Plant dispersal and persistence strategies play an increasingly important role in the face of
changing climate. Evaluating the restoration potential of soil seed banks as an important …

Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse
desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live in these areas. Bold …

Small natural features (SNFs), such as road verges, midfield islets, rocky outcrops and
ancient burial mounds, provide safe havens for species of natural habitats in human-modified …

The maintenance of biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem processes such as plant biomass
production, as higher species richness is associated with increased biomass production in …

Seed banks represent an important, but large ly undiscovered and underapprec iated
component of grass land vegetation dynamics. Given its importance, our aim was to provide a …

Spontaneous succession is increasingly involved in grassland restoration, because it offers
a cost‐effective solution compared to technical reclamation methods. This topic is especially …

In intensively used landscapes biodiversity is often restricted to fragmented habitats.
Exploring the biodiversity potential of habitat fragments is essential in order to reveal their …

Aims Semi‐natural grasslands are among the most biodiverse habitats in Europe, and they
are of great conservation and agricultural value. However, changes in land use like grazing …

Halting the loss of grassland biodiversity and restoring degraded ecosystems are high priority
tasks in the EU Biodiversity Strategy. Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures is widely used in …

Sowing of grass seed mixtures is a feasible and cost‐effective method for landscape‐scale
grassland restoration. However, sowing only grasses usually leads to species‐poor and …