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Macroecology in Space and Time

10th Annual Meeting of the

Specialist Group on Macroecology

of the Ecological Society of

Germany Austria and Switzerland

Posterpresentations

19th – 21st April 2017, University of

Vienna, Austria

Local organizing committee

Stefan Dullinger

Franz Essl

Karl Hülber

Bernd Lenzner

Department of Botany and Biodiversity

Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology

University of Vienna

Rennweg 14

1030 Vienna, Austria

Scientific committee

Karlheinz Erb, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt

Konrad Fiedler, Division Tropical Ecology and Animal Biodiversity, University of Vienna

Mathias Harzhauser, Geological-Paleontological Department, Museum of Natural History, Vienna

Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt

Robert Junker, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Salzburg

Fridolin Krausmann, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt

Christian Lexer, Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna

Dietmar Moser, Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of

Vienna

Harald Pauli, Gloria-Coordination, Austrian Academy of Sciences & University of Applied Life

Sciences, Vienna

Ovidiu Paun, Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna

Wolfgang Rabitsch, Department of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, Environment Agency

Austria

Gerald Schneeweiss Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna

Peter Schönswetter, Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck

Christian Schulze, Division Tropical Ecology and Animal Biodiversity, University of Vienna

Rupert Seidl, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

Karin Tremetsberger, Department of Botany, University of Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

Manuela Winkler, Gloria-Coordination, Austrian Academy of Sciences & University of Applied Life

Sciences, Vienna

Harald Zechmeister, Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology,

University of Vienna

3 10th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the GfÖ

Vienna, Austria 19.-21.04.2017

Programme

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Lokatis et al. The island rule as a hierarchy of hypothesis

14:45 15:00

Fritz et al.Mammalian diversity over twenty million year: dynamics of

different trophic levels and the effects of primary productivity

15:00 15:15Heidrich et al.

The dark side of Lepidoptera: A continental gradient in the

colour lightness of assemblages of geometrid moths

15:15 15:30 König et al. Dissecting global turnover in vascular plants

15:30 15:45Fandos et al.

There is the migratory connectivity in small migratory birds

driven by geography or environmental factors?

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16:15 16:30Dale et al. The role of biomes in the diversification of Australian Acacia

16:30 16:45Koubínová et al.

A RADseq approach to the Maculinea alcon paradox: extreme

ecological adaptation without genetic differentiation

16:45 17:00Sefc et al. Shifting barriers and phenotypic diversification by hybridization

17:00 17:15Ringelberg et al.

Testing global-scale succulent biome phylogenetic

conservatism in legumes

17:15 17:30Weigelt et al.

A global inventory of floras and traits for macroecology and

biogeography

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Harmáčková et al.

Phylogenetic and functional diversity of Australian birds is

shaped by geographic and climatic history, not environmental

diversity

17:45 18:00 Kuppler et al. Macroecological patterns of intraspecific variation

18:00 18:15Reitalu et al.

Novel insights into post-glacial vegetation change: functional

and phylogenetic diversity in pollen records

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10:30 10:45 Datta et al. Global climate niche dynamics of Ageratina adenophera

10:45 11:00Irl et al.

Hierarchical climate filtering: towards a mechanistic concept

of plant invasion on islands

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Klonner et al.

How do climate warming and cultivation intensity interact

regarding the spread of potential future plant invaders in

Europe?

11:15 11:30 Seebens et al. The temporal development of global spread of alien species

11:30 11:45Seidl et al.

The potential impact of invasive pests on carbon storage in

Europe's forests

11:45 12:00Wagner et al.

Regional and local environmental drivers of alien plant

invasions in European woodlands

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Carroll et al.

Hierarchical regression modelling as an important framework

to infer abiotic change from plant community composition

using Ellenberg indicator values

14:45 15:00Junker

The potential of n-dimensional hypervolumes in (macro-)

ecology

15:00 15:15Karger et al.

New high resolution climate data to track recent climate

change in global ecosystems

15:15 15:30Carl et al.

Computing spatially corrected accuracy measures in species

distribution modelling

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16:00 16:15 Lorel et al. Birds communities structure through available energy

16:15 16:30da Fonte et al.

Diversity patterns of amphibians in the Amazonian floating

meadows

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Radinger et al.

The future distribution and diversity of river fish: the complex

interplay of climate and land use changes and species

dispersal

16:45 17:00Senf et al.

Similarities and differences in forest disturbance dynamics

across the European temperate forest biome

17:00 17:15Rumpf et al.

Alpine plants at the edge - dynamics of elevational range limit

shifts and their implications

17:15 17:30Noroozi et al.

Areas of endemism in the Iranian plateau identified based on

the hyperdiverse plant family Asteraceae

17:30 17:45Szenteczki et al.

Microbial communities in Maucalinea alcon catterpillars

change following trophic shift

17:45 18:00Brändle et al.

Species richness and species composition of mycorrhiza and

wood-inhabiting fungi on trees and shrubs in Germany

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Time - Start Time - End09:00 09:15 Pinkert et al. Understanding the drivers of cross-taxon diversity

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Boulangeat et al.

The relative role of vegetation-herbivores interactions, land-use, fire

and climate in explaining vegetation dynamics across Europe through

the Holocene

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Alagador & Cerdeira

The plan, the budget, the climate, the people – an evaluation of

limiting effects of species persistence in the near future within

conservation areas

09:45 10:00Larcombe et al. Is species diversity density-dependent, density-independent, or both?

10:00 10:15Zurell et al.

Do joint species distribution models reliably detect interspecific

interaction mechanisms at different scales?

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10:45 11:00Steinbauer et al.

Long-term changes in species richness on mountain summits across

Europe

11:00 11:15Huang et al.

The relationship between extinction and climate change in space and

time

11:15 11:30 Kienle et al. Topographic-driven isolation - a global driver of endemism?

