Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate
Important land surfaces from hill and mountain areas from the northern hemisphere formerly used for cropping were abandoned. Often, the abandoned land evolved by natural succession to grassland, shrubland or even to forest. The main goal of this paper is to bring new datasets necessary for the under...
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| author | Veronica Sărățeanu Otilia Cotuna Mirela Paraschivu Luminița L. Cojocariu Nicolae Marinel Horablaga Dorin Rechițean Vlad Dragoslav Mircov Călin Sălceanu Alina Andreea Urlică Loredana Copăcean |
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| description | Important land surfaces from hill and mountain areas from the northern hemisphere formerly used for cropping were abandoned. Often, the abandoned land evolved by natural succession to grassland, shrubland or even to forest. The main goal of this paper is to bring new datasets necessary for the understanding of the evolution of ex-arable grassland vegetation from the forest steppe area into relationship with climate. The researches were performed in the locality of Grădinari (Caraş-Severin County, Western Romania) on an ex-arable plot abandoned since 1995. The vegetation data were collected for 19 years (time interval 2003–2021). The analyzed vegetation features were floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The climate data considered were air temperature and rainfall amount. The vegetation and climate data were correlated statistically, with a view to highlighting the potential impact of the temperature and rainfalls during the evolution of succession process on the grassland’s floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The pressure of the increased temperatures on the natural restoration process of the biodiversity and pastoral value of ex-arable forest steppe grassland could, at least partially, be mitigated by random grazing and mulching works. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-483e6e83873248e38f55266dcfc5b1402023-11-17T13:20:34ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-03-01126120410.3390/plants12061204Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of ClimateVeronica Sărățeanu0Otilia Cotuna1Mirela Paraschivu2Luminița L. Cojocariu3Nicolae Marinel Horablaga4Dorin Rechițean5Vlad Dragoslav Mircov6Călin Sălceanu7Alina Andreea Urlică8Loredana Copăcean9Agriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaFaculty of Agronomy, Department of Agriculture and Forestry Technologies, University of Craiova, A.I. Cuza Street, No. 13, 200585 Craiova, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaAgricultural Research and Development Station Lovrin, Street Principală, No. 200, 307250 Lovrin, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaFaculty of Agronomy, Department of Agriculture and Forestry Technologies, University of Craiova, A.I. Cuza Street, No. 13, 200585 Craiova, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaAgriculture Faculty, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timisoara Calea Aradului Street, No. 119, 300645 Timișoara, RomaniaImportant land surfaces from hill and mountain areas from the northern hemisphere formerly used for cropping were abandoned. Often, the abandoned land evolved by natural succession to grassland, shrubland or even to forest. The main goal of this paper is to bring new datasets necessary for the understanding of the evolution of ex-arable grassland vegetation from the forest steppe area into relationship with climate. The researches were performed in the locality of Grădinari (Caraş-Severin County, Western Romania) on an ex-arable plot abandoned since 1995. The vegetation data were collected for 19 years (time interval 2003–2021). The analyzed vegetation features were floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The climate data considered were air temperature and rainfall amount. The vegetation and climate data were correlated statistically, with a view to highlighting the potential impact of the temperature and rainfalls during the evolution of succession process on the grassland’s floristic composition, biodiversity and pastoral value. The pressure of the increased temperatures on the natural restoration process of the biodiversity and pastoral value of ex-arable forest steppe grassland could, at least partially, be mitigated by random grazing and mulching works.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/6/1204ex-arable grasslandforest steppenatural successionclimatetemperaturerainfalls |
| spellingShingle | Veronica Sărățeanu Otilia Cotuna Mirela Paraschivu Luminița L. Cojocariu Nicolae Marinel Horablaga Dorin Rechițean Vlad Dragoslav Mircov Călin Sălceanu Alina Andreea Urlică Loredana Copăcean Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate Plants ex-arable grassland forest steppe natural succession climate temperature rainfalls |
| title | Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate |
| title_full | Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate |
| title_fullStr | Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate |
| title_short | Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate |
| title_sort | features of natural succession of ex arable forest steppe grassland from western romania under the influence of climate |
| topic | ex-arable grassland forest steppe natural succession climate temperature rainfalls |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/6/1204 |
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