Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dengler

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dengler

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil

+41 58 934 50 84
juergen.dengler@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of Vegetation Ecology Research Group
Professor of Vegetation Ecology

Focus

Global change: vegetation dynamics
Bioindication: ecological indicator values
Evidence-based conservation
Ecoinformatics: large vegetation-plot databases
Methodology in vegetation ecology
Macroecology
Vegetation classification

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3221-660X

Media presence

Article in "The Guardian" about the Square Foot project

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Riera, M., Chytrý, M., Melero, Y., Sáez, L., Attorre, F., Axmanová, I., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Buldrini, F., Delbosc, P., Dengler, J., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Pielech, R., Pyšek, P., Šibíková, M., & Pino, J. (2026). From purpose to persistence : how intentional introductions by humans influence ecological niches of non‐native plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(5), e70245. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70245
Valkó, O., Kamp, J., Ancillotto, L., & Dengler, J. (2026). Shaped by humans but increasingly threatened : pathways for the conservation of Palaearctic grasslands. Biological Conservation, 324(112126). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.112126
Cazzaniga, S. G., Lauber, T., van den Hoogen, J., Beaury, E. M., Bueno, C. G., Bever, J. D., Damasceno, G., Catford, J., Lenoir, J., Martin, A., Mori, A. S., Novakovskiy, A., Gutiérrez, A. G., González‐Robles, A., de Gasper, A. L., Moles, A., Stanisci, A., Csecserits, A., Jentsch, A., et al. (2026). Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 10(9), 1644–1657. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03144-9
Dengler, J., Dembicz, I., & Kozub, Ł. (2026). Translation of the Braun-Blanquet scale to percent in TURBOVEG can bias diversity metrics. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 7, 95–101. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.198373
Tan, X.-P., Pyšek, P., Chytrý, M., Axmanová, I., Divíšek, J., Knollová, I., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Bruun, H. H., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., Garbolino, E., Lengyel, A., Lenoir, J., Pätsch, R., Haase, A. P.-, Rašomavičius, V., Ruprecht, E., Šilc, U., et al. (2026). Plant adaptive strategies respond to environmental change across European grassland habitats. Ecography, 2026(7), e08334. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08334
Fahs, N., Axmanová, I., Svenning, J.-C., Těšitelová, T., Padullés Cubino, J., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Dengler, J., Garbolino, E., & Těšitel, J. (2026). Ecological niches and biogeography of nitrogen‐fixing plants in Europe. Plant Biology, 28(5), 1349–1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70230
Midolo, G., Clark, A. T., Chytrý, M., Essl, F., Dullinger, S., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Axmanová, I., Aćić, S., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Frenne, P., De Sanctis, M., Divíšek, J., Doležal, J., et al. (2026). Sixty years of plant community change in Europe indicate a shift toward nutrient-richer and denser vegetation. Science Advances, 12(15), eaeb2493. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb2493
Sieber, P., Karger, D. N., Zimmerman, N. E., Si-Moussi, S., Thuiller, W., Midolo, G., Chytrý, M., Axmanová, I., Schwaab, J., Davin, É. L., Leclair, M., Kambach, S., Bruelheide, H., Hickler, T., Stančić, Z., Biurrun, I., Güler, B., Dengler, J., Divíšek, J., et al. (2026). Climate response to nature future scenarios in a regional earth system model. Nature Communications, 17(1), 4017. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70284-8
Liu, C., Haesen, S., Dengler, J., Vynokurov, D., Biurrun, I., Kozub, Ł., Dembicz, I., Naqinezhad, A., Tóthmérész, B., Borovyk, D., Essl, F., Campos, J. A., Skobel, N., Török, P., Pakeman, R. J., Löbel, S., & Van Meerbeek, K. (2026). Climate and land cover change transform functional identity and reduce functional diversity in European grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(3), e70217. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70217
Gracia, C., Segrestin, J., Lepš, J., Adler, P. B., Harrison, S. P., Götzenberger, L., Valencia, E., Lecegui, V., Bazzichetto, M., Canullo, R., Chelli, S., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., Eldridge, D. J., Essl, F., Fischer, F. M., Guido, A., Hallet, L., Herben, T., et al. (2026). A globally consistent scaling relationship reveals stabilizing effects of dominant species in plant communities. Ecography, 2026(4), e08242. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08242
Lusk, D., Wolf, S., Svidzinska, D., Dormann, C. F., Kattge, J., Bruelheide, H., Sabatini, F. M., Damasceno, G., Moreno Martínez, Á., Violle, C., Hending, D., Hähn, G. J. A., Tabeni, S., Phartyal, S., Gonçalves, F., Kreft, H., Schmidt, M., Chen, H., Güler, B., et al. (2026). Crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring fills gaps in global plant trait mapping. Nature Communications, 17(1), 1203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68996-y
Tautenhahn, S., Jung, M., Rzanny, M., Mäder, P., Reichstein, M., Ahrens, B., Bebber, A., Boho, D., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Katal, N., Midolo, G., Tichý, L., Walther, S., Weber, U., Wittich, H. C., & Wäldchen, J. (2026). Urbanization signatures on climate and soils uncovered by crowd-sensed plants. Nature Cities, 2026(3), 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00378-9
Widmer, S., Riedel, S., Babbi, M., Herzog, F., Wohlgemuth, T., Kessler, M., & Dengler, J. (2026). A century of change : many losers vs. few winners among Swiss grassland plants. Biological Conservation, 315(111679). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111679
Widmer, S., Riedel, S., Babbi, M., Herzog, F., Wohlgemuth, T., Kessler, M., & Dengler, J. (2025). One century of change : stronger diversity decline in lowland than in mountain grasslands in Central Europe. Global Change Biology, 31(10), e70529. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70529
Guarino, R., Becker, T., Dembicz, I., Dolnik, C., Kozub, Ł., & Dengler, J. (2025). Dry grasslands of Sicily : multi-taxon diversity and classification challenges. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 301–327. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.175402
Dengler, J., & Dembicz, I. (2025). Proposals (45–47) to conserve the name Diantho deltoidis-Armerietum elongatae Krausch ex Pötsch 1962 as a nomen conservandum and to reject two nomina dubia in the class Koelerio-Corynephoretea. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 247–252. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.177197
Dembicz, I., Kozub, Ł., Adamska, A., Pędziwiatr, A., Jończak, J., Topolska, K., & Dengler, J. (2025). Dry grasslands of the Lesser Polish Upland : syntaxonomy, biodiversity and conservation. Tuexenia, 45, 445–479. https://doi.org/10.14471/10.14471/2025.45.014
Genucchi, K., Widmer, S., Billeter, R., & Dengler, J. (2025). No negative impact of Erigeron annuus on native plant diversity : a case study from Northern Switzerland. Tuexenia, 45, 429–444. https://doi.org/10.14471/2025.45.013
