Publications based on the forestREplot-database

Submitted papers

• Caron MM, Vangansbeke P, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Baeten L, Hedl R, Bernhardt-Romermann M, ...., De Frenne P (2024) Unequal community thermophilization in adult versus juvenile trees in European forests.
• De Lombaerde E, Vangansbeke P, Baeten L, Wei L, Landuyt D, Sanczuk P, Verheyen K, Bernhardt-Romermann M, ..., De Frenne P (2024) Thermophilization is triggering plant functional trait shifts in European temperate forests.

Published or in press

• Moreno-Garcia M, Montano-Centellas F, Liu Y, Reyes-Mendez EY, Raj Jha R, Guralnick RP, Folk R, Waller DM, Verheyen K, Baeten L, Becker-Scarpitta A, Berki I, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Brunet J, Van Calster H, Chudomelova M, Closset D, De Frenne P, Decocq G, Gilliam FS, Grytnes JA, Hedl R, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecky M, Lenoir J, Macek M, Malis F, Naaf T, Orczewska A, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Schei FH, Schmidt W, Stachurska-Swakon A, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Teleki B, Vild O, Li D (2024) Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants. Science Advances, 10, eadp7953.

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• Sanczuk P, Verheyen K, Lenoir J, Zellweger F, Lembrechts J, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Baeten L, Bernhardt-Romermann M, De Pauw K, ..., De Frenne P (2024) Unexpected westward range shifts in European forest plants link to nitrogen deposition. Science, 386, 193-198.

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• De Schuyter W, Depauw L, De Lombaerde E, De Smedt P, ..., Baeten L, De Frenne P, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Hedl R, Waller D, Verheyen K (2024) Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change. Journal of Ecology, 112, 832-847.

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• Padulles Cubino J, Lenoir J, Li D, Montano-Centellas F, Retana J, Baeten L, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Chudomelova M, Closset D, Decocq G, De Frenne P, Diekmann M, Dirnbock T, Durak T, Hedl R, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecky M, Macek M, Malis F, Naaf T, Orczewska A, Petrik P, Pielech R, Reczynska K, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Teleki B, Verheyen K, Vild O, Waller D, Wulf M, Chytry M (2024) Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition. New Phytologist, 241, 2287-2299.

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• Segar JSR, Pereira H, Baeten L, Bernhardt-Romermann M, De Frenne P, Fernandez N, Gilliam F, Lenoir J, ... Wulf M, Staude I (2022) Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests. Nature Communications, 13, 7837.

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• Wen B, Blondeel H, Landuyt D, Verheyen K (2022) A model-based scenario analysis of the impact of forest management and environmental change on the understorey of temperate forests in Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 522, 120465.

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• Caron MM, Zellweger F, Verheyen K, Baeten L, Hedl R, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Berki I, Brunet J, Decocq G, Diaz S, Dirnbock T, Durak T, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecky M, Lenoir J, Macek M, Marek M, Malis F, Nagel T, Perring M, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Pielech R, Schmidt W, Swierkosz K, Balazs T, Wulf M, De Frenne P (2021) Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees. Journal of Ecology, 109, 3944-3957.

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• Staude IR, Pereira HM, Daskalova G, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Martin Diekmann, Harald Pauli, Hans Van Calster, Mark Vellend, Anne D. Bjorkman, Jorg Brunet, Pieter De Frenne, Radim Hedl, Ute Jandt, Jonathan Lenoir, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Kris Verheyen, Sonja Wipf, Monika Wulf, Christopher Andrews, Peter Barancok, Elena Barni, Jose-Luis Benito-Alonso, Jonathan Bennie, Imre Berki, Volker Bluml, Marketa Chudomelova, Guillaume Decocq, Jan Dick, Thomas Dirnbock, Tomasz Durak, Ove Eriksson, Brigitta Erschbamer, Bente Jessen Graae, Thilo Heinken, Fride Hoistad Schei, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Martin Kopecky, Thomas Kudernatsch, Martin Macek, Marek Malicki, Frantisek Malis, Ottar Michelsen, Tobias Naaf, Thomas A. Nagel, Adrian C. Newton, Lena Nicklas, Ludovica Oddi, Adrienne Ortmann-Ajkai, Andrej Palaj, Alessandro Petraglia, Petr Petrik, Remigiusz Pielech, Francesco Porro, Mihai Puscas, Kamila Reczynska, Christian Rixen, Wolfgang Schmidt, Tibor Standovar, Klaus Steinbauer, Krzysztof Swierkosz, Balazs Teleki, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Thomas Vanneste, Philippine Vergeer, Ondrej Vild, Luis Villar, Pascal Vittoz, Manuela Winkler, Baeten L (2021) Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters.

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• Michael P Perring, Pieter De Frenne, Lionel R Hertzog, Haben Blondeel, Leen Depauw, Sybryn L Maes, Safaa Wasof, Hans Verbeeck, Kris Verheyen, forestREplot (2021) Increasing liana frequency in temperate European forest understories is driven by ivy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18, 550-557.

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• Zellweger F, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Vangansbeke P, Verheyen K, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Baeten L, Hedl R, Berki I, ... Wulf M, Coomes DA (2020) Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming. Science, 6492, 772-775.

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• Staude IR, Waller DM, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Bjorkman AD, Brunet J, .... Baeten L (2020) Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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• De Lombaerde E, Verheyen K, Perring M, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Van Calster H, Brunet J, Chudomelova M, Decocq G, Diekmann M, Durak T, Hedl R, Heinken T, Hommel P, Jaroszewicz B, Kopecky M, Lenoir J, Macek M, Malis M, Mitchell F, Naaf T, Newman M, Petrík P, Reczynsk K, Schmidt W, Swierkosz K, Vild O, Wulf M, Baeten L (2018) Responses of competitive understorey species to spatial environmental gradients inaccurately explain temporal changes. Basic and Applied Ecology, 30, 52-64.

