Effects of different mowing regimes on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands

Bissels, Stephanie; Donath, Tobias W.; Hölzel, Norbert; Otte, Annette

doi:10.1016/j.baae.2005.10.002

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“…However, this hypothesis does not convincingly explain our results because aboveground plant biomass at our sites (Table 1) ) where seed size and seed-limitation of population size were positively related (Bissels et al 2006).…”

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Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie

Russell

Roy

2008

Oecologia

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Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie

Russell

Roy

2008

Oecologia

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“…Török et al 2010b) and can hamper the establishment and immigration of further target species. The removal of accumulated litter by grazing and mowing can be highly beneficial to post-restoration processes as litter removal can open up niches for further colonisation of target herbs from adjacent vegetation (Bissels et al 2006). However, gaps may also provide physical space for the germination and establishment of weedy species present in the seed bank, especially in that of former croplands.…”

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Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs

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Grasslands used to be vital landscape elements throughout Europe. Nowadays, the area of grasslands is dramatically reduced, especially in industrial countries. Grassland restoration is widely applied to increase the naturalness of the landscape and preserve biodiversity. We reviewed the most frequently used restoration techniques (spontaneous succession, sowing seed mixtures, transfer of plant material, topsoil removal and transfer) and techniques used to improve species richness (planting, grazing and mowing) to recover natural-like grasslands from ex-arable lands. We focus on the usefulness of methods in restoring biodiversity, their practical feasibility and costs. We conclude that the success of each technique depends on the site conditions, history, availability of propagules and/or donor sites, and on the budget and time available for restoration. Spontaneous succession can be an option for restoration when no rapid result is expected, and is likely to lead to the target in areas with high availability of propagules. Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures is recommended when we aim at to create basic grassland vegetation in large areas and/or in a short time. The compilation of high-diversity seed mixtures for large sites is rather difficult and expensive; thus, it may be applied rather on smaller areas. We recommend combining the two kinds of seed sowing methods by sowing low-diversity mixtures in a large area and high-diversity mixtures in small blocks to create species-rich source patches for the spontaneous colonization of nearby areas. When proper local hay sources are available, the restoration with plant material transfer can be a fast and effective method for restoration.

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“…Un'ulteriore misura per mitigare gli effetti negativi dello sfalcio potrebbe infine consistere nel gestire i terreni ritirati dalla produzione in modo tale da garantire la presenza di appezzamenti -o in alcuni casi anche solo strisce di vegetazione -in cui lo sfalcio non viene eseguito, o in cui viene eseguito con una tempistica differenziata. Ciò consentirebbe l'esistenza costante di zone che possano fungere da rifugio temporaneo o da sito alternativo per gli Artropodi (Painter, 1999;citazioni Balmer e Erhardt, 2000;Braschler et al, 2009;Humbert et al, 2009;Noordijk et al, 2010 e citazioni ivi presenti), per la fauna vertebrata (Edgar et al, 2010) e per la flora (Köhler et al, 2005;Bissels et al, 2006;Valkó et al, 2012).…”

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Effectiveness of GAEC cross-compliance Standard 4.2c for biodiversity conservation in set-asides, part II (ground-dwelling Arthropods and Vertebrates)

Biaggini

Cascio²,

Bazzoffi

et al. 2016

Ital J Agronomy

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Parole chiave: Condizionalità; sviluppo rurale; Standard 4.2c; mantenimento della biodiversità; competitività.Lavoro svolto nell'ambito del Progetto MO.NA.CO. (Rete di monitoraggio nazionale dell'efficacia ambientale della condizionalità e del differenziale di competitività da essa indotto a carico delle imprese agricole) finanziato dal Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali (MiPAAF) nell'ambito del Programma Rete Rurale Nazionale nel contesto dell'Azione 1. ©Copyright M. Biaggini et al., 2015 Licenziatario PAGEPress, Italy Italian Journal of Agronomy 2015 10(s1):699 doi:10.4081/ija.2015.699 Questo articolo è distribuito secondo i termini della licenza Noncommercial Creative Commons Attribution (by-nc 3.0) che permette qualsiasi uso non commerciale, la distribuzione e la riproduzione con qualsiasi mezzo, a condizione che l'autore (autori) originale(i) e la fonte siano accreditati.

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Effects of different mowing regimes on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands

Cited by 54 publications

References 41 publications

Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie

Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie

Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs

Effectiveness of GAEC cross-compliance Standard 4.2c for biodiversity conservation in set-asides, part II (ground-dwelling Arthropods and Vertebrates)

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