In the past sixty years, the Southern Alps have undergone a tremendous and likely unprecedented change in land-use due to land abandonment in mountain regions. This phenomenon causes a turn of mountain grasslands to forests through the process of natural succession. Vegetation relevés in eight pastures under forest succession in the Italian Alps were collected at different percentage of wood cover. Moreover, in four of the eight sites, herbage samples were collected at different wood cover levels. In addition, in one site (characterised by Nardus grassland habitat) core samples were collected in order to study root characteristics. Species richness, botanical composition, dry matter production and contents, and root characteristics were ta...
Land-use change is considered one of the major driving forces of global carbon fluxes; moreover it c...
Traditionally managed mountain grasslands in the Alps are species-rich ecosystems that developed dur...
The Alps provide a high habitat diversity for plant species, structured by broad- and fine-scale abi...
In the past sixty years, the Southern Alps have undergone a tremendous and likely unprecedented chan...
AbstractCessation of agricultural management and subsequent natural forest succession has been the p...
AbstractCessation of agricultural management and subsequent natural forest succession has been the p...
In many regions of Europe, semi-natural grasslands not properly utilized face different threats, co...
Agro-pastoral decline in European mountain areas has recently caused changes to traditional landscap...
Agro-pastoral decline in European mountain areas has recently caused changes to traditional landscap...
In the Italian Alps, summer pastures are still managed in traditional ways, which maintain important...
In Europe, the decline in agriculture in traditional mountain farming areas has caused abandonment, ...
The abandonment of pastures often leads to a remarkable deterioration of grasslands, caused by the s...
Alpine meadows have been exposed to relevant management shifts in the last decades, with changes in ...
In Europe, the decline in agriculture in traditional mountain farming areas has caused abandonment, ...
The Alps provide a high habitat diversity for plant species, structured by broad- and fine-scale abi...
Land-use change is considered one of the major driving forces of global carbon fluxes; moreover it c...
Traditionally managed mountain grasslands in the Alps are species-rich ecosystems that developed dur...
The Alps provide a high habitat diversity for plant species, structured by broad- and fine-scale abi...
In the past sixty years, the Southern Alps have undergone a tremendous and likely unprecedented chan...
AbstractCessation of agricultural management and subsequent natural forest succession has been the p...
AbstractCessation of agricultural management and subsequent natural forest succession has been the p...
In many regions of Europe, semi-natural grasslands not properly utilized face different threats, co...
Agro-pastoral decline in European mountain areas has recently caused changes to traditional landscap...
Agro-pastoral decline in European mountain areas has recently caused changes to traditional landscap...
In the Italian Alps, summer pastures are still managed in traditional ways, which maintain important...
In Europe, the decline in agriculture in traditional mountain farming areas has caused abandonment, ...
The abandonment of pastures often leads to a remarkable deterioration of grasslands, caused by the s...
Alpine meadows have been exposed to relevant management shifts in the last decades, with changes in ...
In Europe, the decline in agriculture in traditional mountain farming areas has caused abandonment, ...
The Alps provide a high habitat diversity for plant species, structured by broad- and fine-scale abi...
Land-use change is considered one of the major driving forces of global carbon fluxes; moreover it c...
Traditionally managed mountain grasslands in the Alps are species-rich ecosystems that developed dur...
The Alps provide a high habitat diversity for plant species, structured by broad- and fine-scale abi...