The Effect of Vaccinium vitis-idaea on Properties of Mountain-Meadow Soil under Alpine Lichen Heath

Макаров, М. И.; Kadulin, M. S.; Turchin, S. R.; Малышева, Т. И.; Aksenova, A. A.; Онипченко, В. Г.; Menyailo, O. V.

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“…We found that other biological variables predictably influenced edelweiss fitness. For example, (semi‐)woody plants affect smaller herbaceous plants by shading, reducing soil moisture, and increasing soil acidity (Gabay et al., 2012 ; Kröpfl et al., 2002 ; Makarov et al., 2019 ), and these effects can explain their negative association with the light‐demanding edelweiss that grows mostly on base‐rich soils. Hemiparasites, none of which infect edelweiss, may have also had a facilitative effect by infecting co‐occurring species, especially belonging to the Poaceae, Rosaceae, and Fabaceae families (Bao et al., 2015 ; Ren et al., 2010 ; Suetsugu et al., 2008 ).…”

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Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians

Maghiar

Stoica

Tanentzap

2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Both climate change and human exploitation are major threats to plant life in mountain environments. One species that may be particularly sensitive to both of these stressors is the iconic alpine flower edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum Colm.). Its populations have declined across Europe due to over‐collection for its highly prized flowers. Edelweiss is still subject to harvesting across the Romanian Carpathians, but no study has measured to what extent populations are vulnerable to anthropogenic change. Here, we estimated the effects of climate and human disturbance on the fitness of edelweiss. We combined demographic measurements with predictions of future range distribution under climate change to assess the viability of populations across Romania. We found that per capita and per‐area seed number and seed mass were similarly promoted by both favorable environmental conditions, represented by rugged landscapes with relatively cold winters and wet summers, and reduced exposure to harvesting, represented by the distance of plants from hiking trails. Modeling these responses under future climate scenarios suggested a slight increase in per‐area fitness. However, we found plant ranges contracted by between 14% and 35% by 2050, with plants pushed into high elevation sites. Synthesis. Both total seed number and seed mass are expected to decline across Romania despite individual edelweiss fitness benefiting from a warmer and wetter climate. More generally, our approach of coupling species distribution models with demographic measurements may better inform conservation strategies of ways to protect alpine life in a changing world.

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Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians

Maghiar

Stoica

Tanentzap

2021

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Soil structure is the key factor in soil fertility and agricultural productivity and has great ecological importance; it depends on the interaction of soil type with management practice and environmental conditions (CIRIC et. al., 2012;MAKAROV et. al., 2019;KLIMEK et.…”

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The Impact of the Grasslands Fertilization. Case Study –Fertilisation in the Lower Plain of Banat Romania

SAMFIRA¹,

Miclau²,

TOPORAN³

2021

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In the case of meadows, it is very important to correlate the productive capacity (given by the rating notes) and the correct animal load. Thus, the rating notes indicate the average potential in the current state of exploitation and conservation of soils, potential that can be improved considering the fact that some indicators such as reaction, humus reserve, and porosity are properties that in case of applying measures that widen the area. Manifestation of them as well as of other properties of the environmental factors taken in the calculation of the rating notes. The detailed knowledge of the factors that contribute to the increase or decrease of the production capacity of each part of the territory can ensure for the decision maker an effective tool for choosing working procedures that favor an efficient use of land resources. Nutrient-rich grasslands are dominated by fast-growing species, and nutrient-poor grasslands are dominated by slow-growing conservative species. Traditionally managed grasslands have been widely used in mowing and grazing and have hardly received artificial fertilizers, providing a wide range of habitats that support high biological diversity. But due to the intensive management of pastures, the high intake of nutrients and the increased frequency of defoliation, on the one hand, and the abandonment of marginal pastures, on the other hand, the biodiversity of grasslands has suffered a dramatic decline in recent years. Human activities have significantly altered the availability of nitrogen (N) in most terrestrial ecosystems, with consequences for community composition and ecosystem functioning.

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The Effect of Ericoid Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Plants on Soil Properties of Grass Meadow in Tundra of the Khibiny Mountains

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The Effect of Vaccinium vitis-idaea on Properties of Mountain-Meadow Soil under Alpine Lichen Heath

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians

Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians

The Impact of the Grasslands Fertilization. Case Study –Fertilisation in the Lower Plain of Banat Romania

The Effect of Ericoid Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Plants on Soil Properties of Grass Meadow in Tundra of the Khibiny Mountains

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