Step(pe) up! Raising the profile of the Palaearctic natural grasslands

Török, Péter; Ambarlı, Didem; Kamp, Johannes; Wesche, Karsten; Dengler, Jürgen

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“…By hosting up to 72 herbaceous plant species per 10 square metres, they even exceed the diversity of tropical rainforests at this spatial scale 3,4 . Eurasian steppes are also one of the most threatened biomes worldwide 5,6 , mostly due to agricultural intensification 1,5,7 , which has already led to a loss of about one million square kilometres of steppic grassland on the territory of the former USSR 8 .…”

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Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value

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The European steppes and their biota have been hypothesized to be either young remnants of the Pleistocene steppe belt or, alternatively, to represent relicts of long-term persisting populations; both scenarios directly bear on nature conservation priorities. Here, we evaluate the conservation value of threatened disjunct steppic grassland habitats in Europe in the context of the Eurasian steppe biome. We use genomic data and ecological niche modelling to assess pre-defined, biome-specific criteria for three plant and three arthropod species. We show that the evolutionary history of Eurasian steppe biota is strikingly congruent across species. The biota of European steppe outposts were long-term isolated from the Asian steppes, and European steppes emerged as disproportionally conservation relevant, harbouring regionally endemic genetic lineages, large genetic diversity, and a mosaic of stable refugia. We emphasize that conserving what is left of Europe's steppes is crucial for conserving the biological diversity of the entire Eurasian steppe biome.

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“…• In November 2016, Jürgen Dengler, Didem Ambarlı, Johannes Kamp, Péter Török and Karsten Wesche, completed a 400-page SI on Palaearctic Steppes: ecology, biodiversity and conservation in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation (see Török et al 2016). This was the first among the many EDGG SFs/SIs that is completely devoted to the natural steppes of the Palaearctic.…”

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The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

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This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) from mid-2016 through to the end of 2017. During this period, the 13th Eurasian Grassland Conference took place in Sighişoara, Romania, and the 14th conference was held in Riga, Latvia. The 10th EDGG Field Workshop on Biodiversity patterns across a precipitation gradient in the Central Apennine mountains was conducted in the Central Apennines, Italy, this time in addition to multi-scale sampling of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, also including one animal group (leaf hoppers). Apart from the quarterly issues of its own electronic journal (Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group), EDGG also finalised five grassland-related Special Features/Issues during the past 1.5 years in the following international journals: Applied Vegetation Science, Biodiversity and Conservation, Phytocoenologia, Tuexenia and Hacquetia. Beyond that, EDGG facilitated various national and supra-national vegetationplot databases of grasslands and established its own specialised database for standardised multi-scale plot data of Palaearctic grasslands (GrassPlot).

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“…This special issue complements a series of special volumes devoted to Palaearctic grasslands (including Habel et al 2013, Apostolova et al 2014, Carboni et al 2015, Ruprecht et al 2015, Török et al 2016, Becker et al 2016, Valkó et al 2016c, Deák et al 2017, edited on behalf of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG, http://www. edgg.org).…”

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Conservation and diversity of Palaearctic grasslands – Editorial to the 5th EDGG special issue in Hacquetia

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Palaearctic grasslands are diverse and dynamic ecosystems that are in the focus of ecology, conservation biology and agronomy. This special issue is dedicated to the biodiversity and conservation issues of Palaearctic grasslands and was initiated by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group members attending the 14th Eurasian Dry Grassland Conference (EDGC) at Sulmona, Italy in 2018. The papers in this special issue cover a wide range of grassland ecosystems from mountain dry grasslands to lowland loess grasslands, feathergrass steppes and wet grasslands, and focus on the biodiversity values and conservation issues of Palaearctic grasslands. We believe that this compilation will contribute to a better understanding of the ecology of grasslands and support their more effective conservation.

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Step(pe) up! Raising the profile of the Palaearctic natural grasslands

Cited by 48 publications

References 30 publications

Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value

Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

Conservation and diversity of Palaearctic grasslands – Editorial to the 5th EDGG special issue in Hacquetia

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