Boch, S., Dembicz, I., Guarino, R., Škornik, S., & Dengler, J. (2025). Grassland ecology and conservation in Europe : editorial to the 18th EDGG Special Feature in Tuexenia. Tuexenia, 45, 355–362. https://doi.org/10.14471/2025.45.015
Seiler, H., Milojevic, V., Vanselow, R., Babbi, M., Déak, B., Duringer, J. M., Süveges, K., Valkó, O., & Dengler, J. (2025). Environmental conditions and plant diversity show little effect on mycotoxin occurrence in European grasslands used for horse husbandry. Tuexenia, 45, 363–386. https://doi.org/10.14471/2025.45.010
Midolo, G., Clark, A. T., Chytrý, M., Essl, F., Dullinger, S., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Frenne, P., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Divíšek, J., Dziuba, T., Ejrnæs, R., Garbolino, E., Illa, E., et al. (2025). Six decades of losses and gains in alpha diversity of European plant communities. Ecology Letters, 28(11), e70248. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70248
Buzhdygan, O., Baldauf, S., Tietjen, B., Iemelianova, S., Borovyk, D., Vynokurov, D., Chusova, O., Budzhak, V., Bergmann, J., Dengler, J., Dembicz, I., Janišová, M., Vasheniak, I., Chase, J., & Kuzemko, A. (2025). Drivers of plant invasions and their scale-dependency in grasslands. Biological Conservation, 313(111584). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111584
Leblanc, C., Bonnet, P., Servajean, M., Thuiller, W., Chytrý, M., Aćić, S., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., Garbolino, E., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., et al. (2025). Learning the syntax of plant assemblages. Nature Plants, 11(10), 2026–2040. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02105-7
Di Musciano, M., Zannini, P., Testolin, R., Sabatini, F. M., Santovito, D., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ricci, L., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruun, H. H., Cao Pinna, L., Čarni, A., Carranza, M. L., Cazzolla Gatti, R., Dengler, J., et al. (2025). Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union. Conservation Biology, 40(2), e70158. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70158
Danko, H., Gärtner, J., Kasper, F., Heinken, T., Dengler, J., & Karrenberg, S. (2025). Vegetation change in dry grasslands in Northeast Germany over two decades : a resurvey. Biological Conservation, 313(111494). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111494
Häberlin, K. E. R., & Dengler, J. (2025). Recent biodiversity changes in grasslands across elevational bands in Switzerland. Basic and Applied Ecology, 87, 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.05.003
Riedel, S., Widmer, S., Dengler, J., Herzog, F., Schneider, M. K., Wohlgemuth, T., & Kessler, M. (2025). Lasting legacies : relicts of historical plant communities in Central European grasslands amid a century of biodiversity loss. Biological Conservation, 312(111500). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111500
Fahs, N., Axmanová, I., Svenning, J.-C., Padullés Cubino, J., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Dengler, J., Garbolino, E., Heinken, T., Knotková, K., & Těšitel, J. (2025). Parasitic plants in Europe : ecological niches and spatial patterns. Plant Biology, 27(7), 1285–1299. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70099
Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Czarnocka-Cieciura, M., Zaniewski, P. T., Skłodowska, K., & Kozub, Ł. (2025). Drivers of plant and lichen diversity in grasslands on mineral islands surrounded by peatlands (Biebrza Valley, NE Poland). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 67(125870). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2025.125870
Dembicz, I., & Dengler, J. (2025). Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales? II – Diversity indices. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 133–140. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.144252
Hellegers, M., van Hinsberg, A., Lenoir, J., Dengler, J., Huijbregts, M. A. J., & Schipper, A. M. (2025). Multiple threshold‐selection methods are needed to binarise species distribution model predictions. Diversity and Distributions, 31(4), e70019. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70019
Naqinezhad, A., Biurrun, I., Chepinoga, V., Dengler, J., & Nowak, A. (2025). Advancing vegetation classification of grassland ecosystems across Asia : current status and way forward. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 79–97. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.151773
Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C. P., Riibak, K., Moora, M., Bennett, J., Chiarucci, A., Chytrý, M., de Bello, F., Eriksson, O., Harrison, S., Lewis, R. J., Moles, A. T., Öpik, M., Price, J. N., Amputu, V., Askarizadeh, D., Atashgahi, Z., Aubin, I., et al. (2025). Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature, 641(8064), 917–924. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5
Ostrowski, G., Aicher, S., Mankiewicz, A., Chusova, O., Dembicz, I., Widmer, S., & Dengler, J. (2025). Mean ecological indicator values : use EIVE but no cover-weighting. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 57–67. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.134800
Klopsch, C., Terracina, N., Dengler, J., Abdulhak, S., Argagnon, O., Becker, T., Becker, U., Berastegi, A., Biurrun, I., Bizard, L., Borovyk, D., García-Mijangos, I., Garraud, L., Gervasio, G., Guarino, R., Hallez, A., Hirna, A., Janišová, M., Lonat, M., et al. (2025). The GrassPlot dataset EU-R sampled during the 18th EDGG Field Workshop 2024 in the south-western inner-alpine valleys in France and Italy. Palaearctic Grasslands, 63, 27–35. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.63.27-35
Buzhdygan, O., Baldauf, S., Borovyk, D., Vynokurov, D., Ladouceur, E., Chusova, O., Iemelianova, S., Budzhak, V., Tietjen, B., Bezrodnova, O., Bezsmertna, O., Chorney, I., Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Didukh, Y., Janišová, M., Khodosovtsev, O., Kucher, O., Moysiyenko, I., et al. (2025). Scale‐dependent effects of plant diversity drivers across different grassland habitats in Ukraine. Ecology and Evolution, 15(2), e70941. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70941
Dengler, J., Barandun, M., Borovyk, D., Dembicz, I., Frey, D., & Vynokurov, D. (2024). The overlooked diversity of dry grasslands in Ticino (Switzerland) – with impressions from the 19th EDGG Field Workshop. Palaearctic Grasslands, 62, 54–69. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.62.54-69
Dengler, J., & Biurrun, I. (2024). EDGG's high-quality vegetation database GrassPlot calls for new data. Palaearctic Grasslands, 62, 4–8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32224
Guarino, R., Vynokurov, D., Dengler, J., Berastegi, A., Biurrun, I., Garcia-Mijangos, I., Janišová, M., Lonati, M., Nikolei, R., Mainetti, A., Miskova, O., Sánchez-Carmona, S., Tyshchenko, O., & Nota, G. (2024). (Re)discovery of four annual vascular plant species in dry grasslands in the Southwestern Alps (NW Italy). Palaearctic Grasslands, 62, 28–33. https://doi.org/10.21570/edgg.pg.62.28-33
