During the past 150years traditional forest management practices have been neglected in
most parts of Central Europe with severe consequences for biodiversity. Coppicing has in …

Habitat size and isolation are considered important drivers for the persistence of insects in
fragmented landscapes. In contrast, habitat quality and the composition of the landscape …

Many grassland ecosystems are disturbance-dependent, having evolved under the
pressures of fire and grazing. Restoring these disturbances can be controversial, particularly …

Butterflies are charismatic insects and have been well studied, particularly in Europe. They
are disproportionately used in generating and testing hypotheses; on everything from …

Wild boar is among the most abundant ungulates in Europe and its spread is locally creating
concerns as a major threat to biodiversity. However, through their rooting activity, wild boars …

Traditionally managed grasslands rank among the most species-rich ecosystems. However,
in agricultural landscapes of Western and Central Europe, their extent has severely …

Abstract Knowledge about species habitat requirements is important when designing
conservation strategies as well as for predicting species distributions. For herbivorous …

Introduction: Due to land-use intensification at productive soils and abandonment of
marginal farmland, biodiversity has dramatically declined throughout Europe. The dryad …

Aim Species ranges are highly dynamic, shifting in space and time as a result of complex
ecological and evolutionary processes. Disentangling the relative contribution of both …

For butterflies, tolerance to the matrix may be an important criterion of habitat occurrence in
fragmented landscapes. Here we examine the relative effects of habitat fragmentation and …