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Restoration of hay meadows and dry grasslands on dikes
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Species diversity and intraspecific genetic diversity play a critical role in conservation and restoration of grassland ecosystems. To maintain regional adaptations of native wild plants, seeds for restoration projects are produced regionally. The delineation of regions is organised by seed transfer zones (STZs). Generalised STZs that apply uniform...
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Understanding the spatio‐temporal patterns of restoration outcomes is crucial to improve predictability of restoration. High beta diversity of species‐rich communities is sought because it increases overall biodiversity and improves ecosystem stability and multifunctionality. For predictive restoration, it is important to identify the signific...
Sowing is a well‐established restoration technique to overcome dispersal limitation. Seed mixtures adapted to certain environmental conditions, like substrate or microclimate, are most effective to achieve functional communities. This is especially important if the restored vegetation has to protect critical infrastructure like roadsides and dikes....
Sowing is a well-established restoration technique to overcome dispersal limitation. Site-specific seed mixtures are most effective to achieve functional communities. This is especially important if the restored vegetation has to protect critical infrastructure like roadsides and dikes. Here, an improved seed-substrate combination will secure slope...
From construction and demolition of buildings, brick wastes accumulate in large quantities and are difficult to recycle. Re-using bricks as planting substrate could partly substitute gravel or other raw materials, and would reduce deposition of bricks in landfills. High water-holding capacity and a high specific surface of such substrates are benef...
1. Spatio-temporal dynamics of biodiversity are a key measure when monitoring restoration success. Balanced species turnover is aimed at because it increases overall biodiversity and improves ecosystem stability and multifunctionality. For predictive restoration, it is important to analyse spatial beta diversity and to identify its drivers like sit...
River dikes are secondary habitats that support species-rich grasslands when maintained by low-intensity mowing or grazing. Besides erosion control and habitat creation, dike grasslands have provided several other ecosystem services (ESs), as biomass production and recreation. Despite the existence of trade-offs between ESs, the overarching aim of...
Erstes Exkursionsziel ist die Garchinger Heide. Sie ist ein Relikt der historischen Heidelandschaft in der intensiv genutzten Münchner Schotterebene. Pflanzensoziologisch lässt sich die Vegetation in die dichteren, an Brachypodium rupestre-reicheren Formationen des Adonis vernalis-Brachypodium rupestre-Gesellschaft und die weniger wüchsigen Beständ...
Ecological restoration aims at supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and urban greening is a great opportunity to achieve this goal. This is facilitated by species-rich seed mixtures based on local provenances, which are designed for certain nutrient and moisture regimes based on functional plant traits. Such grassland mixtures might be c...
Final report of a 3-year research project (Interreg, Alpine Space) on the transformation of Alpine industrial landscapes
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Die Garchinger Heide ist das zweitälteste Naturschutzgebiet Bayerns und ein Relikt der historischen Kulturlandschaft in der intensiv genutzten Region zwischen München und Freising. Auf dieser Fläche kommt eine ungewöhnlich hohe Zahl an Rote-Liste-Arten vor und sie wird seit über 100...
Calcareous grasslands harbor specialized species and are cultural relics. Therefore, they are prime habitates for conservation and restoration, but negative effects of inappropriate management, eutrophication and fragmentation continue to exist. These effects also influence grasslands which serve as target for restoration. Unfortunately, monitoring...
Most alpine floodplains are heavily modified and have lost their natural habitat dynamics and biodiversity. However, little is known about the consequences for floodplain forests. To study this topic, the Bavarian River Ammer was selected. An analysis of the effects of river regulation was possible within the 'Schnalzaue' where 55 years ago a weir...
River restoration is widely applied, although its effects are poorly understood, and degraded habitats might be difficult to improve. Moreover, there is a lack of monitoring as well as few systematic comparisons of restoration methods. This study presents results of a 4‐year monitoring on River Inn (southern Germany) investigating restoration by gr...
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Evidence-based nature conservation focuses on ecological facts and the incorporation of knowledge on the ecology of species, including its entire life cycle. In butterflies, imagos and its larvae often demand specific and diverging micro-habitat structures and resources. In consequence, ecological requirements of the imaginal and pre-imagin...
