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| LEDA Flyer |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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