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Ute Jandt is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research centers primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant focus on nature and landscape conservation, plant science, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, botany and plant ecology studies, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

Frequent publication venues for Ute Jandt include:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global Change Biology

Among recent published papers are:

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats, 2020, Applied Vegetation Science
  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species, 2022, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ute Jandt frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Florian Jansen
  • Milan Chytrý
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Jürgen Dengler
  • Idoia Biurrun

Their research contributions have involved diverse aspects of ecology, conservation, and plant science, reflecting a blend of ecological modeling and extensive field data analyses. This combination supports a wider understanding of habitat classification, species diversity, and vegetation data on both regional and global scales.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

    Milan Chytrý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro;Ilona Knollová

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Ilona Knollová

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

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  • Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

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  • Alien plant invasions in European woodlands

    Viktoria Wagner;Milan Chytrý;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Jan Pergl

  • Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs

    Jan Douda;Jan Douda;Karel Boublík;Michal Slezák;Idoia Biurrun

  • More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany

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  • sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Jonathan Lenoir;Tarek Hattab;Elise Aimee Arnst

  • Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe’s temperate forest biome

    Ingmar R. Staude;Donald M. Waller;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Anne D. Bjorkman

  • Widespread decline in Central European plant diversity across six decades.

    David Eichenberg;Diana E Bowler;Diana E Bowler;Aletta Bonn;Aletta Bonn;Helge Bruelheide

  • Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats.

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  • History and environment shape species pools and community diversity in European beech forests

    Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Marco Girardello;Marco Girardello;Milan Chytrý;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • Formalized classification of European fen vegetation at the alliance level

    Tomas Peterka;Michal Hajek;Martin Jirousek;Martin Jirousek;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

  • Long-term changes in calcareous grassland vegetation in North-western Germany – No decline in species richness, but a shift in species composition

    Martin Diekmann;Ute Jandt;Didier Alard;Albert Bleeker

  • Vegetation changes in a river oasis on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in China between 1956 and 2000.

    Helge Bruelheide;Ute Jandt;Dirk Gries;Frank M. Thomas

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras

    Trevor S. Fristoe;Milan Chytrý;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian knot?

    Wolfgang Willner;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Emiliano Agrillo;Idoia Biurrun

  • Semi-dry grasslands along a climatic gradient across Central Europe: Vegetation classification with validation

    Eszter Illyés;Milan Chytrý;Zoltán Botta-Dukát;Ute Jandt

  • Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

    Riccardo Testolin;Fabio Attorre;Peter Borchardt;Robert F. Brand

  • Root exudate composition of grass and forb species in natural grasslands

    Sophie Dietz;Katharina Herz;Karin Gorzolka;Ute Jandt

  • Linking root exudates to functional plant traits

    Katharina Herz;Sophie Dietz;Karin Gorzolka;Sylvia Haider

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro University of Oviedo
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Wolfgang Willner
Wolfgang Willner University of Vienna
Fabio Attorre
Fabio Attorre Sapienza University of Rome
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University
Joop H.J. Schaminée
Joop H.J. Schaminée Wageningen University & Research
Sylvia Haider
Sylvia Haider Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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