Recent advances in ecology and biogeography demonstrate the importance of fire and large
herbivores–and challenge the primacy of climate–to our understanding of the distribution …

Records of past climate variability and associated vegetation response exist in various
regions throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). To date, there has been no coherent …

Worldwide reforestation has been recommended as a landscape restoration strategy to
mitigate climate change in areas where the climate can sustain forest. This approach may …

Among abundant reconstructions of Holocene climate in Europe, only a handful has
addressed winter conditions, and most of these are restricted in length and/or resolution …

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to
provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support …

Aim The forest steppe of the Transylvanian Plain is a landscape of exceptionally diverse
steppe‐like and semi‐natural grasslands. Is this vegetation a remnant of a once continuous …

Variability in fire regime at the continental scale has primarily been attributed to climate
change, often overshadowing the widely potential impact of human activities. However …

Grasslands are globally extensive; they exist in many different climates, at high and low
elevations, on nutrient‐rich and nutrient‐poor soils. Grassland distributions today are closely …

In Europe, fire is considered an integral part of forest dynamics only in the Mediterranean
and in Fenno-Scandinavia. In Central Europe, the ecological role of fire is largely neglected …

Recent developments in morphological and morphometric analyses of charcoal particles
have improved our ability to discern characteristics of burnt plant fuel and interpret fire-type …