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16.10.2025 ► Ohlert T., Smith M.D., Collins S.L., … ,  Tielbörger, K., … van den Brink, L., … (2025). Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. Science, 390(6770), 284-289. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads8144

30.06.2025 ► Delerue, F., Randé, H., Nemer, D., …, Gresse, J., … (2025). An extreme drought and heatwave event led to collapse of facilitation by metallophyte species in metalliferous ecosystems. Plant and Soil, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07611-3

03.06.2025 ► First I., Falik O., Májeková M., Segev, U., Gruntman M. (2025). Plant responses to light competition: does evolutionary history matter? Functional Ecology, 00: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70066

01.06.2025 ► Lillipuu E. M., Májeková M., Dvorský M., Liancourt P., Hájek T., Mudrák O. (2025). Drought avoidance strategy drives the assembly of plant communities in grasslands restored on former arable land. Journal of Environmental Management 386, 125844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125844

19.05.2025 ► Pan X., Hautier Y., Lepš J., ..., Májeková M., … (2025). Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities. Authorea Preprint. 10.22541/au.174766347.70526064/v1

14.05.2024 ► de Bello F., Fischer F. M., Puy J., ..., Májeková M., ... (2025). Raunkiæran Shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based ecology. Ecological Monographs 95(2), e70018.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70018

02.04.2025 ► Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C.P., … Amputu, V., … (2025). Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature 641, 917–924. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5.

04.03.2025 ► Hablützel L., Mullon C., Schmid M. (2025). The evolution of local adaptation in long-lived species. Evolution

21.02.2025 ► Kurze, S., Engelbrecht, B.M.J., Bilton, M.C., Tielbörger, K., Álvarez-Cansino, L. (2025): Winter annuals not only escape but also withstand winter droughts: Results from a multi-trait, multi-species approach. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 67, 125849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2025.125849 

13.02.2025 ► Harkort, L., Okujeni, A., Amputu, V., Mahler, J., Nill, L., Pflugmacher, D., Röder, A., & Hostert, P. (2025). Mapping fractional vegetation cover in Sub-Saharan rangelands using phenological feature spaces. Remote Sensing of Environment, 319, 114646. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2025.114646

01.02.2025 ► Michalet, R., Gresse, J., Randé, H., Reis, M., Saccone, P., Touzard, B., Delerue, F. (2025). Differences in species composition between calcareous and siliceous herbaceous communities are primarily explained by competition in favourable climates. Oikos, 2025(2), e10723. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10723

27.12.2024 ► Alcántara, J.M., Verdú, M., Garrido, J.L., …, Tielbörger, K., ... (2024). Key concepts and a world-wide look at plant recruitment networks. Biol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13177