Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
Abstract
Food
systems
are
largely
responsible
for
today’s
anthropogenic
environmental
impacts.
Transitioning
towards
a
circular
food
system
is
seen
as
promising
solution
to
reduce
land
use
(LU)
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions
(GHGe).
But
what
about
biodiversity?
The
aim
of
this
paper
was
assess
the
potential
enhancing
biodiversity
in
European
systems.
Two
scenarios
were
assessed
with
optimization
model:
sharing
or
sparing
while
producing
healthy
food.
Our
results
show
that
both
can
enhance
reducing
GHGe.
scenario
reduced
LU
by
81%,
depicting
great
rewilding.
However,
reduction
achieved
via
intensification,
decreasing
agroecosystem’s
(0
score).
Conversely,
increased
agroecosystems
(86%
score),
maintaned.
Both
require
radically
redesign
system.
demonstrate
help
sharing.
Biological Conservation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
294, P. 110632 - 110632
Published: May 9, 2024
European
semi-natural
grasslands
are
hotspots
for
biodiversity
and
important
the
provisioning
of
multiple
ecosystem
services,
but
their
extent
has
declined
considerably
during
past
century.
Increasing
demands
agricultural
forest
biomass
risk
causing
further
loss
grasslands,
raising
concern
about
a
goal
conflict
between
climate
mitigation
conservation.
This
study
focused
on
in
mixed
farm-forest
landscape
southern
Sweden
by
comparing
plant
diversity
with
continuous
grazing
regimes
to
recently
abandoned
improved
(sown
leys),
afforested
grasslands.
Compared
actively
grazed
where
had
been
showed
lower
species
richness
fewer
conservation
concern,
similar
composition.
In
contrast,
both
>50
%
than
profoundly
different
The
dissimilarity
sites
was
primarily
driven
replacement
(turnover),
trait-based
analyses
indicated
that
environmental
filtering
light,
management,
nutrient
requirements
plants
shaped
community
differences.
Furthermore,
an
increased
cover
grassland
around
positively
related
diversity,
while
cropland
coverage
negative
relationship.
Our
results
emphasize
importance
integrated
land-use
strategies
prioritize
landscapes,
such
as
restoration
strategic
planning
production
avoid
serious
losses.
Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
74(4), P. 757 - 774
Published: Aug. 1, 2024
Abstract
Semi-natural
grasslands
(SNGLs)
in
Estonia
are
threatened
by
abandonment.
This
threat
is
leading
to
concerns
about
the
degradation
of
biodiversity
within
grassland
communities.
Despite
high
relevance
economic
incentives
this
context,
how
such
influence
land
managers’
decision-making
regarding
agricultural
use
SNGLs
has
not
been
investigated.
To
obtain
its
socio-ecological
implications
for
policy-making,
we
developed
regionally
specific
scenarios
(compensation
payments,
livestock
capacity,
hey
export,
and
bioenergy
production)
an
interdisciplinary
modelling
approach
that
made
it
possible
simulate
changes
through
managers'
responses
varied
conditions.
Through
approach,
found
some
factors
hampered
SNGLs:
moderate
profitability
beef
production,
labour
shortages,
relatively
mulching.
We
observed
a
positive
relationship
between
habitat
suitability
breeding
feeding
birds.
However,
due
maintenance
costs
SNGLs,
results
indicated
increasing
public
budgets
caused
crowding-out
effects,
i.e.,
deteriorating
market
integration
regional
agriculture.
study
emphasises
need
policy
measures
aimed
at
cost-effective,
labour-efficient
management
practices
SNGLs.
Alpine Botany,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 20, 2024
Abstract
The
high
plant
diversity
in
alpine
to
subalpine
grasslands
is
threatened
by
the
abandonment
of
land
use.
In
addition,
changing
environmental
conditions
might
lead
vegetation
shifts
even
when
traditional
use
maintained,
as
observed
Switzerland
during
last
decades.
Maintaining
and
restoring
such
therefore
require
modified
management
methods.
We
conducted
a
six-year
experiment
assess
responses
species
richness,
mean
ecological
indicator
values,
composition
five
treatments,
including
scraping
additional
measure:
haymaking
(in
autumn),
complemented
(i.e.
manual
raking)
autumn,
spring,
only
hypothesized
that
either
season
would
remove
biomass
increase
richness
creating
open
patches
can
reduce
inter-specific
competition
promote
establishment.
found
positive
effects
on
habitat
quality,
indicated
increased
value
for
light.
Abandonment
showed
opposite
values
nutrients.
Interestingly,
combined
with
autumn
promoted
development
towards
similar
resident
type.
Our
findings
show
extensive
essential
maintain
species-rich
grasslands.
Further,
they
imply
compensate
negative
developments
reduced
quality
caused
changes
help
restore
vegetation.
Plant Sociology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
60(2), P. 93 - 103
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Succession
following
the
abandonment
of
traditional
management
practices
can
pose
severe
consequences
for
conservation
semi-natural
dry
grassland
communities.
In
present
study,
we
investigated
whether
quantity
floral
resources
changes
during
succession
grasslands
and
how
this
is
related
to
pollinator
richness
number
pollination
interactions
at
community
level.
We
addressed
issue
by
quantifying
(i.e.,
flowers,
nectar
volume
pollen
grains)
monitoring
in
communities
different
stages
succession,
defined
as
total
cover
plant
species
forest
edges.
The
relationship
between
edges
was
significantly
hump-shaped,
i.e.,
regardless
type
resource,
all
peaked
intermediate
values
animal-pollinated
plants
bloom
also
showed
a
hump-shaped
with
edges,
while
contacts
were
indirectly
they
associated
flowers
bloom.
Results
suggest
that
after
may
affect
crucial
function
terrestrial
ecosystems,
namely
animal-mediated
pollination.
Nevertheless,
conditions
early
which
could
be
achieved
presence
scattered
shrubs,
ultimately
favourable
grasslands.
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
Abstract
The
high
plant
diversity
in
subalpine
grasslands
is
threatened
by
the
abandonment
of
land
use,
such
as
traditional
haymaking.
In
addition,
changing
environmental
conditions
might
lead
to
vegetation
shifts
even
when
use
maintained,
observed
mountain
Switzerland
during
last
decades.
Maintaining
and
restoring
typical
therefore
require
modified
management
methods.
We
conducted
a
six-year
experiment
assess
responses
species
richness,
mean
ecological
indicator
values,
composition
five
treatments:
haymaking,
haymaking
complemented
scraping
(i.e.
manual
raking)
autumn,
spring,
only
abandonment.
hypothesized
that
either
season
would
remove
additional
biomass,
reduce
inter-specific
competition,
increase
richness
creating
open
patches
can
promote
establishment.
found
positive
effects
negative
on
richness.
combining
tended
positively
affect
habitat
quality,
indicated
changes
while
showed
opposite
effect.
Interestingly,
combined
with
autumn
promoted
development
towards
similar
originally
present
type.
Our
findings
show
essential
maintain
species-rich
grasslands.
Further,
they
imply
be
compensate
for
developments
caused
help
restore
vegetation.
