Aims Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance
of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across …

Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for
understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems …

European semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich vegetation types in the
northern hemisphere and form an important part of the habitat mosaics in the forest-steppe …

This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to
emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest …

The chapters are arranged according to biogeographic and socioeconomic criteria because
both can have a strong impact on the current state of grasslands, their diversity …

Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether
these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain …

This Long Database Report describes the historical background and current contents of the
Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD)(GIVD-code EU-00-002). NBGVD is …

Grassland ecosystems are essential for biomass production but are prone to degradation if
management practices are inappropriate. Thus, it is necessary to optimize grazing …

Paeonia tenuifolia is a rare steppe species that is protected in Romania. Anthropogenic
influences have led to a decline in the size and number of P. tenuifolia populations. There is …

Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger (Boraginaceae Juss.) is a biennial herb native to
the dry grasslands from Central Europe to West Asia. It is considered a steppe relict with a …