Assessment of biomass nutritive value in the context of animal welfare and conservation of selected Natura 2000 habitats (4030, 6120 and 6210) in eastern Poland

Kulik, Mariusz; Patkowski, Krzysztof; Warda, M.; Lipiec, Antoni; Bojar, Wiktor; Gruszecki, Tomasz

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00675

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“…When looking at the nutritional needs of sheep, it should be noted that the vegetation of xerothermic grasslands is a poor fodder for animals [5,8,23], which was confirmed by the conducted research (Table 1, Figure 1). However, some diversity of vegetation was observed, which could have influenced the conditions and parameters of grazing sheep.…”

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“…They are habitats of many rare plants and animals, including rare species threatened by extinction [3,4,22]. Grazing small ruminants in xerothermic grasslands is the best method of protection [4,8,23].…”

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“…The nutritional requirements of high-production ruminants are greater than those of native breeds. In such habitats, native breeds, mainly sheep, are best suited to local environmental conditions in terms of diet and maintenance [5][6][7][8].…”

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Some Physiological Responses of Native Sheep Breeds to Environmental Conditions during Grazing in Natura 2000 Habitats

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The calcareous xerothermic grasslands of the Festuco-Brometea class are among the most endangered Natura 2000 sites in Europe. The greatest threats include a lack of grazing, secondary succession, and invasive alien and expansive native species. The abandonment of such grasslands is caused by the low nutritional value of biomass, as well as by difficult habitat conditions. The aim of this study was to assess the physiological responses of native sheep breeds to hard environmental conditions when grazing in Natura 2000 habitats and to confirm the hypothesis that native sheep of the Świniarka and Uhruska breeds can be used to protect valuable natural habitats. The analysed grasslands were characterised by very difficult climatic and edaphic conditions and a low fodder value for sheep. Grazing in environmentally valuable areas, sometimes poor in fodder, did not adversely affect the welfare of grazed sheep. In both the Uhruska and Świniarka breeds, there were no indicators for heat or nutritional stress, but physiological changes were observed in the animals’ adaptation to new environmental conditions. Despite poor fodder positions, Świniarka sheep improved their condition and body weight. Fluctuations in indicators showing an adaptation process were also visible.

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“…(Figure 8). Only noticeable increases in the shrub community area between 1997 and 2006 are the result of natural succession, which, in subsequent years, was eliminated under the active sheep grazing program for the "Kózki" nature reserve in 2010 [64]. This trend is also reflected in patch number (NP) and density (PD) analysis results (Table 3).…”

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“…Its high natural values (HNVs) are created by expanses of gray and white dunes overgrown by xeric sand calcareous grassland communities [62]. Further grassland community details of "Kózki" Nature Reserve were described by Warda et al [63] and Kulik et al [64].…”

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Introducing GEOBIA to Landscape Imageability Assessment: A Multi-Temporal Case Study of the Nature Reserve “Kózki”, Poland

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Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) is a primary remote sensing tool utilized in land-cover mapping and change detection. Land-cover patches are the primary data source for landscape metrics and ecological indicator calculations; however, their application to visual landscape character (VLC) indicators was little investigated to date. To bridge the knowledge gap between GEOBIA and VLC, this paper puts forward the theoretical concept of using viewpoint as a landscape imageability indicator into the practice of a multi-temporal land-cover case study and explains how to interpret the indicator. The study extends the application of GEOBIA to visual landscape indicator calculations. In doing so, eight different remote sensing imageries are the object of GEOBIA, starting from a historical aerial photograph (1957) and CORONA declassified scene (1965) to contemporary (2018) UAV-delivered imagery. The multi-temporal GEOBIA-delivered land-cover patches are utilized to find the minimal isovist set of viewpoints and to calculate three imageability indicators: the number, density, and spacing of viewpoints. The calculated indicator values, viewpoint rank, and spatial arrangements allow us to describe the scale, direction, rate, and reasons for VLC changes over the analyzed 60 years of landscape evolution. We found that the case study nature reserve (“Kózki”, Poland) landscape imageability transformed from visually impressive openness to imageability due to the impression of several landscape rooms enclosed by forest walls. Our results provide proof that the number, rank, and spatial arrangement of viewpoints constitute landscape imageability measured with the proposed indicators. Discussing the method’s technical limitations, we believe that our findings contribute to a better understanding of land-cover change impact on visual landscape structure dynamics and further VLC indicator development.

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Floristic diversity versus utilization value of selected semi-natural Central-European grassland communities: A study from Poland

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Assessment of biomass nutritive value in the context of animal welfare and conservation of selected Natura 2000 habitats (4030, 6120 and 6210) in eastern Poland

Cited by 3 publications

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Some Physiological Responses of Native Sheep Breeds to Environmental Conditions during Grazing in Natura 2000 Habitats

Some Physiological Responses of Native Sheep Breeds to Environmental Conditions during Grazing in Natura 2000 Habitats

Introducing GEOBIA to Landscape Imageability Assessment: A Multi-Temporal Case Study of the Nature Reserve “Kózki”, Poland

Floristic diversity versus utilization value of selected semi-natural Central-European grassland communities: A study from Poland

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