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  Report from the RUBICODE e-conference on "Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Biodiversity Change" which took place in April 2008 is now available to download.

  The fourth edition of the RUBICODE Newsletter was published in August 2008 and focuses on two major workshops on ecosystem service assessment and biodiversity conservation - subscribe now!

  Nine reviews related to ecosystem service assessment on concepts, drivers, indicators, functional traits, values and habitat management strategies are available to download on the "Outputs" page.


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Publications

 Addison, P. and Samways, M.J. (2006). Surrogate habitats demonstrate the invasion potential of the African pugnacious ant. Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 15, pp. 411-428.

 Anton, C., Musche, M. and Settele, J. (in press). Spatial patterns of host exploitation in a larval parasitoid of the predatory Dusky Large Blue, Maculinea nausithous. Basic and Applied Ecology.

 Berry, P.M. Rounsevell, M.D.A., Harrison, P.A. and Audsley, E. (2006). Assessing the vulnerability of agricultural land use and species to climate change and the role of policy in facilitating adaptation. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 189-204.

 Berry, P.M. and Harley, M. (2006). Climate change, biodiversity and regional policy development. English Nature report.

 Biesmeijer, J.C., Roberts, S.P.M., Reemer, M., Ohlemüller, R., Edwards, M., Peeters, T., Schaffers, A.P., Potts, S.G., Kleukers, R., Thomas, C.D., Settele, J. and Kunin, W.E. (2006). Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science, Vol. 313, pp. 351-354.

 Binzenhöfer, B., Schröder, B., Strauss, B., Biedermann, R. and Settele, J. (in press). Habitat models and habitat connectivity analysis for butterflies and burnet moths - the example of Zygaena carniolica and Coenonympha arcania. Biological Conservation.

 Birk, S. and Hering, D. (in press). Direct comparison of assessment methods using benthic macroinvertebrates: a contribution to the intercalibration exercise. Hydrobiologia.

 Bullock, W.L. and Samways, M.J. (in press). Conservation of flower-arthropod interactions in remnant grassland linkages among pine afforestation. Biodiversity and Conservation.

 de Chazal, J., Quétier, F., Lavorel, S. and van Doorn, A. (in press). Vulnerability assessment in extensive agro-pastoral landscapes of Europe. Ecosystems.

 del Barrio, G., Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Butt, N., Sanjuan, M., Pearson, R.G. and Dawson, T. (2006). Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species’ distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 129-147.

 Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Chapin III, F.S., Tecco, P.A., Gurvich, D.E. and Grigulis, K. (in press). Functional diversity - at the crossroads between ecosystem functioning and environmental filters. In: Canadell, J., Pitelka, L.F. and Pataki, D. (Eds). Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Springer-Verlag.

 íaz, S., Lavorel, S., McIntyre, S., Falczuk, V., Casanoves, F., Milchunas, D., Skarpe, C., Rusch, G., Sternberg, M., Noy-Meir, I., Landsberg, J., Zangh, W., Clark, H. and Campbell, B.D. (in press). Grazing and plant traits - A global synthesis. Global Change Biology.

 Díaz, S., Tilman, D. and Fargione, J. (in press). Biodiversity regulation of ecosystem services. In: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – Trends and Conditions. Island Press.

 Díaz, S., Hodgson, J.G., Thompson, K., Cabido, M., et al. (2004). The plant traits that drive ecosystems: Evidence from three continents. Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 15, pp. 295-304.

 Finch, J.M., Samways, M.J., Hill, T.R., Piper, S.E. and Taylor, S. (in press). Application of predictive distribution modeling to invertebrates: Odonata in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation.

 Garnier, E., Lavorel, S., Ansquer, P., Castro, H., Cruz, P., Dolezal, J., Eriksson, O., Fortunel, C., Freitas, H., Golodets, C., Grigulis, K., Jouany, C., Kazakou, E., Kigel, J., Kleyer, M., Lehsten, V., Leps, J., Meier, T., Pakeman, R., Papadimitriou, M., Papanastasis, V., Quested, H., Quétier, F., Robson, T.M., Roumet, C., Rusch, G., Skarpe, C., Sternberg, M., Theau, J.P., Thébault, A., Vile, D. and Zarovali, M.P. (in press). A standardized methodology to assess the effects of land use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands. Annals of Botany.

