List of works - Rasmus Ejrnæs

A systematic survey of regional multi-taxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

A systematic survey of regional multitaxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage

Algorithm for post-clustering curation of DNA amplicon data yields reliable biodiversity estimates.

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Anbefalinger vedrørende omstilling og forvaltning af skov til biodiversitetsformål ⬇️

Are ungulates in forests concerns or key species for conservation and biodiversity? Reply to Boulanger et al. (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13899).

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Biogeographic patterns of base-rich fen vegetation across Europe

scholarly article by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro et al published 15 October 2013 in Applied Vegetation Science

Body condition, diet and ecosystem function of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a fenced nature reserve

Classification of dry grassland vegetation in Denmark

scholarly article by Hans Henrik Bruun & Rasmus Ejrnæs published August 2000 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Climate and socio‐economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world

scientific article

Community assembly in experimental grasslands: suitable environment or timely arrival?

scientific article published in May 2006

Contrasting impacts of urban and farmland cover on flying insect biomass

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Cost-effective assessment of conservation status of fens

Danmarks truede arter. Den danske Rødliste

Dark diversity reveals importance of biotic resources and competition for plant diversity across habitats

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Detecting flying insects using car nets and DNA metabarcoding

scientific article published on 31 March 2021

Development and implementation of a high nature value (HNV) farming indicator for Denmark

article

Dieback of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) – Sheer misery or an opportunity for biodiversity? – Reply to Pautasso

Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

article

Disturbance drives phylogenetic community structure in coastal dune vegetation

scholarly article by Ane Kirstine Brunbjerg et al published 30 May 2012 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Disturbance in dry coastal dunes in Denmark promotes diversity of plants and arthropods

article

Economic assessment of rewilding versus agri-environmental nature management

scientific article published on 15 November 2020

Ecospace: A unified framework for understanding variation in terrestrial biodiversity

scientific article published in 2017

Effects of ecological continuity on species richness and composition in forests and woodlands: A review

article

European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

article

Experimental evidence for disturbance as key to the conservation of dune grassland

article

Exploring a natural baseline for large herbivore biomass

Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration

scientific article published in 2021

Fences can support restoration in human-dominated ecosystems when rewilding with large predators

scientific article published in 2018

Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes

scientific article published on 28 April 2022

Forests: See the trees and the wood.

scientific article

Grazing by semi‐feral cattle and horses supports plant species richness and uniqueness in grasslands

scientific article published on 23 February 2023

Has the frequency of invasive higher plants stabilized? Results from a long‐term monitoring program of Danish habitats

article

High herbivore density associated with vegetation diversity in interglacial ecosystems

scientific article (publication date: 18 March 2014)

High nutrient loads hinder successful restoration of natural habitats in freshwater wetlands

scientific article published on 13 October 2022

How citizen science boosted primary knowledge on fungal biodiversity in Denmark

scientific article published in 2019

Intra-specific spatial aggregation in acidic grasslands: effects of acidification and nitrogen deposition on spatial patterns of plant communities

article

LIDAR explains diversity of plants, fungi, lichens and bryophytes across multiple habitats and large geographic extent

article

Lidar-derived variables as a proxy for fungal species richness and composition in temperate Northern Europe

article

Light detection and ranging explains diversity of plants, fungi, lichens, and bryophytes across multiple habitats and large geographic extent

article

Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

scientific article

Mammal predator and prey species richness are strongly linked at macroscales

scientific article

Man against machine: Do fungal fruitbodies and eDNA give similar biodiversity assessments across broad environmental gradients?

Metabarcoding of soil environmental DNA replicates plant community variation but not specificity

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

N- and P-addition inhibits growth of rich fen bryophytes

article

Nibble, cut, stomp and burn: Biodiversity effects of disturbances in fen grassland

scientific article published in 2022

Ontogenetic niche shifts in threeVacciniumspecies on a sub-alpine mountain side

scientific article published in 2010

Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: Linking soil to ecological habitats by metabarcoding and supervised classification

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: soil DNA predicts habitat and environmental properties

Predictive modelling of protected habitats in riparian areas from catchment characteristics

scientific article

Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

scientific article

Quantification of the intra-plot correlation in plant abundance data: A possible test of the neutral theory

article

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Red-listed species and forest continuity – A multi-taxon approach to conservation in temperate forests

scientific article published in 2016

Relationships between macro-fungal dark diversity and habitat parameters using LiDAR

scientific article

Reply to Rubenstein and Rubenstein: Time to move on from ideological debates on rewilding

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

scientific article

Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions

scientific article published in 2022

Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology

scientific article published on 5 February 2025

Spatial application of Random Forest models for fine-scale coastal vegetation classification using object based analysis of aerial orthophoto and DEM data

Species sorting dominates plant metacommunity structure in coastal dunes

article

State-Space Modeling Indicates Rapid Invasion of an Alien Shrub in Coastal Dunes

article by Christian Damgaard et al published May 2011 in Journal of Coastal Research

Stay or go – how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

article

Strong microsite control of seedling recruitment in tundra

scientific article

The biodiversity effect of reduced tillage on soil microbiota

scientific article

The collapse of marsh fritillary ( Euphydryas aurinia ) populations associated with declining host plant abundance

article

The effect of nitrogen deposition on the species richness of acid grasslands in Denmark: a comparison with a study performed on a European scale

scientific article

The impact of temperature regimes on development, dormancy breaking and germination of dwarf shrub seeds from arctic, alpine and boreal sites

article

Topographically controlled soil moisture drives plant diversity patterns within grasslands

article

Trait correlation network analysis identifies biomass allocation traits and stem specific length as hub traits in herbaceous perennial plants

article

Trophic Rewilding Advancement in Anthropogenically Impacted Landscapes (TRAAIL): A framework to link conventional conservation management and rewilding

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Uniquity: A general metric for biotic uniqueness of sites

Vascular plant species richness and bioindication predict multi‐taxon species richness

article

Vascular plants are strong predictors of multi-taxon species richness

article

Vegetation dynamics following three decades of trophic rewilding in the mesic grasslands of Oostvaardersplassen

scientific article published in 2024

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

scientific article

sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

article

List of works by Rasmus Ejrnæs

A systematic survey of regional multi-taxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage

A systematic survey of regional multitaxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage

Algorithm for post-clustering curation of DNA amplicon data yields reliable biodiversity estimates.

