Ancient burial mounds (kurgans) provide the last refugia for steppic plant and animal species in the intensively used agricultural landscapes (IMAGE)

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Ancient burial mounds (kurgans) provide the last refugia for steppic plant and animal species in the intensively used agricultural landscapes

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Ancient burial mounds (kurgans) provide the last refugia for steppic plant and animal species in the intensively used agricultural landscapes of the western parts of the Eurasian steppe biome

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Photo: Balázs Deák / Centre for Ecological Research

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