Forest-grassland mosaics are widespread features at the interface between tree-and grass-
dominated ecosystems. However, the importance of habitat heterogeneity in these mosaics …

Biodiversity offsetting is becoming a principal instrument for managing biodiversity and
ecosystem services in society. Still, it is unclear whether biodiversity offsetting can fully …

Potential distribution models (PDMs) are widely applied to understand and predict
biogeographic patterns. PDM evaluation, however, presents major challenges, including (1) …

Potential natural vegetation (PNV) can provide a reference for vegetation protection and
restoration. Previous studies often used PNV patterns as a reference; however, they ignored …

Awareness of potential natural vegetation (PNV) is imperative in ecological restoration.
Extensive global and national PNV simulation with coarse spatial resolution is increasingly …

Questions The restoration of unused urban‐industrial areas has largely been neglected
despite their great potential for nature conservation purposes. We applied three plant …

Background The concept of potential natural vegetation (PNV) refers to self-sustaining
mature vegetation matching the environmental conditions a site offers. Despite its …

River re-naturalisations are at the forefront of conservation efforts. The hope is that these
interventions will benefit both local ecosystems and facilitate flood mitigation. While …

Despite the ecological, economic and conservation importance of forest-steppes, a
continental scale synthesis of this complex ecosystem has been lacking. In a recent review …

Climate change is expected to exert considerable influence on natural ecosystems all over
the world, though not all ecosystems are equally vulnerable to the changes. In this paper, an …