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Plants act as ecosystem engineers playing fundamental roles in steering their surroundings, including soil abiotic and biotic conditions, soil organis...

Land use intensification, by which habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and increased land ownership subdivision occurs, represents one of the largest ...

European heathlands are of high conservation value but have declined as a result of agricultural intensification. Heathland recreation is currently be...

Global warming induces new constraints on forest ecosystems and requires forest management adaptation. The reduction in stand density is currently deb...

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that member states establish type-specific reference conditions for all waterbodies, ...

Species-rich grasslands are of high conservation value because of the diverse floral and faunal assemblages they support. Intensive agriculture has re...

A bioindicator system that supported the interpretation of acidity-related changes in soil chemistry was developed, using the tendencies of soil arthr...

Mycorrhizas form a critical link between above-ground plants and the soil system by influencing plant nutrition, nutrient cycling and soil structure. ...

Herbivorous insect communities were studied on oak (Quercus petraea) trees in pure stands of oak or in mixtures with alder (Alnus glutinosa), pine (Pi...

Numbers and activities of animals observed on areas of each vegetation type on fixed transects were recorded at 2-h intervals for 24 h twice monthly f...