Dry grasslands of the Northwestern Mediterranean Basin are seminatural species‐rich
ecosystems, composed of many annual species and some structuring perennial species. As …

Most archaeological and palaeo-environmental archives are preserved in specific
environments (buried sediments, rock shelters, cave environments). Hence, the information …

Since its discovery within a travertine quarry, the fragmentary cranium of the only known
Turkish Homo erectus, the Kocabaş hominid, has led to conflicting biochronological …

Although not widely used, ecosystem engineers represent a promising and sustainable tool
in nature-based ecosystem management and restoration. In grassland ecosystems, a few …

The investigation of deformation rates on a mountain piedmont can provide key information
for improving our understanding of the overall dynamics of a mountain range. Here, we …

Grazing is well-known to shape plant populations and plant communities and to affect
several compartment characteristics of grazed ecosystems. Semi-natural grassland …

Questions Are the vegetation structure and soil properties of fallows similar to adjacent
species‐rich Mediterranean steppe communities 35 years after abandonment? Is there a …

A last resort means to restoring a severely degraded ecosystem can involve soil transfer,
especially when destruction of an undegraded system has been previously independently …

Archeological investigations in one of the most species-rich French Mediterranean dry
grasslands (La Crau, Southern France) revealed a dense network of ancient sheep corrals …

Long-term grazing shaped plant diversity in dry Mediterranean grasslands. Abandonment of
grazing affects plant diversity especially in the northern Mediterranean. Considerable efforts …