Changes in the species composition and vegetation structure of species-poor grasslands after restoration of a mowing regime

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in the species composition and vegetation structure of species-poor grasslands after restoration of a mowing regime

Original language description

This study aimed to evaluate whether the imposition of mowing would increase the species richness in abandoned meadows in central Europe, where degraded meadows had developed into dominant stands of Carex brizoides and Molinia caerulea. We studied the influence of mowing once a year in July on species composition, number of species, Shannon-Wiener index, abundance of dominant species, total biomass of the stands, biomass of the dominant species, biomass of individual species, and biomass of horizontal 10-cm layers of stands between 1998 and 2007. Molinia caerulea stands showed statistically significant changes in species composition, an increase in the number of species and a decrease in the abundance of dominant species. The total biomass of the stands was not influenced by mowing, but there was a significant decrease in the dominant Molinia caerulea biomass. The total height of the stands was influenced rather by year than by mowing. However, mowing only once a year, but at the peak

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/VS96072" target="_blank" >VS96072: Laboratory of applied ecology and management of agricultural landscape</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Landscape Studies

ISSN

1802-4416

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

117-129

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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