Understanding the extreme species richness of semi-drygrasslands in east-central Europe: a comparative approach
@article{Roleek2014UnderstandingTE, title={Understanding the extreme species richness of semi-drygrasslands in east-central Europe: a comparative approach}, author={Jan Role{\vc}ek and Illja Illi{\vc} {\vC}ornej and Alla Ilarionivna Tokarjuk}, journal={Preslia}, year={2014}, volume={86} }
We report new sites of extremely species-rich semi-dry
grasslands in the foothills of the Eastern Carpathians in the
south-western Ukraine. Using comparison with other sites with
extremely species- rich semi-dry grasslands in the
peri-Carpathian region and beyond, we show that these
grasslands share many important features, including similar
species composition, occurrence of species with disjunct
distributions, site conditions, landscape context, long history
of human influence and traditional…
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