Assessing the Effects of Land-use Change on Plant Traits, Communities and Ecosystem Functioning in Grasslands: A Standardized Methodology and Lessons from an Application to 11 European Sites

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Authors

Éric Garnier · Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

Sandra Lavorel

Pauline Ansquer

Helena Castro · University of Coimbra

Pablo Cruz

Jiří Doležal · University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Ove Eriksson

Claire Fortunel · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Helena Freitas

Abstract

This work shows the applicability of a set of protocols that can be widely applied to assess the impacts of global change drivers on species, communities and ecosystems.

Topics & Keywords

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Land Use and Ecosystem Services

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Botany

Volume 99, Issue 5, pp. 967-985

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl215

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