Claim · model-written summary
Succisa pratensis germinated well across land use types.
- Taxon
- Succisa pratensis
Succisa pratensise0 - Outcome
- germinated welle0
- Qualifier
- all land use typese0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Succisa pratensis with the heaviest seeds germinated well in all land use types.”
Title
Impact of grazing on vegetation and on selected plant species of calcareous fens
Barbara Stammel mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) 2003
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Grazing significantly reduced fen species richness.
- Observation The percentage of target species was unaffected by land use type.
- Association Species composition followed a clear land use gradient.
- Intervention effect Grazing favored grasses and small forbs.
- Observation Reproductive traits were not significantly affected by land use type.
- Observation Fast spreading stem derived clonal organs were favored on pastures.
- Observation Succisa pratensis population density, frequency and age structure did not respond to land use.
- Observation Parnassia palustris had lower population density and abundance on pastures.
- Observation Primula farinosa had lower population density and abundance on pastures.
- Observation Tofieldia calyculata had lower population density and abundance on pastures.
- Observation Primula seedling establishment was harmed more severely on pastures.
- Observation Primula had fewer flowering individuals on pastures but more seeds per individual.
- Observation Hoof print recolonization was poor after two years and better on edges than bottoms.
- Observation Germination was nearly prevented on abandoned plots by litter and moss cover.
- Observation Grazing and mowing offered similar germination conditions, both better than abandoned sites.
- Intervention effect Trampling did not increase germination rate but severely reduced seedling survival.
- Intervention effect Carex davalliana compensated for one clipping by regrowth, while repeated clipping harmed it.
- Observation Succisa pratensis and Serratula tinctoria could not compensate for biomass loss.
- Recommendation The authors recommend grazing as an alternative to autumn mowing on calcareous fens, with management to limit trampling.