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  • Protected areas (PAs) are not completely halting biodiversity loss, according to growing evidence. This study shows the limited effectiveness of a large network of PAs despite favourable socio-economic context and high conservation efforts, suggesting that PA functional design matters beyond increasing resources.

    • Tsegaye T. Gatiso
    • Lars Kulik
    • Hjalmar S. Kühl
    Research
    Nature Sustainability
    Volume: 5, P: 861-868

  • Global patterns of regional plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether they hold for local communities is debated. This study created multi-grain global maps of alpha diversity for vascular plants to provide a nuanced understanding of plant diversity hotspots and improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.

    • Francesco Maria Sabatini
    • Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
    • Helge Bruelheide
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 13, P: 1-16

  • Time-series data including 1,794 plant species from 7,738 vegetation plots in Germany between 1927 and 2020 reveal patterns of change in biodiversity, and suggest that more species declined than increased in abundance during this period.

    • Ute Jandt
    • Helge Bruelheide
    • Monika Wulf
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 611, P: 512-518

  • Although plant functional trait combinations reflect ecological trade-offs at the species level, little is known about how this translates to whole communities. Here, the authors show that global trait composition is captured by two main dimensions that are only weakly related to macro-environmental drivers.

    • Helge Bruelheide
    • Jürgen Dengler
    • Ute Jandt
    Research
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
    Volume: 2, P: 1906-1917

  • Oases are key to humanity’s settlement in drylands in the past, today, and in the future. They form complex geo-bio-cultural systems of pivotal importance. Present climatic, economic, and social changes may lead to the demise of tangible and intangible values in and of oases, potentially affecting 500 million people. We aim at raising awareness of the accelerating threat to oases and argue for immediate action to protect this unique system.

    • Knut Bretzke
    • Nuria Sanz
    • Klement Tockner
    Comments & OpinionOpen Access
    npj Heritage Science
    Volume: 13, P: 1-5