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Wellstein C., Schröderb B., Reinekingd B. & Zimmermann N. E. (2011): Understanding species and community response to environmental change –A functional trait perspective. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 145: 1-4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01678809/145/1

Koncz G., Török P., Papp M., Matus G., Tóthmérész B. (2011): Penetration of weeds into the herbaceous understorey and soil seed bank of a Turkey oak-sessile oak forest in Hungary. Community Ecology 12: 227-233.[pdf]  


Török P., Miglécz T., Valkó O., Kelemen A., Deák B., Lengyel Sz., Tóthmérész B. (2011): Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration? Journal for Nature Conservation, in press  [pdf]

 

Articles in EDGG Bulletin

Rodrigo, S. &  Olea, L. (2011): The DEHESA - a singular ecosystem. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 11: 25-28, Hamburg. [pdf]

Vrahnakis, M. (2011): The donkey – a friend of grassland resources that patiently faces … extinction. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 10: 14–16, Hamburg. [pdf]

Burrascano, S.,  Caccianiga, M.,  Gigante, D. (2010): Dry grassland habitat types in Italy. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 9: 3–10, Hamburg. [pdf]

Vrahnakis, M., Papadatou, E., Kazoglou, Y. , Germanos, A. (2010): Grass-lands as bat-lands: evidence from Mount Varnous, Greece. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 8: 7–9, Hamburg. [pdf]

Uğurlu, E.(2010): Dry grassland profile of Turkey. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 7: 18–22, Hamburg. [pdf]

Vrahnakis, M. (2010): Mediterranean Type Ecosystems (MTEs): a brief introduction. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 6: 14–16, Hamburg. [pdf]

Vrahnakis, M. (2010): Dry grassland habitat types of Greece. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 6: 17–22, Hamburg. [pdf]

Moysiyenko,KI., I.,  Sudnik-Wójcikowska, B. (2010): Kurgans of Ukraine as a refuge of steppe flora. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 6: 9–13, Hamburg. [pdf]

Dengler, J.Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A., Turtureanu, D., Beldean, M., Uğurlu, E., Pedashenko, H., Dolnik, Ch., Jones, A. Transylvania. EDGG cooperation on syntaxonomy and biodiversity of Festuco-Brometea communities in Transylvania (Romania): report and preliminary results – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 4: 13–19, Hamburg. [pdf]

Hegedüšová,K. (2009): Devínska Kobyla and Sandberg – National Nature Reserve (Slovak Republic). – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 3: 20–22, Hamburg. [pdf]

Yamalov, S.M., Bayanov, A., Muldshev, A. (2009): The diversity of steppe communities of South Ural (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia). – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 3: 14–19, Hamburg. [pdf]

Uğurlu, E.,Secmen, O. (2009): Kula Vulcao (Turkey). – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 3: 23–25, Hamburg. [pdf]

Isermann, M.(2009): Expansion of Rosa rugosa in Coastal Dunes. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 2: 14–15, Hamburg. [pdf]

Rūsiņa, S. (200 9): Current Status of Dry Grassland Vegetation Research in Latvia. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 2: 9–13, Hamburg. [pdf]

Rūsiņa, S.(2008): History of dry grassland research in Latvia. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 1: 16–21, Hamburg. [pdf]

Škodová, I., Hegedüšová (2008): Vrchná hora. – Bull. Eur. Dry Grassl. Group 1: 14–15, Hamburg. [pdf]

 

Syntaxonomy of dry grasslands

Anastasiu, P., Pascale, G., Cristurean, I. (2008): Regarding grasslands between Sărăţelului Valley and Slănicului Valley, Buzău County. – An. Univ. Craiova, Agric. Montanologie Cadastru 38/B: 11–25, Craiova. anastasiup@yahoo.com

Becker, T., Brändel, M., Dierschke, H. (2007): Trockenrasen auf schwermetall- und nicht schwermetallhaltigen Böden der Bottendorfer Hügel in Thüringen. – Tuexenia 27: 255–286 + 5 tables, Göttingen. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Becker, T. (1998): Die Pflanzengesellschaften der Felsfluren und Magerrasen im unteren Unstruttal (Sachsen-Anhalt). – Tuexenia 18: 153–206 + 4 tables, Göttingen. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de
 

Boch S., Dengler J. (2006):Floristische und ökologische Charakterisierung sowie Phytodiversität derTrockenrasen auf der Insel Saaremaa (Estland). In: Bültmann H., Fartmann T., Hasse T. [Eds.]: Trockenrasen auf unterschiedlichen Betrach– tungsebenen – Berichte einer Tagung vom 26.–28. August in Münster. Arb. Inst. Landschaftsökol. Münster 15: 55–71, Münster.

