Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin

Since grasslands provide many ecosystem services, there are often different opinions on their management (e.g., agronomy, ecology, botany). Multidisciplinary research on this topic is therefore needed. This article focuses on the impact of ecological conditions, functional groups, ecological strateg...

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Autores principales:	Andraž Čarni, Mirjana Ćuk, Daniel Krstonošić, Željko Škvorc
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Materias:	functional group ecological strategy grazing mowing vegetation Agriculture S
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d93fe7d051694b36850e7fd79288ad822021-11-25T16:03:44ZStudy of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin10.3390/agronomy111121322073-4395https://doaj.org/article/d93fe7d051694b36850e7fd79288ad822021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/11/2132https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4395Since grasslands provide many ecosystem services, there are often different opinions on their management (e.g., agronomy, ecology, botany). Multidisciplinary research on this topic is therefore needed. This article focuses on the impact of ecological conditions, functional groups, ecological strategies, floristic composition (through habitat preference of species), major floristic gradients (presented as first two NMDS axes), and the management on forage quality. We estimated the forage quality using indicator values. All of the available vegetation plots in the region on wet and mesic meadows, managed pastures, and tall-herb meadow/pasture fringes on deeper or shallower soils (i.e., grasslands) were collected, organized in a database, and elaborated according to standard procedure. We used a widely accepted grassland classification system that uses floristic composition to define grassland types. Based on an NMDS ordination diagram and according to functional groups, ecological strategies, and habitat preferences (behavior of species) and management, we defined three major groups: mesic meadows (mowed), wet meadows (mowed), and pastures (grazed). We correlated all groups’ functional groups, ecological strategies, habitat preferences (behavior of species), major floristic gradients, management, and forage quality. We found that forage quality mainly depends on moisture conditions and that nutrients and grazing are less important. Within the grasslands under consideration, mesic meadows and mesic pastures have the highest forage quality.Andraž ČarniMirjana ĆukDaniel KrstonošićŽeljko ŠkvorcMDPI AGarticlefunctional groupecological strategygrazingmowingvegetationAgricultureSENAgronomy, Vol 11, Iss 2132, p 2132 (2021)
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spellingShingle	functional group ecological strategy grazing mowing vegetation Agriculture S Andraž Čarni Mirjana Ćuk Daniel Krstonošić Željko Škvorc Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
description	Since grasslands provide many ecosystem services, there are often different opinions on their management (e.g., agronomy, ecology, botany). Multidisciplinary research on this topic is therefore needed. This article focuses on the impact of ecological conditions, functional groups, ecological strategies, floristic composition (through habitat preference of species), major floristic gradients (presented as first two NMDS axes), and the management on forage quality. We estimated the forage quality using indicator values. All of the available vegetation plots in the region on wet and mesic meadows, managed pastures, and tall-herb meadow/pasture fringes on deeper or shallower soils (i.e., grasslands) were collected, organized in a database, and elaborated according to standard procedure. We used a widely accepted grassland classification system that uses floristic composition to define grassland types. Based on an NMDS ordination diagram and according to functional groups, ecological strategies, and habitat preferences (behavior of species) and management, we defined three major groups: mesic meadows (mowed), wet meadows (mowed), and pastures (grazed). We correlated all groups’ functional groups, ecological strategies, habitat preferences (behavior of species), major floristic gradients, management, and forage quality. We found that forage quality mainly depends on moisture conditions and that nutrients and grazing are less important. Within the grasslands under consideration, mesic meadows and mesic pastures have the highest forage quality.
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author	Andraž Čarni Mirjana Ćuk Daniel Krstonošić Željko Škvorc
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title	Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
title_short	Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
title_full	Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
title_fullStr	Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
title_full_unstemmed	Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin
title_sort	study of forage quality of grasslands on the southern margin of the pannonian basin
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Study of Forage Quality of Grasslands on the Southern Margin of the Pannonian Basin

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