Trends in the succession of synanthropic vegetation on a reclaimed landfill in Poland

Winkler, Jan; Koda, Eugeniusz; Skutnik, Zdzisław; Černý, Martin; Adamcová, Dana; Podlasek, Anna; Vaverková, Magdalena Daria

doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100299

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“…If the biomass dries out during the summer, the share of Arrhenatherum elatius, Elytrigia repens, and Lolium perenne will be important. These species produce great amounts of biomass [41][42][43][44]. Dead biomass of grasses forms a continuous layer [45], which is used by these species to protect themselves from unfavorable conditions (high temperature and evaporation).…”

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Significance of Urban Vegetation on Lawns Regarding the Risk of Fire

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Urban green infrastructure significantly influences the functioning of a city and the comfort of its residents. Lawns are an essential element of public greenery. They represent a live component, and if they are lacking, of low quality, or neglected, this will cause major problems in the urban environment. The vegetation structure of urban grassy areas changes under the influence of different management methods used for their maintenance. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the species diversity of urban lawns and to determine the influence of this vegetation on factors based on the representation of the species found. Three sites with urban lawns were chosen in a built-up city area where different types of vegetation management were applied: Typical management, in which grassy areas are mowed twice a year; intensive management, in which lawns are mowed several times a year and the biomass is removed; and extensive management, in which lawns are mowed irregularly, once a year at most, and the biomass is left unevenly on the site. Extensive management and unkempt urban grassy areas represent a high risk of fire due to the presence of plant species that produce great amounts of biomass. Combined with dry and warm weather, the dead biomass can lead to outbreaks of fire. Extensive management of urban grassy areas brings some benefits, such as lower maintenance costs and increased biodiversity and bioretention. On the other hand, intensive management reduces the risk of fire and the biodiversity of the plant community. Attention should be paid to the composition of vegetative species and their functions that could threaten the safety of residents, with the risk of fire being one of them. However, the vegetation biomass of grassy areas affected by management practices is only a precondition for the risk of fire because weather and drought occurrence play important roles as well.

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“…pose a challenge to vegetation (Álvarez-López et al, 2020;El-Sheikh et al, 2012;Rebele and Lehmann, 2016;Tintner and Klug, 2011). Studies of plant successions in landfills performed in Poland during the last 20 years have confirmed characteristic changes in vegetation composition compared to neighboring ecosystems (Winkler et al, 2021). Moreover, Winkler et al (2021Winkler et al ( , 2023 emphasized that humans not only affect landscapes but also, directly create new ecosystems, including geological-pedological layers (layers of the lithosphere).…”

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“…This time interval is linked to the intense and escalating human impact on the environment (Waters et al, 2016), which has left permanent changes in the subsurface part of the lithosphere and will be recognized in the fossil record in the future . Although the definition and acceptance (ratification) of the Anthropocene is still a matter of intense discussion in the geological community, the number of geological and geographical societies leaning toward its official 1 Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic 2 Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland Trihadiningrum, 2019; Li and Achal, 2020;Winkler et al, 2021). Solid waste and sediments (also from households) represent an important trace of human activity (Barfod et al, 2022).…”

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Why landfill deposits are a distinguishing feature of the Anthropocene

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2023

The Anthropocene Review

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The Anthropocene is generally defined as a postulated new geological epoch, which, according to various authors, began in the 20th century. The postulated Anthropocene Epoch is characterized by a decrease in biodiversity, climate change, transformations of the Earth’s surface, exploitation of natural resources, and environmental pollution. Waste landfills influence some of these features (e.g. biodiversity and climate change, create new anthropostratigraphic geological layers); therefore, they should also be a matter of interest and research conducted in order to become considered as a subsequent postulate confirming the Anthropocene Epoch. This paper draws attention to the fact that environments created and dominated by human activity, such as waste landfills, may be used as an effective starting point to confirm the new Anthropocene Epoch. Waste landfills contribute significantly to geological, climatic, environmental, and ecological changes (modification).

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“…Humans create habitats such as urban areas, industrial zones, railways and roads, mines, and landfills (Dijkstra et al, 2019; Sealey et al, 2018; Thomson and Newman, 2020; Winkler et al, 2021). Large construction projects and the extraction of mineral resources is evaluated primarily in relation to negative environmental impacts (Jacka, 2018; Nassani et al, 2021; Sonderegger et al, 2020), the effects on plants are neglected.…”

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Anthropogenic life strategy of plants

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Vaverková

Havel

2023

The Anthropocene Review

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Plants can adapt to different conditions. They use different life strategies which allow them to adapt and survive. While humans and human civilization cause changes in the Earth’s ecology, only negative impacts of human civilization on individual parts of ecosystems tend to be presented and described. One often omitted fact is that humans also create new habitats which, for many plant species, are new challenges necessary to trigger changes in their life strategies. In the contemporary flora, there is a group of plant species that use and prefer anthropogenic habitats, and beneficial relationships started to be established between the human civilization and certain plant species. These plants have developed a new type of strategy—the anthropogenic life strategy—as a result of the co-evolution of plants and humans. During their evolution, humans—as a biological species—have exceeded their biological boundaries and transformed into human civilization, which is a factor altering environmental conditions and contributing to the evolution of new species, including plants.

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Trends in the succession of synanthropic vegetation on a reclaimed landfill in Poland

Cited by 20 publications

References 53 publications

Significance of Urban Vegetation on Lawns Regarding the Risk of Fire

Significance of Urban Vegetation on Lawns Regarding the Risk of Fire

Why landfill deposits are a distinguishing feature of the Anthropocene

Anthropogenic life strategy of plants

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