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High economic costs of reduced carbon sinks and declining biome stability in Central American forests by Baumbach, Lukas, Hickler, Thomas, Yousefpour, Rasoul, Hanewinkel, Marc

“…Tropical forests represent important supporting pillars for society, supplying global ecosystem services (ES), e.g., as carbon sinks for climate regulation and…”
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Co-occurrence of climate-change induced and anthropogenic pressures in Central American key biodiversity areas by Baumbach, Lukas, Hickler, Thomas, Yousefpour, Rasoul, Hanewinkel, Marc

“…Abstract Central America hosts many key biodiversity areas (KBAs), areas which represent unique and irreplaceable ecosystems of global importance for species…”
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A comparison of macroecological and stacked species distribution models to predict future global terrestrial vertebrate richness by Biber, Matthias F., Voskamp, Alke, Niamir, Aidin, Hickler, Thomas, Hof, Christian

“…Aim Predicting future changes in species richness in response to climate change is one of the key challenges in biogeography and conservation ecology. Stacked…”
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Bioenergy cropland expansion may offset positive effects of climate change mitigation for global vertebrate diversity by Hof, Christian, Voskamp, Alke, Biber, Matthias F., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Engelhardt, Eva Katharina, Niamir, Aidin, Willis, Stephen G., Hickler, Thomas

“…Climate and land-use change interactively affect biodiversity. Large-scale expansions of bioenergy have been suggested as an important component for climate…”
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Global ecosystems and fire: Multi‐model assessment of fire‐induced tree‐cover and carbon storage reduction by Lasslop, Gitta, Hantson, Stijn, Harrison, Sandy P., Bachelet, Dominique, Burton, Chantelle, Forkel, Matthias, Forrest, Matthew, Li, Fang, Melton, Joe R., Yue, Chao, Archibald, Sally, Scheiter, Simon, Arneth, Almut, Hickler, Thomas, Sitch, Stephen

“…In this study, we use simulations from seven global vegetation models to provide the first multi‐model estimate of fire impacts on global tree cover and the…”
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Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change by Schleuning, Matthias, Fründ, Jochen, Schweiger, Oliver, Welk, Erik, Albrecht, Jörg, Albrecht, Matthias, Beil, Marion, Benadi, Gita, Blüthgen, Nico, Bruelheide, Helge, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Dehling, D. Matthias, Dormann, Carsten F., Exeler, Nina, Farwig, Nina, Harpke, Alexander, Hickler, Thomas, Kratochwil, Anselm, Kuhlmann, Michael, Kühn, Ingolf, Michez, Denis, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Plein, Michaela, Rasmont, Pierre, Schwabe, Angelika, Settele, Josef, Vujić, Ante, Weiner, Christiane N., Wiemers, Martin, Hof, Christian

“…Impacts of climate change on individual species are increasingly well documented, but we lack understanding of how these effects propagate through ecological…”
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Large uncertainties in future biome changes in Africa call for flexible climate adaptation strategies by Martens, Carola, Hickler, Thomas, Davis‐Reddy, Claire, Engelbrecht, Francois, Higgins, Steven I., Maltitz, Graham P., Midgley, Guy F., Pfeiffer, Mirjam, Scheiter, Simon

“…Anthropogenic climate change is expected to impact ecosystem structure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in Africa profoundly. We used the adaptive Dynamic…”
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The fire weather in Europe: large-scale trends towards higher danger by Hetzer, Jessica, Forrest, Matthew, Ribalaygua, Jaime, Prado-López, Carlos, Hickler, Thomas

“…Abstract The climate over Europe has been recorded to be hotter, drier, and more fire-prone over the last decade than ever before, leading to concerns about…”
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Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data - an inverse perspective by Hartig, Florian, Dyke, James, Hickler, Thomas, Higgins, Steven I., O'Hara, Robert B., Scheiter, Simon, Huth, Andreas

“…Dynamic vegetation models provide process-based explanations of the dynamics and the distribution of plant ecosystems. They offer significant advantages over…”
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Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon–nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO₂ Enrichment studies by Zaehle, Sönke, Medlyn, Belinda E, De Kauwe, Martin G, Walker, Anthony P, Dietze, Michael C, Hickler, Thomas, Luo, Yiqi, Wang, Ying‐Ping, El‐Masri, Bassil, Thornton, Peter, Jain, Atul, Wang, Shusen, Warlind, David, Weng, Ensheng, Parton, William, Iversen, Colleen M, Gallet‐Budynek, Anne, McCarthy, Heather, Finzi, Adrien, Hanson, Paul J, Prentice, I. Colin, Oren, Ram, Norby, Richard J

“…We analysed the responses of 11 ecosystem models to elevated atmospheric [CO₂] (eCO₂) at two temperate forest ecosystems (Duke and Oak Ridge National…”
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Fire has been an important driver of forest dynamics in the Carpathian Mountains during the Holocene by Feurdean, Angelica, Florescu, Gabriela, Vannière, Boris, Tanţău, Ioan, O‘Hara, Robert B., Pfeiffer, Mirjam, Hutchinson, Simon M., Gałka, Mariusz, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Hickler, Thomas

