Grassland restoration on ex-arable land by transfer of brush-harvested propagules and green hay

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/26791251:_____/19:N0000066

Result on the web

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0302055" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0302055</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Grassland restoration on ex-arable land by transfer of brush-harvested propagules and green hay

Original language description

Effective restoration of meadows requires seeds of local provenance to preserve not only the species diversity but also the genetic identity of plant communities. We compared three different methods of seed harvesting from local meadow communities and assessed their efficiency in meadow restoration on ex-arable land. These methods were: brush harvesting once only, brush harvesting three times during a season, and green hay transfer. We observed the composition of species and functional traits of seed source meadows, sampled the three harvested seed mixtures and monitored plant communities restored on ex-arable land with this seed over the five following years. Green hay transfer was the method producing the highest amount of seeds (expressed as mass) and the highest number of species per unit of source-meadow area, followed by brush harvesting three times during one season and once only, respectively. This resulted in the highest establishment rate of species on exarable land in the green hay transfer method, followed by brush harvesting three times during one season and once only, respectively. Across all methods, species abundant in the seed mixture, having a low specific leaf area and a low capacity for lateral clonal spread, were the most successfully harvested and established ones. In the restored communities, mainly species number and cover of legumes but also of target meadow species increased with time, while ruderal weedy species decreased. Concerning species number and composition as well as trait spectrum, green hay transfer was the most successful method of restoration, resulting in a community most similar to the seed source meadow.

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

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

ISSN

0167-8809

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

272

Issue of the periodical within the volume

FEB 15

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

74-82

UT code for WoS article

000468247700008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85056904003