Bohner, A., Grims, F., Sobotik, M., Zechner, L. (2003): Die Trespen- Halbtrockenrasen (Mesobrometum erecti Koch 1926) im mittleren Steirischen Ennstal (Steiermark, Österreich) – Ökologie, Soziologie und Naturschutz. – Tuexenia 23: 199–225, Göttingen.

Bohner, A., Habeler, H., Starlinger, F., Suanjak, M. (2009): Artenreiche montane Rasengesellschaften auf Lawinenbahnen des Nationalparks Gesäuse (Österreich). - Tuexenia 29: 97-120, Göttingen.[pdf]

Dengler J. (2006):Xerothermvegetation in NONiedersachsen und im Mittleren Elbetal. In: Härdtle W., Horst K., Prüter J. [Eds.]: Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen. Jahrb. Naturwiss. Ver. Fürstentum Lüneburg Sonderh. 1: 107–114, Lüneburg.

Dengler J., Boch S. (2008): Forest-edge communities (Trifolio-Geranietea sanguinei) on the island of Saaremaa (Estonia): Phytosociology and biodiversity patterns. In: Dengler J., Dolnik C., Trepel M. [Eds.]: Flora, Vegetation und Naturschutz zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Südamerika. Festschrift für Klaus Dierßen zum 60. Geburtstag. Mitt. Arbeitsgem. Geobot. Schleswig-Holstein Hamb. 65: 257–286 + 2 tables, Kiel.

Dengler J., Eisenberg M., Schröder J. (2006): Die grundwasserfernen Saumgesellschaften Nordostniedersachsens im europäischen Kontext. Teil I: Säume magerer Standorte (Trifolio-Geranietea sanguinei). Tuexenia 26: 51–93 + 9 tables, Göttingen.

Dengler J., Eisenberg M., Schröder J. (2007): Die grundwasserfernen  Saumgesellschaften Nordostniedersachsens im europäischen Kontext. Teil II: Säume nährstoffreicher Standorte (Artemisietea vulgaris) und vergleichende Betrachtung der Saumgesellschaften insgesamt. Tuexenia 27: 91–136, + 6 tables, Göttingen.

Dengler J., Löbel S. (2006): The basiphilous dry grasslands of shallow, skeletal soils (Alysso-Sedetalia) on the island of Öland (Sweden), in the context of North and Central Europe. Phytocoenologia 36: 343–391, Berlin. Dengler J., Löbel S., Boch, S. (2006): Dry grassland communities of shallow, skeletal soils (Sedo- Scleranthenea) in northern Europe. Tuexenia 26: 159– 190 + 6 tables, Göttingen.

Dierschke, H., Becker, T. (2008): Die Schwermetall-Vegetation des Harzes – Gliederung, ökologische Bedinungen und syntaxonomische Einordnung. – Tuexenia 28: 185–227 + 1 table, Göttingen. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Dúbravková, D., Hegedüšová, K., Janišová, M., Škodová, I. (2010): New vegetation data of dry grasslands in the Western Carpathians and the northern Pannonian Basin. – Tuexenia 30: 357-374, Göttingen. [pdf]

Golub, V.B., Saksonov, S.V., Uzhameckaya, J.A. (1995): Characteristics of stony steppes in Zhigulevskije mountains (from materials of L.M. Cherepnin). Bulletin of Samarskaja Luka, 6: 73-97, Samara. [pdf]

Golub, V.B., Karpov, D.N., Sorokin, A.N., Nikolaychuk, L.F. (2005): Communities of the class Festuco-Puccinellietea Soo ex Vicherek 1973 on the territory of Eurasia. Vegetation of Russia 7: 59-75, St.Petersburg. [pdf]

Golub, V.B., Grechushkina, N.A., Sorokin, A.N., Nikolaychuk, L.F. (2005): Plant communities on rock outcrops in the Northwest part of the Blakc sea Caucasian coast. Vegetation of Russia, 14: 3-14, St.Petersburg. [pdf]

Illyés E., Chytrý M., Botta-Dukát Z., JandtU., Škodová I., Janišová M., Willner W. & Hájek O. (2007): Semidry grasslands along a climatic gradient across crossvalidation. J. Veg. Sci. 18: 835-846, Uppsala.

