Scientific publications - University of Tartu Landscape Biodiversity Group

2024

Xie, S.; Li, K.; Li, F.; Yang, X.; Reitalu, T. (2024) Modern pollen–plant diversity relationships for reliable pollen-based reconstruction of past plant taxonomic and functional diversity: A case study in southwest Shandong, China. Ecological Indicators, 167, 112739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112739
Suija, A., Degtjarenko, P., Jüriado, I., Martin, L., Oja, E., & Randlane, T. (2024). Updates to the list of Estonian lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 61, 91–97. https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2024.61.11
Degtjarenko, P., Kaupuža, R., Motiejūnaitė, J., Randlane, T., Moisejevs, R. (2024). Toward the first Red List of Latvian lichens according to the IUCN criteria. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with All Aspects of Plant Biology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2024.2399056.
Gorris, P., Bodin, Ö., Giralt, D., Hass, A. L., Reitalu, T., Cabodevilla, X., Hannappel, I., Helm, A., Prangel, E., & Westphal, C. (2024). Socio-ecological perspective on European semi-natural grassland conservation and restoration: Key challenges and future pathways. Preprint https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4909041
Kalle, R., Kass, M., Suškevičs, M., Sõukand, R., & Reitalu, T. (2024). Agriculture-Environment Schemes Should Consider Farmers’ Socio-Cultural Background: A Case Study of Estonian Beef Cattle Farmers. Preprint https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4857872
Riibak, K., Noreika, N., Helm, A., Öpik, M., Kook, E., Kasari-Toussaint, L., Jõks, M., Paganeli, B., Zárate Martínez, O., Tullus, H., Tullus, T., Lutter, R., Oja, E., Saag, A., Randlane, T., & Pärtel, M. (2024). Plants, fungi, and carabid beetles in temperate forests: Both observed and dark diversity depend on habitat availability in space and time. Landscape Ecology, 39(8), 158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01960-7
Roy, H. E., Pauchard, A., Stoett, P. J., Renard Truong, T., Meyerson, L. A., Bacher, S., Galil, B. S., Hulme, P. E., Ikeda, T., Kavileveettil, S., McGeoch, M. A., Nuñez, M. A., Ordonez, A., Rahlao, S. J., Schwindt, E., Seebens, H., Sheppard, A. W., Vandvik, V., Aleksanyan, A., … Helm, A., ... Ziller, S. R. (2024). Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(7), 1216–1223. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02412-w
Tölgyesi, C., Helm, A., Ratnam, J., Silveira, F. A. O., & Török, P. (2024). Restoration of open ecosystems in the face of climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation, 53, e02989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02989
Skobel, N., Kozub, Ł., Dembicz, I., Boch, S., Bruun, H. H., Chusova, O., Golub, V., Helm, A., Iakushenko, D., Pawlikowski, P., Zaniewski, P., & Dengler, J. (2024). Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD) – current state and future prospects. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 75–84. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.119968
Bhatta, K.B., Mottl, O., Felde, V.A., Grytnes, J.-A., Reitalu, T., Birks, H.H., Birks, J.B & Vetaas, O.R. (2024) Latitudinal gradients in the phylogenetic assembly of angiosperms in Asia during the Holocene. Scientific Reports 14, 17940. 10.1038/s41598-024-67650-1
Prangel, E., Reitalu, T., Neuenkamp, L., Kasari-Toussaint, L., Karise, R., Tiitsaar, A., Soon, V., Kupper, T., Meriste, M., Ingerpuu, N. & Helm, A. (2024). Restoration of semi-natural grasslands boosts biodiversity and re-creates hotspots for ecosystem services. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 374, 109139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109139
Reinula, I., Träger, S., Järvine, H. T., Kuningas, V. M., Kaldra, M., & Aavik, T. (2024). Beware of the impact of land use legacy on genetic connectivity: A case study of the long-lived perennial Primula veris. Biological Conservation, 292, 110518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110518
Sõber, V., Aavik, T., Kaasik, A., Mesipuu, M. & Teder, T. (2024) Insect-pollinated plants are first to disappear from overgrowing grasslands: Implications for restoring functional ecosystems. Biological Conservation, 291, 110457. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320724000181?dgcid=author
Pearman, P.B., Broennimann, O., Aavik, T., ... Guisan, A. & Bruford, M. (2024). Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02260-0
Guerrero, I., Duque, D., Oñate, J. J., Pärt, T., Bengtsson, J., Tscharntke, T., ... Aavik, T., ... & Morales, M. B. (2024). Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology, 74, 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.11.007

