Making the UN decade on ecosystem restoration a social-ecological endeavour

J Fischer, M Riechers, J Loos, B Martin-Lopez… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research …

Effects of compositional and configurational heterogeneity of the urban matrix on the species richness of woody plants in urban remnant forest patches

J Yang, X Luo, S Lu, Y Yang, J Yang - Landscape Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Context Urban remnant forest exists as patches scattered in an urban matrix. They are
important sites for urban biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, it is unclear how the …

Ecology and conservation of steppes and semi-natural grasslands

O Valkó, M Zmihorski, I Biurrun, J Loos, R Labadessa… - Hacquetia, 2016 - sciendo.com
Palaearctic grasslands encompass a diverse variety of habitats, many of high nature value
and vulnerability. The main challenges are climate-change, land-use change, agricultural …

Changing year-round habitat use of extensively grazing cattle, sheep and pigs in East-Central Europe between 1940 and 2014: Consequences for conservation and …

A Varga, Z Molnár, M Biró, L Demeter, K Gellény… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many habitats in Europe have been managed by grazing for thousands of years. However,
extensive grazing systems are becoming increasingly rare in the region, and there is a lack …

Leverage points to foster human–nature connectedness in cultural landscapes

M Riechers, IA Pătru-Dușe, Á Balázsi - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Calls for a reconnection to nature and the biosphere have been growing louder over the last
decades. Cultural landscapes are rapidly changing, posing a threat to ecosystems and …

Drought impacts on vegetation in southeastern Europe

P Páscoa, CM Gouveia, AC Russo, R Bojariu… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
We evaluated the response of vegetation's photosynthetic activity to drought conditions from
1998 to 2014 over Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The connection between …

Will land circulation sway “grain orientation”? The impact of rural land circulation on farmers' agricultural planting structures

J Peng, J Chen, C Su, Z Wu, L Yang, W Liu - Plos One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This study calculates the effect of different types of land circulation on farmers' decision-
making regarding agricultural planting structure, using field survey data involving 1,120 …

Rural social–ecological systems navigating institutional transitions: case study from Transylvania (Romania)

T Hartel, K Olga Réti, C Craioveanu… - Ecosystem Health …, 2016 - spj.science.org
Traditional rural social–ecological systems (SES) share many features which are crucial for
sustainable development. Eastern European countries such as Romania, are still rich in …

Grassland management and land use history shape species composition and diversity in Transylvanian semi‐natural grasslands

T Kuhn, P Domokos, R Kiss… - Applied Vegetation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Semi‐natural grasslands are among the most biodiverse habitats in Europe, and they
are of great conservation and agricultural value. However, changes in land use like grazing …

[PDF][PDF] Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweizer Agrarlandschaft

E Meier, G Lüscher, S Buholzer, F Herzog… - Agroscope …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Biodiversität ist für das Überleben und das Wohlergehen der Menschheit von existenzieller
Bedeutung, insbesondere für die Ernährungssicherheit. Für die Landwirtschaft bildet die …