11:30 11:45Lamprecht et al.

Do alpine plant communities respond differently to climate change

impacts? The Alps versus Mediterranean mountains

11:45 12:00Schweiger et al. Environmental predictability - A neglected dimension of climate change

12:00 12:15 Higgins et al. End of the line for paleo-relicts?

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Contents Local organizing committee ....................................................................................................... 2

Scientific committee ................................................................................................................... 2

Programme ................................................................................................................................. 3

Plant diversity, endemism and plant functional types along altitudinal gradient in Damirli

Mountains in north-west Iran .................................................................................................... 8

Climatic niche characteristics of the butterflies in Europe (CLIMBER) – a new database for

measuring the response of butterflies to climatic changes ....................................................... 9

Environmental drivers of voltinism and body size in insect assemblages across Europe ....... 10

Large-scale patterns of pollination-related plant traits in Europe .......................................... 11

Environmental heterogeneity on oceanic islands and its effect on biodiversity ..................... 12

Scale-dependent patterns of plant diversity and species-area relationships in Palaearctic

grasslands: first results based on GrassPlot ............................................................................. 13

The new database of multi-scale plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands (GrassPlot):

invitation to contribute and opportunities for analyses .......................................................... 14

How nature affects human well-being on the macro-scale? ................................................... 15

Determinants of plant richness patterns in Asian interior drylands differed across species

with life forms and range sizes ................................................................................................. 16

Tropical niche conservatism and glacial-interglacial climate change shaped woody plant

diversity in eastern Asia ........................................................................................................... 17

Spatial Structure and Diversity Patterns in Forest-Steppe Landscapes of Continental Asia ... 18

Patterns in leaf morphological traits of Chinese woody plants and the application for

paleoclimate reconstruction .................................................................................................... 19

Climate change and body size shift in Mediterranean bivalve assemblages: unexpected role

of biological invasions .............................................................................................................. 20

Spatially explicit forecasting tool for flood meadow restoration ............................................ 21

Road-kill Data Collection using Citizen Science in Austria – First Results ................................ 22

Traits of native and alien plant species in different habitats of the Czech Republic ............... 23

Vascular plant species-richness patterns in European vegetation .......................................... 24

Trends of breeding birds in Bulgaria: No correlation to migration strategy............................ 25

Macroelement Changes in Castanea Sativa Miller .................................................................. 26

The Foliar N and P Resorption in Carpinus betulus L. .............................................................. 27



Decomposing range-size gradients at species and genus level: implications for clade range

expansion ................................................................................................................................. 28

List of Participants .................................................................................................................... 29



Plant diversity, endemism and plant functional types along altitudinal

gradient in Damirli Mountains in north-west Iran

Mohammad Mahmoodi1,*, Farrokh Ghahremaninejad 2 & Ali Asghar Maassoumi1

(1) Botany Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural

Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P. O. BOX 13185–116, Tehran,

Iran, (2) Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, P.

O. BOX 15719-14911Tehran, Iran

* [email protected]

In this study the variation in species richness, Chorotypes, endemism and plant functional

types (PFTs) along the altitudinal gradient was investigated for modeling the response of

vegetation to environmental gradient. The study was conducted in Damirli Mountains, in the

north-west Iran. We established 64 plots each with an area of 25 m2. Total vascular plant

richness was negatively related to altitude and it reduced to half along the1600 meters

altitudinal gradient. In lower places, the flora of the area is influenced by Mediterranean,

eastern and central Irano-Turanian and even Saharo-Sindian regions. As the altitude rises,

west-Irano-Turanian elements increase as well as cosmopolitan and pluriregional species.

The study revealed the meaningful positive relationship between altitude and the

endemism. With 100 meters increase in altitude, 3.8 % increase in the amount of endemism

was observed. The analysis of PFTs showed that the herbaceous, Nitrogen-fixing and annual

plants were abundant in lower altitude and perennials as well as the plants with woody

caudex were abundant in the higher altitude in which the environmental fluctuation is

intensified. Thorny plants reach to their ecological optimum in middle altitude (2100

meters). By analyzing the vegetation seven main units were recognized that meaningfully

belonging to different altitude.



Climatic niche characteristics of the butterflies in Europe (CLIMBER) – a new

database for measuring the response of butterflies to climatic changes

Martin Wiemers1*, Oliver Schweiger1, Alexander Harpke1, Josef Settele1,2

(1) UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle,

Germany (2) German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig,

Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

*[email protected]

CLIMBER is a database providing information on the position and breadth of major climatic

niche characteristics for almost all European butterfly species (Schweiger et al. 2014). It

includes the mean annual temperature which forms (as ‘species temperature index’ = STI)

the basis to calculate the ‘community temperature index’ (CTI). This index already proved to

be a powerful indicator in the context of climate warming. In addition to temperature based

climatic indices, the database also includes several indices for water availability. Here, we

present further applications of this dataset, which help to assess how butterfly communities

react to climatic change. A phylogenetic analysis of the CLIMBER dataset using an ML

phylogenetic tree revealed that adaptations to cold thermal limits are phylogenetically

conserved while adaptations to the warm limits are not. We assume that the phylogenetic

signal for cold-adaptation is a legacy of the ice ages. The lack of evidence for phylogenetic

conservatism of warm adaptations may indicate different evolutionary or ecological

processes at cold and warm range margins probably caused by increased importance of

biotic interactions under warmer conditions. A potential quicker adaptation to warmer

conditions or a lack of range-filling at the warm ends due to biotic interactions together with

anthropogenic landscape barriers to dispersal might lead to the observed climatic debts of

butterflies.



