Particularly in the temperate climate zone many forests have, at some moment in their
history, been used as agriculture land. Forest cover is therefore often not as stable as it …

As landscapes throughout Europe and eastern North America recover from past agricultural
use, forests continue to reflect their agricultural history. For centuries after agriculture has …

Agricultural expansion has resulted in loss of natural habitats worldwide, threatening
remnant populations and communities. However, during the past several centuries in much …

Worldwide, the floristic composition of temperate forests bears the imprint of past land use
for decades to centuries as forests regrow on agricultural land. Many species, however …

Land‐use change is considered one of the most radical and extensive disturbances that
have influenced plant distributions and diversity patterns in forest understorey communities …

Forest area has dramatically increased since the beginning or middle of the 19th century in
European countries. At least half of the forests present today have grown on formerly …

An analysis is presented of the ecological characteristics of ancient forest plant species in
deciduous forests of Europe. Twenty-two literature sources were used to generate a list of …

Simultaneously with increasing afforestation efforts in western Europe, among
conservationists the consciousness is growing that protecting areas to conserve biodiversity …

In western Europe, forest area has been expanding rapidly since the 19th century, mainly on
former agricultural land. Previous studies show that plant diversity differs between these …

Aim and location The research investigated the long‐term effects of human disturbance,
namely nineteenth century agricultural land‐use, on the modern species composition …