Biodiversity research: data without theory—theory without data

1 Plant Ecology, Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2 Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Museum fur Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, 5 Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 6 Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 7 Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Muncheberg, Germany, 8 Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany, 9 Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 10 Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 11 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany, 12 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany, 13 Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  2015

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  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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  2015-03-05

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  DOI 10.3389/fevo.2015.00020
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