Questions: Studying dry grasslands in a previously unexplored region, we asked:(a) which
environmental factors drive the diversity patterns in vegetation;(b) are taxonomic groups …

Throughout Europe, grasslands are managed primarily for agricultural production but also
provide a range of ecosystem services, the magnitude of which is influenced by their area …

The Mediterranean area is a natural biodiversity hotspot that has also been influenced by
humans for millennia. Especially the grasslands of Southern Europe have long been known …

Studies of the Bulgarian vegetation have started a century ago, but for many reasons for a
long time they were defined by the dominant approach. Within the last two decades, many …

Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 calls EU Member States to map and assess
ecosystem conditions and services. In line with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) …

The definition of typical species inventories of the 92/43/EEC Directive habitat types is a
valuable information for the optimization of the conservation status assessment. Habitat …

In Europe, the management of semi-natural grasslands is changing steadily in extent and
intensity. These changes represent a serious threat to one of the most species-rich habitats …

The study was conducted in the period 2017-2019, in the foothills of Central Northern
Bulgaria, on three types of grasslands-Chrysopogon gryllus meadow, Genista-pseudo …

This paper is focused on the grassland communities in Hodrušská hornatina highland,
Central Slovakia. We studied grasslands at 153 sites during the vegetation periods of 2013 …

A bstract Carbon accumulation in forests is an important step towards achieving better
climate mitigation levels. The current research aims at uncovering the link between the …