Eastern Europe

Climate variability and human disturbances as drivers of vegetation health in the riparian zone of the Danube

Forests along rivers are among the most valuable ecosystems, buffering climate extremes and sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem …

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Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes
  1. Megafauna populations have been lost in many regions, and with them, their ecological roles. Restoring those species that have …
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Changes in grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian steppe better than climate
In grassland ecosystems, fire plays an important role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological functioning but also causes …
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Space use of a diverse megafauna community in a rewilding area in the southwestern Carpathians
Most landscapes today have lost much of their historical biodiversity, particularly the largest animals (mega-fauna). Yet, in some …
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The Best of Two Worlds: Using Stacked Generalisation for Integrating Expert Range Maps in Species Distribution Models

Aim

Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools for assessing suitable habitats across large areas and at fine spatial …

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Same, but different: similar states of forest structure in temperate mountain regions of Europe despite different social-ecological forest disturbance regimes

Context

Ecosystem services provided by mountain forests are critically linked to forest structure. Social-ecological disturbance …

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Increasing mortality of European bison (Bison bonasus) on roads and railways
Traffic mortality can pose a serious risk to endangered species that occur in small populations, are mobile and occupy fragmented …
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Using historical spy satellite photographs and recent remote sensing data to identify high-conservation-value forests
High-conservation-value forests (HCVFs) are critically important for biodiversity and ecosystem service provisioning, but they face …
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Connectivity or isolation? Identifying reintroduction sites for multiple conservation objectives for wisents in Poland
Large herbivores and carnivores today often only occupy small fractions of their former ranges, and restoring them is a conservation …
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Combining satellite data and agricultural statistics to map grassland management intensity in Europe
The world’s grasslands, both natural and managed, provide food and many non-provisioning ecosystem services. Although most …
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