Congruent responses of vascular plant and ant communities to pastoral land-use abandonment in mountain areas throughout different biogeographic regions
Abstract 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....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Ecological Processes |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00379-9 |