Guuroh, R. T., Brown, L. R., Alvarez, M., Finckh, M., Schmiedel, U., Tsheboeng, G., & Dengler, J. (2024). African vegetation studies : introduction to a Special Collection. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 279–288. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.143360
Talebi, A., Vynokurov, D., Attar, F., Dengler, J., & Naqinezhad, A. (2024). Vegetation of the southern slopes of Mt. Damavand, Iran : a comprehensive phytosociological classification. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 301–328. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.136825
Hähn, G. J. A., Damasceno, G., Alvarez-Davila, E., Aubin, I., Bauters, M., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A. D., Bonari, G., Botta-Dukát, Z., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., de Gasper, A. L., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., El-Sheikh, M. A., et al. (2024). Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9(2), 237–248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02589-0
Cancellieri, L., Sperandii, M. G., Rosati, L., Bellisario, B., Franceschini, C., Aleffi, M., Bartolucci, F., Becker, T., Belonovskaya, E., Berastegi, A., Biurrun, I., Brunetti, M., Bückle, C., Che, R., Conti, F., Dembicz, I., Fanni, S., Fantinato, E., Frank, D., et al. (2024). Drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen richness in grasslands along a precipitation gradient (central Apennines, Italy). Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(5), e13305. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13305
Dengler, J. (2024). Determinants of citation impact. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 169–177. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.126956
Dengler, J., Vassilev, K., & Bergmeier, E. (2024). Proposal (39) to conserve the name Koelerietalia splendentis Horvatić 1973 as a nomen conservandum. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 165–167. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.127873
Leblanc, C., Bonnet, P., Servajean, M., Chytrý, M., Aćić, S., Argagnon, O., Bergamini, A., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Garbolino, E., Golub, V., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Lebedeva, M., et al. (2024). A deep‐learning framework for enhancing habitat identification based on species composition. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(3), e12802. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12802
Khodosovtsev, A., Darmostuk, V., Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Moysiyenko, I., & Kuzemko, A. (2024). Circinaria ucrainica sp. nov., a new species from sand dunes of the Lower Dnipro valley (Ukraine). The Lichenologist, 56(4), 159–167. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282924000197
Boch, S., Dembicz, I., Keller, C., & Dengler, J. (2024). Cladonia homosekikaica Nuno new to Sweden : a cup lichen found in the grey dunes of Gotland. Palaearctic Grasslands, 2024(61), 14–17. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.61.14-17
Riedel, S., Widmer, S., Bringuier, O., & Dengler, J. (2024). Cover vs. biomass sampling in grassland vegetation plots. Tuexenia, 44, 261–275. https://doi.org/10.14471/2024.44.003
Schindler, M., Seiler, H., & Dengler, J. (2024). The effects of sprinkler irrigation on semi-natural grasslands in Valais (Switzerland). Tuexenia, 44, 277–296. https://doi.org/10.14471/2024.44.001
Borovyk, D., Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Guarino, R., Kuzemko, A., & Moysienko, I. (2024). Plant species richness records in Ukrainian steppes. Tuexenia, 44, 225–239. https://doi.org/10.14471/2024.44.002
Skobel, N., Kozub, Ł., Dembicz, I., Boch, S., Bruun, H. H., Chusova, O., Golub, V., Helm, A., Iakushenko, D., Pawlikowski, P., Zaniewski, P., & Dengler, J. (2024). Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD) – current state and future prospects. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 75–84. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.119968
Vassilev, K., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Pedashenko, H., Sopotlieva, D., Tsiripidis, I., Apostolova, I., Fotiadis, G., Ganeva, A., Genova, B., Natcheva, R., Pirini, C., Shivarov, V., Tichý, L., Vrahnakis, M., & Dengler, J. (2024). Classification of the high‐rank syntaxa of the Central and Eastern Balkan dry grasslands with a new hierarchical expert system approach. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(2), e12779. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12779
Wamelink, G. W. W., Goedhart, P. W., Roelofsen, H. D., Bobbink, R., Posch, M., van Dobben, H. F., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Dengler, J., Dítě, D., Garbolino, E., Jansen, J., Jašková, A. K., Lenoir, J., & Peterka, T. (2024). A novel method to estimate the response of habitat types to nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution, 349(123844). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123844
Vynokurov, D., Aleksanyan, A., Becker, T., Biurrun, I., Borovyk, D., Fayvush, G., García-Mijangos, I., Magnes, M., Palpurina, S., Becker, U., Berastegi, A., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Dembicz, I., Frank, D., Hilpold, A., Kirschner, P., Mayrhofer, H., Oganesian, M., Vasheniak, I., & Dengler, J. (2024). Dry grasslands and thorn-cushion communities of Armenia : a first syntaxonomic classification. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 2024(5), 39–73. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.119253
Knollová, I., Chytrý, M., Bruelheide, H., Dullinger, S., Jandt, U., Bernhardt‐Römermann, M., Biurrun, I., de Bello, F., Glaser, M., Hennekens, S., Jansen, F., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Kadaš, D., Kaplan, E., Klinkovská, K., Lenzner, B., Pauli, H., Sperandii, M. G., Verheyen, K., et al. (2024). ReSurveyEurope : a database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(2), e13235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13235
Preislerová, Z., Marcenò, C., Loidi, J., Bonari, G., Borovyk, D., Gavilán, R. G., Golub, V., Terzi, M., Theurillat, J.-P., Argagnon, O., Bioret, F., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Capelo, J., Čarni, A., Çoban, S., Csiky, J., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., et al. (2024). Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(e12766). https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12766
Kambach, S., Attorre, F., Axmanová, I., Bergamini, A., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Carranza, M. L., Chiarucci, A., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., Garbolino, E., Golub, V., Hickler, T., Jandt, U., Jansen, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Karger, D. N., Lososová, Z., Rašomavičius, V., et al. (2024). Climate regulation processes are linked to the functional composition of plant communities in European forests, shrublands, and grasslands. Global Change Biology, 30(2), e17189. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17189
Midolo, G., Axmanová, I., Divíšek, J., Dřevojan, P., Lososová, Z., Večeřa, M., Karger, D. N., Thuiller, W., Bruelheide, H., Aćić, S., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., et al. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(1), e13229. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229
