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Dry calcareous grasslands are one of the most species-rich habitats in the cultural landscape of Central Europe. The species richness largely resulted from the activities of humans and their livestock. Due to large-scale abandonment driven by socioeconomic changes during the last century, shrub encroachment is one of the main threats to many orchid...
In Germany, the xerothermophilic grasshopper Oedipoda germanica occurs at its northern range and is threatened with extinction here. Recent populations have often been low in individuals and use very small areas. As a result, conservationists are often concerned about integrating these sites into management when pasturing is reintroduced. In 2014–2...
Aufgrund sozioökonomischer Veränderungen wurde vielerorts in Mitteleuropa die traditionelle Beweidung der ertragsarmen Trockenrasen aufgegeben. Die Flächen verbuschten und die typischen lichtliebenden Arten gingen schrittweise verloren. Am Beispiel von Trockenstandorten im Unteren Saaletal (Sachsen-Anhalt) zeigen wir, dass durch Ziegenbeweidung die...
Goat pasturing is often recommended for managing shrub-encroached dry grasslands, but entails higher grazing pressure. However, there have been few studies about the effects of goats on assumedly grazing sensitive geophytes. Therefore, in conservation practice, low-intensity migratory herding is still preferred in dry grasslands inhabited by threat...
European dry grasslands are predominantly semi-natural communities. Commonly, they have been used as pastures for sheep and goats. Due to their richness in biological diversity and the large number of threatened species, they are recognized as being of high conservation value. However, in the last few decades, a dramatic decline in dry grassland ar...
Shrub encroachment is one of the main causes of dry grassland loss in Central Europe. Abandoned semi-natural grasslands are often overgrown by thorny or spiny shrubs. Such unpalatable shrubs have frequently established by selective foraging during periods with low grazing pressure, particularly if sheep herding was performed. Feeding behaviour and...
Formerly, the development and maintenance of dry grassland in central Germany was closely associated with the migratory herding of grazing sheep and goats. Socio-economic changes led to an abandonment of many pastures, especially on isolated marginal sites. For these small-sized habitats new management methods are required. Taking the example of th...
In: BAUMBACH, H.; PFÜTZENREUTHER, S.: Steppenlebensräume Europas - Gefährdung, Erhaltungsmaßnahmen und Schutz. Tagungsband: 351-354.
Über Jahrhunderte hinweg wurden viele Hänge im Unteren Saaletal zwischen Halle (Saale) und
Könnern mit Schafen und Ziegen beweidet. Bedingt durch diese traditionelle Nutzungsform und
die speziellen klimatischen und...
Über Jahrhunderte hinweg wurden die sehr artenreichen Magerrasen im Unteren Saaletal mit Schafen und Ziegen beweidet. Mit der Aufgabe dieser traditionellen Bewirtschaftung vergrasten und verbuschten viele Standorte. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde das mit Fördermitteln aus dem ELER-Fond und der Heidehofstiftung ausgestattete Ziegenprojekt im Unteren S...
This article gives information about an experiment with marked grasshoppers which was accomplished during a hay transfer in the Wulfener Bruch (Saxony-Anhalt) in August 2007. On the donor site 153 Individuals of 8 grasshopper species were marked with reflective tape (3M, Scotchlite). During nightly controls 11 living mature individuals were recaptu...
