Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation

Redecker, Bernd; Finck, Peter; Riecken, Uwe; Schröder, Eckhard

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“…Our study confirmed the trend of decline in biodiversity of species-rich dry calcareous grasslands after abandonment of traditional management during recent decades shown in other studies from Central Europe (Galvánek, Lepš, 2008;Schrautzer et al, 2009;Hegedüšová, Senko, 2011;Pipenbaher et al, 2013). From numerous studies, it is clear that the dry calcareous grasslands should receive attention in regard to conservation management (WallisDeVries, 1999;Barbaro et al, 2001;Münzbergová, 2001;Willems, 2001;Kahmen et al, 2002;Riecken et al, 2002;WallisDeVries et al, 2002;Bąba, 2004;Masé, 2005;Bornkamm, 2006;Stadler et al, 2007;Dostálek, Frantík, 2008;Peter et al, 2009;Hegedüšová, Senko 2011;Kuzemko et al, 2016). Our study showed similar conclusions as these studies.…”

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“…The abandonment of traditional forms of land use such as grazing and mowing over the last decades has brought an increasing concern about the consequences of the resulting expansion of shrubs and trees on species-rich dry calcareous grasslands (Dzwonko, Loster, 1998;Hansson, Fogelfors, 2000;Willems, 2001;Bąba, 2003;Alard et al, 2005;Köhler et al, 2005;Dostálek, Frantík, 2008;Schrautzer et al, 2009;Jacquemyn et al, 2010;Ruprecht et al, 2010;Török, Szitár, 2010;Tälle et al, 2018). Some studies have shown that the abandonment of traditional land use had negative impact on the species richness, diversity, and area of dry grasslands in Central Europe Galvánek, Lepš, 2008;Schrautzer et al, 2009;Hegedüšová, Senko, 2011;Pipenbaher et al, 2013), and in the last few years, more attention is being devoted to conservation management (Poschlod et al, 1998;Barbaro et al, 2001;Münzbergová, 2001;Willems, 2001;Kahmen et al, 2002;Riecken et al, 2002;WallisDeVries et al, 2002;Bąba, 2004;Masé, 2005;Bornkamm, 2006;Stadler et al, 2007;Dostálek, Frantík, 2008;Peter et al, 2009;Kuzemko et al, 2016). The importance of conservation management and maintenance of traditional ways of farming is visible not only in the case of grasslands but also in the case of various other types of habitats (Mojses, Petrovič, 2013;Špulerová et al, 2016) and other scientists have also devoted their research to changes in various types of vegetation (Palaj, Kollár, 2018).…”

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Changes in the Diversity of Dry Calcareous Grasslands After Abandonment of Traditional Management in Devínska Kobyla National Nature Reserve (Southwestern Slovakia, Central Europe)

Rendeková

Miškovic

Mičieta

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Ekológia (Bratislava)

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AbstractThis study is focused on the evaluation of the values of the diversity indices of semi-natural dry calcareous grasslands of the Festuco-Brometea class in the area of Devínska Kobyla National Nature Reserve 50 years after abandonment of traditional management (grazing and mowing). The values of the species richness, the Shannon–Wiener index of diversity, the Simpson index, and Pielou’s measure of species evenness in the communities in the old and recent data, and the values of the environmental variables based on the Ellenberg indicator values of species were analyzed. For most of these analyses, we used Kruskal–Wallis in R 3.5.1. Compared to the past, we have recorded a significant lower values of the species richness, biodiversity, and species evenness in some communities. In some communities, no significant changes were recorded. Only in one community—Poo badensis-Festucetum pallentis, the higher values of Shannon–Wiener index was recorded compared to the past. The analysis of the Ellenberg indicator values revealed a statistically significant higher Ellenberg indicator values for moisture and nutrients and lower values for light in more recent period compared to the old period. The recorded results could be caused by the changes in the management after the year 1965, after abandonment of grazing and the gradual overgrowing by woody species took place in the area. The frequency of occurrence of some woody species (e.g., Populus alba, P. nigra, and Robinia pseudoacacia) in some communities increased compared to the past.

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Changes in the Diversity of Dry Calcareous Grasslands After Abandonment of Traditional Management in Devínska Kobyla National Nature Reserve (Southwestern Slovakia, Central Europe)

Rendeková

Miškovic

Mičieta

et al. 2020

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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The use of cattle Bos taurus for restoring and maintaining holarctic landscapes: Conclusions from a long‐term study (1946–2017) in northern England

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Bunce

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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Cattle Bos taurus can perform valuable ecological functions in the maintenance of high nature value (HNV) pastoral systems. They have also attracted attention as potentially filling the ecological niches of megaherbivores, notably the extinct aurochs Bos primigenius, in rewilding initiatives. Native cattle breeds are recognized under the 1992 Rio Convention as components of biodiversity. They are used in HNV settings, but their conservation as breeds has rarely been an important consideration for their management in these contexts. The Chillingham herd has been kept under minimal management in Chillingham Park (northern England) for several centuries. Chillingham Park is not a rewilding scenario, but the long‐term study of the cattle can be informative for the design of rewilding schemes that involve cattle as megaherbivores. The pastures of the park are species‐rich seminatural grasslands. To 2004, pasture management was influenced by the need to provide herbage for a flock of sheep that was under separate ownership, as well as for the cattle. Surveys of the vegetation conducted in 1979 and 2006–2008 showed a decline of plant species richness (species per 100 m2 quadrat) from 33.8 in 1979 to 22.6 in 2006–2008. This was acceptable as the conservation priority has always been the cattle herd. With removal of the sheep from 2004, it became possible to include recovery of plant diversity as a management goal. In 2017, the cattle numbered 111 (64 in 1979). Plant species richness in 2017 had increased to 26.3 species per quadrat. It has therefore been possible at Chillingham both to conserve the cattle herd and to improve plant diversity. While providing basic information of relevance to the management of cattle in free‐ranging situations, this study also suggests a general principle, that the management of pastoral landscapes by native breeds of cattle, can deliver multiple conservation benefits.

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Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation

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Changes in the Diversity of Dry Calcareous Grasslands After Abandonment of Traditional Management in Devínska Kobyla National Nature Reserve (Southwestern Slovakia, Central Europe)

Changes in the Diversity of Dry Calcareous Grasslands After Abandonment of Traditional Management in Devínska Kobyla National Nature Reserve (Southwestern Slovakia, Central Europe)

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The use of cattle Bos taurus for restoring and maintaining holarctic landscapes: Conclusions from a long‐term study (1946–2017) in northern England

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