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Biodiversity and Conservation

Ausgabe 10/2013

Special Issue: European Grasslands

Inhalt (18 Artikel)

Editorial Note

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

Jan Christian Habel, Jürgen Dengler, Monika Janišová, Péter Török, Camilla Wellstein, Michal Wiezik

Original Paper

Large and least isolated fragments preserve habitat specialist spiders best in dry sandy grasslands in Hungary

Roland Horváth, Tibor Magura, Csaba Szinetár, János Eichardt, Béla Tóthmérész

Original Paper

Topographically controlled soil moisture drives plant diversity patterns within grasslands

Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Lars Arge, Peder Klith Bøcher, Tommy Dalgaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Mette Vestergaard Odgaard, Jens-Christian Svenning

Original Paper

Land use and host neighbor identity effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in focal plant rhizosphere

E. Kathryn Morris, Francois Buscot, Christine Herbst, Torsten Meiners, Elisabeth Obermaier, Nicole W. Wäschke, Tesfaye Wubet, Matthias C. Rillig

Original Paper

Dry calcareous grasslands from two neighboring biogeographic regions: relationship between plant traits and rarity

Nataša Pipenbaher, Mitja Kaligarič, Norman W. H. Mason, Sonja Škornik

Original Paper

Missing the target? A critical view on butterfly conservation efforts on calcareous grasslands in south-western Germany

Katharina J. Filz, Jan O. Engler, Johannes Stoffels, Matthias Weitzel, Thomas Schmitt

Original Paper

Edge effect of a pine plantation reduces dry grassland invertebrate species richness

G. Bieringer, K. P. Zulka, N. Milasowszky, N. Sauberer

Original Paper

Shrub encroachment alters composition and diversity of ant communities in abandoned grasslands of western Carpathians

Michal Wiezik, Marek Svitok, Adela Wieziková, Martin Dovčiak

Original Paper

Early changes of orthopteran assemblages after grassland restoration: a comparison of space-for-time substitution versus repeated measures monitoring

István András Rácz, Eszter Déri, Máté Kisfali, Zoltán Batiz, Katalin Varga, Gyula Szabó, Szabolcs Lengyel

Original Paper

Factors driving plant rarity in dry grasslands on different spatial scales: a functional trait approach

D. Lauterbach, C. Römermann, F. Jeltsch, M. Ristow

Original Paper

Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats

Camilla Wellstein, Stefano Chelli, Giandiego Campetella, Sandor Bartha, Marco Galiè, Francesco Spada, Roberto Canullo

Original Paper

The genetic signature of ecologically different grassland Lepidopterans

Jan Christian Habel, Dennis Rödder, Luc Lens, Thomas Schmitt

Conclusions

Mind the gaps when using science to address conservation concerns

Jan Christian Habel, Martin M. Gossner, Sebastian T. Meyer, Hilde Eggermont, Luc Lens, Jürgen Dengler, Wolfgang W. Weisser