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Adriaens D, Honnay O, Butaye J. & Hermy M. 2006No evidence of a plant extinction debt in highly fragmented calcareous grasslands in Belgium. Biological Conservation.(acc. with minor revision)
Ahlers, D.; Finke, J.; Stadler, M.; Sonnenschein, M. (2005). A web-based reviewing process guidance system for a ecological database of plant traits. In: Hrebicek, J., Racek, J. (Eds.): Informatics for Environmental Protection - Enviroinfo Brno 2005, pp. 80-84.
Bakker, J.P. (2004). Vegetation conservation, management and restoration. Chapter 12, In: Vegetation Ecology. Van der Maarel, E. (ed.).
Bekker, R.M., Bakker J.P., Ozinga, W.A. and Thompson, K. (2003). Seed traits: essential for understanding seed longevity. Aspects of Applied Biology, 69, 1-9.
Bekker, R.M., Forcella, F., Grundy, A.C., Jones, N.E., Marshall, E.J.P. and Murdoch, A.J. (eds) (2003). Seed banks: Determination, dynamics and management.,Aspects of Applied Biology, 69.
Boedeltje, G., Bakker, J.P. & Ter Heerdt, G.N.J. (2003). Potential role of seed banks in the development of aquatic vegetation in backwaters along navigation canals. Aquatic Botany, 77, 53-69.
Boedeltje, G., W.A. Ozinga & A. Prinzing (2008). The trade-off between vegetative and generative reproduction across Angiosperms influences regional hydrochorous propagule pressure. Global Ecology and Biogegraphy 17: 50-58.
Bossuyt, B. & Hermy, M. (2004). Seed bank assembly follows vegetation succession in dune slacks., Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, 449-456.
Bossuyt, B., Honnay, O. & Hermy, M. (2004). Scale dependent frequency distribution patterns of plant species in dune slacks: dispersal and niche limitation. Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, 321-328.
Couvreur M, Christiaen B, Verheyen K & Hermy M 2004. Large herbivores as mobile links within and between isolated nature reserves through adhesive seed dispersal. Applied Vegetation Science 7: 229-236.
Couvreur M., Vandenberghe B., Verheyen K. & Hermy M 2004. An experimental assessment of seed adhesivity on animal furs. Seed science research 14: 147-159.
Couvreur M., Verheyen K. & Hermy M. 2005. Experimental assessment of plant seed retention times in fur of cattle and horse. Flora 200: 136-147.
Endels, P., Adriaens, P., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C, Decocq, G. & Hermy,M. (2007) Groupings of life-history traits are associated with distribution of forest plant species in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 18, 499-508.
Endels, P., Dries, A. and Hermy, M. (200X), Do life-history traits of forest plant species explain presence-absence patterns in forest fragments of different age in Northern Belgium? Submitted.
Götzenberger, L., Durka, W., Kühn, I., Klotz, S. (2006). The relationship of pollen-ovule ratio and seed size - a comparative test of a sex allocation hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 1001-1116.
Götzenberger, L., Durka, W., Kühn, I. & Klotz, S. (2007). The relationship of pollen-ovule ratio and seed size - another comparative test of a sex allocation hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 1145-1161.
Honnay O., Jacquemyn H., Bossuyt B. & Hermy M. 2005. Forest fragmentation effects on patch occupancy and population viability of herbaceous plant species . New Phytologist 166: 723-736.
Hunt, R., Hodgson, J.G., Thompson, K., Bungener, P., Dunnett, N.P., & Askew A.P. (2004). A tool for deriving a functional signature for herbaceous vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science, 7, 163-170.
Jacquemyn H., Brys R., Hermy M & Willems J.H. 2005. Does nectar reward affect rarity and extinction probabilities of orchid species? An assessment using historical records from Belgium and the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 121: 257-263.
Kleyer, M., Biedermann, R., Henle, K., Poethke, H.-J., Poschlod, P., Schröder, B., Settele, J. & Vetterlein, D. (200X): Mosaic cycles in agricultural landscapes of Central Europe. Submitted.
