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Silvia Stofer
Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Publications - 36
Citations - 889
Silvia Stofer is an academic researcher from Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Species richness & Threatened species. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 32 publications receiving 802 citations.
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Species richness of lichen functional groups in relation to land use intensity
Silvia Stofer,Ariel Bergamini,Gregorio Aragón,Palmira Carvalho,Brian J. Coppins,Simon Davey,Michael Dietrich,Edit Farkas,Kati Kärkkäinen,Christine Keller,László Lökös,Sampsa Lommi,Cristina Máguas,Ruth J. Mitchell,Pedro Pinho,Víctor J. Rico,Anne-Marie Truscott,Patricia A. Wolseley,Allan D. Watt,Christoph Scheidegger +19 more
TL;DR: A considerable decline in the rare lichen species richness as a result of land intensification is predicted, and only generalists show an effect along the land use intensity gradient.
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Changes in Collembola richness and diversity along a gradient of land-use intensity: A pan European study
José Paulo Sousa,Thomas Bolger,Maria Manuela da Gama,Tuomas Lukkari,Jean-François Ponge,Carlos Simón,Georgy Traser,Adam J. Vanbergen,Aoife Brennan,Florence Dubs,Eva Ivitis,António Keating,Silvia Stofer,Allan D. Watt +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, changes in Collembola richness and diversity along a land-use intensity gradient were studied in eight European countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Hungary, UK, Ireland and Finland).
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The influence of grassland management on ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in Swiss montane meadows
Anne-Catherine Grandchamp,Ariel Bergamini,Silvia Stofer,Jari Niemelä,Peter Duelli,Christoph Scheidegger +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that mown meadows and grazed meadows represent two habitat types for carabid beetles, and in the extensive management systems found in the Swiss Alps and Prealps, even intensively managed meadows can sustain high carabids diversity and abundance.
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Performance of Macrolichens and Lichen Genera as Indicators of Lichen Species Richness and Composition
Ariel Bergamini,Christoph Scheidegger,Silvia Stofer,Palmira Carvalho,Simon Davey,Michael Dietrich,Florence Dubs,Edit Farkas,Urs Groner,Kati Kärkkäinen,Christine Keller,László Lökös,Sampsa Lommi,Cristina Máguas,Ruth J. Mitchell,Pedro Pinho,Víctor J. Rico,Gregorio Aragón,Anne-Marie Truscott,Pat Wolseley,Alan Watt +20 more
TL;DR: Both genera and macrolichens are useful indicators of total lichen species richness and density and Macrolichens, however, are more suitable indicators than genera owing to (1) their nature and (2) their application to lichen genus diversity.
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Lichen functional groups as ecological indicators of the effects of land-use in Mediterranean ecosystems
Pedro Pinho,Pedro Pinho,Ariel Bergamini,Palmira Carvalho,Cristina Branquinho,Silvia Stofer,Christoph Scheidegger,Cristina Máguas +7 more
TL;DR: The objective of this work was to determine the effect of traditional low-intensity land-use on epiphytic lichen communities in Mediterranean cork-oak woodlands and confirm the importance of using ecological indicators based on functional-groups for monitoring changes in ecosystems.