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Patterns of secondary succession in calcareous grasslands: can we distinguish the influence of former land uses from present vegetation data?
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In this paper, a comparative analysis of two neighbouring chalk hillsides, constituted of mosaics of patches of different secondary successional ages but differing with respect to recent land use history (stable vs. variable), was performed to study the relationships between vegetation and environmental variables so as to interpret the present vegetation variability.About:
This article is published in Basic and Applied Ecology.The article was published on 2005-04-01. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Secondary succession & Vegetation.read more
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Changing land use and its impact on biodiversity
TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach called “Smart grids” that allows for smart grids to be connected to smart homes through smart grids.
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Land use more than 200 years ago explains current grassland plant diversity in a Swedish agricultural landscape
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relative importance of historical grassland management and current land use for grassland plant diversity and found that grassland diversity has declined due to abandonment, changed management methods and production intensification.
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No evidence of a plant extinction debt in highly fragmented calcareous grasslands in Belgium
TL;DR: Present-day variation in plant species diversity seems to be no legacy of past landscape configuration, making an extinction debt unlikely and indicating that plant species may be quickly lost in response to new fragmentation events.
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No evidence of a plant extinction debt in highly fragmented calcareous grassland in Belgium.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how plantspecies richness is shaped by both present and historical landscape configuration and localenvironmental conditions in fragmented calcareous grasslands, 64 sites in Southern Belgium were surveyedfor their total species richness and environmental characteristics.
Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems Paula A. HarrisonMarie VandewalleMartin T. Sykes • Pam M. BerryRob BugterFrancesco de BelloChristian K. Feld • Ulf GrandinRichard HarringtonJohn R. HaslettRob H. G. Jongman • Gary W. LuckPedro Martins da SilvaMari Moora •
TL;DR: In this article, information from the literature and scientific experts was used to systematically document the importance of services and identify trends in their use and status over time for the main terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Europe.
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Applied historical ecology: using the past to manage for the future
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The analysis of vegetation-environment relationships by canonical correspondence analysis
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Overview of the use of natural variability concepts in managing ecological systems
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