16th Eurasian Grassland Conference (EGC), 29 May - 5 June 2019. Species-rich grasslands in the Palaearctic -a treasure without economic value?
Journal: Unipub UB Graz (Universität Graz)
Year: 2019

session 4, talk Question: Global change impacts on biodiversity are likely to translate into reduced ecosystem functioning.However, we have limited information about the effects of global change drivers on the rates of animal-mediated processes human-modified habitats.Therefore we questioned the effects of climatic conditions and land-use intensity on dung removal, seed removal, predation and herbivory in semi-natural grasslands.Methods: We measured process rates in 134 plots in three regions of