Inland Sand Ecosystems: Dynamics and restitution as a consequence of the use of different grazing systems

Schwabe, Angelika; Rémy, Dominique; Aßmann, Thorsten; Mährlein, Albrecht; Nobis, Michael; Storm, Christian; Zehm, Andreas; Schlemmer, Harald; Seuß, Robert; Bergmann, Sabine; Eichberg, Carsten; Menzel, Uwe; Persigehl, Markus; Zimmermann, K.; Weinert, Mareike

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55953-2_18

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“…The development of most of these open habitats resulted from human activities, especially as a consequence of diverse land-use forms practised in historical times (Hüppe 1993;Wilmanns 1997;Schwabe et al 2002). Normally, they are characterised by nutrient poverty, shifting sands (sand dynamics), sparse vegetation, dry and hot microclimate and a very specialised flora and fauna (Irmler et al 1994;Bellmann 1997;Wiesbauer and Mazzucco 1997;Steven 2004).…”

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Ground spider assemblages as indicators for habitat structure in inland sand ecosystems

Buchholz

2010

Biodivers Conserv

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Open inland sand ecosystems harbour a specialised flora and fauna and are among the most endangered habitats in Central Europe. Land-use changes and lack of habitat dynamics are acknowledged as significant drivers for habitat loss and degradation. It is imperative for nature conservation to obtain criteria such as community structure and biodiversity of model groups to assess the conservation value of threatened habitats. By investigating the correlation between ground spider assemblages and habitat structure, the study aimed to find out the indicator potential of spiders in order to promote conservation objectives and management strategies for open inland sand ecosystems. Non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed four habitat groups with distinct spider assemblages that clearly reflected the whole variety of habitat structure types within the study area. Species distribution was constrained by biotic and abiotic gradients while the ecological traits of spiders differed significantly among the groups. Generalised linear models showed that abundances of particular species were significantly correlated with environmental factors and habitat structure, making them thus suitable as focal species to assess natural habitat modifications as well as success of management efforts. Based on these findings, we derived major aims for successful habitat management of inland sand ecosystems taking into account also the needs of arthropod conservation. Management should include both small and large reserves when aiming for higher levels of disturbance, and sand dynamics to prevent increasing scrub encroachment and to create a larger number of early succession stages.

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Ground spider assemblages as indicators for habitat structure in inland sand ecosystems

Buchholz

2010

Biodivers Conserv

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“…ssh = sward surface height, 90% = 90% height, denseness = column denseness, error bars = standard deviation. soil disturbances, grazing management is one of the most commonly used tools for intermediate disturbance regimes (Schwabe et al 2002a;Zehm et al 2002).…”

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“…In our case studies the sampling design was systematic-random stratified according to defined vegetation complexes (Schwabe et al 2002a;Zehm et al 2002, see also Sections 8.1 and 8.2). The number of plots for vertical vegetation structure analysis in central European grasslands should be at least 3 for plant communities dominated by small plant individuals (e.g.…”

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Multiparameter analysis of vertical vegetation structure based on digital image processing

Zehm

Nobis

Schwabe

2003

Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

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Vegetation dynamics on the Łeba Bar/Poland: a comparison of the vegetation in 1932 and 2006 with special regard to endangered habitats

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Dolnik³

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J Coast Conserv

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Inland Sand Ecosystems: Dynamics and restitution as a consequence of the use of different grazing systems

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Ground spider assemblages as indicators for habitat structure in inland sand ecosystems

Ground spider assemblages as indicators for habitat structure in inland sand ecosystems

Multiparameter analysis of vertical vegetation structure based on digital image processing

Vegetation dynamics on the Łeba Bar/Poland: a comparison of the vegetation in 1932 and 2006 with special regard to endangered habitats

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