 Gaucherand, S. and Lavorel, S. (in press). A new protocol for a quick survey of functional traits values in a plant community. Austral Ecology.

 Gebeyehu, S. and Samways, M.J. (2006). Topographic heterogeneity plays a crucial role for grasshopper diversity in a southern African megabiodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 15, pp. 231-244.

 Gebeyehu, S. and Samways, M.J. (2006). Conservation refugium value of a large mesa for grasshoppers in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 15, pp. 717-734.

 Grant, P.B.C. and Samways, M.J. (in press). Montane refugia for endemic and Red Listed dragonflies in the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot. Biodiveristy and Conservation.

 Gritti, E., Smith, B. and Sykes, M.T. (in press). Vulnerability of Mediterranean basin ecosystems to climate change and invasion by exotic plant species. Journal of Biogeography.

 Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Butt, N. and New, M. (2006). Modelling climate change impacts on species’ distributions at the European scale: Implications for conservation policy. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 116-128.

 Hering, D., Verdonschot, P.F.M., Moog, O. and Sandin L. (Eds) (in press). Integrated assessment of running waters in Europe. Developments in Hydrobiology 175. Hydrobiologia.

 Herzog F., Steiner B., Bailey D., Baudry J., Billeter R., Bukácek R., de Blust G., de Cook R., Dirksen J., Dormann C., de Filippi R., Frossard E., Liira J., Schmidt T., Stöckli R., Thenail, C., Van Wingerden W. and Bugter R. (in press). Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture with respect to impacts on landscape and biodiversity. European Journal of Agronomy.

 Hobbs, R. J., Arico, S., Aronson, J., Baron, J. S., Bridgewater, P., Cramer, V. A., Epstein, P. R., Ewel, J. J., Klink, C. A., Lugo, A. E., Norton, D. A., Ojima, D., Richardson, D. M., Sanderson, E. W., Valladares, F., Vila, M., Zamora, R. and Zobel, M. (2006). Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 15, pp. 1-7.

 Johnson, R.K., Hering, D., Furse, M.T. and Clarke, R. (in press). Detection of ecological change using multiple organism groups: metrics and uncertainty. Hydrobiologia.

 Johst, K., Drechsler, M., Thomas, J.A. and Settele, J. (2006). Influence of mowing on the persistence of two endangered large blue butterfly species. Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 43, pp. 333-342.

 Jones, K.B., Neal, A.C., Wade, T.M., Cross, C.L., Wickham, J.D., Nash, M.S., Edmonds, C.M., Riitters, K.H., Smith, E.R. and Van Remortel, R.D. (in press). Multiple scale relationships of landscape characteristics and nitrogen concentrations in streams across a large geographic area. In Wu, J., Jones, K.B., Li, H. and Loucks, O. (Eds). Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications. Columbia University Press, Chapter 11.

 Jones, K.B., Neal, A.C., Wade, T.M., Cross, C.L., Wickham, J.D., Nash, M.S., Edmonds, C.M., Riitters, K.H., Smith, E.R. and Van Remortel, R.D. (2006). Multiple scale relationships between landscape characteristics and nitrogen concentrations in streams. In: Wu, J., Jones, K.B., Li, H. and Loucks, O.L (Eds). Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications, pp. 205-224. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

 Jongman, R.H.G., Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A. and Howard, D.C. (in press). A statistical environmental stratification of Europe: objectives and applications. Landscape Ecology.

 Kail, J. and Hering D. (in press). Using large wood to restore streams in Central Europe: Potential use and likely effects. Landscape Ecology.

 Kluvánková-Oravská, T. and Chobotová, V. (2006). Shifting Governance. Managing the Commons: the Case of Slovenský Raj National Park. Sociológia, Vol. 38, pp. 221-244.

 Kontogianni A., Tziritis I. and Skourtos M. (in press). Bottom-up environmental decision-making taken seriously: Integrating stakeholder perceptions into scenarios of environmental change. Human Ecology Review.

 Lavorel, S., Diaz, S., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Garnier, E., Harrison, S.P., McIntyre, S., Pausas, J., Pérez-Harguindeguy, N., Roumet, C. and Urcelay, C. (2006). Plant functional types: are we getting any closer to the Holy Grail? In: Canadell, J., Pitelka, L.F. and Pataki, D. (Eds). Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World, pp. 171-186. Springer-Verlag.

 Lavorel, S., Quétier, F., Thébault, A., Daigney, S., Davies, I.D., De Chazal, J. and VISTA consortium (2006). Vulnerability to land use change of services provided by alpine landscapes. In: Price, M.F. (Ed). Global Change in Mountain Regions, pp. 215-216. Sapiens Publishing, Perth, Scotland.

 Leps, J., De Bello, F., Lavorel, S. and Berman, S. (2006). Quantifying and interpreting functional diversity of natural communities: practical considerations matter. Preslia, Vol. 78, pp. 481-501.

 McIntyre, S. and Lavorel, S. (in press). A conceptual model of land use effects on the structure and function of herbaceous vegetation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.

 Naeem, S., Colwell, R., Diaz, S., Hughes, J., Jousseau, C., Lavorel, S., Morin, P., Petchey, O., Wright, J. and BIOMERGE (2006). Predicting the ecosystem consequences of biodiversity loss: the Biomerge framework. In: Canadell, J., Pitelka, L.F. and Pataki, D. (Eds). Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World, pp. 136-148. Springer-Verlag

 Pärtel, M., Kalamees, R., Reier, Ü., Tuvi, E.-L., Roosaluste, E., Vellak, A. and Zobel, M. (2005). Grouping and prioritization of vascular plant species for conservation: combining natural rarity and management need. Biological Conservation, Vol. 123, pp. 271-278.

 Ponge, J.-F., Dubs, F., Gillet, S., Sousa, J.P. and Lavelle, P. (in press). Decreased biodiversity in soil springtail communities: the importance of dispersal and land use history in heterogeneous landscapes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

 Römbke, J., Sousa, J.P., Schouten, T. and Riepert, F. (in press). Monitoring of soil organisms: A set of standardised field methods proposed by ISO. European Journal of Soil Biology.

 Robson, T.M., Lavorel, S., Clément, J.C. and Le Roux, X. (in press). Neglect of mowing and manuring leads to slower nitrogen cycling in subalpine grasslands. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry.

 Rounsevell, M.D.A., Berry, P.M. and Harrison, P.A. (2006). Future environmental change impacts on rural land use and biodiversity: a synthesis of the ACCELERATES project. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 93-100.

 Quétier, F., Lavorel, S., Thuiller, W. and Davies, I.D. (in press). Plant trait-based assessment of ecosystem service sensitivity to land-use change in mountain grasslands. Ecological Applications.

 Quétier, F., Thébault, A. and Lavorel, S. (in press). Linking vegetation and ecosystem response to complex past and present land use changes using plant traits and a multiple stable state framework. Ecological Monographs.

 Samways, M.J. (2006). Insect Conservation: a synthetic management approach. Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 52, pp. 465-487.

 Samways, M.J. (2006). Insect extinctions and insect survival. Conservation Biology, Vol. 20, pp. 245-246.

 Samways, M.J. (in press). Threat levels to odonate assemblages from invasive alien tree canopies. In: Cordero, A. (Ed). Dragonflies and Forest Ecosystems.

 Samways, M.J. (in press). Implementing ecological networks for conserving irreplaceable biodiversity. In: Stewart, A., Lewis, O. and New, T.R. (Eds). Insect Conservation Biology, CABI, Wallingford, UK.

 Samways, M.J. (in press). Extreme weather and climate change impacts on South African dragonflies. In: Ott, J. (Ed). Dragonflies and Climate Change, Pensoft.

 Samways, M.J. (in press). Why should we conserve insects anyway? In: Foottit, R.G. and Adler, P.H. (Eds). Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Blackwells.

