Tag Archives: Meelis Pärtel

New paper published – Dispersal limitation determines large-scale dark diversity in Central and Northern Europe

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Text by Kersti Riibak The inability of many plant species to disperse to environmentally suitable sites after the Last Glacial Maximum limits plant diversity within Europe. Dispersal may also limit species occupancy of potentially suitable sites within their distribution ranges, … Continue reading →

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New publications describing a new method to predict species establishment and invasion

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Text by Jon Bennett [This is a repost from Meelis Pärtel´s Macroecology Workgroup blog] Understanding which species are going to establish within a given community (i.e. invasion) is one of the most fundamental pursuits in ecology. In today’s era of … Continue reading →

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New publication – Predicting species establishment using absent species and functional neighborhoods

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

Text by Meelis Pärtel and Jonathan Bennett Understanding which species establish in which habitats is fundamental to community ecology and to more applied pursuits, such as the restoration of degraded sites and the prevention of invasion by exotic species. Jonathan … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Trait assembly in grasslands depends on habitat history and spatial scale

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

Text and pic by Liina Saar Recently published paper by Liina Saar, Meelis Pärtel and Aveliina Helm together with Francesco de Bello from Czechia (University of South Bohemia) in Oecologia revealed that grasslands with regular and long management history are … Continue reading →

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