Janišová M., Hájková P., Hegedüšová K., Hrivnák R., Kliment J., Michálková D., Ružičková H., Řezníčková M., Tichý L., Škodová I., Uhliarová E., Ujházy K & Zaliberová M. (2007): Travinnobylinná vegetácia Slovenska – elektronický expertný systém na identifikáciu syntaxónov. [Grassland vegetation of Slovakia – electronic expert system for syntaxa identification. In Slovak with English summaries. Introduction and methods in English, too.]. Botanický ústav SAV, Bratislava, 263 pp.

Janišová, M., Uhliarová, E., Ružičková, H. (2010): Expert system-based classification of semi-natural grasslands in submontane and montane regions of central Slovakia. – Tuexenia 30: 375-422, Göttingen. [pdf]

Juśkiewicz-Swaczyna, B. (2009): The psammophilous grassland community Corniculario aculeatae-Corynephoretum canescentis in the Masurian Lake District (NE Poland). - Tuexenia 29: 391-408, Göttingen. [pdf]

Kuzemko, A. (2009): Dry grasslands on sandy soils in the forest and forest-steppe zones of the plains part of Ukraine: present state of syntaxonomy. - Tuexenia 29: 369-390, 1 table, Göttingen. [pdf]

Laime, B., Tjarve, D. (2009): Grey dune plant communities (Koelerio-Corynephoretea) on the Baltic coast in Latvia. - Tuexenia 29: 409-435, 2 tables, Göttingen.[pdf]

Löbel S., Dengler J. (2008): Dry grassland communities on southern Öland: phytosociology, ecology, and diversity. In: Maarel E. van der [Ed.]: Structure and dynamics of alvar vegetation on Öland and some related dry grasslands. Dedicated to Ejvind Rosén on his 65th birthday. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 88: 13–32, Svenska Växtgeografiska Sällskapet, Uppsala.

Mucina, L., Dengler, J., Bergmeier, E., Čarni, A., Dimopolous, P., Jahn, R., Matevski, V.  (2009): New and validated high-rank syntaxa from Europe. – Lazaroa 30: 267–276, Madrid [pdf]

Partzsch, M. (2007): Flora, Vegetation und historische Entwicklung der Porphyrkuppenlandschaft zwischen Halle und Wettin (Sachsen-Anhalt). – Schlechtendalia 15: 1–91, Halle (Saale). partzsch@botanik.uni-halle.de

Pedashenko, H., Meshinev, T., Apostolova, I. (2009): Herbaceous vegetation on carbonate terrains in Mt Lozenska. – Phytol. Balcanica 15: 245–253, Sofia. hristo_pedashenko@yahoo.com

Rūsiņa S. (2005): Diagnostic species of mesophylous and xerophylous grassland plant communities in Latvia. Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 685: 69-95. [pdf]

Rūsiņa S. (2006): Nemeža augu sabiedrības Latvijas pilskalnos. [Non-forest plant communities in Latvian hill-forts. In Latvian with short English summary]. Acta Universitatis Latviensis, Earth and Environment Sciences, 695: 67-92.

Rūsiņa S. (2007): Latvijas mezofīto un kserofīto zālāju daudzveidība un kontaktsabiedrības. [Diversity and contact communities of mesophytic and xerophytic grasslands in Latvia. In Latvian with extensive English summary]. Latvijas Veģetācija, 12: 1-366.

Schneider-Binder, E. (2007): Xerophilous and xero-mesophilous grasslands on slumping hills around the Saxon villages Apold and Saschiz (Transylvania, Romania). – Transylvanian Rev. Syst. Ecol. Res. 4: 55‑64, Sibiu.

Škodová, I., Devánová, K., Senko, D. (2011): Subxerophilous and mesophilous grasslands of the Biele Karpaty Mts. (White Carpathian Mts.) in Slovakia. Tuexenia 31: 235–269 + 6 tables.  [pdf]

Sopotlieva,D. (2009): Poo bulbosae-Achilleetum pseodpectinatae: a new plant association. – Phytol. Balcanicae 15: 235–244, Sofia. desisop@bio.bas.bg

Willner, W. (2011): Unambiguous assignment of relevés to vegetation units: the example of the Festuco- Brometea and Trifolio-Geranietea sanguinei. Tuexenia 31: 271–282 + 1 table. [pdf] [table]

 

 

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Methodology, classification, databases

Berg C., Dengler J. (2005): Mooseund Flechten als diagnostische Arten von Pflanzengesellschaften – eine Übersicht aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Herzogia 18: 145–161, Halle (Saale). Dengler J., Berg C., Jansen F. (2005): New ideas for modern phytosociological monographs. Ann. Bot. N. S. 5: 193–210, Rome.

