19 research outputs found
The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2019–2020
Get PDFThis report summarizes the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) from July 2019 to December 2020. During this period, Covid-19 allowed only one live event, the 14th EDGG Field Workshop to the alpine vegetation of Switzerland, organised ad hoc as a replacement for the cancelled Field Workshop in the Ukrainian steppes. The cancelled Eurasian Grassland Conference in Spain found a partial replacement in “Talk Grasslands!”, a series of online talks during winter 2020/2021. EDGG’s own diamond open access periodical, Palaearctic Grasslands, is a novel combination of scientific journal, photo magazine and member newsletter. With five issues during the reporting time it contributed much to EDGG’s attractiveness. EDGG edited four Special Features in international journals (Tuexenia, Hacquetia, Flora) and contributed 13 chapters on grasslands and shrublands of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm to the Encyclopedia of the world’s biomes. EDGG’s vegetation-plot database GrassPlot with multi-scale and multi-taxon diversity data of grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic is now integrated into the EDGG website with the GrassPlot Diversity Explorer
Identifying the butterfly diversity in the east of Konya Turkey and modeling the suitable habitats of butterflies
No full textChanges in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests
No full textLand-use intensification poses major threats to biodiversity, such as to insect herbivore communities. The stability of these communities depends on interactions linking herbivores and host plants. How interaction network structure begets robustness, and thus stability, in different ecosystems and how network structure and robustness are altered along land-use intensity gradients are unclear. We analyzed plant-herbivore networks based on literature-derived interactions and long-term sampling from 289 grasslands and forests in three regions of Germany. Network size and nestedness were the most important determinants of network robustness in both ecosystems. Along land-use intensity gradients, networks in moderately grazed grasslands were more robust than in those managed by frequent mowing or fertilization. In forests, changes of network robustness along land-use intensity gradients relied on changes in plant species richness. Our results expand our knowledge of the stability of plant-herbivore networks and indicate options for management aimed at stabilizing herbivore communities.DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG)European Commission [1374]; Swiss National Science FoundationSwiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)European Commission [310030E-173542/1]This study was funded by DFG Priority Program 1374 Infrastructure-Biodiversity-Exploratories and the Swiss National Science Foundation (310030E-173542/1).WOS:0006522581000202-s2.0-85105912293PubMed: 3399032
Identifying hte butterfly diversity in the east of Konya, Turkey and modeling the suitable habitats for butterflies
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