Environmental drivers of voltinism and body size in insect assemblages across

Europe

Dirk Zeuss1,*, Stefan Brunzel2, Roland Brandl1

(1) Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology – Animal Ecology, Philipps-Universität

Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany

(2) Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Forestry, Department of Biodiversity

and Species Conservation, University of Applied Science Erfurt, Erfurt 99085, Germany

*[email protected]

General geographical patterns of insect body size are still a matter of considerable debate,

mainly because the annual number of generations (voltinism) and its relationship with body

size have largely been ignored. We present the first analyses of voltinism and body size of

insect assemblages at a continental scale using lepidopteran and odonate species. We

compiled the distribution, voltinism and body size of 943 species, thereby presenting a novel

method for estimating the body volume from digital images. We distinguished the effects of

temperature, productivity and season length on mean voltinism and body size within grid

cells and modelled the potential effect of intraspecific variability on our results. Voltinism

consistently decreased with latitude for both lepidopterans (r2 = 0.76) and odonates (r2 =

0.86), with species having on average fewer generations per year in northern Europe and

more generations per year in southern Europe. The effects of temperature, productivity and

season length on body size contrasted in sign between lepidopterans and odonates, leading

to opposing geographical patterns across Europe. We conclude that voltinism in insect

assemblages is strongly driven by environmental temperature, and trade-offs between

voltinism and body size influence the occurrence of species at macroecological scales



Large-scale patterns of pollination-related plant traits in Europe

Aveliina Helm et al.

Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005, Tartu, Estonia

Pollination is a fundamental service tightly related to sustainability of human societies,

economy and nature conservation. Knowledge of the distribution and drivers of pollination-

related plant traits is critical for understanding the functioning and ecology of pollination.

We used the most comprehensive large-scale distribution data of vascular plant species to

assess the role of climatic, land-use and biodiversity factors on the distribution of insect-

pollinated and pollinator-independent plant species in Europe. Additionally, we tested

whether there are any differences in distribution patterns for insect-pollinated species with

strict dependence on pollinators, versus more flexible insect-pollination strategy.

Distribution of pollination types (insect-pollinated vs. pollinator-independent species) and

insect pollination flexibility (strict vs. flexible strategy) showed very varying patterns across

Europe. Insect-pollinated species were relatively more abundant in the South compared to

the North and the distribution of pollination types had very strong variation along latitudinal,

but not along elevational gradient. Share of all insect-pollinated species made up in average

77% out of all species in lowest latitudes, but only ca 55% in average in higher latitudes.

Share of strictly insect-pollinated species increased slowly with latitude, making up ca 61% in

average in lowest latitudes and 68% in average in highest latitudes.

In spatially informed models, larger proportion of pollinator-independent species was linked

to lower human population density, higher precipitation seasonality and (more weakly) with

the larger share of open habitats in the landscape. Proportion of insect-pollinated plant

species out of all species was also positively related to plant and pollinator richness. Flexible

insect pollination strategy dominated over strict dependence on insect pollinators in regions

with higher mean annual temperatures, higher wind speed (e.g. coastal regions) and larger

share of open habitats in the landscape.

We provided the first evidence of drivers behind the distribution of pollination types in

continental scales. The striking geographic variability in relative distribution of pollination

types indicate considerable differences in the pollination strategies displayed in the different

regions of Europe. This variability is likely a consequence of adaptations to the abiotic

conditions in the different regions in Europe, but also, an expression of co-evolution of the

animal-pollinated plants and their pollinators.



Environmental heterogeneity on oceanic islands and its effect on biodiversity

Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa1*, Patrick Weigelt1 and Holger Kreft1

Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen,

Germany

*[email protected], [email protected]

Understanding the causes of the uneven distribution of biodiversity across the Earth is a core

objective in ecology and biogeography. This global variation in species richness is largely

driven by environmental variables and environmental heterogeneity (EH). In this study, we

focus on EH, defined as the heterogeneity of abiotic conditions (i.e. climate, topography,

land cover and soil), and biotic conditions (i.e. vegetation structure and species interactions).

Several continent-based studies have delivered strong quantitative support for a positive

relationship between EH and species richness. These positive EH-richness relationships are

expected, since more heterogeneous areas provide more habitats, and therefore more

species. In this study, we are interested in determining how EH and area affect biodiversity

patters on oceanic islands worldwide. Our first aim is to assess the degree of EH on a large

number of islands using novel metrics. Our second aim is to quantify how EH and area

change along the ontogeny of oceanic islands. Finally, we relate EH and area to patterns of

species richness and endemism.



Scale-dependent patterns of plant diversity and species-area relationships in

Palaearctic grasslands: first results based on GrassPlot

Jürgen Dengler1,2,*, Idoia Biurrun3, Timo Conradi4, Iwona Dembicz5,1, Riccardo Guarino6,

Alireza Naqinezhad7, Viktoria Wagner8 & the GrassPlot Consortium

(1) Plant Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER),

University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany, (2) German Centre for

Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e,04103 Leipzig,

Germany, (3) Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country

UPV/EHU, PO Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain, (4) Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, 8000

Aarhus, Denmark, (5) Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Faculty

of Biology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland, (6) University

of Palermo, via Archirafi, 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy, (7) University of Mazandaran, Pardis,

4741695447 Babolsar, Iran, (8) Department of Zoology and Botany, Masaryk University,

Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic,

*[email protected]

Bringing together fine-grain biodiversity (richness, composition) data consistently over broad

biogeographic gradients is a major prerequisite for enhancing our mechanistic

understanding of drivers of macroecological patterns. Moreover, these patterns and their

drivers are essentially dependent on spatial grain and extent, but the exact relationship to

the scale components is not well understood as suitable datasets for analysing such

dependences are scarce. Also drivers and patterns of biodiversity vary between major taxa,

which has frequently been shown for terrestrial vertebrate classes, but due to a lack of data

only rarely for the taxonomic groups that constitute the terrestrial vegetation, i.e. vascular

plants, bryophytes and lichens. To fill this gap, we compiled GrassPlot, a unique database of

high-quality plot observations at eight grain sizes (0.0001, 0.001 … 1000 m²) together with

extensive environmental data, from any type of grassland and related vegetation types

throughout the Palaearctic biogeographic realm.

