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  1. Pasture resilience: phenological patterns and critical thresholds in the face of climate change
  2. Aridity and coexistence with lichens and vascular plants determine the dynamics of coastal dune bryophyte communities
  3. Challenges and Strategies in Implementing and Monitoring Long-Term Ecological Restoration Projects in Portugal
  4. Patterns of plant taxonomic, functional diversity and productivity along space and time in dryland woodlands
  5. Building synergies among ground‐based forest inventorying and monitoring networks to meet scientific, political and societal needs
  6. Trade‐offs among restored ecosystem functions are context‐dependent in Mediterranean‐type regions
  7. Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in global change drivers and their effects on semiarid woodlands and forests - fieldwork protocol
  8. Aridity and coexistence with vascular plants determine the dynamics of coastal dune bryophyte communities
  9. The added value of the long-term ecological research network to upscale restoration in Europe
  10. Cork oak woodlands and decline: a social-ecological review and future transdisciplinary approaches
  11. Changes in bryophyte functional composition during post-fire succession
  12. Shifts in plant functional groups along an aridity gradient in a tropical dry forest
  13. Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands
  14. A daily time-step hydrological-energy-biomass model to estimate green roof performances across Europe to support planning and policies
  15. Urban Green Connectivity Assessment: A Comparative Study of Datasets in European Cities
  16. More than trees: Stand management can be used to improve ecosystem diversity, structure and functioning 20 years after forest restoration in drylands
  17. Mapping potential conflicts between photovoltaic installations and biodiversity conservation
  18. Allopatric and sympatric drivers on the diversification dynamics of Aeonium (Crassulaceae) from the Canary Islands
  19. Bryophyte assembly rules across scales
  20. Rescuing Botany: using citizen-science and mobile apps in the classroom and beyond
  21. Using and Creating Microclimates for Cork Oak Adaptation to Climate Change
  22. A trait-based conceptual framework to examine urban biodiversity, socio-ecological filters, and ecosystem services linkages
  23. Modelling the response of urban lichens to broad-scale changes in air pollution and climate
  24. Plant growth forms dictate adaptations to the local climate
  25. Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities
  26. Concurrent herbivory and metal accumulation: The outcome for plants and herbivores
  27. How Do Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics Change Along an Aridity Gradient in a Tropical Dry Forest?
  28. Local-scale factors matter for tree cover modelling in Mediterranean drylands
  29. My happiness and the happiness of others - Exploring interactive media pathways to sustainability communication
  30. Intraspecific variability in herbivore response to elemental defences is caused by the metal itself
  31. Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change
  32. Current and historical factors drive variation of reproductive traits in unisexual mosses in Europe: a case study
  33. Seed removal decrease by invasive Argentine ants in a high Nature Value farmland
  34. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
  35. Modelling Aboveground Biomass of Miombo Woodlands in Niassa Special Reserve, Northern Mozambique
  36. Optimising Artificial Moss Growth for Environmental Studies in the Mediterranean Area
  37. Bottom-up cascading effects of quarry revegetation deplete bird-mediated seed dispersal services
  38. Participation in linear and interactive documentaries towards Human-Nature interaction
  39. Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
  40. Ant functional structure and diversity changes along a post-grazing succession in Mediterranean oak woodlands
  41. Ecology as a Tool to Assist Conservation of a Rare and Endemic Mediterranean Plantago Species
  42. Research agenda on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in European cities
  43. Framing the application of Adaptation Pathways for agroforestry in Mediterranean drylands
  44. Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity
  45. Elemental profile of native lichens displaying the impact by agricultural and artificial land uses in the Atlantic island of São Miguel (Azores)
  46. Phylogenetic structure of understorey annual and perennial plant species reveals opposing responses to aridity in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot
  47. Using gradient Forest to predict climate response and adaptation in Cork oak
  48. Framework for Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture and Forestry in Mediterranean Climate Regions
  49. Local environmental variables are key drivers of ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity in a Mediterranean dryland
  50. Are Biocrusts and Xerophytic Vegetation a Viable Green Roof Typology in a Mediterranean Climate? A Comparison between Differently Vegetated Green Roofs in Water Runoff and Water Quality
  51. More tolerant than expected: Taking into account the ability of Cladonia portentosa to cope with increased nitrogen availability in environmental policy
  52. The response of plant functional traits to aridity in a tropical dry forest
  53. Temporary grazing exclusion as a passive restoration strategy in a dryland woodland: Effects over time on tree regeneration and on the shrub community
  54. The contribution of small shrubby patches to the functional diversity of wood-pastures
  55. Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land in arid and semiarid environments: Editorial
  56. Thallus structural alterations in green-algal lichens as indicators of elevated CO2 in a degassing volcanic area
  57. Using Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Imaging to Select Desiccation-Tolerant Native Moss Species for Water-Sustainable Green Roofs
  58. Estimating the age and mechanism of boulder transport related with extreme waves using lichenometry
  59. From species presences to abundances: Using unevenly collected plant species presences to disclose the structure and functioning of a dryland ecosystem
  60. Using a space-for-time approach to select the best biodiversity-based indicators to assess the effects of aridity on Mediterranean drylands
  61. Cars as a tool for monitoring and protecting biodiversity
  62. Does the exotic equal pollution? Landscape methods for solving the dilemma of using native versus non‐native plant species in drylands
  63. Increasing biodiversity in wood-pastures by protecting small shrubby patches
  64. Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Quarry Restoration – Challenges, Strategies and Practice
  65. Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution
  66. How much matching there is in functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic optima of epiphytic macrolichen communities along a European climatic gradient?
