Reintroduction of large herbivores restored plant species richness in abandoned dry temperate grassland

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00562356" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00562356 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/22:00562356

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-022-01225-w" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-022-01225-w</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-022-01225-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11258-022-01225-w</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Reintroduction of large herbivores restored plant species richness in abandoned dry temperate grassland

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Naturalistic grazing by large herbivores is an increasingly practiced way of managing habitats with conservational value. It has the potential to restore and enhance biodiversity, creating self-sustainable environments vital for organisms requiring regular disturbances to moderate and/or reverse successional changes. European bison, Exmoor pony, and Tauros cattle were introduced in 2015 to a former military training area in Milovice, Czech Republic. The prevailing vegetation type is a forest-steppe savanna with Bromus erectus-dominated xeric grasslands mixed with deciduous shrubs and trees. After the cessation of military use, the area was abandoned which led to successional changes, including the dominance of tall grasses, litter accumulation, and bush encroachment. In 2017–2021, we monitored grassland vegetation in 30 grazed permanent plots (2 × 2 m) and 5 control plots representative of ungrazed, abandoned vegetation adjacent to the grazed areas. Naturalistic grazing increased species richness and the cover of forbs, while the cover of grasses and legumes was minimally affected. Grazing increased functional diversity of plant community, promoted a compositional change to small statured species and an increased incidence of red-list species. Seven years of continuous grazing increased the conservation value of this forest-steppe vegetation, a habitat type rapidly declining in Europe.n

Název v anglickém jazyce

Reintroduction of large herbivores restored plant species richness in abandoned dry temperate grassland

Popis výsledku anglicky

Naturalistic grazing by large herbivores is an increasingly practiced way of managing habitats with conservational value. It has the potential to restore and enhance biodiversity, creating self-sustainable environments vital for organisms requiring regular disturbances to moderate and/or reverse successional changes. European bison, Exmoor pony, and Tauros cattle were introduced in 2015 to a former military training area in Milovice, Czech Republic. The prevailing vegetation type is a forest-steppe savanna with Bromus erectus-dominated xeric grasslands mixed with deciduous shrubs and trees. After the cessation of military use, the area was abandoned which led to successional changes, including the dominance of tall grasses, litter accumulation, and bush encroachment. In 2017–2021, we monitored grassland vegetation in 30 grazed permanent plots (2 × 2 m) and 5 control plots representative of ungrazed, abandoned vegetation adjacent to the grazed areas. Naturalistic grazing increased species richness and the cover of forbs, while the cover of grasses and legumes was minimally affected. Grazing increased functional diversity of plant community, promoted a compositional change to small statured species and an increased incidence of red-list species. Seven years of continuous grazing increased the conservation value of this forest-steppe vegetation, a habitat type rapidly declining in Europe.n

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-08900S" target="_blank" >GA20-08900S: Obnova druhově bohatých luk: Chybí k pochopení procesů formování společenstev vnitrodruhová variabilita?</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Plant Ecology

ISSN

1385-0237

e-ISSN

1573-5052

Svazek periodika

223

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

525-535

Kód UT WoS článku

000756209600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85124833566