Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale

Sampling event
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Description

Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale - Corynephorus canescens domiated grassland. A case study in North-Eastern Germany.

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Event (core)
108
Occurrence 
1086

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Holetschek J, Walisch T, Tschoepe O, Wallschläger D (2015): Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale. v1.0. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01119.x

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Keywords

Samplingevent

Contacts

Jörg Holetschek
  • Publisher
Biodiversity Data Networks Coordinator
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
DE
Tania Walisch
  • Originator
Research scientist, Curator
Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg
LU
Okka Tschoepe
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Scientific staff
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
DE
Dieter Wallschläger
  • Originator
Professor
University of Potsdam
Maulbeerallee 2a
14469 Potsdam
Brandenburg
DE
Jörg Holetschek
  • Publisher
Scientific staff
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
DE
Jörg Holetschek
  • Publisher
Scientific staff
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Berlin
Berlin
DE

Geographic Coverage

Naturpark Nuthe-Nieplitz, Wildgehege Glauer Tal

Bounding Coordinates South West [52.222, 13.145], North East [52.234, 13.167]

Taxonomic Coverage

Each lichen and plant species, including mosses and woody plants was recorded.

Kingdom Plantae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2001-06-01 / 2003-07-31

Project Data

No Description available

Title Offenland-Management auf ehemaligen und in Nutzung befindlichen Truppenübungsplätzen im pleistozänen Flachland Nordostdeutschlands – naturschutzfachliche Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung
Identifier BMBF – FKZ 01 LN 0008
Funding German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

The personnel involved in the project:

Okka Tschoepe
  • Author

Sampling Methods

In each plot, percentage cover of each lichen and plant species, including mosses and percentage cover of woody plants, was recorded following Londo (1984). The percentage cover of topsoil biological crust composed of cyanobacteria, green algae, mosses and lichens was also recorded. Recording took place in June and July in 2001 (i.e. 3 months after establishing of exclosures) and 2003 and in May and Jun in 2002, because the vegetation period started earlier in that year. The sampling time allowed including early annuals. Tragopogon pratensis, Achillea millefolium and Vicia tetrasperma were identified to the aggregate level.

Study Extent The effect of wild ungulate grazing was studied in three successional stages (sites): (i) Corynephorus canescens-dominated grassland (Cory site) which can be considered a pioneer stage, (ii) ruderal tall forb vegetation dominated by Tanacetum vulgare (Rud site) and (iii) Pinus sylvestris-pioneer forest (PF sites), which are later successional stages on loamy and sandy substrates, respectively. Successional stages were distributed mosaic-like across the study area. Each successional stage was studied in three independent sites. In each successional stage, six paired monitoring plots of permanently grazed vs. ungrazed plots (exclosures) were arranged in three random blocks, resulting in a total number of 18 plots. The study was conducted over three years (2001-2003). All areas have been grazed by wild ungulates since 1999, and the experiment started with establishing exclosures in March 2001. To record dynamics at different scales, nested plots (0.25 m2 – 4 m2 – 40 m2) were used. Presence-absence data for each plant species was censused at all scales. Percentage of open soil, of woody species and the number of species were estimated separately for all plot sizes.

Method step description:

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Bibliographic Citations

  1. Tschöpe, O. (2007), Managing open habitats for species conservation: the role of wild ungulate grazing, small-scale disturbances, and scale. Applied Vegetation Science, 14: 200–209. doi:10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01119.x urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-13218

Additional Metadata

The data set only includes coverage data for the 0.25 m2 and 40 m2 plots. The coverage for the remaining plots is presence/absence, until they can be added later.