Dengler, J., Ewald, J., Kühn, I., Peet, R. K. (2011): Ecoinformatics and global change – an overdue liason. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 577–581. Contact to the authors: Jürgen Dengler: dengler@botanik.uni-hamburg.de

Dengler J.& GIVD Steering Committee (2010): GIVD, a new ecological metadatabase. Frontiers of Biogeography 2: 70.

Dengler J., Löbel S. & Dolnik C. (2009): Species constancy depends on plot size – a problem for vegetation classification and how it can be solved. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 754–766. [pdf]

Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Glöckler, F., Peet, R. K., De Cáceres, M., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Oldeland, J., Finckh, M., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Mucina, L., Rodwell, J. S., Schaminée, J. H. J., Spencer, N. (2011): The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 582–597. Contact to the authors: Jürgen Dengler: dengler@botanik.uni-hamburg.de

Dengler J.,Chytrý M., Ewald J.(2008): Phytosociology. – In: Jørgensen S. E., Fath B. D. [Eds.]: Encyclopedia of Ecology: 2767–2779, Elsevier, Oxford [u. a.]. Janišová M. & Škodová I. (2007): Phytosociological database of Slovak grassland vegetation. Ann. Bot. N. S. 7: 19-26, Rome.

Janisova M. & Dubravkova D. (2010): Formalized classification of rocky Pannonian grasslands and dealpine Sesleria-dominated grasslands in Slovakia using a hierarchical expert system. Phytocoenologia 40/4: 267-291. Available at: monika.janisova@savba.sk

Jansen F. & Dengler J. (2010):  Plant names in vegetation databases – a neglected source of bias. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 1179–1186. [pdf]

Jansen, F., Dengler, J., Glöckler, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Oldeland, J., Schaminée, J. H. J. (2011): Die mitteleuropäischen Datenbanken im Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD). Tuexenia 31: 351–367.Contact to the authors: Jürgen Dengler: dengler@botanik.uni-hamburg.de

Jansen F.,Dengler J. (2008): GermanSL – Eine universelle taxonomische Referenzliste für Vegetationsdatenbanken in Deutschland. Tuexenia 28: 239–253, Göttingen.

Michl T., Dengler J. & Huck S. (2010): Montane-subalpine tall-herb vegetation (Mulgedio-Aconitetea) in central Europe: large-scale synthesis and comparison with northern Europe. Phytocoenologia 40: 117–154.

Stevens, D.P., Smith, S.L.N., Blackstock, T.H., Bosanquet, S.D.S., Stevens, J.P. (2010): Grasslands of Wales. A Survey of Lowland Species-Rich Grasslands, 1987-2004. University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

 

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Regional surveys/monographs

Dengler J., Boch S. (2006): Vegetation des NSG Kalkberg in Lüneburg. In: Härdtle W., Horst K., Prüter J. [Eds.]: Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen. Jahrb. Naturwiss. Ver. Fürstentum Lüneburg Sonderh. 1: 49–55, Lüneburg.

Dengler J., Fischer P., Härdtle W. (2006): Flusslandschaft Elbe zwischen Radegast und Dömitz (Elbeexkursion 1). In: Härdtle W., Horst K., Prüter J. [Eds.]: Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen. Jahrb. Naturwiss. Ver. Fürstentum Lüneburg Sonderh. 1: 69–77, Lüneburg.

Michálková D. (2007): Diversity of dry grasslands in the Považský Inovec Mts (Slovakia) – a numerical analysis. Hacquetia 6/1: 61–76, Ljubljana. Janišová M. & Uhliarová E. (2008): Brachypodio pinnati-Molinietum arundinaceae Klika 1939 v Starohorských vrchoch. [Brachypodio pinnati- Molinietum arundinaceae Klika 1939 in the Starohorské vrchy Mts. In Slovak with English abstract.] Bul. Slov. Bot. Spoločn. Roč. 30/2: 227-238, Bratislava.

 

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Flora

Dengler J., Boch S. (2007):Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of six remarkable plant taxa (Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, and Lichenes) of the Estonian dry grassland flora. Phyton 47: 47–71, Horn.

