Research Vegetation Ecology Research Group
Research foci
Evidence-based nature conservation
Measures against the dramatic loss of biodiversity often are less efficient than they could be, also because scientific findings are insufficiently taken into account or are lacking. The research group therefore develops nature conservation measures at the level of individual species, plant communities and habitat types and establishes monitoring schemes. Examples of projects are the ecological upgrading of forest edges, the control of invasive plants and the conservation biology of the flora of erratic boulders.
Plant diversity and its change
The understanding of species-rich and species-poor habitats is crucial for biodiversity conservation. The research group addresses this topic with field observations, experiments and the use of existing databases. In addition, the influence of global change (climate change, land use change, eutrophication, etc.) and the driving factors for change are of interest. One possibility is the resurvey of localizable historical vegetation plots.
Ecoinformatics and vegetation databases
Large vegetation databases such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) offer significant opportunities for research in ecology and nature conservation. In this way, new classifications of vegetation types can be created or the conditions under which species become invasive can be explored. One of the aims of the research group is to establish a Swiss national vegetation database as an EVA partner and at the same time to develop a Europe-wide, optimised system of ecological indicator values.
Publications
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Midolo, Gabriele; Axmanová, Irena; Divíšek, Jan; Dřevojan, Pavel; Lososová, Zdeňka; Večeřa, Martin; Karger, Dirk Nikolaus; Thuiller, Wilfried; Bruelheide, Helge; Aćić, Svetlana; Attorre, Fabio; Biurrun, Idoia; Boch, Steffen; Bonari, Gianmaria; Čarni, Andraž; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Ćušterevska, Renata; Dengler, Jürgen; Dziuba, Tetiana; Garbolino, Emmanuel; Jandt, Ute; Lenoir, Jonathan; Marcenò, Corrado; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Šibík, Jozef; Škvorc, Željko; Stančić, Zvjezdana; Stanišić‐Vujačić, Milica; Svenning, Jens‐Christian; Swacha, Grzegorz; Vassilev, Kiril; Chytrý, Milan,
2024.
Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation.
Journal of Vegetation Science.
35(1), pp. e13229.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229
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Dengler, Jürgen; Biurrun, Idoia; Jansen, Florian; Willner, Wolfgang,
2024.
Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well.
Vegetation Classification and Survey.
5, pp. 1-10.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.118454
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Večeřa, Martin; Axmanová, Irena; Chytrý, Milan; Divíšek, Jan; Ndiribe, Charlotte; Velasco Mones, Gonzalo; Čeplová, Natálie; Aćić, Svetlana; Bahn, Michael; Bergamini, Ariel; Boenisch, Gerhard; Biurrun, Idoia; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Byun, Chaeho; Catford, Jane A.; Cerabolini, Bruno E. L.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.; Dengler, Jürgen; Jansen, Florian; Jansen, Steven; Kattge, Jens; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuzemko, Anna; Minden, Vanessa; Mitchell, Rachel M.; Moeslund, Jesper E.; Mori, Akira S.; Niinemets, Ülo; Ruprecht, Eszter; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Šilc, Urban; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Vassilev, Kiril; Weiher, Evan; Wright, Ian J.; Lososová, Zdeňka,
2023.
Decoupled phylogenetic and functional diversity in European grasslands.
Preslia.
95(4), pp. 413-445.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.413
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Dembicz, Iwona; Zachwatowicz, Maria; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Shapoval, Viktor; Smreczak, Bożena; Zagorodniuk, Natalia; Davydova, Anastasia; Vynokurov, Denys; Seiler, Hallie; Sudnik‐Wójcikowska, Barbara,
2023.
Applied Vegetation Science.
26(e12756).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12756
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Dengler, Jürgen,
2023.
Vegetation Science Blog.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25297.30567
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Laughlin, Daniel C.; Siefert, Andrew; Fleri, Jesse R.; Tumber-Dávila, Shersingh Joseph; Hammond, William M.; Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Damasceno, Gabriella; Aubin, Isabelle; Field, Richard; Hatim, Mohamed Z.; Jansen, Steven; Lenoir, Jonathan; Lens, Frederic; McCarthy, James K.; Niinemets, Ülo; Phillips, Oliver L.; Attorre, Fabio; Bergeron, Yves; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Byun, Chaeho; Ćušterevska, Renata; Dengler, Jürgen; De Sanctis, Michele; Dolezal, Jiri; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Hérault, Bruno; Homeier, Jürgen; Kattge, Jens; Meir, Patrick; Mencuccini, Maurizio; Noroozi, Jalil; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Peñuelas, Josep; Schmidt, Marco; Škvorc, Željko; Sultana, Fahmida; Ugarte, Rosina Magaña; Bruelheide, Helge,
2023.
New Phytologist.
240(5), pp. 1774-1787.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19276
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Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen, eds.,
2023.
Warsaw:
University of Warsaw.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33206.68161
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Chusova, Olha; Seiler, Hallie; Dengler, Jürgen; Lavrinenko, Kateryna; Minczuk, Ajicja; Meier, Maurus; Danko, Hanna,
2023.
IUNR Magazin.
2023(2), pp. 14-15.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28961
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Seiler, Hallie; Chusova, Olha,
2023.
IUNR Magazin.
2023(2), pp. 16-17.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28961
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Dengler, Jürgen,
2023.
Priorities in journal selection for authors, reviewers, editors, librarians and science funders.