“…•Stable mean fire rotation (mFRI) of ∼200–300yr occurred throughout the Holocene.•P. abies favoured by low to moderate fire severity/area burned.•Disturbance…”
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Specialization of Mutualistic Interaction Networks Decreases toward Tropical Latitudes by Schleuning, Matthias, Fründ, Jochen, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Alarcón, Ruben, Albrecht, Matthias, Andersson, Georg K.S., Bazarian, Simone, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Bommarco, Riccardo, Dalsgaard, Bo, Dehling, D. Matthias, Gotlieb, Ariella, Hagen, Melanie, Hickler, Thomas, Holzschuh, Andrea, Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N., Kreft, Holger, Morris, Rebecca J., Sandel, Brody, Sutherland, William J., Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tscharntke, Teja, Watts, Stella, Weiner, Christiane N., Werner, Michael, Williams, Neal M., Winqvist, Camilla, Dormann, Carsten F., Blüthgen, Nico

“…Species-rich tropical communities are expected to be more specialized than their temperate counterparts [1–3]. Several studies have reported increasing biotic…”
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Mountain greening and rising temperatures erode habitats of ironwort (Sideritis), an important natural medicinal resource by Theodoridis, Spyros, Hickler, Thomas, Thines, Marco

“…Societal Impact Statement Native medicinal plants contribute essential health benefits to populations globally, constituting a major natural resource that…”
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Tree migration-rates: narrowing the gap between inferred post-glacial rates and projected rates by Feurdean, Angelica, Bhagwat, Shonil A, Willis, Katherine J, Birks, H John B, Lischke, Heike, Hickler, Thomas

“…Faster-than-expected post-glacial migration rates of trees have puzzled ecologists for a long time. In Europe, post-glacial migration is assumed to have…”
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Where does the carbon go? A model–data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free‐air CO₂ enrichment sites by De Kauwe, Martin G, Medlyn, Belinda E, Zaehle, Sönke, Walker, Anthony P, Dietze, Michael C, Wang, Ying‐Ping, Luo, Yiqi, Jain, Atul K, El‐Masri, Bassil, Hickler, Thomas, Wårlind, David, Weng, Ensheng, Parton, William J, Thornton, Peter E, Wang, Shusen, Prentice, I. Colin, Asao, Shinichi, Smith, Benjamin, McCarthy, Heather R, Iversen, Colleen M, Hanson, Paul J, Warren, Jeffrey M, Oren, Ram, Norby, Richard J

“…Elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration (eCO₂) has the potential to increase vegetation carbon storage if increased net primary production causes increased…”
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The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates by Svenning, Jens-Christian, Gravel, Dominique, Holt, Robert D., Schurr, Frank M., Thuiller, Wilfried, Münkemüller, Tamara, Schiffers, Katja H., Dullinger, Stefan, Edwards Jr, Thomas C., Hickler, Thomas, Higgins, Steven I., Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Pagel, Jörn, Normand, Signe

“…Ongoing and predicted global change makes understanding and predicting species' range shifts an urgent scientific priority. Here, we provide a synthetic…”
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Forest water use and water use efficiency at elevated CO2: a model-data intercomparison at two contrasting temperate forest FACE sites by De Kauwe, Martin G., Medlyn, Belinda E., Zaehle, Sönke, Walker, Anthony P., Dietze, Michael C., Hickler, Thomas, Jain, Atul K., Luo, Yiqi, Parton, William J., Prentice, I. Colin, Smith, Benjamin, Thornton, Peter E., Wang, Shusen, Wang, Ying-Ping, Wårlind, David, Weng, Ensheng, Crous, Kristine Y., Ellsworth, David S., Hanson, Paul J., Seok Kim, Hyun, Warren, Jeffrey M., Oren, Ram, Norby, Richard J.

“…Predicted responses of transpiration to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO2) are highly variable amongst process‐based models. To better understand…”
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Effects of human land-use on the global carbon cycle during the last 6,000 years by Olofsson, Jörgen, Hickler, Thomas

“…Humanity has become a major player within the Earth system, particularly by transforming large parts of the land surface and by altering the gaseous…”
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Historical (1700–2012) Global Multi-Model Estimates of the Fire Emissions from the Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP) by Li, Fang, Val Martin, Maria, Andreae, Meinrat O., Arneth, Almut, Hantson, Stijn, Kaiser, Johannes W., Lasslop, Gitta, Yue, Chao, Bachelet, Dominique, Forrest, Matthew, Kluzek, Erik, Liu, Xiaohong, Mangeon, Stephane, Melton, Joe R., Ward, Daniel S., Darmenov, Anton, Hickler, Thomas, Ichoku, Charles, Magi, Brian I., Sitch, Stephen, van der Werf, Guido R., Wiedinmyer, Christine, Rabin, Sam S.

“…Fire emissions are critical for carbon and nutrient cycles, climate, and air quality. Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) with interactive fire modeling…”
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Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO2 enrichment by Walker, Anthony P., De Kauwe, Martin G., Medlyn, Belinda E., Zaehle, Sönke, Iversen, Colleen M., Asao, Shinichi, Guenet, Bertrand, Harper, Anna, Hickler, Thomas, Hungate, Bruce A., Jain, Atul K., Luo, Yiqi, Lu, Xingjie, Lu, Meng, Luus, Kristina, Megonigal, J. Patrick, Oren, Ram, Ryan, Edmund, Shu, Shijie, Talhelm, Alan, Wang, Ying-Ping, Warren, Jeffrey M., Werner, Christian, Xia, Jianyang, Yang, Bai, Zak, Donald R., Norby, Richard J.

“…Increasing atmospheric CO 2 stimulates photosynthesis which can increase net primary production (NPP), but at longer timescales may not necessarily increase…”
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