Congruent responses of vascular plant and ant communities to pastoral land-use abandonment in mountain areas throughout different biogeographic regions

Congruent responses of vascular plant and ant communities to pastoral land-use abandonment in mountain areas throughout different biogeographic regions

Background: There is a long-term trend towards the abandonment of agro-pastoral activities in the mountain areas of Europe: the following encroachment process of semi-natural grasslands by shrubs is one of the main severe threats to the conservation of biodiversity in mountain environments. To bette...

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Main Authors: Arrizza, S. (Author), Bagella, S. (Author), Caria, M.C (Author), Fadda, M.L (Author), Lombardi, G. (Author), Lonati, M. (Author), Marrosu, G.M (Author), Nota, G. (Author), Piga, G. (Author), Pittarello, M. (Author), Roggero, P.P (Author), Sitzia, M. (Author), Verdinelli, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Biogeographic regions
Bioindicators
Biomarkers
Chronosequences
Conservation
Cross-taxon congruence
Ecosystems
Functional groups
Land abandonment
Land abandonments
Land use
Landforms
Landuse change
Monitoring
Mountain pasture
Mountain pastures
Plant functional groups
Taxa congruences
Vascular plant
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