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World-wide, the degradation and destruction of both natural and traditionally used semi-natural ecosystems is drastically increasing. Unfortunately, commercial seed mixtures, consisting of non-native species and genetically uniform cultivars, are widely used in grassland restoration, often with negative effects on biodiversity. Therefore, native species should be used in the ecological restoration of natural and semi-natural vegetation. This book compiles results from recent studies presented at a Special Session “Native seed production and use in restoration projects”, which was organised during the 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
The authors review the ecological and genetic aspects of seed propagation and species introduction both from a European and an American perspective, and discuss implications for the development of seed zones and for native seed production. Examples from different countries focus on native seed production in practice, and suggest different approaches for the certification of seed provenance.
Best practice examples from Europe and the United States are used to indicate the advantages of using native seeds for ecological restoration of grasslands, field margins and sagebrush steppe. Finally, this volume also provides guidelines for the successful implementation of restoration projects for local authorities, landscape planners and NGOs in order to bridge gaps between research and practice.
After foundation of the Wadden Sea National Park, grazing and artificial drainage was ceased or reduced on large areas of the salt marshes at the Schleswig-Holstein mainland coast (Northern Germany). The effect of grazing cessation versus intensive and moderate grazing on vegetation diversity was studied on small (plant species richness on plots between 0.01 and 100 m2) and large scale (vegetation type richness per hectare) over 18 to 20 years by analysing data from long-term monitoring programs. Plant species richness and vegetation type richness increased strongly over time in all management regimes, because grazing-sensitive species increased first in ungrazed marshes and later dispersed to and established in intensively grazed marshes. Dominance of the tall, late-successional grass Elymus athericus on 7% to 52% of all moderately and ungrazed (primarily high marsh) plots led to a decrease in species richness. After 18 to 20 years, species richness was highest in moderately and intensively grazed high marshes. Differences were significant only on small plots of up to 4 m2. On the large scale, vegetation type richness in the low marsh was higher without grazing, while no differences were found in the high marsh. Our results indicate that grazing effects differ between spatial scales and that different spatial scales have to be considered for monitoring and evaluation of vegetation diversity in salt marshes. To conserve vegetation diversity on all scales, a large-scale mosaic of different management regimes should be maintained.
Im Rahmen des BMBF-Projekts ProSaum wurde ein Praxisleitfaden erstellt, der Informationen für die Neuanlage und Aufwertung von Säumen und Feldrainen in Agrarlandschaften und urbanen Räumen bereitstellt. Neben Hinweisen zur Planung von Ansaatmischungen mit Wildpflanzen, zur Bodenvorbereitung und zur Umsetzung der Maßnahme (Ansaatzeitpunkt, Ansaatmethode, Ansaatstärke) werden auch Empfehlungen zur Entwicklungs- und Folgepflege gegeben. Darüber hinaus werden Fördermöglichkeiten und vergaberechtliche Aspekte erörtert. Anhand von Praxisbeispielen werden bereits erfolgreich umgesetzte Maßnahmen aus Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt vorgestellt. Das Kapitel "Aus Fehlern lernen" zeigt kurz und prägnant, wie Misserfolge vermieden werden können. Insgesamt dokumentiert der Leitfaden, wie monotone Grasstreifen nach einer intensiven Bodenstörung, einer Ansaat mit zertifizierten, gebietseigenen Wildpflanzen und einer angepassten Entwicklungs- und Folgepflege erfolgreich in ausdauernde, blütenreiche Bestände umgewandelt werden können, die vielfältige Ökosystemdienstleistungen erfüllen und die Biodiversität erhöhen.