1. The influence of coyote on Canada lynx populations assessed at two different spatial scales

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2. Local and regional scale biodiversity patterns of forest snail assemblages in Tuscany (central Italy)

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3. The effect of stand-level habitat characteristics on breeding bird assemblages in Hungarian temperate mixed forests

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4. Litter quality and temperature modulate microbial diversity effects on decomposition in model experiments

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5. Resource partitioning and niche segregation in a steppe bird assemblage

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6. Humped-back shaped response of plant species richness to increasing shrub encroachment in calcareous grasslands

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7. Long-term density fluctuations and microhabitat use of sympatric Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus in central Italy

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8. Heterospecific competition and attraction in grassland bird communities differ with habitat quality

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9. Interplay of temperature and woody cover shapes herb communities along an elevational gradient in a temperate forest in Beijing, China

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   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2015 Pages: 215 - 222

10. Distributional patterns of endemic, native and alien species along a roadside elevation gradient in Tenerife, Canary Islands

    • G. Bacaro
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11. Ecotones as indicators: boundary properties in wetland-woodland transition zones

    • G. Brownstein
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    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2015 Pages: 235 - 243

12. Wild boar rooting intensity determines shifts in understorey composition and functional traits

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    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2015 Pages: 244 - 253

13. Context-dependent effects of abandonment vs. grazing on functional composition and diversity of sub-Mediterranean grasslands

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    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2015 Pages: 254 - 266

14. The front door to the fourth corner: variations on the sample unit × trait matrix in community ecology

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