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• Verheyen K, Bazany M, Checko E, Chudomelova M, Closset-Kopp D, Czortek P, Decocq G, De Frenne P, De Keersmaeker L, Enriquez-Garcia C, Fabsicova M, Grytnes JA, Hederova L, Hedl R, Heinken T, ..., Wulf M, Baeten L (2018) Observer and relocation errors matter in resurveys of historical vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29, 812-823.

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• Perring MP, Diekmann M, Midolo G, Schellenberger Costa D, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Otto J, Gilliam F, Hedwall PO, Nordin A, Dirnbock T, Simkin S, Malis F, Blondeel H, Brunet J, Chudomelova M, Durak T, De Frenne P, Hedl R, Kopecky M, Landuyt D, Li D, Manning P, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Vild O, Waller D, Verheyen K (2018) Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution, 242, 1787-1799.

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• Perring MP, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Baeten L, Blondeel H, Depauw L, Landuyt D, Maes SL, De Lombaerde E, Caron MM, Vellend M, Brunet J, Chudomelova M, Decocq G, Diekmann M, Dirnbock T, Dorfler I, Durak T, De Frenne P, Gilliam F, Hedl R, Heinken T, Jaroszewicz B, Kirby KJ, Kopecky M, Lenoir J, Li D, Malis F, Naaf T, Newman M, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Van Calster H, Vild O, Wagner ER, Wulf M, Verheyen K (2018) Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies. Global Change Biology, 24, 1722-1740.

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• Verheyen K, De Frenne P, Baeten L, Waller D, Hedl R, Perring M, Brunet J, Chudomelova M, De Lombaerde E, Depauw L, Dirnboeck T, Durak T, Eriksson O, Gilliam F, Heinken T, Heinrichs S, Hermy M, Jaroszewicz B, Jenkins M, Johnson S, Kirby K, Kopecky M, Landuyt D, Lenoir J, Li D, Macek M, Maes SL, Malis F, Mitchell F, Naaf T, Peterken GP, Petrik P, Reczynska K, Rogers DA, Hoistad Schei F, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Swierkosz K, Ujhazy K, Van Calster H, Vellend M, Vild O, Woods K, Wulf M, Bernhardt-Romermann M (2017) Combining community resurvey data to advance global change research. BioScience, 67, 73-83.

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• Bernhardt-Römermann M, Baeten L, Craven D, De Frenne P, Hedl R, Lenoir J, Bert D, Brunet J, Chudomelova M, Decocq G, Dierschke H, Dirnbock T, Dorfler I, Heinken T, Hermy M, Hommel P, Jaroszewicz B, Keczynski A, Kelly DL, Kirby KJ, Kopecky M, Macek M, Malis F, Mirtl M, Mitchell FJG, Naaf T, Newman M, Peterken G, Petrik P, Schmidt W, Standovar T, Toth Z, Van Calster H, Verstraeten G, Vladovic J, Vild O, Wulf M & Verheyen K (2015) Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales. Global Change Biology, 21, 3726-3737.

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• De Frenne P, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Brown CD, Eriksson O, Hermy M, Mitchell FJG, Petrik P, Van Calster H, Vellend M, Verheyen K (2014) Reply to Harwood et al.: Thermophilization estimation is robust to the scale of species distribution data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS), 111, E1166.

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• Baeten L, Warton DI, Van Calster H, De Frenne P, Verstraeten G, Bonte D, Bernhardt-Römmerman M, Cornelis J, Decocq G, Eriksson O, Hedl R, Heinken T, Hermy M, Hommel P, Kirby K, Naaf T, Petrik P, Walther GR, Wulf M & Verheyen K (2014) A model-based approach to studying changes in compositional heterogeneity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 156-164.

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• De Frenne P, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Coomes DA, Baeten L, Verstraeten G, Vellend M, Bernhardt-Romermann M, Brown CD, Brunet J, Cornelis J, Decocq G, Dierschke H, Eriksson O, Gilliam FS, Hedl R, Heinken T, Hermy M, Hommel P, Jenkins MA, Kelly DL, Kirby KJ, Mitchell FJG, Naaf T, Newman M, Peterken G, Petrik P, Schulz J, Sonnier G, Van Calster H, Waller DM, Walther GR, White PS, Woods K, Wulf M, Graae BJ, Verheyen K (2013) Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS), 110, 18561-18565.

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• Verheyen K, Baeten L, De Frenne P, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Brunet J, Cornelis J, Decocq G, Dierschke H, Eriksson O, Hedl R, Heinken T, Hermy M, Hommel P, Kirby K, Naaf T, Peterken G, Petrik P, Pfadenhauer J, Van Calster H, Walther GR, Wulf M & Verstraeten G (2012) Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests. Journal of Ecology, 100, 352-365.

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Results based on the forestREplot-database have been presented at the following conferences:

• Annual meeting of the British Ecological Society; Lille, France (2014)
• European Vegetation Survey meeting; Rome, Italy (2013)
• ClimTree - International Conference on Climate Change and Tree Responses in Central European Forests; Zurich, Switzerland (2013)
• Macroecology Meeting of the British Ecological Society; London, UK (2012)
• British Ecological Society Annual Symposium, Forests and Global Change; Cambridge, UK (2011)
• XXIIIth IUFRO World Congress; Seoul, Republic of Korea (2010)
• Forest Ecology Symposium of the British Ecological Society; Cambridge, UK (2009)
• Several other national and international conferences