Climate is often considered a primary driver of important historical events and its role is
crucial for the existence of sedentary cultures at the ecological borders of agriculture such as …

Continentality is a globally significant gradient influencing broad-scale biogeographical
patterns. An excellent example is the transition from the European temperate forest biome to …

The Kungur forest-steppe is the northernmost outpost of European forest-steppe, located in
the western pre-Urals within the boreal climatic zone. The co-existence of boreal, nemoral …

Abstract The East-European forest-steppe extends from the Carpathian to the Ural
Mountains, representing a mosaic of broadleaf deciduous forest patches and meadow …

The Carpathian Basin represents the cradle of human agricultural development during the
Neolithic period, when large parts were transformed into 'cultural landscapes' by first farmers …

Eurasian forest-steppes form a 9000-km-long transitional zone between temperate forests
and steppes, featuring a complex mosaic of herbaceous and woody habitats. Due to its …

How land use changes and geomorphologic zones impact on vegetation nonlinear trends
remains unclear in economically developed areas with complicated terrain. This paper …

Southeastern Europe is home to remnants of highly diverse open ecosystems, including
grasslands and forest-steppe. To understand the impacts of climate changes, fire …

River floodplains are amongst the most dynamic features which are continuously changing
their shape and structure in relation to climate, vegetation, human pressure and base-level …

Holocene environmental dynamics and the onset of early subsistence farming during the
Neolithic period have led to major surface modification and landscape transformation in the …