Nature Management by Grazing and Cutting: On the Ecological Significance of Grazing and Cutting Regimes Applied to Restore Former Species-Rich Grassla

ISBN-13: 9780792300687 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 400 str.

Jan Pouwel Bakker; Jan P. Bakker

Opis

Subtitled: On the ecological significance of grazing and cutting regimes applied to restore former species-rich grassland communities in the Netherlands . Reports on part of a 15-year research program on grasslands (including salt marshes) carried out by the U. of Groningen, in which systematic and

Recenzje

` This volume can be recommended for its detailed ecological approach to management, and more importantly, for the attitude that it conveys concerning the conservation and active management of semi-natural species-rich plant communities for their own intrinsic value. '
S. Collins in Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 65, June 1990

Spis treści

One: Introduction.- The need for nature management.- I Introduction.- II Research approach and methods.- Two: Land Use Dynamics.- From agricultural practices to nature management.- III The Drenthe Plateau.- IV The Schiermonnikoog salt marsh.- Three: Vegetation Dynamics.- Restoration management creates species-richer plant communities: three cases.- V The heathland and reclaimed grassland vegetation.- VI The valley grassland vegetation.- VII The salt marsh vegetation.- Four: Ecosystem Dynamics.- Causes of observed changes: mineral removal/increasing soil salinity or structure of the sward?.- VIII Grazing.- IX Cutting regimes.- X Changing soil conditions and stand structure as causes of floristic changes: conclusions and synthesis.- Five: Population Dynamics.- Where do the new species come from?.- XI Seed dispersal and seed bank.- XII Re-introduction of seeds.- Six: Management.- Evaluation of the obtained knowledge.- XIII Management.- Summary.- References.