Long Term Positive Effect of Grassland Restoration on Plant Diversity - Success or Not?

Quantifying the impacts of ecological restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems: A global meta-analysis

(2015) María Paula Barral et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Nature will have its way: local vegetation trumps restoration treatments in semi-natural grassland

(2015) Inger Auestad et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Governing nature by numbers — EU subsidy regulations do not capture the unique values of woody pastures

(2015) Simon Jakobsson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

The response of simulated grassland communities to the cessation of grazing

(2015) Lina Weiss et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Mapping and monitoring High Nature Value farmlands: Challenges in European landscapes

(2014) Angela Lomba et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Grazing response patterns indicate isolation of semi-natural European grasslands

(2014) Lina Weiss et al.   OIKOS

Species Richness and Assemblages in Landscapes of Different Farming Intensity – Time to Revise Conservation Strategies?

(2014) Erik Andersson et al.   PLoS One

Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

(2013) Kenny Helsen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature

(2013) Liana Wortley et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Long-Term Effects of Scrub Clearance and Litter Removal on the Re-Establishment of Dry Alvar Grassland Species

(2012) Jan P. Bakker et al.   ANNALES BOTANICI FENNICI

Grassland restoration to conserve landscape-level biodiversity: a synthesis of early results from a large-scale project

(2012) Szabolcs Lengyel et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Identifying time lags in the restoration of grassland butterfly communities: A multi-site assessment

(2012) B.A. Woodcock et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Landscape- and small-scale determinants of grassland species diversity: direct and indirect influences

(2012) Antonio Gazol et al.   ECOGRAPHY

An orchid colonization credit in restored calcareous grasslands

(2012) Pieter Gijbels et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Agricultural Land

(2012) José M. Rey Benayas et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Quantification of plant dispersal ability within and beyond a calcareous grassland

(2012) Jacqueline C. Diacon-Bolli et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Trait but not species convergence during plant community assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

(2012) Kenny Helsen et al.   OIKOS

Success Rates for Reintroductions of Eight Perennial Plant Species after 15 Years

(2012) Brian Drayton et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Grassland Restoration on Landfill Sites in the East Midlands, United Kingdom: An Evaluation of Floral Resources and Pollinating Insects

(2012) Sam Tarrant et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Response of dry grassland vegetation to fluctuations in weather conditions: a 9-year case study in Prague (Czech Republic)

(2011) Jiří Dostálek et al.   BIOLOGIA

Effect of habitat area and isolation on plant trait distribution in European forests and grasslands

(2011) Regina Lindborg et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Grassland restoration in practice: Do we achieve the targets? A case study from Saxony-Anhalt/Germany

(2011) Mareike K. Conrad et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Long-term population dynamics of Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó after abandonment and re-introduction of mowing

(2011) Joachim Schrautzer et al.   FLORA

Past and present management influences the seed bank and seed rain in a rural landscape mosaic

(2011) Alistair G. Auffret et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Restoration of ecosystem services and biodiversity: conflicts and opportunities

(2011) James M. Bullock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Management effects on the vegetation and soil seed bank of calcareous grasslands: An 11-year experiment

(2010) Hans Jacquemyn et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rapid restoration of a species-rich ecosystem assessed from soil and vegetation indicators: The case of calcareous grasslands restored from forest stands

(2010) Julien Piqueray et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

(2010) Jochen Krauss et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe – A review

(2009) C. Stoate et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Shrub effects on herbs and grasses in semi-natural grasslands: positive, negative or neutral relationships?

(2008) A. Pihlgren et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

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

Can the seed bank be used for ecological restoration? An overview of seed bank characteristics in European communities

(2008) Beatrijs Bossuyt et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world

(2007) Erle C Ellis et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT