Management actions based on vehicle rides support threatened species of multiple taxa in open-habitat biodiversity hotspots - Abandoned military training areas

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F25%3A101994" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/25:101994 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500188 RIV/61989592:15310/25:73634404

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125055" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125055</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125055" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125055</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Management actions based on vehicle rides support threatened species of multiple taxa in open-habitat biodiversity hotspots - Abandoned military training areas

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Abandoned military training areas are recognized as biodiversity hotspots. Here, threatened species benefit from low nutrient levels and a heterogeneous habitat mosaic that includes early successional stages created by military training activities. However, after abandonment, these areas are encroached by forest, and their conservation value may be lost without active management. Management can be approached in various ways, and it is important to determine which strategies are most beneficial for biodiversity. Here, we conducted a large-scale survey of vascular plants, grasshoppers, butterflies, and birds in more than 40 abandoned military training areas across Czechia, a country in Central Europe. We tested the responses of each taxon, as well as multitaxonomic diversity, to six management types: woody plant cutting, mowing for agriculture, mowing for conservation, grazing for agriculture, grazing for conservation, and vehicle rides. After accounting for spatial autocorrelation, we found that vehicle rides were the only management type positively related to the multitaxonomic diversity of threatened species. Additionally, it supported the abundance of threatened birds and the total species richness of grasshoppers. Although other management options also showed conservation benefits for some taxa (e.g., woody plant cutting for threatened grasshoppers), none had such a broad positive impact across taxa, and some had opposing effects (e.g., grazing for conservation benefited threatened butterflies but negatively affected threatened grasshoppers). While management decisions must always be tailored to local goals and conditions, we propose vehicle rides as a promising tool for managing biodiversity-rich areas where threatened species depend on early successional stages.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Management actions based on vehicle rides support threatened species of multiple taxa in open-habitat biodiversity hotspots - Abandoned military training areas

Popis výsledku anglicky

Abandoned military training areas are recognized as biodiversity hotspots. Here, threatened species benefit from low nutrient levels and a heterogeneous habitat mosaic that includes early successional stages created by military training activities. However, after abandonment, these areas are encroached by forest, and their conservation value may be lost without active management. Management can be approached in various ways, and it is important to determine which strategies are most beneficial for biodiversity. Here, we conducted a large-scale survey of vascular plants, grasshoppers, butterflies, and birds in more than 40 abandoned military training areas across Czechia, a country in Central Europe. We tested the responses of each taxon, as well as multitaxonomic diversity, to six management types: woody plant cutting, mowing for agriculture, mowing for conservation, grazing for agriculture, grazing for conservation, and vehicle rides. After accounting for spatial autocorrelation, we found that vehicle rides were the only management type positively related to the multitaxonomic diversity of threatened species. Additionally, it supported the abundance of threatened birds and the total species richness of grasshoppers. Although other management options also showed conservation benefits for some taxa (e.g., woody plant cutting for threatened grasshoppers), none had such a broad positive impact across taxa, and some had opposing effects (e.g., grazing for conservation benefited threatened butterflies but negatively affected threatened grasshoppers). While management decisions must always be tailored to local goals and conditions, we propose vehicle rides as a promising tool for managing biodiversity-rich areas where threatened species depend on early successional stages.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/SS03010162" target="_blank" >SS03010162: Vojenská cvičiště v proměnách času: Zefektivnění péče o bývalé vojenské prostory na základě evaluace dlohodobého sledování vývoje biodiverzity a využívání území</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Environmental Management

ISSN

0301-4797

e-ISSN

0301-4797

Svazek periodika

380

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

APR 2025

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001455994400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105000365459