Millennial scale perspective on biodiversity conservation of the forest-steppe ecotone in Europe

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“…Other reasons for the abandonment of the arable land in the northern hemisphere are the location of the fields in hill and mountain areas, fragmentation and transition of the ownership from public to private (e.g., in the former communist countries) [ 3 , 4 , 5 ], population migration from rural to urban areas [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], etc. Thus, the restoration of ex-arable land as successional secondary grassland [ 4 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ] is one of the ways of successful recovery of the economical, ecological and even social functions [ 3 , 10 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ] of these land surfaces. The great importance of the ex-arable land reclamation by turning it in grassland consists in numerous advantages.…”

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“…The great importance of the ex-arable land reclamation by turning it in grassland consists in numerous advantages. The restored ex-arable grassland provides conservation of biodiversity at the landscape level [ 16 , 20 , 21 ], is a cheap forage/biomass resource [ 3 , 17 , 18 , 22 ], provides ecological services [ 6 , 7 , 12 , 16 , 19 , 23 ], enhances carbon sequestration in soil [ 1 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ], is a genetic pool of biodiversity [ 13 , 18 ] and provides habitat and refuge for wild fauna [ 6 , 16 , 29 , 30 , 31 ], etc.…”

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Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate

Sărăţeanu

Cotuna

Paraschivu

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Important land surfaces from hill and mountain areas from the northern hemisphere formerly used for cropping were abandoned. Often, the abandoned land evolved by natural succession to grassland, shrubland or even to forest. The main goal of this paper is to bring new datasets necessary for the understanding of the evolution of ex-arable grassland vegetation from the forest steppe area into relationship with climate. The researches were performed in the locality of Grădinari (Caraş-Severin County, Western Romania) on an ex-arable plot abandoned since 1995. The vegetation data were collected for 19 years (time interval 2003–2021). The analyzed vegetation features were floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The climate data considered were air temperature and rainfall amount. The vegetation and climate data were correlated statistically, with a view to highlighting the potential impact of the temperature and rainfalls during the evolution of succession process on the grassland’s floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The pressure of the increased temperatures on the natural restoration process of the biodiversity and pastoral value of ex-arable forest steppe grassland could, at least partially, be mitigated by random grazing and mulching works.

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