Spontaneous steppe restoration on abandoned cropland in Kazakhstan: grazing affects successional pathways

From arable land to species-rich semi-natural grasslands: Succession in abandoned fields in a dry region of central Europe

(2015) Martina Sojneková et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

(2015) Joseph W Veldman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

(2014) Jürgen Dengler et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Weighing up reuse of Soviet croplands

(2014) Johannes Kamp   NATURE

Farmland bird communities in an agricultural landscape in Northwest Russia: Seasonal and spatial patterns

(2013) Irina Herzon et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The natural regeneration of calcareous grassland at a landscape scale: 150 years of plant community re-assembly on Salisbury Plain, UK

(2013) John W. Redhead et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Review: Prospects and limitations of prescribed burning as a management tool in European grasslands

(2013) Orsolya Valkó et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

(2013) Camilo Alcantara et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Carbon cost of collective farming collapse in Russia

(2013) Irina Kurganova et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Niche separation of larks (Alaudidae) and agricultural change on the drylands of the former Soviet Union

(2012) Johannes Kamp et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Species introduction - a major topic in vegetation restoration

(2012) Norbert Hölzel et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Effects of institutional changes on land use: agricultural land abandonment during the transition from state-command to market-driven economies in post-Soviet Eastern Europe

(2012) Alexander V Prishchepov et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic-native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities

(2012) Leanne M. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Talking Big: Lessons Learned from a 9000 Hectare Restoration in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie

(2012) Philip Gerla et al.   Sustainability

Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs

(2011) Péter Török et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Post-Soviet agricultural change predicts future declines after recent recovery in Eurasian steppe bird populations

(2011) Johannes Kamp et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Climate, Livestock, and Vegetation: What Drives Fire Increase in the Arid Ecosystems of Southern Russia?

(2011) Maxim Dubinin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie

(2011) Scott L. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Restoring grassland biodiversity: Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures can lead to rapid favourable changes

(2010) Péter Török et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Conserving a moving target: planning protection for a migratory species as its distribution changes

(2010) Navinder J. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Long-term effects of the abandonment of grazing on steppe-like grasslands

(2009) Z. Márton Enyedi et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores: comparing consequences in a South African and a North American grassland

(2009) Catherine E. Burns et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The role of saiga poaching in rural communities: Linkages between attitudes, socio-economic circumstances and behaviour

(2009) Aline Kühl et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Restorative removal of plant litter and vegetation 40 years after abandonment enhances re-emergence of steppe grassland vegetation

(2009) Eszter Ruprecht et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Pyric Herbivory: Rewilding Landscapes through the Recoupling of Fire and Grazing

(2008) SAMUEL D. FUHLENDORF et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

What's new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly

(2008) V CRAMER et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION