Effects of soil properties and humidity regimes on semi-natural meadow productivity

Skuodienė, Regina; Katutis, K.; Nekrosiene, R.; Repšienė, Regina; Karčauskienė, Danutė

doi:10.1080/09064710.2016.1197966

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“…Under the Soviet Union regime (1945-1990), flooded meadows with intrinsically low potential for provisioning services were converted into cultivated grassland and thus drained, fertilized and harvested up to four times annually to produce grass meal. The collapse of this policy, the extensification of farming and the establishment of protected areas have resulted in the naturalization of the floodplain [47]. These territories have high potential for habitat provision, the regulation of air and water quality and the regulation of temperature and humidity.…”

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Expert-Based Assessment and Mapping of Ecosystem Services Potential in the Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon Region, Lithuania

Kaziukonytė

Lesutienė

Gasiūnaitė

et al. 2021

Water

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The Curonian Lagoon (SE Baltic Sea) and the coastal wetland system play a vital role in maintaining the overall cultural, economic and ecological health of the region. However, its value is still largely underestimated and there is a lack of integrated ecosystem management based on multiple ecosystem services assessment. In this study, 34 ecosystem services (ES) were identified, assessed and mapped following the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES). Using expert opinion, 35 land cover classes were scored for their ES potential, these being 15 CORINE land cover classes (CLC) and 20 Natura 2000 areas of conservation (habitat types, i.e., Sites of Community Importance). The total ES potential was calculated by averaging the opinions of experts, using self-confidence scoring as weights, and the ES relative importance index was derived from a questionnaire. As a result, three maps corresponding to each ES potential category (provisioning, regulation and maintenance and cultural) were calculated and further used for hot- and coldspot analyses. Regulation and maintenance and cultural ES were highly interrelated and had the highest potential in the studied area. Forested areas had the highest total ES potential and contributed significantly to the land cover of the ES hotspots.

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Expert-Based Assessment and Mapping of Ecosystem Services Potential in the Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon Region, Lithuania

Kaziukonytė

Lesutienė

Gasiūnaitė

et al. 2021

Water

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“…and 'depressive' Żuławy situated below sea level were distinguished (Witek, 1965;Piaścik et al, 2000). Alluvial soils are the soils that show great variability in terms of morphology, physicochemical properties, water retention properties and productivity (Skuodiene et al, 2016;Kercheva et al, 2017;Dezső et al, 2019;Gajić, 2020). They occur in river valleys and delta areas, and show large spatial differentiation (Ligęza, 2016).…”

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Origin, properties and agricultural value of alluvial soils in the Vistula and Pasłęka deltas, north Poland

Orzechowski¹,

Smólczyński²,

Kalisz³

et al. 2022

Soil Sci. Ann.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the sorptive and air-water properties of alluvial soils of the Vistula and Pasłęka deltas, typologically differentiated in terms of habitat conditions, and to determine their agricultural values. Typical ordinary alluvial soils, humic ordinary alluvial soils, and typical brown alluvial soils were developed from loam, sandy loam and silty clay loam and were located in the oldest part of Żuławy, i.e. 'high' Żuławy (from + 2.5 to + 10.0 m a.s.l.). Typical chernozemic alluvial soils and gleyic chernozemic alluvial soils were formed mainly from silt clay, silt loam and clay loam. They were located mainly in the area of 'transitional' Żuławy (from 0.0 to + 2.5 m a.s.l.), 'low' Żuławy (less than 0.0 m a.s.l.) and in the Pasłęka delta. Chernozemic alluvial soils had greater cation exchange capacity, including base cations, than brown and ordinary alluvial soils. The least favorable air-water relationships were found in ordinary alluvial soils. The volume of macropores in arable horizons of these soils ranged from 3.1% to 4.5%. The ratio of macro-to meso-and micropores was wide: 1: 4.0-5.5: 3.6-5.4, while in chernozemic alluvial soils it was 1: 1.8-2.9: 2.5-3.8. The most favorable air-water relationships were found in arable horizons of typical brown alluvial soils, in which the macro-to meso-and micropores ratio was 1.0: 1.9: 0.7. Ordinary and brown alluvial soils were of 'high' Żuławy were properly or periodically excessively moist, and they are mainly classifi ed as good and medium good arable soils, class RIIIa and RIIIb, of the good wheat soil-agricultural complex. The chernozemic alluvial soils of 'depressive' Żuławy were periodically excessively moist, periodically wet, or permanently wet in the depressive parts of the land. These soils are mainly classifi ed as arable soils medium good, class RIIIb and medium value arable soils, classes RIVa and RIVb, of good wheat soil-agricultural complex and strong forage soilagricultural complex. The alluvial soils particularly rich in fi ne silt and clay fractions (over 60%) in depressive areas should be used as permanent grasslands. The conducted research has shown that the soil conditions in the delta areas of the Vistula and Pasłęka river mouths are closely related to the origin and land hypsometry, which differentiates the water conditions, the grain size of soil formations, their type and thickness.

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“…Humidity regimes and nitrogen amount in the soil influenced dry matter yield of meadow phytocenosis. Botanical composition and plant species number depended on agrochemical characteristics of the soil and management activities (Skuodiene et al, 2016). The long lasting storages of available forms of this element cannot be formed in the soil.…”

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Available Nitrogen in the Surface Mineral Layer of Natural Meadows

Dželetović¹,

Mihailović²

2017

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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Based on a greenhouse experiment, we evaluated nitrogen availability in the surface mineral layer of soil under various natural meadow stands by analyzing the following soil characteristics: total organic C, total N, initial content of easily available N inorganic forms, mineralized N content obtained by aerobic and anaerobic incubations and A-value. The experiment was performed on a test plant and through the application of urea enriched with 5.4 % 15 N. The investigated soils under natural meadows are characterized with comparatively high mineralization intensity and high N availability indices. Contents of mineral N produced by aerobic incubation and the intensity of the mineralization correlate with the total organic C in the soil and the total N in the soil. Correlation of the availability index of the soil N produced by aerobic incubation with the total organic C and the total N in the soil under natural meadows is almost linear (r = 0.9981 and r = 0.9997, respectively). Contents of mineral N produced by anaerobic incubation, as well as the corresponding N availability and mineralization intensity indices correlate poorly with the mentioned parameters. Efficiency of nitrogen utilization from the applied N-fertilizer by the test crop varies within a wide range of values and correlates with the biomass yields of the test crop.

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Effects of soil properties and humidity regimes on semi-natural meadow productivity

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Expert-Based Assessment and Mapping of Ecosystem Services Potential in the Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon Region, Lithuania

Expert-Based Assessment and Mapping of Ecosystem Services Potential in the Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon Region, Lithuania

Origin, properties and agricultural value of alluvial soils in the Vistula and Pasłęka deltas, north Poland

Available Nitrogen in the Surface Mineral Layer of Natural Meadows

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