Večeřa, M., Axmanová, I., Chytrý, M., Divíšek, J., Ndiribe, C., Velasco Mones, G., Čeplová, N., Aćić, S., Bahn, M., Bergamini, A., Boenisch, G., Biurrun, I., Bruun, H. H., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., et al. (2023). Decoupled phylogenetic and functional diversity in European grasslands. Preslia, 95(4), 413–445. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.413
Laughlin, D. C., Siefert, A., Fleri, J. R., Tumber-Dávila, S. J., Hammond, W. M., Sabatini, F. M., Damasceno, G., Aubin, I., Field, R., Hatim, M. Z., Jansen, S., Lenoir, J., Lens, F., McCarthy, J. K., Niinemets, Ü., Phillips, O. L., Attorre, F., Bergeron, Y., Bruun, H. H., et al. (2023). Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth. New Phytologist, 240(5), 1774–1787. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19276
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Hellegers, M., Ozinga, W. A., van Hinsberg, A., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Hennekens, S. M., Schaminée, J. H. J., Dengler, J., & Schipper, A. M. (2020). Evaluating the ecological realism of plant species distribution models with ecological indicator values. Ecography, 43(1), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04291
Widmer, S., Riesen, M., Krüsi, B., Dengler, J., & Billeter, R. (2020). Wenn Gämsen Schafe ersetzen : Fallstudie zu den Auswirkungen auf die Diversität von alpinen Rasen. Tuexenia, 40, 225–246. https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.013
Büchler, M.-O., Billeter, R., & Dengler, J. (2020). Optimal site conditions for dry grasslands of high conservation value in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Tuexenia, 40, 527–546. https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.021
Boch, S., Becker, T., Deák, B., Dengler, J., & Wagner, V. (2020). Traditional land use, management and biodiversity of European semi-natural grasslands : editorial to the 15th EDGG Special Feature. Tuexenia, 40, 401–407. https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.026
Keller, S., Babbi, M., Widmer, S., Gehler, J., Hausmann, S., Berg, C., Landucci, F., Schwager, P., Sumberova, K., & Dengler, J. (2020). Determination of habitat requirements of the glacial relict Nuphar pumila as basis for successful (re-)introductions. Tuexenia, 40, 309–326. https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.022
Janisova, M., Bauer, N., Csiky, J., Dengler, J., Hlásny, T., Hobohm, C., Skodová, I., & Willner, T. (2020). Broad-scale diversity patterns of Central European Carex humilis steppes. Tuexenia, 40, 499–526. https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.018
Dengler, J., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Bruderer, T., Dolnik, C., Neumann, P., Riedel, S., Seiler, H., Zhang, J. H., & Dembicz, I. (2020). Sampling multi-scale and multi-taxon plant diversity data in the subalpine and alpine habitats of Switzerland : report on the 14th EDGG Field Workshop. Palaearctic Grasslands, 47, 14–42. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.47.14-42
Dembicz, I., Kozub, L., Bobrowska, I., & Dengler, J. (2020). Grasslands of the mineral islands in the Biebrza National Park, Poland. Palaearctic Grasslands, 47, 43–51. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.47.43-51
Eichenberg, D., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Bowler, D., Bruelheide, H., Conze, K.-J., Dauber, J., & Dengler, J. (2020). Langfristige Biodiversitätsveränderungen in Deutschland erkennen : mit Hilfe der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft schauen. Natur und Landschaft, 95(11), 479–491. https://doi.org/10.17433/11.2020.50153851.479-491
Sporbert, M., Keil, P., Seidler, G., Bruelheide, H., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Marcenò, C., Moeslund, J. E., Pérez‐Haase, A., et al. (2020). Testing macroecological abundance patterns : the relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. Journal of Biogeography, 47(10), 2210–2222. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13926
Valencia, E., de Bello, F., Galland, T., Adler, P. B., Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, A., van Klink, R., Carmona, C. P., Danihelka, J., Dengler, J., Eldridge, D. J., Estiarte, M., García-González, R., Garnier, E., Gómez‐García, D., Harrison, S. P., Herben, T., Ibáñez, R., Jentsch, A., et al. (2020). Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 201920405. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920405117
Dembicz, I., Moysiyenko, I. I., Kozub, Ł., Dengler, J., Zakharova, M., & Sudnik‐Wójcikowska, B. (2020). Steppe islands in a sea of fields : where island biogeography meets the reality of a severely transformed landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(1), e12930. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12930
Dembicz, I., Velev, N., Boch, S., Janišová, M., Palpurina, S., Pedashenko, H., Vassilev, K., & Dengler, J. (2020). Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional‐taxonomic groups. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(1), e12935. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12935
Valencia, E., de Bello, F., Lepš, J., Galland, T., E‐Vojtkó, A., Conti, L., Danihelka, J., Dengler, J., Eldridge, D. J., Estiarte, M., García‐González, R., Garnier, E., Gómez, D., Harrison, S., Herben, T., Ibáñez, R., Jentsch, A., Juergens, N., Kertész, M., et al. (2020). Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(5), 792–802. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12916
Dengler, J. (2020). An outpost of sandy steppes at the lower Odra : the dry grasslands of the "Gabower Hänge", Brandenburg, Germany. Palaearctic Grasslands, 46, 82–83. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20292
Aleksanyan, A., Biurrun, I., Belonovskaya, E., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Berastegi, A., Dembicz, I., & Dengler, J. (2020). Biodiversity of dry grasslands in Armenia : first results from the 13th EDGG Field Workshop in Armenia. Palaearctic Grasslands, 46, 12–51. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.46.12-51
Hilpold, A., Kirschner, P., & Dengler, J. (2020). Proposal of a standardized EDGG surveying methodology for orthopteroid insects. Palaearctic Grasslands, 46, 52–57. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.46.52-57
Bruelheide, H., Jansen, F., Jandt, U., Bernhardt‐Römermann, M., Bonn, A., Bowler, D., Dengler, J., Eichenberg, D., Grescho, V., Harter, D., Jugelt, M., Kellner, S., Ludwig, M., Wesche, K., & Lütt, S. (2020). Using incomplete floristic monitoring data from habitat mapping programmes to detect species trends. Diversity and Distributions, 26(7), 782–794. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13058
Dengler, J., Guarino, R., Moysiyenko, I., Vynokurov, D., Boch, S., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Babbi, M., Catalano, C., Eggenberg, S., Gehler, J., Monigatti, M., Pachlatko, J., Riedel, S., Willner, W., & Dembicz, I. (2020). On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II : first results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys of Switzerland. Palaearctic Grasslands, 45, 59–88. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.45.59-88
Magnes, M., Kirschner, P., Janisova, M., Dembicz, I., Biurrun, I., & Dengler, J. (2020). On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet : changes in the grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys during the last 70 years. First results from the 11th EDGG Field Workshop in Austria. Palaearctic Grasslands, 45, 34–58. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.45.34-58
