1. IntroductionThe current societal, political, and regulatory context is leading farmers to search and develop low-input cropping systems based on agroecological levers. Sowing a permanent cover crop, usually legumes, in organic arable farming systems is an interesting lever for (i) increasing the quantities of N entering the system and which can ...
Native fescue grassland degradation and reductions in plant species diversity due to smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.) invasion and dominance have far ranging consequences for both human and ecological systems. A study was undertaken to reduce smooth brome which was invading foothills fescue grassland in Canada and displacing native species. She...
Urban green spaces can be important habitats for soil, plant, and pollinator diversity and the complementary ecosystem functions they confer. Most studies tend to investigate the relationships between plant diversity with either soil or pollinator diversity, but establishing their relationship across habitat types could be important for optimising ...
Effects of mowing on vegetation parameters have been well studied. However, less is known about mowing effects on soil fauna and if soil properties alter this. We investigated earthworm communities in a long-term experiment 14 years after its establishment in 5 dry, fresh and moist grassland plots located in the Natura 2000 site Lainzer Tiergarten ...
V prispevku se ugotavlja sorodnost leksemov, ki so povezani s košnjo, v slovenskih in makedonskih narečjih ter obeh knjižnih jezikih. Poleg slovarskih in že objavljenih del na to temo je uporabljeno gradivo za oba še ne izšla nacionalna lingvistična atlasa, slovensko pa na štirih leksičnih in dveh semantičnih kartah tudi predstavljeno in komentiran...
peer reviewed / The extensive identification of mowing events on a territory holds significant potential to help monitor shifts in biodiversity and contribute to assessing the impacts of drought events. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into farming practices and their consequential economic and ecological effects. To overcome challenges ...
The extensive identification of mowing events on a territory holds significant potential to help monitor shifts in biodiversity and contribute to assessing the impacts of drought events. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into farming practices and their consequential economic and ecological effects. To overcome challenges in obtaining ref...
In the Mediterranean area, vineyard soils are often characterized by a high stone content. In these contexts, where tools commonly adopted for under-row weed control are frequently damaged, the utilization of a chain mower could be a preferable alternative. This research aims to compare a modified mower with chains with other tools commonly employe...
A dual-purpose cultivation system allows cereals to produce both roughage and concentrate during one growing season. To establish a cultivation system for rye, the appropriate time for foliage mowing was determined to ensure a yield of nutrient-rich roughage from the first crop and abundant grain from the second crop. This is because the stage of g...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction The diversity-productivity relationship is a central issue in maintaining the grassland ecosystem’s multifunctionality and supporting its sustainable management. Currently, the mainstream opinion on the diversity-productivity relationship recognizes that increases in species diversity promote ecosystem productivity. Methods Here, we ch...
