The use of phylogenies in ecology is increasingly common and has broadened our
understanding of biological diversity. Ecological sub‐disciplines, particularly conservation, …

Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations
depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community …

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss 1 , 2 . Alongside reductions in
local species diversity, biotic homogenization at larger spatial scales is of great concern for …

Theory predicts that the processes generating biodiversity after disturbance will change during
succession. Comparisons of phylogenetic and functional (alpha and beta) diversity with …

The importance of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem functioning is generally well accepted.
However, most evidence comes from small‐scale studies, and scaling‐up patterns of …

Aims Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance
of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across …

Sophisticated statistical analyses are common in ecological research, particularly in species
distribution modeling. The effects of sometimes arbitrary decisions during the modeling …

Because biodiversity is multidimensional and scale‐dependent, it is challenging to estimate
its change. However, it is unclear (1) how much scale‐dependence matters for empirical …

Nearly all mass gathering events worldwide were banned at the beginning of the COVID-19
pandemic, as they were suspected of presenting a considerable risk for the transmission of …

Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for
understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation …