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View article: One Century of Change: Stronger Diversity Decline in Lowland Than in Mountain Grasslands in Central Europe
One Century of Change: Stronger Diversity Decline in Lowland Than in Mountain Grasslands in Central Europe Open
Quantitative long‐term assessments of the extent and direction of biodiversity change due to anthropogenic environmental change are challenging because representative baseline data older than a few decades are very rare. This is also the c…
View article: Environmental conditions and plant diversity show little effect on mycotoxin occurrence in European grasslands used for horse husbandry
Environmental conditions and plant diversity show little effect on mycotoxin occurrence in European grasslands used for horse husbandry Open
In light of ongoing threats to European grasslands, grazing by livestock such as horses can contribute to biodiversity conservation. An emerging field of research relevant to both grassland ecosystems and animal husbandry has focused on gr…
View article: ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe Open
Aims We introduce ReSurveyEurope — a new data source of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe, compiled by a collaborative network of vegetation scientists. We describe the scope of this initiative, provide an overview of currently availab…
View article: <scp>ReSurveyEurope</scp>: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
<span>ReSurveyEurope</span>: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe Open
Aims We introduce ReSurveyEurope — a new data source of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe, compiled by a collaborative network of vegetation scientists. We describe the scope of this initiative, provide an overview of currently availab…
View article: The Historic Square Foot Dataset – Outstanding small‐scale richness in Swiss grasslands around the year 1900
The Historic Square Foot Dataset – Outstanding small‐scale richness in Swiss grasslands around the year 1900 Open
Grasslands host a significant share of Europe's species diversity but are among the most threatened vegetation types of the continent. Resurvey studies can help to understand patterns and drivers of changes in grassland diversity and speci…
View article: Determination of habitat requirements of the glacial relict Nuphar pumila as basis for successful (re-)introductions
Determination of habitat requirements of the glacial relict Nuphar pumila as basis for successful (re-)introductions Open
Nuphar pumilais a glacial relict, which is nowadays rare throughout Europe and red-listed in most European regions. In Switzerland only three autochthonous populations and one population of the hybrid with N. lutea (N. ×spenneriana) have s…
View article: On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II: First results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys of Switzerland
On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II: First results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys of Switzerland Open
The 12th EDGG Field Workshop took place from 11 to 19 May 2019, organised by the Vegetation Ecology Group of the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Like in the 11th Field Work…
View article: GrassPlot v. 2.00 – first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands
GrassPlot v. 2.00 – first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands Open
GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). Following a previous Long Database Report (Dengler …
View article: Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective: the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland)
Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective: the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland) Open
The upper Rhone valley in the Swiss canton of Valais is one of the driest and most continental of the inner-alpine valleys and harbours a rich xerothermic flora. We studied syntaxonomy and ecology of dry grasslands and their species richne…
View article: Waldrandaufwertungen: Einfluss von Exposition und Wüchsigkeit des Standorts
Waldrandaufwertungen: Einfluss von Exposition und Wüchsigkeit des Standorts Open
Upgrading of forest edges: impacts of orientation and site fertility Wide, species-rich forest edges are rare in Switzerland. For some years now, the ecological improvement of forest edges has therefore been encouraged by the federal gover…