Dolnik, Ch., Peyrat, J.,  Volodina, A., Sokolov, A. (2011): Neophytic Corispermum pallasii (Stev.) (Chenopodiaceae) invading migrsting dunes of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Polish Journal of Ecology, 59, 1: 95-103.  e-mail: cdolnik@ecology.uni-kiel.de

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Fauna

Saarikivi, J., Idström, L., Venn,S., Niemelä, J. & Kotze, D. (2010) Carabid beetle assemblages associatedwith urban golf courses in the greater Helsinki area. European Journal of Entomology 107(4): 553-561 e-mail: stephen.venn@helsinki.fi

Wiezik, M., Wieziková, A., Svitok, M. (2011): Vegetation structure, ecological stability, and low-disturbance regime of abandoned dry grasslands support specific ant assemblages in Central Slovakia. Tuexenia 31: 301–315. [pdf]

 

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Biodiversity

Boch S., Dengler J. (2005):Patterns of plant species richness of dry grasslands on the island of Saaremaa (Estonia). Verh. Ges. Ökol. 35: 203, Laufen/Salzach.

Bohner, A. (2005): Soil chemical properties as indicators of plant species richness in grassland communities. – Grassland Sci. Eur. 10: 48–51.

Bohner, A. (2007): Phytodiversität im Wirtschafts- und Extensivgrünland der Tallagen. – Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein [Eds.]: Biodiversität in Österreich – Welchen Beitrag liefert die Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Österreich, 28. Juni 2007: 29–36, Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Irdning.

Bohner, A. (2008): Relationship between vascular plant species richness and soil chemical properties of alpine meadows and pastures. – Grassland Sci. Eur. 13: 81–83.

Dengler J. (2005): ZwischenEstland und Portugal – Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der Phytodiversitätsmuster europäischer Trockenrasen. Tuexenia 25: 387–405, Göttingen.

Dengler J. (2006): Variabilität von Artendichte und Artenzusammensetzung auf unterschiedlichen räumlichen Skalenebenen – Exemplarische Untersuchungen aus Trockenrasen und Konsequenzen für das Probedesign von Biodiversitätsuntersuchungen. In: Bültmann H., Fartmann T., Hasse T. [Eds.]: Trockenrasen auf unterschiedlichen Betrachtungsebenen – Berichte  Inst. Landschaftsökol. Münster 15: 73–81, Münster.

Dengler, J. (2009): A flexible, multi-scale approach for standardised recording of plant species richness patterns. – Ecol. Indic. 9: 1169–1178, Amsterdam

Dengler J. (2009): Which function describes the species-area relationship best? – A review and empirical evaluation. Journal of Biogeography 36: 728–744. [pdf]

Dengler J., Boch S. (2008):Sampling-design effects on properties of species-area curves – a case study from Estonian dry grassland communities. Folia Geobot. 43: 289–304, Průhonice.

Dengler J., Oldeland J. (2010): Effects of sampling protocol on the shapes of species richness curves. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1698–1705. [pdf]

 Guarino, R., Pignatti, S. (2010): Diversitas and Biodiversity: the roots of a twenty-first century myth. Rendiconti Lincei (21) 4: 351-357 Contact: guarinotro@hotmail.com

Jeschke M., Dengler J., Boch S., Dolnik C.,Kiehl K., Löbel S. (2007): Species-area relationships in European dry grasslands – A comparative analysis across regions, taxa, and scales. Verh. Ges. Ökol. 37: 180, Berlin.

Ketner-Oostra R., Sparrius L. B. & Sýkora K. V. (2010): Development of lichen-rich communities. In: J. Fanta & H. Siepel (eds.) Inland drift sand landscapes, Part III: Ecosystem succession. KNNV publishing. Zeist, the Netherlands. pp. 236-254. rita.ketner.oostra@gmail.com

Kun, A.,Ruprecht, E., Bartha, S., Virágh, K. (2007): Unique diversity of grassland in the Transylvanian Lowland [in Hungarian, with English summary]. – Kitaibelia 12: 88–96, Debrecen.

Langhans, T. M., Storm, C., Schwabe, A. (2009): Community Assembly of Biological Soil Crusts of Different Successional Stages in a Temperate Sand Ecosystem as Assessed by Direct Determination and Enrichment Techniques. - Microb. Ecol., DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9532- x.

Löbel S., Dengler J., Hobohm C.(2006): Species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in dry grasslands: The effects of environment, landscape structure and competition. Folia Geobot. 41: 377– 393, Průhonice.

Piwowarczyk R., Chmielewski P., Gierczyk B., Piwowarski B. & Stachyra, P. (2010): Orobanche pallidiflora Wimm. & Grab. in Poland: distribution, habitat and host preferences. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 79 (3): 197–205.

