• Experimental warming and precipitation reduction affect the biomass of microbial communities in a Sphagnum peatland 

      Basinska, Anna M.; Reczuga, Monika K.; Gabka, Maciej; Strozecki, Marcin; Lucow, Dominika; Samson, Mateusz; Urbaniak, Marek; Lesny, Jacek; Chojnicki, Bogdan H.; Gilbert, Daniel; Sobczynski, Tadeusz; Olejnik, Janusz; Silvennoinen, Hanna Marika; Juszczak, Radoslaw; Lamentowicz, Mariusz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-15)
      Due to their unique flora, hydrology and environmental characteristics, peatlands are precious and specific habitats for microorganisms and microscopic animals. Their microbial network structure and their biomass are crucial ...
    • Introducing the index-based ecological condition assessment framework (IBECA) 

      Jakobsson, Simon; Evju, Marianne; Framstad, Erik; Imbert, Alexis; Lyngstad, Anders; Sickel, Hanne; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Vandvik, Vigdis; Velle, Liv Guri; Aarrestad, Per Arild; Nybø, Signe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Sustainable nature management and ecosystem conservation depends critically on scientifically sound and stakeholder-relevant analytical frameworks for monitoring and assessing ecological condition. Several general frameworks ...
    • Method comparison of indirect assessments of understory leaf area index (LAIu): A case study across the extended network of ICOS forest ecosystem sites in Europe 

      George, Jan-Peter; Yang, Wei; Kobayashi, Hideki; Biermann, Tobias; Carrara, Arnaud; Cremonese, Edoardo; Cuntz, Matthias; Fares, Silvano; Gerosa, Giacomo; Grünwald, Thomas; Hase, Niklas; Heliasz, Michael; Ibrom, Andreas; Knohl, Alexander; Kruijt, Bart; Lange, Holger; Limousin, Jean-Marc; Loustau, Denis; Lukeš, Petr; Marzuoli, Riccardo; Mölder, Meelis; Montagnani, Leonardo; Neirynck, Johan; Peichl, Matthias; Rebmann, Corinna; Schmidt, Marius; Serrano, Francisco Ramon Lopez; Soudani, Kamel; Vincke, Caroline; Pisek, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-31)
      Leaf area index (LAI) is a key ecological indicator for describing the structure of canopies and for modelling energy exchange between atmosphere and biosphere. While LAI of the forest overstory can be accurately assessed ...
    • Monitoring deer food and browsing in forests: Coherence and discrepancies between national and local inventories 

      Wam, Hilde Karine; Solberg, Erling Johan; Eriksen, Rune; Granhus, Aksel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)
      Field-based monitoring of deer food availability and browsing on recruiting forest trees is a necessary but labour-intensive task. We explored how such estimates from a low-resolution multipurpose national forest inventory ...
    • Setting reference levels and limits for good ecological condition in terrestrial ecosystems – Insights from a case study based on the IBECA approach 

      Jakobsson, Simon; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Evju, Marianne; Framstad, Erik; Lyngstad, Anders; Pedersen, Bård; Sickel, Hanne; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Vandvik, Vigdis; Velle, Liv Guri; Aarrestad, Per Arild; Nybø, Signe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05-16)
      Effective evidence-based nature conservation and habitat management relies on developing and refining our methodological toolbox for detecting critical ecological changes at an early stage. This requires not only optimizing ...