Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Harvester ants as ecological engineers for Mediterranean grassland restoration: Impacts on soil and vegetation

T De Almeida, O Blight, F Mesléard, A Bulot… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although not widely used, ecosystem engineers represent a promising and sustainable tool
in nature-based ecosystem management and restoration. In grassland ecosystems, a few …

European traditional irrigation in transition part II: traditional irrigation in our time—decline, rediscovery and restoration perspectives

C Leibundgut, I Kohn - Irrigation and Drainage, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The first part of this review demonstrates that before the twentieth century, traditional
irrigation schemes were widespread and a characteristic feature of European landscapes …

A comparative review of soil charcoal data: Spatiotemporal patterns of origin and long-term dynamics of Western European nutrient-poor grasslands

V Robin, O Nelle, B Talon, P Poschlod… - The …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The nutrient-poor grasslands of Western Europe are of major conservation concern because
land use changes threaten their high biodiversity. Studies assessing their characteristics …

Mediterranean open habitat vegetation offers great potential for extensive green roof design

C Van Mechelen, T Dutoit, M Hermy - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Offering a wide array of benefits, green roofs have become an important tool for improving
urban environmental quality mainly in regions with a temperate climate. However, green …

Integrating landscape analysis and planning: A multi-scale approach for oriented management of tourist recreation

I De Aranzabal, MF Schmitz, FD Pineda - Environmental management, 2009 - Springer
Tourism and landscape are interdependent concepts. Nature-and culture-based tourism are
now quite well developed activities and can constitute an excellent way of exploiting the …

New synthetic indicators to assess community resilience and restoration success

R Jaunatre, E Buisson, I Muller, H Morlon… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 sets as an objective the restoration of 15% of
degraded ecosystems by 2020. This challenge raises at least two major questions:(i) How to …

Disentangling the effects of management, field characteristics of fallows, and surrounding landscape to promote steppe bird conservation

N Revilla-Martín, D Giralt, A Sanz-Pérez, G Bota… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
The steep decrease of fallow area in the last years has been directly related to steppe bird
population declines in Europe, as fallow lands are a crucial habitat for shelter, food, and …

Grazing intensity gradient inherited from traditional herding still explains Mediterranean grassland characteristics despite current land-use changes

C Vidaller, C Malik, T Dutoit - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Grazing is well-known to shape plant populations and plant communities and to affect
several compartment characteristics of grazed ecosystems. Semi-natural grassland …

Recovery of Mediterranean steppe vegetation after cultivation: Legacy effects on plant composition, soil properties and functional traits

J Helm, T Dutoit, A Saatkamp, SF Bucher… - Applied Vegetation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Are the vegetation structure and soil properties of fallows similar to adjacent
species‐rich Mediterranean steppe communities 35 years after abandonment? Is there a …