Taxonomic and functional vegetation changes after shifting management from traditional herding to fenced grazing in temperate grassland communities

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Koch ◽  
Birgit Schröder ◽  
Anke Günther ◽  
Kerstin Albrecht ◽  
Rudolf Pivarci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Vegetation Changes ◽  
Grassland Communities

The effect of niche filtering on plant species abundance in temperate grassland communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Padullés Cubino ◽  
Irena Axmanová ◽  
Zdeňka Lososová ◽  
Martin Večeřa ◽  
Ariel Bergamini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Grassland Communities

scholarly journals Biology, chance, or history? The predictable reassembly of temperate grassland communities

Ecology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 408-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana S. Petermann ◽  
Alexander J. F. Fergus ◽  
Christiane Roscher ◽  
Lindsay A. Turnbull ◽  
Alexandra Weigelt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Grassland Communities ◽  
Or History

Plant Growth and Soil Processes in Temperate Grassland Communities at Elevated CO 2

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. D. Newton ◽  
H. Clark ◽  
C. C. Bell ◽  
E. M. Glasgow ◽  
K. R. Tate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Soil Processes ◽  
Grassland Communities

Vegetation Changes after 10 Years of Grazing Exclusion and Intermittent Burning in a Themeda triandra (Poaceae) Grassland Reserve in South-eastern Australia

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian D. Lunt ◽  
John W. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Vegetation Changes ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Themeda Triandra ◽  
Grassland Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Weedy Species ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Changes in the vegetation composition of a remnant Themeda triandra Forsskal grassland in south-eastern Australia were documented following the replacement of stock grazing with intermittent burning at 3–11-year intervals. The vegetation was initially sampled in 1986, 1 year after stock were removed, and then 10 years later in 1996. Most frequently encountered grassland species were abundant in both surveys, although there was little correspondence between species richness at the quadrat scale in 1986 and 1996. Total floristic richness increased slightly over the 10-year period, owing to the proliferation of tall forbs with wind-blown seeds, including exotic thistles and colonising native forbs. Unfortunately, most native ‘increasers’ were ‘weedy’ species which are not typical or common components of species-rich temperate grassland remnants in southern Victoria. Thus, replacing grazing with intermittent burning has not resulted in the flora becoming more similar to that of high-quality, species-rich grassland remnants, but instead, has promoted a group of ruderal colonisers. The ability to identify factors contributing to particular botanical changes was hampered by the design of the management regimes implemented over the past decade. Suggestions are provided to overcome these difficulties, incorporating principles from adaptive management.

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