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Effects of pasture management and fertilizer regimes on botanical changes in species-rich mountain calcareous grassland in Central Europe

SYSNO ASEP	0340344
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Effects of pasture management and fertilizer regimes on botanical changes in species-rich mountain calcareous grassland in Central Europe
Author(s)	Lanta, Vojtěch (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Doležal, Jiří (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Lantová, P. (CZ) Kelíšek, J. (CZ) Mudrák, Ondřej (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	5
Source Title	Grass and Forage Science - ISSN 0142-5242 Roč. 64, č. 4 (2009), s. 443-453
Number of pages	11 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	abandonment ; fertilization ; grazing
Subject RIV	EF - Botanics
R&D Projects	GA526/06/0723 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GA526/07/0808 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000271783500011
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2494.2009.00709.x
Annotation	A 3-year experiment was conducted in Central Europe to examine the effects of three managements, viz. continuous cattle grazing from April to September, mowing once in July and abandonment of grazing, and two levels of fertilizer application, no fertilizer and 400 kg/ha of a NPK fertilizer, on changes in plant species composition and summer biomass of dry matter (DM) in a calcareous mountain grassland containing many plant functional types. Different managements led to changes in species composition due to species specific responses. Low creeping and rosette species were associated with grazing, while grasses and tall forbs correlated with mowing and abandonment of grazing, probably because of their ability to outcompete rosette species. We conclude that continuation of cattle grazing is an acceptable form of grassland management at the study site and that species and functional group compositions can rapidly change with changing environmental conditions.
Workplace	Institute of Botany
Contact	Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8
Year of Publishing	2010

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