2023

Wipulasena, A. Y. Ayesh Piyara., Davison, J., Helm, A., Kasari, L., Moora, M., Prangel, E., Reitalu, T., Vahter, T., Vasar, M. ja Zobel, M. (2023). Soil community composition in dynamic stages of semi-natural calcareous grassland. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292425.
Lõhmus, P., Degtjarenko, P., Lotman, S. et al. (2023). “Ready! Set! Lichen!”: a citizen-science campaign for lichens, against the odds of success. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02724-6.
"Restoration offers the biggest ecological benefits to grasslands" (2023). "Science for Environment Policy": European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by the Science Communication Unit, The University of the West of England, Bristol. (Based on the article "Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions".)
Brown, K. A., Bunting, M. J., Carvalho, F., de Bello, F., Mander, L., Marcisz, K., Mottl, O., Reitalu, T., Svenning, J.-C. (2023). Trait-based approaches as ecological time machines: Developing tools for reconstructing long-term variation in ecosystems. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14415
Kaldra, M., Träger, S., Reinula, I., Keller, B., Conti, B. & Aavik, T. (2023). Skewed morph ratios lead to lower genetic diversity of the heterostylous Primula veris in fragmented grasslands. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13531.
Lindborg, R., Hartel, T., Helm, A., Prangel, E., Reitalu, T. & Ripoll-Bosch, R. (2023). Ecosystem services provided by semi-natural and intensified grasslands: Synergies, trade-offs and linkages to plant traits and functional richness. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12729.
Prangel, E., Kasari‐Toussaint, L., Neuenkamp, L., Noreika, N., Karise, R., Marja, R., Ingerpuu, N., Kupper, T., Keerberg, L., Oja, E., Meriste, M., Tiitsaar, A., Ivask, M. & Helm, A. (2023). Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14375
Trindade, P. F. D., Carmona, C.P., Reitalu, T., Pärtel, M. (2023). Observed and dark diversity dynamics over millennial time scales: fast life-history traits linked to expansion lags of plants in northern Europe. The Royal Soeciety.
Marquer, L., Seim, A., Kuosmanen, N., Reitalu, T., Solomina, O., Tallavaara, M. (2023). Editorial: Past interactions between climate, land use, and vegetation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Reitalu, T., Nougue, S. (2023) Functional vegetation change over millennia. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Heuertza, M., Carvalho, S.B., , Galindod, J., Rinkeviche, P., Robakowski, P., Aavik, T., Altinok, I., Barth, J.M.I., Cotrim, H., Goessen, R., González-Martíneza, S.C., Grebenc, T., Hoban, S., Kopatz, A., McMahon, B.J., Porth, I., Raeymaekers, J.A.M., Träger, S., Valdecantos, A., Vella, A., Vernesi, C., Garnier-Géréa, P. (2023). The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management. Biological Conservation, 278, 109883.

2022

Tolgyesi, C., Buisson, E., Helm, A., Temperton, V. M., Torok, P. (2022). Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from "tree planting" to "restore native vegetation". Restoration Ecology, ARTN e13594.
Vahter, T., Sepp, S. K., Astover, A., Helm, A., Kikas, T., Liu, S., & Hiiesalu, I. (2022). Landscapes, management practices and their interactions shape soil fungal diversity in arable fields–Evidence from a nationwide farmers' network. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108652.
Herzon, I., Raatikainen, K. J., Helm, A., Rūsiņa, S., Wehn, S., & Eriksson, O. (2022). Semi-natural habitats in the European boreal region: Caught in the socio-ecological extinction vortex?. Ambio, 1-11.
Izdebski, A., Guzowski, P., Poniat, R. ... Reitalu, T. ...Masi, A. (2022) Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. Nat Ecol Evol.
Karasov, O., Heremans, S., Külvik, M., Domnich, A., Burdun, I., Kull, A., Helm, A., Uuemaa, E. (2022). Beyond land cover: How integrated remote sensing and social media data analysis facilitates assessment of cultural ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 53, 101391.
Decleer, K., Cortina-Segarra, J., & Helm, A. (2022). EU Nature Restoration Law needs ambitious and binding targets. Nature, 601(7892), 191-191.

