Questions: Which factors influence the persistence of vascular grassland plants in long‐
abandoned (at least 50 yr) arable fields and meadows? What might be the implications of …

Plant species richness in rural landscapes of northern Europe has been positively
influenced by traditional management for millennia. Owing to abandonment of these …

Plant species richness in central and northern European seminatural grasslands is often
more closely linked to past than present habitat configuration, which is indicative of an …

Question: We asked how landscape configuration and present management influence plant
species richness and abundance of habitat specialists in grasslands in a 'modern'(much …

Past semi-natural grassland extent is thought to have a major influence on contemporary
species richness in rural landscapes. The loss of grasslands over the last 300years was …

In this study the variation in species richness, species composition and habitat specificity is
examined among all land patches in a 43-ha landscape in W Norway, created by traditional …

The study characterizes historical land-use change and the development of semi-natural
grassland habitats, over 274 years, within a mosaic agricultural landscape (22km2) on the …

Plant species richness in rural landscapes is threatened as grassland management ceases
or changes, and as many remaining semi-natural grasslands are becoming increasingly …

Lately there has been a shift in Sweden from grazing species-rich semi-natural grasslands
towards grazing ex-arable fields in the modern agricultural landscape. These fields normally …

Many species that are typical of calcareous, semi-natural grasslands (“typical grassland
species”) are declining in Europe as a result of habitat-loss and-fragmentation. Whereas …