M. Vellend

Predicting leaf traits across functional groups using reflectance spectroscopy

The paper develops models to predict leaf traits from reflectance spectra across functional groups and ecosystems, finding high accuracy for some traits but lower for others.

A millennium of increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20th century

The paper analyzes global land-use changes from the 10th to 20th centuries and finds increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20th century, driven by human land-use changes.

Mycorrhizal dominance reduces forest-tree species diversity

The paper analyzes forest plots across the U.S. to show that mycorrhizal dominance, not type, reduces tree diversity, with mixed mycorrhizal forests supporting higher species richness.

Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophytes communities along elevational gradients over four decades of warming

The paper compares long-term changes in bryophyte and vascular plant communities across elevational gradients in response to warming over four decades.

The geography of the Anthropocene differs between the land and the sea

The paper examines geographic differences in anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity change between land and sea, identifying distinct threat complexes with varying driver intensities.

Biodiversity trends are stronger in marine than terrestrial assemblages

The paper analyzes biodiversity trends across 50,000 time-series, finding stronger compositional change and species turnover in marine assemblages compared to terrestrial ones.

Four decades of plant community change along a continental gradient of warming

The paper re-surveyed forest vegetation plots in eastern Canada after 40 years to assess climate warming impacts, finding increasing biotic changes from west to east.