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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes

B Deák, B Kovács, Z Rádai, I Apostolova… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small natural features (SNFs), such as road verges, midfield islets, rocky outcrops and
ancient burial mounds, provide safe havens for species of natural habitats in human …

Variability of the aridity in the South-Eastern Europe over 1961–2050

S Cheval, A Dumitrescu, MV Birsan - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Past and projected variability of the air temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration and
aridity in the South-Eastern Europe are evaluated throughout 1961–2050. Changes in …

Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central‐eastern Europe)

A Feurdean, E Marinova, AB Nielsen… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The forest steppe of the Transylvanian Plain is a landscape of exceptionally diverse
steppe‐like and semi‐natural grasslands. Is this vegetation a remnant of a once continuous …

12,000-Years of fire regime drivers in the lowlands of Transylvania (Central-Eastern Europe): a data-model approach

A Feurdean, J Liakka, B Vannière, E Marinova… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The usefulness of sedimentary charcoal records to document centennial to millennial scale
trends in aspects of fire regimes (frequency, severity) is widely acknowledged, yet the long …

[HTML][HTML] The transformation of the forest steppe in the lower Danube Plain of southeastern Europe: 6000 years of vegetation and land use dynamics

A Feurdean, R Grindean, G Florescu, I Tanţău… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Forest steppes are dynamic ecosystems, highly susceptible to changes in climate,
disturbances and land use. Here we examine the Holocene history of the European forest …

Late Quaternary record of the vegetation and catchment-related changes from Lake Paravani (Javakheti, South Caucasus)

E Messager, S Belmecheri, U Von Grafenstein… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Here we present a palynological and sedimentological record from a 96-cm sediment core
covering the last 13 ka aiming to document palaeoecological changes in the central South …

Vegetation, fire and climate history of the Lesser Caucasus: A new Holocene record from Zarishat fen (A rmenia)

S Joannin, AA Ali, V Ollivier, P Roiron… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation, fire and climate history are investigated in the 10 000‐year record of Zarishat fen
located today in the steppe grasslands of Armenia (Near East). Pollen‐based climate …

Vegetation and environmental responses to climate forcing during the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in the East Carpathians: attenuated response to …

EK Magyari, D Veres, V Wennrich, B Wagner… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carpathian Mountains were one of the main mountain reserves of the boreal
and cool temperate flora during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in East-Central Europe …