Rusina, S., Kiehl, K. (2010): Long-term changes in species diversity in abandoned calcareous grasslands in Latvia. – Tuexenia 30: 467-486, Göttingen. [pdf]

 

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Ecology, succession

Dierschke, H., Becker, T. (2008): Die Schwermetall-Vegetation des Harzes – Gliederung, ökologische Bedinungen und syntaxonomische Einordnung. – Tuexenia 28: 185–227 + 1 table, Göttingen. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Dolnik, Ch., Peyrat, J.,  Volodina, A., Sokolov, A. (2011): Neophytic Corispermum pallasii (Stev.) (Chenopodiaceae) invading migrsting dunes of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Polish Journal of Ecology, 59, 1: 95-103.  e-mail: cdolnik@ecology.uni-kiel.de

Becker, T., Dierschke, H. (2008): Vegetation response to high concentrations of heavy metals in the Harz Mountains, Germany. – Phytocoenologia 38: 255‑265, Berlin. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Bruelheide H., Jandt U. (2007): The relationship between dry grassland vegetation and microclimate along a west-east gradient in Central Germany. – Hercynia N. F. 40: 153–176, Halle (Saale). jandt@botanik.uni-halle.de

Becker, T. (1998): Zur Rolle von Mikroklima- und Bodenparametern bei Vegetationsabfolgen in Trockenrasen des unteren Unstruttals (Sachsen-Anhalt). – Gleditschia 26: 29–57, Berlin. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Becker, T. (1999): Die Xerothermrasen-Gesellschaften des unteren Unstruttales und einige ökologische Gründe für ihre Verteilung im Raum. – Mitt. Florist. Kartierung Sachsen-Anhalt 4: 3–29, Halle (Saale). beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Becker, T. (2003): Auswirkungen langzeitiger Fragmentierung auf Populationen am Beispiel der reliktischen Steppenrasenart Astragalus exscapus L. (Fabaceae). – Diss. Bot. 380: 210 pp., Cramer, Berlin. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Becker, T., Brändel, M. (2007): Vegetation-environment relationship in a heavy metal-dry grassland complex. – Folia Geobot. 42: 11–28, Průhonice. beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Janišová, M., Uhliarová, E., Hlásny, T., Turisová, I. (2010): Vegetation-environment relationships in grassland communities of central Slovakia. – Tuexenia 30: 423-443, Göttingen. [pdf]

Ketner-Oostra R., Sparrius L. B. & Sýkora K. V. (2010): Development of lichen-rich communities. In: J. Fanta & H. Siepel (eds.) Inland drift sand landscapes, Part III: Ecosystem succession. KNNV publishing. Zeist, the Netherlands. pp. 236-254. rita.ketner.oostra@gmail.com

Petřík, P., Černý, T., Boublík, K. (2011): Impact of hoofed game and weather on the vegetation of endangered dry grasslands in the Křivoklátsko Biosphere Reserve (Czech Republic). Tuexenia 31: 283–299. [pdf]

Ruprecht, E.(2005): Secondary succession in old-fields in the Transylvanian Lowland(Romania). – Preslia 77: 145–157, Praha.

Ruprecht, E., Bartha, S., Botta-Dukát, Z., Szabó, A. (2007): Assembly rules during old-field succession in two contrasting environments. – Comm. Ecol. 8: 31–40, Budapest.

Seifan M., Tielborger K., Schloz-Murer, D: & Seifan T.(2010): Contribution of molehill disturbances to grassland community composition along a productivity gradient. Acta Oecologica 36:569-577. e-mail: Merav.Seifan@uni-tuebingen.de

Wellstein, C. & Kuss, P. (2011): Diversity and frequency of clonaltraits along natural and land-use gradients in grasslands of the Swiss Alps, Folia Geobotanica. DOI:10.1007/s12224-010-9075-4

Wellstein C., Schröderb B.,Reinekingd B. & Zimmermann N. E. (2011): Understanding species and community response to environmental change –A functional trait perspective. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 145: 1-4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01678809/145/1

Wiezik, M., Wieziková, A., Svitok, M. (2011): Vegetation structure, ecological stability, and low-disturbance regime of abandoned dry grasslands support specific ant assemblages in Central Slovakia. Tuexenia 31: 301–315. [pdf]

 

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Soils

Aliasgharzad, Mårtensson & Olsson (2010): Acidification of a sandy grassland favours bacteria and disfavours fungal saprotrophs as estimated by fatty acid profiling, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:1058-1064 [pdf]

Mårtensson & Olsson (2010); Soil chemistry of local vegetation gradients in sandy calcareous grasslands, Plant Ecology 206:127-138. [pdf]

Olsson, Mårtensson & Bruun (2009); Acidification of sandy grasslands - consequences for nutrient availability and plant diversity, Applied vegetation Science, 12:350-361. [pdf]

 

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Conservation and restoration

Akeroyd, J. (2006): The historic countryside of the Saxon villages of southern Transylvania. – 86 pp., Fundaţia ADEPT, Saschiz, Mureş.

