Authors
Lander Baeten, Kris Verheyen, Christian Wirth, Helge Bruelheide, Filippo Bussotti, Leena Finér, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Federico Selvi, Fernando Valladares, Eric Allan, Evy Ampoorter, Harald Auge, Daniel Avăcăriei, Luc Barbaro, Ionu Bărnoaiea, Cristina C Bastias, Jürgen Bauhus, Carsten Beinhoff, Raquel Benavides, Adam Benneter, Sigrid Berger, Felix Berthold, Johanna Boberg, Damien Bonal, Wolfgang Brüggemann, Monique Carnol, Bastien Castagneyrol, Yohan Charbonnier, Ewa Chećko, David Coomes, Andrea Coppi, Eleftheria Dalmaris, Gabriel Dănilă, Seid M Dawud, Wim De Vries, Hans De Wandeler, Marc Deconchat, Timo Domisch, Gabriel Duduman, Markus Fischer, Mariangela Fotelli, Arthur Gessler, Teresa E Gimeno, André Granier, Charlotte Grossiord, Virginie Guyot, Lydia Hantsch, Stephan Haettenschwiler, Andy Hector, Martin Hermy, Vera Holland, Hervé Jactel, François-Xavier Joly, Tommaso Jucker, Simon Kolb, Julia Koricheva, Manfred J Lexer, Mario Liebergesell, Harriet Milligan, Sandra Mueller, Bart Muys, Diem Nguyen, Liviu Nichiforel, Martina Pollastrini, Raphael Proulx, Sonia Rabasa, Kalliopi Radoglou, Sophia Ratcliffe, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen, Ian Seiferling, Jan Stenlid, Lars Vesterdal, Klaus Von Wilpert, Miguel A Zavala, Dawid Zielinski, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Publication date
2013/10/20
Journal
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
281-291
Publisher
Urban & Fischer
Description
One of the current advances in functional biodiversity research is the move away from short-lived test systems towards the exploration of diversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in structurally more complex ecosystems. In forests, assumptions about the functional significance of tree species diversity have only recently produced a new generation of research on ecosystem processes and services. Novel experimental designs have now replaced traditional forestry trials, but these comparatively young experimental plots suffer from specific difficulties that are mainly related to the tree size and longevity. Tree species diversity experiments therefore need to be complemented with comparative observational studies in existing forests. Here we present the design and implementation of a new network of forest plots along tree species diversity gradients in six major European forest types: the FunDivEUROPE …
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