Management effects on botanical composition of species-rich meadows within the Natura 2000 network. Boob, M., Truckses, B., Seither, M., Elsäßer, M., Thumm, U., & Lewandowski, I. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(3):729 – 750, Springer Netherlands, 2019. Cited by: 12
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Species-rich hay meadows have evolved through traditional management. They are important habitats for plant and animal species and therefore protected by the EU Habitats Directive. The maintenance of these meadows requires regular cutting, but this can only be guaranteed if farmers benefit in some way. Both agricultural productivity and botanical composition are fundamentally affected by management practices. For this reason, a management that balances productivity and conservation goals is necessary. The purpose of this study is to determine the site-specific influence of extensive fertilisation and date of first cut on the botanical composition of species-rich hay meadows. Three fertilisation variants (none, PK and NPK) and four cutting-date variants (based on phenological stage: first cut before, at beginning of, at end of and after flowering of main grasses) were tested on lowland hay meadows at two sites. However, after the 3 years of the trial, the date of first cut had still not significantly influenced botanical composition at the first site. By contrast, annual fertilisation was found to have a significant effect on botanical composition. The conservation status of the species-rich meadows was downgraded (grades given according to assessment parameters) mainly through the application of NPK fertiliser (35 kg P 2 O 5 , 120 kg K 2 O and 35 kg N ha −1 ) each year. At one site, cutting before flowering led to declining proportions of annuals and biennials. Surprisingly, at the other site, the date of first cut had still not significantly influenced botanical composition by the end of the 3-year trial. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
@ARTICLE{Boob2019729,
	author = {Boob, Meike and Truckses, Barbara and Seither, Melanie and Elsäßer, Martin and Thumm, Ulrich and Lewandowski, Iris},
	title = {Management effects on botanical composition of species-rich meadows within the Natura 2000 network},
	year = {2019},
	journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation},
	volume = {28},
	number = {3},
	pages = {729 – 750},
	doi = {10.1007/s10531-018-01689-1},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059335935&doi=10.1007%2fs10531-018-01689-1&partnerID=40&md5=9b20612499c7477e72679cbf5c3ef501},
	affiliations = {Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Institute of Crop Science (340), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 23, Stuttgart, 70599, Germany; Grassland Division, Agricultural Centre for Cattle Production, Grassland Management, Dairy Management, Wildlife and Fisheries Baden-Wuerttemberg, Atzenberger Weg 99, Aulendorf, 88326, Germany},
	abstract = {                             Species-rich hay meadows have evolved through traditional management. They are important habitats for plant and animal species and therefore protected by the EU Habitats Directive. The maintenance of these meadows requires regular cutting, but this can only be guaranteed if farmers benefit in some way. Both agricultural productivity and botanical composition are fundamentally affected by management practices. For this reason, a management that balances productivity and conservation goals is necessary. The purpose of this study is to determine the site-specific influence of extensive fertilisation and date of first cut on the botanical composition of species-rich hay meadows. Three fertilisation variants (none, PK and NPK) and four cutting-date variants (based on phenological stage: first cut before, at beginning of, at end of and after flowering of main grasses) were tested on lowland hay meadows at two sites. However, after the 3 years of the trial, the date of first cut had still not significantly influenced botanical composition at the first site. By contrast, annual fertilisation was found to have a significant effect on botanical composition. The conservation status of the species-rich meadows was downgraded (grades given according to assessment parameters) mainly through the application of NPK fertiliser (35 kg P                             2                             O                             5                             , 120 kg K                             2                             O and 35 kg N ha                             −1                             ) each year. At one site, cutting before flowering led to declining proportions of annuals and biennials. Surprisingly, at the other site, the date of first cut had still not significantly influenced botanical composition by the end of the 3-year trial.                          © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.},
	author_keywords = {Cutting date; Fertilization; Grassland vegetation; Lowland hay meadow},
	keywords = {Animalia; Poaceae; conservation status; cutting (process); fertilizer application; flowering; grass; management practice; meadow; network analysis; phenology; vegetation cover},
	correspondence_address = {M. Boob; Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Institute of Crop Science (340), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599, Germany; email: meike.boob@uni-hohenheim.de},
	publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
	issn = {09603115},
	coden = {BONSE},
	language = {English},
	abbrev_source_title = {Biodiversity Conserv.},
	type = {Article},
	publication_stage = {Final},
	source = {Scopus},
	note = {Cited by: 12}
}

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