Significant decline in habitat specialists in semi-dry grasslands over four decades
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-023-02740-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-023-02740-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02740-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10531-023-02740-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Significant decline in habitat specialists in semi-dry grasslands over four decades
Original language description
Semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich plant communities in the world, harbouring many specialised and threatened species. Most of these grasslands were traditionally maintained by grazing and hay-making. After traditional management ended, protected areas were established and conservation management was introduced to protect the most valuable grassland sites. However, recent changes in land use, eutrophication and climate warming are negatively impacting the biodiversity of these grasslands. In 2022, we resurveyed historical vegetation plots in the Central Moravian Carpathians (Czech Republic), first sampled in the 1980s, to test whether the plant species composition and richness of semi-dry grasslands are changing over time and, if so, whether the decline in habitat quality and plant diversity is absent or less severe in protected areas. We found significant changes in species composition. Species richness and the proportion of habitat specialists and Red-List species decreased, whereas competitively stronger species with higher moisture and nutrient requirements increased. These trends were more pronounced outside the protected areas but also occurred within protected areas. The main factor behind these changes appears to be the cessation of traditional management and natural succession supported by eutrophication.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biodiversity and Conservation
ISSN
0960-3115
e-ISSN
1572-9710
Volume of the periodical
2023
Issue of the periodical within the volume
NOV
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1-18
UT code for WoS article
001102564000002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85175621490