Publications
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2026
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Minyan Wang Haohao Bian Junhao Huang Jiamin Qi Hao Zhou Xiaopiao Hu Nicholas Clarke Ming Hung Wong Jin ZhangAbstract
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Westergren, Marjana Streit, Kathrin van Loo, Marcela Alía, Ricardo González-Martínez, Santiago C. Lario Leza, Francisco J. Benito-Garzón, Marta Climent Maldonado, José M. Mihai, Georgeta Tor MykingAbstract
Maintaining forest resilience under climate change depends on understanding genetic adaptation and preserving diversity. Long-term common garden networks are essential for revealing how species and populations perform across life stages and environments. When strategically designed and deployed across diverse sites, including suboptimal ones, these networks provide critical empirical insights into adaptive capacity of forest tree species under future climate conditions.
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Bart Vandecasteele Simon Craeye Kristof Gheysens Peter Melis Hanne Denaeghel Krzysztof Kusnierek Rianne Visser Dries VandammeAbstract
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Schistidium arizonense is described as a new species from the US states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. It belongs to section Atrofusca, but unlike most other taxa of the section, it is not a pure calcicole and also occurs on acidic substrates. The species is characterized by a combination of usually green coloration, fusiform perichaetia, perforated and fragile peristome teeth that are usually split in the upper part, flat or narrowly recurved leaf margins, and long-decurrent perichaetial leaf hairpoints. Based on sequences of the ITS region, the taxon is closely related to S. helveticum, which is congruent with morphological similarities, including similar size, the lack of stomata, and mostly absent or short hairpoints on vegetative leaves. Schistidium arizonense is, however, most likely to be confused with the widespread and highly variable S. crassipilum, which appears to be more distantly related.
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Tor MykingAbstract
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Elena Gottardini Fabiana Cristofolini Antonella Cristofori Elena Vanguelova Anne Thimonier Nicholas Clarke Laura Wachtveitl Liisa Ukonmaanaho Antti-Jussi Lindroos Manuel Nicolas Ivan Limić Pascal Boeckx Samuel Bodé Marijn Bauters Arne VerstraetenAbstract
Abstract Atmospheric deposition is a critical driver of biogeochemical cycling in forest ecosystems. Among the pathways of deposition, throughfall (TF) — precipitation that has interacted with the forest canopy — plays a significant role in the input of atmospheric substances and canopy leachates to the forest floor. We investigated the influence of airborne pollen deposited in TF on its chemical composition across 60 Level II plots of the ICP Forests network in eight European countries. Based on 196 TF samples collected during the 2018 early vegetative season, we identified 53 pollen taxa, with Pinus , Picea , Fagus , and Quercus accounting for 91.4% of the total grains. Linear mixed-effects models revealed significant positive links between pollen deposition rates and TF fluxes of several ions, especially potassium (K⁺), which was explained by pollen abundance of all four main tree genera. Additionally, pollen of broadleaved taxa ( Fagus , Quercus ) influenced fluxes of the non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), ammonium (NH 4 + ), and phosphate (PO 4 3− ). Conversely, broadleaved pollen showed a weak negative link with nitrate (NO₃⁻) fluxes, even if its interpretation requires a cautious approach, as several non-mutually exclusive pathways could explain it. Fractionation of the DOC pools highlighted a higher potential for microbial origin in broadleaves than in conifers. These findings provide the first continental-scale evidence of a link between pollen and TF water chemistry, concurrently analyzed on each water sample. This study underscores the ecological significance of pollen beyond plant reproduction and the need to consider flowering phenology and pollen release in forest deposition and nutrient assessments.
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Anna Wöhlbrandt Anabel Onay Ute Bachmann-Gigl Wolfgang Falk Christian Temperli Samuel Aspalter Debojyoti Chakraborty Silvio Schüler Johannes Breidenbach Jonas Fridman Miriam Isaac-Renton Vladimír Šebeň Mitja Skudnik Tzvetan Zlatanov Dominik Thom Eric A. ThurmAbstract
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Andras Balazs Jukka Miettinen Mats Nilsson Johannes Breidenbach Timo P. Pitkänen Mari MyllymäkiAbstract
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Liv Guri VelleAbstract
An overview of the European Heathland Network, its history, purpose and role in connecting research, management and policy across Europe. The presentation also highlighted past workshops, current management challenges and priorities for strengthening the network in the future.