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Agricultural legacy shapes plant diversity patterns in mountain grasslands of Maramureș and Bukovina: a cross-border perspective (Ukraine, Romania).

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Janišová, M. & Magnes, M. & Bojko, I. & Borsukevych, L. M. & Budzhak, V. V. & Chorney, I. & Iuga, A. & Ivașcu, C. M. & Kish, R. & Kuzemko, A. & Palpurina, S. & Skokanová, K. & Širka, P. & Tokaryuk, A. & Dayneko, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We investigated farming practices and grassland plant diversity patterns in the historical regions of Maramureș and Bukovina, located in the central E...

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A Bayesian analysis of adaptation of mountain grassland production to global change.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Elleaume, N. & Locatelli, B. & Oszwald, J. & Crouzat, E. & Lavorel, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mountains, grasslands managed for livestock production sustain local economies, culture and identity. However, their future fodder production is hi...

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Large-scale restoration of species-rich dry grasslands on arable land: environmental filtering drives successful species establishment over a period of 10 years.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Mudrák, O. & Jongepierová, I. & Řehounková, K. & Prach, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sowing of regionally specific seed mixtures on former arable land is increasingly used to restore species-rich grasslands but it often faces important...

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Species richness: a pivotal factor mediating the effects of land use intensification and climate on grassland multifunctionality.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Allart, L. & Dumont, B. & Joly, F. & Mosnier, C. & Alvarez, G. & Galliot, J. N. & Luna, D. & Pottier, J. & Gross, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionfrThis link goes to a French section Temperate seminatural grasslands harbour unique biodiversity, support livest...

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Experimental extensification of mountain grasslands restores plant species richness but not species composition in the mid-term.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Humann-Guilleminot, S. & Boch, S. & León, G. M. de & Lessard-Therrien, M. & Hayoz-Andrey, A. & Serres-Hänni, A. & Humbert, J. Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The traditional grasslands that characterize the cultural landscapes of the Palaeartic mountain massifs represent biodiversity hotspots. Yet, they are...

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Quantifying and optimizing grazing regimes in Greek mountain systems.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Zervas, G.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

From an ecological and environmental point of view, livestock husbandry plays a very important role as there is a valuable interaction between livesto...

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Colonial management drives ecological change following the exclusion of indigenous stewardship in a Stoney Iyethka montane grassland, Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Schepens, G. & Seider, J. H. & Wesley, B. L. & Mathews, D. L. & Starzomski, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

For millennia, Indigenous Peoples and their ecological stewardship have kept culturally important landscapes open, diverse and productive. Under colon...

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Barriers to tree seedling emergence on human-induced grasslands in Sri Lanka.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Gunaratne, A. M. T. A. & Gunatilleke, C. V. S. & Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. & Weerasinghe, H. M. S. P. M. & Burslem, D. F. R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colonization by woody plants is often very slow or absent on grasslands occupying degraded land in the tropics. Seed dispersal limitation is widely re...

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Vascular plant and Orthoptera diversity in relation to grassland management and landscape composition in the European Alps.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Marini, L. & Fontana, P. & Scotton, M. & Klimek, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several recent studies have considered the relative effects of local vs. landscape factors on diversity of several animal taxa in grasslands. However,...

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Habitat utilization in a stratified upland landscape by two lagomorphs with different feeding strategies.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Hulbert, I. A. R. & Iason, G. R. & Racey, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) are summer grazers that switch to browse in winter, while rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) eat mostly grasses throughout...

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