Reintroduced mowing can counteract biodiversity loss in abandoned meadows

Abstract: Habitat loss is one of the primary environmental causes of biodiversity decline across scales; locally to globally. Ecological restoration is acknowledged as an important tool to counteract this negative trend. The semi-natural calcareous sand dune meadows in south-western Norway are known for their high species diversity, much like similar habitats of high conservation value across Europe today. The recent cessation of grazing has caused a decline in several endangered species associated with these habitats due to the advancement of secondary succession. We conducted a long-term restoration experiment in semi-natural dune meadows over 16 years to examine if current trends in biodiversity loss could be reversed and at what time-scale restoration measures take effect. Three treatments were applied; mowing annually, mowing bi-annually, and a control (no mowing). In fields mown annually species richness increased significantly over time. However, the response was slow and significant .... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2809

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Reintroduced mowing can counteract biodiversity loss in abandoned meadows ; volume:71 ; number:2 ; year:2017 ; Erdkunde ; 71, Heft 2 (2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lundberg, Anders ; Kapfer, Jutta ; Måren, Inger Elisabeth

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2017.02.03
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281748032.071826243798
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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