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Degradation and restoration of wet and moist meadows in the Czech Republic: general trends and case studies

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: Summary The main stages of well managed and degraded wet and moist meadows are reviewed together with their respective species diversity. Results of three case studies are presented, demonstrating changes in species diversity under various management and experimental treatments. The studies are of (a) alluvial meadows; (b) wet meadows adjacent to a standing water body; (c) submontane moist meadows. Results indicate that despite the great degradation of the majority of moist (i.e. slightly wet) and wet meadows in the Czech Republic, potential still exists to restore many of them. Re—establishment of a regular cutting regime and a decrease in nutrient inputs are necessary for successful restoration or rehabilitation of the meadows, which can be rapid under certain conditions, especially if the input of diaspores of desirable species is ensured, such as in many flooded alluvial meadows.

Source: Acta Botanica Gallica

DOI: 10.1080/12538078.1996.10515740

Author: Karel Prach

Institutions: Czech Academy of Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany

Language: English

Topic: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Akademie Věd České Republiky