1. Foreword

   • Gábor Fekete

   Announcement Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Preface of the guest editors

   • Zoltán Tuba
   • Mitja Kaligaric

   Announcement Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 2 - 2

3. Grassland ecology in changing climate and land use

   • Z. Tuba
   • M. Kaligarič

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 3 - 12

4. Will interannual variability in sand grassland communities increase with climate change?

   • S. Bartha
   • G. Campetella
   • Zs. Molnár

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 13 - 21

5. Long term grassland vegetation changes: Case study Nature Park Stara Planina (Serbia)

   • Z. Dajić Stevanović
   • A. Peeters
   • S. Aćić

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 23 - 31

6. How is phenology of grassland species influenced by climate warming across a range of species richness?

   • C.M.H.M. Lemmens
   • H.J. De Boeck
   • R. Ceulemans

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 33 - 42

7. Interannual variability of grasslands’ carbon balance depends on soil type

   • K. Pintér
   • Z. Barcza
   • Z. Nagy

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 43 - 48

8. Soil CO₂ efflux in three wet meadow ecosystems with different C and N status

   • K. Zemanová
   • H. Čížková
   • H. Šantrůčková

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 49 - 55

9. Temporal and spatial variability and pattern of soil respiration in loess grassland

   • Sz. Fóti
   • J. Balogh
   • Z. Tuba

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 57 - 64

10. Soil respiration and microbial activity in a Mediterranean grassland exposed to Free Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE)

    • S. Baronti
    • R. Tognetti
    • A. Raschi

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 65 - 73

11. Influence of soil type on N₂O and CH₄ soil fluxes in Hungarian grasslands

    • L. Horváth
    • B. Grosz
    • Sz. Czóbel

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 75 - 80

12. Short term effects of experimental eutrophication on carbon and nitrogen cycling in two types of wet grassland

    • T. Picek
    • E. Kaštovská
    • J. Dušek

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 81 - 90

13. Effects of irrigation on community composition and carbon uptake in Pannonian loess grassland monoliths

    • Sz. Czóbel
    • O. Szirmai
    • Z. Tuba

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 91 - 96

14. Effects of cattle grazing timing and intensity on soil seed banks and regeneration strategies in a Mediterranean grassland

    • S. Aboling
    • M. Sternberg
    • J. Kigel

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 97 - 106

15. Biodiversity, utilization and management of grasslands of salt affected soils in Serbia

    • Z. Dajic-Stevanovic
    • I. Pecinar
    • Lj. Tomovic

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 107 - 114

16. Semi-natural grasslands under impact of changing land use during last 30 years: Trollio-Cirsietum community in the Liptov region (N Slovakia)

    • L. Halada
    • H. Ružičková
    • A. Halabuk

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 115 - 123

17. Soil-plant factors, others than the type of salt-specific anions are affecting the mycorrhiza colonisation of some halophytes

    • A. Füzy
    • T. Tóth
    • B. Biró

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 125 - 130

18. Photochemical activity and osmotic adjustment of some halophyte and xerophyte species in different microtopographic conditions

    • O. Mile
    • Gy. Lakatos
    • I. Mészáros

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 131 - 139

19. Structure and composition of a Mediterranean grassland community grown under Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment (MiniFACE)

    • A. Raschi
    • R. Tognetti
    • F. Selvi

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 141 - 151

20. Effects of elevated air CO₂ concentration on loess grassland vegetation as investigated in a mini FACE experiment

    • Z. Nagy
    • Z. Tuba

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 153 - 160

21. Elevated CO₂ affects the content of glomalin related soil protein in xeric temperate loess and temperate semi-desert sand grasslands

    • D. Vodnik
    • I. Maček
    • Z. Tuba

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 161 - 166

22. Long-term response of the nematode community to elevated atmospheric CO₂ in a temperate dry grassland soil

    • P. Nagy
    • G. Bakonyi
    • Z. Tuba

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2008 Pages: 167 - 173