Habitat-specific trends in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European plant communities over a century
Stephan Kambach, Ute Jandt, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Jose Manuel Álvarez-Martínez, Irena Axmanová, Manuele Bazzichetto, Erwin Bergmeier, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Marta Carboni, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Maria Laura Carranza, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, Ale · 2026
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Description
Stephan Kambach and a large team of co-authors tracked how plant life in Europe changed over the past century, in a study published in 2026. Reports of species loss are common, but gains and losses inside local plant groups are less clear.
The team used more than 57,000 repeat surveys of plant plots across Europe. On average, local groups gained a small amount of cover and species each year, along with more non-native and at risk species. Wetlands and mires changed the most. The type of habitat and whether it stayed stable, shifted, or was disturbed explained much of the spread. The picture is mixed, not a simple story of loss.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Stephan Kambach, Ute Jandt, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Jose Manuel Álvarez-Martínez, Irena Axmanová, Manuele Bazzichetto, Erwin Bergmeier, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Marta Carboni, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Maria Laura Carranza, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, Ale |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |