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The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes

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Large-scale semi-arid afforestation can enhance precipitation and carbon sequestration potential

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Habitat heterogeneity as a key to high conservation value in forest-grassland mosaics

(2018) László Erdős et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Gap thinning improves soil water content, changes the vertical water distribution, and decreases the fluctuation

(2018) Zhe Wang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Tree–herb co-existence and community assembly in natural forest-steppe transitions

(2018) Csaba Tölgyesi et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia ) beloved and despised: A story of an invasive tree in Central Europe

(2017) Michaela Vítková et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The important role of scattered trees on the herbaceous diversity of a grazed Mediterranean dehesa

(2016) Aida López-Sánchez et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The invasion of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in sandy old-fields - is it a threat to the native flora?

(2016) András Kelemen et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Vegetation history, recent dynamics and future prospects of a Hungarian sandy forest-steppe reserve: forest-grassland relations, tree species composition and size-class distribution

(2015) L. Erdős et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Hydraulic lift as a determinant of tree-grass coexistence on savannas

(2015) Kailiang Yu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Positive versus negative environmental impacts of tree encroachment in South Africa

(2013) Séraphine Grellier et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Detection of long-term landscape changes and trajectories in a Pannonian sand region: comparing land-cover and habitat-based approaches at two spatial scales

(2013) M. Biró et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Biological Flora of the British Isles:Robinia pseudoacacia

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Vegetation-microclimate feedbacks in woodland-grassland ecotones

(2012) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Response of deep soil moisture to land use and afforestation in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China

(2012) Lei Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shrub encroachment alters sensitivity of soil respiration to temperature and moisture

(2011) Jessica M. Cable et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Geobotanical survey of wood-pasture habitats in Europe: diversity, threats and conservation

(2010) Erwin Bergmeier et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Variability in Mediterranean annual grassland diversity driven by small-scale changes in fertility and radiation

(2010) J. Fernández-Moya et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Changes in limiting resources determine spatio-temporal variability in tree–grass interactions

(2009) G. Gea-Izquierdo et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Forest canopy cover and canopy closure: comparison of assessment techniques

(2009) Alessandro Paletto et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Causes and consequences of woody plant encroachment into western North American grasslands

(2009) O.W. Van Auken   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CONSTRAINTS ON TREE SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT IN MONTANE GRASSLANDS OF THE VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO

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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PHENOLOGY, FROST DAMAGE, AND FLORAL ABUNDANCE OF MONTANE WILDFLOWERS

(2008) David W. Inouye   ECOLOGY

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

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

Land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties after planting Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in sandy lands in Keerqin, northeastern China

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