 Samways, M.J. and Grant, P.B.C. (2006). Regional response of Odonata to river systems impacted by and cleared of invasive alien trees. Odonatologica, Vol. 35, pp. 297-303.

 Samways, M.J. and Grant, P.B.C. (in press). Honing Red List assessments of lesser-known taxa in biodiversity hotspots. Biodiversity and Conservation.

 Samways, M.J., Ponel, P. and Andrieu-Ponel, V. (2006). Palaeobiodiversity emphasizes the importance of conserving landscape heterogeneity and connectivity. Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 10, pp. 215-218.

 Schröter. D., Cramer, W., Leemans, R., Prentice, I.C., Araújo, M.B., Arnell, N.G., Bondeau, A., Bugmann, H., Carter, T., de la Vega-Leinert, A.C., Erhard, M., Ewert, F., Glendining, M., House, J., Kankaapää, S., Klein, R.J.T., Metzger, M., Meyer, J., Mitchell, T., Lavorel, S., Linder, M., Reginster, I., Rounsevell, M., Sabaté, S., Sánchez, A., Sitch, S., Smith, B., Smith, J., Smith, P., Sykes, M.T., Thonicke, K., Thuiller, W., Tuck, G., Zaehle, S. and Zierl, B. (in press). Ecosystem service supply and human vulnerability to global change in Europe. Science.

 Schweiger, O., Maelfait, J.P., Van Wingerden, W., Hendrickx, F., Billeter, R., Speelmans, M., Augenstein, I., Aukema, B., Aviron, S., Bailey, D., Bukacek, R., Burel, F., Diekötter, T., Dirksen, J., Frenzel, M., Herzog, F., Liira, J., Roubalova, M. and Bugter, R. (in press). Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organisational levels and spatial scales. Journal of Applied Ecology.

 Smith, J., Samways, M.J. and Taylor, S. (in press). Assessing riparian quality using two complementary sets of bioindicators. Biodiversity and Conservation.

 Sousa, J.P., Bolger, T., Gama, M.M., Lukkari, T., Ponge, J.-F., Simón, C., Traser, G., Vanbergen, A.J., Brennan, A., Dubs, F., Ivitis, E., Keating, A., Stofer, S. and Watt, A.D. (in press). Changes in Collembola richness and diversity along a gradient of land use intensity: a pan European study. Pedobiologia.

 Teder, T., Moora, M., Roosaluste, E., Zobel, K., Pärtel, M., Kõljalg, U. and Zobel, M. (in press). Monitoring of biological diversity: a common-ground approach. Conservation Biology.

 Thuiller, W., Lavorel, S., Sykes, M.T. and Araujo, M.B. (2006). Using niche-based modelling to assess the impact of climate change on tree functional diversity in Europe. Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 12, pp. 49-60.

 van den Hove, S. (2006). Between consensus and compromise: acknowledging the negotiation dimension in participatory approaches. Land Use Policy, Vol. 23(1), pp. 10-17.

 van den Hove, S. and Sharman, M. (in press). Interfaces between Science and Policy for Environmental Governance: Lessons and open questions from the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy”. In: Guimaraes Pereira, A., Guedes Vaz, S. and Tognetti, S. (Eds). Interfaces between Science and Society, Greenleaf: Sheffield.

 van den Hove, S. (in press). A Rationale for Science-Policy Interfaces, Futures, Vol. 39, pp. 7.

 Wickham, J.D., Jones, K.B., Wade, T.G. and Riitters, K.H. (2006). Uncertainty in scaling nutrient export coefficients. In: Wu, J., Jones, K.B., Li, H. and Loucks, O. (Eds). Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications, pp. 225-237. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

 Wu, J., Li, H., Jones, K.B. and Loucks, O.L. (2006). Scaling with known uncertainty: a synthesis. In: Wu, J., Jones, K.B., Li, H. and Loucks, O. (Eds). Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications, pp. 329-346. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

 Zurlini, G., Riitters, K., Zaccarelli, N., Petrosillo, I., Jones, K.B. and Rossi, L. (2006). Disturbance patterns in a socio-ecological system at multiple scales. Ecological Complexity, Vol. 3, pp. 119-128.

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