Talle, Malin and Deak, Balazs and Poschlod, Peter and Valko, Orsolya and Westerberg, Lars and Milberg, Per (2016) Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 222. pp. 200-212. ISSN 0167-8809, 1873-2305
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To maintain the high biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands, management by grazing or mowing is needed. Given the limited resources and few remaining areas, the best management method should be used. However, only a few studies comparing the effects of mowing and grazing on grassland biodiversity exists. Therefore, the goal of the present review was to extract as much data as possible from the literature and evaluate them using a meta-analysis approach. We searched scientific and grey literature for studies comparing the effects of grazing and annual mowing on outcomes relevant for biodiversity conservation. We identified 35 relevant studies on grazing and annual mowing that provided data suitable for the meta-analysis. We found that grazing generally had a more positive effect on the conservation value of semi-natural grasslands compared to mowing, but effect sizes were generally small to moderate for most contrasts. Furthermore, effects varied across some grassland characteristics e.g. for different grassland types, with grazing and mowing having a similar effect or mowing having a more positive effect in certain cases. Our results suggest, that in most cases grazing should be the preferred management method when managing for grassland conservation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS; CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS; SEMINATURAL GRASSLAND; LAND-USE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; SOUTHERN SWEDEN; CENTRAL-EUROPE; WORLD RECORDS; VEGETATION; DIVERSITY; Conservation management; Cutting; Evidence-based; Livestock grazing; Meadow; Pasture; Semi-natural grassland |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Ökologie und Naturschutzbiologie (Prof. Dr. Peter Poschlod) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2020 05:32 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2020 05:32 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/3071 |
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