Transplanting turfs to facilitate recovery in a low-alpine environment — What matters?
Questions: Restoration of disturbed alpine ecosystems is difficult due to harsh environmental conditions. Transplanting of vegetation turfs into disturbed areas has been used as a restoration method in disturbed alpine sites. The aim of this study is to investigate which environmental factors influe...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2573093 2023-05-15T16:02:19+02:00 Transplanting turfs to facilitate recovery in a low-alpine environment — What matters? Mehlhoop, Anne Catriona Evju, Marianne Hagen, Dagmar central Norway, Dovrefjell mountain range, Norway 2018 application/octet-stream http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2573093 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12398 eng eng Norges forskningsråd: 160022 urn:issn:1402-2001 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2573093 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12398 cristin:1620533 © 2018 International Association for Vegetation Science Applied Vegetation Science ecosystem management low-alpine ecosystems turf transplants vegetation recovery vegetation restoration VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Journal article Peer reviewed 2018 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12398 2021-12-23T07:17:08Z Questions: Restoration of disturbed alpine ecosystems is difficult due to harsh environmental conditions. Transplanting of vegetation turfs into disturbed areas has been used as a restoration method in disturbed alpine sites. The aim of this study is to investigate which environmental factors influence the vegetation recovery in turf surroundings and how turf attributes contribute to vegetation recovery. Location: Restored roads in a former military training area, Dovrefjell mountain range, central Norway. Methods: We recorded species richness, vegetation cover and soil characteristics of transplanted turfs and turf surroundings in roads restored between 3 and 14 years ago.Linearandgeneralizedlinearmixedmodelswereusedtoinvestigatetherelative importance of turf attributes and soil factors for recovery of turf surroundings. Results: Time was the most important factor for vegetation recovery, but soil conditions in turf surroundings were also highly important. Species richness and vegetation cover in turf surroundings were almost twice as high on silt dominated soil and with presence of soil organic matter compared to on coarser soils and without organic matter. Species richness in turfs and turf surroundings was almost equal after 14years,andthesimilarityofthespeciescompositionwashigh.Neitherturfsize, distance to the second closest turf or species richness and vegetation cover of the turfs were important factors for vegetation recovery in the turf surroundings. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of preparing the restoration sites before using turf transplants in road and infrastructure restoration. Of particularimportanceisensuringsoilorganiccontentandafinesoilgrainsizetoincreaserates of vegetation recovery in short time scales. Time is the most important factor for recovery in this ecosystem, and this should be communicated to project owners andtothepublictoensurerealisticexpectationsonrecoverytime. ecosystem management, low-alpine ecosystems, turf transplants, vegetation recovery, vegetation restoration acceptedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Dovrefjell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Dovrefjell ENVELOPE(13.500,13.500,79.000,79.000) Norway Applied Vegetation Science 21 4 615 625 |
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Questions: Restoration of disturbed alpine ecosystems is difficult due to harsh environmental conditions. Transplanting of vegetation turfs into disturbed areas has been used as a restoration method in disturbed alpine sites. The aim of this study is to investigate which environmental factors influence the vegetation recovery in turf surroundings and how turf attributes contribute to vegetation recovery. Location: Restored roads in a former military training area, Dovrefjell mountain range, central Norway. Methods: We recorded species richness, vegetation cover and soil characteristics of transplanted turfs and turf surroundings in roads restored between 3 and 14 years ago.Linearandgeneralizedlinearmixedmodelswereusedtoinvestigatetherelative importance of turf attributes and soil factors for recovery of turf surroundings. Results: Time was the most important factor for vegetation recovery, but soil conditions in turf surroundings were also highly important. Species richness and vegetation cover in turf surroundings were almost twice as high on silt dominated soil and with presence of soil organic matter compared to on coarser soils and without organic matter. Species richness in turfs and turf surroundings was almost equal after 14years,andthesimilarityofthespeciescompositionwashigh.Neitherturfsize, distance to the second closest turf or species richness and vegetation cover of the turfs were important factors for vegetation recovery in the turf surroundings. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of preparing the restoration sites before using turf transplants in road and infrastructure restoration. Of particularimportanceisensuringsoilorganiccontentandafinesoilgrainsizetoincreaserates of vegetation recovery in short time scales. Time is the most important factor for recovery in this ecosystem, and this should be communicated to project owners andtothepublictoensurerealisticexpectationsonrecoverytime. ecosystem management, low-alpine ecosystems, turf transplants, vegetation recovery, vegetation restoration acceptedVersion |
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