Origin and history of grasslands in C entral E urope–a review

M Hejcman, P Hejcmanova, V Pavlů… - Grass and Forage …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In terms of origin, grasslands in C entral E urope can be classified into (i) natural grasslands,
predetermined by environmental conditions and wild herbivores;(ii) seminatural grasslands …

The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest‐steppes

L Erdős, D Ambarlı, OA Anenkhonov… - Applied Vegetation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Eurasian forest‐steppes are among the most complex non‐tropical terrestrial
ecosystems. Despite their considerable scientific, ecological and economic importance …

Biodiversity-rich European grasslands: Ancient, forgotten ecosystems

A Feurdean, E Ruprecht, Z Molnár, SM Hutchinson… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Worldwide reforestation has been recommended as a landscape restoration strategy to
mitigate climate change in areas where the climate can sustain forest. This approach may …

Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

How climate, topography, soils, herbivores, and fire control forest–grassland coexistence in the Eurasian forest‐steppe

L Erdős, P Török, JW Veldman, Z Bátori… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in ecology and biogeography demonstrate the importance of fire and large
herbivores–and challenge the primacy of climate–to our understanding of the distribution …

Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka

A Feurdean, A Perşoiu, I Tanţău, T Stevens… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Records of past climate variability and associated vegetation response exist in various
regions throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). To date, there has been no coherent …

Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A critical comparison of climatic, environmental, and archaeological evidence for radical change during the bronze age–iron age …

B Molloy - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2023 - Springer
The globalizing connections that defined the European Bronze Age in the second
millennium BC either ended or abruptly changed in the decades around 1200 BC. The …

The Eurasian steppe belt: Status quo, origin and evolutionary history

H Herbert, F Nikolai, B Karl-Georg, N Barbara… - Turczaninowia, 2019 - cyberleninka.ru
We present a comprehensive review of the characteristics and structure of the Eurasian
steppe and of its evolutionary history in space and time. During the last decades …

Formalized classification of semi-dry grasslands in central and eastern Europe

W Willner, J Rolecek, A Korolyuk, J Dengler, M Chytry… - Preslia, 2019 - aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs
European semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich vegetation types in the
northern hemisphere and form an important part of the habitat mosaics in the forest-steppe …

The origin of grasslands in the temperate forest zone of east-central Europe: long-term legacy of climate and human impact

P Kuneš, H Svobodová-Svitavská, J Kolář… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The post-glacial fate of central European grasslands has stimulated palaeoecological
debates for a century. Some argued for the continuous survival of open land, while others …