Approach to the Richness vs Biomass Relationship in Ground-Layer Plant Communities

article

A latitudinal gradient in seed nutrients of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa

scientific article

Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe

scientific article published in February 2024

Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds

scientific article

Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Agrotolerant and high nature-value species—Plant biodiversity indicator groups in agroecosystems

article

Anthropogenic effects on vegetation structure of the boreal forest in Estonia

scholarly article by Kaupo Kohv & Jaan Liira published October 2005 in Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Are bees attracted by flower richness? Implications for ecosystem service-based policy

scientific article published in 2023

Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture at the landscape scale

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

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Beyond a minimum substrate supply: Sustaining saproxylic beetles in semi-natural forest management

scientific article published in 2016

Biodiversity composition reflects the history of ancient semi-natural woodland and forest habitats—Compilation of an indicator complex for restoration practice

article

Biological flora of Central Europe: Impatiens glandulifera Royle

scientific article published in 2021

Bog Recovery in Northeastern Estonia after the Reduction of Atmospheric Pollutant Input

scholarly article by Jaanus Paal et al published 25 November 2009 in Restoration Ecology

Both spatiotemporal connectivity and habitat quality limit the immigration of forest plants into wooded corridors

article

Can long-distance dispersal shape the local and regional species pool?

article

Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published in 2013

Community response to alkaline pollution as an adjusting re-assembly between alternative stable states

article by Ave Suija & Jaan Liira published 21 January 2017 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Composition of root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe

article

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

scientific article published in 2021

Dispersal ecology of the endangered woodland lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in managed hemiboreal forest landscape

Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils

article by Maarja Öpik et al published 17 November 2003 in New Phytologist

Diversity and distribution pattern of bryophytes and vascular plants in a boreal spruce forest

article

Do forest plants conform to the theory of island biogeography: the case study of bog islands

article

Do forest-dwelling plant species disperse along landscape corridors?

article

Drastic Turnover of Bryophyte Vegetation on Bog Microforms Initiated by Air Pollution in Northeastern Estonia and Bordering Russia

scholarly article by Kai Vellak et al published 14 August 2014 in Wetlands

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

article

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

scholarly article published 29 January 2016

Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities

article

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

scientific article published in 2009

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

scientific article

Epiphytic lichens onJuniperus communis- an unexplored component of biodiversity in threatened alvar grassland

scientific article published in 2014

Erratum to “Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland” [Basic Appl. Ecol. 11 (2010) 97–105]

scholarly article published in Basic and Applied Ecology

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

scientific article published in July 2019

Forest land-use history affects the species composition and soil properties of old-aged hillock forests in Estonia

article

Functional ecology of rare and common epigeic lichens in alvar grasslands

scientific article published in 2015

Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe

article

Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly

scientific article

Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe

article

Global macroecology of nitrogen‐fixing plants

scientific article published on 18 December 2020

Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article

Grassland diversity related to the Late Iron Age human population density

article published in 2007

Grassland diversity under changing productivity and the underlying mechanisms - results of a 10-yr experiment

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

High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

High shoot plasticity favours plant coexistence in herbaceous vegetation

scientific article published on 29 September 2005

How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes

article by FREDERIK HENDRICKX et al published 24 January 2007 in Journal of Applied Ecology

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

scientific article published in 2007

Indicators of Structural and Habitat Natural Quality in Boreo-Nemoral Forests along the Management Gradient

scientific article published on August 2009

Influence of tree stand age and management on the species diversity in Estonian eutrophic alvar and boreo-nemoral Pinus sylvestris forests

Is Small-Scale Species Richness Limited by Seed Availability or Microsite Availability?

article

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

Local soil characteristics determine the microbial communities under forest understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Long-term colonization ecology of forest-dwelling species in a fragmented rural landscape - dispersal versus establishment.

scientific article

Microtopography and the Properties of Residual Peat Are Convenient Indicators for Restoration Planning of Abandoned Extracted Peatlands

scientific article published in 2013

Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

article

Morphological variation in eight taxa of Anthyllis vulneraria s. lato (Fabaceae)

scientific article published on 2005

Multi-scale ecology of insectivorous bats in agricultural landscapes

Multi-scale ecology of woodland bat the role of species pool, landscape complexity and stand structure

