Achieving conservation outcomes in plant mitigation translocations: the need for global standards

CAT Doyle, T Abeli, MA Albrecht, J Bellis, B Colas… - Plant Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Many countries have legislation intended to limit or offset the impact of anthropogenic
disturbance and development on threatened plants. Translocations are often integral to …

Land‐use legacies limit the effectiveness of switches in disturbance type to restore endangered grasslands

JN Price, NL Schultz, JA Hodges… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate native grasslands in Australia have been decimated across their range since
European colonization (> 200 years ago), and the few remaining remnants are mostly …

Detection of grassland mowing events for Germany by combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time series

S Reinermann, U Gessner, S Asam, T Ullmann… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Grasslands cover one-third of the agricultural area in Germany and play an important
economic role by providing fodder for livestock. In addition, they fulfill important ecosystem …

Mowing mitigates the negative impacts of N addition on plant species diversity

GJ Yang, XT Lü, CJ Stevens, GM Zhang, HY Wang… - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Increasing availability of reactive nitrogen (N) threatens plant diversity in diverse
ecosystems. While there is mounting evidence for the negative impacts of N deposition on …

Mowing and warming effects on grassland species richness and harvested biomass: meta-analyses

F Piseddu, G Bellocchi, C Picon-Cochard - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2021 - Springer
Climate and management affect grassland plant diversity but studies vary regarding the
magnitude of changes in plant species richness. Here we develop a comprehensive …

Weed community shifts during the aging of perennial intermediate wheatgrass crops harvested for grain in arable fields

O Duchene, C Bathellier, B Dumont, C David… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of a perennial grain offers opportunities to diversify annual crop rotations,
with potential benefits in terms of soil protection. Perennials could also reduce weed …

Seeding and transplanting native forbs on reclamation sites in Alberta, Canada

CE Arychuk, A Dhar, SR Wilkinson… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A growing number of industrial disturbances are reclaimed with native grass species,
although use of many native forbs in reclamation is limited due to low availability, high …

Planting time, first‐year mowing, and seed mix design influence ecological outcomes in agroecosystem revegetation projects

AJ Glidden, ME Sherrard, JC Meissen… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of tallgrass prairie to agriculture has negatively affected provisioning of
ecosystem services. Successful restoration of ecosystem services could depend on …

Investigation of the secondary succession of abandoned areas from different cultivation in the Pannonian biogeographic region

O Szirmai, D Saláta, LK Benedek, S Czóbel - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Areas abandoned for various reasons are widespread on Earth, with a significant proportion
in some regions of Europe. Our knowledge of vegetation dynamics in abandoned lands is …

Smoke and heat accelerate and increase germination in fire‐prone temperate grassy ecosystems

JA Hodges, JN Price, AB Nicotra, T Neeman… - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fire increases seedling recruitment by reducing competition for space and resources. As
such, many species in fire‐prone ecosystems germinate in response to fire cues such as …