In a world where problems like climate change or pollution have no borders, it is increasingly important that we are able to quantify the relationships between essential biodiversity variables (EBV - genetic composition, species populations, species traits, community composition, ecosystem function and ecosystem structure) and the environmental factors driving changes at the global scale. This is essential for predicting the potential consequences of global change in the future and to properly address correct mitigation and adaption measures. Quantifying these response patterns demands both large scale and long-term ecological studies. In this session we welcome studies on the effects of global change drivers on cryptogam diversity. These can focus on general response patterns to global change drivers, long-term monitoring protocols, data harmonization, modelling efforts, the creation of new monitoring programs to address critical data gaps, cryptogams traits as ecological indicators or others under a global change perspective.