  67. Nitrogen and sulfur deposition over a region in SW Europe based on a regional atmospheric chemical transport model
  68. Spatially modelling the risk areas of chronic exposure to hydrothermal volcanic emissions using lichens
  69. Bringing the concept of ammonia critical levels into managing cork-oak woodland for conservation
  70. All for One: The Role of Colony Morphology in Bryophyte Desiccation Tolerance
  71. In Mediterranean drylands microclimate affects more tree seedlings than adult trees
  72. A Tale of Two Green Walls: A functional trait approach to assess vegetation establishment on restored steep slopes
  73. A Importância da Biodiversidade para o Ecólogo
  74. Selecting Potential Moss Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Basin
  75. Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators
  76. Estimation of the Allergenic Potential of Urban Trees and Urban Parks: Towards the Healthy Design of Urban Green Spaces of the Future
  77. Testing the Poleotolerance Lichen Response Trait as an Indicator of Anthropic Disturbance in an Urban Environment
  78. Should I stay or should I go? Modelling the fluxes of urban residents to visit green spaces
  79. Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest
  80. Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands
  81. Selecting lichen functional traits as ecological indicators of the effects of urban environment
  82. δ15N of lichens reflects the isotopic signature of ammonia source
  83. Measuring and mapping the effectiveness of the European Air Quality Directive in reducing N and S deposition at the ecosystem level
  84. Plant Responses to Phytophagous Mites/Thrips and Search for Resistance
  85. From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity
  86. Essential Biodiversity Change Indicators for Evaluating the Effects of Anthropocene in Ecosystems at a Global Scale
  87. Functional traits of epiphytic lichens respond to alkaline dust pollution
  88. Effect of Cadmium Accumulation on the Performance of Plants and of Herbivores That Cope Differently With Organic Defenses
  89. Nutrient Addition and Drought Interact to Change the Structure and Decrease the Functional Diversity of a Mediterranean Grassland
  90. Changes in epiphytic lichen diversity are associated with air particulate matter levels: The case study of urban areas in Chile
  91. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
  92. Mapping Portuguese Natura 2000 sites in risk of biodiversity change caused by atmospheric nitrogen pollution
  93. Suppression of Plant Defenses by Herbivorous Mites Is Not Associated with Adaptation to Host Plants
  94. Tracking tree canopy cover changes in space and time in High Nature Value Farmland to prioritize reforestation efforts
  95. One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe
  96. Chemical and magnetic analyses on tree bark as an effective tool for biomonitoring: A case study in Lisbon (Portugal)
  97. Production of moss-dominated biocrusts to enhance the stability and function of the margins of artificial water bodies
  98. Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks
  99. The effect of grazing exclusion over time on structure, biodiversity, and regeneration of high nature value farmland ecosystems in Europe
  100. Microbial extracellular polymeric substances improve water retention in dryland biological soil crusts
  101. Ecosystem services: Urban parks under a magnifying glass
  102. Biocrust tissue traits as potential indicators of global change in the Mediterranean
  103. Using nitrogen concentration and isotopic composition in lichens to spatially assess the relative contribution of atmospheric nitrogen sources in complex landscapes
  104. Artificial lakes as a climate change adaptation strategy in drylands: evaluating the trade-off on non-target ecosystem services