We will present some first analyses using the GrassPlot data. For benchmarking the richness

in Palaearctic grasslands we produced mean richness values of grasslands of different

regions and types. It turns out that diversity patterns strongly depend on grain size and

taxonomic group. Analyses of species-area relationships suggest that the power function,

and not the logarithmic function as commonly thought, is overall by far the best model to

describe small-scale species-area relationships in continuous vegetation. The slope z of the

power law typically is around 0.22, but shows a distinct scale-dependence.

We expect GrassPlot to contribute greatly to our understanding of community assembly and

diversity patterns in one of the most extended biomes on Earth, and also to gather the

attention of other researchers in prospect of future collaborations.



The new database of multi-scale plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands

(GrassPlot): invitation to contribute and opportunities for analyses

Jürgen Dengler1,2,*, Idoia Biurrun3, Timo Conradi4, Iwona Dembicz5,1, Riccardo Guarino6,

Alireza Naqinezhad7, Viktoria Wagner8 & the GrassPlot Consortium

(1) Plant Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER),

University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany, (2) German Centre for

Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e,04103 Leipzig,

Germany, (3) Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country

UPV/EHU, PO Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain, (4) Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, 8000

Aarhus, Denmark, (5) Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Faculty

of Biology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland, (6) University

of Palermo, via Archirafi, 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy, (7) University of Mazandaran, Pardis,

4741695447 Babolsar, Iran, (8) Department of Zoology and Botany, Masaryk University,

Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic,

*[email protected]

Understanding patterns and drivers of phytodiversity as well as ecological scaling laws and

assembly rules constitute core interests both of vegetation ecologists and macroecologists.

To enhance our understanding of these issues, we compiled the new “Database of Scale-

Dependent Phytodiversity Patterns in Palaearctic Grasslands” (GrassPlot; GIVD ID EU-00-003)

within the framework of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG). GrassPlot contains high-

quality plot observations (relevés) of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001 … 1000 m²) as

well as nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The scope of GrassPlot are

the grasslands as well as other herb- or cryptogam-dominated terrestrial and semi-terrestrial

vegetation types from the whole Palaearctic biogeographic realm (Europe, North Africa,

West, Central and North Asia). The plot observations in GrassPlot in about 40% of all cases

also contain data on terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants, as well

as extensive environmental data determined in the field.

As of 30 March 2017, GrassPlot contains 25,374 vegetation plots of different sizes and 1,026

nested plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The included data stem from 79

projects and have 106 data owners, who constitute the GrassPlot Consortium. The plots are

located in about 30 different countries and represent a wide range of different vegetation

types. The GrassPlot Consortium is planning a series of papers using the common database

for addressing a wide array of different ecological research with this novel data source of

fine-grain biodiversity data over large spatial extents.

GrassPlot is a collaborative project, and anybody who has suitable data is invited to join the

Consortium under the GrassPlot Bylaws, which regulate data contribution and data use.

More information can be found at: http://www.bayceer.uni-

bayreuth.de/ecoinformatics/en/grassplot/gru/html.php?id_obj=139267.



How nature affects human well-being on the macro-scale?

Joel Methorst, Christian Hof, Katrin Rehdanz and Katrin Böhning-Gaese

A better understanding about the effects of nature on human well-being (HWB) is urgently

needed. Therefore, the objective of this study is to test the influence of nature on HWB by

merging a macro-ecological and an economic approach and by analysing ecological and

socio-economic data on different spatial scales. While most previous studies have used a

very simplistic approach to define, quantify and measure nature, we test a wide variety of

indicators which can be grouped into biodiversity (e.g. species richness, phylogenetic

diversity, megafauna diversity) or landscape and ecosystem attributes (e.g. topography, land

cover, protected areas). HWB will be measured as an individual`s self-reported level of life

satisfaction, which is a commonly used proxy in economic studies. Spatially explicit data on

life-satisfaction as well as socio-economic data are frequently provided on the national as

well as international scale and as cross-sectional or panel information (German Socio-

Economic Panel, European Quality of Life Survey, World Value Survey, etc.). In our analyses

we plan to assess the quantitative relationship as well as direct and indirect effects of nature

on HWB.



Determinants of plant richness patterns in Asian interior drylands differed

across species with life forms and range sizes

Yunpeng Liu1*, Xiangyan Su1, Xiaoting Xu1, Zhiheng Wang1#

(1) Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory

of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

* Presenting author. E-mail: [email protected]

#Author for correspondence. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +86-10-62760881

Aim Most studies on plant richness patterns and their underlying determinants have

focussed on forests, while drylands that covers 30% of world’s land area have been largely

ignored. Here, using plant occurrence data in Asian interior drylands, we evaluated how

climate change and spatial heterogeneity affect species richness across different life forms

and range sizes.

Location The five Central Asian countries, Mongolia & northwest China

Methods Distributions of xylophyte and herbage were collected from floras and specimen

and grouped as rare and common species based on their range sizes. Generalized linear

models were used to compare the effects of different environmental factors on richness

patterns.

Results Herbage richness was dominated by the variation in current climate, precipitation,

heterogeneity and climate change since the mid-Holocene while xylophyte richness was

dominated by heterogeneity and climate change since the LGM. The rare species richness

was dominated by heterogeneity and climate change velocity while the common species

richness was dominated by current climate variation.

Conclusions Herbage responds more quickly to current climate than xylophyte. Rare species

have difficulties shifting their range to track climate change. We should consider life forms

and range sizes when generating conservation strategies in drylands.