2021

Motivans Švara, E., Ştefan, V., Sossai, E., Feldmann, R., Aguilon, D. J., Bontsutsnaja, A., ... Prangel, E., ... & Neuenkamp, L. (2021). Effects of different types of low‐intensity management on plant‐pollinator interactions in Estonian grasslands. Ecology and evolution, 11(23), 16909-16926.
Van Geel, M., Aavik, T., Ceulemans, T., Träger, S., Mergeay, J., Peeters, G., ... & Honnay, O. (2021). The role of genetic diversity and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in population recovery of the semi-natural grassland plant species Succisa pratensis. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), 1-9.
Helm, A. (2021). Landscape restoration. The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology, pp.430-445.
Biurrun, I., Pielech, R., Dembicz, I., Gillet, F., Kozub, Ł., Marcenò, C., Reitalu, T., Van Meerbeek, K., Guarino, R., Chytrý, M. ... Helm, A.... and Pakeman, R.J. (2021). Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(4), p.e13050.
Arnillas, C.A., Borer, E., Seabloom, E., Alberti, J., Baez, S., Bakker, J., Boughton, E., Buckley, Y., Bugalho, M., Donohue, I., Dwyer, J. ... Helm, A.... and Cadotte, M. (2021). Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and non-dominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally. Ecology and Evolution, 11(24), 17744-17761.
Herzon, I., Raatikainen, K., Wehn, S., Rusina, S., Helm, A., Cousins, S. and Rašomavičius, V., 2021. Semi-natural habitats in boreal Europe: a rise of a social-ecological research agenda. Ecology and Society, 26(2):13.
Aavik, T., Träger, S., Zobel, M., Honnay, O., Van Geel, M., Bueno, C. G., & Koorem, K. (2021). The joint effect of host plant genetic diversity and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities on restoration success. Functional Ecology, 35(12), 2621-2634.
Blaus, A., Reitalu, T., Poska, A., Vassiljev, J., & Veski, S. (2021). Mire plant diversity change over the last 10,000 years: Importance of isostatic land uplift, climate and local conditions. Journal of Ecology, 109(10), 3634-3651.
Lisner, A., Pärtel, M., Helm, A., Prangel, E., & Lepš, J. (2021). Traits as determinants of species abundance in a grassland community. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(3), e13041.
Reinula, I., Träger, S., Hernández-Agramonte, I. M., Helm, A., Aavik, T. (2021). Landscape genetic analysis suggests stronger effects of past than current landscape structure on genetic patterns of Primula veris. Diversity and Distributions, 27, 1648−1662.
García-Girón, J., Heino, J., Iversen, L. L., Helm, A., & Alahuhta, J. (2021). Rarity in freshwater vascular plants across Europe and North America: Patterns, mechanisms and future scenarios. Science of The Total Environment, 786, 147491.
Davison, J., Moora, M., Semchenko, M., Adenan, S. B., Ahmed, T., Akhmetzhanova, A. A., ... Helm, A. ... & Öpik, M. (2021). Temperature and pH define the realized niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 231(2), 763-776.
Fišer, Ž., Aronne, G., Aavik, T., Akin, M., Alizoti, P., Aravanopoulos, F., ... Helm, A., ... & Zippel, E. (2021). ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 7, e62810.
Kmoch, A., Kanal, A., Astover, A., Kull, A., Virro, H., Helm, A., ... & Uuemaa, E. (2021). EstSoil-EH: a high-resolution eco-hydrological modelling parameters dataset for Estonia. Earth System Science Data, 13(1), 83-97.
Villellas, J., Ehrlén, J., Crone, E., Csergő, A., Garcia, M., Laine, A. L., ... Helm, A., ... & Buckley, Y. (2021). Genetic differentiation can be predicted from observational data for reproductive but not vegetative traits in a widespread short-lived plant. Authorea Preprints.
Vieira, D. S., García‐Girón, J., Heino, J., Toivanen, M., Helm, A., & Alahuhta, J. (2021). Little evidence of range size conservatism in freshwater plants across two continents. Journal of Biogeography, 48(5), 1200-1212.

2020

Aavik, T., Carmona, C.P., Träger, S., Kaldra, M., Reinula, I., Conti, E., Keller, B., Helm, A., Hiiesalu, I., Hool, K., Kaisel, M. et al. (2020). Landscape context and plant population size affect morph frequencies in heterostylous Primula veris‐results of a nationwide citizen‐science campaign. Journal of Ecology, 108(6): 2169-2183.
Carmona, C.P., Guerrero, I., Peco, B., Morales, M.B., Oñate, J.J., Pärt, T., Tscharntke, T., Liira, J., Aavik, T., Emmerson, M., Berendse, F., (2020). Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems. Functional Ecology, 34(7): 1448-1460.
Hannula, SE, Träger, S (2020). Soil fungal guilds as important drivers of the plant richness-productivity relationship. New Phytologist, 226: 947-949. doi:10.1111/nph.16523.
Alahuhta, J., Antikainen, H., Hjort, J., Helm, A. & Heino, J., (2020) Current climate overrides historical effects on species richness and range size of freshwater plants in Europe and North America. Journal of Ecology.
Smith, A.L., Hodkinson, T.R., Villellas, J., Catford, J.A., Csergő, A.M., Blomberg, S.P., Crone, E.E., Ehrlén, J., Garcia, M.B., Laine, A.L., Roach, D.A., … Helm, A. et al. (2020) Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., ... Helm, A., ... et al. (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26: 119–188.
Blaus, A.; Reitalu, T.; Gerhold, P.; Hiiesalu, I.; Massante, J.C.; Veski, S. (2020). Modern pollen–plant diversity relationships inform palaeoecological reconstructions of functional and phylogenetic diversity in calcareous fens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 207. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00207.

