Century-Long Shifts in Europe’s Plant Diversity Revealed

Subject of Research: Earth Science

Article Title: Century-Long Shifts in Europe’s Plant Diversity Revealed

Article References: Kambach, S., Jandt, U., Acosta, A. T. R., Álvarez-Martínez, J. M., Axmanová, I., Bazzichetto, M., Bergmeier, E., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Carboni, M., Carlucci, M. B., Carranza, M. L., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chiarucci, A., Chytrý, M., Damasceno, G., Dengler, J., De Sanctis, M., ... Bruelheide, H. (2026). Habitat-specific trends in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European plant communities over a century. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 4208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72112-5

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72112-5

Keywords: century-long biodiversity study, ecological shifts in European flora, European plant community evolution, European plant diversity changes, functional diversity in plants, habitat-specific biodiversity trends, historical plant diversity data Europe, long-term plant ecology research, phylogenetic diversity shifts, plant community dynamics over 100 years, plant diversity and habitat change, taxonomic diversity trends Europe