Jens‐Christian Svenning

1. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
   2024/10/08 by William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Jillian W. Gregg +11 · 9 voices · 55 citations
   Environmental Science · #Climate Change and Health Impacts #Climate Change and Geoengineering #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
2. People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years
   2021/04/19 by Erle C. Ellis, Nicolas Gauthier, Kees Klein Goldewijk +15 · 1 voice · 42 citations
   Environmental Science · #Fire effects on ecosystems #Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology #Rangeland and Wildlife Management
3. Climate‐related range shifts – a global multidimensional synthesis and new research directions
   2014/06/02 by J. Lenoir, Jonathan Lenoir, J.‐C. Svenning +1 · 19 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Species Distribution and Climate Change
4. Guiding principles for rewilding
   2021/03/17 by Steve Carver, Ian Convery, Sally Hawkins +30 · 1 voice · 17 citations
   Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Environmental Philosophy and Ethics #Urban Green Space and Health #Geographies of human-animal interactions
5. Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before <i>Homo sapiens</i>
   2023/11/10 by Elena A. Pearce, Florence Mazier, Signe Normand +34 · 1 voice · 14 citations
   Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
6. Biodiversity post‐2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national‐level implementation
   2021/11/21 by Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira, María R. Felipe‐Lucia +52 · 1 voice · 7 citations
   Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Economic and Environmental Valuation #Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management #Land Use and Ecosystem Services
7. The late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions: Patterns, causes, ecological consequences and implications for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene
   2024/01/01 by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Rhys T. Lemoine, Juraj Bergman +5 · 1 voice · 9 citations
   Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Environmental Philosophy and Ethics #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Land Use and Ecosystem Services
8. Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for unexpected downslope range shifts in a warming climate
   2010/04/01 by Jonathan Lenoir, Jean‐Claude Gégout, Antoine Guisan +7 · 3 citations
9. Shifting baselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology
   2025/02/05 by Skjold Alsted Søndergaard, Camilla Fløjgaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs +1 · 2 voices · 9 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Plant and animal studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant Parasitism and Resistance
10. Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long‐Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe
    2024/10/24 by Marco Davoli, Tobias Kuemmerle, Sophie Monsarrat +4 · 3 voices · 8 citations
    Environmental Science · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Forest Management and Policy
11. Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities
    2024/12/03 by G. Hahn, Gabriella Damasceno, Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila +65 · 3 voices · 6 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Plant and animal studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution
12. Megafauna diversity and functional declines in Europe from the Last Interglacial to the present
    2023/11/17 by Marco Davoli, Sophie Monsarrat, Rasmus Østergaard Pedersen +4 · 1 voice · 7 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
13. Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities
    2024/02/01 by Erick Lundgren, Juraj Bergman, Jonas Trepel +7 · 1 voice · 6 citations
    Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Forest Management and Policy #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
14. Higher abundance of disturbance‐favoured trees and shrubs in European temperate woodlands prior to the late‐Quaternary extinction of megafauna
    2024/10/01 by Elena A. Pearce, Florence Mazier, Ralph Fyfe +5 · 1 voice · 7 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
15. Temperate forest plants are associated with heterogeneous semi-open canopy conditions shaped by large herbivores
    2025/04/14 by Szymon Czyżewski, Jens‐Christian Svenning · 1 voice · 5 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
16. Species packing and the latitudinal gradient in beta-diversity
    2021/04/14 by Ke Cao, Richard Condit, Xiangcheng Mi +49 · 5 citations
    Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
17. Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation
    2025/09/04 by Laetitia M. Navarro, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Thomas Changeux +26 · 1 voice · 5 citations
    Environmental Science · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
18. Disequilibrium in plant distributions: Challenges and approaches for species distribution models
    2025/02/13 by Brody Sandel, Cory Merow, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz +1 · 1 voice · 3 citations
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant and animal studies