2019

Massante, J.C., Götzenberger, L., Takkis, K., Hallikma, T., Kaasik, A., Laanisto, L., Hutchings, M.J., Gerhold, P. 2019. Publisher Correction: Contrasting latitudinal patters in phylogenetic diversity between woody and herbaceous communities. Scientific Reports 9: 7917.
Massante, J.C., Götzenberger, L., Takkis, K., Hallikma, T., Kaasik, A., Laanisto, L., Hutchings, M.J., Gerhold, P. 2019. Contrasting latitudinal patters in phylogenetic diversity between woody and herbaceous communities. Scientific Reports 9: 6443.
Carvalheiro, L.G., Biesmeijer, J.C., Franzén, M., Aguirre-Gutierrez, J., Garibaldi, L.A., Helm, A., Michez, D., Pöyry, J., Reemer, M., Schweiger, S., Berg, L. van den, WallisDeVries, M.F., Kunin., W.E., 2019. Nitrogen deposition shaped the composition of plant and pollinator assemblages during the past century. Ecography,
Franzén, M., Dieker, P., Schrader, J., Helm, A. (2019). Rapid plant colonization of the forelands of a vanishing glacier is strongly associated with species traits. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 51, 366–378.
Noreika, N., Helm, A., Öpik, M., Jairus, T., Vasar, M., Reier, Ü., Kook, E.; Riibak, K., Kasari, L., Tullus, H.,Tullus, T., Lutter, R., Oja, E., Saag, A., Randlane, T., Pärtel, M. (2019). Forest biomass, soil and biodiversity relationships originate from biogeographic affinity and direct ecological effects. Oikos, 128, 1653-1665.
Aavik, T., Thetloff, M., Träger, S., Hernández-Agramonte, I. M., Reinula, I., & Pärtel, M. (2019). Delayed and immediate effects of habitat loss on the genetic diversity of the grassland plant Trifolium montanum. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-21.
Reitalu, T., Bjune, A. E., Blaus, A., Giesecke, T., Helm, A., Matthias, I., Peglar, S. S., Salonen, S. J., Seppä, H., Väli, V., Birks, H. J. B. (2019). Patterns of modern pollen and plant richness across northern Europe. Journal of Ecology, 107, 1662-1677.
Plue, J., Aavik, T., Cousins, S. A. O. (2019). Grazing networks promote plant functional connectivity among isolated grassland communities. Diversity and Distributions, 25: 102-115.
Träger, S., Öpik, M., Vasar, M., Wilson, S. D. (2019). Belowground plant parts are crucial for comprehensively estimating total plant richness in herbaceous and woody habitats. Ecology, 100: e02575.

2018

Takkis, K., Kull, T., Hallikma, T., Jaksi, P., Kaljund, K., Kauer, K., Kull, T., Kurina, O., Külvik, M., Lanno, K., Leht, M., Liira, J., Melts, I., Pehlak, H., Raet, J., Sammet, K., Sepp, K., Väli, Ü., Laanisto, L. 2018. Drivers of species richness and community integrity of small forest patches in an agricultural landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 29(6): 978-988.
Takkis, K., Tscheulin, T., Petanidou, T. 2018. Differential effects of climate warming in the nectar secretion of early- and late-flowering Mediterranean plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 874.
Aavik, T. & Helm, A. (2018). Restoration of plant species and genetic diversity depends on landscape-scale dispersal. Restoration Ecology, 26:S92-S102.
Török, P., Helm, A., Kiehl, K., Buisson, E., Valkó, O. (2018). Beyond the species pool: modification of species dispersal, establishment, and assembly by habitat restoration. Restoration Ecology, 26:S65-S72.
Van Geel, M., Ceulemans, T., Plue, J., Takkis, K., Saar, L., Kasari, L., Peeters, G., van Acker, K., Jacquemyn, H. & Honnay, O. 2018. Environmental filtering rather than host plant specificity shapes the arbuscular mycorrhizal communities of European semi-natural grasslands. New Phytologist 220: 1262–1272.
Elbakidze, M., Hahn, T., Dawson, L., Zimmermann, N.E., Cudlín, P., Friberg, N., Genovesi, P., Guarino, R., Helm, A., Jonsson, B. and Lengyel, S., Leroy, B., Luzzati, T., Milbau, A., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Roche, P., Roy, H., Sabyrbekov, R., Vanbergen, A., Vandvik, V. (2018). Direct and indirect drivers of change in biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. In: M. Rounsevell, M. Fischer, A. Torre-Marin Rando, A. Mader (Ed.). The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia (385−568). Bonn, Germany: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., Garcia-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., Conradi, T., Filibeck, G., Guarino, R., Janisova, M., Steinbauer, M. J., Acic, S., Acosta, A. T. R., ... Helm, A., ... Biurrun, I. (2018). GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia, 48 (3), 331−347.10.1127/phyto/2018/0267.
Tyler, T.; Bengtsson, F.; Dahlberg, C. J.; Lönnell, N.; Hallingbäck, T.; Reitalu, T. (2018). Determinants of bryophyte species composition and diversity on the Great Alvar of Öland, Sweden. Journal of Bryology, 40 (1), 12−30. DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2017.1412387.