Anbefalinger vedrørende omstilling og forvaltning af skov til biodiversitetsformål ⬇️

Are ungulates in forests concerns or key species for conservation and biodiversity? Reply to Boulanger et al. (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13899).

Biogeographic patterns of base-rich fen vegetation across Europe

Body condition, diet and ecosystem function of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a fenced nature reserve

Classification of dry grassland vegetation in Denmark

Climate and socio‐economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world

Community assembly in experimental grasslands: suitable environment or timely arrival?

Contrasting impacts of urban and farmland cover on flying insect biomass

Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?

Cost-effective assessment of conservation status of fens

Danmarks truede arter. Den danske Rødliste

Dark diversity reveals importance of biotic resources and competition for plant diversity across habitats

Detecting flying insects using car nets and DNA metabarcoding

Development and implementation of a high nature value (HNV) farming indicator for Denmark

Dieback of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) – Sheer misery or an opportunity for biodiversity? – Reply to Pautasso

Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

Disturbance drives phylogenetic community structure in coastal dune vegetation

Disturbance in dry coastal dunes in Denmark promotes diversity of plants and arthropods

Economic assessment of rewilding versus agri-environmental nature management

Ecospace: A unified framework for understanding variation in terrestrial biodiversity

Effects of ecological continuity on species richness and composition in forests and woodlands: A review

European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

Experimental evidence for disturbance as key to the conservation of dune grassland

Exploring a natural baseline for large herbivore biomass

Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration

Fences can support restoration in human-dominated ecosystems when rewilding with large predators

Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes

Forests: See the trees and the wood.

Grazing by semi‐feral cattle and horses supports plant species richness and uniqueness in grasslands

Has the frequency of invasive higher plants stabilized? Results from a long‐term monitoring program of Danish habitats

High herbivore density associated with vegetation diversity in interglacial ecosystems

High nutrient loads hinder successful restoration of natural habitats in freshwater wetlands

How citizen science boosted primary knowledge on fungal biodiversity in Denmark

Intra-specific spatial aggregation in acidic grasslands: effects of acidification and nitrogen deposition on spatial patterns of plant communities

LIDAR explains diversity of plants, fungi, lichens and bryophytes across multiple habitats and large geographic extent

Lidar-derived variables as a proxy for fungal species richness and composition in temperate Northern Europe

Light detection and ranging explains diversity of plants, fungi, lichens, and bryophytes across multiple habitats and large geographic extent

Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

Mammal predator and prey species richness are strongly linked at macroscales

Man against machine: Do fungal fruitbodies and eDNA give similar biodiversity assessments across broad environmental gradients?

Metabarcoding of soil environmental DNA replicates plant community variation but not specificity

N- and P-addition inhibits growth of rich fen bryophytes

Nibble, cut, stomp and burn: Biodiversity effects of disturbances in fen grassland

Ontogenetic niche shifts in threeVacciniumspecies on a sub-alpine mountain side

Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: Linking soil to ecological habitats by metabarcoding and supervised classification

Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: soil DNA predicts habitat and environmental properties

Predictive modelling of protected habitats in riparian areas from catchment characteristics

Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

Quantification of the intra-plot correlation in plant abundance data: A possible test of the neutral theory

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Red-listed species and forest continuity – A multi-taxon approach to conservation in temperate forests

Relationships between macro-fungal dark diversity and habitat parameters using LiDAR

Reply to Rubenstein and Rubenstein: Time to move on from ideological debates on rewilding

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions

Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology

Spatial application of Random Forest models for fine-scale coastal vegetation classification using object based analysis of aerial orthophoto and DEM data

Species sorting dominates plant metacommunity structure in coastal dunes

State-Space Modeling Indicates Rapid Invasion of an Alien Shrub in Coastal Dunes

Stay or go – how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

Strong microsite control of seedling recruitment in tundra

The biodiversity effect of reduced tillage on soil microbiota

The collapse of marsh fritillary ( Euphydryas aurinia ) populations associated with declining host plant abundance

The effect of nitrogen deposition on the species richness of acid grasslands in Denmark: a comparison with a study performed on a European scale

The impact of temperature regimes on development, dormancy breaking and germination of dwarf shrub seeds from arctic, alpine and boreal sites

Topographically controlled soil moisture drives plant diversity patterns within grasslands

Trait correlation network analysis identifies biomass allocation traits and stem specific length as hub traits in herbaceous perennial plants

Trophic Rewilding Advancement in Anthropogenically Impacted Landscapes (TRAAIL): A framework to link conventional conservation management and rewilding

Uniquity: A general metric for biotic uniqueness of sites

Vascular plant species richness and bioindication predict multi‐taxon species richness

Vascular plants are strong predictors of multi-taxon species richness

Vegetation dynamics following three decades of trophic rewilding in the mesic grasslands of Oostvaardersplassen

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

sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses