Safeguarding biodiversity and human well-being depends on sustaining ecosystems. Two
global standards for quantifying ecosystem change, the International Union for Conservation …

The class Montio-Cardaminetea includes vegetation of springs with constant water flow.
These habitats, which function as islands for highly specialized and sensitive biota, are …

In recent decades, global change and local anthropogenic pressures have severely affected
natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. Although disentangling the effects of these factors …

Myricaria germanica (German tamarisk or false tamarisk), Tamaricaceae, is a pioneer shrub
species native to the Eurasian temperate zone where it colonises gravel bars in braided …

Water resources and associated ecosystems are becoming highly endangered due to
ongoing global environmental changes. Spatial ecological modelling is a widely used tool …

Abstract Lowland forests of Central Europe had been managed by diverse traditional
practices for millennia. Such management helped to maintain heterogeneous habitat …

Aims Oak–hornbeam forests and related vegetation types (phytosociological order
Carpinetalia betuli) are widespread in temperate western Eurasia. However, their national …

Alien plant invasions have been systematically studied for more than half a century and we
already have extensive scientific evidence of their negative role in the current biodiversity …

Deposits of fly ash and other coal combustion wastes are common remnants of the energy
industry. Despite their environmental risks from heavy metals and trace elements, they have …

Vegetation surveys are important instruments for basic ecological and biodiversity research,
nature conservation and environmental monitoring. Several comprehensive national …