2017
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2816
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The reproductive potential and importance of key management aspects for successfulCalluna vulgarisrejuvenation on abandoned Continental heaths

Abstract: The abandonment of traditional pastoralism as well as the use of heath areas for military purposes has had a major impact on dry heaths in the Continental biogeographical region of Europe, causing severe degradation of its key species Calluna vulgaris (L.) HULL. The reproductive potential of this species in a Continental climate is assumed to be low, although there is yet no observational or experimental evidence for this. More knowledge is also needed about cost‐effective and sustainable measures to restore a… Show more

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“…Two years after fire management, the result shows an expected diversification and a restoration of early Calluna lifeforms. In contrast, abandoned heaths are successively controlled by degradation processes which are characterized by a predominance of mature and degenerated Calluna phases (Miller and Miles 1970;Henning et al 2017). In this case, the regeneration of Calluna after controlled burning is realized via seed germination or vegetative propagation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two years after fire management, the result shows an expected diversification and a restoration of early Calluna lifeforms. In contrast, abandoned heaths are successively controlled by degradation processes which are characterized by a predominance of mature and degenerated Calluna phases (Miller and Miles 1970;Henning et al 2017). In this case, the regeneration of Calluna after controlled burning is realized via seed germination or vegetative propagation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Age-related differences in Calluna nutrient uptake and growth rate are expected to influence the impacts of N deposition on heathlands (Jones and Power, 2015;Meyer-Grünefeldt et al, 2015), but till now only a limited number of studies have assessed these effects (i.e., Britton et al, 2008;Jones and Power, 2015). European heathlands have traditionally been managed to create pastures for breeding livestock and their nutrient poor status has been preserved through practices as mowing, sod cutting and prescribed burning (Fagúndez, 2013;Härdtle et al, 2006Härdtle et al, , 2009, resulting in the periodic rejuvenation of heathland vegetation (Gimingham, 1972;Henning et al, 2017). In recent decades, however, land use abandonment has led to heathland management cessation and to Calluna plants reaching the mature or degenerate phase of development (sensu Gimingham, 1972;Calvo et al, 2007;Henning et al, 2017).…”
Section: U N C O R R E C T E D P R O O Fmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…European heathlands have traditionally been managed to create pastures for breeding livestock and their nutrient poor status has been preserved through practices as mowing, sod cutting and prescribed burning (Fagúndez, 2013;Härdtle et al, 2006Härdtle et al, , 2009, resulting in the periodic rejuvenation of heathland vegetation (Gimingham, 1972;Henning et al, 2017). In recent decades, however, land use abandonment has led to heathland management cessation and to Calluna plants reaching the mature or degenerate phase of development (sensu Gimingham, 1972;Calvo et al, 2007;Henning et al, 2017). As time progresses since the last management (e.g., prescribed burning, mowing, sod-cutting, and grazing), ageing heathland ecosystems accumulate N in soils and in the vegetation biomass (Härdtle et al, 2009;Jones and Power, 2015).…”
Section: U N C O R R E C T E D P R O O Fmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Heathlands dominated by the dwarf shrub Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull (henceforth referred to as Calluna) are semi-natural ecosystems on nutrient-poor soils pertaining to traditional cultural landscapes within Atlantic Europe (Loidi et al, 2010), highly endangered across their entire distribution range (Fagúndez, 2013). Land-use changes (abandonment or intensification), N pollution, natural succession, and invasion by exotic species are the main drivers causing heathland habitat destruction and fragmentation throughout Europe (e.g., Bartolomé et al, 2005;Britton et al, 2017;Henning et al, 2017;Rose et al, 2000). Many heathland field-surveys and N-manipulation experiments over different temporal scales have strongly demonstrated that elevated N deposition leads to (1) changes in plant growth, phenology and chemistry (e.g., Bähring et al, 2017;Britton and Fisher, 2008), (2) increased plant sensitivity to abiotic/biotic stressors (e.g., Heil and Diemont, 1983;Prins et al, 1991), (3) a reduction in plant diversity (Britton and Fisher, 2007;Maskell et al, 2010;Southon et al, 2013), (4) the loss of N-sensitive plant species U N C O R R E C T E D P R O O F (Caporn et al, 2014;Van den Berg et al, 2008), and (5) the invasion by nitrophilous species (Britton and Fisher, 2007;Southon et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%