Vegetation Transformations of Kujawy-Pomerania Region in the Last Twenty Years Period

Załuski, Tomasz

doi:10.2478/v10107-009-0017-y

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“…This is confirmed by studies in southern Poland (DZWONKO 2011;SKOWRONEK et al 2011;ŚWIERCZ 2011;TOWPASZ, STACHURSKA-SWAKOŃ 2011;WILCZEK et al 2011), south-eastern (CWENER, NOWAK 2011) and central (KIEDRZYŃSKI et al 2011, KUROWSKI et al 2011WOZIWODA, AMBROŻKIEWICZ 2011;WOZIWODA, KOMPERDA 2011;WOZIWODA, MICHALSKA-HEJDUK 2011) as well as north and western regions of Poland (ADAMOWSKI, BOMANOWSKA 2011;RATYŃSKA et al 2011;ZAŁUSKI 2011).…”

Section: Nature Of Changes In Landscape Management In the 20 Th Centusupporting

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Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Bomanowska

Kiedrzyński

2011

biologica

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The objective of this paper is to present the effects of general changes in land use in recent decades on plant cover structure in Poland. The paper is focused on spontaneous processes that occur in agricultural and forest areas being no longer under human pressure. Studies carried out in different geobotanical regions of Poland demonstrated that the directions and range of dynamic changes in plant cover are similar across the country. The formation of secondary forest phytocenoses, on the lands delivered from human activity is a common ecological process observed today in the agricultural landscape. In the dynamics of forest vegetation the basic process is regeneration after ceased use, and the introduction of legal protection.

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Section: Nature Of Changes In Landscape Management In the 20 Th Centusupporting

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Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Bomanowska

Kiedrzyński

2011

biologica

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“…The major threats to moist meadows include changes in water relations, excessive fertilisation, and changes in land management, i.e. either intensification or complete abandonment of management (Ellenberg 1988;Kotańska 1993;Załuski 2007Załuski , 2011Suder 2008;Michalska-Hejduk & Kopeć 2012;Trąba & Wolański 2012;Kulik 2014). Many authors report that abandonment is the primary cause of the disappearance of Molinia meadows.…”

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“…Consequently, disappearance of characteristic species, reduction of the surface area of typical communities and associations, and emergence of impoverished communities devoid of a majority of rare and Molinion-characteristic species can be observed (Bator 2005;Kompała-Bąba & Bąba 2007;Suder 2008;Bochnak 2011;Trąba & Wolański 2012).) Abandonment of meadows in periodically or excessively wet areas promotes development of scrub communities from the alliance Filipendulion (Ellenberg 1988;Załuski 2011). In this case, Filipendula ulmaria, which is an expansive species regarded as a long-term succession promoter, may become one of the dominant species (Trąba & Wolański 2012).…”

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“…Abandonment of previous management forms leads to changes in the species composition, limitation of species diversity, spread of expansive perennials, and ini tiation of secondary succession. This process results in loss of species with narrow environmental requirements, floristic impoverishment of stands, an increased proportion of expansive species, and transformation of phytocoenoses towards scrub communities (Tumidajowicz & Zubel 1978;Ellenberg 1988;Kępczyński & Załuski 1991;Dubiel 1996;Grynia 1996;Kotańska 1993;Dubiel 1995;Barabasz 1997;Kucharski 1999;Kołodziejek & Michalska-Hejduk 2004;Bator 2005;Havlová 2006;Kącki 2007;Kompała-Bąba & Bąba 2007;Řezníčková 2007;Załuski 2007Załuski , 2011Chytrý 2010;Kącki & Michalska-Hejduk 2010;Bochnak 2011;Kącki 2012;Kulik 2013;Trąba & Wolański 2012;Hegedüšová & Škodová 2014). The communities from the alliance Molinion are one of the most endangered in the country.…”

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Current state and changes in Molinion meadows from Kostrze environs in Kraków

Wójcik

Janicka

2016

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The study was carried out in the Kostrze housing estate in Kraków. In the 2015 vegetation season, 35 relevés were taken with the Braun-Blanquet method. The aim of the study was to compile the current characteristics of the vegetation in intermittently wet Molinia meadows and to identify changes that occurred within 25 years. The analysed meadow stands comprised 129 species of vascular plants. The relevés showed the presence of 17-50 species (on average 36). The characteristic species exhibited high abundance and high degrees of constancy. In total, 16 characteristic species of the alliance Molinion were recorded. Molinia caerulea, Galium boreale, and Sanguisorba officinalis were the dominant species in a majority of the analysed stands. The average number of species occurring in the purple moor-grass meadows in Kostrze is currently higher than 25 years ago (an increase from 28 to 36). The list of characteristic species has not changed substantially (three new species were noted: Betonica officinalis, Carex tomentosa, and Ophioglossum vulgatum), and the differences in the floristic composition are mainly related to sporadic species. Abandonment of land use triggered succession and a decline in the surface area of the analysed meadows. Therefore, species characteristic for other habitats, primarily tree and shrub seedlings as well as expansive grasses (Calamagrostis epigejos, Phragmites australis) have appeared in these meadow stands.

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“…The economic changeovers impacted on environmental changes, modified crops and agricultural landscape structure [16][17][18][19]. Habitat degradation (e.g., changes in water relations) and the abandonment or intensification of management in meadows lead to floristic changes in meadow communities [10,20,21].…”

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Conservation status and trends in the transformation of Molinia meadows in the Łąki w Komborni Natura 2000 site, SE Poland

2017

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The aim of this study was to provide a phytosociological and ecological characterization of meadow communities in the Łąki w Komborni Natura 2000 site (SE Poland), assess the trends in their transformation, and indicate the major threats impacting on their conservation. The study was conducted in 2015-2016. Three types of meadow communities were distinguished (alliances Molinion, Arrhenatherion, Filipendulion), due to the absence of the species characteristic for associations. The species richness noted per relevé differed significantly between the types of meadows (Kruskal-Wallis test: H = 21.65, p < 0.05). The highest floristic biodiversity (H' = 2.99) was noted for the meadow patches classified as in the Molinion alliance and the lowest (H' = 2.50) was found for the patches from the Filipendulion alliance. Mean values of the ecological indicators (F, R, N) differed between the meadow communities. The greatest disparity was noted for the mean values of the soil moisture indicator (from 6.42 to 7.45). Patches classified in the Filipendulion alliance were developed on the wettest soil substratum, whereas the patches classified in the Arrhenatherion alliance were predominant on a relatively dry substratum. The abandonment of traditional management practices (grazing, mowing) has contributed to transformation of the Molinia meadows, disappearance of characteristic species and succession of shrubs. The Molinia meadow habitat should be conserved by improvement of protection measures (appropriate mowing regime and removal of biomass) to conserve a high species richness and the rare and protected plant species.

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Vegetation Transformations of Kujawy-Pomerania Region in the Last Twenty Years Period

Cited by 5 publications

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Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Current state and changes in Molinion meadows from Kostrze environs in Kraków

Conservation status and trends in the transformation of Molinia meadows in the Łąki w Komborni Natura 2000 site, SE Poland

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