. . . "Quested, Helen" . "Sternberg, Marcelo" . "Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: A standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites"@en . "Papanastasis, Vasilios P" . "Thebault, Aurelie" . . . "12310" . "Kazakou, Elena" . "Eriksson, Ove" . "Castro, Helena" . . "Kigel, Jaimie" . . . "410844" . "000246120200019" . . "Theau, Jean Pierre" . "Quetier, Fabien" . "Grigulis, Karl" . . . "[6B16AC88D9F5]" . "Garnier, Eric" . "Pakeman, Robin" . "1"^^ . "Meier, Tonia" . "Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: A standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites" . "Rusch, Graciela" . "Jouany, Claire" . "Lehsten, Veiko" . "GB - Spojen\u00E9 kr\u00E1lovstv\u00ED Velk\u00E9 Brit\u00E1nie a Severn\u00EDho Irska" . . . "Fortunel, Claire" . "Ansquer, Pauline" . "99" . "Lep\u0161, Jan" . . "Lavorel, Sandra" . "Background and Aims A standardized methodology to assess the impacts of land-use changes on vegetation and ecosystem functioning is presented. It assumes that species traits are central to these impacts, and is designed to be applicable in different historical, climatic contexts and local settings. Preliminary results are presented to show its applicability. Methods Eleven sites, representative of various types of land-use changes occurring in marginal agro-ecosystems across Europe and Israel, were selected. Climatic data were obtained at the site level; soil data, disturbance and nutrition indices were described at the plot level within sites. Sixteen traits describing plant stature, leaf characteristics and reproductive phase were recorded on the most abundant species of each treatment. These data were combined with species abundance to calculate trait values weighed by the abundance of species in the communities. The ecosystem properties selected were components of above-ground net primary produ" . "Cruz, Pablo" . . . . "0305-7364" . "climate gradient; disturbance; ecosystem properties; European marginal agriculture; land-use change; methods; nutrient limitation; plant community; plant functional traits; soil properties"@en . "Zarovali, Maria P" . "RIV/60076658:12310/07:00010597" . "Vile, Denis" . "5" . . "Dole\u017Eal, Ji\u0159\u00ED" . . . "Background and Aims A standardized methodology to assess the impacts of land-use changes on vegetation and ecosystem functioning is presented. It assumes that species traits are central to these impacts, and is designed to be applicable in different historical, climatic contexts and local settings. Preliminary results are presented to show its applicability. Methods Eleven sites, representative of various types of land-use changes occurring in marginal agro-ecosystems across Europe and Israel, were selected. Climatic data were obtained at the site level; soil data, disturbance and nutrition indices were described at the plot level within sites. Sixteen traits describing plant stature, leaf characteristics and reproductive phase were recorded on the most abundant species of each treatment. These data were combined with species abundance to calculate trait values weighed by the abundance of species in the communities. The ecosystem properties selected were components of above-ground net primary produ"@en . . "Golodets, Carly" . . "Annals of Botany" . "Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: A standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites" . "Skarpe, Christina" . "R, V, Z(AV0Z50070508)" . . "32"^^ . "Papadimitriou, Maria" . "Kleyer, Michael" . "RIV/60076658:12310/07:00010597!RIV10-MSM-12310___" . . "Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: A standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites"@en . "19"^^ . "Roumet, Catherine" . "Freitas, Helena" . "Robson, Matt" .