The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

Venn, Stephen; Ambarlı, Didem; Biurrun, Idoia; Dengler, Jürgen; Куземко, Анна; Török, Péter; Vrahnakis, Michael

doi:10.1515/hacq-2017-0019

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“…In our last report (Venn et al 2018), we informed about the re-launch of the EDGG managed GrassPlot database, based on the former Database Species-Area Relationships in Palaearctic Grasslands (Dengler et al 2012). GrassPlot stores multi-scale richness, composition and environmental data from precisely delimited plots of grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic Realm.…”

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The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018–2019

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This report summarises the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) from January 2018 through July 2019. During the reported period, two Eurasian Grassland Conference (EGCs) took place: the 15th EGC in Sulmona, Italy, and the 16th EGC in Graz, Austria. The 11th and 12th EDGG Field Workshops studied vegetation diversity patterns in the inner alpine valleys of Austria and Switzerland, while the 13th Field Workshop was organised in Armenia. The formerly electronic newsletter of EDGG (Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland) was transformed into a peer-reviewed international journal, called Palaearctic Grasslands, which now is attracting both scientific and photographic contributions. Furthermore, the EDGG homepage was re-constructed with a new design and content management system. The EDGG has also finalised two grassland-related Special Features during the past 1.5 years in the international journals Tuexenia and Hacquetia, and contributed with eight chapters to the book Grasslands of the World: Diversity, Management and Conservation. The vegetation-plot database GrassPlot, containing standardised multi-scale data from Palaearctic grasslands and closely connected with EDGG, has developed well, as did some other regional and national grassland-focused databases.

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“…This report provides an overview of the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG; http://www.edgg.org) since the previous such report (Venn et al 2018), that is, from the beginning of 2018 to mid-2019.…”

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“…The management of grasslands has undergone dramatic changes over the last centuries worldwide, both intensification of agricultural utilization and abandonment of traditional management practices led to the decline of their conservation value (Deák et al, 2017;Valkó et al, 2018). Moreover, the former area of grasslands has been fragmented and their ecological functions have been deteriorated, which makes them vulnerable (Bakker and Berendse, 1999;Kelemen et al, 2013).…”

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Consumption rate and dietary choice of cattle in species-rich mesic grasslands

Balogh

Tóthmérész

Valkó³

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For the improvement and maintenance of the desirable ecological value of grasslands it is necessary to manage them in a way which maintains their structure and their long-term functioning. Extensive grazing plays a crucial role in the seasonal biomass removal, thereby it prevents litter accumulation and shrub encroachment. Defoliation and biomass removal are 2 among the most important effects of grazing on the vegetation, while the sufficient quantity and quality of plant biomass is an important ecosystem service for animal husbandry. In order to maintain the long term functioning of pastures it is important to gather information about the amount of consumed biomass and the dietary choice of the grazers. Therefore, we studied the direct effects of grazing on species-rich meadow steppes in Central-Hungary and the underlying mechanisms of dietary choice of cattle using trait-based approach. We asked the following questions: (i) What are the direct effects of grazing on the main biomass fractions (litter, moss, forbs and graminoids)? (ii) Which traits distinguish the preferred and nonpreferred vascular plant species? The studied pastures were divided into two adjacent units, which were managed differently in the study year: the grazed units were managed by grazing for three months before the sampling date, while the control units remained ungrazed until the sampling. We collected above-ground biomass samples, measured leaf traits and shoot nitrogen content of plants. The consumption of the litter and moss biomass was negligible, while the reduction of the live biomass of vascular plants was 65%. Grazing significantly decreased the flowering success of plants. Cattle consumed species characterized by high specific leaf area and high nitrogen content. Based on our results we emphasize that, in order to ensure the reproduction of most plant species in the long term, it is unfavourable to graze an area every year in the same period. Instead, it is recommended to use grazing in a mosaic spatial and temporal pattern. The livestock carrying capacity of an area and the long-term management of grasslands can be carefully planned based on biomass measurements and the nutritional value of plants, which is well indicated by some easily measurable plant properties such as specific leaf area and the nitrogen content of species.

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“…It is the first Special Issue after the re-launch of Phytocoenologia (Bergmeier et al 2015). It was initiated and organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG; http:// www.edgg.org), with more than 1,000 members from more than 60 countries, which is the biggest Working Group of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS; http://iavs.org; Venn et al 2016). This Special Issue is in line with a long series of Special Issues in international journals organised by the EDGG (e.g.…”

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Classification of Palaearctic grasslands

Janišová¹,

Dengler²,

Willner³

2016

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Along with a brief introduction to the four research articles of the Special Issue "Classification of Palaearctic grasslands", we present a bibliometric analysis of publication trends regarding classification of Palaearctic grasslands in journals included in the Web of Science database. Regional studies (covering only a part of a country's territory) prevailed (51%), but supra-national studies were more numerous (34%) than national overviews (15%). Four European countries (Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy and Slovakia) were included in the highest number of grassland classification studies (12 each). The publication of grassland classification studies in Web of Science journals continuously increased during the last 15 years. Festuco-Brometea and Molinio-Arrhenatheretea were the most frequently studied grassland classes. Phytocoenologia and Tuexenia were the most popular outlets for original grassland classification studies, while Journal of Vegetation Science had a leading position in publishing methodological articles with relation to grassland vegetation. Methods of unsupervised hierarchical classification were most common in grassland classification studies. Publications outside the Web of Science were not analysed although they represent an important source of knowledge in grassland classification.

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The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

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The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018–2019

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018–2019

Consumption rate and dietary choice of cattle in species-rich mesic grasslands

Classification of Palaearctic grasslands

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