318 research outputs found
A new association with Patzkea paniculata on serpentine substrates at low elevations in the western Alps (Italy)
ResNatSeed: An R package and shiny web app to predict the REStoration potential of NATive SEEDs using topographic factors
The Bambapp Project: a citizen science network for monitoring and defining the distribution of bamboos in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy)
Targeted grazing for the restoration of sub-alpine shrub-encroached grasslands
The decline of agro-pastoral activities has led to a widespread tree and shrub-encroachment of former semi-natural meso-eutrophic grasslands in many European mountain regions. Temporary night camp areas (TNCA) and mineral mix supplements for targeted cattle were arranged over shrub-encroached areas to restore grassland vegetation within the Val Troncea Natural Park (Italy). From 2011 to 2015, their effects on vegetation structure and pastoral value of forage were assessed along permanent transects. Four years after treatments, both practices were effective in reducing the shrub cover and increasing the cover and average height of the herbaceous layer, but changes were more remarkable within TNCA. Moreover, the arrangement of TNCA decreased the cover of nanophanerophytes and increased the cover of graminoids and high quality species, as well as the overall forage pastoral value. In conclusion, TNCA were the most effective pastoral practice to contrast shrub-encroachment and increase herbage mass and forage quality of sub-alpine grasslands
Restoration of shrub-encroached alpine grasslands using temporary night camp areas for cattle
Plant species selection by sheep in semi-natural dry grasslands extensively grazed in the south-western Italian Alps
ResNatSeed: A tool for the assessment of the REStoration potential of NATive SEEDs based on topographic factors in Piedmont Region, Italy
Strategically placed mineral mix supplements and traditional salt placement on grazing distribution in the Italian Alps
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