The Importance of Municipal Waste Landfill Vegetation for Biological Relevance: A Case Study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43210%2F25%3A43927622" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43210/25:43927622 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12110401" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12110401</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments12110401" target="_blank" >10.3390/environments12110401</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Importance of Municipal Waste Landfill Vegetation for Biological Relevance: A Case Study
Original language description
The vegetation of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills and its ecosystem functions are often overlooked, despite their importance for enhancement and stabilization of biodiversity. The selected landfill is located in the cadastral area of Bystřice pod Hostýnem (Czech Republic). A total of 92 plant species were recorded during a two-year vegetation assessment at three sites of the MSW landfill. The species Lolium perenne, Arrhenatherum elatius, and Poa pratensis significantly dominated the restored parts of the landfill. The species Urtica dioica, Chelidonium majus, and Atriplex sagittata were dominant in the actively used parts of the landfill. Chenopodium album, Atriplex sagittata, and Amaranthus retroflexus were dominant in the composting zone. The vegetation of MSW landfills represents an ecologically important element with the ability to increase the biodiversity of the landscape. Nevertheless, there are also risks, e.g., the possibility of contamination of food chain with hazardous substances from waste. The spread of diaspores of certain species across the landscape and the spread of non-indigenous plant species can have negative ecological consequences. MSW landfills are often perceived only as technical facilities that solve the environmental problem of waste management. However, our results bring a new perspective on landfills as an environment for the biosphere.
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
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environments
ISSN
2076-3298
e-ISSN
2076-3298
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
401
UT code for WoS article
001623676300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105023109957