Abandonment of croplands: problem or chance for grassland restoration? Case studies from Hungary
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Abandonment of croplands: problem or chance for grassland restoration? Case studies from Hungary
Létrehozó:
ValkĂł, Orsolya
Deák, Balázs
Török, Péter
Kelemen, András
Miglécz, Tamás
TĂłth, Katalin
Tóthmérész, Béla
Kiadó:
Wiley Open Access
Dátum:
2016-02-29
Téma:
QK Botany / növénytan
QK30 Plant ecology. Plant ethology / növényökológia
Tartalmi leírás:
In Central-and
Eastern Europe, the collapse of socialist regimes resulted in a transformation
of state-owned
agricultural cooperatives to privately owned lands from the early 1990s onwards. These
socioeconomic processes resulted in landscape-scale
changes in biodiversity, ecosystem services and agricultural
production. In parallel, large-scale
abandonment of croplands, especially on sandy, salty or frequently
inundated areas, became common. Abandoned croplands are usually sensitive to species invasions,
and are hotspots of noxious weeds, posing threats both to agriculture and nature conservation. Grassland
restoration on former croplands can be an effective strategy for suppressing these species. Thus, a common
goal of nature conservation and agriculture can be the restoration of grasslands on former croplands to (1)
suppress weed and/or invasive species in line with the EU policy “Good Farming Practices”, (2) support
animal husbandry by creating meadows or pastures, and to (3) recover biodiversity and ecosystem services.
In the present paper we report “best practices” of grassland restoration projects from Hungary. Our aim
was to compare the effectiveness of spontaneous grassland recovery vs. active grassland restoration by seed
sowing in terms of the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as weed control and biomass
production. Our results showed that grassland restoration on abandoned fields offers a viable solution for
restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services. Seed sowing ensures higher weed control and biomass production,
but results in lower biodiversity compared to spontaneous recovery. Both restoration methods can
be cost-effective,
or even profitable even within a relatively short period of a nature conservation project.
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Azonosító:
Valkó, Orsolya and Deák, Balázs and Török, Péter and Kelemen, András and Miglécz, Tamás and Tóth, Katalin and Tóthmérész, Béla (2016) Abandonment of croplands: problem or chance for grassland restoration? Case studies from Hungary. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2 (2). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2332-8878
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