Effects of mowing on the composition of Baltic salt-meadow communities |
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| Authors: | P. Vestergaard |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Plant Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2D, DK 1353 Copenhangen, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | A moving experiment is carried out at eight sites, situated at different levels in a Baltic salt meadow. The plots have been analyzed and mown with a scythe each year in August since 1979. The response of the sites to mowing is expressed as qualitative and quantitative changes in composition of the vegetation. So far, the most distinct changes in composition have been changes in relative importance of species already present in the initial vegetation. The resistance is found to be highest in the upper parts of the geolittoral, and lowest in the Phragmites australis swamp. |
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| Keywords: | Environmental disturbance Mowing Permanent plot Resistance Salt marsh Vegetation dynamics |
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