Spatial Heterogeneity of Forest-Steppes

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; abundance; arthropod predation; carbon cycling; community composition; connectivity; Danube-Tisza Interfluve; decomposition; diversity; drought tolerance; dummy caterpillar; duration curve; ecological values; ecosystem degradation; ecosystem function; ecosystem service; edge effect; Festuca pseudovaginata; Festuca vaginata; Festuca wagneri; forest belt; forest steppe; forest-steppe; forest-steppe ecotone; forest-steppes; fragment size; Geotrupidae; grassland; grazing-mowing; hydraulic strategy; hydraulic trait; indicator species; interspecific association; interspecific relationships; kurgan; land use; landscape-scale; moisture change; morphotaxonomy; natural stable isotope abundance; NDVI; nitrogen cycling; pedological analysis; pollen analysis; position migration; sandy grassland; sandy grasslands; Scarabaeidae; seed predation; semiarid forests; sensor network; Sentinel-2A; Shannon diversity; shrub encroachment; soil organic matter; spatial pattern; spatio-temporal microclimate pattern; species co-occurrence; species richness; temperate grassland; temperate savanna; temperature-humidity data logger; vapour pressure deficit
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036506708; 9783036506715; books978-3-0365-0671-5
• Access: Open Access

Forest-steppes occupy a wide zone between Eurasian closed canopy forests and open steppes and feature a mosaic of woody and herbaceous vegetation. Due to the occurrence of structurally, compositionally, and environmentally strongly different habitats in close proximity, high spatial heterogeneity is one of the key characteristics of forest-steppe ecosystems. This volume presents ten contributions examining forest-steppe heterogeneity and its effects on environmental factors, plant communities, and animals.