Recovery of species richness lags behind functional recovery in restored grasslands

Land-use change and land degradation on the Mongolian Plateau from 1975 to 2015-A case study from Xilingol, China

(2018) Batunacun et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Measuring the impacts of anthropogenic activities on Inner Mongolian temperate grassland

(2018) Hongrui Ren et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Land degradation and restoration in the arid and semiarid zones of China: Quantified evidence and implications from satellites

(2018) Dehua Mao et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Both trait-neutrality and filtering effects are validated by the vegetation patterns detected in the functional recovery of sand grasslands

(2018) P. Török et al.   Scientific Reports

Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise

(2017) Claire E. Wainwright et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science

(2017) Lars A. Brudvig et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The hierarchy of predictability in ecological restoration: are vegetation structure and functional diversity more predictable than community composition?

(2017) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits and environmental conditions shape community assembly and ecosystem functioning during restoration

(2017) Chad R. Zirbel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

New aspects of grassland recovery in old-fields revealed by trait-based analyses of perennial-crop-mediated succession

(2017) András Kelemen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Quantifying the diversifying potential of conservation management systems: An evidence-based conceptual model for managing species-rich grasslands

(2016) Cs. Vadász et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Restoring species-rich meadow by means of turf transplantation: long-term colonization of ex-arable land

(2016) Ondřej Mudrák et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis

(2016) Karsten Wesche et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Functional community ecology meets restoration ecology: Assessing the restoration success of alluvial floodplain meadows with functional traits

(2016) Karina Engst et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Does succession run towards potential natural vegetation? An analysis across seres

(2016) Karel Prach et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The role of hemiparasitic plants: influencing tallgrass prairie quality, diversity, and structure

(2016) Jane P. DiGiovanni et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

How many dimensions are needed to accurately assess functional diversity? A pragmatic approach for assessing the quality of functional spaces

(2015) Eva Maire et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The species pool concept as a framework for studying patterns of plant diversity

(2015) Martin Zobel   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

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

Dark diversity in dry calcareous grasslands is determined by dispersal ability and stress-tolerance

(2014) Kersti Riibak et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Farmland abandonment: threat or opportunity for biodiversity conservation? A global review

(2014) Cibele Queiroz et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Restoration of grasslands on ex-arable land using regional and commercial seed mixtures and spontaneous succession: Successional trajectories and changes in species richness

(2013) Karel Prach et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

(2013) Jan Christian Habel et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Contrasting changes in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity during a long-term succession: insights into assembly processes

(2013) Oliver Purschke et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Can seed dispersal by human activity play a useful role for the conservation of European grasslands?

(2011) Alistair G. Auffret   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Dark diversity: shedding light on absent species

(2011) Meelis Pärtel et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Species introduction in restoration projects – Evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe

(2010) Kathrin Kiehl et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Péter Török et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Lucerne-dominated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions

(2010) Péter Török et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Colonization Credit in Restored Wet Heathlands

(2009) Sara Cristofoli et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Do restored calcareous grasslands on former arable fields resemble ancient targets? The effect of time, methods and environment on outcomes

(2008) Kate C. Fagan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Spontaneous Succession versus Technical Reclamation in the Restoration of Disturbed Sites

(2008) Karel Prach et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

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