Worldwide, human appropriation of ecosystems is disrupting plant–pollinator communities
and pollination function through habitat conversion and landscape homogenisation …

Background Meadows are regularly mown in order to provide fodder or litter for livestock
and to prevent vegetation succession. However, the time of year at which meadows should …

Massive declines in insect biodiversity and biomass are reported from many regions and
habitats. In urban areas, creation of native wildflower meadows is one option to support …

Semi-natural grasslands are widely recognized for their high ecological value. They often
count among the most species-rich habitats, especially in traditional cultural landscapes …

European mountain hay meadows are hosting an exceptionally rich biodiversity. They are
currently threatened by both land abandonment and farming intensification via aerial …

Bees are a key component of biodiversity as they ensure a crucial ecosystem service:
pollination. This ecosystem service is nowadays threatened, because bees suffer from …

Palaearctic steppes are primary grasslands dominating the landscape of the Eurasian
Grassland Belt from Central and Eastern Europe to Northern China across the temperate …

Restoring biodiversity-rich grasslands within cultivated matrices represents a real
conservation challenge. One set of options consists in adopting less disruptive mowing …

Two of the main principles of global and national conservation strategies consist in focusing
on the most species-rich and most vulnerable ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the …

Land managers are grappling with massive changes in vegetation structure, particularly in
protected areas formerly subjected to fire and grazing. The objective of this review was to …