A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 281-291

  Baeten, Lander ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Wirth, Christian ^b,c   Bruelheide, Helge ^c,d   Bussotti, Filippo ^e   Finér, Leena ^f   Jaroszewicz, Bogdan ^g   Selvi, Federico ^e   Valladares, Fernando ^h   Allan, Eric ⁱ   Ampoorter, Evy ^a   Auge, Harald ^j   Avǎcǎriei, Daniel ^k   Barbaro, Luc ^l   Bǎrnoaiea, Ionu ^k   Bastias, Cristina C ^h   Bauhus, Jürgen ^m   Beinhoff, Carsten ^d   Benavides, Raquel ^h   Benneter, Adam ^m   Berger, Sigrid ^m   Berthold, Felix ^d   Boberg, Johanna ⁿ   Bonal, Damien ^o   Brüggemann, Wolfgang ^p   Carnol, Monique ^q   Castagneyrol, Bastien ^l   Charbonnier, Yohan ^l   Chećko, Ewa ^g   Coomes, David ^r   Coppi, Andrea ^e   Dalmaris, Eleftheria ^s   Dǎnilǎ, Gabriel ^k   Dawud, Seid M ^t   de Vries, Wim ^u   De Wandeler, Hans ^v   Deconchat, Marc ^w   Domisch, Timo ^y   Duduman, Gabriel ^k   Fischer, Markus ⁱ   Fotelli, Mariangela ^s   Gessler, Arthur ^x   Gimeno, Teresa E ^y   Granier, André ^o   Grossiord, Charlotte ^o   Guyot, Virginie ^w   Hantsch, Lydia ^d   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^z   Hector, Andy ^aa   Hermy, Martin ^v   Holland, Vera ^p   Jactel, Hervé ^l   Joly, François Xavier ^z   Jucker, Tommaso ^r   Kolb, Simon ^ab   Koricheva, Julia ^ac   Lexer, Manfred J ^ad   Liebergesell, Mario ^b   Milligan, Harriet ^ac   Müller, Sandra ^m   Muys, Bart ^v   Nguyen, Diem ⁿ   Nichiforel, Liviu ^k   Pollastrini, Martina ^e   Proulx, Raphael ^ae   Rabasa, Sonia ^h   Radoglou, Kalliopi ^af   Ratcliffe, Sophia ^b   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^t   Seiferling, Ian ^ae   Stenlid, Jan ⁿ   Vesterdal, Lars ^t   von Wilpert, Klaus ^ab   Zavala, Miguel A ^ag   Zielinski, Dawid ^g   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^m   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h CSIC   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^k STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

^l UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^o Réseau National Cancer Recherche   (France)

^p BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^s FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^t UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^u WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^w UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^x Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry   (Germany)

^y WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^z CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ab Forest Research Institute of Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^ae UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^af DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; FunDivEUROPE; Multidiversity; Multifunctionality; Tree species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885842562     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2013.07.002     Document Type: Note

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