Revitalising subalpine grasslands: floristic shifts under renewed grazing

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F26788462%3A_____%2F25%3AN0000002" target="_blank" >RIV/26788462:_____/25:N0000002 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41210/25:102174 RIV/26784246:_____/25:N0000001 RIV/26788462:_____/25:N0000001
Result on the web
<a href="https://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/pdfs/pse/2025/05/04.pdf" target="_blank" >https://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/pdfs/pse/2025/05/04.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/12/2025-PSE" target="_blank" >10.17221/12/2025-PSE</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Revitalising subalpine grasslands: floristic shifts under renewed grazing
Original language description
The species diversity of the unique flora in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains is currently threatened due to the absence of traditional grazing, which was historically used as a management practice. This study evaluates changes in floristic composition in areas near the Švýcárna and Ovčárna lodges, where cattle and sheep grazing was reintroduced in 2012 and 2014, respectively, after long-term abandonment. The floristic composition was assessed using permanent plots and analysed statistically. In total, 84 plant species were recorded in the Švýcárna experimental area over 12 years. All experimental plots throughout the study observed an increase in species richness. In the Ovčárna area, a similar trend was detected, particularly in grazed grasslands dominated by Avenella flexuosa, Festuca supina, and Ligusticum mutellina. The reintroduction of grazing in these areas serves not only as a symbolic return to traditional land use but primarily as an effective management tool to suppress ecological succession and maintain or enhance plant species diversity in biologically valuable habitats.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
<a href="/en/project/SS03010065" target="_blank" >SS03010065: Causes of decline and a system of effective restoration of priority habitat types of subalpine grasslands</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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