Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity


  • The steering committee members (M.P., R. Tamme, C.P.C., K.R., M. Moora and M.Z.) initiated and coordinated DarkDivNet, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript. The advisory board members (J.A.B., A.C., M. Chytrý, F.B., O.E., S. Harrison, R.J.L., A.T.M., M.Ö. and J.N.P.) contributed to the study design and to the initial versions of the manuscript. V.A., D.A., Z.A., I.A., F.M.A., M.D.B., M.B., Z.B., N.B., K. Bergholz, K. Birkeli, I.B., J.M.B.-M., K.J.B., L.B.-M., B.B., P.H.S.B., F.Q.B., C.B., C.G.B., G.B., J.F.C., J.A.C., G.C., M. Carbognani, C.C., B.E.L.C., R.C., J.S.C., J.M.C., S.A.O.C., J.Č., M. Dairel, M.D.F., A.D., J. Davison, B.D., S.D.V., I.D., J. Dengler, J. Dolezal, X.D., M. Dvorsky, H.E., L.E., D.E., A.E., F.E., G.F., E.F., F.F., E.F.-P., A. Ferrara, A. Fidelis, M. Fischer, M. Flagmeier, T.G.W.F., L.H.F., J.F., F.F.F., B. Garris, H.W.G., M.A.G., G.G.G., A.G.-R., M.K.G., M.G., R.G., I.G., J.G., B. Güler, Y.G., S Haesen, M.H., R.H.H., T.T.H., R.H., Y.H., J.T.H., D.I., R.I., N.I., S.D.H.I., E.J., F. Jansen, F. Jeltsch, A.J., B.J.-A., M.J., M.H.J., S.K., N. Katal, A.K., B.I.K., A.A.K., K.J.K., M.K., E.K., L.K., N. Koroleva, K.A.K., M.V.K., Ł.K., L. Laanisto, H. Lager, V.L., R.G.L., J.J.L., L. Li, A.L., H. Liu, K. Liu, X.L., M.E.L.-B., K. Ludewig, K. Lukács, J.L.-M., P.M., M. Marignani, R.M., T.M., J.E.M., K.M., D.M., E.M.-J., I.M., L.M., M.M.-R., R.A.M., S.M.N., L.N., S.N., A.N., P.N., T.O., V.G.O., K.L.P., B. Paganeli, B. Peco, A.M.L.P., A.P.-H., P.L.P., A.P., G.P., P.A.P.-Á., J.P., H.C.P., V.E.P., D.R., S.R., T.R., M.R., A.A.R., A.B.R., D.A.R.G., R.R., R.E.R., L.R., J. Sádlo, K. Salimbayeva, R.S.D., K. Sanchir, C.S., J.D.S., U.S., J. Schrader, N.L.S., G. Sellan, J.M.S.-D., G. Silan, H.S., N.S., J. Sonkoly, K. Štajerova, I.S., S.Ś., A.J.T., F.M.T., R. Tarifa, P. Tejero, D.K.T., M. Tholin, R.S.T., Y.T., A. Tokaryuk, C.T., M. Tomaselli, E.T., P. Török, B. Tóthmérész, A. Toussaint, B. Touzard, D.P.F.T., J.L.T., S.T., E.V., M. Valerio, O.V., K.V.M., V.V., J.V., R.V., M. Vítkova, M. Vojík, A.H., J.O., V.W., J.-Z.W., C.-J.W., S.A.W., L.W., T.W., S.X. and O.Z.M. provided data and were involved in the interpretation of the results and manuscript preparation.



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