2017

Aavik, T., Talve, T., Thetloff, M., Uuemaa, F., Oja, T. (2017). Genetic consequences of landscape change for rare endemic plants - a case study of Rhinanthus osiliensis. Biological Conservation, 210: 125-135.
Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., García-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., ... Helm, A., ... & Janisova, M. (2018). GrassPlot-a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia, 48(3), 331-347.
Saar, L., de Bello, F., Pärtel, M., Helm, A. (2017). Trait assembly in grasslands depends on habitat history and spatial scale. Oecologia, 184, 1−12.
Bueno, C.G., Moora, M., Gerz, M., Davison, J., Öpik, M., Pärtel, M., Helm, A., Ronk, A., Kühn, I., Zobel, Z. (2017). Plant mycorrhizal status, but not type, shifts with latitude and elevation in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26 (6), 690−699.
Randlane, T., Tullus, T., Saag, A., Lutter, R., Tullus, A., Helm, A., Tullus, H., Pärtel, M. (2017). Diversity of lichens and bryophytes in hybrid aspen plantations in Estonia depends on landscape structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research , 47, 1202−1214.
Török, P., Helm, A. (2017). Ecological theory provides strong support for habitat restoration. Biological Conservation, 206, 85−91.
Träger, S., Milbau, A., Wilson, S. D. (2017). Potential contributions of root decomposition to the nitrogen cycle in arctic forest and tundra. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 11021-11032.
Träger, S., Wilson, S. D. (2017). Root heterogeneity along an arctic elevational gradient: the importance of resolution. Functional Ecology, 31: 480-487.
Price, J., Tamme, R., Gazol, A., de Bello, F., Takkis, K., Uria Diez, J., Kasari, L. & Pärtel, M. 2017. Within-community environmental variability drives trait variability in species-rich grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 28: 303–312.
Lewis, R.J., de Bello, F., Bennett, J.A., Fibich, P., Finerty, G.E., Götzenberger, L., Hiiesalu, I., Kasari, L., Lepš, J., Májeková, M., Mudrák, O., Riibak, K., Ronk, A., Rychtecká, T., Vitová, A. & Pärtel, M. 2017. Applying the dark diversity concept to nature conservation. Conservation Biology 31: 40–47.