Becker, T. (2000): Die Bedeutung des unteren Unstruttales für den Schutz der Xerothermrasenflora in Deutschland. – Hercynia N. F. 33: 99–115, Halle (Saale). beckert@staff.uni-marburg.de

Baranska K., Chmielewski P., Cwener A. & Pluciński P. (2010): Conservation and restoration of xerothermic grasslands in Poland - theory and practice" LIFE, ISBN 978-83-87846-73-2.

Dolnik, Ch., Peyrat, J.,  Volodina, A., Sokolov, A. (2011): Neophytic Corispermum pallasii (Stev.) (Chenopodiaceae) invading migrsting dunes of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Polish Journal of Ecology, 59, 1: 95-103.  e-mail: cdolnik@ecology.uni-kiel.de

Eichberg C, Storm C, Stroh M,Schwabe A. (2010): Is the combination of topsoil replacement and inoculation with plant material an effective tool for the restoration of threatened sand vegetation? Applied Vegetation Science 13: 425-438 Contact: Schwabe@bio.tu-darmstadt.de

Illyes E. , Botta-Dukat Z., Molnar Z.S. (2008): Patch and landscape factors affecting the naturalness-based quality of three model grassland habitats in Hungary.  - Acta Botanica Hungarica 50(Suppl.), pp. 179–197. http://akkrt.metapress.com/content/35742t21l1713r23/fulltext.pdf

Janišová, M., Wellstein, C., Willner, W., Dengler, J. (2011): Succession, restoration, and management of dry grasslands – Special Feature with contributions from the 7th European Dry Grassland Meeting 2010 in Smolenice. Tuexenia 31: 227–234. [pdf]

Jones, A.(2007): The challenge of High Nature Value grasslands conservation in Transylvania (Romania). – Transylvanian Rev. Syst. Ecol. Res. 4: 73–82, Sibiu.

Jones, A., Akeroyd, J., Beldean, M., Turtureanu, D. (2010): Characterization and conservation of xeric grasslands in the Târnava Mare area of Transylvania (Romania). – Tuexenia 30: 445-456, Göttingen. [pdf]

Koncz G., Török P., Papp M., Matus G., Tóthmérész B. (2011): Penetration of weeds into the herbaceous understorey and soil seed bank of a Turkey oak-sessile oak forest in Hungary. Community Ecology 12: 227-233.[pdf]  

Manninen, S., Forss, S. & Venn,S. (2010) Management mitigates the  impact of urbanization on meadow vegetation. Urban Ecosystems 13(4): 461-481 e-mail: stephen.venn@helsinki.fi

PutfarkenD., Dengler J., Lehmann S., Härdtle W. (2008): Site use of grazing cattle and sheep in a largescale pasture landscape: a GPS/GIS assessment. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 111: 54–67, Amsterdam.

Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A., Enyedi, M. Z., Dengler, J. (2009): Steppe-like grasslands in Transylvania (Romania): characterisation and influence of management on species diversity and composition. - Tuexenia 29: 353-368, 1 table, Göttingen. [pdf]

Ruprecht, E. (2006): Successfully Recovered Grassland: A Promising Example from Romanian Old-Fields. – Restoration Ecol. 14: 473–480.

Rūsiņa S. (2008): Dabisko zālāju atjaunošanas pasākumu ietekme uz veģetāciju aizsargājamo ainavu apvidū „Ziemeļgauja”. [The influence of semi-natural grassland restoration on vegetation in the protected landscape area „Northern Gauja”. Iin Latvian with short English summary]. Gr.: Auniņš A. [ed.] Aktuālā savvaļas sugu un biotopu apsaimniekošanas problemātika Latvijā. Latvijas Universitāte, Rīga, 57–72.lpp. http://www.ldf.lv/upload_file/28934/LDF-057-072-rusina.pdf

Schrautzer, J., Jansen, D., Breuer, M., Nelle, O. (2009): Succession and management of calcareous dry grasslands in the Northern Franconian Jura, Germany. - Tuexenia 29: 339-351, 1 table, Göttingen. [pdf]

Timmermann T., Dengler J., Abdank A., Berg C. (2006):Objektivierung von Naturschutzbewertungen – Das Beispiel Roter Listen von Pflanzengesellschaften. Naturschutz Landschaftsplanung 38: 133-139, Stuttgart.