Tropical niche conservatism and glacial-interglacial climate change shaped

woody plant diversity in eastern Asia

Xiangyan Su1* , Zhiheng Wang1 ＋, Denis V. Sandanov2

(1) Department of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of

Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871,

China, (2) Institute of General and Experimental Biology of SB RAS

*e-mail address of presenting author: [email protected]*

＋Author for correspondence: Zhiheng Wang; Tel: +86 10 62760881; Email:

[email protected]

The mechanism underlying the large-scale patterns of species diversity remains one of the

most controversial issues in ecology and biogeography. Despite of a large number of

hypotheses, ecologists have failed to reach a consensus, particularly because the

determinants have been found to vary considerably across regions and taxa. Eastern Asia

covers a wide range of latitude and its northern and southern parts were differently affected

by the glaciation. Therefore, this area is a suitable place for testing the relationships

between species diversity and environments. Here, using distribution maps of 11584 woody

plants in eastern Asia, we demonstrated the patterns and determinants of all woody species

and different biogeographic affinities (i.e. tropical versus temperate) in eastern Asia for the

first time. We found that mean temperature of the coldest quarter was the strongest

predictor for diversity pattern of all woody species and it dominated the tropical affinity

woody species diversity pattern in eastern Asia. Additionally, glacial-interglacial climate

change was also an important predictor in shaping species diversity pattern, especially for

temperate affinity woody species. These results indicated that both tropical niche

conservatism and glacial-interglacial climate change shaped the patterns of woody species

diversity in eastern Asia.



Spatial Structure and Diversity Patterns in Forest-Steppe Landscapes of

Continental Asia

Denis V. Sandanov1,*, Andrey Yu. Korolyuk2, Hongyan Liu3, Zhiheng Wang3

(1) Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS, (2) Central Siberian Botanical

Garden SB RAS, (3) Peking University

*[email protected]

Forest-steppe landscapes of continental Asia under global climate change can be one of

sensitive indicators of dynamic processes. The majority of studies focused on the shifting of

forest vegetation, but diversity patterns in the semi-arid regions remains poorly

understood. Our studies revealed phytocoenotic and floristic similarities and differences

between three ecoregions of continental Asia: Selenge-Orkhon forest-steppe, Daurian

forest-steppe, and Mongolian-Manchurian grassland. Forests are represented by

communities predominated with Pinus sylvestris, Larix sibirica, L. gmelinii, Betula platyphylla,

and B. davurica. Between grasslands rich meadow steppes and typical bunchgrass steppes

are prevailed. Spatial structure of vegetation within each ecoregion can be represented by

different heterogeneous, homogenous, and ecologically “contrast” variants. Studies revealed

high diversity of forest-steppe vegetation which is connected with ecotonal character,

contact of different plant communities, and heterogeneity of ecological conditions. Taking

into account increasing aridity in studied region, we could suppose more xerophytic typical

steppe communities enlargement at the expense of relatively mesophytic ones. In areas

where spatial and typological structure is more differentiated, the contrast between forest

and steppe patches will be increasing. Oppositely, the spatial structure of forest-steppe

landscapes, where communities are more similar floristically and ecologically, may become

more homogenous.

Research was carried out under the project granted by the Russian Foundation of Basic

Research (№16-54-53057) and partially by project VI.52.1.7.



Patterns in leaf morphological traits of Chinese woody plants and the

application for paleoclimate reconstruction

Yaoqi Li*, Zhiheng Wang

Department of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of

Education, College of Urban & Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871,

China

* E-mail of presenting author: [email protected]

Leaf morphological traits (LMTs) can directly influence carbon-uptake and water-loss of

plants, and could be used as sensitive indicators of plant interaction with climate. Therefore,

LMTs have been used as indicators for the reconstruction paleoclimate. However, the

uncertainties in its application remain poorly explored.

Using distribution maps and LMTs data (leaf margin states, leaf length, leaf width, and

length-width product/ratio) of 10480 Chinese woody dicots and dated family-level

phylogenies, we demonstrated LMTs variations in geographical patterns, and analyzed their

relationships with climate across different life-forms (evergreen and deciduous; trees, shrubs

and lianas) and species quartiles with different family-ages.

We found that from southern to northern China, leaves typically became shorter and

narrower, while leaf length-width ratio increased and toothed-margin percentage

decreased. Our results revealed great uncertainties in leaf margin-temperature relationships

induced by life-form, precipitation and evolutionary history, and suggested that the widely-

used method, leaf margin analysis for paleotemperature reconstruction, should be applied

cautiously. In contrast, mean leaf size responded tightly to spatial variations in annual

evapotranspiration (AET) and primary productivity, and these relationships remained

constant across different life-forms and evolutionary history. These findings suggest that leaf

size could provide a useful surrogate for the reconstruction of paleo primary productivity.



Climate change and body size shift in Mediterranean bivalve assemblages:

unexpected role of biological invasions

Rafał Nawrot1, Paolo G. Albano1, Devapriya Chattopadhyay2, Martin Zuschin1*

(1) Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria, (2) Department

of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata,

Mohanpur WB-741246, India

*[email protected]

Body size is a synthetic functional trait determining many key ecosystem properties.

Reduction in average body size has been suggested as one of the universal responses to

warming in aquatic ecosystems. Climate change, however, coincides with human-enhanced

dispersal of alien species and can facilitate their establishment. Species introductions can

affect the size structure of recipient communities, potentially counteracting size shifts

expected from climate change. We test this hypothesis using data on Red Sea bivalves

entering the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. Species that crossed the Canal tend

to belong to large-bodied families and are significantly larger than native bivalves. However,

aliens represent a random subset of the Red Sea species with respect to body size,

suggesting that the observed patterns result primarily from the differences in the body-size

distributions of the source and recipient species pools. The ongoing rise of seawater

temperatures facilitates the establishment and spread of alien species in the Mediterranean

Sea. In contrast to the expectations based on the general temperature–size relationships in

marine ectotherms, continued warming will thus indirectly lead to the increase in the

proportion of large-bodied species in the Mediterranean bivalve assemblages.



