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Koenraad Van Meerbeek

0000-0002-9260-3815

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Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

2021

© 2021 The Authors.

Vascular plantSURROGATE333.7: Landflächen NaturerholungsgebieteBiomeLichenopen habitatPlant ScienceDATABASESBenchmarkGrasslandScale dependencebenchmarkRICHNESS HOTSPOTSVegetation typeTaxonomic rankSCALEMacroecologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS2. Zero hungerbryophyteGLOBAL PATTERNSgeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcologyEcologyOpen habitatvascular plantForestryichenVegetationGrasslandVegetation plotPalaearctic580: Pflanzen (Botanik)GeographyHabitatscale dependencebenchmark; bryophyte; fine-grain biodiversity; grassland; GrassPlot Diversity Explorer; lichen; open habitat; Palaearctic; scale dependence; species–area relationship; vascular plant; vegetation plotLife Sciences & Biomedicinevegetation plotGrassPlot Diversity ExplorerCONSERVATIONEnvironmental Sciences & EcologylichenFine-grain biodiversitybenchmarkbenchmark bryophyte fine-grain biodiversity grassland GrassPlot Diversity Explorer lichen open habitat Palaearctic scale dependence species–area relationship vascular plant vegetation plotspecies-area relationship580benchmark bryophyte fine-grain biodiversity grassland GrassPlot Diversity Explorer lichen open habitat Palaearctic scale dependence species-area relationship vascular plant vegetation plotSpecies–area relationshipScience & Technologyfine-grain biodiversityPlant SciencesBiology and Life Sciences15. Life on landplant diversity13. Climate actionBryophyteSPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIPSVASCULAR PLANTSBIODIVERSITYSpecies richness[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologygrasslandBRYOPHYTES
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Scale dependence of species–area relationships is widespread but generally weak in Palaearctic grasslands

2021

Questions: Species–area relationships (SARs) are fundamental for understanding biodiversity patterns and are generally well described by a power law with a constant exponent z. However, z-values sometimes vary across spatial scales. We asked whether there is a general scale dependence of z-values at fine spatial grains and which potential drivers influence it. Location: Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods: We used 6,696 nested-plot series of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens from the GrassPlot database with two or more grain sizes, ranging from 0.0001 m² to 1,024 m² and covering diverse open habitats. The plots were recorded with two widespread sampling approaches (rooted presenc…

0106 biological sciencesBeta diversityGLM generalized linear model grasslands SAR species area relationship333.7: Landflächen NaturerholungsgebieteGrassPlotBeta diversityPlant Science010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesSpecies-area curveGrasslandPower lawScale dependencevegetationComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSspecies–area relationshipRooted presenceSpecies–area relationshipgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryVegetationpower lawEcologyEcologyShoot presenceVegetation15. Life on landZ-valueGrasslandrooted presencePalaearctic580: Pflanzen (Botanik)scale dependencez-valueSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicatabeta diversity[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologygrasslandHeterogeneityScale (map)shoot presence010606 plant biology & botany
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GrassPlot v. 2.00 : first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

2019

Abstract: GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). Following a previous Long Database Report (Dengler et al. 2018, Phyto- coenologia 48, 331–347), we provide here the first update on content and functionality of GrassPlot. The current version (GrassPlot v. 2.00) contains a total of 190,673 plots of different grain sizes across 28,171 independent plots, with 4,654 nested-plot series including at least four grain sizes. The database has improved its content as well as its functionality, including addition and harmonization of header data (land use,…

GrassPlotBiodiversitycomputer.software_genreGrasslandVegetation-plot database577: ÖkologieMacroecologybiodiversityvegetation- plot databasegeography.geographical_feature_categoryCommunityDatabaseLand usegrassland vegetationPalaearctic grasslandspecies-area relationship (SAR)nested plotPalaearcticGeographyscale dependenceSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicatamacroecologyNestednessGlobal Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD)Alpha diversityScale (map)computercommunity ecologyEurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)
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Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

2023

Aims: To develop a consistent ecological indicator value system for Europe for five of the main plant niche dimensions: soil moisture (M), soil nitrogen (N), soil reaction (R), light (L) and temperature (T). Study area: Europe (and closely adjacent regions). Methods: We identified 31 indicator value systems for vascular plants in Europe that contained assessments on at least one of the five aforementioned niche dimensions. We rescaled the indicator values of each dimension to a continuous scale, in which 0 represents the minimum and 10 the maximum value present in Europe. Taxon names were harmonised to the Euro+Med Plantbase. For each of the five dimensions, we calculated European values fo…

Vascular plantNiche widthLightNitrogenPlant SciencenitrogenmoistureNiche position577: ÖkologieEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsMoistureEllenberg indicator valueEcological indicator valuepHvascular plantTemperaturetemperaturebioindication ; ecological indicator value ; Ellenberg indicator value ; Europe ; light ; moisture ; niche position ; niche width ; nitrogen ; pH ; temperature ; vascular plantAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)bioindicationecological indicator valueBioindicationEurope580: Pflanzen (Botanik)niche widthlightniche position
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