Multi-user quality of floral services along a gradient of margin habitats between semi-natural grasslands and forests

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

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Old manor parks as potential habitats for forest flora in agricultural landscapes of Estonia

scholarly article by Jaan Liira et al published February 2012 in Biological Conservation

Old rural parks support higher biodiversity than forest remnants

scientific article published in 2013

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

scientific article published in 2015

Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

scientific article published in 2010

Pervasive effects of dispersal limitation on within- and among-community species richness in agricultural landscapes

article

Phylogenetic structure of local communities predicts the size of the regional species pool

article

Plant diversity in a calcareous wooded meadow - The significance of management continuity

article

Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe

scientific article published in 2020

Plant functional group composition and large-scale species richness in European agricultural landscapes

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

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Population-level performance of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh in dense monocultures

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Prediction uncertainty of environmental change effects on temperate European biodiversity.

scientific article

Quantifying the effect of organic farming, field boundary type and landscape structure on the vegetation of field boundaries

Relationships between species richness patterns in deciduous forests at the north Estonian limestone escarpment

article

Response of bryophytes to afforestation, increase of air humidity, and enrichment of soil diaspore bank

scientific article published in 2019

Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: Landscape and field level management factors

article

Restoration Management of a Floodplain Meadow and Its Cost-Effectiveness — the Results of a 6-Year Experiment

scientific article published on October 2009

Selection of source material for introduction of the locally rare and threatened fern speciesAsplenium septentrionale

scientific article published in 2016

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

scientific article

Small-scale dynamics of plant communities in an experimentally polluted and fungicide-treated subarctic birch-pine forest

article

Spatial pattern and species richness of boreonemoral forest understorey and its determinants—A comparison of differently managed forests

article

Species richness limitations in productive and oligotrophic plant communities

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Species richness, alien species and plant traits in Central Argentine mountain grasslands

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Species’ traits influence ground beetle responses to farm and landscape level agricultural intensification in Europe

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Standardized response signatures of functional traits pinpoint limiting ecological filters during the migration of forest plant species into wooded corridors

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands

scientific article published in 2022

Taxonomic and functional diversity of farmland bird communities across Europe: effects of biogeography and agricultural intensification

scholarly article by Irene Guerrero et al published 20 September 2011 in Biodiversity and Conservation

The conservation of ground layer lichen communities in alvar grasslands and the relevance of substitution habitats

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

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The ecology of tree regeneration in mature and old forests: combined knowledge for sustainable forest management

The effects of successional age and forest site type on radiance of forest clear-cut communities

The forest structure and ecosystem quality in conditions of anthropogenic disturbance along productivity gradient

scientific article published in 2007

The radiance contrast of forest‐to‐clearcut edges on a medium resolution Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite winter image

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The relationship between agricultural intensification and biological control: experimental tests across Europe

scientific article

The resilience of the forest field layer to anthropogenic disturbances depends on site productivity

The space-use strategy of plants with different growth forms, in a field experiment with manipulated nutrients and light

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The species richness-biomass relationship in herbaceous plant communities: what difference does the incorporation of root biomass data make?

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Tree and stand level variables influencing diversity of lichens on temperate broad-leaved trees in boreo-nemoral floodplain forests

Two decades of macrophyte expansion on the shores of a large shallow northern temperate lake—A retrospective series of satellite images

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Vascular Plants Facilitated Bryophytes in a Grassland Experiment

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Vegetation responses to long-term alkaline cement dust pollution inPinus sylvestris-dominated boreal forests - niche breadth along the soil pH gradient

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What is the role of local landscape structure in the vegetation composition of field boundaries?

article

When has an abandoned field become a semi-natural grassland or heathland?

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

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List of works by Jaan Liira

A Scale-Independent Approach to the Richness vs Biomass Relationship in Ground-Layer Plant Communities

A latitudinal gradient in seed nutrients of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa

Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe

Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds

Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems

Agrotolerant and high nature-value species—Plant biodiversity indicator groups in agroecosystems

Anthropogenic effects on vegetation structure of the boreal forest in Estonia

Are bees attracted by flower richness? Implications for ecosystem service-based policy

Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture at the landscape scale

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

Beyond a minimum substrate supply: Sustaining saproxylic beetles in semi-natural forest management

Biodiversity composition reflects the history of ancient semi-natural woodland and forest habitats—Compilation of an indicator complex for restoration practice

Biological flora of Central Europe: Impatiens glandulifera Royle

Bog Recovery in Northeastern Estonia after the Reduction of Atmospheric Pollutant Input

Both spatiotemporal connectivity and habitat quality limit the immigration of forest plants into wooded corridors

Can long-distance dispersal shape the local and regional species pool?

Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient

Community response to alkaline pollution as an adjusting re-assembly between alternative stable states

Composition of root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe

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

Dispersal ecology of the endangered woodland lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in managed hemiboreal forest landscape

Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils

Diversity and distribution pattern of bryophytes and vascular plants in a boreal spruce forest

Do forest plants conform to the theory of island biogeography: the case study of bog islands

Do forest-dwelling plant species disperse along landscape corridors?

Drastic Turnover of Bryophyte Vegetation on Bog Microforms Initiated by Air Pollution in Northeastern Estonia and Bordering Russia

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

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities

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

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

Epiphytic lichens onJuniperus communis- an unexplored component of biodiversity in threatened alvar grassland

Erratum to “Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland” [Basic Appl. Ecol. 11 (2010) 97–105]

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

Forest land-use history affects the species composition and soil properties of old-aged hillock forests in Estonia

Functional ecology of rare and common epigeic lichens in alvar grasslands

Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe

Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly

Functional trait variation of forest understorey plant communities across Europe

Global macroecology of nitrogen‐fixing plants

Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Grassland diversity related to the Late Iron Age human population density

Grassland diversity under changing productivity and the underlying mechanisms - results of a 10-yr experiment

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

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

High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes

High shoot plasticity favours plant coexistence in herbaceous vegetation

How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes

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

Indicators of Structural and Habitat Natural Quality in Boreo-Nemoral Forests along the Management Gradient

Influence of tree stand age and management on the species diversity in Estonian eutrophic alvar and boreo-nemoral Pinus sylvestris forests

Is Small-Scale Species Richness Limited by Seed Availability or Microsite Availability?

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

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

Local soil characteristics determine the microbial communities under forest understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient

Long-term colonization ecology of forest-dwelling species in a fragmented rural landscape - dispersal versus establishment.

Microtopography and the Properties of Residual Peat Are Convenient Indicators for Restoration Planning of Abandoned Extracted Peatlands

Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

Morphological variation in eight taxa of Anthyllis vulneraria s. lato (Fabaceae)

Multi-scale ecology of insectivorous bats in agricultural landscapes

Multi-scale ecology of woodland bat the role of species pool, landscape complexity and stand structure

Multi-user quality of floral services along a gradient of margin habitats between semi-natural grasslands and forests

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

Old manor parks as potential habitats for forest flora in agricultural landscapes of Estonia

Old rural parks support higher biodiversity than forest remnants

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

Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

Pervasive effects of dispersal limitation on within- and among-community species richness in agricultural landscapes

Phylogenetic structure of local communities predicts the size of the regional species pool

Plant diversity in a calcareous wooded meadow - The significance of management continuity

Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe

Plant functional group composition and large-scale species richness in European agricultural landscapes

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

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

Population-level performance of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh in dense monocultures

Prediction uncertainty of environmental change effects on temperate European biodiversity.

Quantifying the effect of organic farming, field boundary type and landscape structure on the vegetation of field boundaries

Relationships between species richness patterns in deciduous forests at the north Estonian limestone escarpment

Response of bryophytes to afforestation, increase of air humidity, and enrichment of soil diaspore bank