Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns
The topicality of our research topic is justified by the significant change in traditional grassland management in the grassland areas of the Pannonian Basin. Due to several factors, the proportion of fallow grassland, and in parallel of over-exploited pastures, is continuously increasing. In the me...
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| author | Krisztina Varga István Csízi András Halász Dávid Mezőszentgyörgyi Dominik Nagy |
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| description | The topicality of our research topic is justified by the significant change in traditional grassland management in the grassland areas of the Pannonian Basin. Due to several factors, the proportion of fallow grassland, and in parallel of over-exploited pastures, is continuously increasing. In the medium term (11 years), the effects of fallowing (Z), annual mowing (M), mowing and grazing (meadow treatment M + G), and permanent overgrazing (OG) as treatments on the population structure of grassland plants were investigated in a semi-natural grassland community in the Solonyec soil. It was found that the lowest degradation rates in the studied grassland biotope were obtained for the treatment presenting the utilisation pattern of mowing the main grassland phytomass followed by sheep grazing of the coltgrass. The highest degradation levels, which threatened the condition of the grassland community, were measured for the treatment presenting overgrazing with sheep at the end of the experimental period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16f6a60256d044cf8e373440d13b6f452024-01-26T14:21:45ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952023-12-011413510.3390/agronomy14010035Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use PatternsKrisztina Varga0István Csízi1András Halász2Dávid Mezőszentgyörgyi3Dominik Nagy4Karcag Research Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 5300 Karcag, HungaryKarcag Research Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 5300 Karcag, HungaryGödöllő Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, HungaryGödöllő Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, HungaryGödöllő Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, HungaryThe topicality of our research topic is justified by the significant change in traditional grassland management in the grassland areas of the Pannonian Basin. Due to several factors, the proportion of fallow grassland, and in parallel of over-exploited pastures, is continuously increasing. In the medium term (11 years), the effects of fallowing (Z), annual mowing (M), mowing and grazing (meadow treatment M + G), and permanent overgrazing (OG) as treatments on the population structure of grassland plants were investigated in a semi-natural grassland community in the Solonyec soil. It was found that the lowest degradation rates in the studied grassland biotope were obtained for the treatment presenting the utilisation pattern of mowing the main grassland phytomass followed by sheep grazing of the coltgrass. The highest degradation levels, which threatened the condition of the grassland community, were measured for the treatment presenting overgrazing with sheep at the end of the experimental period.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/1/35semi-natural grasslandland use typeBorhidi degradation rate |
| spellingShingle | Krisztina Varga István Csízi András Halász Dávid Mezőszentgyörgyi Dominik Nagy Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns Agronomy semi-natural grassland land use type Borhidi degradation rate |
| title | Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns |
| title_full | Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns |
| title_short | Monitoring the Degradation of Semi-Natural Grassland Associations under Different Land-Use Patterns |
| title_sort | monitoring the degradation of semi natural grassland associations under different land use patterns |
| topic | semi-natural grassland land use type Borhidi degradation rate |
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