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Trait divergence in plant community assembly is generated by environmental factor interactions by Pillar, Valério D.

“…Question What conditions drive trait divergence during community assembly through environmental filtering, and why are some communities more trait‐diverse than…”
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SYNCSA—R tool for analysis of metacommunities based on functional traits and phylogeny of the community components by DEBASTIANI, Vanderlei J, PILLAR, Valério D

“…SYNCSA is an R package for the analysis of metacommunities based on functional traits and phylogeny of the community components. It offers tools to calculate…”
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Invasive plant removal: assessing community impact and recovery from invasion by Guido, Anaclara, Pillar, Valerio D.

“…1. Invasive species spread on natural ecosystems is one of the most important causes of biodiversity loss. To disentangle the invasive plant impact on…”
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Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems by Overbeck, Gerhard E, Vélez‐Martin, Eduardo, Scarano, Fabio R, Lewinsohn, Thomas M, Fonseca, Carlos R, Meyer, Sebastian T, Müller, Sandra C, Ceotto, Paula, Dadalt, Letícia, Durigan, Giselda, Ganade, Gislene, Gossner, Martin M, Guadagnin, Demetrio L, Lorenzen, Katrin, Jacobi, Claudia M, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Pillar, Valério D, Loyola, Rafael

“…In the past decades, Brazil made important progress in the conservation of forest ecosystems. Non‐forest ecosystems (NFE), in contrast, have been neglected,…”
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Intraspecific trait variation of grassland species in response to grazing depends on resource acquisition strategy by Streit, Helena, Menezes, Luciana S., Pillar, Valério D., Overbeck, Gerhard E., Kühn, Ingolf

“…Question Grazing is an important disturbance for maintenance of structure and functioning of the plant communities in grassy ecosystems. Functional…”
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framework for metacommunity analysis of phylogenetic structure by Pillar, Valério D, Duarte, Leandro d.S

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 587-596 It is well known that species evolutionary history plays a crucial role in community assembly. Here, we offer a formal…”
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Revealing the functional traits linked to hidden environmental factors in community assembly by Pillar, Valério D., Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Jandt, Ute, Camiz, Sergio, Bruelheide, Helge, Roberts, David

“…Aim To identify functional traits that best predict community assembly without knowing the underlying environmental drivers. Methods We propose a new method…”
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Plant species richness and functional traits affect community stability after a flood event by Fischer, Felícia M., Wright, Alexandra J., Eisenhauer, Nico, Ebeling, Anne, Roscher, Christiane, Wagg, Cameron, Weigelt, Alexandra, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Pillar, Valério D.

“…Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events. It is therefore of major importance to identify the community…”
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Competitive effects and responses of the invasive grass Eragrostis plana in Río de la Plata grasslands by Guido, Anaclara, Hoss, Daniela, Pillar, Valério D.

“…The ability of an invasive species to establish is mostly determined by its biotic interactions with native species from the recipient community. Here, we…”
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Grassland afforestation with Eucalyptus affect Collembola communities and soil functions in southern Brazil by Jorge, Bruna Claudia S., Winck, Bruna Raquel, da Silva Menezes, Luciana, Bellini, Bruno C., Pillar, Valério D., Podgaiski, Luciana Regina

“…Afforestation of subtropical grasslands increased during the last decade and their impacts on soil biota and functions are not well known. Here we investigated…”
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Functional and taxonomic alpha and beta diversity responses to burning grasslands in southern Brazil by Joner, Fernando, Giehl, Eduardo L. H., Pillar, Valério D., Roxburgh, Stephen

“…Questions Grasslands in subtropical Brazil are known as potentially fire‐prone ecosystems. Aiming to better understand the effects of fire on biodiversity, we…”
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Biomass fine‐scale variation is predictive of functional composition and diversity in grazed grassland by Caram, Nicolas, Casalás, Felipe, Wallau, Marcelo O., Soca, Pablo, Pillar, Valério D., Cadenazzi, Monica, Boggiano, Pablo

“…Questions The adjustment of grazing pressure affects above‐ground biomass and its variation in space and time, which is a tool in grassland management for…”
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Collaboration networks and hot topics in the Journal of Vegetation Science by Pillar, Valério D., Pärtel, Meelis, Price, Jodi N., Chytrý, Milan

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Vegetation science during hectic times by Pärtel, Meelis, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Pillar, Valério D., Chytrý, Milan

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Reflecting on two and a half decades of restoration ecology in Applied Vegetation Science (1998–2023) by Price, Jodi N., Wagner, Viktoria, Pillar, Valério D., Chytrý, Milan

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Landscape structure and climate affect plant invasion in subtropical grasslands by Guido, Anaclara, Vélez-Martin, Eduardo, Overbeck, Gerhard E., Pillar, Valério D.

“…Question: How do climate and landscape structure affect plant invasion process in south Brazilian natural grasslands? Location: Natural grasslands across Rio…”
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Ecological restoration as a strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change: lessons and challenges from Brazil by Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., Silva, José Salomão, Scariot, Aldicir, Sampaio, Alexandre Bonesso, Mascia, Daniel Luis, Garcia, Edenise, Sano, Edson, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Durigan, Giselda, Roitman, Iris, Figueiredo, Isabel, Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Pillar, Valério D., de Oliveira, Alba Orli, Malhado, Ana Claudia, Alencar, Ane, Vendramini, Annelise, Padovezi, Aurélio, Carrascosa, Helena, Freitas, Joberto, Siqueira, José Alves, Shimbo, Julia, Generoso, Leonel Graça, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Biderman, Rachel, de Paiva Salomão, Rafael, Valle, Raul, Junior, Brienza, Nobre, Carlos

“…Climate change is a global phenomenon that affects biophysical systems and human well-being. The Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on…”
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Local biodiversity erosion in south Brazilian grasslands under moderate levels of landscape habitat loss by Staude, Ingmar R., Vélez-Martin, Eduardo, Andrade, Bianca O., Podgaiski, Luciana Regina, Boldrini, Ilsi I., Mendonça, Milton, Pillar, Valério D., Overbeck, Gerhard E.

“…1. Habitat loss is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, exerting negative effects on the ecological viability of natural vegetation remnants. The south…”
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A new method for indicator species analysis in the framework of multivariate analysis of variance by Ricotta, Carlo, Pavoine, Sandrine, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Pillar, Valério D., Botta‐Dukát, Zoltán

“…Question In vegetation science, the compositional dissimilarity among two or more groups of plots is usually tested with dissimilarity‐based multivariate…”
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Feedbacks between vegetation and disturbance processes promote long-term persistence of forest–grassland mosaics in south Brazil by Blanco, Carolina Casagrande, Scheiter, Simon, Sosinski, Enio, Fidelis, Alessandra, Anand, Madhur, Pillar, Valério D.

“…•We model dynamics of forest–grassland mosaics and fire in south Brazil.•We developed a spatially explicit dynamic global vegetation model.•Under frequent…”
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