Restoration of a species-rich meadow on arable land, using a transfer of meadow blocks

0353277 - BÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Klimeš, Leoš - Jongepierová, I. - Doležal, Jiří - Klimešová, Jitka
Restoration of a species-rich meadow on arable land, using a transfer of meadow blocks.
Applied vegetation science. Roč. 13, č. 4 (2010), s. 403-411. ISSN 1402-2001. E-ISSN 1654-109X
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA526/09/0963
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : White Carpathians * seed bank * bud bank
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 1.802, year: 2010

The way how transplantation of small blocks of turfs contribute to restoration of species-rich meadows on fallow land was studied in Bile Karpaty Mts. Czech Republic. The transferred meadow blocks (25 blocks, 0.4m x 0.4m in size) served as a source of diaspores for the seed-limited fallow land. Out of 80 transplanted species 17 species spread to adjacent plots within 3 yr. The frequency of plants expanding from the transferred turfs, either vegetatively or by seeds, was relatively low and from 2002 to 2004 a total of 22 species declined in the transferred turfs before expanding to the neighbourhood. Successional trends in species composition of the plots adjacent to the transferred blocks were strongly significant compared with the vegetation of the source area despite the short-term data used for the evaluation.
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