Current state of plant conservation translocations across Europe: motivations, challenges and outcomes

Biodiversity and Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

Язык: Английский

---

Effects of profit-driven cropland expansion and conservation policies

Nature Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 7(10), С. 1335 - 1347

Опубликована: Авг. 13, 2024

Язык: Английский

---

Nature‐Based Solutions Increase Sowing Success for Mediterranean Grassland Restoration: A First Short‐Term In Situ and Ex Situ Comparison

Land Degradation and Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2025

ABSTRACT Active ecological restoration of Mediterranean semi‐natural grasslands faces challenges such as limited seed dispersal and poor establishment dominant perennial species. The aim our study was therefore to test different seedling type along a gradient nature‐based solutions including commercial mixture with seeds regional provenance, hay transfer, from ant refuse piles both harvested in neighboring non‐degraded grassland. primary objective compare these three mixtures ex situ, greenhouse, order distinguish the effects each sowing treatment under controlled common conditions same experiment conducted situ across four sites Crau Plain (Southern France). Using set soil rehabilitation treatments, we alluvial quarries backfilled former grassland or orchard soils, abandoned orchards treated normal deep plowing, reference In short term (6 months), results already differed significantly between experiments. Ex showed higher density than other treatments high species richness. On hand, transfer displayed richness, composition more similar grassland, while remained controls. These underline predominant impact habitat constrained ecosystems, highlighting importance increasing use spreading maximize success.

Язык: Английский

---

Temperate forest plants are associated with heterogeneous semi-open canopy conditions shaped by large herbivores

Nature Plants, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2025

Язык: Английский

---

Planning for the future: Grasslands, herbivores, and nature‐based solutions

Journal of Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 112(11), С. 2442 - 2450

Опубликована: Май 15, 2024

Abstract Global interest and investment in nature‐based solutions (NbS) are rapidly increasing because of the potential this approach to concurrently counter biodiversity loss, provide cost‐effective measures for climate change adaptations, maintain natural processes that underpin human health wellbeing. Recognition is growing grasslands many regions will protect carbon stores more effectively than forests warmer, drier, fire‐prone conditions future while also serving as hotspots biodiversity. Yet have received less attention their NbS potential. Despite wide‐ranging goals approach, investments focused narrowly on using plants meet pledges, often without considering plant interactions with herbivores abiotic environment jointly control ecosystem functioning success solutions. Here, we review roles large small vertebrate invertebrate play ability world's solutions, a focus wild herbivore impacts storage. Synthesis . Planning holistic, ecologically informed view includes role interaction allow likely achieve successful, sustainable outcomes.

Язык: Английский

---

Overcoming barriers to restoration: post‐restoration overseeding and topsoil disturbance improve native plant richness and diversity

Restoration Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 16, 2025

Restoration outcomes are notoriously difficult to predict and often fall short of restoration goals. Post‐restoration management actions may help overcome barriers successful establishment, such as dispersal limitations competition. Layering these increase the intensity disturbances improve outcomes, but they also can be expensive laborious, depending on or number implemented. We investigated a series disturbance intensities previously restored tallgrass prairies using randomized block design. Combinations seeding, harrowing (low disturbance), disking (high herbicide were implemented after prescribed burn. After 11–14 years, we measured percent cover all species present determine long‐term effectiveness. found that high treatment increased native richness by over 40% Shannon diversity 15% when compared control plots. Overall composition plots varied among sites treated in different indicating seed mix site conditions still likely important determinants community outcomes. Regardless, consistency more than decade allow managers achieve goals, even if later is limited, justifying time resources enhance existing restorations.

Язык: Английский

---

Potential vegetation estimations help to assess feasibility and expected effort needed in grassland restoration by shrub removal

Restoration Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 23, 2025

Shrub removal is a commonly applied method to restore and preserve biodiverse open ecosystems. In order maintain the optimal conservation state after clearing, costly intensive post‐treatments repeated shrub are often employed. Our hypothesis that if target vegetation not self‐sustainable, grassland restorations demand post‐treatments. Multiple potential natural (MPNV) estimates indicative of relative self‐sustainability various types. Therefore, MPNV estimations have predict required post‐treatment intensity. present study, our aim was determine whether forest assessed using models could help in predicting intensity grasslands restored by removal. We collected data from restoration projects Hungary employed differed types frequency their tested how estimated project area size affected cumulative link mixed model. Higher indicated need for more intense post‐treatment. If estimate high forests at sites, they likely require removal, even beside considerable self‐sustainability. Based on results, can necessary be helpful identifying sites would less post‐treatment, thus optimizing costs. Finally, support successful maintenance‐intensive indicating regular measures.

Язык: Английский

---

Tracing changes in the extent of urban grasslands through space and time

Urban forestry & urban greening, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 128796 - 128796

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

---

Biodiversity change in light of succession theory

Oikos, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 2023(11)

Опубликована: Сен. 6, 2023

Biodiversity is rapidly changing in the Anthropocene, but not all directional changes observed biodiversity time series are anthropogenic. We discuss key research findings global change ecology from past decade, considering possibility that natural succession contributes as a driving force of change. Succession theory suggests that: 1) accelerated rates species temporal turnover could also reflect ecosystem recovery rather than redistribution; 2) local diversity over may be zero, with successional being variable often showing positive trend; 3) biotic homogenization only driven by non‐native species, processes alone; and 4) dynamics strongly modify relationship between functioning. propose holistic integration into provide baseline for allow us to better isolate impact anthropogenic drivers.

Язык: Английский

---

Drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen richness in grasslands along a precipitation gradient (central Apennines, Italy)

Journal of Vegetation Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(5)

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Abstract Questions Semi‐natural grasslands in Southern Europe are biodiversity hotspots, yet their patterns of plant species richness less studied than Central Europe. In the Apennines (Italy), there large areas dry calcareous grasslands, across a steep gradient mean annual precipitation (from 650 to 1350 mm within c. 30 km). We asked: How do these compare other Palaearctic levels? and environmental predictors influence richness? Does this differ among taxonomic groups? Location Submontane lower‐montane belt (Abruzzo Lazio, Italy). Methods recorded vascular plants (terricolous) bryophytes lichens 97 plots 10 m 2 , aligning them with while maintaining geological substrate elevation similar. Mean temperature were estimated high‐resolution regional model. A wide array variables (including soil properties grazing load) measured for each plot. Multivariate relationships between response predictor Canonical Correlation. The relative importance on was modeled Boosted Regression Trees. Results sampled very species‐rich context. Vascular negatively influenced by topographic heat load sand content, but we did not detect relationship precipitation. Bryophyte poorly variables, although it positively correlated lichen richness. Lichen had marked negative phosphorus Conclusions European semi‐natural mountain is driven more fine‐scale edaphic factors gradients. contrast, bryophyte predicted mixture climatic variables.

Язык: Английский

---