Spatially explicit forecasting tool for flood meadow restoration

Johannes P. Gattringer1,*, Nadine Maier2, Tobias W. Donath3, Sarah Harvolk-Schöning1,

Philipp Kraft2, Lutz Breuer2, Annette Otte1

(1) Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Research Centre for Biosystems,

Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, (2) Chair of

Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles, Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and

Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, (3) Department of

Landscape Ecology, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Christian-Albrechts-

University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

*[email protected]

In Central Europe, species rich grasslands have decreased in area and habitat quality since

the middle of the 20th century. Especially flood meadows in lowland regions are among the

most threatened plant communities in Central Europe. To restore these habitats and

maintain the diversity of river corridor plants, numerous restoration measures have been

established. Here we aim to provide a spatially explicit forecasting tool to simplify the

decision-making process of conservation and restoration measures for nature conservation

authorities. With a possible prior-estimation of the restoration success, the amount of false

investments in conservation measures could decrease. In an interdisciplinary approach we

modeled the probability of occurrence of several river corridor plant species with a large-

scale, high resolution species distribution modeling (SDM). Beside the typically used

topographical predictors, hydrological predictors were incorporated. With the hydrological

model framework CMF (Catchment Model Framework), including the interaction between

groundwater and surface water, daily groundwater and flooding information with high

spatial and temporal resolution were modeled. Consequently, these data were transformed

to numerous hydrologic SDM predictors (e.g. flooding height and duration). Our approach

combining hydrological and ecological models in one forecasting tool is superior compared

to SDMs with conventional hydrologic parameters in floodplains.



Road-kill Data Collection using Citizen Science in Austria – First Results

Florian Heigl1,*, Wolfgang Steiner2, Carina Stretz1, Kathrin Horvath1, Franz Suppan3, Thomas

Bauer3, Gregor Laaha4 and Johann G. Zaller1

(1) Citizen Science Working Group, Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and

Life Sciences, Vienna, (2) Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of

Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, (3) Institute of Surveying, Remote Sensing and

Land Information, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, (4) Institute of

Applied Statistics and Computing, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

*[email protected]

The most direct impact of roads on vertebrate species is roadkill – particularly for those with

high mobility or seasonal migration behaviour, such as mammals or amphibians. In Austria,

official data of roadkilled animals are only available for huntable wildlife (e.g. deer, fox,

badger). However, there are no data available on the effects of roads on non-huntable

wildlife or red list species such as European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) or European

green toad (Bufo viridis). Therefore we launched the citizen science project Roadkill

(www.roadkill.at/en). In citizen science projects volunteers are collecting and/or process

data. The aim of the project is to get an overview of the number, species and location of

roadkilled vertebrates in Austria and at the same time raise public awareness for road-kill. In

two studies we (I) compared presence only data from citizens and hunters reporting road-

killed European hares (Lepus europaeus) and (II) monitored amphibian and reptile road-kills

on a minor road network. Results suggest that (I) citizens and hunters report road-kills from

different landscapes thereby complementing each other and (II) threatened amphibians and

reptiles are road-killed on minor roads during the whole activity period with typical spatial

and seasonal variations.



Traits of native and alien plant species in different habitats of the Czech

Republic

Jan Divíšek1,2,*, Jane Molofsky3, Nicholas Gotelli4, Milan Chytrý1, Brian Beckage3, Petr Pyšek5,6

& Zdeňka Lososová1

(1) Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2,

611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. (2) Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk

University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. (3) Department of Plant Biology,

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. (4) Department of Biology,

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. (5) Institute of Botany, The Czech

Academy of Sciences, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic. (6) Department of Ecology, Faculty

of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 44 Praha, Czech Republic.

*[email protected]

In this study, we explored trait differences among native, naturalized and invasive species in

a range of habitat types. We asked whether the naturalized and invasive species are

different from the native species if their traits are considered (i) separately and (ii) together

in multivariate trait space. To answer these questions, we used 26,346 vegetation plots

distributed across the Czech Republic and classified to six habitat types. For each of 1902

species recorded in these plots, we considered three traits: plant height, specific leaf area

(SLA) and germinule weight. Invasive species were, in almost all habitats, significantly taller

than native species but both their SLA and germinule weight did not differ strongly from

those of native species. Moreover, traits of naturalized species were very similar to those of

native species. In some habitats, traits of invasive species were on the periphery of the trait

space of natives, whereas traits of naturalized species were unusually close the center of the

trait space of native species. Collectively, these results suggest that the stage of the invasion

process plays a role in structuring the invaded communities, with the major step being the

transition from naturalized to invasive species.



Vascular plant species-richness patterns in European vegetation

Martin Večeřa1,*, Milan Chytrý1, Jan Divíšek1,2, Jürgen Dengler3, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro1, Jens-

Christian Svenning4, Manuel Steinbauer4, Jonathan Lenoir5, Ilona Knollová1, Marcela

Řezníčková1 & Data Contributors

(1) Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, (2)

Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, (3) Department of

Biology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, (4) Department of Bioscience, Aarhus

University, Aarhus, Denmark, (5) Ecology and Dynamics of Human-influenced Systems,

University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France

*[email protected]

We examined vascular plant species-richness patterns and drivers in forest and grassland

vegetation across the European continent. A large set of georeferenced vegetation plots was

used. These fine-resolution vegetation data, which hold information on plant species

composition in particular spatiotemporal settings, linked with environmental and other data

in GIS, enable a thorough investigation of species-richness patterns and their potential

drivers. Using an expert system for classification of European EUNIS habitats, we were also

able to analyse species-richness patterns within narrower vegetation types such as

deciduous broadleaf, coniferous, and sclerophyllous forests, or wet, mesic, and dry

grasslands. Our aims were to examine factors which potentially cause the observed species-

richness patterns and to create maps of species richness for Europe based on the results of

predictive modelling.

