Mowing and disturbance increase survival rates of three rare moss species of fen meadows

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-021-09398-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12224-021-09398-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mowing and disturbance increase survival rates of three rare moss species of fen meadows

Original language description

Fen meadow habitats host many rare bryophytes. Lack of management has resulted in eliminations of specialized fen bryophytes by competitively stronger vascular plants or common bryophytes. We studied the effects of management (mowing only or in combination with disturbance and litter removal) on three fen moss species, Breidleria pratensis, Sphagnum warnstorfii and Tomentypnum nitens. Experimental plots were established at sixteen sites in Czechia and were sampled before and after three years of management application. Evaluation of management effects on species cover revealed significant support for both types of management of habitats with the occurrence of Breidleria pratensis and Tomentypnum nitens whereas the effect on Sphagnum warnstorfii cover was not significant. The effects of management on population size were evaluated as two aspects of spatial dynamics, namely the persistence of species in already occupied places and their expansion to new ones. Both management types increased the expansion of all three species, but their persistence was generally supported only by mowing. The combination of mowing and disturbance increased the survival rate only for Tomentypnum nitens and Breidleria pratensis. Overall, our results show that diverse management (mowing, optionally with the creation of gaps and litter removal), applied with reasonable intensity, is essential for maintaining a vital and diverse bryophyte layer in fen meadows.

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

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Folia Geobotanica

ISSN

1211-9520

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2-3

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

167-177

UT code for WoS article

000710891800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85117855435