Spatial Heterogeneity of Forest-Steppes

• Other Authors: Erdos, Laszlo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; carbon cycling; natural stable isotope abundance; nitrogen cycling; soil organic matter; temperate grassland; drought tolerance; forest-steppe ecotone; hydraulic strategy; hydraulic trait; interspecific association; interspecific relationships; species co-occurrence; semiarid forests; duration curve; forest steppe; sensor network; spatio-temporal microclimate pattern; temperature-humidity data logger; vapour pressure deficit; pollen analysis; forest belt; position migration; moisture change; shrub encroachment; spatial pattern; temperate savanna; ecosystem degradation; sandy grasslands; Danube-Tisza Interfluve; morphotaxonomy; abundance; community composition; decomposition; Shannon diversity; ecosystem service; Geotrupidae; grassland; indicator species; land use; Scarabaeidae; species richness; arthropod predation; connectivity; dummy caterpillar; ecosystem function; edge effect; forest-steppe; fragment size; kurgan; landscape-scale; seed predation; Festuca vaginata; Festuca pseudovaginata; Festuca wagneri; ecological values; pedological analysis; diversity; forest-steppes; sandy grassland; grazing-mowing; NDVI; Sentinel-2A
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Forest-steppes occupy a wide zone between Eurasian closed canopy forests and open steppes and feature a mosaic of woody and herbaceous vegetation. Due to the occurrence of structurally, compositionally, and environmentally strongly different habitats in close proximity, high spatial heterogeneity is...