Abstract The Transylvanian Plateau in Romania is well known to host large areas of a
variety of dry grassland types, still traditionally managed by low-intensity mowing or grazing …

Aims Classification of vegetation is an essential tool to describe, understand, predict and
manage biodiversity. Given the multiplicity of approaches to classify vegetation, it is …

We present the data of the 2 nd research expedition of the European Dry Grassland Group
(EDGG), which was conducted in 2010 in Central Podolia, Ukraine. The aim was to collect …

The potential for strong competition among small sympatric carnivores results in a need for
coexistence strategies whereby competitors partition along spatial, temporal and dietary …

Questions What are the main floristic patterns in the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe
grasslands? What are the diagnostic species of the major subdivisions of the class Festuco …

Changes in the environment are first observed in changes in the vegetation. Vegetation
survey, classification and mapping form the basis on which informed and scientifically …

Aims Red L ists of threatened species are a well‐established conservation tool throughout
the world. In contrast, Red L ists of ecosystems, habitats or plant community types have only …

Aims Expert systems are increasingly popular tools for supervised classification of large
datasets of vegetation‐plot records, but their classification accuracy depends on the …

In rural settings, groundwater is often the most utilised freshwater resource and can be
subject to a number of factors that impact its availability and distribution. River seepage …

We introduce a series of articles devoted to the classification of European grasslands that
will appear as a Virtual Special Feature (VSF).'Virtual'means that each paper accepted for …