Plant diversity but not productivity is associated with community mycorrhization in temperate grasslands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Leon ◽  
C. Guillermo Bueno ◽  
Martin Zobel ◽  
Jonathan A. Bennett ◽  
Giacomo Puglielli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Temperate Grasslands

scholarly journals Soil Environmental Conditions and Microbial Build-Up Mediate the Effect of Plant Diversity on Soil Nitrifying and Denitrifying Enzyme Activities in Temperate Grasslands

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. e61069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Le Roux ◽  
Bernhard Schmid ◽  
Franck Poly ◽  
Romain L. Barnard ◽  
Pascal A. Niklaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Temperate Grasslands

scholarly journals How generalist herbivores exploit belowground plant diversity in temperate grasslands

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (15) ◽  
pp. 3826-3837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Wallinger ◽  
Karin Staudacher ◽  
Nikolaus Schallhart ◽  
Evi Mitterrutzner ◽  
Eva‐Maria Steiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Temperate Grasslands ◽  
Generalist Herbivores

Annual mowing maintains plant diversity in threatened temperate grasslands

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabel L. Smith ◽  
Russell L. Barrett ◽  
Richard N. C. Milner
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Temperate Grasslands

Plant diversity and species richness of Ljubljana marsh grasslands under the influence of different cutting and fertilizing regimes

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sinkovč
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Grassland Management ◽  
Botanical Composition ◽  
Significant Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Cutting Regimes ◽  
N Rates ◽  
Exploitation Intensity ◽  
Plot Design

The botanical composition of grasslands determines the agronomic and natural values of swards. Good grassland management usually improves herbage value, but on the other hand it frequently decreases the plant diversity and species richness in the swards. In 1999 a field trial in a split-plot design with four replicates was therefore established on the Arrhenatherion type of vegetation in Ljubljana marsh meadows in order to investigate this relationship. Cutting regimes (2 cuts — with normal and delayed first cut, 3 cuts and 4 cuts per year) were allocated to the main plots and fertiliser treatments (zero fertiliser — control, PK and NPK with 2 or 3 N rates) were allocated to the sub-plots. The results at the 1 st cutting in the 5 th trial year were as follows: Fertilising either with PK or NPK had no significant negative effect on plant diversity in any of the cutting regimes. In most treatments the plant number even increased slightly compared to the control. On average, 20 species were listed on both unfertilised and fertilised swards. At this low to moderate level of exploitation intensity, the increased number of cuts had no significant negative effect on plant diversity either (19 species at 2 cuts vs. 20 species at 3 or 4 cuts). PK fertilisation increased the proportion of legumes in the herbage in the case of 2 or 3 cuts. The proportion of grasses in the herbage increased in all the fertilisation treatments with an increased numbers of cuts. Fertiliser treatment considerably reduced the proportion of marsh horsetail ( Equisetum palustre ) in the herbage of the meadows. This effect was even more pronounced at higher cut numbers. The proportion of Equisetum palustre in the herbage was the highest in the unfertilised sward with 2 cuts (26.4 %) and the lowest in the NPK-fertilised sward with 4 cuts (1.4%).

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