Topsoil removal in degraded open sandy grasslands: can we restore threatened vegetation fast?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klára Řehounková ◽  
Ivana Jongepierová ◽  
Lenka Šebelíková ◽  
Kamila Vítovcová ◽  
Karel Prach
Keyword(s):  
Topsoil Removal ◽  
Sandy Grasslands

scholarly journals Effects of habitat types on the dynamic changes in allocation in carbon and nitrogen storage of vegetation–soil system in sandy grasslands: How habitat types affect C and N allocation?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Lv ◽  
Shanshan Sun ◽  
Eduardo Medina‐Roldánd ◽  
Shenglong Zhao ◽  
Ya Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Storage ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Soil System ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
C And N ◽  
Sandy Grasslands

Effect of topsoil removal and selective countermeasures on radiocesium accumulation in rice plants in Fukushima paddy field

2017 ◽  
Vol 603-604 ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baolu Yang ◽  
Yuichi Onda ◽  
Yoshihiro Ohmori ◽  
Hitoshi Sekimoto ◽  
Toru Fujiwara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paddy Field ◽  
Rice Plants ◽  
Topsoil Removal

Restoration of sand grasslands by topsoil removal and self-greening

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Gilhaus ◽  
Vera Vogt ◽  
Norbert Hölzel
Keyword(s):  
Topsoil Removal

scholarly journals Indirect drivers of plant diversity-productivity relationship in semiarid sandy grasslands

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1277-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. A. Zuo ◽  
J. M. H. Knops ◽  
X. Y. Zhao ◽  
H. L. Zhao ◽  
T. H. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Wet Meadow ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Sandy Grasslands

Abstract. Although patterns between plant diversity and ecosystem productivity have been much studied, a consistent relationship has not yet emerged. Differing patterns between plant diversity and productivity have been observed in response to spatial variability of environmental factors and vegetation composition. In this study, we measured vegetation cover, plant diversity, productivity, soil properties and site characteristics along an environmental gradient (mobile dune, semi-fixed dune, fixed dune, dry meadow, wet meadow and flood plain grasslands) of natural sandy grasslands in semiarid areas of northern China. We used multivariate analysis to examine the relationships between environmental factors, vegetation composition, plant diversity and productivity. We found a positive correlation between plant diversity and productivity. Vegetation composition aggregated by the ordination technique of non-metric multidimensional scaling had also a significantly positive correlation with plant diversity and productivity. Environmental gradients in relation to soil and topography affected the distribution patterns of vegetation composition, species diversity and productivity. However, environmental gradients were a better determinant of vegetation composition and productivity than of plant diversity. Structural equation modeling suggested that environmental factors determine vegetation composition, which in turn independently drives both plant diversity and productivity. Thus, the positive correlation between plant diversity and productivity is indirectly driven by vegetation composition, which is determined by environmental gradients in soil and topography.

scholarly journals Do Sandy Grasslands along the Danube in the Carpathian Basin Preserve the Memory of Forest-Steppes?

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Károly Penksza ◽  
Dénes Saláta ◽  
Gergely Pápay ◽  
Norbert Péter ◽  
Zoltán Bajor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Carbonate Content ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Sandy Grasslands ◽  
Dominant Grass

Research highlights: In the present survey we examined the sandy grasslands appearing in the steppe-forest-steppe vegetation in the central part of the Carpathian Basin along the Danube. Background and objectives: We aimed to answer the following questions: Is it possible to build a picture of the past form of the vegetation through the examination of these vegetation units based on dominant grass taxa? Is Festuca wagneri an element of open grasslands or steppes? According to our hypothesis, these surveys can help reveal the original or secondary woody, shrubby patches through clarifying dominant taxa. Materials and Methods: We studied the grasslands in terms of coenology, putting great emphasis on the dominant Festuca taxa. Based on our preliminary surveys and literature, three vegetation types can be separated based on one single dominant Festuca taxon in each. The survey was conducted in four different locations in the Carpathian Basin. The cover of dominant grass species was used as an indicator value. The pedological background was also examined. Results: F. vaginata grassland is an open vegetation type based on its coenosystematic composition and ecological values. It grows in very weakly developed calcareous soil with sandy texture, with its lowest and highest organic carbon content ranging from 0.2% to 11.3% (0.2%), and the highest carbonate content (11.3%). Where the grasslands were disturbed, F. pseudovaginata and the recently discovered F. tomanii appeared. These taxa were also found in forest patches. The soil under F. pseudovaginata was more developed, in the surface horizon with higher organic carbon content (1.1%) and lower carbonate content (6.9%). The soil profile under F. wagneri developed the most, as the presence of deep and humus rich soil material from deflation and degradation showed. Conclusions: the dominant Festuca taxa of these vegetation types are good indicators of the changes in the vegetation and their ecological background.

The effects of pH and disturbance on the bryophyte flora in calcareous sandy grasslands

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Hydbom ◽  
Anja Madelen Ödman ◽  
Pål Axel Olsson ◽  
Nils Cronberg
Keyword(s):  
Effects Of Ph ◽  
Sandy Grasslands

scholarly journals Development and Adaptability of a Topsoil Removal Machine for Decontaminating Peripheral Areas of Agricultural Land

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuru HACHIYA ◽  
Daisuke MIYAMA ◽  
Masamoto CHIBA ◽  
Masahiro MIYAZAKI ◽  
Hideyuki ICHIKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Topsoil Removal ◽  
Peripheral Areas

Effects of topsoil removal on greenhouse gas exchange of fen paludicultures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp-Fernando Köwitsch ◽  
Bärbel Tiemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Typha Latifolia ◽  
Phosphorus Release ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Conventional Agriculture ◽  
Topsoil Removal ◽  
Productive Land ◽  
The One

<p>Drainage is necessary for conventional agriculture on peatlands, but this practice causes high emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Paludiculture is an option to mitigate these adverse environmental effects while maintaining productive land use. Whereas the GHG exchange of paludiculture on rewetted bog peat, i.e. <em>Sphagnum</em> farming, is relatively well examined, data on GHG emissions from fen paludicultures is still very scarce. As typical fen paludiculture species are all aerenchymous plants, the release of methane is of particular interest when optimising the GHG balance of such systems. Topsoil removal is, on the one hand, an option to reduce methane emissions as well as phosphorus release upon rewetting, but on the other hand, nutrient-rich topsoils might foster biomass growth.</p><p>In this project, <em>Typha angustifolia</em>, <em>Typha latifolia</em>, and <em>Phragmites australis</em> are grown at a fen peatland formerly used as grassland. Water levels will be kept at the surface or slightly above it. In parts of the newly created polder, the topsoil will be removed. To be able to separate the effects of topsoil removal and water level, four smaller sub-polders will be installed. Greenhouse gas exchange will be measured with closed manual chambers for all three species with and without topsoil removal as well as at a reference grassland site close by.</p>

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