Our results suggest that the richest forests are found in topographically heterogeneous

areas, with high proportion of limestone bedrock, intermediate-to-higher annual

precipitation, displaying tendency towards more continental climate in terms of

temperature seasonality. An example of such an area is the Limestone Alps. The richest

grasslands occur in sub-montane to lower montane areas, with base-rich bedrock and stable

environments, historically less impacted by agricultural intensification – e.g. hilly landscapes

on the periphery of the Pannonian Basin.



Trends of breeding birds in Bulgaria: No correlation to migration strategy

Aleksandar Zarkov 1,2,*, Iordan Hristov 2, Roland Brandl 1

(1) Department of Ecology - Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps – University - Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-

Strasse 8, DE-35043 Marburg, Germany, (2) Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), Yavorov

complex, bl. 71, ent. 4, app.1, PO Box 50, 1111 Sofia, Bulgaria

*e-mail: [email protected]

The Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds coordinates a national program, designed to

monitor changes in the breeding populations of widespread bird species in Bulgaria. With its

more than 130 000 records, the Common Bird Monitoring scheme data set is the largest and

most detailed database of birds in the country. Our study analysed the correlations between

the linear trends of these widespread bird species and biological traits of species, particularly

the migration strategy. Across Europe it is well known that long distance migrants show

often negative population trends. By using redundancy analysis, we examined the

associations between trends and body mass or migration strategy for a period of 11 years

(2005-2015). Our results indicated, as expected, that large bodied species showed a

tendency towards negative trends. However, we found no association between trends and

migration strategy.



Macroelement Changes in Castanea Sativa Miller

Ali Bilgin1,*, Şule Güzel1

1Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology, TURKEY

*e-mail address of presenting author: [email protected]

Concentrations of nutrients in leaves can indicate the nutritional status of a plant. For this

reason, foliar analysis is a classic tool for diagnosing nutrient efficiencies and has long been

applied to forests. In this study, nitrogen (N), carbon (C), sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P)

dynamics were estimated in Castanea sativa along with the altitudinal gradient during the

growing season. For this purpose, Fırtına Valley in Rize province was selected as a study area

and leaves were collected along an elevation gradient from 347 m to 1039 m. From these

chosen localities, leaves were regularly collected in May, June, July, August, September and

October. N, C, S concentrations by Dumas method and P concentration by the stannous

chloride method were determined. There were statistically significant differences in N, C, S

and P dynamics depending on both growing season and altitudes. According to the obtained

data, while the highest N, C, S and P (%) values were in August at 1039 m, the lowest N, C, S

and P (%) values were in October at 347 m. The highest N, C, S and P (g dm-2) contents were

in August at 347 m, the lowest N, C, S and P (g dm-2) contents were in October at 1039 m.

While N, C, S and P (g dm-2) values decreased along with increasing altitude, N, C, S and P (%)

values increased along with increasing altitude. The nutrient dynamics significantly changed

along with the altitudinal gradient and the growing season.



The Foliar N and P Resorption in Carpinus betulus L.

Şule Güzel1,*, Ali Bilgin1

1Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology,

TURKEY

*e-mail address of presenting author: [email protected]

Nutrient resorption is one of the most important mechanisms of nutrient conservation,

which enables a plant to reuse nutrients directly and be less dependent on external nutrient

supplies. The resorption and elimination of minerals from senescent leaf and their gathering

or storage in the perennial parts of trees are a common event. In this study, nitrogen (N) and

phosphorus (P) resorption efficiency (RE) and proficiency (RP) values were estimated in

Carpinus betulus (hornbeam) along with the altitudinal gradient. For this purpose, Fırtına

Valley in Rize province was selected as a study area and the leaves collected along an

elevation gradient from 340 m to 1069 m. From these chosen localities, leaves were

regularly collected in May, June, July, August, September and October. N concentration by

Dumas method and P concentration by the stannous chloride method were determined.

While N-RE, P-RE and P-RP showed statistically significant differences, there were no

significant differences in terms of P-RE. The highest and lowest N and P resorption efficiency

values were at 686 and 1069 m, respectively. The situation was opposite in terms of N

resorption proficiency values. The highest and lowest P resorption proficiency were at 1069

and 340 m, respectively. N-RE, N-RP, P-RE and P-RP (%) values ranged between 63, 0.16, 74

and 0.06, respectively. According to the obtained data, N-RE (63%) and P-RE (74%) values

were found to be within the normal levels when compared to the other deciduous species.

Although N-RP values were below of the stated limits (



Decomposing range-size gradients at species and genus level: implications for

clade range expansion

Adam Tomašových1*, David Jablonski2

(1) Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

(2) Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637,

USA

*[email protected]

Geographic range size of clades is not only a function of species range sizes but also depends

on the deployment of species in space. Therefore, clade range expansion should be

influenced by its net species diversification. Here, we evaluate predictions of a neutral model

of clade-level range expansion arising from differences in net species diversification among

clades, assuming that all species have equal probability of expanding poleward or

equatorward and that net species diversification rates peak in the tropics. The empirical

patterns observed in marine bivalves at the species and clade (genus) level agree with model

predictions in three major aspects: (1) genus range size is unrelated to the range sizes of

congeneric species, but strongly positively correlates with per-genus species richness. (2)

Among-species geographic distances correlate positively with per-genus species richness. (3)

Median genus range size in latitudinal bands increases towards higher latitudes because

genera that are species-rich anywhere within their range increase in proportion towards

poles. We suggest that species diversification significantly contributes to range expansion of

marine bivalve genera to higher latitudes. This neutral model also explains range-size

gradients of terrestrial clades and may partly underlie the Out of the Tropics model of range

expansion.



