Small natural features (SNFs), such as road verges, midfield islets, rocky outcrops and
ancient burial mounds, provide safe havens for species of natural habitats in human …

In transformed landscapes, many populations of grassland specialist plant and animal
species live outside the few protected areas and are often preserved on'small natural …

In intensively used landscapes biodiversity is often restricted to fragmented habitats.
Exploring the biodiversity potential of habitat fragments is essential in order to reveal their …

Steppe grasslands represent important refuges for rare species in the Pannonian region of
eastern Central Europe. Nevertheless, little is known about their regional continuity and …

Due to large-scale agricultural intensification, grasslands are often restricted to habitat
islands in human-transformed landscapes. There are approximately half a million ancient …

Loess vegetations of the Carpathian Basin have been ploughed for a thousand years.
Therefore, loess steppes of verges of the Transdanubia have nearly disappeared. Therefore …

Loss of the area and connectivity of natural and semi-natural habitats impose serious
negative effects on all aspects of biodiversity. However, quantifying the effect of these …

Eurasian steppes have an essential role in conserving biodiversity, but due to the huge
habitat loss in the past centuries they are often preserved only in small refuges. Among such …

Palaearctic steppes evolved under the Cenozoic cold arid climate and megaherbivore
pressure. A large portion of the biome persisted into the Holocene but has recently been …

Many endangered plant species suffer from the effects of ongoing fragmentation of their
populations leading to a loss of genetic diversity through genetic drift. In addition …