Volume 22, Issue 10 | Biodiversity and Conservation

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Volume 22, Issue 10

September 2013

Special Issue: European Grasslands

Issue Editors:

Jan Christian Habel,
Jürgen Dengler,
Monika Janišová,
Péter Török,
Camilla Wellstein,
Michal Wiezik

18 articles in this issue

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity
Jan Christian Habel
Jürgen Dengler
Michal Wiezik
Editorial Note 21 August 2013 Pages: 2131 - 2138
Large and least isolated fragments preserve habitat specialist spiders best in dry sandy grasslands in Hungary
Roland Horváth
Tibor Magura
Béla Tóthmérész
Original Paper 30 January 2013 Pages: 2139 - 2150
Topographically controlled soil moisture drives plant diversity patterns within grasslands
Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund
Lars Arge
Jens-Christian Svenning
Original Paper 01 February 2013 Pages: 2151 - 2166
The effects of grassland management and aspect on Orthoptera diversity and abundance: site conditions are as important as management
Naja Weiss
Herbert Zucchi
Axel Hochkirch
Original Paper 11 November 2012 Pages: 2167 - 2178
Plant species diversity and composition of wet grasslands in relation to environmental factors
Igor Zelnik
Andraž Čarni
Original Paper 10 February 2013 Pages: 2179 - 2192
Land use and host neighbor identity effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in focal plant rhizosphere
E. Kathryn Morris
Francois Buscot
Matthias C. Rillig
Original Paper 20 July 2013 Pages: 2193 - 2205
Dry calcareous grasslands from two neighboring biogeographic regions: relationship between plant traits and rarity
Nataša Pipenbaher
Mitja Kaligarič
Sonja Škornik
Original Paper 02 July 2013 Pages: 2207 - 2221
Missing the target? A critical view on butterfly conservation efforts on calcareous grasslands in south-western Germany
Katharina J. Filz
Jan O. Engler
Thomas Schmitt
Original Paper 12 December 2012 Pages: 2223 - 2241
Species diversity and life history traits in calcareous grasslands vary along an urbanization gradient
Harald Albrecht
Sylvia Haider
Original Paper 16 February 2013 Pages: 2243 - 2267
Edge effect of a pine plantation reduces dry grassland invertebrate species richness
G. Bieringer
K. P. Zulka
N. Sauberer
Original Paper 30 January 2013 Pages: 2269 - 2283
Assessing the impact of land abandonment, nitrogen enrichment and fairy-ring fungi on plant diversity of Mediterranean grasslands
Giuliano Bonanomi
Guido Incerti
Marina Allegrezza
Original Paper 31 May 2013 Pages: 2285 - 2304
Shrub encroachment alters composition and diversity of ant communities in abandoned grasslands of western Carpathians
Michal Wiezik
Marek Svitok
Martin Dovčiak
Original Paper 09 February 2013 Pages: 2305 - 2320
Early changes of orthopteran assemblages after grassland restoration: a comparison of space-for-time substitution versus repeated measures monitoring
István András Rácz
Eszter Déri
Szabolcs Lengyel
Original Paper 05 April 2013 Pages: 2321 - 2335
Factors driving plant rarity in dry grasslands on different spatial scales: a functional trait approach
D. Lauterbach
C. Römermann
M. Ristow
Original Paper 03 March 2013 Pages: 2337 - 2352
Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats
Camilla Wellstein
Stefano Chelli
Roberto Canullo
Original Paper 11 May 2013 Pages: 2353 - 2374
Meta-analysis reveals microevolution in grassland plant species under contrasting management
Andrea R. Pluess
Original Paper 26 July 2013 Pages: 2375 - 2400
The genetic signature of ecologically different grassland Lepidopterans
Jan Christian Habel
Dennis Rödder
Thomas Schmitt
Original Paper 01 December 2012 Pages: 2401 - 2411
Mind the gaps when using science to address conservation concerns
Jan Christian Habel
Martin M. Gossner
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Conclusions 21 August 2013 Pages: 2413 - 2427