KLEYER, M., BEKKER, R.M., KNEVEL, I.C., BAKKER, J.P, THOMPSON, K., SONNENSCHEIN, M., POSCHLOD, P., VAN GROENENDAEL, J.M., KLIMES, L., KLIMESOVÁ, J., KLOTZ, S., RUSCH, G.M., HERMY, M., ADRIAENS, D., BOEDELTJE, G., BOSSUYT, B., DANNEMANN, A., ENDELS, P., GÖTZENBERGER, L., HODGSON, J.G., JACKEL, A-K., KÜHN, I., KUNZMANN, D., OZINGA, W.A., RÖMERMANN, C., STADLER, M., SCHLEGELMILCH, J., STEENDAM, H.J., TACKENBERG, O., WILMANN, B., CORNELISSEN, J.H.C., ERIKSSON, O., GARNIER, E., PECO, B. (2008) The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of Northwest European flora. Journal of Ecology 96: 1266-1274. [pdf]
Klimesová J. & Martínková J. (200X). Intermediate growth forms as a model for study of plant clonality functioning: an example with root sprouters. Evolutionary Ecology, In press.-
Klimesová J., Klimes L. (200X). A new concept of the bud bank. In preparation.
Knevel, I.C., Bekker, R.M., Bakker, J.P. and Kleyer, M. (2003). Life-history traits of the Northwest European flora: A data-base (LEDA). Journal of Vegetation Science, 14(4): 611-614. 62KB
Kühn, I., Biermann, S., Durka, W. & Klotz, S. (2006). Relating geographical variation in pollination types to environmental and spatial factors using novel statistical methods. New Phytologist: 172: 127-139.
Kühner, A. & Kleyer, M. (200X): A parsimonious combination of functional traits explaining response of plant groups on gradients of disturbance and soil resources. Submitted.
Lososová, Z., Chytrý, M. & Kühn, I. (2008). Plant attributes determining regional commonness and rarity of weeds on Central European arable land. Journal of Biogeography 35: 177-187.
Lososová, Z., Chytrý, M., Kühn, I., Hájek, O., Horáková, V., Py?ek, P., Tichý, L., (2008). Plant trait patterns in annual vegetation of Central European human-made habitats., Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 8: 69-81.
Maskell, L. C., Firbank, L. G., Thompson, K., Bullock, J. M. and Smart, S. M. (200X). Interactions between non-native plant species and the floristic composition of common habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science, accepted.
Moog, D., Kahmen, S. and Poschlod, P. (2005), Application of the CSR- and LHS-strategies for the distinction of differently managed grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology, 6, 133-143.-
Neilson, R. P., G. Midgley, L. F. Pitelka, A. Solomon, J. Fragoso, H. Lischke, R. Nathan & K. Thompson (2005). Incorporating migration in regional to global forecasts of ecosystem responses to climate change: challenges and ideas. Bioscience, 55, 749-759,
Ozinga, W.A. Hennekens, S.M., Schaminée, J.H.J., Bekker, R.M., Prinzing, A., Bonn, S., Tackenberg, O., Poschlod, P., Thompson, K., Bakker, J.P. & van Groenendael, J.M. (2005). Assessing the relative importance of dispersal in plant communities using an ecoinformatics approach. Folia Geobotanica, 40, 53-68.
Ozinga, W.A., R.M. Bekker, J.H. J. Schaminée & J.M. Van Groenendael (2004). Dispersal potential in plant communities depends on environmental conditions. Journal of Ecology, 92, 767-777.
Ozinga, W.A., S.M. Hennekens, J.H.J. Schaminée, N.A.C. Smits, R.M. Bekker, C. Römermann, L. Klimes, J.P. Bakker & J.M. Van Groenendael (2007). Local aboveground persistence of vascular plants: Life-history trade-offs and environmental constraints. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 489-497.
Ozinga, W.A., Schaminée, J.H.J., Bekker, R.M., Bonn, S., Poschlod, P., Tackenberg, O., Bakker, J.P. & van Groenendael, J.M. (2005). Predictability of plant species composition from environmental conditions is constrained by dispersal limitation. Oikos, 108, 555-561.
Piessens K. & Hermy M. 2006. Does the heathland flora of north-western Belgium show an extinction debt. Biological Conservation (fully accepted)
Poschlod, P., Bakker, J. P. & Kahmen, S. (2005). Changing land use and its impact on biodiversity. Basic and Applied Ecology, 6, 93-98.-
Poschlod, P., Tackenberg, O. & Bonn, S. (2004). Plant dispersal potential and its relation to species frequency and coexistence. Chapter 6, 147-171, In: Vegetation Ecology. Van der Maarel, E. (ed.).
Römermann, C. (2006). Patterns and processes of plant species frequency and life-history traits. Dissertationes Botanicae, 402.
Römermann, C., O. Tackenberg, A.-K. Jackel, and P. Poschlod. 2008. Eutrophication and fragmentation are related to species' rate of decline but not to species rarity! Results from a functional approach. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 591-604.