  105. Intra- and inter-specific variations in chitin in lichens along a N-deposition gradient
  106. Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions
  107. The influence of growth form and substrate on lichen ecophysiological responses along an aridity gradient
  108. Mapping Exposure to Multi-Pollutants Using Environmental Biomonitors—A Multi-Exposure Index
  109. Which plant traits respond to aridity? A critical step to assess functional diversity in Mediterranean drylands
  110. The role of forest in mitigating the impact of atmospheric dust pollution in a mixed landscape
  111. Traffic represents the main source of pollution in small Mediterranean urban areas as seen by lichen functional groups
  112. The Critical Levels of Atmospheric Ammonia in a Mediterranean Holm-Oak Forest in North-Eastern Spain
  113. Tracking global change using lichen diversity: towards a global-scale ecological indicator
  114. The cost of surviving nitrogen excess: energy and protein demand in the lichen Cladonia portentosa as revealed by proteomic analysis
  115. Biodiversity as Support for Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing
  116. Dehydration rate determines the degree of membrane damage and desiccation tolerance in bryophytes
  117. Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners
  118. Metal hyperaccumulation patterns within Plantago phylogeny (Plantaginaceae)
  119. The application of lichens as ecological surrogates of air pollution in the subtropics: a case study in South Brazil
  120. Geostatistical uncertainty of assessing air quality using high-spatial-resolution lichen data: A health study in the urban area of Sines, Portugal
  121. Grazing or Not Grazing: Implications for Ecosystem Services Provided by Biocrusts in Mediterranean Cork Oak Woodlands
  122. Evaluating green infrastructure in urban environments using a multi-taxa and functional diversity approach
  123. Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates
  124. The impact of Ni on the physiology of a Mediterranean Ni-hyperaccumulating plant
  125. Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems
  126. Tracking the Spatial Fate of PCDD/F Emissions from a Cement Plant by Using Lichens as Environmental Biomonitors
  127. Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems
  128. A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates
  129. Influence of dehydration rate on cell sucrose and water relations parameters in an inducible desiccation tolerant aquatic bryophyte
  130. Structural diversity indices based on airborne LiDAR as ecological indicators for managing highly dynamic landscapes
  131. Advantages of the point-intercept method for assessing functional diversity in semi-arid areas
  132. Declining trends of PCDD/Fs in lichens over a decade in a Mediterranean area with multiple pollution sources
  133. Seasonal patterns of Mediterranean evergreen woodlands (Montado) are explained by long-term precipitation
  134. Disentangling Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Atmospheric Sulfur in an Industrial Region Using Biomonitors
  135. Lichen traits responding to aridity
  136. Nickel phytoremediation potential of the Mediterranean Alyssoides utriculata (L.) Medik.
  137. Monitoring Hg and Cd Contamination Using Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii): Implications for Wetland Food Chain Contamination
  138. Beneficial effect of pine thinning in mixed plantations through changes in the understory functional composition
  139. Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research
  140. Lichens as ecological indicators in urban areas: beyond the effects of pollutants
  141. The ecological performance of metallophyte plants thriving in geochemical islands is explained by the Inclusive Niche Hypothesis
