Plant species richness and persistence of rare plants in abandoned semi-natural grasslands in northern Europe

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Slow response of plant species richness to habitat loss and fragmentation. (2005, background): “Pykälä et al. (2005) studied abandoned seminatural grasslands and found rare plant species to be rather resistant to the cessation of grazing and abandonment of grassland.”
Impact of farm size and topography on plant and insect diversity of managed grasslands in the Alps (2009, background): “Moreover, steep slopes with poor soils are characterized by more extreme microclimatological conditions, irrespective of the level of fertilization (Pykälä et al., 2005), and thus are supposed to be more resistant to eutrophication processes (Cousins and Eriksson, 2001; Bennie et al., 2006).”
Scale- and taxon-dependent biodiversity patterns of dry grassland vegetation in Transylvania (2014, background): “By contrast, in northern central and northern Europe, where extreme summer drought is not an issue, solar radiation has repeatedly been shown to have a positive effect on grassland diversity (Klimek et al., 2007; Olsson et al., 2009; Pykälä et al., 2005).”
Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “High grazing intensity is usually recommended to maintain and restore high species richness of vascular plants in grasslands (Pykälä, 2003; Pykälä et al., 2005), but this may be less suitable for birds and insects (Söderström et al.”