Römermann, C., Tackenberg, O., & Poschlod, P. (2005). How to predict attachment potential of seeds to sheep and cattle coat from simple morphological seed traits. Oikos, 110, 219-230.
Rusch, G. M., C. Skarpe, and D. Halley. accepted. Plant traits link hypothesis about resource-use and response to herbivory. Basic and Applied Ecology.
Schaminée, J.H.J., S.M. Hennekens & W.A. Ozinga (2007). Use of the ecological information system SynBioSys for the analysis of large datasets. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 463-470.
Smart, S. M., Bunce, R. G. H., Marrs, R., LeDuc, M., Firbank, L. G., Maskell, L. C., Scott, W. A., Thompson, K. & Walker, K. (2005). Large-scale changes in the abundance of common higher plant species across Britain between 1978, 1990 and 1998 as a consequence of human activity: tests of hypothesised changes in trait representation. Biological Conservation, 124, 355-371.
Smart, S. M., Marrs, R., LeDuc, M., Thompson, K., Bunce, R. G. H., Firbank, L. G., Rossall, M. (2006). Spatial relationships between intensive land cover and residual plant species diversity in temperate, farmed landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, accepted.
Smart, S. M., Thompson, K., Marrs, R., LeDuc, M., Maskell, L. C. and Firbank, L. G. (200X). Biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization across human-modified ecosystems., Proceedings of the Royal Society, Submitted.
Soons, M.B. & Ozinga, W.A. (2005). How important is long-distance seed dispersal for the regional survival of plant species? Diversity and Distributions, 11, 165-172.
Stadler, M., Ahlers, D., Bekker, R.M., Finke, J., Kunzmann, D., Sonnenschein, M. (2006). Web-basaed tools for data analysis and quality assurance on a life-histroy trait database of plants of Northwest Europe, Environmental Modelling & Software 21, pp. 1536-1543.
Stadler, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Kunzmann, D. and Schlegelmilch, J. (2003) A common data standard for life-history traits of the Northwest European flora. Proceedings of the 8th international conference on environmental science and technologies, pp. 822-829. 85KB
Stadler, M., Kunzmann, D., Schlegelmilch, J., Sonnenschein, M. (2004). Data Quality, Abstraction and Aggregation in the Leda Traitbase. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection. Part 1, CERN, Geneve, Switzerland, éditions du Tricorne, pp. 515-525. 60KB
Stadler, M.; Bekker, R. M.; Finke, J.; Kunzmann, D.; Sonnenschein, M. (2005). Using data mining techniques for exploring the key features of plant dynamics upon a newly built plant trait database. In: Hrebicek, J., Racek, J. (Eds.): Informatics for Environmental Protection - Enviroinfo Brno 2005, pp. 90-94.
Tackenberg, O. (2003). Modelling long-distance dispersal of plant diaspores by wind. Ecological Monographs, 73, 173-189.
Tackenberg, O., Poschlod, P. & Bonn, S. (2003). Assessment of wind dispersal potential in plant species. Ecological Monographs, 73, 191-205.
Tackenberg, O., Römermann, C., Poschlod, P., & Thompson, K. (200X). What does diaspore morphology tell us about external animal dispersal? Evidence from standardized experiments measuring seed retention on animal coats., Basic and Applied Ecology. In press.
Tautenhahn, S., Heilmeier, H., Götzenberger, L., Klotz, S., Wirth, C. & Kühn, I.: On the biogeography of seed mass in Germany - distribution patterns and environmental correlates. Ecography, in press (DOI: 10.1111/j.2008.0906-7590.05439.x).
Thompson, K., Askew, A. P., Grime, J. P., Dunnett, N. P. & Willis, A J. (2005). Biodiversity, ecosystem function and plant traits in mature and immature plant communities. Functional Ecology , 19, 355-358.-
Thompson, K., Ceriani, R.M., Bakker, J.P. & Bekker, R.M. (2003). Are seed dormancy and persistence in soil related? Seed Science Research, 13, 97-100.
Thompson, K. & McCarthy, M. A. (2008) Traits of British alien and native urban plants. Journal of Ecology (in press).
Van Bodegom, P.M., Grootjans, A.P., Sorrell, B.K., Bekker, R.M., Bakker, C. & Ozinga, W.A. (2006). Plant traits in response to raising groundwater levels in wetland restoration: evidence from three case studies. Applied Vegetation Science 9: 251-260.
Verheyen K., Honnay O., Motzkin G., Hermy M. & Foster D. 2003. Response of forest plant species to land-use change: a life-history trait-based approach. Journal of Ecology 91 : 563-577.


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