2016 and earlier

Kasari, L., Saar, L., de Bello, F., Takkis, K., Helm, A. (2016). Hybrid ecosystems can contribute to local biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25 (14), 3023-3041.
Kook, E., Pihu, S., Reier, Ü., Thetloff, M., Aavik, T., Helm, A. (2016). Do landscape dissimilarity and environmental factors affect genetic and phenotypic variability in Myosotis laxa s. lato (Boraginaceae)? Annales Botanici Fennici, 53:56−66.
Meriste, M., Helm, A., Ivask, M. (2016). Ground-dwelling spider fauna of flooded meadows in Matsalu, Estonia. Wetlands, 36, 525−537.
Emmerson, M., Morales, M. B., Oñate, J. J., Batáry, P., Berendse, F., Liira, J., Aavik, T., Guerrero, I., Bommarco, R., Eggers, S., Pärt, T., Tscharntke, T., Weisser, W., Clement, L. & Bengtsson, J. (2016). How agricultural intensification affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. Advances in Ecological Research, 55: 43−97.
Májeková, M., Paal, T., Plowman, N.S., Bryndová, M., Kasari, L., Norberg, A., Weiss, M., Bishop, T.R., Luke, S.H., Sam, K., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Lepš, J., Götzenberger, L. & de Bello, F. 2016. Evaluating functional diversity: Missing trait data and the importance of species abundance structure and data transformation. PLoSOne 11: e0152532.
Takkis, K., Tscheulin, T., Tsalkatis, P., Petanidou, T. 2015. Climate change reduces nectar secretion in two common Mediterranean plants. Annals of Botany PLANTS 7: plv111.
Dallimer, M., Jacobsen, J.B., Lundhede, T.H., Takkis, K., Giergiczny, M., Thorsen, B.J. 2015. Patriotic values for public goods: transnational trade-offs for biodiversity and ecosystem services. BioScience 65(1): 33-42.
Helm, A. (2015). Habitat restoration requires landscape-scale planning. Applied Vegetation Science, 18 (2), 177−178.
Bagaria, G., Helm, A., Rodà, F., Pino, J. (2015). Assessing coexisting plant extinction debt and colonization credit in a grassland–forest change gradient. Oecologia, 179 (3), 823−834.
Helm, A., Zobel, M., Moles, A.T., Szava-Kovats, R., Pärtel, M. (2015). Characteristic and derived diversity: implementing the species pool concept to quantify conservation condition of habitats. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (6), 711−721.
Aavik, T., Holderegger, R., Bolliger, J. (2014). The structural and functional connectivity of the grassland plant Lychnis flos-cuculi. Heredity, 112: 471 - 478.
Aavik, T., Bosshard, D., Edwards, P.J., Holderegger, R., Billeter, R. (2014). Fitness in naturally occurring and restored populations of a grassland plant Lychnis flos-cuculi in a Swiss agricultural landscape. Restoration Ecology, 22: 98 - 10.
Helm, A., Kalamees, R., Zobel, M. (2014). Vegetation patterns and their underlying processes: Where are we now? Journal of Vegetation Science, 25(5), 1113−1116.
Sutcliffe, L.M.E.,Batary, P., Kormann, U., Baldi, A., Dicks, L.V., Herzon, I., Kleijn, D., Tryjanowski, P., Apostolova, I., Arlettaz, R., Aunins A., Aviron, S., Baležentiene, L., Fischer, C., Halada, L., Hartel, T., Helm, A., Hristov, I., Jelaska, S.D., Kaligaric, M., Kamp, J., Klimek, S., Koorberg, P., Kostiukova, J., Kovacs-Hostyanszki, A., Kuemmerle, T., Leuschner, C., Lindborg, R., Loos, J., Maccherini, S., Marja, R., Mathe, O., Paulini, I., Proenca, V., Rey-Benayas, J., Sans, F.X., Seifert, C., Stalenga, J., Timaeus, J., Torok, P., van Swaay, C., Viik, E., Tscharntke, T. (2014). Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland. Diversity and Distributions, 21, 722–730.
Riibak, K., Reitalu, T., Tamme, R., Helm, A., Gerhold, P., Znamenskiy, S., Bengtsson, K., Rosén, E., Prentice, H., Pärtel, M. (2015). Dark diversity in dry calcareous grasslands is determined by dispersal ability and stress-tolerance. Ecogaphy, 38, 713−721.
Aavik, T., Bosshard, D., Edwards, P., Holderegger, R., Billeter, R. (2014). Effets de mélanges de semences sur la diversité génétique et la performance. Recherche Agronomique Suisse, 5: 20 - 27.
Aavik, T., Bosshard, D., Edwards, P., Holderegger, R. & Billeter, R. 2014. Genetische Vielfalt in Wildpflanzen-Samenmischungen. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 5: 20 - 27.
Aavik, T., Holderegger, R., Edwards, P.J. & Billeter, R. (2013). Patterns of contemporary gene flow suggest low functional connectivity of grasslands in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50: 395 - 403.
Seabloom, E. W., E. T. Borer ,... Helm, A., ... Yang, L. (2013). Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology 19: 3677−3687.
Kasari, L., Gazol, A., Kalwij, J.M., Helm, A. (2013). Low shrub cover in alvar grasslands increases small-scale diversity by promoting the occurrence of generalist species. Tuexenia, 33, 293−308.
Takkis, K., Pärtel, M., Saar, L. & Helm, A. (2013). Extinction debt in a common grassland species: immediate and delayed responses of plant and population fitness. Plant Ecology, 214, 953−963.
Reitalu, T., Helm, A., Pärtel, M., Bengtsson, K., Gerhold, P., Rosén, E., Takkis, K., Znamenskiy, S., Prentice, H. C. (2014). Determinants of fine-scale plant diversity in dry calcareous grasslands within the Baltic Sea region. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 182, 59−68.
Gazol, A., Tamme, R., Takkis, K., Kasari, L., Saar, L., Helm, A., Pärtel, M. (2012). Landscape-and small-scale determinants of grassland species diversity: direct and indirect influences. Ecography, 35, 944−951.
Guerrero, I., Morales, M.L.B., Oñate, J.J., Geiger, F., Berendse, F., Snoo, G. de, Eggers, S., Pärt, T., Bengtsson, J., Clement, L.W., Weisser, W.W., Olszewski, A., Ceryngier, P., Hawro, V., Liira, J., Aavik, T., Fischer, C., Thies, C., Tscharntke, T. (2012). Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: landscape and field level management factors. Biological Conservation, 152: 74 - 80.
Lindborg, R., Helm, A., Bommarco, R., Heikkinen, R. K., Kühn, I., Pykälä, J., Pärtel, M. (2012). Effect of habitat area and isolation on plant trait distribution in European forests and grasslands. Ecography, 35, 356−363.
Aavik, T., Edwards, J.P., Holderegger, R., Graf, R., Billeter, R. (2012). Genetic consequences of using seed mixtures in restoration: a case study of a wetland plant Lychnis flos-cuculi. Biological Conservation, 145: 195 - 204.
Marini, L., Bruun, H. H., Heikkinen, R. K., Helm, A., Honnay, O., Krauss, J., Kühn, I., Lindborg, R., Pärtel, M., Bommarco, R. (2012). Traits related to species persistence and dispersal explain changes in plant communities subjected to habitat loss. Diversity and Distributions, 18, 898−908.
