caa a22 4500 605528047 CHVBK 20210128100811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-014-0804-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-014-0804-5 Both local and landscape factors determine plant and Orthoptera diversity in the semi-natural grasslands of Transylvania, Romania [Elektronische Daten] [Laura Sutcliffe, Péter Batáry, Thomas Becker, Kirill Orci, Christoph Leuschner] Semi-natural grassland supports a large proportion of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe, however, it is continuing to be destroyed or degraded. In addition to the clear role of local management in these processes, there is increasing evidence for wider landscape-scale effects on species richness and community composition of plants and animals. Most of this evidence comes from studies in highly altered western European landscapes with only fragments of remaining semi-natural grassland. In contrast, Eastern European countries such as Romania still contain large areas of semi-natural grassland, but this habitat is threatened by agricultural intensification and homogenization. We analyzed vascular plant and Orthoptera communities from species-rich pastures in Southern Transylvania, Romania, against a range of local and landscape factors. Species richness of plants had a highly significant positive relationship with landscape heterogeneity. Orthoptera species richness and abundance were negatively correlated with plant species richness, and increased with proportion of grassland in the landscape and local vegetation height. The results suggest that large and species-rich grassland communities can be significantly affected by both local and landscape scale land use changes, but effects can vary within and between taxonomic groups. Conservation measures such as agri-environment schemes should therefore seek to address landscape scale processes better, promoting a range of low-intensity land use practices in order to support a variety of landscape types. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Agricultural intensification nationallicence Community composition nationallicence Farmland biodiversity nationallicence Grasshopper nationallicence Landscape heterogeneity nationallicence Species-rich grassland nationallicence Eastern Europe nationallicence Sutcliffe Laura Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany aut Batáry Péter Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077, Göttingen, Germany aut Becker Thomas Geobotany, University of Trier, Behringstr. 21, 54296, Trier, Germany aut Orci Kirill MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Pázmány P. s. 1/C, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut Leuschner Christoph Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/2(2015-02-01), 229-245 0960-3115 24:2<229 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0804-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0804-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sutcliffe Laura Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Batáry Péter Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Becker Thomas Geobotany, University of Trier, Behringstr. 21, 54296, Trier, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Orci Kirill MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Pázmány P. s. 1/C, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leuschner Christoph Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/2(2015-02-01), 229-245 0960-3115 24:2<229 2015 24 10531