Medium-term success of revegetation methods for high-mountain grassland reclamation in the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (NE Spain)

Madruga-Andreu, C.; Plaixats, J.; López‐i‐Gelats, Feliu; Bartolomé, Jordi

doi:10.1080/11263504.2011.601341

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“…The decline of the family-run, transhumant mountain pastoralism is pervasive in Europe (MacDonald et al, 2000;Gellrich et al, 2008). Some point the urgent need for seminatural grassland restoration (Madruga et al, 2011).…”

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Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees

López‐i‐Gelats

Rivera-Ferré

Madruga-Andreu

et al. 2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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Land abandonment is pervasive in mountainous Europe. In the present situation of price-cost squeeze on pastoral households and general shift in the role of farming, the development of farming abandonment risk regions is generally associated with adoption of new multifunctional rural development strategies, such as farm tourism, which in the end entail less time being devoted to farming practices. We explored the effects of such developmental scheme on the preservation of semi-natural grasslands, in particular, and on the sustainability of mountain pastoralism, in general. While the effects on the preservation of semi-natural grasslands of full abandonment have been extensively explored, this is not the case of partial abandonment. Results showed that the adoption of simplified and low-cost management regimes, associated with partial abandonment and the increased adoption of part-time farming, immerses semi-natural grasslands in processes of secondary succession that undermine both their conservation and pastoral functions. This points the need for caution when endorsing multifunctional developmental schemes in farming abandonment risk regions, particularly when those imply less labor being devoted to pastoral practices. In conclusion, we stress that in farming abandonment risk regions it is possible to guarantee both viable pastoralism and diversified rural economy. However, it is necessary to implement developmental strategies that are centered on stimulating synergies between pastoralism and other economic activities, rather than promoting activities that depend on additional farmers' polyvalence.Additional key words: land abandonment; diversification; rural development; Arrhenatherion elatioris. Abbreviations used: CCA (canonical correspondence analysis). Citation: López-i-Gelats, F.; Rivera-Ferre, M. G.; Madruga-Andreu, C.; Bartolomé Filella, J. (2015). Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees.

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Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees

López‐i‐Gelats

Rivera-Ferré

Madruga-Andreu

et al. 2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…According to Janišová et al (2011) andMadruga-Andreu et al (2011), sowing commercial seed mixtures is not the best solution in terms of nature conservation measures, namely in the re-establishment of floristic composition of native communities included in habitats of Directive 92/43/EEC. Other solutions based on regional seed mixtures will certainly be a better choice for recreating the composition of original native species (Prach et al 2014).…”

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Restoration of European habitats in mainland Portugal, using commercial seed mixtures. Considerations for its management and conservation

Ribeiro

Simões

Felizes

et al. 2018

Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all As

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a leaf -linking landscape, environment, agriculture and food, instituto superior de agronomia, universidade de lisboa, lisboa, Portugal; b instituto superior de agronomia, universidade de lisboa, lisboa, Portugal ABSTRACT Permanent mountain pastures include meadows and other perennial pastures of high ecological, economic, cultural and scenic value. Increasing desertification limits the maintenance and conservation of its biodiversity and the associated landscape mosaic. A restoration experiment in permanent high altitude grasslands in Beira Alta (Centre East (CE) mainland Portugal) was made, by sowing adequate cultivars of existing grass and legume species. The main objectives addressed were: (1) comparison of floristic composition between reference communities included in the previous habitats and the improved communities;(2) evaluation of the success of sowing adequate cultivars of autochthonous species; (3) evaluation of the establishment of target species in terms of the maintenance of floristic composition of reference. The experiment was carried out in 2014 on nine farms situated in Beira Alta (Guarda District) and the phytosociological method was applied in the floristic surveys. The sown species with highest percentage of soil cover were Trifolium subterraneum, Lolium multiflorum, Ornithopus sativus and Trifolium vesiculosum. In the priority habitat 6220 it was observed a re-establishment of many species in their original composition and a high cover of several cultivars of Trifolium subterraneum. These results highlight the importance of using cultivars of autochthonous species in the improvement of altitude pastures. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In our study this could be verified by medium-term site monitoring. The results presented in this study are, in fact, related to an observation period of one year after hydroseeding; additional considerations will be made hereafter, as many authors have done in the medium term (Bochet et al, 2010b;Madruga-Andreu et al, 2011).…”

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“…The species composition of the commercial seed mixture used in the hydroseeding treatments is shown in table 2; the choice of a commercial mixture was recently supported by Oliveira et al (2011) who revealed some drawbacks in the use of native species as relatively slow germination, seasonality, and seed dormancy-breaking requirements. However, we note that many studies recommend the use of native species in performing hydroseeding (Paschke et al, 2000;Matesanz et al, 2006;Tinsley et al, 2006;Tormo et al, 2007;Bochet et al, 2010aBochet et al, , 2010bGarcia-Palacios et al, 2010;Madruga-Andreu et al, 2011) comparing them to commercial ones, and deriving from native species a better plant cover in exchange for a higher initial cost.…”

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Hydroseeding Application on Degraded Slopes in the Southern Mediterranean Area (Sicily)

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Medium-term success of revegetation methods for high-mountain grassland reclamation in the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (NE Spain)

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees

Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees

Restoration of European habitats in mainland Portugal, using commercial seed mixtures. Considerations for its management and conservation

Hydroseeding Application on Degraded Slopes in the Southern Mediterranean Area (Sicily)

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