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The reformation of the Swedish agricultural system, about 150years ago, drastically
changed the use of semi-natural grasslands. Grassland plant diversity has declined due to …

Ecosystems are multifunctional and provide humanity with a broad array of vital services.
Effective management of services requires an improved evidence base, identifying the role …

Long transient times in response to decreasing habitat area and increasing isolation may
cause the present plant species distribution to reflect the historical rather than the present …

We aimed to answer the question of whether the species richness and composition of
calcareous grasslands in North-western Germany had changed over the last 70 years as a …

There is a global drive to increase forest cover to protect biodiversity and help combat
climate change. Tree planting is widely used to increase forest cover, although there is …

The goal of UK agricultural policy between the late 1940s and the 1980s has been
increased agricultural production. Since the build-up of huge agricultural surpluses in the …

Abandonment of agriculture land and subsequent natural afforestation have been common
features of the contemporary Latvian rural landscape, particularly in the period since 1990 …

Revegetation after farmland abandonment not only changes the aboveground biodiversity
but also soil physicochemical properties and soil microbial biomass. However, how the …

Characterizing the flammability of litter fuels is of major importance for assessing wildland
fire ignition hazard. Here we compared the flammability of litter within a mosaic of Quercus …