Topsoil removal in degraded open sandy grasslands: can we restore threatened vegetation fast?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F21%3A43903141" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/21:43903141 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/21:00549822

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.13188" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.13188</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13188" target="_blank" >10.1111/rec.13188</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Topsoil removal in degraded open sandy grasslands: can we restore threatened vegetation fast?

Original language description

Natural open inland sandy grasslands are a highly threatened habitat in Europe. The originally nutrient-poor habitats have been affected by increased aerial N-deposition and the spread of competitively strong plants. We investigated the restoration of degraded psammophilous vegetation in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic, central Europe, where the competitively strong grassCalamagrostis epigejoshad formed a compact cover over many hectares formerly dominated by valuable psammophilous grasslands. To expose nutrient-poor sand, the upper nutrient-rich layer was scraped off down to a depth of 10-30 cm. Vegetation was recorded by phytosociological releves annually in a total of 15 permanent plots (5 x 5 m) established between 2012 and 2014 (five plots in each consecutive year). Reference sites with target psammophilous vegetation and degraded sites were also sampled. The target psammophilous species colonized the open sand areas immediately from the adjacent well-preserved vegetation fragments. Out of 101 vascular plant species recorded in total in restored sites, 34 species were classified as target species, out of which 25 species were classified as threatened. After 6 years, the species richness and number of threatened species in the restored plots approached those of the reference sites. The results of multivariate analyses revealed that spontaneous development of restored plots run fast towards psammophilous vegetation. The optimal restoration strategy of eutrophicated open sandy grasslands should consist in creating a mosaic of topsoil removal patches followed by disturbance after some time and preservation of still existing fragments of target vegetation.

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/GA17-09979S" target="_blank" >GA17-09979S: Factors determining vegetation succession at the country scale</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Restoration Ecology

ISSN

1061-2971

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Suplement 1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000573347600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85091606490