This work was supported by National NaturalScience Foundation of China(31770503and31822006);Liaoning Revitalizing Talents Program(XLYC1807061);K.C.Wong Education Foundation(GJTD-2019-10);Youth Innovation PromotionAssociation CAS(2018032).
Aims Plant nutrient use efficiency,an important factor driving primary production,is sensitive to nitrogen(N)deposition.Because of strengthened regulations of N emissions,atmospheric N deposition is decreasing in many...
The work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Priority Program 1374'Infrastructure-Biodiversity-Exploratories’through project SCHE 1899/1-1 to J.F.S.
Aims Plant populations in managed grasslands are subject to strong selection exerted by grazing,mowing and fertilization.Many previous studies showed that this can cause evolutionary changes in mean trait values,but l...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2015BAC02B04,2016YFC0500508);the Departmeni of Science and Technology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China(201503001,2019ZD007);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071564).
Aims Nutrient resorption is a key plant nutrient conservation strategy,and its response to environmental and management changes is linked to nutrient cycling and production of ecosystems.Defoliation is a major pathway...
funded by Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park in the context of European‘Habitat’directive 92/43/CEE monitoring;funding provided by Universitàdegli Studi di Pavia within the CRUI-CARE Agreement。
The sword lily Gladiolus palustris Gaudin is protected on European level and listed in Annexes II and IV of the EC Habitat Directive 92/43/EEC.It grows in nutrient-poor,calcareous meadows in central and eastern Europe...
Ground dwelling insects,spiders,and other arthropods play an important role in agroecosystems as predators and saprophytic organisms.Their presence on the soil surface helps the biological control of pests,enhances or...
financed by the Ministry of Science and High Education of the Republic of Poland(No.BM–4162/15,4175/17 and DS3337/KEKiOP)
The soil biological activity of mountain meadows is a significant factor that determines the health and utility of these regions. The climax stage of this area is forest, but to maintain semi-natural grassland, which ...
financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB138806);the Natural Science Fund Project of Inner Mongolia(2015ZD02);the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(2013DFR30760);the National Scientific and Technical Support Program of China(2012BAD12B02);the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest(201303060)
Mowing is an important land management practice for natural semi-arid regions. A growing body of empirical evidence shows that different mowing regimes affect the functioning of grassland ecosystems. However, the resp...
Nowadays, mowing has an increasing role in the management of semi-natural and nature conservation areas. Semi-dry grasslands have been planted on cleared areas of forest in the Pannon Mountains, which would be reclaim...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB108902);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30771531);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-08-0256);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. LZUJBKY-2009-156)
An evaluation was performed on the influence of mowing height (2.5,5.0 or 7.5 cm) and mowing frequency (weekly or fortnightly) on levels of ergot alkaloids (ergine and ergonovine) formed in drunken horse grass,Achnath...