van der Sande, M. T., Bruelheide, H., Dawson, W., & Dengler, J. (2020). Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(2), 281–294. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13027
Vetter, V., Kreyling, J., Dengler, J., & Jentsch, A. (2020). Invader presence disrupts the stabilizing effect of species richness in plant community recovery after drought. Global Change Biology, 2020(26), 3539–3551. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15025
Weigand, A., Abrahamczyk, S., Aubin, I., Bita-Nicolae, C., Bruelheide, H., Carvajal-Hernández, C., Cicuzza, D., da Costa, L. E. M., Csiky, J., & Dengler, J. (2020). Global fern and lycophyte richness explained : how regional and local factors shape plot richness. Journal of Biogeography, 47(1), 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13782
Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S. M., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V. D., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R. K., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F. M., et al. (2019). sPlot : a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(2), 161–186. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12710
Deák, B., Becker, T., Boch, S., Dengler, J., & Wagner, V. (2019). Restoration, monitoring, conservation and phytosociology of semi-natural and natural grasslands in Central Europe : editorial to the 14th EDGG special feature. Tuexenia, 39, 309–313. https://doi.org/10.14471/2019.39.019
Willner, W., Roleček, J., Korolyuk, A., Dengler, J., Chytrý, M., Janišová, M., Lengyel, A., Aćić, S., Becker, T., Ćuk, M., Demina, O., Jandt, U., Kącki, Z., Kuzemko, A., Kropf, M., Lebedeva, M., Semenishchenkov, Y., Šilc, U., Stančić, Z., et al. (2019). Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands of central and eastern Europe. Preslia, 91(1), 25–49. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.025
Biurrun, I., Burrascano, S., Dembicz, I., Guarino, R., Kapfer, J., Pielech, R., Babbi, M., Hepenstrick, D., Widmer, S., & Dengler, J. (2019). GrassPlot v. 2.00 : first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Palaearctic Grasslands, 44, 26–47. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.44.26-47
Pachlatko, J., Wyttenbach, M., & Dengler, J. (2019). Alpine grassland vegetation at Gornergrat (Canton of Valais, Switzerland) : vegetation mapping for environ-mental planning. Palaearctic Grasslands, 43, 23–37. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.43.23-37
Dengler, J., Matthews, T. J., Steinbauer, M. J., Wolfrum, S., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Conradi, T., & Dembicz, I. (2019). Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation : evidence from Palaearctic grasslands. Journal of Biogeography, 47(1), 72–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13697
Mercier, P., Aas, G., & Dengler, J. (2019). Effects of skid trails on understory vegetation in forests : a case study from Northern Bavaria (Germany). Forest Ecology and Management, 453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117579
Dengler, J., Aleksanyan, A., Ambarlı, D., Biurrun, I., Dembicz, I., Kuzemko, A., Török, P., Venn, S., & Vrahnakis, M. (2019). The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018-2019. Hacquetia, 18(2), 147–154. https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0010
Dengler, J., Widmer, S., Staubli, E., Babbi, M., Gehler, J., Hepenstrick, D., Bergamini, A., Billeter, R., Boch, S., Rohrer, S., & Dembicz, I. (2019). Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland). Hacquetia, 18(2), 155–177. https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008
Sporbert, M., Bruelheide, H., Seidler, G., Keil, P., Jandt, U., Austrheim, G., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Carni, A., Chytry, M., Csiky, J., De Bie, E., & Dengler, J. (2019). Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(4), 620–632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12763
Biurrun, I., Bergmeier, E., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., & Willner, W. (2019). Vegetation classification and its application are relevant globally. Phytocoenologia, 49(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2019/0323
Vassilev, K., Ruprecht, E., Alexiu, V., Becker, T., Beldean, M., Biță-Nicolae, C., Csergő, A. M., Dzhovanova, I., Filipova, E., Frink, J. P., Gafta, D., Georgieva, M., Germany, M. S., Goia, I., Gumus, M., Hennekens, S. M., Janišová, M., Knollová, I., Koleva, V., et al. (2018). The Romanian Grassland Database (RGD): historical background, current status and future perspectives. Phytocoenologia, 48(1), 91–100. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2017/0229
Venn, S., Ambarlı, D., Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., Kuzemko, A., Török, P., & Vrahnakis, M. (2018). The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016-2017. Hacquetia, 17(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2017-0019
Willner, W., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., & Jansen, F. (2018). A survey of vegetation survey papers. Phytocoenologia, 48(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0271
Polchaninova, N., García-Mijangos, I., Berastegi, A., Dengler, J., & Biurrun, I. (2018). New data of the spider fauna (Araneae) of Navarre, Spain : results from the 7th EDGG field workshop. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 56(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit5603
Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Purschke, O., Lenoir, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., & Hennekens, S. M. (2018). Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(12), 1906–1917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8
Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., García-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., & Conradi, T. (2018). GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia, 48(3), 331–347. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267
Dengler, J., Becker, T., Heinken, T., Kurzböck, C. M., & Pätsch, R. (2018). News from GrassVeg.DE, the German grassland vegetation database. Palaearctic Grasslands, 38, 26–29.
De Cáceres, M., Franklin, S. B., Hunter, J. T., Landucci, F., Dengler, J., & Roberts, D. W. (2018). Global overview of plot-based vegetation classification approaches. Phytocoenologia, 48(2), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0256
Kreyling, J., Dengler, J., Walter, J., Velev, N., Ugurlu, E., Sopotlieva, D., Ransijn, J., Picon-Cochard, C., Nijs, I., Hernandez, P., Güler, B., von Gillhaussen, P., De Boeck, H. J., Bloor, J. M. G., Berwaers, S., Beierkuhnlein, C., Arfin Khan, M. A. S., Apostolova, I., Altan, Y., et al. (2017). Species richness effects on grassland recovery from drought depend on community productivity in a multisite experiment. Ecology Letters, 20(11), 1405–1413. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12848
Dengler, J., Becker, T., Conradi, T., Dolnik, C., Heindl-Tenhunen, B., Jensen, K., Kaufmann, J., Klotz, M., Kurzböck, C., Langer, N., Marquardt, B., Putfarken, D., Rahmlow, M., Schuhmacher, O., & Went, J. (2017). GrassVeg.DE – die neue kollaborative Vegetationsdatenbank für alle Offenlandhabitate Deutschlands. Tuexenia, 37, 447–455. https://doi.org/10.14471/2017.37.019

