Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

M Tälle, B Deák, P Poschlod, O Valkó… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
To maintain the high biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands, management by grazing or
mowing is needed. Given the limited resources and few remaining areas, the best …

Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

S Chelli, M Marignani, E Barni, A Petraglia… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great
environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man–environment interactions. Trait …

Effects of long-and short-term management on the functional structure of meadows through species turnover and intraspecific trait variability

M Volf, C Redmond, ÁJ Albert, Y Le Bagousse‐Pinguet… - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
The functional structures of communities respond to environmental changes by both species
replacement (turnover) and within-species variation (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) …

A legeltetés hosszú távú hatásai a kiskunsági füves pusztákon

T Kiss, K Penksza - Természetvédelmi Közlemények, 2018 - ojs.mtak.hu
Összefoglaló: A vizsgálatok a Kiskunságban, a Bugac település melletti száraz gyepi
legelőn és a Tatárszentgyörgy település melletti nedves legelőn történtek. A cönológiai …

Relationship among soil biophysicochemical properties, agricultural practices and climate factors influencing soil phosphatase activity in agricultural land

P Campdelacreu Rocabruna, X Domene, C Preece… - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Phosphorus (P) is a vital macronutrient crucial for crop productivity. Plants absorb P salts,
mainly orthophosphate, from the soil, yet the primary P source resides in organic materials …

The conservation benefit of mowing vs grazing for management of species‐rich grasslands: a multi‐site, multi‐year field experiment

M Tälle, H Fogelfors, L Westerberg… - Nordic Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands in Europe are becoming more fragmented and many
species that depend on this habitat type are rare and threatened today. Management …

Clonal vs leaf-height-seed (LHS) traits: which are filtered more strongly across habitats?

A E.-Vojtkó, M Freitag, A Bricca, F Martello… - Folia Geobotanica, 2017 - Springer
Plant functional traits are now frequently used instead of species identity to identify how
plant species co-exist in assemblages. One notion is that species inhabiting the same …

Disentangling the effects of disturbance from those of dominant tall grass features in driving the functional variation of restored grassland in a Sub-Mediterranean …

A Bricca, FM Tardella, F Tolu, I Goia, A Ferrara… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Land abandonment in sub-Mediterranean grasslands causes the spread of tall-grasses,
affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Mowing allows the recovery of the …

Effects of grazing vs mowing on the functional diversity of sub‐Mediterranean productive grasslands

A Catorci, S Cesaretti, L Malatesta… - Applied Vegetation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Questions In order to preserve the ecosystem functioning of semi‐natural sub‐
Mediterranean calcareous grasslands of the Central Apennines, it is vital to understand how …

Management intensity and topography determined plant diversity in vineyards

J Nascimbene, L Marini, D Ivan, M Zottini - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Vineyards are amongst the most intensive forms of agriculture often resulting in simplified
landscapes where semi-natural vegetation is restricted to small scattered patches. However …