  142. Tools for determining critical levels of atmospheric ammonia under the influence of multiple disturbances
  143. Can ammonia tolerance amongst lichen functional groups be explained by physiological responses?
  144. Differential proteomics of dehydration and rehydration in bryophytes: evidence towards a common desiccation tolerance mechanism
  145. Modeling the long-term natural regeneration potential of woodlands in semi-arid regions to guide restoration efforts
  146. Calibrating Total Nitrogen Concentration in Lichens with Emissions of Reduced Nitrogen at the Regional Scale
  147. The Impact of the Rural Land-Use on the Ecological Integrity of the Intermittent Streams of the Mediterranean 2000 Natura Network
  148. The Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity
  149. Guidelines for biomonitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs), using lichens and aquatic mosses – A review
  150. Associations between outdoor air quality and birth weight: a geostatistical sequential simulation approach in Coastal Alentejo, Portugal
  151. A step towards the use of biomonitors as estimators of atmospheric PAHs for regulatory purposes
  152. Multivariate geostatistical methods for analysis of relationships between ecological indicators and environmental factors at multiple spatial scales
  153. Carbon-Water-Nitrogen relationships between lichens and the atmosphere: Tools to understand metabolism and ecosystem change
  154. Stochastic Simulation Model for the Spatial Characterization of Lung Cancer Mortality Risk and Study of Environmental Factors
  155. Nitrogen tolerance in the lichen Xanthoria parietina: the sensitive side of a resistant species
  156. Factors involved in spatiotemporal dynamics of submerged macrophytes in a Portuguese coastal lagoon under Mediterranean climate
  157. The impact of dehydration rate on the production and cellular location of reactive oxygen species in an aquatic moss
  158. Assessing Human Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in a Petrochemical Region Utilizing Data from Environmental Biomonitors
  159. Lichen functional groups as ecological indicators of the effects of land-use in Mediterranean ecosystems
  160. Critical loads of nitrogen deposition and critical levels of atmospheric ammonia for semi-natural Mediterranean evergreen woodlands
  161. The use of lichen functional groups as indicators of air quality in a Mediterranean urban environment
  162. Nitrogen deposition effects on Mediterranean-type ecosystems: An ecological assessment
  163. How does an Al-hyperaccumulator plant respond to a natural field gradient of soil phytoavailable Al?
  164. The relative impact of lichen symbiotic partners to repeated copper uptake
  165. Using lichen functional diversity to assess the effects of atmospheric ammonia in Mediterranean woodlands
  166. Evaluating Sources of PAHs in Urban Streams Based on Land Use and Biomonitors
  167. Developing integrated approaches to nitrogen management
  168. Physiological consequences of desiccation in the aquatic bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica
  169. Policies for plant diversity conservation on a global scale: a Nitrogen driver analysis
  170. Do lichens have “memory” of their native nitrogen environment?
  171. A study protocol to evaluate the relationship between outdoor air pollution and pregnancy outcomes
  172. Lichens as an integrating tool for monitoring PAH atmospheric deposition: A comparison with soil, air and pine needles
  173. Assessing spatial uncertainty of the Portuguese fire risk through direct sequential simulation
  174. Spatial Modeling of PAHs in Lichens for Fingerprinting of Multisource Atmospheric Pollution
  175. Intracellular and extracellular ammonium (NH4 +) uptake and its toxic effects on the aquatic biomonitor Fontinalis antipyretica
  176. Understanding the performance of different lichen species as biomonitors of atmospheric dioxins and furans: potential for intercalibration
  177. Human–Nature Relationship in Mediterranean Streams: Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Improve Water Management
  178. Critical Levels for Ammonia
  179. Causes of change in nitrophytic and oligotrophic lichen species in a Mediterranean climate: Impact of land cover and atmospheric pollutants
  180. Biomonitoring spatial and temporal impact of atmospheric dust from a cement industry
  181. Oxygen Evolution and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Under Extreme Desiccation in the Aquatic Bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica
  182. Impact of neighbourhood land-cover in epiphytic lichen diversity: Analysis of multiple factors working at different spatial scales
  183. Interpreting the dioxin and furan profiles in the lichen Ramalina canariensis Steiner for monitoring air pollution
  184. The contribution of environmental biomonitoring with lichens to assess human exposure to dioxins
  185. Revisiting the plant hyperaccumulation criteria to rare plants and earth abundant elements
  186. Atmospheric Dioxin and Furan Deposition in Relation to Land-Use and Other Pollutants: A Survey with Lichens
  187. Mapping Lichen Diversity as a First Step for Air Quality Assessment
  188. Improving the use of lichens as biomonitors of atmospheric metal pollution
  189. The cellular location of Cu in lichens and its effects on membrane integrity and chlorophyll fluorescence
  190. Lead (Pb) uptake and its effects on membrane integrity and chlorophyll fluorescence in different lichen species
  191. Stochastic Simulation of Fugitive Dust Emissions
  192. Stochastic Simulation of Lichen Biodiversity Using Soft Information from Remote Sensing Data
  193. A method for studying the cellular location of lead in lichens
  194. A Method for Studying the Cellular Location of Lead in Lichens
  195. Preparation of a lichen reference material
  196. Assessment of Critical Levels of Atmospheric Ammonia for Lichen Diversity in Cork-Oak Woodland, Portugal
  197. A Co-Estimation Methodology for Mapping Dioxins Measured by Biomonitors