A management-based typology for European permanent grasslands
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2020
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Conference Paper
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Abstract
European permanent grasslands (PG) vary widely in their delivery of agricultural outputs and other ecosystem services and hence in their challenges and opportunities for sustainable grassland management. To facilitate communication and knowledge transfer, improve inventories, ease mapping and provide a framework for future data collection across the whole range of European PG, we have developed a two-level grassland typology that focuses on PG management (defoliation, fertilisation, renewal) and its determinants (productivity potential, presence of woody plants, additional site attributes affecting management). The typology consists of eight first-level and 18 subordinate second-level classes, based on management intensity, productivity potential, presence of woody plants and grassland renewal intervals. It is applicable both at field and regional scales and is cross-referenced with existing classification schemes such as the EUNIS and Natura 2000 habitats classes. We present the typology and its main classification criteria, and discuss options for its future implementation.
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Proceedings of the 28th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
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25
Pages / Article No.
412 - 414
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Wageningen Academic Publishers
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28th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation (EGF 2020) (virtual)
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management intensity; permanent grassland; typology
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03648 - Buchmann, Nina / Buchmann, Nina
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Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.
Funding
774124 - Developing SUstainable PERmanent Grassland systems and policies (EC)