Andreas Hemp

TL;DR: In this paper , a ground-sourced global database was used to estimate the number of tree species at biome, continental, and global scales, with most undiscovered species being rare, continentally endemic, and tropical or subtropical.

TL;DR: It is shown that network structure varies across an elevational gradient owing to bottom-up and top-down effects of functional diversity, which reveals that climatic constraints on the functional diversity of either plants or animals determine the relative importance of bottom- up andtop-down control in plant–animal interaction networks.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduced the set-up of a new meteorological station network on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, since 2010 and presented the recorded characteristics of air temperature, air humidity and precipitation in both a plot-based and area-wide perspectives.

TL;DR: This study shows how vertical and horizontal vegetation structure can be assessed efficiently in various habitat types in tropical mountain regions, and suggests to apply this as a tool for informing future biodiversity and ecosystem service studies.

TL;DR: In this article, a complete survey of the vegetation of Kilimanjaro with about 1,500 vegetation plots, plant communities invaded by Poa annua are determined, based on which a new climbing route was opened and a rapid invasion (5.6 km in 3 months).