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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

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

30.10.2024 ► Ivison, K., van Kleunen, M., Speed, J., …, Tielbörger, K., ... (2024). Non-Native, Non-Naturalised Plants Suffer Less Herbivory Than Native Plants Across European Botanical Gardens. Divers Distrib, e13938. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13938

14.10.2024 ► Biancari, L., Aguiar, M.R., Eldridge, D.J., ..., Liancourt, P., ..., Tielbörger, K., ..., van den Brink, L., ... (2024). Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Sci. Adv. 10, eadn6007. 10.1126/sciadv.adn6007

27.08.2024 ► van den Brink, L., Canessa, R., Liancourt, P., Neidhardt, H., Cavieres, L.A., Oelmann, Y., Bader, M.Y., Tielbörger, K. (2024). Increases and decreases in soil moisture in water-limited plant communities cause asymmetrical responses in biomass but not in diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35, e13300. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13300

22.08.2024 ► Gross, N., Maestre, F.T., Liancourt, P. et al. (2024). Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature 632, 808–814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3

09.07.2024 ► Pan, X., Ferris, N.D., Applová, M., Gresse, J., ... (2024). The convex relationship between plant cover and biomass: Implications for assessing species and community properties. Journal of Vegetation Science 35(4): e13288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13288

22.05.2024 ► Amputu, V., Männer, F., Tielbörger, K., Knox, N. (2024). Spatio-temporal transferability of drone-based models to predict forage supply in drier rangelands. Remote Sensing 16, 1842. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111842

12.04.2024 ► Eldridge, D.J., ..., Canessa, R., ..., Liancourt, P., ...,Tielbörger, K., ..., van den Brink, L., ... (2024). Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nature Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7

11.04.2024 ► Majekova, M., Springer, B., Ferenc, V., Gruntman, M., & Tielbörger, K. (2024). Leaf fluctuating asymmetry is not a reliable indicator of stress. Functional Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14564

31.01.2024 ► Zimmer, K., Amputu, V., Schwarz, L.-M., Linstädter, A., Sandhage-Hofmann, A. (2024). Soil characteristics within vegetation patches are sensitive indicators of savanna rangeland degradation in central Namibia. Geoderma Regional, e00771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00771