List of Participants

Last name First name Institution Country E-mail adress Alagador Diogo CIBIO University Évora Portugal [email protected]

Barajas Paola University of Göttingen Germany [email protected] Boulangeat Isabelle Aarhus University Denmark [email protected]

Brändle Martin Philipps-Universität Marburg, FB Biologie, Tierökologie

Germany [email protected]

Carroll Tadhg Bournemouth University United Kingdom

[email protected]

Chytry Milan Masaryk University Czech Republic

[email protected]

Curto Manuel University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Austria [email protected]

Dale Esther Botany Department, University of Otago & Landcare Research

New Zealand [email protected]

Datta Arunava Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Germany [email protected]

de La Harpe Marylaure Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Dengler Jürgen Plant Ecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth Germany [email protected]

Divisek Jan Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University

Czech Republic

[email protected]

Dullinger Iwona Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Dullinger Stefan Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Ehmig Merten Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Switzerland [email protected]



Botany

Essl Franz Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Fandos Guillermo Complutense University of Madrid Spain [email protected]

Fiedler Konrad Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Filz Katharina Museum of Natural History Dortmund Germany [email protected] Flantua Suzette University of Amsterdam Netherlands [email protected]

Fritz Susanne Senckenberg Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)


Gattringer Johannes Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany [email protected] Güzel Sule Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Turkey [email protected] Haberl Helmut Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt Austria [email protected]

Harmackova Lenka Department of Zoology, Palacky University Czech Republic

[email protected]

Harzhauser Mathias Natural History Museum Vienna - Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien


Heidrich Lea University of Marburg, Animal Ecology Germany [email protected]

Heigl Florian University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna


Helm Aveliina University of Tartu Estonia [email protected] Higgins Steven University of Otago New Zealand [email protected]

Hof Christian Senckenberg Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre


Hoffmann Samuel Biogeography, University of Bayreuth Germany [email protected]

Huang Shan Senckenberg Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre


Hülber Karl Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung




Irl Severin Department of Biogeography Germany [email protected] Jeschke Jonathan Freie Universitaet Berlin Germany [email protected] Junker Robert University of Salzburg Austria [email protected] Karger Dirk Nikolaus Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Switzerland [email protected] Kienle David University of Bayreuth Germany [email protected]

Klonner Günther Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


König Christian Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography Group, University of Göttingen


Koubinova Darina University in Lausanne Switzerland [email protected] Krausmann Fridolin Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt Austria [email protected] Kreft Holger University of Göttingen Germany [email protected]

Kühn Ingolf Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ


Kuppler Jonas University of Salzburg Austria [email protected] Lamprecht Andrea GLORIA - BOKU / ÖAW Austria [email protected] Larcombe Matthew University of Otago New Zealand [email protected]

Lenzner Bernd Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Lexer Christian Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Li Yaoqi Peking University China [email protected] Liu Yunpeng Peking University China [email protected] Lokatis Sophie Freie Universität Berlin Germany [email protected] Lorel Claire Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle France [email protected] Lötters Stefan Trier University Germany [email protected] Mahmoodi Mohammad Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Iran [email protected]

Majowski Patrizia Naturkundemuseum Augsburg Germany [email protected]



Marin da Fonte

Luis Fernando Trier University Germany [email protected]

Meimberg Harald Boku Austria [email protected] Methorst Joel Senckenberg BiK-F Germany [email protected]

Moser Dietmar Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Müllebner Harald Universität Wien Bachelor Student Biologie Austria [email protected] Nakhutsrishvili George Institute of Botany, Ilia State University Georgia [email protected] Nobis Michael Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Switzerland [email protected]

Noroozi Jalil Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Pauli Harald Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Paun Ovidiu Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Payne Davnah Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Switzerland [email protected] Pinkert Stefan Philipps-Universität-Marburg Germany [email protected]

Plutzar Christoph Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Rabitsch Wolfgang Environment Agency Austria Austria [email protected]

Radinger Johannes Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)


Reitalu Triin Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology

Estonia [email protected]

Ringelberg Jens University of Zürich Switzerland [email protected]

Rumpf Sabine Bettina

Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Sandanov Denis Institute of General and Experimental Biology of SB RAS

Russia [email protected]



Schneeweiss Gerald Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Schulze Christian Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Schweiger Andreas Ecoinfromatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University Denmark [email protected]

Seebens Hanno Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre


Sefc Kristina University of Graz Austria [email protected] Seidl Rupert University of Applied Life Sciences Austria [email protected] Senf Cornelius Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany [email protected] Sikharulidze Shalva Institute of Botany, Ilia State University Georgia [email protected] Spehn Eva Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz Switzerland [email protected] Steinbauer Klaus GLORIA ÖAW BOKU Austria [email protected]

Steinbauer Manuel Aarhus University Denmark [email protected] Su Xiangyan Peking University China [email protected] Szenteczki Mark University of Lausanne (CH) Switzerland [email protected]

Tomasovych Adam Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Slovakia [email protected]

Tremetsberger Karin University of Applied Life Sciences Austria [email protected] Urbina Malo Carolina Universität Wien Austria [email protected]

Vecera Martin Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University

Czech Republic

[email protected]

Wagner Viktoria Masaryk University Czech Republic

[email protected]

Weigand Anna Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

Switzerland [email protected]

Weigelt Patrick University of Göttingen Germany [email protected]

Wessely Johannes Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung




Wiemers Martin Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ


Winkler Manuela Austrian Academy of Sciences & University of Applied Life Sciences

Austria Manuela Winkler

Winter Marten German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig


Yardeni Gil Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Zarkov Aleksandar Philipps University Marburg Germany [email protected]

Zechmeister Harald Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung


Zeuss Dirk Department of Ecology ¿ Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Germany


Zurell Damaris Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Switzerland [email protected] Zuschin Martin Institut für Paläontologie Austria [email protected]

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