Changes in reproduction mediate the effects of climate change and grassland management on plant population dynamics DOI Creative Commons
Martin Andrzejak, Tiffany M. Knight, Carolin Plos

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Ecological Applications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 8, 2024

Abstract Climate change is one of the largest threats to grassland plant species, which can be modified by land management. Although climate and management are expected separately interactively influence demography, this has been rarely considered in experiments. We used a large‐scale experiment central Germany quantify effects management, change, their joint effect on demography population growth rate 11 species all native temperate ecosystem. parameterized integral projection models with five years demographic data project rate. hypothesized that populations perform better ambient than future treatment creates hotter drier summer conditions. Further, we performance responds species‐specific manner based drought, mowing, grazing tolerances as well flowering phenology each species. Due extreme drought events, over half our study went quasi extinct, highlights how events long‐term experimental results. found no consistent support for expectation plants compared However, several showed interactive responses treatments, indicating optimal strategies shift change. Changes rates these across treatments were mostly due changes reproduction. Experiments combined measuring provide way isolate different drivers persistence identify vital critical manage future. Our suggests it will become increasingly difficult maintain preferences moister soil conditions, use alter remaining

Language: Английский

The Impact of Agricultural Land Use Patterns on Natural Vegetation, Plant, and Livestock Diversity in the European Union DOI Creative Commons
Zsuzsanna Bacsi,

Péter Szálteleki,

Gabriella Bánhegyi

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Heritage, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 83 - 83

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

The preservation of natural heritage is a global concern nowadays, which equally important for climate resilience and sustainable resource use. present research focused on assessing the trends landscape changes, such as forests, meadows, pastures, locally kept traditional livestock, plant varieties indicators biodiversity, in countries European Union between 2012 2021, using secondary data. methodology was panel analysis according to Linear Mixed Model method. results show that while larger areas allocated agriculture generally enhance they have opposite effect number local livestock breeds. spreading organic farming enhances breeds, forest beneficial biodiversity. share permanent meadows pastures increases with increasing agricultural areas, this also affects biodiversity positively. All increased during analyzed period, did well size and, reflects improvement enhancement environmental protection awareness time. differences among show, highly developed does not mean better heritage, nor opposite, ecological conditions history may influence vegetation Europe differs from rest world, recent policy EU emphasizes importance sustainability. promotion low-input use agriculture, however, be conflict globally demand food.

Language: Английский

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Estimating erosion resistance of vegetated sea dike embankments through in situ experiments DOI Creative Commons
Anne Mozer, Björn Almström, Pål Axel Olsson

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Frontiers in Built Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Through in situ experiments, this study investigated the erosion resistance of a prototype dike with different vegetation and soil sections built on Falsterbo peninsula, Sweden. A gravity-driven wave impact simulator was used to simulate waves breaking dike. Two sandy soils three types (standard grass, biodiverse seed mixture, hay) were tested for study. In general, showed consistency results between replications comparison former studies. Thus, initially developed laboratory methodology can be transferred experiments existing dikes. The comparable higher cover standard grass regarding impact. importance not only root but also parameters could confirmed. found densities lower fine fractions soil. Also, forb diversity resulted larger densities. Future studies build present findings by conducting systematic investigation gain deeper insights into properties.

Language: Английский

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Soil depth shapes the microbial response to land use and climate change in agroecosystems DOI Creative Commons

Lena Philipp,

Marie Sünnemann, Martin Schädler

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Applied Soil Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 209, P. 106025 - 106025

Published: March 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress DOI Creative Commons
Rémy Beugnon, Nico Eisenhauer, Alfred Lochner

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 31(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Soil microbial communities provide numerous ecosystem functions, such as nutrient cycling, decomposition, and carbon storage. However, global change, including land‐use climate changes, affects soil activity. As extreme weather events (e.g., heatwaves) tend to increase in magnitude frequency, we investigated the effects of heat stress on activity respiration) that had experienced four different long‐term intensity treatments (ranging from extensive grassland intensive organic conventional croplands) two conditions (ambient vs. predicted future climate). We hypothesized both land use would reduce respiration (H1) experimental (H2). this be less pronounced soils with a history high‐intensity (H3), higher fungal‐to‐bacterial ratio show more moderate response warming (H4). Our study showed was reduced under high (i.e., −43% between cropland) (−12% comparison ambient Moreover, increased overall (+17% per 1°C increase), while increasing strength (−25% slope reduction). In addition, biomass low‐intensity grassland) enhanced stress. These findings change may compromise well their heatwaves. particular, are able respond additional stress, heatwaves, potentially threatening critical functions driven by microbes highlighting benefits sustainable agricultural practices.

Language: Английский

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Changes in reproduction mediate the effects of climate change and grassland management on plant population dynamics DOI Creative Commons
Martin Andrzejak, Tiffany M. Knight, Carolin Plos

et al.

Ecological Applications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 8, 2024

Abstract Climate change is one of the largest threats to grassland plant species, which can be modified by land management. Although climate and management are expected separately interactively influence demography, this has been rarely considered in experiments. We used a large‐scale experiment central Germany quantify effects management, change, their joint effect on demography population growth rate 11 species all native temperate ecosystem. parameterized integral projection models with five years demographic data project rate. hypothesized that populations perform better ambient than future treatment creates hotter drier summer conditions. Further, we performance responds species‐specific manner based drought, mowing, grazing tolerances as well flowering phenology each species. Due extreme drought events, over half our study went quasi extinct, highlights how events long‐term experimental results. found no consistent support for expectation plants compared However, several showed interactive responses treatments, indicating optimal strategies shift change. Changes rates these across treatments were mostly due changes reproduction. Experiments combined measuring provide way isolate different drivers persistence identify vital critical manage future. Our suggests it will become increasingly difficult maintain preferences moister soil conditions, use alter remaining

Language: Английский

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