Vegetation Classification and Survey.
4, pp. 219-229.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.110296
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Riedel, Susanne; Widmer, Stefan; Babbi, Manuel; Buholzer, Serge; Grünig, Andreas; Herzog, Felix; Richner, Nina; Dengler, Jürgen,
2023.
Journal of Vegetation Science.
34(5), pp. e13208.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13208
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Billeter, Regula; Widmer, Stefan; Riesen, Matthias; Krüsi, Bertil; Dengler, Jürgen; Thiel, Dominik,
2023.
Biodiversitätsforschung im Jagdbanngebiete Graue Hörner (Kt. SG).
N+L Inside.
2023(3), pp. 29-33.
Available from: https://kbnl.ch/2023/08/31/biodiversitaetsforschung-im-jagdbanngebiet-graue-hoerner-kt-sg/
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Dengler, Jürgen; Dembicz, Iwona,
2023.
Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales?.
Vegetation Classification and Survey.
4, pp. 131-138.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.98379
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Conti, Luisa; Valencia, Enrique; Galland, Thomas; Götzenberger, Lars; Lepš, Jan; E-Vojtkó, Anna; Carmona, Carlos P.; Májeková, Maria; Danihelka, Jiří; Dengler, Jürgen; Eldridge, David J.; Estiarte, Marc; García-González, Ricardo; Garnier, Eric; Gómez, Daniel; Hadincová, Věra; Harrison, Susan P.; Herben, Tomáš; Ibáñez, Ricardo; Jentsch, Anke; Juergens, Norbert; Kertész, Miklós; Klumpp, Katja; Krahulec, František; Louault, Frédérique; Marrs, Rob H.; Ónodi, Gábor; Pakeman, Robin J.; Pärtel, Meelis; Peco, Begoña; Peñuelas, Josep; Rueda, Marta; Schmidt, Wolfgang; Schmiedel, Ute; Schuetz, Martin; Skalova, Hana; Šmilauer, Petr; Šmilauerová, Marie; Smit, Christian; Song, MingHua; Stock, Martin; Val, James; Vandvik, Vigdis; Ward, David; Wesche, Karsten; Wiser, Susan K.; Woodcock, Ben A.; Young, Truman P.; Yu, Fei-Hai; Zobel, Martin; de Bello, Francesco,
2023.
Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
290(2001), pp. 20230344.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0344
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Babbi, Manuel; Schmit, Françoise,
2023.
Reussschlaufe Hegnau – ein Paradies für Wasserkäfer.
Umwelt Aargau.
(92), pp. 53-56.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27980
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Engel, Thore; Bruelheide, Helge; Hoss, Daniela; Sabatini, Francesco M.; Altman, Jan; Arfin‐Khan, Mohammed A. S.; Bergmeier, Erwin; Černý, Tomáš; Chytrý, Milan; Dainese, Matteo; Dengler, Jürgen; Dolezal, Jiri; Field, Richard; Fischer, Felícia M.; Huygens, Dries; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Florian; Jentsch, Anke; Karger, Dirk N.; Kattge, Jens; Lenoir, Jonathan; Lens, Frederic; Loos, Jaqueline; Niinemets, Ülo; Overbeck, Gerhard E.; Ozinga, Wim A.; Penuelas, Josep; Peyre, Gwendolyn; Phillips, Oliver; Reich, Peter B.; Römermann, Christine; Sandel, Brody; Schmidt, Marco; Schrodt, Franziska; Velez‐Martin, Eduardo; Violle, Cyrille; Pillar, Valério,
2023.
Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally.
Global Ecology and Biogeography.
32(5), pp. 695-706.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13644
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Dengler, Jürgen; Willner, Wolfgang,
2023.
Vegetation Classification and Survey.
4, pp. 63-68.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.100985
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Skobel, Nadiia; Borovyk, Dariia; Vynokurov, Denys; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Babytskiy, Andriy; Bednarska, Iryna; Bezsmertna, Olesia; Chusova, Olha; Dayneko, Polina; Dengler, Jürgen; Guarino, Riccardo; Kalashnik, Kateryna; Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Kolomiychuk, Vitalii; Kucher, Oksana; Kuzemko, Anna; Shapoval, Viktor; Umanets, Olha; Zagorodniuk, Natalia; Zakharova, Maryna; Dembicz, Iwona,
2023.
Biodiversity Data Journal.
11, pp. e99605.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e99605
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Kambach, Stephan; Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Attorre, Fabio; Biurrun, Idoia; Boenisch, Gerhard; Bonari, Gianmaria; Čarni, Andraž; Carranza, Maria Laura; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Chytrý, Milan; Dengler, Jürgen; Garbolino, Emmanuel; Golub, Valentin; Güler, Behlül; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Jan; Jašková, Anni; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Karger, Dirk Nikolaus; Kattge, Jens; Knollová, Ilona; Midolo, Gabriele; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Pielech, Remigiusz; Rašomavičius, Valerijus; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Šibík, Jozef; Stančić, Zvjezdana; Stanisci, Angela; Svenning, Jens-Christian; Yamalov, Sergey; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Bruelheide, Helge,
2023.
Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe.
Nature Communications.
14(1), pp. 712.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6
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Reutimann, Pascal; Billeter, Regula; Dengler, Jürgen,
2023.
Applied Vegetation Science.
26(1), pp. e12706.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12706