Saar, L., Takkis, K., Pärtel, M., Helm, A. (2012). Which plant traits predict species loss in calcareous grasslands with extinction debt? Diversity and Distributions, 18, 808−817.
Moles, A.T., Flores-Moreno, H., Bonser, S.P., Warton, D.I., Helm, A., Warman, L., Eldridge, D.J., Jurado, E., Hemmings, F.A., Reich, P.B., Cavender-Bares, J., Seabloom, E.W., Mayfield, M.M., Sheil, D., Djietror, J.C., Peri, P.L., Enrico, L., Cabido, M.R., Setterfield, S.A., Lehmann, C.E.R., Thomson, F.J. (2012). Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea. Journal of Ecology, 100, 116−127.
Guerrero, I., Morales, M., Onante, J.J., Aavik, T., Bengtsson, J., Berendse, F., Clement, L., Dennis, C., Eggers, S., Emmerson, M., Fischer, C., Flohre, A., Geiger, F., Hawro, V., Inchausti, P., Kalamees, A., Kinks, R., Liira, J., Melendez, L., Pärt, T., Thies, C., Tscharntke, T., Olszewski, A., Weisser, W. (2011). Taxonomic and functional diversity of farmland bird communities across Europe: effects of biogeography and agricultural intensification. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20: 3663 - 3681.
Flohre, A., Fischer, C., Aavik, T., Bengtsson, J., Berendse, F., Bommarco, R., Ceryngier, P., Clement, L.W., Dennis, C., Eggers, S., Emmerson, M., Geiger, F., Guerrero, I., Hawro, V., Inchausti, P., Liira, J., Morales, M.B., Oñate, J.J., Pärt, T., Weisser, W.W., Winqvist, C., Thies, C., Tscharntke, T. (2011). Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds. Ecological Applications, 21: 1772 - 1781.
Winqvist, C., Bengtsson, J., Aavik, T., Berendse, F., Clement, L. W., Eggers, S., Fischer, C., Flohre, A., Geiger, F., Liira, J., Pärt, T., Thies, C., Tscharntke, T., Weisser, W. W., Bommarco, R. (2011). Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48: 570 - 579.
Krauss, J., Bommarco, R., Guardiola, M., Heikkinen, R., Helm, A., Kuussaari, M., Lindborg, R., Öckinger, E., Pärtel, M., Pino, J., Pöyry, J., Raatikainen, K., Sang, A., Stefanescu, C. Teder, T., Zobel, M., Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2010). Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels. Ecology Letters, 13, 597–605.
Sang, A., Teder, T., Helm, A., Pärtel, M. (2010). Indirect evidence for an extinction debt of grassland butterflies half century after habitat loss. Biological Conservation, 143, 1405–1413.
Geiger, F., Bengtsson, J., Berendse, F., Weisser, Wolfgang W., Emmerson, M., Morales, M.B., Ceryngier, P., Liira, J., Tscharntke, T. Winqvist, C., Eggers, S., Bommarco, R., Pärt, T., Bretagnolle, V., Plantegenest, M., Clement, L.W., Dennis, C., Palmer, C., Onate, J.J., Guerrero, I., Hawro, V., Aavik, T., Thies, C., Flohre, A., Hänke, S., Fischer, C., Goedhart, P.W., Inchausti, P. (2010). Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11: 97 - 105.
Aavik, T., Liira, J. (2010). Quantifying the effect of organic farming, field boundary type and landscape structure on the vegetation of field boundaries. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 135: 178 - 186.
Helm, A., Oja, T., Saar, L., Takkis, K., Talve, T., Pärtel, M. (2009). Human influence lowers plant genetic diversity in communities with extinction debt. Journal of Ecology, 97, 1329−1336.
Kuussaari, M., Bommarco, R., Heikkinen, R.K., Helm, A., Krauss, J., Lindborg, R., Öckinger, E., Pärtel, M., Pino, J., Roda, F., Stefanescu, C., Teder, T., Zobel, M., Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2009). Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24, 564−571.
Aavik, T., Püssa, K., Roosaluste, E., Moora, M. (2009). Vegetation change in boreonemoral forest during succession – trends in species composition, richness and differentiation diversity. Annales Botanici Fennici, 46: 326-335.
Aavik, T., Liira, J. (2009). Agrotolerant and high nature-value species - plant biodiversity indicator groups in agroecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 9: 892-901.
Liira, J., Schmidt, T., Aavik, T., Arens, P., Augenstein, I., Bailey, D., Billeter, R., Bukacek, R., Burel, F., De Blust, G., De Cock, R., Dirksen, J., Edwards, P. J., Hamersky, R., Herzog, F., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Le Coeur, D., Miklova, P., Roubalova, M., Schweiger, O., Smulders, M. J. M., van Wingerden,W. K. R. E., Bugter, R., Zobel, M. (2008). Plant functional group composition and large-scale species richness in the agricultural landscapes of Europe. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19: 3-14.
Aavik, T., Augenstein, I., Bailey, D., Herzog, F., Zobel, M., Liira, J. (2008). What is the role of local landscape structure in the vegetation composition of field boundaries? Applied Vegetation Science, 11: 375-386.
Aavik, T., Jõgar, Ü., Liira, J., Tulva, I., Zobel, M. (2008). Plant diversity in a calcareous wooded meadow - The significance of management continuity. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19: 475-484.
Liira, J., Aavik, T., Parrest, O., Zobel, M. (2008). Agricultural sector, rural environment and biodiversity in the central and eastern European EU member states. Acta Geographica Debrecina Landscape and Environment Series, 2: 46-64.
Pärtel, M. & Helm, A. (2007). Invasion of woody species into temperate grasslands: Relationship with abiotic and biotic soil resource heterogeneity. Journal of Vegetation Science 18.1, 63−70
Pärtel, M., Helm, A., Reitalu, T., Liira, J., Zobel, M. (2007). Grassland diversity related to the Late Iron Age human population density. Journal of Ecology, 95, 574−582.
Znamenskiy, S., Helm, A. & Pärtel, M. (2006) Threatened alvar grasslands in NW Russia and their relationship to alvars in Estonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 15, 1797−1809.
Helm, A., Hanski, I., & Pärtel, M. (2006). Slow response of plant species richness to habitat loss and fragmentation. Ecology Letters, 9, 72−77.
Pärtel, M., Helm, A., Ingerpuu, N., Reier, Ü., Tuvi, E.-L. (2004). Conservation of Northern European plant diversity: the correspondence with soil pH. Biological Conservation 120, 525−531.
Dengler, J., Rusina, S., Boch, S., Bruun, H.H., Diekmann, M., Dierßen, K., Dolnik, C., Dupré, C., Golub, V.B., Grytnes, J.-A., Helm, A., Ingerpuu, N., Löbel, S., Pärtel, M., Rašomavicius, V., Tyler, G., Znamenskiy, S.R., Zobel, M. (2006) Working group on dry grasslands in the Nordic and Baltic region - Outline of the project and first results for the class Festuco-Brometea. Annali di Botanica Nuova Serie, 6: 1−28, Rome.
Helm, A., Urbas, P., Pärtel, M. (2007) Plant diversity and species characteristics of alvar grasslands in Estonia and Sweden. van der Maarel, E. (Ed.). Acta Phytogeographica Suecica, 88, 33−42. Opulus Press.

