Available soil phosphorus in semi-natural grasslands: assessment methods and community tolerances

J Gilbert, D Gowing, H Wallace - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Restoration of diverse semi-natural grasslands is potentially limited by high availability of
soil phosphorus (P). Successful targeting of restoration effort requires a knowledge of plant …

Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of orchids in grasslands and herbaceous wetlands

V Djordjević, S Tsiftsis, D Lakušić… - Systematics and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Grasslands, wet meadows, fens, bogs, and marshes represent important ecosystems that
host many orchid species. However, research on the joint effect of the multi-scalar abiotic …

Vegetation diversity of salt‐rich grasslands in S outheast E urope

P Eliáš Jr, D Sopotlieva, D Dítě… - Applied Vegetation …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Question How does the plant species composition of P ontic–P annonian salt‐rich habitats
vary on a large geographical scale? Do the floristic differences between P annonia and the …

Patterns of population structure in two closely related, partially sympatric caddisflies in Eastern Europe: historic introgression, limited dispersal, and cryptic diversity

SU Pauls, K Theissinger, L Ujvarosi… - Journal of the North …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
We used 2 caddisflies, Drusus discolor and Drusus romanicus, to test explicitly whether
closely related species that occupy similar niches and occur in partial sympatry maintain …

Floristic characteristics of the wetland sites on dry southern slopes of the Alborz Mts., N. Iran: The role of altitude in floristic composition

A Naqinezhad, A Jalili, F Attar, A Ghahreman… - … , Functional Ecology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Alborz Mountains, the second largest range in Iran, is, on its southern slopes, mainly
covered by steppe vegetation. These dry slopes also include 'green islands' of wetland …

Plant species diversity and composition of wet grasslands in relation to environmental factors

I Zelnik, A Čarni - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2013 - Springer
Relationships between environmental factors and plant species-richness as well as the
composition of plant species in wet grasslands from the order Molinietalia caeruleae were …

Relationships between environmental variables and vegetation across mountain wetland sites, N. Iran

A Kamrani, A Jalili, A Naqinezhad, F Attar… - Biologia, 2011 - Springer
The mountain wetlands studied represent a unique habitat on the southern slopes of the
Alborz mountain range, the second largest range in Iran. In comparison with other parts of …

Vegetation diversity of mesic grasslands (Arrhenatheretalia) in the Iberian Peninsula

MP Rodríguez‐Rojo… - Applied Vegetation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Questions What is the diversity and main vegetation types in mesic grasslands on the
Iberian Peninsula? What are the main diagnostic species of each type? What are the main …

Diversity of rich fen vegetation and related plant specialists in mountain refugia of the Iberian Peninsula

B Jiménez-Alfaro, E Fernández-Pascual… - Folia Geobotanica, 2012 - Springer
In temperate mountains, fens have been reported as relict habitats subject to geographical
fragmentation and broad climatic gradients, but few studies have analyzed the influence of …

A test of naturalness indicator values to evaluate success in grassland restoration

P Sengl, M Magnes, L Erdős, C Berg - Community Ecology, 2017 - Springer
How should the somewhat vague term of restoration success be measured? This is a critical
question rooted in European law, where in fact the creation of proper replacement habitats is …