Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality

Climate warming from managed grasslands cancels the cooling effect of carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands

(2021) Jinfeng Chang et al.   Nature Communications

Four critical conditions for agroecological transitions in Europe

(2021) Hens Runhaar   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

The costs of diversity: higher prices for more diverse grassland seed mixtures

(2021) Sergei Schaub et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

(2020) Hossein Tabari   Scientific Reports

Grasslands-more important for ecosystem services than you might think

(2019) J. Bengtsson et al.   Ecosphere

Biodiversity impacts due to food consumption in Europe

(2019) E. Crenna et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Management of mountainous meadows associated with biodiversity attributes, perceived health benefits and cultural ecosystem services

(2019) Raja Imran Hussain et al.   Scientific Reports

Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands

(2019) Sergei Schaub et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption

(2018) Hannah H. E. Van Zanten et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Grassland biodiversity can pay

(2018) Seth Binder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changes in the area of permanent grassland and its implications for the provision of bioenergy: Slovakia as a case study

(2017) M. Kizeková et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

Trends and approaches in the analysis of ecosystem services provided by grazing systems: A review

(2017) P. D'Ottavio et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions

(2017) Sebastian T. Meyer et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Do European agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services? A meta-analysis

(2016) Mario Torralba et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Long-term management changes topsoil and subsoil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate agricultural system

(2016) A. S. Gregory et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

(2015) Eric Allan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

(2015) Adrian Leip et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Enhancing floral resources for pollinators in productive agricultural grasslands

(2014) B.A. Woodcock et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Greenhouse gas budget (CO2, CH4and N2O) of intensively managed grassland following restoration

(2014) Lutz Merbold et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global diets link environmental sustainability and human health

(2014) David Tilman et al.   NATURE

Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes

(2014) B. P. Werling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

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

Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri-environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss - a meta-analysis

(2013) Jeroen Scheper et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Origin and history of grasslands in Central Europe - a review

(2013) M. Hejcman et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

A novel grass hybrid to reduce flood generation in temperate regions

(2013) Christopher J. A. Macleod et al.   Scientific Reports

The role of grasslands in food security and climate change

(2012) F. P. O'Mara   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

(2012) Nico Blüthgen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Land use regulates carbon budgets in eastern Germany: From NEE to NBP

(2010) Anne-Katrin Prescher et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Rapid recovery of a depleted population of Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax following provision of alfalfa through an agri-environment scheme

(2010) VINCENT BRETAGNOLLE et al.   IBIS

Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production systems through carbon sequestration in grasslands

(2009) J. F. Soussana et al.   Animal

Meta-analysis in applied ecology

(2009) G. Stewart   Biology Letters

Importance, evolution, environmental impact and future challenges of grasslands and grassland-based systems in Europe

(2009) Alain Peeters   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Importance of methane and nitrous oxide for Europe's terrestrial greenhouse-gas balance

(2009) E. D. Schulze et al.   Nature Geoscience

Method and timing of grassland renovation affects herbage yield, nitrate leaching, and nitrous oxide emission in intensively managed grasslands

(2009) G. L. Velthof et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Spatial distribution of grassland productivity and land use in Europe

(2008) H.J. Smit et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Carbon accumulation in European forests

(2008) P. Ciais et al.   Nature Geoscience