19. On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared
    2025/10/22 by Anastasia Nikulina, Anhelina Zapolska, Maria Antonia Serge +10 · 2 voices · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Landslides and related hazards
20. The Late‐Quaternary Extinctions Gave Rise to Functionally Novel Herbivore Assemblages
    2025/03/01 by Simon D. Schowanek, Matt Davis, Erick Lundgren +5 · 2 voices · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Species Distribution and Climate Change
21. High tree diversity exposed to unprecedented macroclimatic conditions even under minimal anthropogenic climate change
    2025/06/23 by Coline C. F. Boonman, Selwyn Hoeks, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz +5 · 3 voices · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Tree-ring climate responses #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
22. From Grasslands to Forblands: Year‐round grazing as a driver of plant diversity
    2025/04/07 by Skjold Alsted Søndergaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens‐Christian Svenning +1 · 3 voices · 2 citations
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
23. Contrasting seasonal patterns in diet and dung‐associated invertebrates of feral cattle and horses in a rewilding area
    2023/02/06 by Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard, Mads Reinholdt Jensen +4 · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Animal and Plant Science Education #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change
24. Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration
    2021/11/02 by Camilla Fløjgaard, Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen, Christopher J. Sandom +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Forest Management and Policy
25. EUNIS habitat maps: enhancing thematic and spatial resolution for Europe through machine learning
    2025/06/16 by Sara Si‐Moussi, S.M. Hennekens, Si-Moussi, Sara +37 · 1 voice · 2 citations
    Environmental Science · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Remote Sensing in Agriculture #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
26. Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene
    2024/04/07 by Alejandro Ordóñez, Felix Riede, Signe Normand +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
27. Impacts of proactive health management on cattle and horse diets and dung biodiversity in Danish rewilding areas
    2025/06/30 by Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Kent Olsen, Morten D. D. Hansen +2 · 1 voice · 2 citations
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change
28. Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late‐Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity
    2025/06/28 by Rhys T. Lemoine, Robert Buitenwerf, Søren Faurby +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology
29. Identifying Major Factors for Success and Failure of Conservation Programs in Europe
    2024/11/23 by Nina Farwig, Philipp P. Sprenger, Bruno Baur +22 · 1 citation
    Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation #Economic and Environmental Valuation #Land Use and Ecosystem Services
30. A graduated nativeness definition for overcoming dilemmas and difficulties of vascular plant species
    2025/09/26 by Camilla T. Colding‐Jørgensen, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens‐Christian Svenning +1 · 2 voices · 2 citations
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant and animal studies #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
31. Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales
    2025/11/11 by Jonas Trepel, Joe Atkinson, Elizabeth le Roux +14 · 2 voices · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
32. Global trends in urban forest irrigation: Environmental influences, challenges and opportunities for sustainable practices across 109 cities worldwide
    2025/06/04 by Manuel Esperón‐Rodríguez, Rachael V. Gallagher, Alessio Russo +23 · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Urban Heat Island Mitigation #Urban Green Space and Health #Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
33. <scp>BIEN</scp> : A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data
    2026/03/24 by Brian J. Enquist, Brad Boyle, Brian S. Maitner +36 · 2 voices
    Environmental Science · Computer Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Research Data Management Practices #Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
34. Redefining ecosystem integrity for an Anthropocene biosphere: a process‐ and lineage‐based framework for restoration
    2026/03/30 by Jens‐Christian Svenning · 1 voice · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience #Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
35. Sixty years of plant community change in Europe indicate a shift toward nutrient-richer and denser vegetation
    2026/04/10 by Gabriele Midolo, Adam Thomas Clark, Milan Chytrý +31 · 2 voices
    Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
36. Global analysis suggests nitrogen deposition as an underestimated driver of vegetation greening
    2026/07/20 by Jonas Trepel, Joe Atkinson, Oliver Baines +5 · 1 voice
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant responses to elevated CO2 #Fire effects on ecosystems