Research Institute for Nature and Forest

To disappear or to hold on – the fate of Europe's mountain flora in a warming world

Europe's largest mountain ranges are hotspots of climate change with potentially profound consequences for its rich and unique flora. Recent evidence is pointing towards strong compositional changes in mountain plant assemblages and the loss of cold‐adapted species. Yet, other st...

Environmental drivers of litter- and soil-dwelling springtail communities across European forests, assessed by morphotaxonomy and soil DNA metabarcoding

Springtails are abundant in forest litter and soils, where they play a crucial role in the transformation and decomposition of organic matter. However, most data on springtail communities originates from studies at the local and regional levels, while larger-scale studies are lac...