Török P., Deák B., Vida E., Valkó O., Lengyel Sz. & Tóthmérész B. (2010): Restoring grassland biodiversity: sowing low diversity seed mixtures can lead to rapid favourable changes. Biological Conservation 143: 806–812. Contact: Peter Török molinia@gmail.com

Török P., Kelemen A., Valkó O., Deák B., Lukács B. & Tóthmérész B. (2010): Lucerne-do minated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions. Journal of Applied Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01903.x Contact: Peter Török molinia@gmail.com

Török P., Miglécz T., Valkó O., Kelemen A., Deák B., Lengyel Sz., Tóthmérész B. (2011): Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration? Journal for Nature Conservation, in press  [pdf]

 

Valkó O.,Török P., Tóthmérész B. & Matus G. (2010): Restoration Potential in Seed Banks of Acidic Fen and Dry-Mesophilous Meadows: Can Restoration Be Based on Local Seed Banks? Restoration Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00679.x Contact: Peter Török molinia@gmail.com

Török P., Vida E., Deák B., LengyelSz., Tóthmérész B.(2011): Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs. Biodiversity & Conservation, doi: 10.1007/s10531- 011-9992-4. e-mail: Peter Torok molinia@gmail.com

 

 

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Population biology of dry grassland species

Janišová M. (2006): Caespitose grasses in dry grassland communities at several organization scales. In: Bültmann H., Fartmann T., Hasse T. [Eds.]: Trockenrasen auf unterschied–lichen Betrachtungsebenen – Berichte einer Tagung vom 26.–28. August in Münster. Arb. Inst.     Landschaftsökol. Münster 15: 43-49, Münster.

Janišová M. (2006): Tiller demography of Festuca pallens Host (Graminae) in two dry grassland communities. Pol. J. Ecol. 54/2:201-213, Łomianki.

Janišová, M. (2007): Leaf demography of Festuca pallens Host in dry grassland communities. Biologia, 62/1: 32-40, Bratislava.

Janišová M. & Gömöry D. (2007): Spatial genotypical diversity of Sesleria albicans (Poaceae) in a dry rassland community. Biologia 62/6: 670-674, Bratislava.

Juśkiewicz-Swaczyna, B. (2010): Population structure of Pulsatilla patens in relation to the habitat quality. – Tuexenia 30: 475-466, Göttingen. [pdf]

Rickert, B.-H., Drews, H. (2009): Ein erster Schritt zu einem Populationsmanagement für Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Mill in Schleswig-Holstein? – Kiel. Not. Pflanzenkd. 36: 37–41, Kiel. [pdf]

Ruprecht, E., Donath, T. W., Otte, A., Eckstein, R. L. (2008): Chemical effects of a dominant grass on seed germination of four familial pairs of dry grassland species. – Seed Sci. Res. 18: 239–248.

 

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Reports and other topics

Janišová M. (2006): Caespitose grasses in dry grassland communities at several organization scales. In: Bültmann H., Fartmann T., Hasse T. [Eds.]: Trockenrasen auf unterschied–lichen Betrachtungsebenen – Berichte einer Tagung vom 26.–28. August in Münster. Arb. Inst.     Landschaftsökol. Münster 15: 43-49, Münster.

Janišová M. (2006): Tiller demography of Festuca pallens Host (Graminae) in two dry grassland communities. Pol. J. Ecol. 54/2:201-213, Łomianki.

Janišová, M. (2007): Leaf demography of Festuca pallens Host in dry grassland communities. Biologia, 62/1: 32-40, Bratislava.

Janišová M. & Gömöry D. (2007): Spatial genotypical diversity of Sesleria albicans (Poaceae) in a dry rassland community. Biologia 62/6: 670-674, Bratislava.

Juśkiewicz-Swaczyna, B. (2010): Population structure of Pulsatilla patens in relation to the habitat quality. – Tuexenia 30: 475-466, Göttingen. [pdf]

Rickert, B.-H., Drews, H. (2009): Ein erster Schritt zu einem Populationsmanagement für Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Mill in Schleswig-Holstein? – Kiel. Not. Pflanzenkd. 36: 37–41, Kiel. [pdf]

Ruprecht, E., Donath, T. W., Otte, A., Eckstein, R. L. (2008): Chemical effects of a dominant grass on seed germination of four familial pairs of dry grassland species. – Seed Sci. Res. 18: 239–248.

 

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Dissertations

Mårtensson, L.M. (2010): The influence of soil pH on plant and microbial communities in sandy grasslands. PhD Thesis. Lund University, Lund.[pdf]

 

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