Other scientific publications

Aavik, T., Luhamaa, H. & Kukk, T. (2009). Grasslands of Läänemaa County, Estonia. Veen, P., Jefferson, R., de Smidt, J., van der Straaten, J. (Ed-s.). In: Grasslands in Europe of high nature value. Zeist, the Netherlands: KNNV Publishing.
Pärtel, M., Helm, A., Roosaluste, E., Zobel, M. (2007) Bioloogiline mitmekesisus Eesti pool-looduslikes ökosüsteemides. Punning, J.M. (Ed.). Keskkonnauuringute nüüdisprobleeme (223 - 302). Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Ökoloogia Instituut.
Bommarco, R., Öckinger, E., Helm, A. (2009) Life History Traits in Insects and Habitat Fragmentation. Atlas of Biodiversity Risk. Settele, J., Penev, L., Georgiev, T., Grabaum, R., Grobelnik, V., Hammen, V., Klotz, S., & Kühn, I. (Ed.) Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 978-954-642-446-4 (print) and ISBN 978-954-642-447-1.
Rosche, C, Schrieber, K, Hirsch, H, Blachnik, T, Träger, S, Seidler, G, Hensen, I (2014). Sexuelle Reproduktion und klonales Wachstum in kleinen Population von Antennaria dioica (L.) GAERTNER. Hercynia N.F., 47:59-86.