Books, peer-reviewed

Squires, V. R., Dengler, J., Feng, H., & Hua, L. (2018). Grasslands of the world : diversity, management and conservation. CRC Press.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Dengler, J., Birge, T., Bruun, H. H., Rasomavicius, V., & Rusina, S. (2020). Grasslands of Northern Europe and the Baltic States. In M. I. Goldstein & D. A. DellaSala (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the world's biomes (pp. 689–702). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12433-9
Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Dembicz, I., & Török, P. (2020). Grasslands of the palaearctic biogeographic realm : introduction and synthesis. In M. I. Goldstein & D. A. DellaSala (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the world's biomes (pp. 617–637). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12432-7
Török, P., & Dengler, J. (2018). Palaearctic grasslands in transition : overarching patterns and future prospects. In V. R. Squires, J. Dengler, H. Feng, & H. Limin (Eds.), Grasslands of the world : diversity, management and conservation. CRC Press.
Dengler, J., & Tischew, S. (2018). Grasslands of western and northern Europe – between intensification and abandonment. In V. R. Squires, J. Dengler, H. Feng, & L. Hua (Eds.), Grasslands of the world : diversity, management and conservation. CRC Press.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Conradi, T., Dembicz, I., Guarino, R., Naqinezhad, A., Wagner, V., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Filibeck, G., Garcia-Mijangos, I., Janišová, M., & Steinbauer, M. J. (2018, April 10). GrassPlot : the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Macroecology 2018, Birmensdorf, 10 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3641

