Plant communities of mountain grasslands in a broad cross-section of the Eastern Alps

Lüth, Christian; Tasser, Erich; Niedrist, Georg; Via, Josef Dalla; Tappeiner, Ulrike

doi:10.1016/j.flora.2010.11.007

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“…Reaction gradient (R) was significant in Meadow. This result agrees with the findings of other authors: Lüth et al (2011) highlighted that high pH values, resulting from the absence of humic acids, due to intensive fertilization, can be found in pastures with intensive grazing or in meadows and abandoned areas above calcareous bedrock. Such an environment hosts the most nitrophilous species relatively to the study sites such as Thalictrum minus, Ranunculus venetus and Trifolium montanum .…”

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Ecological and biodiversity gradients across alpine dry grassland habitats: implications for an endangered species

Gilardelli

Gentili

Prosser

et al. 2013

Nordic Journal of Botany

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Dry grasslands are of great interest for nature conservation in Europe, because they have a central role in the conservation of numerous rare and endangered species. In this study carried out in the Brenta mountain group (Italian alps), we investigated the effect of environmental factors mainly controlled by topography, on the biodiversity trends across different dry grassland habitats where the threatened alpine stenoendemic Erysimum aurantiacum grows. Plant community data and ecological factors were analysed by means of a multi‐habitat CCA approach and by analysis of biodiversity gradients in 7 natural and semi‐natural habitats. We found that species turnover and biodiversity patterns vary as a function of multi‐factorial ecological gradients. For the single habitats, elevation gradient was the main factor explaining compositional variation, followed by inclination and proportion of exposed rock surface. Despite its endangered status, E. aurantiacum showed a relatively high degree of ecological plasticity across these semiarid grassland habitats that probably allows it to survive in different environments, including in some cases those impacted by human activities. This prompts for habitat‐ more than species‐level conservation actions. According to their characteristics and threats, habitat‐specific management practices are recommended for long term conservation of plant species communities in the different ecological niches.

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Ecological and biodiversity gradients across alpine dry grassland habitats: implications for an endangered species

Gilardelli

Gentili

Prosser

et al. 2013

Nordic Journal of Botany

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“…Hay meadows in mountain areas are characterized by outstandingly high species richness and many endangered species, which are key elements of grassland conservation policy in the EU (Bakker and Berendse, 1999;Jongepierová et al, 2007;Lüth et al, 2011;Pullin et al, 2009). Mowing in general alters the competitive environment in grasslands by suppressing dominant graminoid competitors (Ilmarinen and Mikola, 2009;Hejcman et al, 2010) and favouring several characteristic grassland forbs (Stampfli and Zeiter, 1999;Klimek et al, 2007;Williams et al, 2007).…”

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Is regular mowing the most appropriate and cost-effective management maintaining diversity and biomass of target forbs in mountain hay meadows?

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Török

Matus

et al. 2012

Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

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“…This area is dominated by grasses and has been classified as Sieversio montanae-Nardetum strictae subassociation typicum (Lüth et al, 2011). The characteristic species are Nardus stricta, Geum montanum, Carex pallescens, Hieracium hoppeanum, Phyteuma hemisphaericum, and …”

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Determining the drivers for snow gliding

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et al. 2018

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Abstract. Snow gliding is a key factor for snow glide avalanche formation and soil erosion. This study considers atmospheric 10 and snow variables, vegetation characteristics, and soil properties, and determines their relevance for snow gliding at a test site (Wildkogel, Upper Pinzgau, Austria) during winter 2014/15. The time-dependent data were collected at a high temporal resolution. In addition to conventional sensors a 'snow melt analyzer' was used.

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Plant communities of mountain grasslands in a broad cross-section of the Eastern Alps

Cited by 32 publications

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Ecological and biodiversity gradients across alpine dry grassland habitats: implications for an endangered species

Ecological and biodiversity gradients across alpine dry grassland habitats: implications for an endangered species

Is regular mowing the most appropriate and cost-effective management maintaining diversity and biomass of target forbs in mountain hay meadows?

Determining the drivers for snow gliding

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