Alterations of Steppe‐Like Grasslands in Eastern Europe: a Threat to Regional Biodiversity Hotspots

By Cristina Cremene, G. Groza, L. Rákosy, Anatoli A. Schileyko, A. Baur, Andreas Erhardt, B. Baur. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “In Romania, planting of eroded fields with pine plantations is expected to have a devastating effect on the indigenous diversity of grasslands (Cremene et al., 2005).”
Biodiversity potential of burial places – a review on the flora and fauna of cemeteries and churchyards (2019, background): “For example, in the steppe zone of Eurasia and in the contact areas of the forest-steppe zone, burial mounds (kurgans) often represent the last guardians of steppe vegetation in eastern Europe, where intensive landscaping and agriculture dominates, eliminating most of the natural steppe vegetation (”
Rewilding Europe's large grazer community: how functionally diverse are the diets of European bison, cattle, and horses? (2018, background): “Woody encroachment of such landscapes is seen as a serious threat to biodiversity (Ostermann 1998; Cremene et al. 2005; Henle et al. 2008; Bergmeier et al. 2010).”
Optimizing grassland management for flower-visiting insects in roadside verges (2009, background): “Although anthropogenic, semi-natural grasslands are one of the most important ecosystems in Europe for both flowering plants and flower-visiting insects (Cremene et al., 2005; Schmitt and Rákosy, 2007).”
Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels (2010, methodology): “The past patch and landscape areas were obtained by interpretation of digitalized and orthorectified black and white aerial photographs (scale 1:60000, scanning resolution 15 µm) taken in the year 1963 (except one area that was photographed in 1965).”
Abandonment of agricultural land: an overview of drivers and consequences (2007, background): “Other studies have found positive correlations between time since abandonment and species richness of plants and invertebrates [77, 119].”
Comparing the determinants of cropland abandonment in Albania and Romania using boosted regression trees (2013, background): “For example, cropland abandonment may result in the loss of traditional farming landscapes with high conservation values (Cremene et al., 2005; Fischer et al., 2012) and significant modifications of the carbon cycle (Kuemmerle et al., 2011; Vuichard et al., 2008).”
Amphibian distribution in a traditionally managed rural landscape of Eastern Europe: Probing the effect of landscape composition (2010, background): “On the other hand, many cultural landscapes and their unique biodiversity might be lost in the near future because land-use intensification (Cremene et al., 2005; Kuemmerle et al., 2009).”
Wild pollinator communities are negatively affected by invasion of alien goldenrods in grassland landscapes (2009, background): “This could be achieved by rotational management, often cited for such situations (Cremene et al., 2005; Ogden and Rejmánek, 2005; Russell et al., 2005; Hopwood, 2008).”