Other publications

Dengler, J. (2026). Report from the 7th Master Summer School "Biodiversity Monitoring", Preda, Switzerland, 18-29 August 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Dengler, J., & Stucki, M. (2026). Biodiversität verstehen und schützen. Transfer, 2026(1), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36752
Willner, W., Biurrun, I., & Dengler, J. (2026). The art of synoptic tables. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 7, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.184722
Miskova, O., Borovyk, D., Dengler, J., Fahs, N., Mussaari, M., Nikolei, R., Rabyk, I., Skobel, N., Tyshchenko, O., & Vynokurov, D. (2025). Diversity of grasslands and other open habitats in the Turku Archipelago, Finland : impressions from the 21st EDGG Field Workshop, 28 June to 6 July 2025. Palaearctic Grasslands, 65, 36–51. https://doi.org/10.21570/edgg.pg.65.36-51
Terracina, N., Klopsch, C., Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Borovyk, D., García‐Mijangos, I., Hirna, A., Janišová, M., Magnes, M., Miskova, O., Nikolei, R., Rabyk, I., Skobel, N., Tyshchenko, O., Willner, W., & Vynokurov, D. (2025). Grassland diversity of the inner-alpine dry valleys in the South-Western Alps : impressions from the 18th EDGG Field Workshop (1 to 11 June 2024). Palaearctic Grasslands, 63, 39–58. https://doi.org/10.21570/edgg.pg.63.39-58
Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., & Willner, W. (2025). Vegetation Classification and Survey : five years and looking ahead. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 6, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3897/vcs.148065
Boch, S., Becker, T., Deák, B., Ludewig, K., & Dengler, J. (2024). Editorial to the 17th EDGG Special Feature in Tuexenia. Tuexenia, 44, 215–224. https://doi.org/10.14471/2024.44.012
Rupf, R., Rohrer, J., Riesen, M., Schlegel, J., Dengler, J., Kulli Honauer, B., Graf, R. F., & Forster, S. (2024). Umweltauswirkungen alpiner Photovoltaikanlagen : eine Praxisgrundlage zur wissenschaftlichen Projektbegleitung. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31145
Abderhalden-Raba, A., Hagmann, J., Schnyder, N., Styx, S., Urmi, E., Senn-Irlet, B., & Dengler, J. (2024). GEO-Tag der Natur 2022 in der Val Sinestra, Unterengadin. Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden, 123, 73–90.
Angelini, L., Tyshchenko, O., Hilpold, A., Chusova, O., Dengler, J., Dolnik, C., Güler, B., Kirschner, P., Nikolei, R., Rabyk, I., Skobel, N., & Vynokurov, D. (2024). 17th EDGG Field Workshop photo diary Inner Alpine dry valleys of the south-eastern Alps (Italy, Switzerland, 1-11 June 2023). Palaearctic Grasslands, 2024(60), 28–59. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.60.28-59
Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Jansen, F., & Willner, W. (2024). Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454
Dengler, J. (2023). Open access movement : noble intend – questionable outcome (and what different stakeholders can do about that). Vegetation Science Blog. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25297.30567
Dembicz, I., & Dengler, J. (2023). Report from the Master Summer School "Biodiversity Monitoring", Białowieża, Poland, 15–25 August 2022. University of Warsaw. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33206.68161
Chusova, O., Seiler, H., Dengler, J., Lavrinenko, K., Minczuk, A., Meier, M., & Danko, H. (2023). Biodiversity, science, and cultural exchange : interview with students of the Summer School Biodiversity Monitoring 2023. IUNR Magazin, 2023(2), 14–15. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28961
Billeter, R., Widmer, S., Riesen, M., Krüsi, B., Dengler, J., & Thiel, D. (2023). Biodiversitätsforschung im Jagdbanngebiete Graue Hörner (Kt. SG). N+L Inside, 2023(3), 29–33. https://kbnl.ch/2023/08/31/biodiversitaetsforschung-im-jagdbanngebiet-graue-hoerner-kt-sg/
Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Jansen, F., & Willner, W. (2023). Vegetation Classification and Survey in the third year. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 4, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.100394
Nagelmüller, S., Bar-Gera, B., Stix, S., Schnyder, N., Schneller, J., Schneller, M., Scheidegger, C., Dengler, J., Blank, J., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Keller, S., & Seiler, H. (2022). Tag der Artenvielfalt 2021 im Naturpark Beverin. Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden, 2022(122), 135–156. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-981216
Dengler, J., & Kozub, L. (2022). Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD) : news and call for contributions. Palaearctic Grasslands, 54-55, 46–47. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26837
Dembicz, I., & Dengler, J. (2022). Gotland — a grassland paradise in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Palaearctic Grasslands, 54-55, 48–58. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.54-55.48-58
Nowak, A., Biurrun, I., Janišová, M., & Dengler, J. (2022). Classification of grasslands and other open vegetation types in the Palaearctic : introduction to the special collection. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 3, 149–159. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.87068
Seiler, H., Treichler Bratschi, R., & Dengler, J. (2022). Campus-Tag der Biodiversität : Rück- und Ausblick einer wiederkehrenden Feier des Artenreichtums. IUNR Magazin, 2022(1), 32–33. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24828
Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Jansen, F., & Willner, W. (2022). Vegetation Classification and Survey : development and diversification. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 3, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.80379
Dengler, J., Babbi, M., & Widmer, S. (2021). Square Foot Project gestartet : Wandel der Grünlanddiversität in der Schweiz über ein Jahrhundert. IUNR Magazin, 2021(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22288
Büchler, M.-O., & Dengler, J. (2021). Optimale Standortbedingungen für Trockenrasen : Bachelorarbeit in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kanton Zürich. IUNR Magazin, 2021(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22289
Willner, W., Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., & Jansen, F. (2021). Vegetation Classification and Survey : the first year. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 2, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2021/63608
Dengler, J., & Gehler, J. (2021). Report from the Master summer school "Biodiversity Monitoring", Preda, Parc Ela, Switzerland, 10–20 August 2020. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33314.56001/1
Dengler, J. (2021). Book review : Illustrated flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas. Palaearctic Grasslands, 48, 33. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.48.33-33
Dengler, J., Aleksanyan, A., Ambarli, D., Biurrun, I., Dembicz, I., Kuzemko, A., Török, P., & Venn, S. (2021). The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2019–2020. Hacquetia, 20(1), 171–176. https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2021-0007
Dembicz, I., Zhang, J. H., Dengler, J., Babbi, M., & Gehler, J. (2020). Two international postdocs at the IUNR : interview with Iwona Dembicz and Jinghui Zhang. IUNR Magazin, 2020(2), 12–13. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21327
Dengler, J., & Biurrun, I. (2020). High diversity in Armenian grasslands : EDGG Field Workshop provides standardized data for the first time. https://vegsciblog.org/2020/09/04/high-diversity-in-armenian-grasslands-edgg-field-workshop/
Jansen, F., Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., & Willner, W. (2020). Vegetation classification goes open access. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 1, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/53445
Boch, S., Dengler, J., Holderegger, R., Keller, C., & Bergamini, A. (2020). Verbuschung gefährdet spezialisierte Arten in Felsensteppen. N+L Inside, 2020(1), 21. http://download.kbnl.ch/2020/Inside/Inside_2001.pdf
Dengler, J., Andrade, B., Guarino, R., Li, F. Y., & Loidi, J. (2019). 1000 members until Bremen!. IAVS Bulletin: Newsletter of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 2019(2), 19–20. https://doi.org/10.21570/BUL-201902-3
Kuzemko, A. A., Biurrun, I., & Dengler, J. (2019). Palaearctic Grasslands : a new IAVS journal. IAVS Bulletin: Newsletter of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 2019(2), 25–27. https://doi.org/10.21570/BUL-201902-3
Dengler, J. (2019). A global synthesis of grasslands. IAVS Bulletin: Newsletter of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 2019(1), 31–32. https://doi.org/10.21570/BUL-201901-6
Dembicz, I., & Dengler, J. (2019). Cultural landscapes of the Lower Engadine, Switzerland. Palaearctic Grasslands, 44, 48–53. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.44.48-53
Treichler Bratschi, R., Babbi, M., Gehler, J., & Dengler, J. (2019). IUNR Campus-Tag der Biodiversität : erste "Volkszählung der Biodiversität" auf dem Campus Grüental der ZHAW Wädenswil. IUNR Magazin, 2019(2), 32–33. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18366
Kehoe, L., Reis, T., Virah-Sawmy, M., Balmford, A., Kuemmerle, T., & Dengler, J. (2019). Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science, 364(6438), 341. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8276
Allexanyan, A., Biurrun, I., & Dengler, J. (2018). EDGG Field Workshops 2019 : Switzerland and Armenia : first call. Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG).
Dengler, J. (2018). The beauty of xerothermic vegetation complexes in Ausserberg (Rhone valley, Switzerland). Palaearctic Grasslands, 38, 34–38. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.38.34-38
Burrascano, S., Ciaschetti, G., Vrahnakis, M., & Dengler, J. (2018). Report on the 15th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Sulmona, Italy. Palaearctic Grasslands, 38, 12–24. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.38.12-24
Filibeck, G., Cancellieri, L., Sperandii, M. G., Belonovskaya, E., Sobolev, N., Tsarevskaya, N., Becker, T., Berastegi, A., Bückle, C., Che, R., Conti, F., Dembicz, I., Fantinato, E., Frank, D., Frattaroli, A. R., Garcia-Mijangos, I., Guglielmino, A., Janisova, M., Maestri, S., et al. (2018). Biodiversity patterns of dry grasslands in the Central Apennines (Italy) along a precipitation gradient : experiences from the 10th EDGG Field Workshop. Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group, 36, 25–41. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.Bull.36.25-41
Magnes, M., Kirschner, P., Mayrhofer, H., Dengler, J., & Biurrun, I. (2017). 11th EDGG Field Workshop Eastern Alps, Austria - First Call. Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG).

