Management effects on plant species composition and ecosystem processes and services in a nutrient-poor wet grassland

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F19%3A43899734" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899734 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11258-019-00970-9.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11258-019-00970-9.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-019-00970-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11258-019-00970-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Management effects on plant species composition and ecosystem processes and services in a nutrient-poor wet grassland

Original language description

The effect of changing management practices, from a more intensive to a less intensive cutting regime with partial abandonment, on plant species composition, frequency, and abundance was determined for an oligotrophic wet grassland in the south Bohemia region of the Czech Republic using data from vegetation surveys conducted in 1965 (2-3 cuts per year) and 2013 (parts cut once per year, other portions abandoned). These data, coupled with nutrient data from a nearby wet grassland with similar species composition as well as data from the literature, were used to predict the possible effect of these vegetation changes on ecosystem processes and services. The former, more diverse Molinia caerulea-dominated state has been replaced by a less-diverse grassland dominated by clonal hemicryptophytes, such as Carex acuta. Partial restoration has been accomplished where mowing has been resumed. Using Ellenberg indicator values for moisture and nutrients, the present species composition indicates that the area has become wetter over time, likely due to management decisions made at the regional scale. Carbon and nutrient sequestration has likely been enhanced in the current state, while services linked to greater species diversity have likely suffered. Such tradeoffs in ecosystem services must be considered when deciding whether to restore the more diverse Molinia caerulea-dominated state. Decisions at the regional scale will also influence the ability of achieving a desired structure.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA526%2F09%2F1545" target="_blank" >GA526/09/1545: The Importance of Newly Assimilated Carbon on Plant-Soil Interactions in Wet Grasslands under Changing Environmental Conditions</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Plant Ecology

ISSN

1385-0237

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

220

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1009-1020

UT code for WoS article

000493679000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85073811375