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Tautenhahn, S., Jung, M., Rzanny, M., Mäder, P., Reichstein, M., Ahrens, B., Bebber, A., Boho, D., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Katal, N., Midolo, G., Tichý, L., Walther, S., Weber, U., Wittich, H. C., & Wäldchen, J. (2026, March 14). Crowd-sensed plants as living sensors of urban climate and soils : high-resolution insights from 326 European cities [Conference presentation]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20079
Goossens, W., Ledergerber, C., Haesen, S., Geuskens, M., Spreij, S., Axmanová, I., Biurrun, I., Gillet, F., Jansen, F., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Kalusová, V., Lenoir, J., Midolo, G., Svenning, J.-C., Dengler, J., & Van Meerbeek, K. (2026, March 10). Passengers, not drivers of change : rethinking alien impacts in a human-shaped world [Conference presentation]. https://doi.org/10.5194/wbf2026-39
Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Steinbauer, M. J., Matthews, T. J., Kapfer, J., Storch, D., & Ulrich, W. (2019, July). Patterns and drivers of fine-scale beta-diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Abstracts : 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. http://iavs.org/getattachment/2019-Annual-Symposium/Home/Abstractband_IAVS2019_10.pdf
Biurrun, I., Dengler, J., Pielech, R., Steinbauer, M. J., Marcenò, C., Guarino, R., Dembicz, I., García-Mijangos, I., Burascano, S., & Kapfer, J. (2019, July 16). Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands. Abstracts : 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Matthews, T. J., Steinbauer, M. J., Wolfrum, S., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Conradi, T., Dembicz, I., Marcenò, C., García-Mijangos, I., Nowak, A., Storch, D., & Ulrich, W. (2019, July 16). Species‐area realationships in continuous vegetation : evidence from Palaearctic grasslands. Abstracts : 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Dembicz, I., Moysiyenko, I. I., Kozub, L., Dengler, J., Zakharova, M., & Sudnik-Wojcikowska, B. (2019, March 13). Steppe islands : where island biogeography meets the reality of a severely fragmented habitat. Macroecology 2019, Würzburg, 13 March 2019.
Dengler, J., Matthews, T. J., Biurrun, I., Steinbauer, M. J., Conradi, T., Chiarucci, A., Dembicz, I., Guarino, R., Naqinezhad, A., Soliveres, S., Storch, D., & Ulrich, W. (2019, March 13). General patterns of species-area relationships emerging from nearly 5,000 grassland plots. Macroecology 2019, Würzburg, 13 March 2019.
Magnes, M., Mayrhofer, H., Kirschner, P., Stöhr, P., Schwager, P., Dengler, J., & Biurrun, I. (2018). Invitation and guide to the 11th EDGG Field Workshop Grasslands of inneralpine dry valleys : part 1, Eastern Alps, Austria, 6-13 July 2018 [Conference presentation]. Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), 36, 12–25. https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.Bull.36.12-25

Research data

Riera, Marc; Chytrý, Milan; Melero, Yolanda; Sáez, Llorenç; Attorre, Fabio; Axmanová, Irena; Biurrun, Idoia; Bonari, Gianmaria; Buldrini, Fabrizio; Pauline, Delbosc; Dengler, Jürgen; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Florian; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Pielech, Remigiusz; Pyšek, Petr; Šibíková, Mária; Pino, Joan, 2025. Replication data for: "From purpose to persistence: How intentional introductions by humans influence ecological niches of non-native plants". Zenodo.
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Gracia, Clara; Segrestin, Jules; Lepš, Jan; Adler, Peter B.; Harrison, Susan; Götzenberger, Lars; Valencia, Enrique; Lecegui, Víctor; Bazzichetto, Manuele; Canullo, Roberto; Chelli, Stefano; Dengler, Jürgen; Dolezal, Jiri; Eldridge, David J.; Essl, Franz; Fischer, Felicia; Guido, Anaclara; Hallet, Lauren; Herben, Tomas; Hölzel, Norbert; Jentsch, Anke; Kertész, Miklós; Li, Xiaofei; Ónodi, Gábor; Pakeman, Robin J.; Paquette, Alain; Pussa, Kersti; Risch, Anita C.; Rueda, Marta; Schmidt, Wolfgang; Schmiedel, Ute; Zhong, Zhiwei; Zobel, Martin; de Bello, Francesco, 2026. A globally consistent scaling relationship reveals stabilizing effects of dominant species in plant communities. Dryad.

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